Titles starting with R from The Veatchs Arts of the Book

Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1982. . 7 1/2 x 10. 95 pages. Wraps. Fine copy, signed by Sebastian Carter. Illustrated exhibition catalogue, with a detailed bibliography of 89 publications of the press to 1982. ... more information

Greenbrae, 1991. . 7 x 11. 89 pages in black, red, and green. Four engravings by John DePol. Bound in colorful Italian floral cloth. Fine with prospectus. One of 115 copies printed with a handpress on dampened mould made paper, in Romaneé and Cancelleresca Bastarda types. ... more information

Howell: Dale Guild Type Foundry, 1997. . 8 1/2 x 10 1/2. 4 leaves, rubricated in tempera. Type specimen is printed in gold, two fleurons painted turquoise. Printed double wraps. Fine. One of 150 copies, hand printed on dampened Lana Laid at the Ardentia Veritas Press. Text is set in Cloister Old Style No. 2 with 6-line woodcut initial. Theo Rehak labored many years to complete Victor Hammer's punches, begun in 1940's. As Radolt was the first printer known to have printed in gold, this fi... more information

(Easthampton, 1980). . 11 x 15. 30 pages. Fifteen leaves, including 5 full page etchings, pencil titled by Robinson. The text contains two wood engravings; blind printed pressmark on final leaf. Bound by David Bourbeau in black paper (over boards) marbled to resemble ravens' wings. Slight wear, a two-inch ding to bottom of fore edge has been repaired. In red morocco & black cloth tray case. Near fine. No. 25 of 100 copies (total edition was 125) signed. Laid-in are signed and numbered proofs of... more information

(Easthampton), 1986. . 9 1/2 x 6 1/2. Tipped in etched portrait as frontis, 18 French-fold leaves printed rectos only, including 9 wood engravings by Alan James Robinson. Red morocco spine & tips, black boards, by Claudia Cohen. An extra suite of the prints, numbered & signed by the artist, is laid into a cloth portfolio, all housed in cloth tray case. A fine copy with prospectus. One of 50 deluxe copies with an extra suite of the plates. (The total edition was 225 copies, including 150 c... more information

(Easthampton, 1980). . The book measures 11 x 15 and has 15 leaves, including 5 full page etchings by Alan Robinson; the text contains two wood engravings, with the two signed proofs laid in. Bound by David Bourbeau in black paper (over boards) marbled to resemble ravens' wings, this is copy no. 8 of 100 regular copies. This collection of preliminary pieces for the book contains six unused trial drawings (3 of Poe, 3 of the raven); a series of 5 large progressive proof etchings of Poe (one signe... more information

(Tarrytown), 1989. . 15 x 22. About 28 leaves, a mixture of single sheets, double sheets, and foldout leaves. Some of the pages have been colored before letterpress. Wraps covered with a multicolor woodcut and monotype image on front. In a sepia linen traycase with inset woodcut portraits of Paz and Cage. Light wear to case. Fine. One of 14 copies signed by Paz, Cage, Noll, and Weinberger. Printed and bound by the artist. In this book, participants join voices in a complex bilingual counterpoint of mutual... more information

Soho, 1924. . 6 x 9 1/2. Polished blue buckram, printed dw. Fine, unopened copy. No. 325 of 850. ... more information

Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1995. . 6 1/2 x 10. 105 pages, including many personal views and eight full-color plates of bindings. Quarter morocco & decorated bds, slipcase. Fine, with prospectus. One of 200 copies. With a lovely B&B book lapel or tie pin. ... more information

NY, 1999. . 6 x 9. 19 pages. Red cloth. One of 100 copies printed by Jerry Kelly in Centaur & Columna types in black & red. ... more information

NY: Grolier Club (1988). . 10 x 10. (110) pp. Printed wraps. Fine. An exhibition catalogue of contemporary French bindings at the Grolier Club. Describes 102 bindings, most of which are illustrated in color. ... more information

Northampton, 1964. . 7 1/4 x 9 1/2. 34, (4), (3), pages plus 50 plates. Green & white boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine in glassine. Harold Hugo's EEH booklabel. The printer's copy. Gehenna Essays in Art, 2. One of 1000 copies (this un-numbered) , printed in red and black by Harold McGrath at the Gehenna Press, with 50 plates by Meriden Gravure. ... more information

Valley Forge: Weyerhauser, 1994. . 10 x 10. (16) pages (many fold out to a larger spread). Full color throughout. Self-wraps. Very good. Reproductions of paintings, murals, posters, and sculpture (3-dimensional embossed printing) from the Works Progress Administration. This was created as a specimen of paper and graphic design. ... more information

(Midnight Paper Sales, 2010). . 8 x 6. 11 leaves, with tipped-in erratum and tipped-in alternate spine label. Two small color wood engravings. Dark brown flax wraps with gilt moon on cover, in slipcase with spine label. Fine. One of 200 signed copies. These river poems are related to a major project-in-the-works. The erratum represents an alteration in one poem. As Gaylord says "It isn't often that the author can keep working on a poem, even after printing, unless, of course, they are the printer... more information

Cambridge, 1950. . 7 1/4 x 11 5/8. ix, 33 pages. Quarter black cloth, boards with red ornament. Faint glue offsetting (as typical) on endpapers, all else fine in worn glassine. One of 500 copies printed in black & red. Cambrdige Christmas book. ... more information

(London) V & A Museum (1982). . 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. 84 pages illustrated throughout with reproductions of wood engravings in black or brown. Wraps. Very good, inscribed by Ruari McLean, who wrote the Introduction. An autobiographical essay and notes on the engravings by Stone. Introduction by Ruari Mclean. ... more information

(Wakefield) 1992. . 8 x 12 1/2. 21 pages, 16 plates of wood engravings. Quarter gold cloth with black & gold Maziarczyk paste paper boards, slipcase. Fine. One of 270 copies. The engravings were printed from the original blocks, in black & dull red, on an 1853 Albion, requiring 392 hours to print. The Fleece Press has made a speciality of printing wood engravings. ... more information

Hamilton, Ohio, 1976. . 4to. Full color throughout. Spiral bound. Near fine in original envelope. Gorgeous paper specimens. Imagination XX. ... more information

(Easthampton), 1981. . Three vols. 9 x 12. 23 leaves on a variety of Japanese papers (plus several blank leaves of various papers at front & rear). There are 11 engravings of roadkill and one etching--each signed and numbered. Colophon bears an image of a broken muffler laying in the road. Quarter leather by Gray Parrot with "tire tracks" in blind. Slight paper defect on upper cover but fine. With an extra suite of the illustrations, signed & numbered, in cloth portfolio. Both volumes ... more information

West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press, 1987. . 6 x 9. 134 pages plus 21 full page wood engravings; 3 vignettes in the text. Full red morocco blindstamped & titled in gilt. Fine, in custom tray case. One of 150 numbered copies signed by Welty and Moser. ... more information