Recent Arrivals from Bromer Booksellers

(NY, 1924. Octavo. (11)pp. Four color linocut plates, one of which serves as titling. Four pages of text instruct the nascent illustrator-printer in how to "design, cut and print linoleum blocks," from preparation to particular substrates. A rear folio, not fully opened, contains seven loose exemplar plates. Bound in marbled paper-covered boards with block-printed title to upper cover. Some… Read more about this item

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1939. Thurber, James. Oblong small quarto. First edition. Inscribed by Thurber at the front flyleaf. When Thurber published the book in 1939, just a few months after the beginning of World War II, all hopes that civilization might break the cycle of war had been dashed. Illustrated with Thurber's simple and expressive cartoons, the story… Read more about this item

1898. Morris, Talwin. Five decorative initial capitals for book projects submitted to the publisher, Blackie - according to the pencilled notes on the versos. Four of these are matted together and consist of the letters A, C, T, and N; the second - a letter F - bears the indication that it was for Indoors and Out - Pictures… Read more about this item

(Japan, 1930. Three volumes. (7); (5); (5)ff. Two volumes, of smaller stature, show various potted flowers, and the third offers various playful depictions of bicycles and their riders. All printed on paper that has been lacquered to preserve the brightly colored images. All bound in full decorative cloth over boards. Fine. (Smaller volumes measure 9/16 by 7/16 in.; 16x13mm.… Read more about this item

Prague: Nakladem Zoologicke zahrady v Praze-Troji, 1937. Octavo. 4pp., + 40 plates, each one printed in red and green for 3-D viewing, enabled by the astonishingly rare survival of four 3-D glasses held in a sleeve inserted into the front board. Each plate shows a different animal, altogether an exciting and almost realistic personal zoo. The history of three-dimensional… Read more about this item

London: Oxford University Press, 1896. Frowde, Henry. 688pp. One of a "finely printed series" known as the Oxford Miniature Editions, printed by Henry Frowde at the University Press. This copy features an unusual binding of green morocco with a brass plate impressed with a rendering of Raphael's Sistine Madonna onlaid on the front cover. Frontispiece illustration of Christ as… Read more about this item

(United Kingdom, 1925. Knowles, Reginald. Ink on paper. Thirteen calligraphed letters, each against an alphabetically apt background ("S" against a sunflower, for example). The selection evinces Knowles's impressive balance of restraint and fantasy, the regular serif letters suggesting a certain nobility while their botanical ornament, especially that of "Z," a sense of natural adventure. A note on the verso… Read more about this item

London: Ernest Nister, 1895. Square octavo. (12)pp. Four chromolithographed volvelles encourage the young reader to align the pictures with their appropriate letters. The first apparatus, for example, situates a drum with "D," a train engine with "E," and sacks of flour with "F." Accompanying these are verses, the first of which matches the mnemonic movables. This work is known… Read more about this item

Santa Monica: Graphic Communications Consultants, 1970. Octavo. (28)pp. Of considerable visual impact photographically and typographically, the calendar begins in July 1970 and ends with June 1971. Each month organizes its days according to significant events in feminist history, added to which are numerous portraits of relevant figures emblematic of the movement, even anachronistically (Queen Elizabeth I, for example). The… Read more about this item

(Netherlands: Frits Knuf, 1993. Small quarto. (xvi), 26pp., accordionfold. One of 110 copies, signed by the author. Contains 90 original paper samples made in Aschaffenburg, Germany. The introduction, by Frigge, explains the history of papermaking in the town. The samples cover a wide range of paper types, including leather imitations, gold- and silver-printed, patterned, and paste papers, and marbled… Read more about this item

Moscow: Detizdat, 1938. Konashevich, Vladimir. (10)pp. A miniature, lyrical children's book, with color lithographs illustrating scenes of a child's fond relationship with a toy horse. Kvitko was a Ukranian-born Yiddish-language poet and author; his literary and ethnic status made him a target of the Stalinist government, and he was executed in 1952 during what has now become known as… Read more about this item

(N.p.: Book/Print Artist/Scholar of Color Collective, 2023. Octavo. (19)pp. booklet + suite of three prints incorporating an impressive range of technical processes, including papermaking, letterpress, screenprinting, and relief printing. Each one is signed, titled, and dated by its artist: Tia Blassingame, Ben Blount, and Aimee Lee. The booklet situates the project within, first, the Book/Print Artist/Scholar of Color Collective's… Read more about this item

(n.p., 1970. Type slug, containing the entirety of The Lord's Prayer. Of unknown publication: its size makes it smaller than the Waldmann & Pfitzner edition, and its mise-en-page is more condensed than the similarly sized Toppan Holy Bible. Set in card, on which a former owner has identified the text and noted that reading it requires a 75-power lens.… Read more about this item

New York: Solomon King, 1830. 16mo. (16)pp. Frontispiece, title-page vignette, and eight small illustrations throughout from wood engravings. The text begins by presenting a scaled-back version of Jack the Giant Killer, though misattributing the identity of Jack's first victim, noted here as "Giant Grumbo" felled by a pick-axe blow after being lured into a deep pit outside his castle… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1986. First edition, second issue. Ishiguro's second novel, a further meditation, at once fictive and perilously factual, on post-Second World War Japan. Minimal bumps to corners of boards, else near fine in full black cloth, in a fine dust wrapper.

Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., 2018. Kennedy, Jr., Amos Paul. Letterpress poster, from Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.'s series honoring Rosa Parks. Signed by the artist. Each installment in this series highlights Parks's determination, humanity, and honesty, upholding her persistent activism and uplifting her famous, yet sanitized, moment of refusal to bow to segregation. The masterful technique of layering colorful wood… Read more about this item

Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., 2018. Kennedy, Jr., Amos Paul. Letterpress poster, from Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.'s series honoring Rosa Parks. Signed by the artist. Each installment in this series highlights Parks's determination, humanity, and honesty, upholding her persistent activism and uplifting her famous, yet sanitized, moment of refusal to bow to segregation. The masterful technique of layering colorful wood… Read more about this item

Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., 2018. Kennedy, Jr., Amos Paul. Letterpress poster, from Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.'s series honoring Rosa Parks. Signed by the artist. Each installment in this series highlights Parks's determination, humanity, and honesty, upholding her persistent activism and uplifting her famous, yet sanitized, moment of refusal to bow to segregation. The masterful technique of layering colorful wood… Read more about this item

NY: Harper & Row, 1962. First edition. Inscribed by the author: "Jane and By, With love and a Merry Christmas from Auntie K and Andy / N. Brooklin, Maine." A collection of eighteen essays, originally published in The New Yorker, in which White describes an America viewed from his armchair. Quarter black cloth with brown paper over boards and… Read more about this item

Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., 2018. Kennedy, Jr., Amos Paul. Letterpress poster, from Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.'s series honoring Rosa Parks. Signed by the artist. Each installment in this series highlights Parks's determination, humanity, and honesty, upholding her persistent activism and uplifting her famous, yet sanitized, moment of refusal to bow to segregation. The masterful technique of layering colorful wood… Read more about this item