Private Press

  • Alpha : the mutabilities

    # 34434

    McHUGH, Vincent (1904 - 1983); ADAMS, Tate (1922 - 2018)

    Alpha : the mutabilities

    Poems by Vincent McHugh ; with wood engravings by Tate Adams.San Francisco : The Porpoise Bookshop, 1958. Folio, letterpress wrappers (lightly handling wear), stringbound, pp. [16], letterpress text by McHugh and wood engravings by Adams. A very good copy. Poems & Pictures series number eleven. 137 copies printed by Henry Evans at the Peregrine Press. …

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  • Women in parliament by Aristophanes

    # 34067

    ARISTOPHANES; LINDSAY, Jack; LINDSAY, Norman

    Women in parliament by Aristophanes

    done into English by Jack Lindsay with illustrations by Norman Lindsay and a foreword by Edgell Rickword. London : The Fanfrolico Press, 1929. Folio, half blue morocco over gilt-lettered cloth (edges lightly rubbed), spine very lightly sunned, top edge gilt, others uncut, pp. [xvi]; 60, full page plates after Norman Lindsay. Limited to 500 copies …

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  • The Burden of Tyre. Fifteen poems by Christopher Brennan. Etchings by Lionel Lindsay.

    # 33528

    [LINDSAY, Lionel]. BRENNAN, Christopher.

    The Burden of Tyre. Fifteen poems by Christopher Brennan. Etchings by Lionel Lindsay.

    Sydney: privately printed by Harry Chaplin, 1953. Quarto, gilt-lettered cloth (marked), dustjacket (light water stains), unpaginated, tipped-in etched portrait of Brennan by Lionel Lindsay, signed and numbered, text in letterpress and reproduction of manuscript, tipped-in plate. Limited to 300 copies signed by Harry Chaplin.

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  • Hard light and other verses

    # 32727

    MACARTNEY, Frederick T. (1887 - 1980)

    Hard light and other verses

    Surrey Hills, Vic. : The Galleon Press, 1934. Square octavo, green cloth boards with pictorial paper onlay to front featuring a linocut by the poet; 43 pp, illustrated with a further 6 tipped-in linocuts by Macartney; lightly marked, a very good copy. Presentation inscription to a previous owner pasted on a small card on the …

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  • earth birds : forty six poems written between May 1964 and June 1972

    # 27437

    EIGNER, Larry; KING, Ronald (illustrator)

    earth birds : forty six poems written between May 1964 and June 1972

    Circle Press : Guildford, 1981. Quarto (290 mm), publisher’s quarter brown cloth over papered boards, [42] pp, with 6 plates by Ronald King (blind intaglio abstract designs); internally pristine, a fine copy. Deluxe issue, one of 50 copies on pure rag-made paper with 6 plates printed blind intaglio; although these should be numbered I-L this …

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  • Moscow in the wilderness, Segovia in the snow

    # 30559

    FERLINGHETTi, Lawrence (1919-2021)

    Moscow in the wilderness, Segovia in the snow

    San Francisco, CA : Beach Books, 1967. First edition. Large folio sheet (445 x 570 mm), printed recto and verso, folded to form an octavo-sized pamphlet; Ferlinghetti’s poem, illustrated with a guitar case, was printed by Vortex Printers (Charley D. and Pamela Plymell), San Francisco, and distributed by Ferlinghetti’s City Lights Bookstore; browning and mild silverfishing …

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  • Hard light and other verses

    # 27877

    MACARTNEY, Frederick T. (1887 - 1980)

    Hard light and other verses

    Surrey Hills, Vic. : The Galleon Press, 1934. Square octavo, green cloth boards with pictorial paper onlay to front featuring a linocut by the poet; 43 pp, illustrated with a further 6 tipped-in linocuts by Macartney; lightly marked, a very good copy. Presentation inscription to a previous owner pasted on a small card on the …

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  • Firebird

    # 27440

    METCALF, Paul; MILLER, Cynthia (illustrator); ALEXANDER, Charles (designer and printer)

    Firebird

    Minneapolis : Granary Books, 1987. Narrow quarto (280 mm), publisher’s mauve paper wrapper with grey marled dust jacket, 43 pp, illustrations by Cynthia Miller; signed by the poet on the half-title page; a fine copy. One of 236 numbered copies in wrappers (this is copy no. 146). “On the day we began printing, it snowed …

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  • Nocturnes

    # 27438

    KOCH, Peter; LEE, Dirk (illustrator)

    Nocturnes

    Berkley, CA : Editions Koch, 2010. Edition limited to 65 numbered and signed copie (this is copy no. 3). Narrow folio (340 mm), publisher’s grey paper wrappers with title paper overlaid, unpaginated, wood-engraved frontispiece by Dirk Lee, and a second engraving by the same artist on the last page; a presentation copy from the poet …

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  • Questelle

    # 25670

    BOYCE, Robert C.

    Questelle

    Thornbury, Vic. : Bird in the Hand Press, 1978. Duodecimo, cards in printed wrapper, pp. [36], printed letterpress. Printed in a limited edition of 350 numbered copies.

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  • Fourth decade. 40 years of a private press.

    # 25790

    DUENSING, Paul Hayden

    Fourth decade. 40 years of a private press.

    Vicksburg, Michigan : Private Press & Typefoundry of Paul Hayden Duensing, 1991 Quarto, cloth bound boards, printed label to front, pp. [32], printed letterpress. Limited to 100 copies, this one of 50 copies bound in boards. A biblio-memoir with highlights of the Press including a bibliography of Duensing imprints (1976-1990). This is the last Duensing book with …

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  • [PRIVATE PRESS] The case for memory

    # 24256

    ROTHENBERG, Jerome (poet); TYSON, Ian (1933- ) (artist)

    [PRIVATE PRESS] The case for memory

    New York : Granary Books, 2001. One of 30 copies in wrappers, signed by the poet and artist. Quarto, publisher’s cream paper wrappers with red, black, and blue printing, [20] pp, with illustrations by Ian Tyson; internally pristine, a fine copy. “Twelve poems by Jerome Rothenberg from A Book of Witness, a New Directions collection of …

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  • Connections

    # 23367

    HOLMES, John

    Connections

    Dunedin : John Holmes, 2013. Octavo, printed papered boards, pp. [8], accordian style small press book, in paper slipcase. Limited to 29 copies signed by the printer. Eight poems printed letterpress: Year of the dragon by Greg O’Connell; Turf war bySue Wootton; Radishes by Lorna Crozier; Table manners by Pauline Cartwright; Life’s little indignities by Alistair Robinson; A rainy morning byTed Kooser. …

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  • A story of sorts

    # 23595

    GALLA, Philip

    A story of sorts

    Minneapolis : The Hermetic Press, 1979. Small square duodecimo, limp papered boards with title label, unpaginated, text and typecut illustrations. Limited to 100 copies bound by hand. ‘Acclaimed artist, poet and master printer Philip Gallo has operated The Hermetic Press since 1965 when he first began printing concrete and visual poetry. For the ten years …

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  • The Victory Hymn 1935-1995

    # 19983

    LONEY, Alan (book design); LEGOTT, Michelle (author)

    The Victory Hymn 1935-1995

    / with an essay by Michele Leggott. Auckland : Holloway Press, 1995. First edition. Octavo, publisher’s red paper over boards, blue cloth spine, with red paper spine label, 51, [2] pp, with photographic illustrations; internally very clean, a fine copy. No. 5 of 100 copies. “From an unfinished play by Robin Hyde”. Designed by Alan …

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  • XXXXXwords

    # 19886

    MORLEY, Michael

    XXXXXwords

    Dunedin : Otakou Press, 2014. Quarto, publisher’s black cloth over boards, with white paper dust jacket lightly embossed with title and author, unpaginated; internally pristine, a fine copy. No. 8 of 100 copies, signed by Michael Morley. “XXXXXwords brings together a selection of lyrics performed by Michael Morley with Wreck Small Speakers on Expensive Stereos, …

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