The Gehenna Press: The Work of Fifty Years, 1942-1992
by Baskin, Leonard; Baskin, Hosea; Franklin, Colin
allas and Northampton: The Bridwell Library & The Gehenna Press, 1992. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. The Gehenna Press was established in 1942 by sculptor and graphic artist Leonard Baskin [1922-2000]. Gehenna Press published approximately 200 books in nearly 60 years, winding up operation shortly after Baskin's death in 2000. Exhibition... Read More
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Hosie's Zoo
by Baskin, Leonard (illus); Baskin, Hosea, Lucretia, and Lisa
New York: Viking Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred; DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, two small closed tears at top edge, else bright. Quarterbound, green cloth spine, burnt umber paper boards, gilt lettering, blue endpages. 4to. np. Illus. (color plates). Signed by the artist at the ffep.... Read More
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A Gehenna Alphabet
by Baskin, Leonard; Kaplan, Sydney
Lurey, Devon: Gehenna Press, 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Slipcase. Limited Edition. Hardcover. ”Very few copies were available; most of the edition remains unissued" (The Gehenna Press #81). According to the colophon 110 copies were printed numbered 1–89, and A to U. The 21 lettered copies have an extra impression of the colored wood engraving signed... Read More
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Hosie's Aviary: Words mostly by Tobias Baskin & Lucretia, Hosie & Lisa Baskin
by Baskin, Leonard [artist]
New York: Viking Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine+ in Very Good Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. A companion volume to his Caldecott Honor Book "Hosie 's Alphabet," includes Baskin's illustrations of birds with poetic verse. Tight, bright, and unmarred; DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, two small closed tears at top rear. Bound in green cloth in color... Read More
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Iconologia
by Baskin, Leonard
San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine DJ. First American Edition. Hardcover. "Portraits in homage." Tight, bright, and unmarred; DJ shows minimal shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. Dark red cloth boards, gilt lettering, black endpages. Square 8vo. 219pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Signed by Baskin on the title page. ... Read More
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CROW IKON [Artist Proof]
by Baskin, Leonard
1985. Proof Print. Original Print. Very Good+. Proof Print. Original Print. Good color. Never mounted. Remarkable image. From the collection of Robert & Jeanne Quigley, both friends of Baskin. Robert was a superb woodworker and made woodblocks for Leonard’s prints and sculpture. Slight wear to edges (storage), else bright and clean. Printed in black ink. Sheet 48x37.5";... Read More
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Hosie's Aviary: Words mostly by Tobias Baskin & Lucretia, Hosie & Lisa Baskin
by Baskin, Leonard [artist]
New York: Viking Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Good Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. A companion volume to his Caldecott Honor Book "Hosie s Alphabet," includes Baskin's illustrations of birds with poetic verse. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Bound in green cloth in color with L.B. initials on cover, pictorial dust jacket in good condition with some... Read More
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Zapf's Civilité Disclosed
by Baskin, Leonard
Leeds, MA: Gehenna Press, 1995. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Slipcase.. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Herman Zapf, the celebrated type designer and typographer has designed a new Civilite typeface following Granjon's general lineaments, but its twisting and turning permutations are redolent of Zapf's genius..." (prospectus) Pastepaper and binding by Claudia Cohen. One of 100 copies printed upon various... Read More
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Figures of Dead Men
by Baskin, Leonard
Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1968. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine Slipcase. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Preface by Archibald Macleish. Photographs by Hyman Edelstein. Tipped in colophon. Tight, bright, and unmarred; slipcase shows minimal shelf/edge wear, else tight and unmarred. Quarterbound, brown paper boards, cream cloth spine. 8vo. np. Illus. (b/w plates). Limited edition of 200.... Read More
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Tobias and the Angel [Print]
by Baskin, Leonard; [Wolfe, David]
Portland, ME: Wolfe Editions, 1990. Limited Edition. Print. Near Fine+.. Limited Edition. Print. "Tobias and the Angel" is included in the "complete graphic works of Leonard Baskin". (Fern & O'Sullivan, 367) There were at least three printings of this engraving, including one of 300 copies, another of 200 copies. This particular copy is a "printers proof" from an... Read More
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Demons, Imps, and Fiends
by Baskin, Leonard
Northampton, MA: Gehenna Press, 1976. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. No DJ, as Issued.. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "450 copies of this book were printed on various interesting papers during the autumn of 1976. The pressman was Harold McGrath." Bound by Gray Parrot. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Marbled paper boards, black leather spine label, gilt lettering. 4to. np. Illus. (b/w... Read More
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Ars Anatomica:. A Medical Fantasia - Thirteen Drawings
by Baskin, Leonard; Marquesess, John E. (intro)
London: Editions Medicina Rara/Curwen Press, 1972. Limited Edition. Loose Plates in Portfolio. Fine in Very Good-.. Baskin, Leonard. Baskin, Leonard. Limited Edition. Loose Plates in Portfolio. An exceptional set of prints reproducing Baskin's pen and ink drawings and printed on Bugra laid paper [showing the private watermark of Editions Medicina Rara [two snakes wrapped around a tree]. Leonard... Read More
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The Salton Collection:. Renaissance & Baroque / Medals & Plaquettes
by [Baskin, Leonard]
Brunswick, ME: Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 1965. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Preface by Martin S. Sadik. A relatively significant exhibition catalogue. Notable as Leonard Baskin designed the volume. Minor shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. Cream paper wraps, black ink lettering, red ink decorative element, b/w pictorial element.... Read More
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The Raptors and Other Birds
by Baskin, Leonard
New York: Pantheon, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Preface by S. Dillon Ripley. Commentary by Jose Yglesias. Inscribed to a friend with a large full-page black ink raptor (striking image) at the ffep. Laid in color print of a similar raptor. Minimal shelf/edge wear, full-page inscription/illustration at ffep, else tight, bright, and... Read More
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Witchfinder General
by Bassett, Ronald
London: Pan Books Ltd, 1968. First Edition, Unabridged. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. First Edition, Unabridged. Original Wraps. "Ronald Basset brings to life the nightmarish figure of Matthew Hopkins, a man responsible for the deaths of more than 300 women and who, almost single-handedly, caused more people to be hanged for witchcraft in two years than in... Read More
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Cristoforo Colombo:. Narrazione Storica
by Basso, M. Giovanni
Napoli, Italy: Luigi Chiurazzi, 1892. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Near Fine in Fine Box.. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Fold-out score for: Inno Colombiano. A handsome copy of this very scare volume. Minor shelf/edge wear, minor toning/soiling, small pull in the fold-out score, catalogue description tipped in at ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. Halfbound, brown pebbled cloth spine... Read More
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Les Estampes de Peter Bruegel L' Ancien
by Bastelaer, Rene Van
Bruxelles: G.Van Oest, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. No DJ.. First Edition. Hardcover. Text in French. Widely considered the catalog raisonne for Bruegel's prints. 278 works illustrated and catalogued. Light shelf/edge wear, minor rubbing at the spine, tips through, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Halfbound, brown leather spine and tips, gilt lettering and decorative elements, marbled paper... Read More
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The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala
by Bateman, James
New York & Amsterdam: Johnson Reprint Company/ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1973. Fascimile/Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Fascimile/Limited Edition. Hardcover. A handsome facsimile of the mid-1800s original...beautifully reproduced. Tight, bright, and unmarred; acetate DJ has closed tear, else unmarred. Mustard yellow cloth, gilt lettering. fo. 12pp plus np plates (40 plates plus a page of text with each). Illus. (b/w... Read More
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The Love of Mountains Is Best:. Climbs and Travels from K2 to Kathmandu
by Bates, Robert H.
Portsmouth, NH: Peter E. Randall Publisher, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine DJ.. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the Author. A very handsome copy of this rather uncommon and much sought after volume. Signed by author, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows minor shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering and... Read More
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Le Voyage
by Baudelaire, Charles; Aldrich, Jonathan (trans); Hildreth, Alison (illus)
Portland, ME: Wolfe Editions, 1998. First Edition/Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. No DJ, as Issued.. First Edition/Limited Edition. Hardcover. Letterpress printed by David Wolfe. An exceptional production piece, with gilt onlay, cut-aways and burn-throughs. Very complex to print and bind. A pristine copy. Tight, bright and unmarred. Quarterbound, black cloth spine, mustard paper boards, paper onlay, black ink lettering... Read More
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The New Wizard of Oz. Pictures by W.W. Denslow
by Baum, L. Frank; Denslow, W.W. (illus)
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merill Company, 1903. Later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ. Later Edition. Hardcover. With eight color plates and black and white illustrations throughout. Appears to be fourth/fifth edition, second state. A rather nice copy of this early edition. Light shelf/edge wear, spine lightly sun touched, head and heel rumpled, rear board shows unusual color shift, and... Read More
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L'Enciclopedia dei Tratelli della Purità [Alchemy] , Ikhw n al- af
by Bausani, Alessandro
Napoli: Istituto Universitario Orientale, 1978. Reprint Facsimile. Original Wraps. Very Good. Reprint Facsimile. Original Wraps. Alessandro Bausani (Rome , 29 May 1921 – Rome , 12 March 1988) was an Italian Islamist , Arabist, Iranian scholar, historian of religions and translator, one of the greatest Italian scholars of Islam, translator and commentator of one of the most important... Read More
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Catalogue of the Collections in the Science Museum, South Kensington, with Descriptive and Historical Notes and Illustrations. Mathematics 1. Calculating Machines and Instruments
by Baxandall, David (ed.)
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1926. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. “A well-annotated and well-illustrated historical catalogue, focusing primarily on European calculating machines and instruments from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries. . . . This remained the most useful and informative exhibition catalogue of early calculating instruments through the... Read More
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English Lyrics:. A Collection of English Poetry of the Present Day
by Baynes, Rev. Robert H. (ed)
London: Houlston and Wright, 1865. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good+.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Front leather gilt embossed with crest of Abington House, Northampton School. Prize inscription. Light shelf/edge wear, hint of foxing at end pages, light toning at board edges, else tight, bright and unmarred. Full red leather, 5 raised bands, gilt lettering and decorative elements... Read More
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Every Morning She'd Leave Me: The Poetry Biography of Ronald Downs
by Bean, Victoria
London: ARC Artists Editions, 2013. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Simple, clean, elegant...beautifully structured prose, overprinted for emphasis, a touch of concrete reductionism. Brilliant. "Victoria Bean’s work features self-generated prose and text and has been shown in a number of galleries including the Tate. Her work is about language and reduction. Saying as much as possible... Read More
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