Titles starting with F from The Veatchs Arts of the Book

(South Norwalk, 1959). . 5 1/2 x 7 1/2. 17 leaves (most French-fold) including 11 woodcut portraits (one double-page) by Frasconi. Boards covered with a woodcut by Frascon. Very slight wear at tips. Fine. One of 250 signed copies, printed from the original woodblocks at the Spiral Press in black & red on handmade Goyu paper. ... more information

Penmaen/Busyhaus Publications, (1985). . 11 x 15. Fifteen printed folders. Each engraved self-portrait, numbered & signed, is laid into a printed folder with a page of text about the artist. With an additional suite of the 13 signed (but not numbered) prints on different paper. Contained in heavy cloth print case whose spine is a recessed length of engraver's maple wood --type high and engraved "Face to Face" the length of the spine. Fine. One of 250 sets, this is in the deluxe bind... more information

Northampton, 2002. . 11 1/2 x 15. 42 leaves: fourteen poems printed letterpress and twenty-one etchings in color and b&w. Three of the images are large, foldout etchings; two of the images are repeated, making a total of 23 etchings. Binding suggests the former World Trade Towers: vertical raised surfaces are wrapped in gray Japanese paper with a silver, laid-screen design; collaged strips of blue & white paper produce the illusion of sky & building; exposed sewing along the spine; lower ... more information

1995. . 12 x 15. Each essay, printed in brown, is preceded by a blind-embossed shell and followed by a sepia mezzotint. Mezzotints are interleaved with Japanese Unryushi. Quarter brown morocco & cloth by the Gwasg Gregynog bindery, with a brown morocco onlay of angel-wing shells. Fine in slicase, with prospectus. One of 40 copies, signed by the artist, who has printed this work in Baskerville types on Somerset paper. Shirley Jones describes this as "a multi-layered work which explores the gu... more information

Easthampton, 1979. . 10 x 7. (32) pages. Wood engraving of the family sword, on japanese paper (18 x 4), overlays the double-spread title. Boards. Two tiny dings to board edges, fine. One of 175 signed. Engraving of sword is signed also. Letter is printed in black with Barry Moser's commentary alongside in red. Moser writes "My father died when I was an infant. The strongest attachment I have to him is this letter...." Pennyroyal Checklist 21. ... more information

Glenwood Landing: Honeybee Press, 1995. . 10 x 6. 3 leaves, patterned wraps from wood engraving by artist. Fine. One of 100 numbered & signed, printed in three warm earth tones. Reproduces a stiched sampler in type & wood engravings. The first book from Honeybee Press. ... more information

Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 2009. . 8 x 12. 177 pages + 32 plates + 12 engraved prints (newly printed from the original, old plates. There are also 11 illustrations mounted within the text, and 3 actual specimens of security engraving. Quarter morocco and silk boards, slipcase. Fine. Mark Tomasko has a superb collection of the artifacts of bank note engraving. His book is a gem. There is a chapter on the process (engraving, printing, vignettes, design, training), and another on American Bank Note'... more information

Rochester, February 1980. . 8vo. 39 pages. Wraps. Covers slightly creased; contents fine. Concists of two illustrated articles. One is on the history of American type foundries. The other is Herbert Johnson's "32 Unrecorded Books Designed by Bruce Rogers while at the Riverside Press, 1896-1914." ... more information

NY: Grolier Club, 2000. . 8 x 11. 96 pages with 80 illustrations (many in color) of Zapf's type faces, book designs, and calligraphy, including many rare pieces never before reproduced. Cloth. Fine. Includes an introduction by Jerry Kelly and a hitherto unpublished autobiographical essay by Zapf, "The Life Story of a Designer." Catalogue of an exhibition at The Grolier Club, December 13, 2000 to February 10, 2001. ... more information

NY: Grolier Club, 2000. . 8 x 11. 96 pages with 80 illustrations (many in color) of Zapf's type faces, book designs, and calligraphy, including many rare pieces never before reproduced. A separate portfolio contains 20 original specimens: leaves from books, alphabets (one signed), a prospectus, & an entire booklet from Zapf's private press. Handbound by Judi Conant in green cloth gilt. Both volumes in marbled slipcase. Fine. One of 20 copies inscribed by Zapf to the recipient, and signed by ... more information

NY, 1941.. 4 x 7 1/2. 28 pages in the calligraphy of Ray Biemiller. Cloth. Fine. One of 350 numbered copies. Chap Book 6. ... more information

Whittington Press, 1999. . Two volumes. 10 x 15 and . 85 pages, 2 photographic plates, tipped-in small specimen, tipped-in leaf, 38 large paper samples tipped to black paper. Quarter morocco. A portfolio contains 25 full size sheets (folded twice) of handmade and mould-made papers, each identified. Both vols. in clamshell case. Fine. XL of 65 special copies. "...a complete historical account of the handmade and mouldmade papers at OUP from 1900 to 1970" with specimens of vintage papers stored... more information

Oakland, 1977. m. 7 x 10. (19) pages. Wraps.Very good. Advice from printers to would-be printers. ... more information

NY: Targ Editions, 1983. . 6 1/2 x 10. 39 pages. Quarter cream cloth & blind-embossed terracotta boards. Fine in slipcase. Designed and illustrated by Antonio Frasconi with nine woodcuts, including one four panel folding cut, and a beautiful frontis portrait of Aldus printed in five colors. One of 250 copies printed by Leslie Miller at the Grenfell Press. Signed by Miller and by Frasconi. Books of Antonio Frasconi #47. ... more information

Boston: Thomas G. Boss, 2008. . 5 3/4 x 8 3/4. 54 pages plus 36 color plates. Quarter red cloth & boards gilt. Fine. A checklist of 102 books BR designed at Riverside includes publication date & publication price, type face, edition size. Much of the new information here comes from letters written by BR. One of 323 copies, on superior paper, with this imprint (total edition was 500). ... more information

Minneapolis: Coffe House Press, 1991. . 6 1/2 x 11. 31, (1) pages. Quarter goatskin, stripped paper; matching slipcase. Fine. Although the colophon calls for an extra suite of the prints, loose, there are none here. One of 150 signed copies. ... more information

Cleveland, 1992. . 7 x 10. xii, 77 pages. Quarter cloth & DePol patterned boards. Fine. One of 315 copies printed at the Yellow Barn Press in black & red on Rives paper. A history of the Club, a description of the Club House & its furnishings, the major book collections. ... more information

London: Scolar Press, (1978). . 6 1/2 x 10, 232 pp +Index. Pagination includes 100 plates for the hundred bindings described. Cloth, dj (faded). Fine. ... more information

(Boston), Godine, 2004. . 5 x 9. 78 pages with over 100 illustrations. Cloth, gilt. Fine. One of only 250 copies in cloth. ISBN 1-56792-162-0 ... more information

(Boston), Godine, 2004. . 5 x 9. 78 pages with over 100 illustrations. Paperbound. Fine. ... more information