Bonnefant press (9 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 48 pages. Illustrated. Robin de Beaumont "The 1843 Vicar of Wakefield" / Steven E. Smith "Roy Fuller" / Peter Boreas and Rigby Graham "Hans Van Eijk's In De Bonnefant a Dutch private press".

Condizione: Very Good. 14 pages, illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13.5 x 22 cms. Category: The Private Library; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Scarlet cloth gilt, 8vo., 96, (1) pages, mounted prospectus. Correspondence from 1973 to 1978 between Anthony Baker of the Gruffyground Press and Sem Hartz, chief designer at Joh. Enschede en Zonen and owner of Tuinwijkpers private press, relating to a request by Baker for Hartz to print a small pamphlet "The Phoenix and Turtle", the single page prospectus of which is tipped-in. One of 66 press-numbered copies set by John Cornelisse at the Enkidu Press and printed by Hans van Eijk on Magnani velata avorio paper at the Bonnefant Press. Four-page prospectus, errata slip and small broadsheet "Pore Rig is Daid" from the Aardvark Press are loosely inserted. A fine copy in archival mylar. Quite scarce.…

five poems in English and Dutch, colophon signed by English translator, Peter Boreas and printer/translator, Hans van Eijk, with 'Real foundry type!' inscribed in pencil, decorated red initial of title on title-page, multi-coloured frontispiece illustration of Javan shadow puppet, pp. 12, tall 8vo, publisher's Peru-brown wrappers with title in decorated capitals on cover, fore-edge of cover slightly faded, near fine. Five finely printed poems from the renowned, prize-winning Maastricht poet. …

Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. Text set in 12D Dante. One of 99 copies printe on Zerkall mould-made paper. Sewn into white paper covers and decorative pink paper wrappers. A fine copy.

17/36 COPIES printed on hand-made 'Kanoko' Japanese paper by the press' Hans van Eijk, title-page printed in black with crimson 'B.', limitation page printed in black with van Eijk's device in crimson, pp. [ii], [6], [ii], 8vo, crimson card wrappers with title printed on cover in black, rear cover edges with a few faint creases, near fine. An attractively printed rendition of Brigitte B., a 12-stanza poem, featuring the favourite themes - theft and promiscuity - of the notorious author and playwright, best known for the 'Lulu' play-cycle which inspired Berg's operatic masterpiece.…

24/56 COPIES (from an overall edition of 60), printed in Post-Medieval on handmade Magnani paper, with 4 wood-engravings by Graham printed in dark blue, ochre and green, pp. 16, tall 8vo, original yellow wrappers with printed title and engraving in green, near fine. A traditional English/Irish song, 'When first I came to Gloucester.', accompanied by Rigby's sinuous engravings beautifully printed by Hans van Eijk, who adds, at the end of the song's text: 'Paddy appears to have lost his bearings on the English canals, as an early print of this song (c. 1847) begins with the line: When I came to sweet Newcastle.'. …

40/60 COPIES, printed in samson uncial, notes in post-versal, postscript in spectrum semi-bold, on magnani paper, frontispiece with tipped-in colour postcard of Graham's watercolour of 'Gylen Castle', six monochrome woodcuts featuring the poet, Fingal's cave and the grass boat for Kerrera, pp. 27, [iv], small folio, original claret cloth, upper board with title and Graham Keats' design stamped in black, backstrip gilt lettered, fine. The result of a trip taken by printer and artist 'in relative discomfort' to various islands off the west coast of Scotland, inadvertently, van Eijk discovered later, in the footsteps of John Keats, who, in a letter to his youngest brother, had expressed his particular admiration of Fingal's Cave, which, he wrote 'can only be represented by a first rate drawing.' Graham took the bait - further trips to the western isles followed, leading to this edition. With full-page prospectus, printed using the types of the edition. …

37/49 COPIES (from an overall edition of 60) signed by the artist, text from Walbaum type, numerous woodcuts printed from the original blocks, many full-page and in colour, a few on contrasting paper stock, pp. 88 [vi], original mauve cloth, boards printed with repeated block design in stripes of green and red, publisher's grey card slipcase, fine. An extraordinary, beautifully printed edition from Hans van Eijk capturing the vibrant, often totemic qualities of Graham's illustrations, despite the fact that many of the original blocks were 'cracked, warped and worm-eaten.' (Colophon).…