Search Results: Titles starting with S from Bromer Booksellers

(Ditchling, East Sussex), 1930. Cribb, [Herbert] Joseph. Watercolor over pencil on paper. A devoted image of Saint Gertrude meditating on St. Paul's letter to the Ephesians. Not to be confused with Gertrude the Great, this is Gertrude of Nivelles, seventh-century abbess and founder of the Abbey of Nivelles, who is remembered for her particular kindness of foreigners, especially Irish pilgrims. Gertrude is usually depicted, as here, with a shepherd's crook, occasionally adorned with a mouse or rat in recognition of her assumed protection against the infestation of the Black Plague. Her nomination as rodent-scourge has led in the late 20th-century to an association with cats. Cribb's penchant for religious iconography stemmed from his early connection to and education by Eric Gill, with whom he converted to Catholicism. Trace motes of foxing, but safely matted and framed. (Frame measures 16 1/4 by 12 3/4 in.).

(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 papers of all kinds, such as bouquet, combed, shadow, and shell marbled papers. Short explanations of the techniques are below several of the sample sets. Bound in purple cloth with title in gold. Housed in a black slipcase with title in gold. Both the upper cover and the slipcase have small paper samples attached. Very fine.

San Fernando, CA: Junípero Serra Press, 1991. 14pp. One of 200 copies. Frontispiece postage stamp advocating for freedom of the press. Bound in green leatherette over boards, gilt-stamped. Fine. A.e.g. (2 5/8 by 1 7/8; 67x47mm).

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).

Seattle: Aubergine Atelier, 2019. Fenton, Jodee. Oblong 24mo. 36(ff)., + 14 Japanese kozo-paper leaves painted on both sides in gouache, tempera, watercolor, and polyacrylic varnish. From an edition of thirty copies, this is one of ten bound in half leather with decorative paper over boards. Each copy in the edition contains unique paintings by Jodee Fenton. These, distributed throughout as full leaves, cutouts, and paste-downs, encourage a new perspective on Yeats' seminal poem. Originally composed as a reaction to the pain of the early twentieth century-the aftermath of the First World War, the onset of the Irish War of Independence, and the 1918-1919 flu pandemic-Yeats' verses use apocalyptic allegory to capture the fear, brutality, and destruction of the era. Here, Fenton presents the poem as a series of images, mirrored on both sides of each painted sheet, and verses, broken apart by line and by word. The arrangement thus asks the reader to pause and draws insistent parallels between Yeats'… Read More

(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. Larger volume measures 3/4 by 9/16 in.; 20x16mm).

Evanston, IL: Press of Ward Schori, 1994. 24, (3)pp. One of 169 copies. A handful of full-page illustrations drawn using original prints as models for costumes worn by 19th-century Shaker children. Bound in brown cloth over boards, gilt-stamped and -titled. Fine. (2 5/8 by 2 3/16; 68x57mm).

Lille; Paris: Chez Vanackere; Chez H. Nicolle, 1806. Set of forty-eight cards, with instruction sheet and map. Each card is numbered, and features an emblematic national or regional figure in a rondel at the top. The instructions describe the game as largely focused on geographical learning through rote memorization, chiefly of 1) in what part of the world the nation or region is located; 2) what is its capital; and 3) the ability to point to the location on a map. The verso of the instructions tabulates the correct answers, down to latitudes and longitudes. The detailed information on the cards, paired with the careful exactitude of the accompanying map, communicate to the young French learner both the places of others and also the place of the French within the global taxonomy. This sort of identitarian progam suits the moment; the colonial enterprise had kicked up its urgency during Napoleon's reign. Cards held in slipcase covered with marbled paper and with paper label. Some rubbing to both card… Read More

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).

Greenfield, MA: Greenfield High School, 1935. 76pp. No limitation indicated, although this volume is number 127. Printed and bound by William Merriott and William Thayer as their senior project at Greenfield High, under the direction of their teacher, Anthony T. Stavaski. Concludes with the well-trodden anxiety over the state of handwriting in an age of mechanical reproduction. Fine in black cloth. (2 by 1 5/8; 50x40mm).

NY: Vanguard Press, 1935. First edition. Inscribed by the author to Ira Gershwin, and with a secondary inscription from the author's brother-in-law, songwriter Lou Paley, to Gershwin, suggesting that "Buried somewhere in 'Studs' you'll find material for an excellent 10 hr. blackout." Consisting of three novels bound together-Young Lonigan, The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan, and Judgement Day-Farrell strives to show the fall into spritual povery of the average American during the Great Depression. Full brown cloth over boards with gilt titling to spine, top edge black. Some overall edgewear, fraying along rear spine joint, mild stain to rear board, else very good with a harmonious association.