Limited Edition Books

All printed letterpress on fine mould made 
or hand made papers.  Smyth sewn bindings.

 
Genesis


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"What a wonderful and perfect publication is your Genesis...(it) is a complete unit of typography, illustration and binding" (Hermann Zapf, the world's greatest designer of books and type) 110 pages, 9 1/8 x 12 inches from the New English Bible, Oxford University Press. Illustrated by 9 woodblock prints, with 153 separately mixed inks. The plates were made by Helen Siegl, born in Vienna, now working in upper New York State. Printed in 16 pt. Lutetia type, covered with a special red cloth, archival plastic surrounds the book.

$400
The Memorable Trial of Bardel v. Pickwick

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Illustrations in five colors by Wolfgang Lederer, Curtis Superfine Paper, Perpetua types. 6½ x 9½ page.  $175
Knights and Valentines

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15th Century French love poems translated by Max Knight and illustrated by Wolfgang Lederer. Bembo types, every page illustrated in color. Edition of 285, 7½  x 11½  page size.  $300
May All Creatures Live

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The only edition of Daniel Berrigan’s Georgetown Poems. Baskerville types on Curtis Rag paper. Edition of 250, 6½ x 9½ page. $150
A Christmas Carol

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9 x 12  page size, lively illustrations by Wolfgang Lederer,  16 point Baskerville types on specially made Ragston Paper. Its size and the pictures make it great to read to children. $225
The Power Within Us

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Cabeza de Vaca’s relation of his journey from  Florida to Mexico City, with a preface by Henry Miller. Lutetia types on Ragston paper. 6½ x 9½ page. $200
When We Belonged to Spain

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Old California tales from the period prior to 1822 when California belonged to Mexico for 26 years by Susan M. Gregory. Design and decorated initials by Wolfgang Lederer. Printed with Lutetia types on specially made Ragston paper. $150
The Bookplates of Claud Lovat Fraser

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By Brian North Lee. Sumptiously illustrated in full color by letterpress in Goudy Old Style types.  6½ x 9½. The artist whose work is depicted here was a noted British illustrator, working from the turn of the century to his early death in 1921. $95
Folk Art from Many Lands-Miniature Book

Designed and illustrated by Wolfgang Lederer. Printed on True linen paper and hand bound by Carol Kent. $45

American Printer
  By Thomas MacKellar PhD. Facsimile Edition. A Manualof Typography containing prctical directions for managing all departments of a Printing Office as well as complete instructions for Apprentices, with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every vareity, hints to authors , etc. MacKellar, Smith & Jordan 1885. Private Press $25
Tristram Corbière’s Poems SOLD OUT
  French language on verso, English on recto.  Printed in Dante types on Hayle Mill’s hand made Charter Oak paper.  Beautifully bound and boxed. Edition of 150, 8½ x 11 page.
War Music SOLD OUT
  Written by Christopher Logue, a modern re-telling of Books 1-4 and 16-19 of Homer's Illiad. Printed in 16 point Baskerville with hand drawn initials on Somerset Book Paper, 100% cotton. 221 pages, bound in dark purple Asahi book cloth, with slip case. Reviews rate it as the best modern translation since Pope.
 
 
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