Search Results: Authors starting with I from Bromer Booksellers

Overland Park, KS: Scott Free Press, 1984. 44, (4)pp. Of an edition of 250 copies, this is one of "about 100" on handmade rag paper. The pivotal revelatory scene from Ibsen's play is here printed within electric pink borders. Bound in blue-gray cloth over boards, stamping in pink. Fine. (2 5/8 by 2 1/4; 66x58mm).

NY: Vincent FitzGerald & Co, 1987. Welliver, Neil. Quarto. (17)ff. One of 75 copies, signed by the translator, Michael Feingold, and the artist, Neil Welliver, whose five color etchings and double-page fold-out lithograph were printed by Shigemitsu Tsukaguchi. The translator served as the lead drama critic for the Village Voice until it ceased operations, and he was twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. In the publisher's binding of hand-woven fabric crafted by fiber artist Sara Dochow and bound by Zahara Partovi. Housed in a silk folding case by David Bourbeau. Lower corner of box slightly rubbed, else fine.

Berkeley, CA: Poole Press, 1981. 34pp. One of 125 copies, signed by the illustrator, Maryline Poole Adams, who has hand-colored her illustrations in orange, blue, purple, and gilt. A semi-comic poem about a bird that becomes a saint, set in the Middle Ages. Bound in half red leather, with marbled papers over boards and gilt-titling to spine. Fine. (2 1/4 by 3 1/4; 56x80mm).

Tarzana, CA: Barbara J. Raheb, 1980. Raheb, Barbara J.. 141pp. One of 300 copies, signed and numbered by the publisher/illustrator, Barbara J. Raheb. With illustrations in black & white throughout. Fine in red pyroxylin, stamped elaborately in gilt. (Bradbury, p. 208). (15/16 by 11/16; 24x18mm).

East Aurora: Roycroft Press, 1905. Hunter, Dard. Small octavo. xx, 48pp. Signed by Dard Hunter, who completed the title-page decoration and initials for the volume. A gloriously quaint edition paying suitable homage to the classic folktale. Bound in limp red suede impressed in black. Expected toning to endpapers and edges of text block, some noticeable wear to gutter joints, else near fine.

Cincinnati: Mosaic Press, 1981. Kitt, Sandra. (48)pp. Signed by the printer, Miriam Irwin. With illustrations in black & white by Sandra Kitt to aid Christopher Irwin's informative explanation of the origins and compositions of comets. Very fine in gold stamped navy blue cloth. (15/16 by 3/4; 24x20mm).

Buffalo: Hillside Press, 1982. 50pp. One of 350 copies signed by the author and printer, Eleanor Irwin. Slight skew to spine, else near fine in red, gilt-stamped leather. (2 7/16 by 2 1/16; 62x51mm).

Tilton, NH: Hillside Press, 1976. 51pp. One of 250 copies. Illustrated throughout with printer's marks from presses, both early and modern. Fine in yellow cloth, printed in black. Bookplate. (Bradbury p. 95). (2 5/16 by 2; 58x49mm).

Buffalo: Hillside Press, 1971. xv, 50pp. One of 300 copies. Illustrated with eighteen full-page plates. Contains a preface by Robert E. Massmann, as well as a life of Frank Irwin, co-proprietor of this well-known miniature book press, by Eleanor Irwin. Fine in red leatherette with gilt decoration to cover and gilt lettering to spine. (Bradbury, p. 96). (2 3/8 by 2; 61x51mm).

Tilton, NH: Hillside Press, 1971. xix, 51pp. One of 350 copies. Illustrated with twenty-five full-page woodcuts and other illustrations. Contains a preface by Robert E. Massmann. Fine in green, gilt-stamped cloth. Bookplate. (Bradbury, p. 95). (2 3/8 by 2; 61x51mm).

Franklin, NH: Hillside Press, 1961. 52pp. Limited to 350 copies handset, printed and signed by the author. Clever antic verses about all manner of things including "The Bookseller." A fine copy of the first book of the Press, in cloth-backed patterned boards with a printed paper label. (2 5/16 by 1 13/16; 60x47mm.).

Tilton, NH: Hillside Press, 1971. xix, 51pp. One of 350 copies. Illustrated with twenty-five full-page woodcuts and other illustrations. Contains a preface by Robert E. Massmann. Fine in green, gilt-stamped cloth. Bookplate. (Bradbury, p. 95). (2 3/8 by 2; 61x51mm).

Cincinnati, OH: Mosaic Press, 1977. (48)pp. Signed by the author/printer, Miriam Irwin. With accompanying illustrations, an essential guide for the adventurous mouse. Bound in tan leatherette with black stamping. Neither Bradbury nor Mosaic records note the use of leather for the edition, so this copy possibly denotes some material experimentation on the part of the binder or printer. Fine. (15/16 by 3/4; 24x19mm).

Cincinnati, OH: Mosaic Press, 1977. (48)pp. Signed by the author/printer, Miriam Irwin. Playfully illustrated to show the heroine's affinity for rock collecting. Bound in tan leather, stamped in black. Bradbury makes no mention of this binding state, nor to Mosaic Press records, which would perhaps indicate that this copy represents a test-run for the binder. Fine. (15/16 by 3/4; 24x19mm).

Cincinnati, OH: Mosaic Press, 1983. (16)pp. An illustrated catalog for the Press' publications from that year available for sale. Abrasion to rear cover, else near fine in self wrappers. (1 by 1; 25x25mm).

Cincinnati, OH: Mosaic Press, 1982. (16)pp. An illustrated catalog for the Press' publications from that year available for sale. Near fine in self wrappers. (1 by 1; 25x25mm).

Cincinnati, OH: Mosaic Press, 1977. Irwin, Miriam. (48)pp. A guide to the tenets of happy matrimony for rodents and others. Bound in blue cloth with stamping in black. Fine. (1 1/8 by 7/8; 29x22mm).

Cincinnati, OH: Mosaic Press, 1977. (48)pp. Signed by the author/printer, Miriam Irwin. With accompanying illustrations, an essential guide for the adventurous mouse. Bound in tan cloth, stamped in black, but without the additional flourishes usual for the series, and with lettering abnormally small and cloth abnormally lighter in color than otherwise found. Plausibly a one-off for the binder in the early stages of the edition. Fine. (15/16 by 3/4; 24x19mm).

Cincinnati: Mosaic Press, 1983. (48)pp. Signed by the printer, Miriam Irwin. One of about 600 copies. Seventeen bindings are described by Miriam Irwin and illustrated with black and white photographs. Published to honor the first Grand Conclave of Miniature Book Publishers, two of the books shown are miniature, with four others being very close to the three-inch size. Extremely fine in silver-stamped black cloth. (3 by 2 3/8; 77x61mm).

Cincinnati: Mosaic Press, 1977. (24)ff. Signed by the printer, Miriam Irwin. A remarkable little piece of scholarship, illustrated with line drawings. This copy bound in white leather styled after woodgrain, stamped in gold; a state unrecorded in Bradbury. (1 1/8 by 7/8; 29x23mm).