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New York, NY: William H. Wise. Fine. 1929. Reprint. Broadside. Some leaves have slight binding perforations at the left edge.; Twelve of Elbert Hubbard's mottos, or "epigrams," as he would sometimes call them. Each motto printed in an Arts and Crafts style: text within a graphic frame with decorative borders, some styled after similar borders by William Morris' Kelmscott Press. Most have decorative capitals, are printed in black and red text, and the Roycroft cross-and-orb device is below the text. The mottos are thus: 1. I wish to be simple, honest, frank - natural, clean in mind and body, unaffected - ready to say "I do not know," if so it be - to meet all men on an absolute equality - to face any obstacle and meet any difficulty unabashed and unafraid - to cultivate the hospitable mind and the receptive heart. 2. The Mintage Of Wisdom Is To Know That Rest Is Rust And That Real Life Is In Love, Laughter And Work. 3. If You Want Work Well Done, Select A Busy… Read More

No Place Stated: Sufi George Books. Fine with no dust jacket. N.D.. Limited Signed Edition. Broadside. The author George Arthur Lareau is the self-proclaimed "Last Surviving Boston Beatnik Poet" and has produced various broadsides, books of poetry, and non-fiction works since the early 60s. This early poem, circa 1963, is the basis of a later book by the same title, compiling various writings by Lareau. The poem is letterpress printed as an 8 1/2" x 11" broadside on a sheet of stiff, "parchment" paper. The serif font text is framed by a printed scroll. This is the first copy of the broadside, copy 1 of a limited edition of 100, and letterpress printed by the author. I'll let the author explain. "It was during my last year of college,1963, that I became a letterpress printer. My first endeavor was "The Thropenny Poets Series." This was one poem on a 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 sheet and it sold for three cents a copy. I published several of my poems this… Read More

San Francisco: Twowindows Press. Very Good+. 1970. Broadside. Some broadsides have very light, shallow creasing from handling. Folder has creasing and bumped corners, quite common to these.; Six poetry broadsides, printed on the recto, by authors Douglas Blazek (Figuring Things Out, 1970). Blazek was the founder of Open Skull Press and was one of the driving forces behind the "mimeo revolution," cheap, grass roots publishing of beat and outsider literature and poetry.), Howard McCord (Mit Brennender Sorge, With Burning Sorrow, reprinted from Chelsea magazine, 1967, Maurice McDonald (For Don, 1970) , Paul Ramsey (The Answerers, 1970), D.r. Wagner (The Guardian in Ermine, 1970), and Peter Wild (For the Wedding Night of Manuel Espinoza, illustration by Don Gray, 1970). Broadsides range from 13" x 10" to 7 7/8" x 5", are printed on various fine papers and in various fonts. Twowindows Press, founded by Don Gray who performed both design and printing, was a mainstay… Read More

San Francisco: Twowindows Press. Fine. 1970. Broadside. Folder has creasing and bumped corners, quite common to these.; Six poetry broadsides, printed on the recto, by authors Douglas Blazek (Figuring Things Out, 1970). Blazek was the founder of Open Skull Press and was one of the driving forces behind the "mimeo revolution," cheap, grass roots publishing of beat and outsider literature and poetry.), Howard McCord (Mit Brennender Sorge, With Burning Sorrow, reprinted from Chelsea magazine, 1967, Maurice McDonald (For Don, 1970) , Paul Ramsey (The Answerers, 1970), D.r. Wagner (The Guardian in Ermine, 1970), and Peter Wild (For the Wedding Night of Manuel Espinoza, illustration by Don Gray, 1970). Broadsides range from 13" x 10" to 7 7/8" x 5", are printed on various fine papers and in various fonts. Twowindows Press, founded by Don Gray who performed both design and printing, was a mainstay of fine press poetry in San Francisco. Housed in the publisher's… Read More

Oneonta, NY: Round House Press. Fine with no dust jacket. c.1987. Limited/Numbered Signed Edition. Print. Seven art prints from blocks and plates, some with letterpress text over-printed on the image. All are from Round House Press, the imprint of the collegiate printing lab of Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY. Founded in the 1980s, the press issues letterpress books, broadsides, and art prints from wood block, linoleum block, and intaglio collagraphy. The seven prints are as follows: Print 1. Quotation about war, by Dalton Trumbo, noted screenwriter who was blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee. From Dalton's Johnny Got His Gun, written in 1939: "To fight that war they would need men and if men saw the future they wouldn't fight. So they were masking the future they were keeping the future a soft quiet secret. They knew that if all the little guys saw the future they would begin to ask questions. They would ask questions and they would find answers."… Read More

Ann Arbor, Michigan: Roger Jackson. Fine with no dust jacket. 1995. Limited/Lettered Signed Edition; First Edition. Broadside. The publisher's 8 1/2" x 11" letter is folded once. ; The 14 "vignettes" are the briefest essays about the author's real and imagined sexual encounters, all these vignettes being printed on unbound, small sheets. These encounters seem to be loveless and purely sexual. They are a.) Laundromat, b.) Being Single, c.) My Indifference, d.) Small Breast, e.) Lover's Nuts, f.) Blowsy Tart, g.) Older Lady, h.) Cotton Underpants, i.) Japanese Businesswoman, j.) Femme Fatale, k.) Active Sex Life, l.) Being Naked, m.) Suntan Lotion and Whisky, n.) Three Emancipated Women. Includes both the limited and trade editions housed in the publisher's folder. Limited edition of 26 lettered copies, this one being copy W and signed by the author on the special bifolium. This special inclusion is a brief essay about a writer who wanted Saunders to have… Read More