Titles starting with W from The Veatchs Arts of the Book

Michigan, 1976. . 6 x 9. vii, 225 pages. Cloth. Fine. First and only edition. With a bibliography of his writings and art work. ... more information

NY: AIGA, 1937. . 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. 39, (4), (30) pp. Decorated boards. Spine slightly faded; paper covering of upper joint has a tw0-inch split. Very good. Catalogue of the AIGA exhibit, with 32 pages of Dwiggns' cuts and decortaive material printed in color. ... more information

Roslyn: Stone House Press, 1985. . 5 x 7 1/2. 13 pages with 2 engravings in blue. Wraps. Fine. One of 135 copies signed by the poet. Stone House Press Chap Book One. ... more information

Lexington, 1961.. 8 x 11. (7) pp. Original Japanese paper covered boards with wrap around title label. Fine. Stamperi del Santuccio, Broadside III. One of 100 numbered copies printed in American Uncial in red and black on heavy Magnani paper. Victor Hammer Artist and Printer p. 149. The four broadsides, done between 1959-1965, have always been among the most difficult Hammer pieces to find. ... more information

Pasadena, 1992. . 5 3/4 x 9. 30 leaves interleaved with red Japanese paper. Black cloth, cover label. Fine. Signed by the instructor, Vance Studley. One of approximately 50 copies. The project was to create "visual propaganda" based on research of some aspect of Dadaism. Contibutions by 28 students, printed letterpress. The Press was found in 1988 by Vance Studley. ... more information

Verona, 1961 (London: Faber & Faber). . 8 x 11 1/4. (9), 11- 52, (1 ) pages. Vellum-backed marbled boards with matching s/c. The s/c was too tight for both for this publication and the Four Quartets which was issued in a similar format; it has usually split with use and frequently resulted in wear to the cover edges. The case on this copy has been rehabilitated by a local binder who has covered/reinforced the joints with green cloth. There is very slight wear to the edges. A fine copy. One of 3... more information

Oxingale & Double Elephant Presses, 2009. . 15 x 12. 45 leaves. Two musical works are united by the theme of water. In "Apres Moi," a chorus questions why Noah has forgotten the victims of hurricane Katrina. A huge 12-block woodcut (from cypress) is cut into individual blocks and alternates with the text in the poet's hand--like a river running through the poem. Alternating with the 6 stanzas are 6 small etchings of an ark metamorphosing into the raven sent to seek dry land. The complete ... more information

Cambridge, 1972. . 6 x 7 1/2. 69 pages. Quarter cloth. Fine. One of 500 copies. ... more information

(Avon): LEC, 1975. . 6 x 10. 327 pages. Green cloth & marbled boards. Fine in lightly scuffed slipcase. One of 2000 copies signed by the illustrator, R. J. Holden. Printed at Stinehour Press. ... more information

NY, 1960. . 5 1/4 x 7 1/4. 23 french-fold leaves occasionally interleaved with green or brown tissue. Boards covered with a woodcut by Frasconi, glassine. As new. The portraits of Whitman progress from youth to old age. There are 8 pages of text from "Leaves of Grass,"reproductions of 5 Whitman letters in a private collection, and 16 woodcuts by Frasconi (one double-page and one colored). One of 525 copies signed by Frasconi. Printed from the blocks at the Spiral Press on handmade Goyu paper. ... more information

Upper Denby: Fleece Press, 2002. . Miniature, 7 x 4 cm (3 x 1 1/2 inches). Thirty-three leaves, with 10 wood engravings. Boards with a pattern of foolscap watermarked papers. Enclosed in a three-part wood & copper papermaking mould. One of 100 (of 285) copies in this unusual and delightful "binding." The book is fitted in a mahogany box; a mould of papermaker's copper mesh framed in copper secured by tiny nails fits over the box; the "deckle" or wooden frame complete... more information

Honeybee Press, (East Chatham, 2001). . 5 x 6. (6) pages. The two wood engravings are hand colored by the artist. Fabriano wraps, paper label with wood engraving. Fine. One of 175 copies numbered and signed by artist/printer and author. Printed and bound by Sandy Connors. "Whimsy, humor and thirty-seven wild flowers are incorporated into this poem." ... more information

NY: Typophiles, 1955. . 4 x 7. 104 pages. Plaid boards, paper spine label, printed dj. Bradley cuts printed in terracotta. Very good. On of 650 copies, printed at the Peter Pauper Press. Chap Book 30. Bradley's account of his career in graphic arts. ... more information

(London): The Galahad Press, (1968). . 4to. Orange cloth, brown cloth slipcase. 46 pages including numerous examples of Carter's design & printing, in color. Two collector's bookplates inside front cover. Spine slightly faded; contents fine. One of 100 copies. ... more information

SF: Book Club of California , 1976. . 4 x 6. Cloth, 52 pages. Fine. One of 400 for BCC and 700 for Typophiles. ... more information

NY: BBC, 1976. . 4 x 6. Cloth-backed boards, 52 pages. Near fine. One of 700 for Typophiles and 400 for BCC. ... more information

NY: Typophiles , 1976. . 4 x 6. Cloth-backed boards, 52 pages. Booklabel of printer Marie Berliner (compositor at Peter Pauper Press). Fine. One of 700 for Typophiles (and 400 for BCC). ... more information

NY: Typophiles, 1984. . 4 1/2 x 7. x, 91 pages. Cloth & decorated boards. Illustrated. Fine. Includes detailed accounts of BR's work at Rudge. With a selective bibliography of Rudge's most notable books. One of 750 printed by Stinehour. ... more information

NY: Limited Editions Club, 1978. . 9 1/2 x 12. 152 pages. Quarter leather & cloth. Fine in faded slipcase. One of 1600 copies, printed at Stinehour, signed by the illustrator B. F. Stahl. ... more information

Grapho Editions, 2009. . 7 1/2 x 10 1/2. 25 pages illustrated throughout. Blue cloth titled on upper cover. Fine. In these poems about birds, text and images are interwoven into fluid shapes. Marbling, machined wood, and some wood engraving are used with a light touch. "All sorts of shapes and references can be found in this book but, above all we hope, the koan of stillness and movement." One of 130 signed copies printed on Zerkal paper, using an Albion handpress for most of the work. ... more information