Search Results: Limited Editions from Jett W. Whitehead Rare Books (ABAA)

Ithaca: Clandestine Press, 1999. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, original Florentine paperwraps. Printed in several color inks, and bound using a variety of Florentine papers selected by the author in Florence, Italy. A fine copy. Scarce.

Alexandria, VA: Railway Station Press, 2007. 1st edition, limited (1/50) numbered and signed, broadside. Handsomely designed and letterpress printed in two color ink by Stuart Bradley. The text of the poem is printed in black ink using 24 pt. Goudy Open type, with a yellow Humpty Dumpty illustration balanced between the poem and the colophon. The limited edition of fifty copies is printed on Lettra stock. Size: 10 inches high x 7 inches wide. A copy of this broadside was selected and acquired by the Smithsonian Museum of American History for their contemporary letterpress collection in the Graphic Arts Department. The present offering is in fine, 'as new' condition.

New Rochelle: Elizabeth Press, 1975. 1st edition, limited (1/400) original printed paperwraps (as issued.) Handsomely designed by Martino Mardersteig and printed from Dante type on Magnani rag paper by Stamperia Valdonega in Verona, Italy. A hint of sunning to spine, else fine.

Concord, NH: Ewert, 1996. 1st edition, limited (1/650) illustrated broadside. Illustrated with a relief engraving by Barry Moser, printed directly from the block by the artist. Printed on fine stock, 10.5 inches high x 7.5 inches wide when opened, in two color ink at Firefly Press. Published as a Christmas card for Donald Hall, and issued folded for mailing. A beautiful, bright copy of this scarce Kenyon/Moser broadside. Fine condition.

Madison: Penstemon Press (for Charles Seluzicki), 1980. 1st edition, limited (1/250) numbered and signed with initials, hand-tied textured paperwraps, with matching stiff envelope (as issued). Illustrated and printed by Kathleen Gray Schallock at Penstemon Press. The present copy is designated as copy number "8" and signed with initials by the author and the illustrator. Bright, fine condition (appears as new).

Tungsten Press, N.H., 2013. 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered and signed, broadside. Set in Baskerville and Folio and printed on Zerkall. Size: 12.5 inches high x 9.75 inches wide, with two edges deckle. Fine, 'as new' condition.

Tungsten Press, N.H., 2010. 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered and signed, broadside. A handsomely designed broadside, set in Folio and printed on Fabriano Umbria. The entire edition, printed in three color ink with two edges deckled, consists of only twenty-six copies lettered and signed by the poet. Size: 9.5 inches high x 11.5 inches wide. Offered here in fine, 'as new' condition, at the published price.

Concord NH: Ewert, 1985. 1st edition, limited (1/336) holiday card. Handsomely designed by R. P. Hale, who also provided the illustration and calligraphy. Published by William B. Ewert in December, 1985, for private distribution. Closed size: 4.5 inches high x 6 inches wide. Specially signed by Donald Hall in black ink below his printed name. Fine condition.

Aurora: Wells College Press, 2007. Hardcover. Hardcover. 1st edition, limited (1/100), illustrated, fine textured green cloth (without dust jacket, as issued). A beautiful, fine press publication of this single poem by the late Welsh poet and short story writer. Set in Monotype Fournier, with title page lettering by Cheryl Jacobsen. "The artwork was painted by Susan MacCormick using oil on board, and printed by Booksmart Studio on Innova paper" (from the colophon). As the limitation suggests, the present title is scarce. Size: 10.5 inches high x 8 inches wide. Fine condition.

Minneapolis: Bieler Press, 1986. 1st edition, limited (1/200) numbered and signed, decorated boards, without dust jacket (as issued). A collection of poems, "a dramatized narrative of the devastation unleashed by the great blizzard of January 12, 1888" (from the prospectus, laid in). Signed by Kooser and Pohrt on the colophon page. There was a second issue of this title in paperwraps, published at a later time. Prior owner's neat signature to the FEP, else fine.

Fremont: Sumac Press, 1972. Hardcover. Hardcover. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, full black cloth, with printed dust jacket. A collection of forty-eight poems: 16 by Rosochacki, 13 by Kohl, and 19 by Carrigan. All three poets have signed the colophon page. The Sumac Press also published the literary magazine, Sumac, co-founded by poets Dan Gerber and Jim Harrison. The present copy is in fine, nearly 'as new' condition.

Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 2003. 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered and signed, leather and cloth bound, without dust jacket (as issued). The text (pp. 85) is a long, ongoing conversation between Kooser and Harrison, written in verse. The present copy is designated as copy "S" on the colophon page. Additionally, each poet has written out a poem in his own hand on one of the free end pages, and both poets have signed the book on the half-title page. A wonderful collaboration between these two friends, and offered here in the very scarce lettered limited edition. Fine condition.

Concord: Ewert, 1983. 1st edition, limited (1/136) numbered and signed, card stock, with printed envelope (as issued). Each epigram is printed on a separate card in two color ink, and signed by Hall on the numbered colophon card. The entire publication consists of twelve printed cards enclosed in one printed envelope. (Kelleher A22) Quite scarce. Fine condition.

Tungsten Press, N. H., 2019. 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered, signed, original hand tied paperwraps, and printed white dust jacket (as issued). This long (pp. 12) poem is beautifully presented in classic Tungsten Press style, designed by C. W. Swets and set in Cambria type in March 2019. Printed on Zerkall Butten and Tokushu Moreau. Lettered and signed by Armitage on the colophon page. Offered in 'as new' condition, at the published price.

Tungsten Press, N. H., 2019. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered, signed, original hand tied paperwraps, and printed white dust jacket (as issued). This long (pp. 12) poem is beautifully presented in classic Tungsten Press style, designed by C. W. Swets and set in Cambria type in March 2019. Printed on Zerkall Butten and Johannot. Numbered and signed by Armitage on the colophon page. Offered in 'as new' condition, at the published price.

Concord, NH: Ewert, 1988. 1st edition, limited (1/436) with illustrated cover. Published as a Christmas greeting for friends of the author, the illustration is a woodcut nativity scene by the noted artist, J. J. Lankes. The printing is on fine pebbled card stock with a deckle edge, folded at center to create four sides. The present copy is specially signed by Hall in black ink below his printed name. Fine condition.

Andes: Woolmer/Brotherson, 1977. 1st edition, limited (1/400) original marbled paperwraps (as issued). This lovely publication, designed by Freeman Keith and printed at the Stinehour Press, was also issued in a signed edition of 200 copies. The present copy is very bright and fine, appears in "as new" condition.

Tungsten Press, N. H., 2016. 1st edition, limited (1/33) numbered and signed, broadside. Handsomely printed by C W Swets in three color ink using Bembo type, May, 2016. The poem was originally published by The New Yorker on November 16, 2015. Size: 9 inches high x 6.25 inches wide. Fine, 'as new' at the published price.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1950. 1st edition, limited (1/1500) numbered and signed, full blue cloth, with leather labels on spines, in original publisher's marbled slipcase (as issued). This two volume set, beautifully printed by the master printer Bruce Rogers at The Marchbanks Press and illustrated with wood engravings by Thomas W. Nason, has been signed by all three artists (Frost, Rogers and Nason) and designated copy number "1349" on the colophon page. The text of over 600 pages includes the poems from Frost's first ten books, three additional poems, an essay by Frost, and a lengthy introduction by Louis Untermeyer. Housed in a complete, attractive yet fragile marbled slipcase, with small repair to paper spine label. Both volumes are beautiful and bright, with slight rubs to leather spine label on Volume I. Also included is the Limited Editions Club "Monthly Letter" and the printed prospectus for this work, along with a catalog listing of this copy on letterhead from Bauman Rare Books… Read More

Tungsten Press, N. H., 2023. 1st edition, limited (1/74) numbered and signed, orginal hand tied paperwraps, with printed black dust jacket. This single long poem chapbook is handsomely designed by C W Swets and set in Bembo type on Zerkall Butten and Hahnemuhle Bugra papers. A fine copy, offered in 'as new' condition, at the published price.