Miscellaneous Private Presses

Note: Each listing below has a Lorson Number (LN #); please include the
press name, book title, and this number when inquiring about or ordering a book.

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Acorn Press
   
Masks and Unmasks; Kaye, d'Arcy1978, paper boards, printed label, slip case, 200 copiesLN
#1
$50.00

Adrian Press
   
In Medias Res; Everson, William1984, gilt leather and cloth boards, 226 copiesLN
#1
$375.00

Alembic Press
   
Griffin Mill; Laver-Gibbs, Christine1999, printed paper boards, 120 copiesLN
#1
$125.00
Tale of Two Benches, A; Gibbings, Robert2000, printed paper boards, 120 copiesLN
#2
$75.00

Anthoensen Press
   
Fall of the House of Usher, The; Poe, Edgar Allen1985, paper boards, clamshell box, illustrated by Alice Neel, 1500 copiesLN
#1
$550.00

Arion Press
   
Shakespeare Sonnets; Shakespeare, William1997, cloth boards, slipcase, 200 copiesLN
#1
SOLD
Venus and Adonis; Shakespeare, William1975, cloth boards, cloth boards, 190 copiesLN
#2
$275.00

Barbarian Press
   
Blue Roofs of Japan, The: A Score for Interpenetrating Voices; Bringhurst, Robert1986, paper wrapperLN
#1
SOLD

Blake Swan Press
   
Shakespeare's Sonnets; Shakespeare, William1974, cloth boards, slipcase, 190 copiesLN
#1
$375.00

Bombshelter Press
   
In the Silence of the Gods; Andrews, Michael2006, decorative leather boards, open sewn spine, 2 of 49 copiesLN
#1
$1,200.00
Stone; Andrews, Michael2004, decorative cloth board folio with unbound pages, wood slipcase with inset engraved marble panel, D of 26 lettered copiesLN
#2
$1,000.00

Capricorn Press
   
Edward Lear, A Portfolio of Letterpress Prints; Lear, Edward1970, cloth boards, colorful Illus., 375 copiesLN
#1
$150.00

Celandine Press
   
Will's Way; Rudkin David1993, decorative paper boards, slipcase, 150 copiesLN
#1
SOLD

Clinker Press
   
Summit of the Years, The; Burroughs, John2007, cloth boards, 80 copiesLN
#1
$85.00

Club of Printing House Craftsmen
   
Los Angeles: Brief History of the Printing House Craftsmen
Portland: Exploring the Last Frontier
Seattle: Impressions of Seattle
San Francisco: Pioneer Printers of the Far West
Phoenix: Spirit of Gutenberg
San Francisco: Two Essays: The Good New Day & How Few the Things
Orange County: Spanish Press of California
Los Angeles: Story of Printing in Los Angeles
Seattle: Old Days
Honolulu: Early Printing in Hawaii
San Francisco: Early Printing in California
Portland: Tramp Printer
Sacramento: Discovery of Gold in California
Southwest Idaho: Pioneer Printing in Idaho
Vancouver: Alluring British Columbia
1940 and 1949, 15 volumes by various club chapters, cloth boards, the first 6 in a slipcaseLN
#1
$150.00

Cornwell Press
   
Evicting the House Gods and Other Stories; Rose, Jasper1974, paper boards, 120 copiesLN
#1
SOLD

Didcot Press
   
Sketchbook Drawings; Lawrence, Johnn. d., printed paper boards, 35 copiesLN
#1
$125.00

Embers Handpress
   
Traveler, My Name: Haiku of Basho1984, paper covered boards, 80 copiesLN
#1
$150.00

Gray Beard Press
   
Harlot's House, The; Oscar Wilde2004, printed boards, 50 copiesLN
#1
$295.00
Medusa; Fogg, William2003, paper boards in slipcase, 29 copiesLN
#2
$450.00

Golden Cockerel Press
   
Serpent's Presence, The; Walters, Eurof1954, printed paper boards, 290 copiesLN
#1
$150.00

Grabhorn Press
   
Letter of Amerigo Vespucci, The: 1497-1504, Four Voyages to the New World1926, vellum covered boards, 250 copiesLN
#1
$200.00

Futura Press
   
Dry Spells; Wing David1991, portfolio of desert photos, embossed boards, portfolio, cloth slipcase, 10 copiesLN
#1
$2500.00

Hanborough Parrot Press
   
What's in a Name; Newnham, Annie1988, paper boards, hand colored, 95 copiesLN
#1
$175.00

Hand and Flower Press
   
Thorpe's Edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets;1950, cloth boards, 1240 copiesLN
#1
$225.00

Heavenly Monkey
   
Iskandariya; Kelly, Brigit Pegeen2007, aquatints by Briony Morrow-Cribbs, printed paper wrappers, black silk clamshell box, with a book of commentary and a suite of 12 plate proofs, #10 of 15 special copies LN
#1
$1500.00
Tempermental Rose, The; Hodgson, Barbara and Cohen, Claudia2007, full leather special binding, clamshell box with pigment samples, #6 of 8 deluxe copies with extra hand-coloring and sample pagesLN
#2
SOLD

Heyeck Press
   
Brief Lives; Dickey, William1985, marbled paper boards, leather spine, 50 copiesLN
#1
$140.00
Marbling at the Heyeck Press; Robin Heyeck1986, marbled paper boards, 150 copiesLN
#2
$600.00

Imprenta Glorias
   
Haiku; Ritchie, Ward and Stuart, Gloria1985, pawlonia wood veneer boards, the first book from the press and never offered for general sale, 25 copies, LN
#1
SOLD
Marriage Keepsake: Suzy Amis and Jim Cameron;2000, sculptural marbled paper boards, plexiglass slip caseLN
#2
$450.00
Portrait by the Artist; Bachardy, Don1997, sculptural marbled paper boards, plexiglass slip case, artist's proof 1, signed by author and publisherLN
#3
SOLD

Inky Parrot Press
   
An Alphabet in Praise of Frogs and Toads; Wood, John Norris2002, printed paper boards, 360 copiesLN
#1
$110.00

Invierno Press
   
Network at Fifty; Corwin, Norman1979, decorative, paper wrapper, 40 copiesLN
#1
$250.00

Jungle Garden Press
   
Salt Water Poems; Fisk, Molly1994, paper wrapper, printed label, 150 copiesLN
#1
$30.00

Libanus Press
   
Imitations of English Poets; Pope, Alexander1987, leather spine, printed paper boards, 300 copiesLN
#1
$110.00
Imitations of English Poets; Alexander Pope1987, cloth spine, paper boards, 300 copiesLN
#2
$50.00
Testament Of Charlotte B, The; edited by Marius Kociejowski1988, printed paper boards, paper slipcase, 220copiesLN
#3
$140.00

Officinae Bodoni
   
In Praise of Verona; Barduzzi, Bernardino1974, printed paper boards, slipcase, 150 copiesLN
#1
$500.00

Phillips Printing Co.
   
Manuscript Said To Be Handwriting of William Shakespeare; Moineaux, Edwin J. Des1924, paper wrappersLN
#1
$15.00

Plantin Press
   
Heart of the Southwest, A selective Bibliography of Novels, Stories...; Powell, Lawrence Clark1955, printed paper boardsLN
#1
$75.00

Press of Patrick Reagh
   
Plantin Press of Saul Lillian Marks, A Bibliography; Harmsen, Tyrus G.2005, cloth boards, slipcase, 351 copiesLN
#1
$250.00

R. Clay, Sons and Taylor Printers
   
Songs and Sonnets; Shakespeare, Williamca.1860's, gilt, cloth boards, some wearLN
#1
SOLD

Rocket Press
   
Monkey's Dream, The; Tacq, Christine1991, printed cloth boards, with additional etchings, slipcase, 50 copiesLN
#1
$1,200.00
Vines; Burnett, David1984, paper wrapper, 200 copiesLN
#2
SOLD

Senecio Press
   
Book of Alphabets, A; Gill, Eric1987, printed paper boards, 550 copiesLN
#1
$65.00

Shakepearehead Press
   
Twenty-Five Sonnets of Shakespeare; Shakespeare, William1921, paper boards, 325 copiesLN
#1
$225.00

Stone and Lorson
   
Leaf From The First of May, Fairy Masque; with an essay on Walter Crane by Carolyn Johnson1988, printed loose-leaf sheets, hand colored illustration, gilt, cloth box, 50 copiesLN
#1
$475.00
Leaf from the Mercator-Hondius 1619 World Atlas; with an essay by Norman J. W. Thrower1985, printed gilt boards and vellum spine, original map of Corsica and Sardinia, slipcase, 89 copiesLN
#2
SOLD

Swallow Press
   
The Sonnets; Shakespeare, William1975, Leather bound, slipcase rubbed at corners, 300 copiesLN
#1
500.00

Sylvan Press
   
Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare; Shakespeare, William1955, cloth boards, 500 copiesLN
#1
$150.00

Tallone Press
   
Sonnets; Shakespeare, William1988, paper boards, slipcase, 196 copiesLN
#1
$350.00

Thames and Hudson
   
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: The Strife of Love in Dream; translated by Joscelyn Godwin1999, cloth bound, illustrated dust wrapper, good conditionLN
#1
$15.00

Turkey Press
   
Argument for Reorganizing the Calendar, An; Reese, Harry1984, paper wrapper, 100 copiesLN
#1
$45.00

Typophiles Press
   
Common Place Book For Typophiles, A1961, decorative paper boards, 140 copiesLN
#1
$60.00

William Cheney
   
Treatise on Pocket Knives, A<; Cheney, William M./i>1964, printed paper wrappers and a second copy, slightly smaller, in printed paper boards with the tipped-in errata sheetLN
#1
$50.00

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