Search Results: Authors starting with B from Bromer Booksellers

Frankfort, KY: Whippoorwill Press, 1982. (v), 14pp. One of 100 copies. Frontispiece portrait of Beethoven. A printing of Beethoven's 1802 letter to his brothers, Karl and Johann, in which he attempted to communicate his feelings of rage, grief, and despair at the onset of his hearing loss. Beethoven was twenty-eight years old at the time. He never posted the letter, and it was not found until after his death in 1827. Bound in full brown paper with paper label. Fine. (2 7/16 by 1 15/16; 61x50mm).

Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1969. Octavo. 151pp. One of 125 copies. Illustrated with a medal of young Bembo as a title device; a fold-out reproduction of "Il Noniano"; an engraving from "Bembo's Works," Venice 1729; and a facsimile leaf of Aii of Bembo's "De Aetna," printed by Aldus in 1496. The Latin version is followed by an English translation by Betty Radice and a Postscript by Giovanni Mardersteig. The Latin is set in Griffo type, and the English and Postscript are in Monotype Bembo, both based on the roman alphabet developed by Francesco Griffo for Aldus. Bound in quarter-morocco with red paper over boards, gilt-stamped with the press's device. Some toning to spine, else fine in matching slipcase. Prospectus laid in.

Cleveland Heights, OH: Borrower's Press, 1982. Epstein, Amanda. (21)ff. One of 300 copies signed by Jane Bernier, the printer. Illustrated throughout with full-page hand-colored drawings of flowering cacti by Amanda Epstein. Very fine in gilt-stamped brown leather. (Bradbury, p. 34). (3/4 by 9/16; 20x15mm).

Cleveland Heights, OH: Borrower's Press, 1982. 64pp. One of 300 copies signed and numbered by Jane Bernier. With a hand-colored portrait frontispiece. Fine in tan cloth with gilt titling. (13/16 by 5/8; 20x16mm).

Winterport, ME: Borrower's Press, 1980. Conneen, Jane. 80pp. One of 350 copies signed by Jane Bernier. With hand-colored illustrations by Jane Conneen. Fine in gilt-decorated black leather. (Bradbury, p. 33). (7/8 by 5/8; 22x16mm).

Winterport, ME: Borrower's Press, 1981. Epstein, Amanda. (40)pp. One of 350 copies signed by Jane Bernier. Illustrated with twenty hand-colored images of sea shells by Amanda Epstein. Extremely fine in beige leather with gilt-stamping. (Bradbury, p. 33). (3/4 by 5/8; 20x15mm).

Winterport, ME: Borrower's Press, 1981. Bernier, Jane. 53pp. One of 350 copies signed and numbered by Jane Bernier, the proprietor of the Press. With nineteen full-page hand-colored illustrations of sample quilt patterns. Bound in blue cloth with a hand-colored pictorial label. Labels show the slightest amount of wear, else fine. (Bradbury, p. 33). (13/16 by 5/8; 21x16mm).

(Ogdensburg, NY): Caliban Press, 1989. Ely, Timothy. Octavo. (iii), 15pp. One of 125 copies, signed by both the author and the artist. With three full-page and two tailpieces in full color by Ely, who lucidly emphasizes the psychedelic and geometric motifs of Berrigan's short story. Designed, printed, and bound by Caliban proprietor Mark McMurray in printed paste-paper boards backed by orange cloth. Fine.

Santa Ana, CA: Gold Stein Press, 1993. D'Ambrosio, Joseph. 12pp., + (10)ff. First edition. One of 95 copies signed by the author, Ray Bradbury. Designed and bound by Joseph D'Ambrosio. A poem celebrating the mind of man, printed against swirling lines and areas of color. Many of the pages are cut into cloud shapes, and interleaved with colored paper pierced with the shapes of stars and nebulae. With two pop-up openings, including a spiraling title-page. D'Ambrosio's binding of dark blue cloth spattered with white stars, forms a box for the book. Very fine. (2 7/8 by 2 1/4; 75x58mm).

Glasgow: David Bryce & Son, 1896. 240pp. Reduced facsimile of the first edition, which had been printed in Kilmarnock by John Wilson in 1786. Bound in wrappers, and held in a quite monumental covered in red morocco and gilt-tooled and -titled, with matching chemise. Mild soiling, else fine. (Garbett, p. 27; Spielmann 69). (1 3/16 by 7/8; 30x20mm).