Broadsides

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

n. p.: Stern & Faye, 2002. Signed by the author. First edition / First printing. Signed and numbered limited edition broadside printed to commemorate the publication of Alexandria and issued in conjunction with Mr. Bantock's appearance at the Northwest Bookfest. One of 50 copies; this is copy number 29. Letterpressed broadside. Very fine. Beautiful and uncommon Bantock item with the central image being a carte postale from Isabella to Griffin Moss.

Concord: William B. Ewert, 1988. First edition, limited issue of 50 unnumbered copies. Broadside. 9 x 14 inches. Designed by John Kristensen. Privately printed at the Firefly Press. This copy inscribed by Carver. "For _ , from Raymond Carver." Reprinted from Where Water Comes Together With Other Water in honor of Carver's induction into the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in May, 1988. Fine condition.. Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Unbound. Broadside.The image is of the broadside described and not a stock photo.

Revere: J. Howard Woolmer, 2005. First edition, limited to 50 numbered copies signed by Heaney of 76 total. This is copy #2. Aprx. 16.5" x 9" broadside. Designed and printed by Robert J. Milevski at the Im Press, Princeton. Unused and in Fine condition.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Broadside. Fine/Not Issued. Broadside.

New York: Knopf, 1993. The broadside poem "July", issued to accompany Updike's "Collected Poems", and thus a very limited promotional item and quite SCARCE in the marketplace. SIGNED by John Updike. Very Fine, and archivally matted and framed under glass in black metal frame, wired and ready-to-hang.* Because of glass and large size this item will require additional shipping.*. SIGNED. First Edition. One Sheet Illustrated. As New. 10" x 22 5/8". Broadside Poem.

Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1979. Number 86 of an edition of 150 copies. Designed by William Everson and Richard Bigus, SIGNED by author John Fowles. Fine, As Issued. 22" x 15" Broadside Poem. . Signed by Author. Limited and Numbered, Signed 1st Edition. One Sheet Illustrated. Fine. Broadside Poem.

Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1988. This poem previously appeared in "Where Water Comes Together with Other Water" , published by Random House in 1985. One of 50 copies privately printed at the Firefly Press for William B. Ewert, Publisher. Designed by John Kristensen. Created to honor Raymond Carver on his induction into the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters on May 18, 1988. SIGNED by Carver. Near Fine, small faint sticker shadow above title. . SIGNED. Limited, Signed First Edition. Near Fine. 8 3/4" x 13 3/4". Broadside.

Brookline, MA: David R, Godine A handsome broadside, 22" w x 31" h, featuring a 15" h x 20 ' w photogravure, printed by Joh. Enschede, Zonen, Haarlem, Holland, portraying a Civil War encampment with wounded soldiers resting beneath trees. Underneath, the quote, taken from Whitman's "Democratic Vistas:, note 2. "The whole present system of the officering and personnel of the army and navy of these States, and the spirit and letter of their trebly-aristocratic rules and regulations, is a monstrous exotic, a nuisance and revolt, and belong here just as much as orders of nobility, or the Pope's council of cardinals. I say if the present theory of our army and navy is sensible and true, then the rest of America is an unmitigated fraud. Walt Whitman". Printed on Cartridge Paper made by Schut, Heelsum, Holland and calligraphy by Bram De Does. No date, circa 1972. Near Fine, faint creases at edges. SCARCE. First Printing. Broadside. Near Fine. 22" w x… Read More

Seattle: Amy E. Redmond, Seattle School of Visual Concepts, 2006. Signed by David Mitchell. First edition / First printing. This is a signed and numbered limited edition broadside printed in an edition of 150 to commemorate the publication of Black Swan Green. Number 24 of 150. Letterpress Broadside. 15.125" x 7 Very fine.

No Place: No Publisher SCARCE, the beloved James Whitcomb Rley poem "Away". No Publisher, no date, circa 1889-1925. Fourteen lines on stiff brown paper with author's name at end, hand-colred and decorated with capital "I"and floral decorations. In original frame, under glass, the frame measures 8 1/2" x 6". Fine, not examined out of frame. "I cannot say, and I will not say, That he is dead. He is just away.". Broadside. Fine. 8" x 5 1/2".

Two hand coloured lithographed broadsides by Lemercier after Victor Adam (1801-1866) and Louis Stanislas Marin-Lavigne (1797-1860) heightened with gum Arabic, each with a large central image showing Napoléon on horseback one dated 1800 the other 1815, each framed by 20 further images which relate important steps in his military and political career giving a full account of his reign closing with a view of his tomb on the island of St. Helena. Large folio (660 x 500 mm). Mounted and framed within modern white cardboard passepartouts. Light foxing, in margins else fine. Two spectacular large size lithographs in beautiful contemporary hand colouring, celebrating Napoleon's life and accomplishments. Many of the small images depict battle scenes others with important political events. Lower margins of each sheet with variant hand coloured allegorical vignette, one showing a heraldic eagle the other the Code Napoléon. Well margined copies.

Large engraved and folded broadsheet (585 x 468 mm) with a beautifull interior view of a billiard hall with a lavishly decorated billiard table with 6 male billiard players, ca 224 x 470 mm, in the upper half of the sheet, designed and engraved by Daniel, graveur du roi. Lower part of the sheet with text in 6 columns, centre fold marked by a billiard cue, adorned with four richly decorated medals in the corners of the text. - Bound with: Chéreau, Charles. Nouvelles règles du jeu de billard, ... Paris, chez l'auteur ca 1844. Large engraved and folded broadsheet ((585 x 468 mm) with an ornate calligraphic drop-title framed by emblematic vignettes, with rules of variant billiard games in six columns, centre fold marked by a billiard cue, and with two oval ornate medals in lower corners of the text. - Bound with: Chéreau, Charles. Nouvelles règles du jeu de billard, ... A Paris, chez l'auteur ca 1844. Large engraved and folded broadsheet ((585 x 468 mm) with an ornate calligraphic drop-title framed by… Read More

Single leaf (270 x 212 mm) with copper-engraved plate (198 x 147 mm); very lightly foxed, 2 small paper flaws (of which the larger 8 mm), but overall a very good copy.
Very rare engraved broadside advertisement for a Venetian chocolatier. An attractive print, the advertisement offers 'chioccolatta d'ogni sorte' for a variety of prices, beneath an internal view of Guado's premises in Calle Larga in San Marco. Set within an ornamental rococo frame with the shop's 'la nave' sign depicted above, the scene shows a wealthy clientele in a spacious chocolate-house, drinking hot chocolate, with beans being ground in the foreground.
OCLC shows no copies of the engraving. The original copper plate survives in the Civica Raccolta delle Stampe Achille Bertarelli, in Milan.

Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania: Emerson, Smith & Co.. Very Good. Broadside. Broadside printed on Japanese paper and dated to the late 19th century. Broadside has rough edges and was folded multiple times. Broadside has many creases likely due to the statement printed in the upper left corner: "This is genuine Japanese paper. Press the sheet up into a ball, then straighten it out, and you will observe that it possesses remarkable properties, and a careful examination will interest you." Broadside has light toning, overall very good. Also included is a 8" x 10 ½" ordering form that has heavy toning and has been folded multiple times. This broadside promotes the double cross-cut narrow blade saw which was patented in 1883 by Emerson, Smith & Co., saw manufacturers. The broadside is likely dated to around 1887 as the proprietors note their 1887 hand book for saw prices. As of April 2022 one copy found at the Hagley Museum & Library in Delaware. ; 19" x… Read More

Foglio volante (mm 385x255), stampato solo al recto. Rarissimo 'contrasto' tra il vino e la birra in dialetto veneziano, non privo di una connotazione risorgimentale.