[Arion Press] de Maistre, Xavier; Ross Anderson (illustrations).
Journey Round My Room (Signed Limited Edition).
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of this edition, one of 300 numbered copies (this being No. 94) SIGNED by the illustrator, architect Ross Anderson, at the final photograph after page 136. Fine in gray and rose striped cloth covered boards. An imaginary travelogue written during the author's 42 day period of house arrest stemming from his participation in a duel. 152 number pages plus 32 non-numbered pages for the illustrations, 8-1/4 inches X 5-7/8 inches. Printed by letterpress in Monotype Suburban French with Monotype Gallia for initials and display in black and rose ink (recalling the rose and gray binding cloth, a reference to the author's bed covers) on French mouldmade Arches Text paper. [Book #101021]. (read more)

[Arion Press] Dine, Jim; Henry James, Arthur C. Danto (introduction).
Ape and Cat and The Madonna of the Future (Signed Limited Edition).
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover, folio. First printing of this edition, one of 75 numbered and 26 lettered copies (this being Letter I) SIGNED by Jim Dine on the colophon page. Fine, in a Fine gray cloth box with a signed and dated bas-relief by Jim Dine inset in the lid. Jim Dine's narrative in 18 photogravures is bound in full gray cloth as an accordion fold album and with a companion book, "The Madonna of the Future" by Henry James. Dine contributes a photogravure and one tipped in photograph to this edition of James' story. Arthur C. Danto has written an introductory essay on the story and prints. Both James and Dine were inspired (to different ends) by the same original figurine of a cat and a monkey in human clothes. Ape & Cat: accordion-fold album, 16 x 12-1/2 inches,opening out to 23 feet in width, intaglio printing by the R.E. Townsend Studio from plates made by Jeno Gindl on German Hahnemuhle Copperplate paper. Bas-relief, 5-14 x 6-3/4 inches, in lead alloy inset cast at the foundry of M & H Type from mold made at the Walla Walla Foundry. The Madonna of the Future: 68 pages, 12-14 x 8-3/4 inches, printed in Monotype and handset Times New Roman on German Hahnemuhle Biblio. [Book #87594]. (read more)

[Arion Press] Franklin, Benjamin.
The Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin (Limited Edition).
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover, octavo. First printing of this edition, one of 400 numbered copies, this being No. 114. Fine in full brown goatskin with gold titles and profile image of Franklin. Published to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Franklin's birth, this edition of his autobiography is produced without introduction or notes allowing an unclouded experience of the text. The frontispiece portrait of Benjamin Franklin is derived from his visage on the $100 bill. 188 pages, 9 x 6.5 inches, printed from photopolymer plates by letterpress on all-cotton fiber English mouldmade Somerset Book paper. The typeface, Aitken, is a digital recreation of an early American family of type, utilized here for the first time to further celebrate Franklin's history as a printer. This copy is lacking the keepsake originally accompanying the Memoirs which recounts the history of the original manuscript. [Book #84381]. (read more)

[Arion Press] Hano, Arnold; Mark Ulriksen (illustrations).
A Day in the Bleachers (Signed Limited Edition).
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover, large octavo. First printing of this edition, one of 400 numbered copies(this being No. 244), SIGNED by both Arnold Hano and Mark Ulriksen on the colophon page. Fine, hand sewn in blue-grey cloth with illustrated inset to the front board. The classic account (by one of baseball's most respected sports writers) of the first game of the 1954 world series, the game in which Willie Mays makes "The Catch". A baseball book to be sure, but also a moving and funny piece of literature. This edition provides Hano's prose with a new context and pairs it with the illustrations of New Yorker cover artist Mark Ulriksen. Ulriksen has created 14 egg tempera on board paintings, one of which is a full color 4-page fold out of "The Catch". 172 pages plus 14 sewn in leaves for the illustrations, 11 x 7 1/2 inches, printed by letterpress in Cushing Old Style and Stationers Gothic Bold on Zerkall Book Laid paper. Illustrations printed by offset lithography on Lustro Dull paper. [Book #98728]. (read more)

[Arion Press] McClure, Michael; Robert Graham (illustrations).
Lie, Sit, Stand, Be Still (Signed Limited Edition).
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1995. First Edition. First printing of this edition, one of 26 lettered copies hors de commerce (this being Letter T) SIGNED by McClure on the final leaf of the poem and by the Graham on each numbered (in this case lettered) lithograph. Fine in unbound sheets laid in a gray and red silk clamshell portfolio box with a bronze bas-relief nude recessed into the lid. In this edition the Arion Press has interleaved the Beat poet's work with lithographs of the drawing series to which the poem is a response. The suite of 24 nude studies by sculptor Robert Graham display a spare earthy quality reflected in the poem. 52 leaves, 15 x 11 inches, printed in Monotype Walbaum and handset Craw Clarendon Modern on English mouldmade Somerset Satin paper. [Book #87304]. (read more)

[Arion Press] O'Hara, Frank; Jim Dine (illustrations), Bill Berkson (essay and glossary).
Biotherm (Signed Limited Edition).
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1984. First Edition. First printing of this edition, one of 150 numbered, 26 lettered copies hors de commerce and 4 copies for display (this being Letter L) SIGNED by Jim Dine on the colophon page. Fine, in unbound sheets with companion volume in wrappers. Both in a Near Fine, red cloth portfolio box. Portfolio has a bit of light soiling and a few scuffs to the front board, else Fine. Frank O'Hara's last long poem before his death. Illustrated with 42 lithographs by Jim Dine. Bill Berkson's essay and glossary are contained in a softcover companion booklet housed in a recessed pocket of the portfolio box. Poem: 45 loose sheets, 22 x 15 inches, in handset Spectrum. Images printed by duotone offset lithography with the text overprinted (where necessary) by letterpress. Companion booklet: 24 pages, 11 x 7-1/2 inches, in gray paper wrappers. Both poem and booklet printed on T.H. Saunders Waterford paper. [Book #87595]. (read more)

[Arion Press] Poe, Edgar Allan; Arakawa (illustrations), Glenn Todd (introduction).
Eureka, an Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe (Signed Limited Edition).
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of this edition, one of 250 numbered copies (this being No. 21) SIGNED by the artist, Arakawa, on the colophon page. Fine, in gray and rose Japanese cloth. Poe's last large work, a philosophical treatise, which was originally published only a year before he died. Minimalist and Conceptual artist Arakawa, who states that he was much influenced by this work, contributes 8 illustrations utilizing portions of Poe's text as a foundation. 120 pages,14-1/2 x 9-3/4 inches, in Monotype Plantin and handset Bodoni Book on English mouldmade T.H. Saunders Waterford paper. Illustrations printed from type and photo-engravings. [Book #100728]. (read more)

[Arion Press] Sheppard, Sam; Stan Washburn (illustrations).
A Lie Of The Mind (Signed Limited Edition).
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover, large quarto. First printing of this edition, one of 300 numbered and 26 lettered copies hors de commerce (this being Letter M) SIGNED by the playwright and the artist on the colophon page. Fine, in blue goatskin spine and red paper covered boards with white silkscreened titling and illustration. A much acclaimed work by the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and actor. Illustrated with 15 scratch-board drawings by Stan Washburn. Lacking the CD recording of the music by the Red Clay Ramblers used for the first production of the play. 144 pages, 13 x 10 inches, in Monotype Ehrhardt, handset Janson and handset De Vinne wood type on mouldmade French Lana Royale paper. Illustrations printed from photopolymer plates. [Book #87500]. (read more)

[Arion Press] Stevenson, Robert Louis; Michael Kenna (photographer), Oscar Lewis (introduction).
The Silverado Squatters (Signed Lettered Edition).
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of this edition, limited to 26 copies (this being Letter F) SIGNED and lettered by photographer Michael Kenna on the colophon page. Fine in handsewn, rust-colored cloth quarter binding with cork boards. Illustrated by landscape photographer Michael Kenna who follows Stevenson's California journey in 16 stunning duotone photolithographs. 160 pages, 9-1/2 x 6-3/4 inches, printed in Monotype Modern 8A and handset Craw Modern on German mouldmade Zerkall paper. [Book #84175]. (read more)

[Arion Press] Wittgenstein, Ludwig; Mel Bochner (illustrations), Arthur Danto (introduction), Denis Paul and G.E.M. Andscombe (translation), G.E.M. Andscombe and G.H. Von Wright (editors).
On Certainty / Uber Gewissheit (Signed Limited Edition).
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of this edition, one of 300 numbered and 26 lettered copies hors de commerce (this being Letter N ) SIGNED by the illustrator, Mel Bochner, on the artist's statement. Fine, in light blue and gray cloth in a Near Fine gray cloth slipcase. Slipcase has just a touch of wear to the corners. Wittgenstein's last work is paired with an incarnation of the "Wittgenstein Illustrations" of New York artist Mel Bochner. Printed with the original German and English in parallel columns. 148 pages,14-1/2 x 13 inches, in Monotype Plantin on French mouldmade Rives heavyweight paper. [Book #87496]. (read more)

[Bindings] Barres, Maurice; Edgar Chahine (illustrations); Henri Creuzevault (binding).
La Mort de Venise [The Death of Venice] (Fine Binding by Creuzevault).
Paris: Les Editions d'Art Devambez, 1926. Hardcover. One of 50 numbered copies (this being No. 25) on Japanese paper with an additional suite of illustrations and one original "croquis" signed by Edgar Chahine. Bound with original wrappers in full blue morocco decorated with gilt and blindstamps, all edges gilt, in chemise and slipcase, signed by Creuzevault. Just about Fine in a Very Good+ slipcase and chemise. A beautiful copy of Barres famous work illustrated by Edgar Chahine, an artist ideally suited to the task. A sumptuous example of a Creuzevault binding. [Book #103788]. (read more)

[Bindings] Holmes, Oliver Wendell.
The Professor at the Breakfast-table; with The Story of Iris (First UK Edition, Embroidered Binding).
London: Sampson Low, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. First UK Edition, first printing. first printing. Near Fine in a 19th century embroidered silk binding. Floral design on the front board and spine with the title embroidered onto a central oval panel. Contemporary bookplate at the front pastedown with a small bit of fray at the heel. Holmes' second book. An attractive example of an embroidered binding coupled with an important 19th century title. [Book #103149]. (read more)

[Cheloniidae Press] Louys, Pierre; Alan James Robinson (illustrations), David Ball (translator).
Leda or In Praise of the Blessings of Darkness (Deluxe Limited Edition, Signed).
Easthampton: Cheloniidae Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of this edition, one of 15 deluxe "state proof" copies (this being No. 14) SIGNED by both the artist, Alan James Robinson and the binder, David Kelm on the colophon page. Bound in full alum tawed pigskin with an inset bas relief paper cast illustration to the front board. Illustrated with five drypoint etchings and seven wood engravings. The state proofs for both the etchings and the woodblock engravings are enclosed as is a drawing and an extra suite of prints. Both book and prints are enclosed in a specially designed oatmeal cloth covered fall back box. A beautiful example of modern book arts. 42 pages plus non-numbered leaves for the illustrations, 8 x 11 inches, printed at Wild Carrot Letterpress on T.H. Saunders hotpress watercolor paper. Drypoint etchings were printed on hand made Gampi Torinoko. [Book #101965]. (read more)

Doug and Mike Starn [design & production]; Lafcadio Hearn [text].
Ani-San, samukaro? Omae samukaro? (Signed Limited Edition).
New York: Zucker Art Books, 2007/2008. First Edition. First Edition. One of 19 numbered copies (this being No. 8), of which only 15 were offered for sale. The text is excerpted from Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan by Lafcadio Hearn (1894), and retells the poignant story of a brother and sister who, unable to pay rent after the death of their parents, are thrown out of their house in the middle of winter without even a blanket. Wrapped in their only remaining belongings, blue kimonos, they huddle together behind their house and become buried in the snow. The spirits of the children haunt the blanket that their landlord stole from them before turning them out of their home. Anyone sleeping under the blanket can still hear the children’s voices calling to each other: "Ani-San, Samukaro?" ("Elder Brother, are you cold?") "Omae Samukaro" ("No, are you cold?"). Bound using traditional Japanese techniques and printed on white gampi paper. Nineteen photomicrographs of snow crystals taken by the Starns during several snowstorms illustrate the story. The verso of each image is painted with white acrylic and the front is hand-coated with a stroke of varnish. Material from an antique blue patterned kimono wraps around the book and fastens together with a red and white ribbon. Each ribbon end has a small paper flag printed with the questions that form the title. Appropriately, the lining of the kimono is threadbare. A unique snowflake photograph accompanies the book, printed on gampi paper, coated in encaustic, and signed by both artists. Each book in this edition features a different photograph. A colophon printed on a single sheet of paper, also signed by both artists, rests beneath the kimono. The book, kimono, colophon, and print are housed together in a hand-crafted bass wood Japanese box measuring 11.75 x 11.75 inches.  Doug and Mike Starn are identical twins born in New Jersey in 1961. These widely acclaimed artists began collaboratively experimenting with photography at age thirteen and have since expanded into sculpture, installation, video, and painting. The main themes explored in their work involve the relationships between light and dark, past and present, and technology and nature. Images of snowflakes, decaying foliage, ancient statues, old Master paintings, and nocturnal insects haunt many of their pieces. They are represented in museums around the world including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, the National Museum of Contemporary Art in South Korea, and many others. Their varying interests have led them to collaborate artistically with Russian author Victor Pelevin, American actor Dennis Hopper, NASA scientists and others. In 2008, they created a permanent art installation for the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority at the South Ferry Station and have most recently exhibited alongside Diana Kingsley and Richard Pettibon at the Leo Castelli Gallery. [Book #105222]. (read more)

Grass, Gunter.
Liebe Gepruft (Signed Limited Edition).
Berlin: Carl Shunemann, 1974. First Edition. Elephant Folio. First printing of this edition, one of 120 copies (this being No. 104) SIGNED and numbered by the author. A portfolio of six poems and six original etchings by Gunter Grass in unbound sheets in an oatmeal linen tray case. Each etching is signed and numbered by Grass. Fine in a Near Fine tray case. Case shows just a hint of soil. [Book #104943]. (read more)

Paz, Octavio; Robert Motherwell.
Three Poems (Signed Limited Edition).
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. First printing of this edition, one of 750 numbered copies (this being No. 4) SIGNED by both Paz and Motherwell on the colophon page. Fine in Irish linen with original recessed lithograph on the front board, in a just about Fine matching clamshell case. Illustrated with 27 original mounted lithographs. A gorgeous collaboration. [Book #106178]. (read more)

[Whittington Press] Various Authors.
Matrix 10: A Review For Printers and Bibliophiles (Deluxe Limited Edition).
Risbury: Whittington Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. One of 105 deluxe numbered copies (this being No. LIX) quarter bound in brick Oasis leather and matching marbled paper covered boards. Fine and unread in a Fine cloth and paper slipcase. Portfolio containing additional signed prints and broadsides housed in the same slipcase, as issued. Set in 12-point Monotype Caslon and printed on Somerville, Zerkall and Tosa Butten papers. Duotone plates printed by CTD Printers, cover drawn direct on to plates by Alan Powers and printed in four colors by auto lithography at the Sencio Press. [Book #117384]. (read more)

[Whittington Press] Various Authors.
Matrix 12: A Review For Printers and Bibliophiles (Deluxe Limited Edition).
Andoversford: Whittington Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. One of 100 deluxe numbered copies (this being No. XCVII) quarter bound in light blue Oasis leather and matching marbled paper covered boards. Just about Fine and unread in a Fine cloth and paper slipcase. Slight toning to spine, else Fine. Portfolio containing additional examples of chinese ceremonial papers housed in the same slipcase, as issued. Set in 12-point Caslon and Goudy Modern and printed on Somerville Laid and Zerkall mould-made papers. Plates printed by CTD Printers. [Book #117412]. (read more)

[Whittington Press] Various Authors.
Matrix 14: A Review For Printers and Bibliophiles (Deluxe Limited Edition).
Risbury: Whittington Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. One of 95 deluxe numbered copies (this being No. 58) quarter bound in plum Oasis leather and matching marbled paper covered boards. Fine and unread in a Fine cloth and paper slipcase. Portfolio containing additional material housed in the same slipcase, as issued. Set in Caslon, Centaur and Cochin types and printed on Somerville Laid, Zerkall mould-made and Americana papers. Color and duotone plates printed by CTD Printers, others by the Aldine Press. [Book #117380]. (read more)

[Whittington Press] Various Authors.
Matrix 16: A Review For Printers and Bibliophiles (Deluxe Limited Edition).
Risbury: Whittington Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. One of 95 deluxe numbered copies (this being No. LII) quarter bound in taupe Oasis leather and matching marbled paper covered boards. Just about Fine and unread in a Fine cloth and paper slipcase. Spine faintly toned, else Fine. Portfolio containing additional material housed in the same slipcase, as issued. Set in Caslon, Romulus, Regulus and Cochin types and printed on Somerville Laid, Zerkall Halbmatt and Hahnemule Bugra-Butten papers. Color and duotone plates printed by CTD Printers, others by Regency Press. [Book #117381]. (read more)

[Whittington Press] Various Authors.
Matrix 18: A Review For Printers and Bibliophiles (Deluxe Limited Edition).
Risbury: Whittington Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. One of 80 deluxe numbered copies (this being No. i) quarter bound in scarlet Oasis leather and matching marbled paper covered boards. Fine and unread in a Fine cloth and paper slipcase. Portfolio containing additional material housed in the same slipcase, as issued. Set in Bembo, Caslon, Poliphilus, Centaur, Erhardt, Goudy Modern, Modern number I, and Van Dijck types and printed on Somerville Laid, Zerkall Halbmatt and Rosa mould-made and Hahnemule Bugra-Butten papers. Color and duotone plates printed by CTD Printers, others by Premiere Press. [Book #117383]. (read more)

[Whittington Press] Various Authors.
Matrix 20: A Review For Printers and Bibliophiles (Deluxe Limited Edition).
Risbury: Whittington Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. One of 80 deluxe numbered copies (this being No. XLI) quarter bound in gold Oasis leather and matching marbled paper covered boards. Just about Fine and unread in a Fine cloth and paper slipcase. Spine lightly toned, else Fine. Portfolio containing additional engravings housed in the same slipcase, as issued. Set in Bell and Caslon types and printed on Somerville Laid, Zerkall mould-made, Hahnemuhle Bugra-Butten and Korean Hukpiji papers. Color and Tri-tone plates printed by Syon Print, other litho inserts by Premiere Press. [Book #117374]. (read more)

[Whittington Press] Various Authors.
Matrix 22: A Review For Printers and Bibliophiles (Deluxe Limited Edition).
Risbury: Whittington Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. One of 85 numbered copies (this being No.LXXI), quarter bound in scarlet Oasis leather and matching marbled paper covered boards. Fine and unread in a Fine cloth and paper slipcase. Portfolio containing additional material housed in the same slipcase, as issued. Set in Caslon, Garamond, Gill Sans and Goudy Modern types and printed on Somerville Laid, Zerkall mould-made and Hahnemuhle Bugra-Butten papers. Color and tritone plates printed by the Acorn and the Coister Press. This issue contains contributions by Kenneth Auchincloss, Sebastian Carter, Simon Lawrence and Anne Ullmann, Bernard Roberts, Wesley Bates and William Rueter, Martin Andrews, John Grice, Graham Moss and Kathy Whalen, Roderick Cave, Alan Powers, Enrico Tallone, Alan Wilkinson, Nelly Gable, Hal Bishop, Nicholas Perry, Dan Carr, Nicholas Barker, Michael Lang, David Berona, Douglas Martin, John Dreyfus and David Chambers. [Book #116601]. (read more)

[Whittington Press] Various Authors.
Matrix 2: A Review For Printers and Bibliophiles (Deluxe Limited Edition).
Andoversford: Whittington Press, 1993. Hardcover. Second Edition, a reprint of the second volume of this annual, one of 40 copies (this being No. XV). Fine in rust colored Morocco leather spine with marbled paper covered boards and a Fine slipcase. Portfolio containing additional material housed in the same slipcase, as issued. Printed by letterpress in Monotype Caslon and Gill Sanson Sommerville Laid paper with wood-engravings on Mellotex Watercolor paper by the Aldine Press and on Zerkhall Halbmatt paper, duo-tones printed by the Senecio Press. [Book #101078]. (read more)

[Whittington Press] Various Authors.
Matrix 7: A Review For Printers and Bibliophiles (Deluxe Limited Edition).
Andoversford: Whittington Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. One of 110 deluxe numbered copies (this being a stated "Press Copy") quarter bound in dark blue Oasis leather and matching marbled paper covered boards. Fine and unread in a Fine cloth and paper slipcase. Slight toning to spine, else Fine. Portfolio containing additional material housed in the same slipcase, as issued. Set in 12-point Monotype Caslon printed on Somerville Laid and Zerkall Halbmatt papers. Color and half-toneplates printed by Senecio Press. [Book #117413]. (read more)

[Whittington Press] Various Authors.
Matrix 9: A Review For Printers and Bibliophiles (Deluxe Limited Edition).
Andoversford: Whittington Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. One of the edition of 105 deluxe numbered copies (this being a stated "Press Copy") quarter bound in gold Oasis leather and matching marbled paper covered boards. Fine and unread in a Fine cloth and paper slipcase. Portfolio containing additional material entitled "A Letter To Colette" and bound in the same manner as the original,housed in the same slipcase, as issued. Set in 12-point Monotype Caslon and printed on Somerville Laid, Zerkall and Hahnemuhle papers. Half-tone and Tri-tone plates printed by CTD printers and the Senecio Press,line blocks made by Keene Engraving. [Book #117370]. (read more)