Maple Shade, NJ: The Pickering Press, 1984. Paperback. 1 of 100 copies. William Pickering (1796-1854) was one of the most important figures in the history of English book production. Bound in light blue paper wrappers with woodcut title label to front wrapper. Fading to edges of wrappers and bumping to corners. Hand set in Emerson and Bembo types on Arches Text and bound by Pam and Don Rash. Includes a tipped in leaf featuring the Fell Flower ornament - with foxing to leaf. Numerous woodcuts after Pickering designs by John DePol. Clean and bright interior. Size: Thin octavo. [24 pages.] PRI/022823. Very Good. More

Basileae [Basel]: 1574. Hardcover. A compilation in Greek of the writings of Plutarch, including his Moralia but various other philosophical and historical writings as well. The Greek text is preceded by a several page letter of dedication in Latin, along with a frontispiece portrait of the Roman general Scipio. Bound in dark brown leather with gilt rulings to covers and gilt decorations to the spine compartments along with a spine label "Plutarchi Opera." Binding is chipped, bumped and worn with weakened joints. There was an attempt to reinforce or repair the joints with newer leather but it was not done well. The hinges are cracked but the text block is holding firm. Marbled endpapers, with front free endpaper detached. Text pages are browned and have occasional spots throughout. A few words and lines have been underlined. Pages 413-417 have a square brown spot possibly an offset from a piece of paper. Despite condition, this is an interesting work first published almost 450 years ago. Measures 8 x 12 inches. 679 pages plus index in both Greek and Latin. PHIL/011823. Very Good -. More

Ohio: Press on Scroll Road, 1999. Limited Edition, Private Press. Hardcover. 16mo. Number 97 of 145 copies. A lovely and elegant book, printed on Twinrocker paper in De Roos type. Bound in gray cloth boards with white paper label to spine and front board. Page are untrimmed with deckled edges. Taken from a talk given by Franklin at the Rowfant Club in Cleveland. 23 pages. PRI/020223. Fine. More

Birminghamiae: Typis Johannis Baskereville, 1772. Hardcover. IN LATIN. Publii Terentii Afri (195/185 - 159 BCE) was a Roman comedic author, who was a slave for a Roman senator before gaining his freedom (George Wythe Encyclopedia). This book collects all six of his plays: Andria, Eunuchus, Heautontimorumenos, Adelphi, Phormio, and Hecyra. Professionally rebacked with modern tan leather spine titled in gilt with gilt rules. Original full marbled leather boards with modern endpapers. Wear to edges and corners of boards. Light toning to pages. Clean overall with occasional spots of foxing and light dampstain to top margins of early pages. Creasing and foxing to original front free endpapers. Creases to corners of several pages. Size: Quarto. 364 pages. CLA/020223. Very Good. More

West New York, NJ: Mark Batty Publishers, LLC, 2003. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. "This book is the first of a planned series of anthologies from Mark Batty Publisher, drawing on articles in the respected journal Matrix, a review for printers and bibliophiles, produced annually for more than 20 years by John and Rose Randle at the Whittington Press in England. The aspects of type and typographic interest covered in the 35 articles presented between these covers span centuries and continents; they conduct a lively dialog with printers, typographers, adn type designers, both past and present" (jacket). With 180 illustrations. Grey paper covered boards with red typographic illustration of the letter M across the boards and spine. Black and white title to spine. Clean and bright. In illustrated black and white dust jacket with red and white title to spine and front panels. 374 pages. BOB/020323. Fine / Fine. More

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1952. Hardcover. "The curious inter-relations between the typefounders and master printers of various European countries in the past centuries are reflected in many ways in this book, and we are convinced that booklovers, not only in this country, will welcome a new edition" (jacket). Bound in the original dark green cloth with gilt title to spine. Offsetting to endpapers and light toningn to margins, but clean and bright overall. Bookplate of Ben D. Zevin to front pastedown. In yellow dust jacket with black title to front and spine panels. The jacket has several closed tears and wear to the edges. There a few pieces of tape to the interior of the jacket, some removed. 400 pages. BOB/020323. Very Good / Very Good. More

Paris and Maastricht: La Connaissance and Leiter-Nypels, 1924. Hardcover. Number 308 of 380 copies. Printed to honor the 400 year anniverasary of the birth of the author, Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585). Bound in full tan leather boards with gilt title to spine and blind stamped devices to both boards. Rubbing and chipping to leather along hinges, corners, and edges of boards. Gilt decoration to dentelles. Marbled endpapers with top edge gilt. Printed on fine paper in Erasmus-Mediaeval type with initial letters and decorations by S.H. de Roos. With a lovely color frontispiece engraving. Gilt flourish to title page. Printed in black, red, and blue inks. The original blue paper wrappers are bound in. Clean and bright aside from penned gift inscription to front free endpaper and offsetting to title page. A beautiful printing of these classic sonnets. 183 pages. PRI/032323. Very Good. More

Munich: Rupprecht Presse, 1930. Hardcover. 1 of 150 copies. Four stories by Swiss poet and author, Regina Ullmann (1884 - 1961). Hand printed on Zanders-Bütten under the supervision of F.H. Emcke with four hand-lettered initials in red by Anna Simons. Bound in purple and black leopard print patterned paper covered boards with cream paper title label to spine. Minor sunning to spine. Clean, bright interior. Text in German. 101 pages. PRI/012423. Very Good. More

Portland OR: Scantron Press, 2021. Hardcover. Number 15 of 32 copies signed by the artist. There was also an 8 copy sculptural three-dimension mountain edition with the fine printed book beneath the mountain, and 250 digital copies. Diane Jacobs writes: "Owed to The Mountain cultivates a powerful story that inspires knowing a place deeply, sharing Indigenous wisdom, and building a community that turns its love for a mountain into action. Mt. Hood has the 6th largest carbon stores of all National Forests in the country! By galvanizing a movement that advocates for the US Forest Service management plan to be updated, Mt Hood can be celebrated and treated as a living ecosystem and increase its climate resilience. Through this project’s research, interviews, and by spending time on the mountain, I understand how important it is that we protect clean drinking water, promote wildlife habitat restoration, support forest maturation, and prioritize the vision and cultural traditions of Native communities, including the practice of controlled burns. We owe it to the Mountain." She continues: "Etchings of animal ink drawings in various colorful ecosystems and habitats appear among the text, documenting the changing seasons. The stories weave multiple Native voices that underscore the value of friendship, reciprocity, interdependence, and cooperation." Born in Southern California, Diane grew up surf fishing, creating potions, and drawing incessantly. At age 12, she and her family traveled to Japan, planting the seed for a lifelong interest in cross-cultural understanding. As an undergraduate at the University of California, Santa Cruz, she discovered her deep connection to forests, feminist thinking, and social justice—her work continues to be informed by the cross-pollination of these elements. She received her MFA in printmaking from San Francisco State University in 1996. After finishing her degree, she was awarded a James D. Phelan Award in printmaking (1997) and a Kala Art Institute Fellowship (1997). In 1999, she was granted a Women’s Studio Workshop Artist Book Residency. In 2000, Jacobs received a prestigious Artadia award. Since moving to Portland, OR in 2002 Jacobs has received numerous awards, grants, and residencies . Her prints, sculptural work, and artist books are in The Portland Art Museum, The Getty Research Institute Library, SFMOMA, the De Young Fine Arts Museum, The New York Public Library, the Library of Congress, Savannah College of Art and Design, University of Alberta, University of Chicago Library, University of Miami, Yale, Stanford, and Reed College among others. The materials and printmaking techniques for this fine press edition include: solar etching plates developed from the artist's Sumi ink animal drawings. End sheets were made ecoprinting plants found on Mr. Hood. The animal etchings, the centerfold monoprint, and the green/blue silkscreen printed book cloth were printed at Atelier Meridian. Backgrounds were created by pressure printing and reduction woodcuts; the stories were handset in Weiss type and letterpress printed at the artist's studio. Book pages are Zerkall paper, end pages are Rives lightweight, and the beaver and river otter etchings were printed on mulberry paper and adhered to the inside covers [from the colophon]. The book is enclosed in a green paper portfolio with a light green title label to the cover. A stunning achievement in fine condition. Measures 13.5 x 13 x .25 inches closed. Unpaginated [ 36 pages] ARTB/030923. Fine. More

Gaylordsville: James Raye Wells / The Slide Mountain Press, 1933. Hardcover. Signed by the Author on page 43, at the end of the sketch of the author's autobiography. Number 57 of 300 copies. The Slide Mountain Press was an American press founded in 1928. This book is about half autobiography and half poetry. Bound in red and cream patterned paper covered boards with white paper title label to front board. The label wraps around to the rear board with only black star on the spine panel. Heavy sunning to spine. Minor browning to top edges of boards. Foxing to endpapers and inked previous owner's signature, Theodore W. Bozarth, dated 12.XII.1944, else clean. 85 pages. PRI/020923. Very Good. More

Decorah. IA: Solmentes Press, 2023. softcover. Number 3 of 30 copies signed and numbered by the book artist. David Esslemont is an artist who makes books by hand. His passion for food and cooking have led to a series of “food” books – visual narratives that include Pizza from Scratch, Taxi Driver Curry and his prize-winning Chili: a recipe. Esslemont was born in England in 1953 and studied Fine Art (painting) at the Central School of Art and Design in London (now The University of the Arts). He was Artistic Director of the University of Wales Gregynog Press from 1985–97 and has won many book design awards including the Felice Feliciano International Award for Book Design in 1991. His work can be found in both private and public collections worldwide, (his archive to 2005 is held at the University of Iowa.) Esslemont writes about this striking book: "Following recent cataract surgery I now see a brighter, sharper world with great clarity. Curiosity led me to the medical treatise De Medicina, written around 30 AD by Aurelius Cornelius Celsus. Thought to be part of a larger encyclopedia it includes a chapter on the description and treatment of cataracts: ‘De Cataractis.' I am pleased to present three pages from a fifteenth-century copy of De Medicina in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, together with a Latin transcript and an English translation. The woodcuts are from Margarita Philosophica, by Reisch in 1503. I hope the curious will find Celsus’s description an interesting read and enjoy lifting the veils of Gampi paper to reveal the effect of phacoemulsification with intraoculaur lens Model DCB00 implantation." Lifting the Gampi paper veils in fact reveals the stunning images in bright colors of the digital flowers Gazania and Flowerscope, taken from Esslemont's previous work Florilegium Solmentes. Inkjet printed with the Centaur MT typeface on Moab Entrada paper interleaved with Kitakata Gampi and sewn Colorplan with blue Lokta Wrappers. In fine condition. Measures 9.75 x 14.75 inches. Unpaginated [about 10 pages] PRI/031923. Fine. More

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1985. Hardcover. First Edition. A Czech novel first published as a newspaper serial. "Tesnohlidek's many-layered story of tangled human and animal relationships juxtaposes a world of not-so-innocent animals, living out brief lives in brutal harmony, with another world of longer-lived humans, who are no less brutal, scarcely more intelligent, and a good deal less happy. Deftly posed between poetry and farce ..." (jacket). Despite its popularity, this is the first English translation. Bound in dark green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Clean except for soiling to bottom of fore-edge of textblock. In tan illustrated jacket with dark brown title to spine and front panels. Jacket is price-clipped and faded along spine panel. Light wear to edges of jacket. 186 pages. LIT/022823. Very Good / Very Good. More