Windhover press (33 risultati)

Softcover. Condizione: Fine. Softcover. One of 220 copies. Eleven poems by poet and professor Duemer. In softcover grey wrappers with title to spine. Printed at the University of Iowa with Bembo types on Rives paper. In fine condition. Unpaginated. PRI/102516.

wrappers. 8vo. wrappers. unpaginated. Limited to 300 copies. Printed in conjunction with the University of Iowa. Windhover Press (illustratore).

8vo. stiff paper wrappers, fore-edge uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 200 copies. Table of contents. Linocuts by Nora Koch. A collection of poetry. Fine condition. stiff paper wrappers, fore-edge uncut. Windhover Press (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Red crinkled Japanese paper over boards with exposed spine, cover label, landscape 12mo., (51) pages. Title calligraphed by hand by Glen Epstein. One of 250 copies designed by Kim Merker and printed from Bembo types at the Windhover Press on Rives mouldmade paper. Bound by William Anthony. Slight dustiness to the spine, else a near fine copy. Seemingly scarce. …

handmade stiff paper wrappers. small 4to. handmade stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. First edition, limited to 275 copies. Windhover Press has reprinted Percival Stockdale's 1793 letter to Edward Jeringham in which he discusses the flaws in Samuel Johnson's Lives of the Poets. Printed in red and black from Bembo types on Windhover paper. Fine condition. Windhover Press (illustratore).…

4to. stiff paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (12) pages. Limited to 240 copies. Signed by the author on half title. A work of poetry. stiff paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut. Windhover Press (illustratore).

oblong 12mo. paper-covered boards, fore-edge uncut. (iv), 28 pages. Limited to 220 copies. Spine lightly sunned, else fine. Frontispiece portrait of Olson from an engraving by Edward Sullivan. Introductory comments by Cech, Ford, and Rittner. Printed on recto only. paper-covered boards, fore-edge uncut. Windhover Press (illustratore).…

stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. Limited to 225 copies. Hand-printed from handset Bembo types on Rives Heavy paper. Slesinger's poetry is in the form of dictionary definitions. "All other text--actual dictionary entries fitting alphabetically in the correct order--is blind stamped; the blind-stamped defined word appears clearly, but the definition is overprinted three times.to make the entries essentially illegible" (Berger p. 81). Windhover Press (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Paperback. ONE OF 210 COPIES. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Near Fine in grey paper wrapper with title in black and illustration by Laurence Donovan in grey to front wrapper. Bound with white thread. One very small spot of discoloration to front free end page. 9 unnumbered pages. Printed in Spectrum types on Iyo Glazed paper in black and blue. PRI/101716.…

stiff paper wrappers. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Limited to 350 copies. Introduction and notes by D.H. Woodward. Sixteen pencil sketches of Vassar College by Stevens. Lacking the paper label on the front cover. Windhover Press (illustratore).

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Sewn light grey printed wrappers, small slender 8vo., (14) pages. One of 150 copies printed on a Washington press from Bembo and Spartan Bold types by Kim Merker on specially made Wookey Hole Mill paper. A clean, near fine copy with a faint circular stain to the upper cover.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Sewn grey printed wrappers, slender 4to., (12) pages. One of 300 copies printed from Spectrum and Centaur Display types by Kim Merker on Ingres and Windhover handmade paper. Printed with 200 copies as a keepsake for the joint meeting of the Zamorano and Roxburghe clubs. Light soft creases to the covers, else a clean, near fine copy.…

Faulkner's short story, originally published in French translation in the Algerian literary magazine, 'Fontaine', following a poor reception in America. One of 200 copies. Introduction by Carol de Saint Victor. Set in Romanà e type and printed on Johannot paper. Pp. 15. 8vo., original grey paper wrappers, black titles to spine. Very slightly faded at spine, otherwise a lovely copy.…

4to. cloth, paper front cover label, bottom edge uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 150 copies. Edited by John R. Hopkins. Tipped in drawing of Fitzgerald, editorial note. Lists of editorial emendations, textual notes, notes, and word division. cloth, paper front cover label, bottom edge uncut. Windhover Press (illustratore). …

First edition. Small 4to. xviii + 138 pp w/indexes. Fine in full cloth with printed spine label. Contributions by Harry Duncan, Dana Gioia, and K.K. Merker. One of 50 (of 100) hardcover copies. Illustrated. In addition to the bibliographical descriptions, Merker critiques the 106 primary books of the press to date.…

folio. original handmade paper wrappers with japanese style binding. Not paginated. Two Woodcuts by Neil Welliver. Limited to 225 numbered copies [this copy is unnumbered but has been designated #10 - see the following letter] signed by Strand on the colophon (Berger 97). A fine copy. A collection of eighteen poems by Mark Strand, illustrated with two woodcuts by Neil Welliver. Printed on Windhover paper. This edition was printed on a Vandercook Test press from handset Spectrum types. Composition and printing by Kim Merker and Don Howell; binding by Larry Yerkes. Laid into this copy is a TLS dated May 16, 1990, on Iowa Center for the Book letterhead, addressed by Kim Merker to poetry editor and book designer Harry Ford at Alfred Knopf in New York City. Merker writes: "Dear Harry, / I realized that I forgot to give you the apparatus for your copy of Marks book. The number to write in on the limitations page is 10; the label, enclosed [the label is enclosed], should be put on at the top of the spine so that it is centered over the first pigskin thong. Elmers glue is fine. / Since I have been so late getting the book out, I have a secret desire for your production people to stumble over themselves and not be able to get your book out before November. I have a feeling, though, that this wont happen, so I will have to hustle my bustle and try to get mine sold this summer. / Poet Laureate has been given a bad name by those ladies with three names who end up being poet laureate of Kansas; however, the position of PL of the US has turned all of this around. And Mark certainly deserves the honor, in my book. / I am going to do my best to get to NY in October, and look forward to seeing you. / All my best, / [signed] Kim." Folded for mailing, else fine, with the original mailing envelope. original handmade paper wrappers with japanese style binding. Windhover Press (illustratore).…

Condizione: Fine. Limited Edition. Set in Bembo and printed in black and yellow on Shogun handmade paper. One of 275 copies. Overlapping black wrappers, titled in silver. A fine copy. "This book was a disaster. The idea was to print on every page a rectangle in which the poems would appear . The problem was that I was using a crooked rule that I couldn't lock up properly . Without these rectangles the book would not look so bad; with the rectangles, which do not register, which bleed through . I don't know why I didn't commit suicide." (Kim Merker).…

small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, paper label on front cover. unpaginated. Limited to 350 copies. Introduction and notes by D.H. Woodward. Sixteen pencil sketches of Vassar College by Stevens. stiff paper wrappers, paper label on front cover. Windhover Press (illustratore).

One of 300 copies. A reprint of George Chapman's translation originally published in 1629. Text in Latin and English. Preface by William Kupersmith. Designed by Christy Morrill. Set in Romanà e type and printed on Rives Heavyweight paper. 8vo., original maroon cloth, printed title label to upper cover. Very slightly faded at spine, some occasional rubbing to cloth, small bookseller label to rear pastedown, otherwise a good copy.…

Thirty-four sonnets by Cecco Angiolieri. Translated from the Italian by Felix Stefanile. One of 250 copies. Designed by Kim Merker. Handset in Bembo types and printed on Rives mould-made paper. Oblong 12mo., original Japanese-style sewn red paper covered boards, printed title label to spine. A very good copy.…

cloth, paper spine label. short 4to. cloth, paper spine label. 47+(1) pages. Limited to 200 copies. (Berger p. 88). Printed on Rives Light paper, using Spectrum and Spectrum Italic types. Woodcut preceding the title page in brown and red by Roxanne Sexauer. Signed by the author. Windhover Press (illustratore).…

cloth, paper spine label. short 4to. cloth, paper spine label. 47+(1) pages. Limited to 200 copies. (Berger p. 88). Printed on Rives Light paper, using Spectrum and Spectrum Italic types. Woodcut preceding the title page in brown and red by Roxanne Sexauer. Inscribed by the author. Windhover Press (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Black cloth gilt, 8vo., (35) pages, etching of Johnson's death mask by John Thein. One of 250 copies printed from Bembo types on Rives Heavy mouldmade paper by K. K. Merker and apprentices. Bound by Elizabeth Kner. Merker felt this was one of the most successful books from the press. A clean, near fine copy with very slight fading at the spine, in archival mylar.…

Frontispiece engraving by John Thein; his model was a mask made at the time of Johnson's death. One of 250 copies. Edited and with a preface by O.M. Brack. Set in Bembo types and printed on Rives paper. 8vo., original slightly rubbed black cloth, lettering in gilt to spine, small bookseller label to rear pastedown, a very good copy. Hoole's journal was originally written in 1784 and is the fullest known account of Johnson's last days, from November 20 to his death on December 13.…

wrappers. 8vo. wrappers. unpaginated. Limited to 200 copies. Fine condition. Translated by Sidney Berger and Anselm Hollo. Windhover Press (illustratore).

First, Limited Edition. One of 250 copies. Inscribed, "For Bill, with warmest regards" and initialed, apparently by Shari Madsen who was one of the printers. Octavo. Black cloth hardcover; unpaginated; printed throughout in red and black; frontispiece engraving by John Thein, after a death mask made after Johnson's death. Mild dusting to cloth, else a Fine copy. Signed.…

stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. (Berger p. 83). Limited to 210 copies, of which this particular copy is signed by the author. These poems are Justice's variations on the Robinson poems in the Weldon Kees book [#8]. Typed in Spectrum and Spectrum Italic types on handmade Japanese (Iyo Glazed) paper. Illustration on front cover by Laurence Donovan. In excellent condition. Windhover Press (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Set in Romanee and Cancellaresca Bastarda. One of 350 copies printed in black, blue, red and grey on cream wove Umbria hand-made paper. Quarter-bound in naturall linen whith a white paper label printed in black on the spine, blue paste-patterned paper-covered boards. Slipcase covered in natural linen. Book label. A fine copy.…

8vo. cloth, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. Translated by Mark Twain. Illustrated by Eleanor Simmons. Afterword by Paul Baender. Limited to 100 numbered copies printed by hand in Bembo types on Rives Heavy paper. In fine condition. A previously unpublished translation by Clemens of a portion of a popular German story by Wilhelm Hauff. Clemens's manuscript dates from the 1870s. An incredibly rare Windhover Press title. cloth, top edge cut, other edges uncut. Windhover Press (illustratore).…

4to. cloth, paper spine label, top edge cut, other edges uncut. 69, (3) pages. Limited to 200 copies, signed by the author on half title. Additionally, this copy has been inscribed by Levine on the colophon. Table of contents. Binding by the Black Oak Bindery. A collection of poetry. A tight, bright, and unmarred copy. cloth, paper spine label, top edge cut, other edges uncut. Windhover Press (illustratore). …