Broadside. Begins: "Petition for the Laird of Kilravock and others the vassals of Lovat.... by (Simon “The Fox” Fraser). Lovat (Scotland). Tenants - ca. 1702]

Dallas: Northouse & Northouse, 1981. First Edition. broadsides. Fine in case as issued. A collection of 8 folio broadsides and title page ranging in size from 13" x 17" to 13" x 19" and printed on heavy paper of various colors with all but two of the broadsides illustrated and each individually SIGNED by the author. This is Copy "F" of 26 lettered copies of a total edition of 126. Contributors are John Updike ("Two Sonnets"), Allen Ginsberg ("Capitol Air" - - Ginsberg has also made a single word holograph correction to the text), Linda Pastan ("Mother Eve"), Howard Nemerov ("Landscape with Self-Portrait"), Heather McHugh ("From 20,000 Feet"), William Stafford ("Geography Lesson"), William Heyen ("Mother and Son"), and Scott Davison ("Soft Salvation"). The five printers are The Red Ozier Press, The Meadow Press, The Press of A. Colish, The Press of W. Thomas Taylor, and the Wind River Press. Housed in a plexiglass box especially made for this publication and allowing the portfolio to be hung on a… Read More

1810. Probably Unique Nineteenth-Century American Medical Broadside Advertisement, Illustrated by One of America's First Lithographers Miller. Doctr. Miller has erected a commodious house in Franklin . . . Engraved advertising circular, illustrated with an engraving of Miller's sanatorium by Thomas Wightman (fl. 1811) after I. R. [i.e., John Ritto] Penniman (1782-1841). N.p., n.d. [before 1884]. 173 x 210 mm. Laminated on paper, some marginal spotting, moderate toning. Probably Unique American Medical Broadside advertising Dr. Miller's sanatorium, located in Franklin, Mass., about 20 miles southwest of Boston. According to the advertisement, Dr. Miller's establishment treated "persons labouring under the Cancer, Stone in the Bladder, Cataract and other diseases of the Eye, Hydrocele, White Swellings, swelled Legs, Fistula, Polypus, Hare Lips, Wens, Eruptions of the Skin and Ulcerations in general." The advertisement further states that "much pains have been taken to make this a place of resort, where… Read More

[New York]: HH&Co, 1894. Unbound. Fine. Small illustrated broadside. Measuring 9" x 11". Printed in black and red on yellow paper. Two old and barely noticeable horizontal folds, else fine. Dry mounted on foamcore. Image of two owls flying towards the viewer with a spooky castle or prison in the background, the art is signed in the print by "Hooper." Holt published the first American edition in 1894, this seems to be contemporary with that date. A striking image.

Boston: Rand, Avery & Co., Railway Printers, 1880., 1880. First edition. First edition. Yellow broadside printed in black ink. The Union Pacific Railroad Company made available a special trip from St. Johnsbury, Vermont to the rich farming lands in central Nebraska leaving on Tuesday, June 15, 1880. Arrangements have been made to accommodate passengers from other parts of New England and Canada to connect with this special train. These excursions will be accompanied by the well-known Excursion Agent, A. C. Harvey, who will endeavor to make the trip pleasant, and see that they have comfortable first-class cars, check baggage and furnish full information regarding the routes, lands, etc. A tiny bit of wear to bottom edge, else near fine, bright broadside.

CBAA,, 2016.. Edition of 50 (24 available for sale). 25 printed pieces: 9 x 12" each. Flat prints, broadsides, and folios on a variety of papers using any print medium or combination of media, including letterpress, offset, digital printing, and/or other printmaking techniques. Housed in custom enclosure (10 x 13). CBAA: "CBAA's first print portfolio/exchange to benefit the CBAA academic journal, Openings: Studies in Book Art. This peer-reviewed journal aims to energize artistic practice, stimulate study in the field of book art, and encourage profound and multifaceted thinking in this dynamic arena. By providing open online access to Openings, CBAA seeks to support diverse conversations and an ongoing examination of the continually shifting role of the book in contemporary culture.  "Inspired by the potential for Openings to grow as a platform for critical and theoretical investigation, the theme for this portfolio is folium (plural foliums or folia). Folium, in Latin,… Read More

Dallas: Northouse & Northouse, 1981. First Edition. broadsides. Fine in case as issued. A collection of 8 folio broadsides and title page ranging in size from 13" x 17" to 13" x 19" and printed on heavy paper of various colors with all but two of the broadsides illustrated and each individually SIGNED by the author. This is Copy "F" of 26 lettered copies of a total edition of 126. Contributors are John Updike ("Two Sonnets"), Allen Ginsberg ("Capitol Air" - - Ginsberg has also made a single word holograph correction to the text), Linda Pastan ("Mother Eve"), Howard Nemerov ("Landscape with Self-Portrait"), Heather McHugh ("From 20,000 Feet"), William Stafford ("Geography Lesson"), William Heyen ("Mother and Son"), and Scott Davison ("Soft Salvation"). The five printers are The Red Ozier Press, The Meadow Press, The Press of A. Colish, The Press of W. Thomas Taylor, and the Wind River Press. Housed in a plexiglass box especially made for this publication and allowing the portfolio to be hung on a… Read More

1810. Probably Unique Nineteenth-Century American Medical Broadside Advertisement, Illustrated by One of America's First Lithographers Miller. Doctr. Miller has erected a commodious house in Franklin . . . Engraved advertising circular, illustrated with an engraving of Miller's sanatorium by Thomas Wightman (fl. 1811) after I. R. [i.e., John Ritto] Penniman (1782-1841). N.p., n.d. [before 1884]. 173 x 210 mm. Laminated on paper, some marginal spotting, moderate toning. Probably Unique American Medical Broadside advertising Dr. Miller's sanatorium, located in Franklin, Mass., about 20 miles southwest of Boston. According to the advertisement, Dr. Miller's establishment treated "persons labouring under the Cancer, Stone in the Bladder, Cataract and other diseases of the Eye, Hydrocele, White Swellings, swelled Legs, Fistula, Polypus, Hare Lips, Wens, Eruptions of the Skin and Ulcerations in general." The advertisement further states that "much pains have been taken to make this a place of resort, where… Read More

[New York]: HH&Co, 1894. Unbound. Fine. Small illustrated broadside. Measuring 9" x 11". Printed in black and red on yellow paper. Two old and barely noticeable horizontal folds, else fine. Dry mounted on foamcore. Image of two owls flying towards the viewer with a spooky castle or prison in the background, the art is signed in the print by "Hooper." Holt published the first American edition in 1894, this seems to be contemporary with that date. A striking image.

Boston: Rand, Avery & Co., Railway Printers, 1880., 1880. First edition. First edition. Yellow broadside printed in black ink. The Union Pacific Railroad Company made available a special trip from St. Johnsbury, Vermont to the rich farming lands in central Nebraska leaving on Tuesday, June 15, 1880. Arrangements have been made to accommodate passengers from other parts of New England and Canada to connect with this special train. These excursions will be accompanied by the well-known Excursion Agent, A. C. Harvey, who will endeavor to make the trip pleasant, and see that they have comfortable first-class cars, check baggage and furnish full information regarding the routes, lands, etc. A tiny bit of wear to bottom edge, else near fine, bright broadside.

CBAA,, 2016.. Edition of 50 (24 available for sale). 25 printed pieces: 9 x 12" each. Flat prints, broadsides, and folios on a variety of papers using any print medium or combination of media, including letterpress, offset, digital printing, and/or other printmaking techniques. Housed in custom enclosure (10 x 13). CBAA: "CBAA's first print portfolio/exchange to benefit the CBAA academic journal, Openings: Studies in Book Art. This peer-reviewed journal aims to energize artistic practice, stimulate study in the field of book art, and encourage profound and multifaceted thinking in this dynamic arena. By providing open online access to Openings, CBAA seeks to support diverse conversations and an ongoing examination of the continually shifting role of the book in contemporary culture.  "Inspired by the potential for Openings to grow as a platform for critical and theoretical investigation, the theme for this portfolio is folium (plural foliums or folia). Folium, in Latin,… Read More