Book Arts from W. C. Baker Rare Books & Ephemera

Worcester, Massachusetts: Metacom Press, 1985. 6 3/4 inches. 4 gatherings of 16 leaves, printed recto only: 2 sets printed with pictures, 2 with text. Original pictorial wrappers in three folding panels, stitched. Prospectus card laid in. Lettered and signed by the artist. Fine. Letter M of 26 signed and lettered copies reserved for the use of the artist and publisher… Read more about this item

[New York]: [s.n.], 1990. 4 x 6 inches. [12] postcards with illustrated rectos and captioned versos, plus colophon card, in original pictorial envelope. Numbered and signed by the artist on the colophon. Envelope lightly scuffed. Cards fine in a near fine envelope. Number 123 of 250 sets numbered and signed by the artist (26 otherwise identical lettered and signed sets… Read more about this item

Worcester, Massachusetts: Metacom Press, 1985. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 6 3/4 inches. 4 gatherings of 16 leaves, printed recto only: 2 sets printed with pictures, 2 with text. Original pictorial wrappers in three folding panels, stitched. Prospectus card laid in. Numbered and signed by the artist. Fine. Number 57 of 526 signed copies (500 numbered copies for sale,… Read more about this item

[New York]: The Fantod Press, 1994. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 4 1/2 inches. [40] ff., printed rectos only, including [3] text and [37] pictorial pages. Original stiff pictorial wrappers. Numbered and signed by the artist in anagrammatic pseudonym on the colophon. Fine. Number 473 of the first edition, limited to 526 copies (500 numbered copies for sale, 26… Read more about this item

New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1981. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 6 3/4 inches. [16] illustrated leaves, printed recto only, each cut twice horizontally to form three new leaves. Original stiff pictorial wrappers, stapled, colophon printed on recto of rear wrapper leaf. Signed and numbered by the artist on the colophon. Fine. Number 495 of the first edition, limited… Read more about this item

[New York]: [s.n.], 1979. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine. [14] loose leaves, 6 inches, comprising [13] illustrated postcards illustrated and hand-colored on recto and captioned on verso and [1] colophon card signed and numbered by the artist. Contained in original colored pictorial envelope. Envelope lightly toned and mildly worn. Cards fine. Number 9 of the first edition, limited… Read more about this item

Kathmandu: [Angus Maclise and Francis Brooks], 1973. Folio (18 1/4 inches). [16] pp., including numerous woodblock illustrations (printed variously in black and red) plus 1 full-page woodblock print tipped in. In original pictorial wrappers, all on handmade rice paper. Small closed tears at head of front wrapper, light discoloration from original paste affixing large print, else fine. Numbered 102 of… Read more about this item

[Kathmandu, Nepal: Angus Maclise], 1972. Folio (15 inches). [10] pp., including in-text woodblock illustrations and 4 full-page woodblock prints tipped in. In original pictorial wrappers, all on handmade rice paper. Fine. Numbered 144 of 150 copies, with editor's manuscript note in colophon, "corrections: | print 2: Arhat | print 3: Yabyum." The first of three issues of TING PA, a… Read more about this item

New York: Printed by Lew Ney for Gotham Book Mart, 1935. Small quarto. Single sheet folded twice. [4] pp. Lettered "HC" in contemporary red ink in the colophon. Near fine. The "deluxe" edition of a satirical poem composed by Christopher Morley and designed and printed by Lew Ney to help their friend and patron, Frances Steloff, founder and owner of… Read more about this item

Kathmandu, Nepal: Bardo Matrix [at Sharada Printing Press], 1976. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine. Maya, Lee Baarslag, Dana Young, Sydney Hushhour, Petra Vogt. [13] ff. (rectos only) including in-text designs and illustrations and mounted photograph. Original pictorial wrappers, side-stitched. Near fine. Bardo Matrix's STARSTREAMS Poetry Series No. 5, numbered 208 of an edition of 500 copies. Ira Cohen… Read more about this item

Paris: Éditions Lemarget, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 34 cm. 79,[6] pp. including 3 etchings by Sanyu, plus frontispiece portrait of the poet after Hwang Shen. Modern ochre red silk over boards, brass plate stamped through with title in Chinese on front board, original wrappers bound in. In red cardboard portfolio with red ribbon tie. Portfolio moderately worn,… Read more about this item

New York: VVV, 1944. 11 inches. 86,[12] pp. including numerous in-text images, plus 7 tinted half-page plates and double-leaf work comprising 2 tinted plates, the first die-cut to reveal the second, which is also embossed. In English and French. Light soiling in covers, light foxing in outer leaves, some offsetting in and from plates. Very good to near fine. The… Read more about this item

New York: Hand set & printed by Michael Martin & Conrad Skalba at Uranian Press, 1960. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. Tyler, Richard. 1959-1960. Bifolium, 12 inches. [4] pp., with 4 inserted leaves (2 broadsides, and 2 leaves, printed recto and verso, of contemporary xerographic reproductions of three articles from LIFE magazine and THE VILLAGE VOICE), as issued.… Read more about this item

[Denver]: X Press, [1988]. [32] pp. (including four fly leaves), text and images printed in black, red, blue, and white; "X" die-cut into front board and ninth leaf. Original black cloth. Signed by Judy Anderson at the colophon. Minor shelf wear and fading to spine. Near fine. Numbered 3 of 50 copies and signed by Judy Anderson. The product of… Read more about this item

[San Marino, California]: [Huntington Library], 1939. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine. [20] pp. Color gift-wrapping tissue over paper wrappers, side-stapled, letterpress label on front cover. 1939 Christmas Seal stamp below colophon. Small stains and light toning and wear in tissue, tiny stain at fore-edge of first three leaves, else near fine. Fourth issue of the annual Huntington Library… Read more about this item

[New York]: Hand set & Printed at Uranian Press by R.O.T. [i.e. Richard O. Tyler], 1960. First Thus. Broadside. Near fine. [ca. 1960]. Broadside, 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Printed in black on salmon paper. Embossed seal of the Uranian Press and rubber stamp of Uranian Tract Society in lower margin. Two horizontal folds, else fine.Fine An early… Read more about this item

[New York]: Uranian Press, 1962. First Edition. Broadside. Near fine. Baer, Dorothy [Tyler]. [ca. 1962]. Broadside, approximately 6½ x 5½ inches. Printed in red on green paper. Embossed with seal of Uranian Press in lower margin. Signatures of Dorothea Baer and Richard O. Tyler over rubber stamps of their monograms on verso. Faint toning at bottom edge, else… Read more about this item

New York: Hand set in Caslon Old Face & Priory Text, by M. Martin & C. Skalba, apprentices, & printed at Uranian Press N.Y.C., 1960. 4 broadsides, approximately 20 x 8 1/2 inches, in original printed paper folder, 21 x 8 3/4 inches. Printed on tan paper. Signed and numbered in pencil on front cover of folder by Baer and… Read more about this item

New York: Uranian Press, 1962. First Edition. 9 broadsides, 11 x 8½ inches, in original pictorial paper folder, 11½ x 9¾ inches. Broadsides printed in black and red on pale green paper, folder in red on green stiff paper. Numbered in pencil by Tyler over his rubber-stamped monogram on folder first leaf verso. All broadsides and first leaf of… Read more about this item

New York: Uranian Press, [ca. 1960] Broadside, approximately 12 x 9 inches, printed on brown paper. Contemporary rubber stamp monogram of Richard O. Tyler. Fine. Early broadside of the Uranian Press, advertising founder Richard Tyler's first exhibition at Judson Gallery, March 25 - April 14, 1960. An April 6 review in the VILLAGE VOICE points to "pages from his Uranian… Read more about this item