Book Arts from Bromer Booksellers

(N.p., n.d.). Koretsky, Elaine. Fleeced paper pulp on paper. Signed by the arist. Elaine Koretsky (1932-2018) was a papermaking pioneer, championing unexpected techniques in order to manipulate the substance of paper. In 1975, she established Carriage House Handmade Paper Works in Brookline, Massachusetts, and there conducted instructional workshops and created papers for artists, printers, and herself. Here her talents… Read more about this item

Paris: G. Masson, 1894. 16mo. 20pp. Inscribed by the author at the front free endpaper. Seven engraved vignettes depicting some of the high spots from the collection of Georges Salomon, to accompany Tissandier's scholarly summation of his pre-20th century miniature books. Bound in plain paper covers, with additional publisher's tan dust wrapper. In original glassine. Mild overall chipping, else… Read more about this item

(Buren, Netherlands): Frits Knuf, 1989. Frigge, Karli. Tall quarto. (15)pp., (6)ff. One of 55 copies, signed by Frigge. With a foreword by the artist in both Dutch and English. These six marbled papers were made by Frigge in 1979 with paints contaminated with dead mayflies. The structure of the paint was so changed that when it was put on… Read more about this item

(NY, 1924. Octavo. (11)pp. Four color linocut plates, one of which serves as titling. Four pages of text instruct the nascent illustrator-printer in how to "design, cut and print linoleum blocks," from preparation to particular substrates. A rear folio, not fully opened, contains seven loose exemplar plates. Bound in marbled paper-covered boards with block-printed title to upper cover. Some… Read more about this item

(Buren: Frits Knuf, 1988. Frigge, Karli. Oblong quarto. (11)pp., (12)ff. One of 99 copies, signed by the artist. This copy with a second inscription, appearing at the final page of the English foreword: "Sorry, the label is not gold stamped! / Karli." Illustrated with twelve examples of Frigge's marbled papers which are evocative of landscapes. Bound in vellum-backed marbled… Read more about this item

London: Oxford University Press, 1896. Frowde, Henry. 688pp. One of a "finely printed series" known as the Oxford Miniature Editions, printed by Henry Frowde at the University Press. This copy features an unusual binding of green morocco with a brass plate impressed with a rendering of Raphael's Sistine Madonna onlaid on the front cover. Frontispiece illustration of Christ as… Read more about this item

(United Kingdom, 1925. Knowles, Reginald. Ink on paper. Thirteen calligraphed letters, each against an alphabetically apt background ("S" against a sunflower, for example). The selection evinces Knowles's impressive balance of restraint and fantasy, the regular serif letters suggesting a certain nobility while their botanical ornament. A note on the verso states that the pieces were completed for publisher J.… Read more about this item

(Netherlands: Frits Knuf, 1993. Frigge, Karli. 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,… Read more about this item

(N.p.: Book/Print Artist/Scholar of Color Collective, 2023. Octavo. (19)pp. booklet + suite of three prints incorporating an impressive range of technical processes, including papermaking, letterpress, screenprinting, and relief printing. Each one is signed, titled, and dated by its artist: Tia Blassingame, Ben Blount, and Aimee Lee. The booklet situates the project within, first, the Book/Print Artist/Scholar of Color Collective's… Read more about this item

New York, New York: The Thistle Press, 1955. Eichenberg, Fritz. Two folio-sized portfolios. (8); (8)ff. A total of sixteen prints each measuring 12 1/2 by 17 inches. Known to book collectors as a master wood engraver, Eichenberg also executed a series of drawings that appeared in Dorothy Day's "The Catholic Worker" newspaper, a lay publication concerned with the intersection… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, 1936. Jones, Lois Mailou. Lithographic poster. An impressive brush and ink illustration by Lois Mailou Jones heralds the piece, tracing the Black experience, from an African milieu with garb and masks (elements Jones would incorporate into many of her works throughout her career), to laborers, presumably enslaved, in… Read more about this item

(Frankfurt am Main): Edition Kölling, 1968. Schmolck, H. C.. Calendar comprising 24ff. prints, plus an introduction written by the artist, Hans Christoph Schmolck, and an illustrated cover page. One of 200 copies signed by the artist, with a hand-written statement of limitation; the prints are also signed and numbered by Schmolck. Each month is illustrated with two pages of… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara, CA: Simplemente Maria Press, 2024. Heebner, Mary. Three quarto vols. Each one of fifteen copies, and each signed by Mary Heebner at the colophon. A trio of Heebner's concerned meditations on the perilous status of the arctic landscape, based on two ship voyages undertaken in 2017 and 2023. In two volumes under the single title of Vanishing… Read more about this item

Boston, 1991. Davidson, Laura. Unique book art object, signed and dated by the artist, made from wood, acrylic, paper, ink, and metal keys. Constructed as a temple, the statuesque object has two swinging doors on which Davidson has inked a Hindu tale; this and other designs are presented over excised maps and travelogues, creating a multimedia collage. The pillared… Read more about this item

(New Britain, CT: Art Press, 1971. Massmann, Robert. (16)pp., frenchfold. One of 50 copies. The Foreword by Massmann is signed by him. Hunter's account of the post-Civil War reuse of Egyptian mummies' wrappings by a Maine paper merchant is bound in stiff wrappers in the shape of a sarcophagus with the profile of a mummy at the top. The… Read more about this item

Boston: Mary McCarthy, 1998. McCarthy, Mary. Octavo. (30)ff. One of twenty-six copies, signed and numbered by the artist. An abecedarian study of traditional masks from indigenous African peoples, from the Adauma of Gabon to the Zande of Zaire. A prefatory page organizes the tribes by modern countries, and at the rear is a reference list. Images reproduced by scanning… Read more about this item

Chatham, NY: EDitions, 1991. Hutchins, Edward. (48)pp. Signed by the artist. Illustrations in orange complement the text, in black, of a tale of acrobatic, artistic, and otherwise entertaining animals; an abstraction, as cited at the colophon, of Isaiah 11:6-9, which is also printed on a fold-out sheet tipped-in to rear. Fine in green paper wrappers and comb binding. (2… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Bosham, UK: Circle Press, 2013. King, Ronald. Square small quarto. 7 unbound triptych sheets. One of thirty copies, signed by Richard Price and Ronald King. Price's verses appear alongside King's illustrations, which have been deeply embossed into the papers, mostly in blind but with choice additions of color. Each triptych articulates the case for animals presently threatened by or… Read more about this item

Hudson, NY: Edward Hutchins, 1992. Hutchins, Edward. One of thirty copies, signed by the artist. Fourteen double-page spreads, accordion-fold, urging the reader to calm their worried mind. Provides a chair for the purpose, to which the book is affixed. Fine. Held in acrylic box. (1 15/16 by 1 15/16; 49x49mm).