Books for Sale or Trade

I've got a few private press books looking for new homes. Especially interested in trades but happy to sell as well. Shoot me a message either way!

1. "For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn" from Foolscap Press. As new. A terrific book from a terrific press – maybe even among their best – but it's a folio that literally doesn't fit on my shelves. My shelves are pretty small, and so I simply have no way of storing it properly. Wondering if another collector would do better by the book than I. The premise is great: Hemingway penned literature's shortest story: "For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn". In this edition, six writers expand upon that short-short story and write short stories of their own. All are great reads, and comparing among them is especially interesting. The binding is well-executed and inventive, too.

2. "An Unknown Masterpiece" by Honoré de Balzac from Rampant Lions Press. Fine condition. Beautifully executed book, I simply have two copies and don't need both.

3. "The Presidency" (full leather with solander case) from Thornwillow Press. Fine condition. TWP's fifth book, and its first full-length publication. Gorgeous full Morocco with brilliantly executed gold tooling. Mouldmade paper (Arches I think) and beautifully reproduced photographic portraits of the mid-century presidents. Personally, I think this edition is a must for any TWP collector. Cloth copies are usually easy to find, but the full-leathers are a scarcer.

>2 NathanOv: Yes, please do!

I've got a few small titles to add to the trade list as well:

"The Yellow Wall-Paper" from Clinker Press
"Nature" from Clinker Press
"Remembering the Moon" from Thornwillow Press
"The Pact" from Aralia Press

I've got a few FS/FT as well:

1. Grabhorn Press "Othello" -- I'd call it VG condition, with scuffs/scrapes to the edges of the spine (significant at tail), otherwise NF.
2. Grabhorn Press "Henry IV Part I" -- Also VG, with moderate bowing to the boards, otherwise Fine.
3. Grabhorn Press "The Silverado Squatters" -- Fine in VG slipcase.
4. Allen Press "La Porte de Maletroit" -- Only G condition: Book ex-lib with stamp and pocket removal marks on front blank leaves, otherwise NF; slipcase and chemise present, but beaten to death.

Some LEC titles as well, all in VG condition: The Prince, 3 Tales of the Sea by Conrad, Essays of Francis Bacon, Arthur Gordon Pym, Trial & Death of Socrates, Notorious Jumping Frog, A Connecticut Yankee, The Bridge

I'd be interested in something from the Golden Cockerel Press, Grabhorn Press, Allen Press, maybe from the Vale Press Shakespeare, some modern private presses, any interesting Shakespeare editions, etc. (my collection is eclectic).

This is a bit of a long shot, but I am looking for two Barbarian Press publications:

1. Founts & Circumstance (2001)

2. Under Strange Sail (2007)

I have a number of interesting high-end private press books for potential trade from the likes of the Arion Press, Gregynog Press, Yolla Bolly Press, etc. Send a PM if you are willing to part with either of these two titles.

>2 NathanOv: do you still have inferno? If so, which version?

>7 Roccosem: yes, I will send you a message!

I'm adding a few more books to my in search of list

1-2. Grapho Editions (Paul Kershaw): The Amphibious Place and Running Rings
3. Lone Oak Press: Mimpish Squinnies
4-5. Nawakum Press: "The Sea Fogs" and "Outside"
6-7. Midnight Paper Sales: Lac Des Pleurs
8. Ascensius Press: "The Maine Woods"
9. Quail Press: "Walls."
10-11. Red Angel Press: "Aesop" and "To You, Walt Whitman"
12-13. Gaspereau Press: "Walking" and "Man is Altogether Too Much insisted on"

Might anyone have for trade the Hand and Eye edition of Jekyll and Hyde? Thanks!

I’m going to throw this out here without much hope: if anyone has a copy of Temporary Culture’s The Man with the Knives, by Ellen Kushner, I’d love to talk.

I ended up with a duplicate copy of Pegana Press's "The Age of Whelming" by Clarke Ashton Smith. A really beautiful book, and great example of this press.

Originally purchased at the publisher's price of $425, but then I got a great deal on a matching set, so I'm willing to trade for something more in the $250-300 range, or would also sell this one outright.

Traded!

>6 NathanOv: are you looking specifically for a trade or would you be interested in selling your Death and Honey?

>13 propofol22: Definitely not selling Death & Honey - the ones I might be open to selling would be the available to trade list in my comment >9 NathanOv:, but the ones in >6 NathanOv: I would only trade for books on my search lists.

>9 NathanOv: Sir Gawain & The Green Night

my_ocd: You miss a “K” :)

>15 bacchus.: Good catch - as much as I read, I should be better at proofing myself but alas.

Happy to trade The Tale pf the Wandering Monk published by the LEC (reviewed here: https://booksandvines.com/2012/03/23/the-tale-of-the-wandering-monk-kyoka-izumi-... in fine condition, small exlibris of Yehudi Menuhin, no ML

Looking for
Persian Stories of the Arabian Nights, Allen Press
A Sphinx's Guide to Questionable Answers, Double Elephant Press
Closing Time; Iskandariya, Heavenly Monkey
but open to suggestions!

>17 SebRinelli: 'A Sphinx's Guide to Questionable Answers'

WHAT.IS.THAT? WOW (Yes, I googled a little).

> Haha. Yes, my collecting interests have developed a bit outside of the ordinary.

>20 LBShoreBook: I think North of Boston is still available new from the Ascensius Press.
https://www.ascensiuspress.com/letterpress#/north-of-boston

I'm offering up my Old Stile Press "The Dream Song of Olaf Asteson" (1995), the Main Edition in quarter leather with pine boards. More details here: https://www.oldstilepress.com/osp_book/the-dream-song-of-olaf-asteson/

For the sake of trade comparison, I'd guess at $500-600 for the value. There might be some light scuffing to the boards, though I'm not suer how polished the original finish was.

I'm particularly interested in trading for any out of print volumes from Deep Woods Press or Paul Kershaw's Grapho Editions, though would also be thrilled with anything from my ISO lists above.

I am interested in trading for Venice Visited by Thomas Coryat from the Old School Press (1999). I have a wide range of high-end private press books available that can be tailored to a particular collecting interest.

Looking to trade my Thornwillow half-leather Dante for the half-clothe Dante + either the half-clothe Poe, Song of Solomon or Death On The Nile. Unread, but just a little shelf-wear to the clamshell.

All my other vols. for trade in this thread are still available.

I have three Aralia Press titles for sale:

'A Conversation,' Harrison & Kooser, in wrapper.
'Bone Key & Other Poems,' Richard Wilbur, in boards.
'Planting a Sequoia.' Gioia, handmade flax cover.

PM for discussion.

In search for a regular copy of Phisicke Against Fortune (Foolscap Press).

>17 SebRinelli: It's been a while, but just curious: Did you ever find a copy of A Sphinx's Guide? I don't know if Kuch himself has any for sale (although he does seem to keep an updated list of his OOP titles on his website). R. Michelson has several Double Elephant books for sale, in addition to original artwork by Kuch. Or at least he did when I got one of Kuch's books several years ago.

There's also the deluxe edition that the Veatchs have for sale. I find the regular edition sufficiently cool on its own.

Hope this helps!

>28 DenimDan: Yes, I’ve purchased the standard edition from Veatchs and couldn’t be happier with it. One of my favourite artist books!

I still have the LEC Wandering Monk on offer (and a couple of others I‘ll add when I am back in April).

Searching for a copy of Duino Elegies from Petrarch Press. If anyone has a copy to sell or trade, please shoot me a message.

Hi everyone, I'm selling my 1942 LEC Leaves of Grass. Photos available here: https://ibb.co/album/7NfL53

Message me if interested.

I’m hoping to pass on my copy of Pages From Presses II C Edition, very gently read and otherwise in pristine condition.

Open to trading, or selling at a slight discount off of the publishers current price.

Wish I hadn't bought a copy a month ago. This is a great price for Nonesuch Dante which is in pretty nice condition. No affiliation.

https://www.rarebooklink.com/pages/books/22-1705/dante-alighieri/la-divina-comme...

Edit: the seller added more photos and edited the description - there's warping to the covers.

>33 Lukas1990: The spine is not faded!

>33 Lukas1990:
Is it in italics all the way through, pray?

>34 kdweber: Sooo tempting! I just don't want to spend my time selling my copy...

>35 GusLogan: Yes.

>33 Lukas1990: Nice copy, good price, for certain. However, I would like to note that it is bound in orange VELLUM, not orange leather. Sheesh.

A few more for sale or trade, but preferably trade:

Suntup: "Animal Farm" by George Orwell (Artist State)
Arion: "The Alienist" by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Arion: "The Price" by Arthur Miller

Hi folks! I am moving cross-country (TX to NC) and have a few small press limited edition items looking for a new home:

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And Now We Are Going to Have a Party: Line Notes to a Writer's Early Life by Nicola Griffith

From the publisher's description: The box also contains a facsimile of Nicola’s first book (created age 4), a CD of songs by Nicola and her early-’80s punk band, Janes Plane, as well as three scratch-n-sniff cards, a fold-out poster, a letterpressed preface by Dorothy Allison, and a numbered signing sheet. This is a limited edition of 450 signed and numbered box sets.

The copy I'm trying to re-home is still sealed with everything intact.

ETA: Published by Payseur & Schmidt, 2007

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SOLD -- Melinda by Neil Gaiman

This is the signed, numbered limited first edition of "Melinda", written by Neil Gaimain and illustrated by Dagmara Matuszak. There are black and white illustrations printed on the pages with colored illustrations affixed to the pages by the publisher. The edition is limited to 1,500 copies; 400 were reserved for the author, 100 were reserved for the artist, and the remaining 1,000 were numbered. This is number 599. Book has been safely stored in its original envelope in a non-smoking home. The outer gray envelope is slightly scuffed with bumped corners and one arm of the metal closure clasp has come off, but the book is pristine.

ETA: Published by Hill House, 2004

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Please message me if you would like photos or have questions about either. I will have a few more things available shortly. Thank you!

>39 amysisson: Folks are going to want to know who published those two items. And when.

>40 Glacierman: Gotcha! Will edit my post. Thanks!

I have the following book for sale:

With the River Hogs by Fred Willard Bennet. No. 24 of 65 copies from Gardyloo Press, 1978.
See this thread for more info and photos: https://www.librarything.com/topic/316136

I'm offering it here first at a discount. DM me for price. If it remains unsold, it will go to e-Bay at a higher price.

This is a rare bird, for sure. They don't come onto the market often, if at all.

Thanks, guys!

I have two small items from Jim Rimmer's Pie Tree Press for sale. Jim's stuff is essentially impossible to find. Both are shown here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/318463

DM me for details and pricing.

Well, how embarrassing! I have to re-locate these two as they were not where I assumed they were. I now know where they are, but it will take me a while to get to them, so until I actually have them in hand, this offer is on hold. I forgot i had moved them. Lesson learned: make sure you can put your hand on something before you offer it for sale! Call me red-faced.

UPDATE: Located, in hand and SOLD already.

If anybody is interested I have the following books available for trade:
Folio Society, Count of Monte Cristo LE
Thornwillow Press, Inferno, Half-Cloth

Edit: I strongly prefer to only trade in the EU.

Fall Cleaning:

The following books are for sale. Unless otherwise noted, all books and slipcases are in fine condition. All items are priced at or below the lowest current prices on Abebooks for items in comparable condition. Send a PM if interested or if you need further information regarding condition.

1. Wrenching Times by Walt Whitman - Gwasg Gregynog.

2. Babette's Feast by Isak Dinesen - Yolla Bolly Press

3. The Coat Without A Seam - Gehenna Press. Sixty poems from Stanley Kunitz 1930 - 1972. Superb letterpress printing by Harold McGrath on Italian Amatruda paper. Inexpensive.

4. The Ingoldsby Legends - J.M. Dent & Co. (1907). Limited edition illustrated and signed by Arthur Rackham.
Custom 3/4 navy blue morocco and gilt binding by Bayntun of Bath.

5. The Book of Psalms - Joh. Enschede en Zonen/Stichting de Roos. Notable typography by Jan van Krimpen. A
Century for the Century No. 47.

6. Comus, A Mask by John Milton. One of the Great Poets Series by Essex House Press (1901), printed on vellum pages with hand-illumination. 1/4 red morocco & cloth binding, NOT the original full vellum binding.

7. The Light of the Duchess by Robert Browning, Essex House Press, 1905. Printed on vellum pages with hand-colored frontispiece and illumined & hand-colored initial letters. As above, one of the little books in the Essex House 'Great Poems' series.

>45 dlphcoracl: I might be interested in the Welsh Gypsy Folk tales. Will send a PM.

For Sale:

1. The Wind in the Willows - Limited Editions Club (1940). The final book illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Designed and signed by Bruce Rogers.

2. The Holy Gospel - Officina Bodoni (OB). English language edition. A major OB book with medieval woodcuts recarved by Bruno Bramanti, then printed directly from the blocks. See link below.

https://www.librarything.com/topic/318834

For Sale:

Two different private press editions of Dante, both with the famous Sandro Botticelli silver point drawings/illustrations:

1. The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, published by Bruce Rogers & The Press of A. Colish, 1955. With the prose translation of Charles Eliot Norton, former Dexter Professor of Sacred Literature at Harvard University in the mid-19th century. The last major book design by Bruce Rogers at 85 y.o. - SOLD.

2. La Divina Commedia by Dante Alighieri, Nonesuch Press, 1928. The famous edition with the first appearance of the Botticelli illustrations, beautifully reproduced by the Atelier Jacoumet in Paris. The original orange vellum binding has been replaced with a deluxe, stamped maroon full morocco & gilt binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with matching slipcase.

>50 PBB: Message sent

>50 PBB: Looking for: Limited Editions Club 1930 The Odyssey, VG internally, as long as binding is not falling apart I'll take it. Do not need slipcase or Monthly Letter.

https://www.rarecollections.co.za/pages/books/3577
Ask for 30% discount :)

>52 mr.philistine: must’ve had my search on USA only. That’ll do! Thanks

For Sale:

The Noble & Joyous Boke Entytled Le Morte DArthur by Sir Thomas Malory, Shakespeare Head Press, 1934. 2 volumes. One of the few copies bound in full brick-red leather. Custom marbled paper slipcase. SOLD.

The downsizing continues......

Books for Sale:

1. Fine Papers at the Oxford University Press (standard edition) - Whittington Press

2. A Miscellany of Type (standard edition) - Whittington Press

3. Portraits of Presses (standard edition) - Whittington Press

4. Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Browning, Officina Bodoni, 1925. A very early OB edition.

>55 dlphcoracl: Sent you a message!

Offering two rarities, preferably for trade for items off my ISO list (>9 NathanOv: ), but also open to purchase offers:

Still Avalable:

Yolla Bolly: My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir (1988), standard edition with light fading / fraying to the cloth spine, but otherwise pristine text-block.

Gone:

Chester River / Deep Woods Press: The Chesapeake Voyages of Captain John Smith (2007), near-perfect condition

Some books for sale:

1. Words of Fire by Neil Gaiman, Areté Editions, 2022. Roman Edition publisher’s copy. Of the three states of Words of Fire, the Roman has the smallest limitation at 30 copies. Of these, 20 are numbered and 10 are publisher’s copies. This is one of just 10 publisher’s copies, marked “P.C.” It is printed on Bockingford watercolour paper on a Heidelberg cylinder press at Hand & Eye Editions and is quarter-bound in black Colorado book cloth and hand marbled paper commissioned from Freya Scott at Paperwilds. The book is foil blocked on the front board with a design by Bill Sienkiewicz and there is a digital reproduction of his silkscreen print for the portfolio inside the book. It measures 255 x 165 mm and has 36 pages. Signed by Neil Gaiman and Bill Sienkiewicz.

2. Coherence Through the Eyes of Mary: A Christmas Sermon by Noel Perry-Gore, Paulinus Press, 1985. Designs by the author rendered as wood engravings by Simon Brett and a foreword by Alan Webster. Number 3 of 50 specials (from a total limitation of 250) hardbound with cloth over boards housed in a clothbound slipcase with a portfolio containing four signed proofs of Brett’s engravings. Signed by author and engraver.

3. Edward Seymour & The Fancy Paper Company: The Story of a British Marbled Paper Manufacturer by Sidney Berger. Oak Knoll Press, 2006. Limited edition of 300 copies. Typeset by hand, printed on 120 gpm archival paper, and bound in quarter leather with slipcase by the Manoutios Press of Athens, Greece. Includes 20 beautiful, tipped-in paper samples. The book tells the story of Edward Seymour and his firm, The Fancy Paper Company. This British company manufactured marbled and other decorated (fancy) papers for the bookbinding and related industries from about 1919 to 1971.

4. The Same Sea in Us All by Jaan Kaplinski, Barbarian Press (1985). Translated from the Estonian by Kaplinski and Sam Hamill. No. 83 of 200 copies (though only 142 survived the bindery). Handset in Krimpen’s Spectrum on Mohawk Letterpress. Bound in quarter cloth with printed paper over boards. A rare early book from the great Barbarian Press. Dust jacket slightly sunned.

5. Rumour of a Shark: Poems by John Carroll, Barbarian Press (1999). One of 125 copies, signed by the poet, sewn and set into card covers with a wrapper of Obonai handmade paper. Hand set in Garamont with Optima for display. Title page illustration from a design by Janet Downey.

I've just completed my annual fall studio re-organization & cull. A list of books that were found or didn't pass the keep test can be found on this page (scroll down to Part 2). Some might appeal to this group.

For Sale:

Hamlet by Wm. Shakespeare, published by Dr. Julius Schröder, Munich, 1920. Illustrated with 35 original etchings by Sepp Frank in a distinctive German Expressionist style, a perfect fit for Hamlet. Deluxe edition with thick vellum and elaborate gilt binding.

SOLD

>61 ChampagneSVP: Hi, I’m interested in the Barbarian Press Endgrain Editions 1. Will send a PM.

Two more books for sale:

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Books for sale:

1. Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956; With a check-list, 1916-1940. Limited edition of 225 copies.

2. Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1957-1966. Limited edition of 225 copies.

3. The Book of Psalms, Joh. Enschedé en Zonen for Stichting de Roos, 1947. One of 175 numbered copies designed and signed by Jan van Krimpen using his Romanee typeface. A typographical masterpiece included in the Grolier Club 'A Century for the Century, 1900-1999'.

Update:
The Tale of the Wandering Monk by Izumi Kyoka, LEC, fine in very good clamshell with fine newsletter, small exlibris by star violinist Yehudi and his wife.

King Lear by Shakespeare, Folio Society Letterpress Shakespeare, fine

The Golden Ass by Apuleius, Folio Society Limited Edition, fine, signed by Blake

König Ödipus by Sophokles, Bremer Presse, fine with light wear on the marbled sides

Possibly:
The Odyssey of Homer, William Morris (tr.), Longmans and Green, in Bayntun dark blue full leather and gilt binding, fine

The Aeneids of Virgil, William Morris (tr.), Longmans and Green, in Sangorski and Sutcliffe dark blue full leather and gilt binding, fine

In search of:

The History of Herodotus of Halicarnassus, The Nonesuch Press, 1935 - holding out for a near fine / fine copy.

The Histories of Herodotus, Limited Editions club, 1958 - fine.

Already posted in the “A long shot, but…” thread, but for increased visibility I’m searching for:

Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Foolscap Press

If anyone is willing to part with theirs and happy to make a profit, let me know!

Offering my red book edition of Closer than Breathing by R. I. Sutton from the Harebrained Press. Wonderful handmade book, lightly read and still fine, just a bit outside my interests.

I'll offer a good deal in trade or sale for this or any previous books I've posted since I'm doing some shelf clearing.

Something Old, Something New.

Later this week I will repost my Books for Sale that were previously listed above - a consolidation to reflect books that have been sold and are no longer available. A few of particular interest and/or importance will contain brief descriptions or links to extensive articles with photos on the now dormant Books and Vines website of Chris Adamson.

The following are NEW offerings. If interested in any of them, send a PM for a more detailed description

1. Spitsticks and Multiples, Fleece Press, 2022. Two volumes. This is the Special Edition with 22 tipped-in wood engravings expertly printed by Simon Lawrence directly from the original wooden blocks. The History of the Society of Wood Engravers in the U.K. from 1920-1946 with biographies and selected wood engravings from over 300 British wood engravers. The magnum opus of the Fleece Press's forty-year history.

2. Giraldus Cambrensis : Itinerary Through Wales, Gwasg Gregynog Press, 1989. A 12th century travel book of sorts written by Gerald of Wales, illustrated with 30 wood engravings by Colin Paynton. The magnum opus of the GG's early years.

3. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, A Personal Selection from the Five Editions of Edward Fitzgerald by Cecile E. MacTaggart, Curwen Press, 1980. Two volumes. A brilliant idea. MacTaggart placed each quartet from all of the five versions/revisions by Edward Fitzgerald, selected the best (in her opinion) of the five, then assembled a 'new' version of the Rubaiyat incorporating the 'best of the best'- her Personal Selection. The text was written in calligraphy with border decorations by Margery O. Erickson, then printed letterpress by Curwen Press and illustrated with flawless reproductions of selected illustrations from Edmund Dulac and Willy Pogany, using the originals as a template. In Volume Two, MacTaggart places all six versions of the Rubaiyat - her Personal Selection and the five Fitzgerald versions - side by side, highlights the differences from one version to the next in red ink text, and lets YOU decide which quartet is the best. This is the most enjoyable edition of the Rubaiyat to read and ponder, proof that there was a 'method to MacTaggart's madness.' Unique.

4. The Sonnets of William Shakespeare, the Swallow Press, 1975. Large quarto size 13.75 x 10 inches. Illustrated with 40 abstract geometric drawings by Clarke Hutton on various tinted papers. Text of the sonnets printed letterpress, one sonnet to a page, on Glastonbury antique laid paper made specially for this edition. Fine binding in tan full Niger morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with abstract 'shining eye' design in gilt on the front cover. A large deluxe edition of the sonnets.

Books for Sale

1. Lysistrata, Fanfrolico Press, 1926. Small folio size (13.5 x 10 inches ) with semi-erotic illustrations by Norman Lindsay. Printed by the Chiswick Press on Batchelor's handmade paper.

https://booksandvines.com/2012/01/31/lysistrata-by-aristophanes-fanfrolico-press...

FOR SALE:

BIBLIA, Das ist: Die Gantze Heilige Schrifft - Deudsch. von D. Martin Luther.
Bremer Presse, Munich, 1926-1928. Hardcover. Five volumes. One of only 365 sets. This is a masterpiece of the famed Bremer Presse of Germany which published books from 1911 to 1939, interrupted only by World War I. Like England's Doves Press, Bremmer Presse rejected ornament except for splendid initials drawn by Anna Simons and relied upon carefully chosen types and painstaking presswork to produce its limited edition hand-printed books. This edition was printed to commemorate the 400 year anniversary of the publication of Martin Luther's German bible. Each of the five volumes is numbered differently. Measures 10 x 14 inches. Printed by hand-presses on Zanders handmade paper with a typeface specially cut by Louis Hoell, numerous initials designed by Anna Simons.

Photos of the set:

Books For Sale

This list has two components:

1. A consolidated relisting of books previously offered for sale, omitting those books which have been sold.

2. A list of new titles offered for sale.

Brief comments will follow several of these books listed, highlighting important features.

SOMETHING OLD:

1. Wrenching Times by Walt Whitman - Gwasg Gregynog. Illustrated with full-page color woodcuts by Gaylord Schanilec.

2. Babette's Feast by Isak Dinesen - Yolla Bolly Press. Illustrated with color woodcuts by Karin Wikstrom.

3. The Coat Without A Seam by Stanley Kunitz - Gehenna Press. A collection of sixty poems by a former Poet Laureate (twice!) of the United States (1930-1972). Superb letterpress printing by Harold McGrath on Amatruda, an Italian handmade paper. Inexpensive - a steal.

4. The Ingoldsby Legends - J. M. Dent & Co. (1907). Limited edition illustrated and signed by Arthur Rackham. Fine binding: Custom 3/4 navy blue morocco and gilt binding by Bayntun of Bath.

5. The Book of Psalms - Joh. Enschede en Zonen/Stichting de Roos. Notable for its book design and typography by Jan van Krimpen. Selected as part of the Grolier Club 'A Century for the Century' exhibition.

6. Comus by John Milton, Essex House Press. One of the Great Poets Series by Essex House (1901), printed on vellum pages with hand-illumination. 1/4 red morocco & cloth binding, NOT the original stiff full vellum binding.

7. The Holy Gospel - Officina Bodoni (OB). English language edition. Expertly printed by Giovanni Mardersteig on the handpress, illustrated with numerous medieval woodcuts recarved by Bruno Bramanti, then printed directly from the wooden blocks. A major Officina Bodoni edition.

8 . La Divina Commedia by Dante Alighieri, Nonesuch Press, 1928. The famous edition with the first appearance of the Sandro Botticelli illustrations, beautifully reproduced as double-page spreads by the Atelier Jacoumet in Paris. Fine binding: the original orange vellum binding has been replaced with a deluxe, stamped maroon full morocco & gilt binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with matching slipcase.

9. Fine Papers at the Oxford University (standard edition) - Whittington Press.
10 . A Miscellany of Type (standard edition) - Whittington Press.
11. Portraits of Presses (standard edition) - Whittington Press.

12. The Flight of the Duchess by Robert Browning, Essex House Press. One of the small volumes from the Great Poets Series, printed on vellum pages with vellum binding, hand-colored frontispiece and hand illumination.

13. Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1957-1966. Three volumes. Limited edition of 225 copies. Numerous tip-ins and inclusions from the Grabhorn Press bibliography.

14. Spitsticks & Multiples, Fleece Press, 2022. Two volumes. This is the Special Edition with 22 tipped-in wood engravings from many of the finest 20th century wood engravers, all expertly printed by Simon Lawrence directly from the original wooden blocks. The Magnum Opus of the Fleece Press's forty-year history.

15. Giraldus Cambrensis: Itinerary Through Wales, Gwasg Gregynog Press, 1989. A 12th century travel book of sorts written by Gerald of Wales, illustrated with 30 miniature wood engravings by Colin Paynton. The magnum opus of the GG's early years.

16. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, A Personal Selection from the Five Editions of Edward Fitzgerald by Cecile E. MacTaggart, Curwen Press, 1980. Two volume. See extensisve description in post # 72 (March 3, 2024) . A one-of-a-kind book and an inspired idea, beautifully realized. SOLD

17. The Sonnets of William Shakespeare, Swallow Press, 1975. Again, see description in post #72.

18. Lysistrata, Fanfrolico Press, 1926. Illustrated with semi-erotic drawings by Norman Lindsay. Printed by the Chiswick Press on Batchelor's handmade paper.

SOMETHING NEW:

1. The Engravings of David Jones edited by Douglas Cleverdon, Rampant Lions Press for Clover Hill Editions, 1981. Deluxe two-volume set. Expertly printed on both Barcham Green handmade paper and on japon vellum paper.

2. A Season in Hell by Arthur Rimbaud, Limited Editions Club (Sidney Shiff), 1986. Illustrated with photogravures by Robert Mapplethorpe

3. Nohow On by Samuel Beckett, Limited Editions Club (Sidney Shiff), 1989. A livre d'artiste book illustrated with six minimalist aquatint etchings by Robert Ryman.

4. Vowels by Arthur Rimbaud, Limited Editions Club (Sidney Shiff), 1996. Livre d'artiste edition with three watercolor woodblock prints by Henri Cartier-Bresson.

5. Le Bateau Ivre by Arthur Rimbaud, Thornwillow Press, 1992. Illustrated with twenty-eight drawings by Thierry W. Despont reproduced by offset lithography (note: text is printed letterpress, of course). One of the most impressive editions of the early Thornwillow days.

6. The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot, Officina Bodoni for Faber & Faber, 1961. Printed by Giovanni Mardersteig with the handpress on handmade paper. Signed by T. S. Eliot.

7. The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye by Raoul Lefevre, translated into English by William Caxton, Kelmscott Press, 1892. Two large quarto volumes. A major Kelmscott Press edition, as were all of the Kelmscott Press editions of works translated by William Caxton. A personal favorite of William Morris.

More to follow (probably) over the next week or two.

Would anyone be interested in assuming my orders of the No Reply "Big Three," The Death of Ivan Ilyich, The Wasteland and The Ethics of Ambiguity at the original pre-publication cost?

I believe remaining copies of the first volume are set to sell at twice the original price upon publication, with the other two also expected to cost significantly more.

I would forward Ilyich upon receipt, and then update the address so you can receive the others directly from the press.

Would anyone be interested in a fine / unread copy of the Mad Parrot Press Wind in the Willows? I’m based in the UK, but am also often in Europe, so could easily ship from there too.

Edit: including a slipcase.

For Trade or sale: Siena by Henry James, Red Angel Press, 2000 - some wear due to age, but otherwise in fine condition.

This book really showcases Keller's creativity with bindings, and mixes three of Red Angel Press's signatures: Ron Keller's excellent colored woodcuts, paper bas-relief on the cover, and three-dimensional manipulation of the book and art to create a display of the city of Siena's central campo.

EDIT: Trade pending

>78 NathanOv:

Sent a PM.

dlphcoracl

Rampant Lion’s Book of Psalms, good as new, willing to sell slightly below publication price

Foolscap Thomas Paine. PM me with an offer (cash or trade) if interested.

http://www.foolscappress.com/thomaspaine.php

Superb printing, as usual, but I guess I just find Thomas Paine boring.

>74 Lukas1990: Bremer Presse Biblia is still available.

>84 abysswalker: Unfortunately I'm looking for the other Henries and the other Richard!

I am looking to thin the shelves a bit and refocus on my core areas of interest. Before moving to eBay, I thought I'd post here to see if any trades are possible. To start, I have:

- Arion Press The Nose

- Folio Society LE The Door in the Wall
- Folio Society LE Madame Bovary

- Lyra's Books half-cloth in blue Stardust

- Thornwillow Press half-leather Pride and Prejudice
- Thornwillow Press half-leather Sherlock Holmes Hexalogy
- Thornwillow Press half-cloth Edgar Allan Poe
- Thornwillow Press half-cloth Inferno

I am looking to trade for books along three main collecting themes:

1) Books about Asia, especially Japan, including literature, poetry, Buddhism, art, etc.
2) Books about travel
3) Latin American literature in translation

Some examples of books that I'd be keen to trade for include the LEC editions of Hiroshima or Ficciones or the Barbarian Press's The Blue Roofs of Japan. There are a lot of books out there I am not aware of though, so if you'd like to trade and have something in my collecting themes, please send me a message to see if it works out. I am willing to let go of multiple books for one depending on what's being traded.

I also have a large number of regular Folio Society editions I'll be putting up for trade on that forum, once I get around to taking stock of the ones I'm willing to let go of...

Finally, I am in Japan, so any trade will involve international shipping unless by miracle you're also here. Please PM if you'd like more details about any of the above.

Updated list of available books (located in US but will post worldwide):

Arion Press:
Woolgathering
Venus & Adonis
Godot
Tristram Shandy
Pale Fire
Eugene Onegin
Don Quixote
The Captivity Narrative of Hannah Duston
Tartuffe

Barbarian Press:
Endgrain Editions 1: Gerard Brender à Brandis (standard state)
Endgrain Editions 2: Abigail Rorer (deluxe state)
Endgrain Editions 3: Peter Lazarov (deluxe state)

Foolscap Press:
Despatches

La Ginestra:
Diary of the Delphic Oracle

Old Stile Press:
The Dream Song of Olaf Asteson

Poet & Printer:
Crow Wakes (Ted Hughes)

For sale, I have the History Press edition of The 007 Diaries by Roger Moore - one of the 10 copies with the signed bookplate. I am located in the UK but can post worldwide.

I also have the Suntup Press edition of The Handmaid’s Tale (numbered edition).

Also adding to my For Sale/Trade list:

Centipede Press:
- The Long Walk (Stephen King), one of the 40 leatherbound versions signed by the contributors (but not King)

Suntup Press:
- Dark Matter (purple numbered edition)

Additional books for sale:

In addition to the list of books for sale posted in entry no. 75 on June 6, 2024, the following books are added to the 'For Sale' list:

Arion Press

1. Venus and Adonis (with sources from Ovid's Metamorphoses translated by Arthur Golding) by Wm. Shakespeare
2. Biotherm (for Bill Berkson). Illustrated with 42 lithographs by Jim Dine. Giant folio (22 x 15 inches)
3. Bouvard & Pecuchet by Gustave Flaubert
4. Shaped Poetry. 30 "shaped" poems, each printed on separate leaves with different types on a wide variety of
handmade papers from around the world. Includes the (rare) plexiglass display stand, often lacking.
5. Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan. Does NOT include the separate Wayne Thiebaud signed lithograph
6. The Structure of Rime by Robert Duncan. Includes signed etching with aquatint by Frank Lobdell.

Limited Editions Club (Sidney Shiff editions)

1. Vowels by Arthur Rimbaud. Illustrated by Henri Cartier-Bresson.
2. Nohow On by Samuel Beckett. With six original white-on-white aquatint etchings by Robert Ryman.
3. The Black Swan by Thomas Mann
4. A Season in Hell by Arthur Rimbaud. Illustrated with photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe

Officina Bodoni (for Faber & Faber)

1. The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot. Signed by T. S. Eliot
2. Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot. Signed by T. S. Eliot.

More books for sale:

1. The Prelude by William Wordsworth, Doves Press, 1915

2. A Fairy Garland: Being Fairy Tales from Old French, Cassell & Co., Ltd., 1928. Illustrated and signed by Edmund Dulac. Limited edition from the Golden Age of Illustration.

3. The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales, Hodder & Stoughton, 1910. Illustrated and signed by Edmund Dulac. Limited edition from the Golden Age of Illustration.

I have quite a few books available for sale or trade (for books on my ISO list in >9 NathanOv:).

Press of Robert Lomascolo:
1. The Ocean Wave, Ambrose Bierce
2. The Winter Race on Lake Cayuga

Steel Brothers: Walden, Henry David Thoreau

Cheap street:
1. Matters End, Gregory Banford, slipcased w/ dust jacket
2. Red Noise, John Sladek, slipcased
3. Quicks Around The Zodiac, Fritz Lieber, slipcased
4. Blood and Gingerbread, John Sladek clamshell edition

Angel bomb:
1. Beast in The Cave, HP Lovecraft
2. The Airship
3. American Manifesto
4. Who Goes There, John W. Campbell, Standard edition

Century Press:
1. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald, some marking to the soft leather cover
2. The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway

Yolla Bolly:True bear stories, Joaquin Miller (some scuffing on the limp leather cover)

Alpenhouse Apparitions: The Decorations, Ramsey Campbell

No Reply Press:Magnetic Storms

Suntup: The Island of Doctor Moreau, HG Wells, Numbered edition

Nomad Letterpress: The Hill, Max porter & Hilary Paynter

Ascensius Press:Once My Brush Engaged Those Auras, Du Fu translated by David Lattimore

Andrew Moorhouse: Takk, Michael Symmons Robert’s

All fine unless otherwise noted, though photos are available on request. For ease of pricing, I’ll take 20% off list price for anything still in print and match most recent secondary sale prices or accept reasonable offers.

A miscellany of press, printing & type books that need new homes can be found on this page of the HM site.

I am selling my copy of The Salvage Press’s “A Modest Proposal”, if anyone has had that on their wants list. Do DM me. Many thanks.

Additional books for sale:

1. The Song of Songs, Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. Eric Gill wood engraved illustrations.

2. Essays of Montaigne 5 volume set, Navarre Society, 1923. Deluxe large paper edition printed on Arnold's handmade paper, with full vellum bindings. A modern translation.

3. Alfred Lord Tennyson 2 volume set: (1) Lyric Poems; (2) In Memoriam, 1900. Printed letterpress at the Ballantyne Press for Hacon & Ricketts (Vale Press). Wood engraved border designs and initial letters in Kelmscott style by C. S. Ricketts.
Fine bindings: Vintage full morocco and elaborate gilt bindings by Chambolle-Duru (Paris).

>96 dlphcoracl:

I already have your #2 but I highly recommend it to anyone. Arnold's handmade paper is fantastic.

More books for sale:

1. Assembling: Mapping the Cosmos - the Codex Foundation (2017). A livres d'artiste collection of cosmological meditations from thirty-three contributors, all of whom had previously exhibited at Codex. All 33 individual works are loose, then held in a large clamshell box. Designed and printed by Peter Koch.

2. Endgrain: Contemporary Wood Engraving in North America, Barbarian Press (1994). A major Barbarian Press edition.

3. Coffeehouse Days by Ismail Kadare, Peter Koch Editions for Rainmaker Editions, 2004. A short story loosely based on Kadare's reminiscences of life in a deeply isolated Stalinist Albania, written in 1967. Illustrated with photomontages of Albania by Koch. Unique book design by Peter Koch with a thick riveted and hinged galvanized steel clamshell box as the binding.

4. Les Petite Heures du Duc de Berry - facsimile edition, Faksimile-Verlag Luzern (Switzerland), 1988/1999. One of the most famous and beautiful of the medieval Books of Hours, written between 1375-1390, printed and published by one of the finest publishers of important medieval facsimiles. Issued with a detailed Commentary book in the French language.

5. Pedro Paramo , Arion Press (2106)

6. The Amazons by Ivor Bannet, Golden Cockerel Press (1948). One of 80 specially bound copies in full dark brown morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.

7. Matthew Flinders' Narrative of his Voyage in the Schooner Francis, Golden Cockerel Press (1946)

8. The Journal of James Morrison, edited by Owen Rutter, Golden Cockerel Press (1935).

9. Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen, George G. Harrap & Co. (1936). Illustrated and signed by Arthur Rackham. Limited edition of 460 copies in vellum binding with gilt ornamentation. From the Golden Age of Illustration.

10. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, Bradbury & Evans (1850). First edition in book form, early issue. 38 engraved illustrations by Hablot K. Browne ('Phiz'). Fine binding: rebound in half black morocco with marbled paper boards, all edges of text block gilt.

Have updated my list:

Lyra’s Press:
- Stardust (one of the 100 leather/numbered copies)

Centipede Press:
- The Long Walk (Stephen King), one of the 40 leatherbound versions signed by the contributors (but not King)

Suntup Editions:
- The Handmaid’s Tale (numbered)
- Rosemary’s Baby (numbered)

History Press:
- The 007 Diaries by Roger Moore - one of the 10 copies with the signed bookplate

>99 willraven: have messaged you about Stardust.

It's been a while since I've been able to acquire anything from my ISO list, so let's see if I can change that:

PENDING For trade: Nawakum Press's The Republic of Dreams by Bruno Schulz with phenomenal etchings by Thomas Wood, one of their most lavish editions which was printed and bound by Foolscap press. Pristine condition.

Only available to trade for books listed in >9 NathanOv:, but would consider trade + cash for some of the smaller books.

>101 NathanOv: I'll paraphrase Russell Maret about this edition, "Sylvae is a high point of 21st Century book arts"

A feast for your eyes:

https://www.midnightpapersales.com/sylvae.html

I'd love to see pictures of Sylvae, it looks incredibly unique! Also, it looks to be a book about making books?

Sold I am selling my pre-order of Consensus Press The Tale of Sinuhe for $310, which is the publication price. I’ll absorb the $15 processing fee and the $35 shipping fee that I also paid. I’ll email to ask for the shipping address on the order to be changed to the buyer. EDITED TO ADD: I won’t be asking to have the address changed, see >109 CTPress-Tony:

Details on the edition can be found here: https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/23779/Consensus-Press

>106 CTPress-Tony: I’ll email to ask for the shipping address on the order to be changed to the buyer.

The same thing CTP couldn't do when I was negotiating with a rights-holder's to pick up their pass title? How nice.

>107 Shadekeep:
Good question 🤔

>107 Shadekeep: You’re right, that could create all the sorts of complications I try to avoid as a publisher myself. Thanks for reminding me. I’ll receive the book and then reship it.

I have some freebies that are not fine press (so forgive me for the post here) but ARE fine press adjacent and may interest members of this forum. Please just cover postage if you are interested (I'm in the US). I figured best to offer here before popping in the local little free library.

Baskin: Sculpture Drawings Prints (Brazier 1970), shows age, toning, mild foxing
Creatures of Darkness by Esther Baskin, illustrated by Leonard Baskin - wear, toning, water marks
Figures of Dead Men by Leonard Baskin - shows age, DJ tears, toning, mild rippling from what appears to be past water
Obsessions and Confessions of a Book Life by Colin Franklin (Oak Knoll Press) -- read once, bumped corner, VG+
A Factotum in the Book Trade by Marcius Kociejowski - paperback, read once, shows associated wear

Please DM me if you'd like any of these.

Books For Sale:

Prior books listed for sale over the past year have been updated. Books still available can be seen in posts: 75, 90, 91, 96 and 98.

New books for sale:

1. Atalanta in Calydon by Algernon C. Swinburne, Kelmscott Press.

2. Shakespeare's Sonnets, Thornwillow Press. Half morocco and paste paper over boards binding, limited edition of 100 copies.

3. Vita di Santa Chiara Vergine - Ashendene Press (Italian language).

4. Un Mazzetto Scelto di Fioretti, Saint Francis of Assisi - Ashendene Press (Italian language).

5. Antlitz Der Zeit by August Sander, 1929. A landmark photography book that redefined portraiture for the remainder of the twentieth century. This book ran afoul of the National Socialist Party (Nazi) censors and was aggressively confiscated and banned, explaining its relative scarcity today.

6. The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, Thornwillow Press. Half morocco and paste paper binding. Limited edition of 75 copies.

7. Two Kitchens in Provence by M. F. K. Fisher, Yolla Bolly Press.

8. The Ship That Sailed to Mars by Wiliam Timlin, 1923. 1st edition with rare dustwrapper. A science fiction book with unique illustrations. One of the most sought after editions from the Golden Age of Illustration.

9. The Bricks of Venice by Peter Ellis - The Old School Press (2005)

10. Slow Ride to India by John Randle, Whittington Press. Deluxe edition of 45 copies in half morocco binding with separate portfolio of ten large photographs from John Randle's personal collection. Rare.

11. Arranging Furniture by Jason Dewinetz, Greenboathouse Press 2021.

12. The Journal of James Morrison, Golden Cockerel Press 1935.

My wife has kindly helped me make the difficult decision to downsize our library. I have the following fine press and Folio Society books available for trade. I am located in the United States but willing to post anywhere if it makes sense. Everything listed below is in fine condition, generally exactly as it arrived from the publisher unless noted otherwise. I have a large number of more common (some out of print) Folio Society books that are best shared through PM. Please inquire if there's a particular book you're looking for. My in search of list is also below.

FINE PRESS

Thornwillow Press paper bound edition of Dante's Inferno

Thornwillow Press paper bound edition of The Great Gatsby

Thornwillow Press paper bound edition of Frederick Douglas: Portrait of a Free Man

Larkspur Press edition of In Memory's Field (this copy has some very minor foxing)

Larkspur Press clothbound edition of Wendell Berry's Sabbaths 2013

FOLIO SOCIETY

Limited edition of The Gormenghast Trilogy

Limited edition of The Waste Land

One of 200 signed copies of The Wind in the Willows

The 2008 red buckram bound edition of The Brothers Karamazov

Complete (all twelve) Fairy Books of Andrew Lang

IN SEARCH OF

Thinking like a Prairie by Maurice Telleen from the Press on Scroll Road

A Shape of Water by WS Merwin from the Press on Scroll Road

A Useful Dog by Donald McCaig from the Press on Scroll Road

The Mirror and the Eye from the Whittington Press

Ebble Valley from the Whittington Press

Midwinter from the Whittington Press

Arion Press Birds of the Pacific Slope

Suntup Press Blood Meridian

Folio Society Tales from the 1001 Nights limited edition

(*edited to include more books and to reflect trades/sales)

>112 jbrnewman: Random aside to help you downsize, I believe "A Shape of Water" can still be purchased directly from the Press on Scroll Road: https://www.thepressonscrollroad.com/a-shape-of-water. I've seen it at the Boston Athenaeum - very handsome book.

>113 921Jack: Thank you very much for letting me know. When I last spoke with Mr Baris in June he did not have any copies that he could find. I'll inquire again, because it's certainly worth a second effort.

>113 921Jack: >114 jbrnewman: For what it's worth, last time I reached out about titles listed on the website, the availability was pretty out of date - I don't think they had any of the titles I inquired about.

>114 jbrnewman: Definitely worth asking. I was able to pick up Culinary Herbs recently. And when the first copy went missing in the post he sent a quick replacement.

Looking for a copy of Arion's Winnie the Pooh if anybody is subscribed to the press but wants to trade this one away. I can send a list of what I've got to trade with if so.

Book for trade:
No Reply’s (PC) the Death of Ivan Ilyich
No Reply’s (Standard) Enūma Eliš
Lyra’s (Numbered) Portrait of Dorian Gray
Hand & Eye’s (Artist Edition) The Wind in the Willows
CTP’s Faun (Lettered, PC)
Arion Press’s (Fine Press) Kindred
Black Tudor Press’s (Standard) Arden of Faversham

In search of:
Hand & Eye’s (Numbered or Lettered) The Wind in the Willows
Chester River’s Heart of Darkness
Thornwillow’s (Half-Leather or Full-Leather) Ulysses
Suntup’s (Numbered): The Handmaid’s Tale, Slaughterhouse Five, The Blood Meridian
Pegana’s Dark Dreamlands II
Centipede Press’s Robert W. Chambers
Lyra’s (Numbered) Wizard of Oz

German/Latin/Spanish fine presses, bilingual or otherwise. Particularly Goethe/Virgil/Cervantes.

>119 CenSur:
Are there german fine presses? 😳

>121 Ragnaroekk: Quite a few very important ones in the past and one or two notable contemporary presses.

Here are two examples of which the Cranach Press‘ Hamlet is considered by some as one of the most beautiful books of the 20th century.

https://booksandvines.com/2016/07/05/great-illustrated-private-press-books-part-...

https://booksandvines.com/2011/12/08/faust-by-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-from-ju...

Search for German presses on this forum and you will find more names and examples.

>122 SebRinelli:
But are there any who are still practising?
I often searched the Internet and the forum here and found that most of those wonderful crafted books are extremely rare ( I found none) and all the presses I found are long gone.
I aswell never heard someone here mention any German presses. Only TOC Berlin, but they are only fine printing and not binding.

>123 Ragnaroekk:
Edition Schwarze Seite (Scheer, Germany) www.froeschlin-edition.de
The Fork and Broom Press (Stemwede-Oppenwehe, Germany) www.forkandbroompress.net
Annegret Frauenlob (Essen, Germany) www.annegretfrauenlob.de
Hirundo Press (Hamburg, Germany) www.hirundo.eu
Zagava Press (Düsseldorf, Germany) www.zagava.de
TOC Publishing (Berlin, Germany) www.toc.berlin

>124 ChampagneSVP: to add on this list, the Bear Press, who makes gorgeous copies, although I believe they only do short stories.
https://www.thebearpress.de/

>124 ChampagneSVP:
Thank you.
The first 4 don't really seem to do "books". It's more like chapbooks, artistic work, one pager, without a real shop.
Zagava is nice, but sadly no fine press.
TOC Publishing is nice as well, but they don't do fine bindings, only fine printing .
>125 CenSur:
That's more to what iam looking like 👍
They have some nice books. Need to check, though, if they letterpress print.

I think something like Lyra's Books, CK, CTP, Suntup doesn't exist in germany ?
Otherwise I bet I would have heard of it in this forum already, haven't I ?

>126 Ragnaroekk: No, not really. Lyra‘s, Suntup, etc. are a relatively new facet of fine press publishing mixing new and old technologies like digitally printed art or letterpress printing with photopolymer plates.

The Bear Press „Pressendrucke“ are in terms of craftsmanship a few ticks above the previously mentioned publishers. The text is hand-set foundry type, the illustrations original art printed from the blocks/plates/stone, all on mouldmade paper. I have their Rose und Blau as well as their Urfaust in the Vorzugsausgabe and they are top-notch.

Another press you might be interested in is
https://www.pegasus-presse.de/#issue/Pegasus_Presse_Bibliophile_Unikate/landscap...

>127 SebRinelli:
Wow. The Pegasus Presse looks phenomenal.

>127 SebRinelli: Unfortunately, their web design doesn't support my browser, so whatever they have to offer will remain unseen and I shan't be supporting them. I won't change browsers for just one web site.

>129 Glacierman: quite a few German private presses don’t seem to care much about their web presence.

The Widukind Presse, which has done some nice but more niche books, is another example: http://widukind-presse.blogspot.com/

I guess that is one of the reasons why they are not really known even among Germans. I only learned about them on book fairs.

>130 SebRinelli: Thanks for sharing. I love the artwork!

https://widukind-presse.blogspot.com/p/nietzsche-zarathustra-grafikbuch.html

>127 SebRinelli: The Pegasus Presse edition of Poe's Rue Morgue looks very nice. But why the heck is nearly all the text on the website done as images? I'm guessing whoever put it together didn't know how to style the text through CSS, or just wanted to make sure it looked exactly the same everywhere. Needless to say, it's a terrible approach for usability and searchability (and makes updating the site a pain). You know the business expression "this meeting would have been better as an email"? Well, this website would have been better as a PDF.

All those sites are horrible...
Which is sad, because some of the books are promising.

>127 SebRinelli: I’ve been thinking about getting Urfaust, which edition do you have and what’s your opinion on the book?

>133 Ragnaroekk: Perhaps you can help me - is "in privatbesitz" a way of saying out-of-print?

I was looking at the Pegasus EA Poe title, which says "signed and numbered" but then "privately owned" as if it were a one-off. I assume I must be mistranslating.

>135 NathanOv:
Saw that myself. Im very sure that "In Privatbesitz" (in private property) means "out of print"/"not available anymore".
Weird chose of word though.
Even if they wanted to say, that it is in privat property of "person xy", this basically means that it is not available from the press anymore.

135-136: Considering that all titles marked as "In Privatbesitz" have the word "Unikateinband" (unique binding) in the title, it is obvious that the single copy is now in someone else's library and, for this reason, no longer available.

>134 CenSur: it‘s the Vorzugsausgabe in full leather and it’s a really handsome book. Perhaps one could open a topic for German Private and Fine Presses since we‘re getting off topic and this discussion might be of interest to others who do not bother to click a Books for Sale or Trade thread. I am happy to post some pictures of some of the books I got from German presses at some point.

>136 Ragnaroekk:

They bind those special editions for specific buyers, the price will certainly be a lot higher than for the regular edition and they just show examples of such private bindings on the website.

>139 SF-72:
Makes sense.

>138 SebRinelli: yes, I’d be happy to! https://www.librarything.com/topic/364860

SOLD

I have available one of the sold-out Deluxe edition Flowers for Algernon from Conversation Tree Press. (I accidentally bought the book in two states and need only one!) Please PM if interested, and thank you.

TALLONE EDITORE
Hamlet
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Emily Dickinson Poems
Le Physiologie du Gout

CALIBAN PRESS
The Tempest
American Haikus (Jack Kerouac)

NONESUCH PRESS
Shakespeare (7 vol)
John Milton Poems & Paradise Lost (2 vol)
The Works of George Farquhar (2 vol) part of the special limitation of 100 copies in vellum

PENNYROYAL PRESS
Timing Devices
The Wizard of Oz
California Deluxe Edition of Alice in Wonderland (offset duo-folio set with signed print)
California Deluxe Edition of Through the Looking Glass (offset duo-folio set with signed print)

>144 ChampagneSVP: PM’d!

I'm selling the following books (to U.S. buyers only, sorry!). Plenty of pics available, send me a PM with any questions. Unless otherwise noted these are all new books.

LEC

-One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (foxing to the page edges and scuffing to the leather spine; includes the monthly letter)

-A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (No slipcase or monthly letter; there is a slightly torn page and the pages are all uncut)

LYRA'S BOOKS

-Stardust by Neil Gaiman (#63, mustard spine)

FOLIO

-Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (newer edition)

SUBTERRANEAN PRESS

-Burning Chrome by William Gibson (#242; signed by William Gibson)

CENTIPEDE PRESS

-The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner (#54)

-Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner (#100; signed by John Brunner; sticker damage to cover)

-The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers (unsigned/ unnumbered copy; the lock design on the slipcase doesn't match up perfectly but that's about the only flaw)

-Stefan Grabinski Masters of the Weird Tale (roman numeral copy XX)

-After Such Knowledge quartet by James Blish (set of 4 books, all #115)

-Where the Summer Ends / Walk on the Wild Side by Karl Edward Wagner (set of 2 books)

-The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (unsigned/ unnumbered standard edition)

-Our Lady of Pain by John Blackburn

Fairly new member of LibraryThing but a long time reader/follower of Fine Press Forum. I am downsizing my library and have the following books for sale.

War and Peace (LEC)
Anna Karenina (LEC)
The Brothers Karamazov (LEC)
Crime and Punishment (LEC)
The Possessed (LEC)
Les Miserables (LEC)
The Count of Monte Cristo (LEC)

Wind in the Willows (Hand & Eye Editions, lettered copy)

Heart of Darkness (Chester River Press, quarter leather)

Please PM me if you are interested. I am open to international buyers but prefer US buyers.

>147 splashbros: You should get a lot of interest for that copy of the Chester River Press Heart of Darkness.

>147 splashbros: >148 kdweber: Wish I hadn’t done all of my year end spending already! I hope one of the others on this forum who’s been searching for a copy for years ends up with this one.

>147 splashbros: PM’d

End of the year shelf cleaning! I am offloading a few books that do not fit my collection interests anymore as well as some duplicates. PM if you’re interested. I am located in Germany.

Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, LEC, fine
(Reserved: Adichie, Above All Else Do Not Lie, No Reply, with clamshell, fine)
Wilde, Salome, 2 vol (French + Englsih), LEC, offsetting of the pochoir illustrations as usual, very good, slipcase only good
Sophocles, Ödipus der Tyrann, Bremer Presse, very good
Apuleius, The Golden Ass, Folio Society LE, fine
Sold: Enuma Elis, No Reply, quarter vellum in slipcase, fine
Sold: Keyes, Flowers for Algernon, Conversation Tree Press, fine

Happy holidays!

Adding a few books to the list:
Kennedy, Light & Char, Greenboathouse Press, fine
Boccaccio, Minerva, Mantone and Circes, Incline Press, fine
(Reserved: Caxton, Lyfe of Saynt George, Prelo Prints, fine)
Shakespeare, King Lear, Folio Society Letterpress Shakespeare, fine
Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, LEC, fine
Izumi, The Tale of the Wandering Monk, LEC, very good