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Published by Perishable Press, The, Perry, WI, 1982
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
broadside, folded once. Perishable Press (illustrator). large 4to. broadside, folded once. NOTE; THIS IS FOR THE PROSPECTUS ONLY. A fine copy. Limited to 200 numbered copies (Hamady 102). A pristine copy. The text simply relates the complex process of producing handmade paper. Attractively illustrated with woodcut drawings by Jim Lee, and some borrowed plates from Diderot. Printed on various papers and set in Hermann Zapf's Stempel Palatino. Zapf also designed the title page.
Published by Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Madison, WI, 2005
Seller: Priscilla Juvelis Inc., ABAA, Kennebunkport, ME, U.S.A.
Exhibition catalogue containing bibliography of The Perishable Press taking up where TWO DECADES OF HAMADY & THE PERISHABLE PRESS LIMITED left off (book #106 1983). This starts with book #107, 1984. Page size: 10-1/4 inches x 7 inches; 18pp; one of which is a triple gatefold. Bound: original wrappers printed in color, both front and back wrappers are gatefolds with the bibliography of The Perishable Press on the interior pages of each of the gatefolds. The entire catalogue was printed in color by Park Printing House and designed by Patrick JB Flynn.The essay on Walter Hamady's work is by Roy Behrens, Professof of Art at the University of Northern Iowa, where he teaches graphic design, illustration and design history. There is a "Colophonic Afterword" by Walter Hamady and "A Note from the Curator" by Martha Glowacki. The works of The Perishable Press are included in this exhibition, but perhaps more intriguingly, collages and sculptures in the form of "boxes.".
Published by Mt. Horeb, WI: Perishable Press Limited, [1974?]., 1974
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Condition: Good. PROSPECTUS. 8vo. Single Page, Very Good with creasing. Letterpress on fine paper. Illustration.
Published by The Perishable Press Limited, Mount Horeb, WI, 1981
A fine set of ephemeral printings from Walter Hamady's Perishable Press Limited, sent to fine press bibliophile and bibliographer, Jack Walsdorf. Each is printed on handmade paper and the set is accompanied by a rather humorous form letter addressed by Hamady to no less than eight distinct groups. 1. Making A Sacher Torte. Oblong broadside with illustration. 2. our usual terms & some attractions coming along sometime in the future near or distant. Bifolium, [2]pp. 3. arthur brown: song of the sly mongoose. Broadside with illustration. 4. Hand Papermaking; A Book of Suspicions. Larger broadside with illustration. 5. Squatting Fliesw/Quotables. Bifolium, [2]pp with illustration. . 5 prospectuses/lists/broadsides, accompanied by a form letter from Walter the H. Housed in original mailing envelope addressed to Jack Walsdorf. Fine condition.
Published by The Perishable Press, Mt. Horeb, 1980
Seller: William Reese Company - Literature, ABAA, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Small oblong octavo. Die-cut wrapper, with illustrations by Ellen Lanyon. Fine. First edition. One of 275 copies printed on handmade Roma paper. HAMADY 94.
Published by The Perishable Press, [Mt. Horeb, WI], 1985
Seller: William Reese Company - Literature, ABAA, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Oblong folio, folded to eight panels (21.2 x 14.5 cm folded). Illustration by Walter Askin. Fine. First edition. One of 113 copies printed in Gill Sans on Shadwell paper. The internal title of the poem is: "the asshole & the earthworm for chuck alexander en route.".
Published by Perishable Press, Springdale Township, WI, 1969
Seller: Triolet Rare Books, ABAA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Original wrappers. Condition: Near fine. First Edition. Sewn brown wrappers with blind-embossed jacket. One of 167 copies printed, signed by Hamady. Very slight rubbing to corners. Hamady 26.
Published by Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin: Perishable Press Limited., 1985
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible First Edition
Condition: Good. 8vo., Folded Sheet, Letterpress On Laid Paper with Deckled Edge, Fine. Illustration. One of one hundred & thirteen copies on Shadwell Paper. First Edition.
Published by Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Madison, WI, 2005
Seller: Priscilla Juvelis Inc., ABAA, Kennebunkport, ME, U.S.A.
Signed
Special Issue of Exhibition catalogue containing bibliography of The Perishable Press, one of 150 copies signed, enhanced, and altered by the author / subject / printer, Walter Hamady. Taking up where TWO DECADES OF HAMADY & THE PERISHABLE PRESS LIMITED left off (book #106 1983), this starts with book #107, 1984. Page size: 10-1/4 inches x 7 inches; 18pp; one of which is a triple gatefold. Bound: original wrappers printed in color, both front and back wrappers are gatefolds with the bibliography of The Perishable Press on the interior pages of each of the gatefolds. The entire catalogue was printed in color by Park Printing House and designed by Patrick JB Flynn and Walter Hamady.The essay on Walter Hamady's work is by Roy Behrens, Professof of Art at the University of Northern Iowa, where he teaches graphic design, illustration and design history. There is a "Colophonic Afterword" by Walter Hamady and "A Note from the Curator" by Martha Glowacki. The works of The Perishable Press are included in this exhibition, but perhaps more intriguingly, collages and sculptures in the form of "boxes.".
Published by The Perishable Press, Mt. Horeb, 1979
Seller: William Reese Company - Literature, ABAA, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Small oblong octavo. Pictorial wrapper. Fine. First edition. One of 150 copies printed on handmade paper. With the prospectus (folded) laid in. Paul Blackburn and William Stafford are acknowledged for their inspiration. HAMADY 93.
Published by Perishable Press, Madison, WI, 1967
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Perishable Press (illustrator). 8vo. Quarter purple calfskin titled in blind with brown cloth-covered boards. (i), 23, (1) pages. One of 200 limited copies on Medway handmade paper. Line-cut of a self-portrait photograph by the author. Palatino type on Barcham Green Medway handmade paper. Bound by Elizabeth Kner. Spine faded, else a fine copy. Quarter purple calfskin titled in blind with brown cloth-covered boards.
Published by The Perishable Press Limited, Madison, Wi,, 1967
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Book Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Quarter purple calfskin titled in blind with brown cloth-covered boards, small square 8vo., (i), 23, (1) pages, line-cut of a self-portrait photograph by the author. One of 200 copies printed by Walter Hamady at his Perishable Press from Palatino type on Barcham Green Medway handmade paper. Bound by Elizabeth Kner. Warm presentation by Hamady. One of Hamady's favorites. Trace of rubbing to the cloth edges, else a fine copy in archival mylar. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Perishable Press, (Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin), 1977
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books, LLC, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition
A miniature book, 2 x 1 3/4 inches, original Swedish marbled paper wrappers handmade by the author. A very fine copy of this rare miniature. A very fine copy of this rare miniature First edition of the smallest book from the press, "just the right size for a two-year-old little girl", the little girl being Laura Evans Hamady, the author's daughter. One of only 60 copies salvaged from an intended edition of 365 copies. Hamady, Two Decades of Hamady & The Perishable Press, 78.
Published by Perishable Press, [Mt. Horeb, WI], 1975
Seller: Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA, Conshohocken, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Broadside. 10.5" x 7.25". Broadside. 10 proofs. A wonderful group of proofsheets printed in Sabon Antiqua on Plover Fineweave paper with an illustration of the Hamady farm at the head. Some have editorial marks in red, one has the "Printer's Devil" header affixed. Variation among the proofs include header and body text color and placement. All in a manilla envelope with "Proofs: Laura's Birth Announcement" in ink in Hamady's hand. A fascinating look into the design process of Hamady and this accentuated by the nature of the deeply personal subject matter. If ever a printer wanted to "get it right," it would be here. This is remarkable set of proofsheets for their insights in the personal and artistic life of an important American printer. Not in Two Decades of Hamady & the Perishable Press.
Published by Perishable Press, Minor Confluence, WI, 1982
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books, LLC, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Tall 8vo, illustrations by Jim Lee, original cloth. Fine copy of one of the most important books of the press. Fine copy of one of the most important books of the press. First edition. Limited to 200 copies printed on various handmade papers with title page typeface designed by Hermann Zapf.
Published by The Perishable Press, (Mt. Horeb, WI), 1973
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
stiff paper wrappers. Perishable Press (illustrator). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Limited to 120 numbered copies (Hamady 61). Slight sunning to top third of front cover, and along the spine of both the front and rear cover, else a fine copy. First of a series of playful books, perhaps a parody of the structure and parts of a book. Handset type on a variety of Shadwell papers of different sizes. Handsewn into blue Fabriano wrappers with U.S. Geodetic Survey maps of the Blue Mounds region of Dane and Iowa counties, Wisconsin, as inner wrappers. Dedication, table of contents, foreword, preface, acknowledgments, introduction. Endnotes, bibliography.