J.E.H. MACDONALD. A Biography & Catalogue of his Work. Introduction and design by Thoreau MacDonald by Hunter, E.R - 1940

London & New York: Clover Hilll Editions & Chilmark Press, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good +. Anthony Gross. (Ref: Herdman 7008) 4to, small folio. Two Volumes contained in a slip case, Limited edition, number 67 of 135 copies. The book is illustrated with 8 etchings by Anthony Gross, with another set of the eight etchings, all signed, printed on hand made paper, housed in a box, loose as issued . Both folios are bound in buff cloth with brown morocco spines and lettered in gilt. There is a slight circular indentation on the last blank leaf to the book, the odd brown fox mark, otherwise a very good copy.

Gainesville, Florida:: Crooked Letter Press,, 2021.. Edition of 40. Dimensions closed: 11” x 6.5” x 1.5”. Materials: colorplan 300 gsm paper, letterpress ink, tyvek, book cloth, metal brads and grommets. printed on and constructed from Colorplan paper, and letterpress printed from linoleum reduction blocks and photopolymer plates. Crooked Letter Press: "'Rule of Thumb' is a moveable book about the historical human obsession with ourselves and with approval from others. In the last 10 years, we have become obsessed with living online instead of actual living. We seem to only care about how many thumbs up, likes, or hearts we can accumulate on social media platforms. We practice a psychological social separation. We live virtual lives. Now, with the proliferation of the COVID-19 virus, we are living with the physical reality of social-distancing. How will we make it back? Can we make it back? 'Rule of Thumb' considers the ways in which humans have used our thumbs… Read More

La Mesa, California:: Anne Covell,, 2019.. Edition of 25 variants. 9.5 x 1.25 x 12.5 inches (closed). Letterpress printed from photopolymer plates by Boxcar Press on an SP-15 Vandercook Proof Press in the UF School of Art + Art History Type Shop on Somerset Velvet and Masa papers. Designed and printed by Anne Covell during a semester long residency in the fall of 2019. Numbered. Anne Covell: "'Sea Change' is a letterpress printed artist book and companion print series that uses catastrophe modeling to map the projected impact of sea level rise on the Florida Peninsula if action is not taken to combat climate change. In this book, state and regional maps of the Florida Peninsula repeat page by page with hand-cut paper corrections that reflect projections for coastal impacts for up to ten feet in sea level rise. The corresponding text on the verso of each repeating image of the Florida Peninsula rises on the page in tandem with index tabs that visually mark predictions in two foot… Read More

New York: Random House, 1967. First Edition / First Printing. Black cloth spine, black and white printed boards, with a lenticular (hologram-like) black and silver illustration glued to the front board. Near fine. Issued without dust jacket, clear archival jacket supplied. Pop-ups, fold-outs, attached items and black-and-white photographs. Balloon has melted and fused two pages, also slightly coloring adjacent pages. Tear-out sheet is gone, all other objects are present and in fine condition: a pop-up castle, a fold-out accordion, a pop-up airplane, spring-mounted Chelsea Girls disc, a dodecahedron paper sculpture, Lou Reed flexi-disc is detached but is present, Rainbow nose with overlays, a pop-up Hunt's Tomato Paste can.

El Sobrante, California:: Lisa Kokin,, 2022.. One-of-a-Kind. 7.25 x 6". Materials: Patinated copper, thread, safety pins, mull, silk. Signed on the back in upper left rectangle. Lisa Kokin: "Part of my 'Wordless Library' series, this book has text made with manipulated safety pins." Each character fashioned from a safety pin is up to the viewer to interpret. Asemic writing? Hieroglyphs? Codes? A new language? Lisa Kokin, Wordless Library Series: "In the 'Wordless Library' series, I make conceptual book-like objects by sewing on metal with my beat up old jalopy of a Kenmore sewing machine, circa 1975. It is immensely satisfying, even cathartic, to puncture the metal with my machine. I start each piece without a preconceived notion of what it will become. I patinate, I puncture, and I perforate. "The stitch less stitches follow lines reminiscent of text; sometimes they are even grouped into 'words.' Other times they look… Read More

[Crest]: La Sétérée / Jacques Clerc, [1992].. Folio (40 x 33cm). Folded signatures laid into printed wrappers. Fine, in near fine cloth slipcase with some shelf rubs on one side panel. First edition. Illustrated with seven original monochrome lithographs by Cartier- Bresson. One of 125 numbered copies (in addition to 25 copies hors commerce), signed by Bonnefoy and Cartier-Bresson. While not as well known as his photographs, Cartier- Bresson's endeavors in graphic print making have been the subject of monographs and exhibitions.

London & New York: Clover Hilll Editions & Chilmark Press, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good +. Anthony Gross. (Ref: Herdman 7008) 4to, small folio. Two Volumes contained in a slip case, Limited edition, number 67 of 135 copies. The book is illustrated with 8 etchings by Anthony Gross, with another set of the eight etchings, all signed, printed on hand made paper, housed in a box, loose as issued . Both folios are bound in buff cloth with brown morocco spines and lettered in gilt. There is a slight circular indentation on the last blank leaf to the book, the odd brown fox mark, otherwise a very good copy.

La Mesa, California:: Anne Covell,, 2019.. Edition of 25 variants. 9.5 x 1.25 x 12.5 inches (closed). Letterpress printed from photopolymer plates by Boxcar Press on an SP-15 Vandercook Proof Press in the UF School of Art + Art History Type Shop on Somerset Velvet and Masa papers. Designed and printed by Anne Covell during a semester long residency in the fall of 2019. Numbered. Anne Covell: "'Sea Change' is a letterpress printed artist book and companion print series that uses catastrophe modeling to map the projected impact of sea level rise on the Florida Peninsula if action is not taken to combat climate change. In this book, state and regional maps of the Florida Peninsula repeat page by page with hand-cut paper corrections that reflect projections for coastal impacts for up to ten feet in sea level rise. The corresponding text on the verso of each repeating image of the Florida Peninsula rises on the page in tandem with index tabs that visually mark predictions in two foot… Read More

New York: Random House, 1967. First Edition / First Printing. Black cloth spine, black and white printed boards, with a lenticular (hologram-like) black and silver illustration glued to the front board. Near fine. Issued without dust jacket, clear archival jacket supplied. Pop-ups, fold-outs, attached items and black-and-white photographs. Balloon has melted and fused two pages, also slightly coloring adjacent pages. Tear-out sheet is gone, all other objects are present and in fine condition: a pop-up castle, a fold-out accordion, a pop-up airplane, spring-mounted Chelsea Girls disc, a dodecahedron paper sculpture, Lou Reed flexi-disc is detached but is present, Rainbow nose with overlays, a pop-up Hunt's Tomato Paste can.

El Sobrante, California:: Lisa Kokin,, 2022.. One-of-a-Kind. 7.25 x 6". Materials: Patinated copper, thread, safety pins, mull, silk. Signed on the back in upper left rectangle. Lisa Kokin: "Part of my 'Wordless Library' series, this book has text made with manipulated safety pins." Each character fashioned from a safety pin is up to the viewer to interpret. Asemic writing? Hieroglyphs? Codes? A new language? Lisa Kokin, Wordless Library Series: "In the 'Wordless Library' series, I make conceptual book-like objects by sewing on metal with my beat up old jalopy of a Kenmore sewing machine, circa 1975. It is immensely satisfying, even cathartic, to puncture the metal with my machine. I start each piece without a preconceived notion of what it will become. I patinate, I puncture, and I perforate. "The stitch less stitches follow lines reminiscent of text; sometimes they are even grouped into 'words.' Other times they look… Read More