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Barre, Massachusetts: Imprint Society. Fine with no dust jacket. 1971. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. The Near Fine slipcase has a faint mark at the tail of the spine edge. ; Early science fiction that imagines a human colonized brick and mortar satellite moon of the Earth. Satirical subtext throughout, based on personalities and society in Boston, MA. Originally serialized in The Atlantic in 1869 and 1870. Copy 712 of a limited edition of 1,950. Signed by the illustrator. Seventeen woodcuts printed in brown, directly from the blocks, by Michael McCurdy, prolific illustrator and founder of the Penmaen Press. Printed by Spiral Press on fine paper. Half dark linen with gilt image of a telescope, the remainder natural linen on boards. This is the later binding, the first being in quarter brown linen, no image, the remainder natural. Slipcase is clean, with sharp corners, and a clean, woodcut illustrated, title label that wraps around the spine edge. Signed by the illustrator. A clean… Read More

Glendale, CA: Privately Printed. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1984. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Sixty-four collected examples of free verse written by this poet between 1970 and 1983, forty-six having appeared in periodicals. Being a creator informed her educational career and she was focused on fostering creativity in children. Frances Hall's (Adams') verse has depth and maturity. From the poem Yes and No: "It's the way you ask the question/that shapes the answers - that says/whether you even want an answer//Listen to your asking/and ask what kind of silences/invite to an open landscape." Posthumously published, the Afterword briefly explains the author's poetry and life. Each poem begins with a decorative capital. Paginated 100,[1],[3 blanks]. One of a limited edition of 250 copies designed and printed on a hand press by Atara Clark at Prosperity Press. Printed in dark brown ink on cream-colored, laid, watermarked, Curtis Tweedweave paper with fore edge untrimmed.… Read More

Tavares, FL: SPS Publications. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1997. Softcover. Faintest scuffing to covers from shelving. ; Sourced from personal correspondence, records, and interviews with those involved with Roycroft, this is a biography of both Elbert and Alice Hubbard. Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) founded The Roycroft Shops, based on his version of the European Arts and Crafts movement. Roycroft ultimately became an artisan community based on hand crafts and publishing, with Elbert writing and lecturing to capitalize the business. Hubbard's second wife Alice Hubbard (1861-1915) was profoundly influential in Elbert's pursuits, wrote books that Roycroft published, and directed and managed much of the business of Roycroft. This book covers both positives and negatives in the Hubbard's mutually-supportive relationship, as they lived and worked together before their deaths in the 1915 sinking of the S. S. Lusitania. Foreword by Elbert "Bert" Hubbard II, son of Elbert… Read More

Cleveland: Fine Editions Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. The spine is sunned, but gilt lettering is strong and attractive. Nick at center of rear hinge. Wear and small spot to the edge of the spine head. 3/8" stray red ink mark at the head corner and tiny bump to the tail corner of the front cover. Slight offsetting to front endpaper. ; This classic work of American literature recounts the life of Hester Prynne in the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1600s. Hester and a lover she refuses to name conceive a daughter, without being married, and Hester winds her way through a story of sin, guilt, societal recrimination, dignity, and redemption while raising her daughter Pearl. The scarlet letter is the letter "A,", in red, that she is forced to wear to brand her as an adulterer. One of the first mass-produced books in the United States, it remains a powerful statement about society, religion, and dignity. With an insightful Introduction of the work… Read More

Toronto, ON: House of Anansi Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Tiny, closed tear to the publisher's paper band.; Thirty, tiny, quirky essays from this frequent contributor to McSweeny's. The essays span a mermaid in a jar, newly created fairy tales, a frog that gives relationship advice to a plumber, love, bad love, sex, “the littlest dumpling who had never been told his name,” and many that are depressive and matter of fact without making an obvious point or having a moral resolution. Sheila Heti's writing is unique. Five essays are reprinted from McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Issue 4. The author has signed "love Sheila" in pen on the title page with a hand-drawn potted plant, "April 2003.", and the inscription "for a man with flowers and ties[?]. Includes ephemera: two stiff, paper hang tags. Each has a different, halftone, monochrome reproduction of do-it-yourself photo booth picture of… Read More

Van Nuys, California: Richard J. Hoffman. Fine with no dust jacket. 1986. 3-ring binder. This is a concise, concentrated essay on all aspects of proper book design and the benefits of thoughtful design. So straightforward that the lay reader can readily understand his points. "A commentary written and printed by Richard J. Hoffman at his printing office in Van Nuys, California for members of Columbian 415 Chappel and other friends of the press 1986" One of the world class California printers, Hoffman was an academic printer, press manager, and teacher of printing at colleges from 1933 to 1979. From that point he operated his private press in conjunction with former students, his cumulative output of 66 years being approximately 50,000 printed items. Printed both for and with the assistance of Columbian 415 Chappel, the cadre of accomplished printing students who continued working with him after his retirement from academic printing. Unpaginated, but [1][blank][10][1]. In quarter,… Read More

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