Caliban Press (10 results)

brochure. Caliban Press (illustrator). 12mo. brochure. Publication announcement by the Caliban Press.

No Binding. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Handset in metal and wood types and printed in red and black (and a mixture of both) on hand-made paper and signed and dated by Dacre Stoker at the foot. Spray-stencilled Nosferatu (1922) image at the top left. A fine copy. A seminal souvenir for the 'Twilight' generation. Dacre Stoker, great-nephew of Bram, has recently published a sequel to Dracula. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Number 123 of 190 copies handset in Garamont type and printed on Frankfurt cream paper. 5 illustrations. Rives paper-covered boards decorated with letter designs, tan leather spine lettered in gilt, top edge trimmed, others uncut. A fine copy. 16 letters (all but 3 previously unpublished) addressed mainly to H.W. Kent, Emery Walker and Sydney Cockerell, largely concerning the publication of the Grolier Club edition of Albrecht Durer's `On the Just Shaping of Letters' 9the only book actually printed by Rogers). There are many references to his difficulties in working at Cambridge in wartime England.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Illustrated Edition. One of 200 copies printed from 11-point Baskerville and 42-point Caslon italic types on various hand and mould made papers from Papeterie Saint Armand, Montreal, signed by the printer. Hand-coloured volvelle reproducing Edward Lear's "sieve boat" (spin the pea-green sail and see!). Glued into tomato-coloured wrappers printed in black. Housed in a blue handmade envelope folder printed in wood type. A new copy. Green heads? Blue hands? Go to sea in a sieve and spin the volvelle! Signed by Author(s).

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited. Paperback, spiral bound. 28cm x 21.5cm. Unpaginated. Printed on a Vandercook 4 serial no. 10903. No. 12 of a limited edition of only 100 copies. Originally issued by McMurray in a spiral binding with heavy printed wrappers; the printer notes that this was printed on various scrap papers found at Caliban Press over time. Scarce. An excellent copy.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Printed with black, silver and red inks on found, left over, and scrap papers that have accumulated at Caliban Press over time. In some cases over a lot of time. Japan, China, Nepal, India, Spain, France, Germany, England, Canada, Mexico, are all represented - particularly Papeterie St-Armand, Montreal. Decorated with the inevitable volvelle and much else. Semi-stiff red hand-made paper covers, titled in black, spiral-bound. One of 100 copies signed by the printer. A new copy. 'Conceived as a way to document a growing collection of wood type which eventually filled some 53 cases with some 75 fonts. Realizing there was too much type for a single volume showing alphabets, figures, punctuation marks, as well as words & phrases, I decided to devote the first volume to figures - which is what printers generally call numerals or numbers. Volume 2 is planned to be complete alphabets, with volume 3 for words & phrases. Signed by Author(s).

full leather, clamshell box. Caliban Press (illustrator). large 8vo. full leather, clamshell box. (44) leaves. Limited to 100 numbered and signed copies. Printed with black, silver and red inks from Southern Ink Company on found, left over, and scrap papers that have accumulated at Caliban Press over time. Japan, China, Nepal, India, Spain, France, Germany, England, Canada, Mexico, are all represented - including Papeterie St-Armand, Montreal. The numerals are taken from fonts of wood types at Caliban Press. Decorated with the inevitable volvelle and much else. From the prospectus: "Initially conceived as a way to document a growing collection of wood type which eventually filled some 53 cases with some 75 fonts. Then realizing that there was too much type (not a bad thing), for a single volume showing alphabets, figures, punctuation marks, as well as whole words, I decided to devote the first volume to figures which is what printers generally call numerals or numbers. Volume 2 is planned to be complete alphabets, with volume 3 for words, phrases, and declarations.".

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Softcover. Number 29 of about 114 copies. According to Mark McMurray, this marvelous book was published in conjunction with Cat's Head Press of Quebec. It is a book of bon mots, bagatelles, and tableaux de l'imprierie as told to an American. It is also a sometime type specimen and leaf book. It is an inventive and fascinating book comprised of fourteen leçons, lessons, in English and French concerning the Arts of the Book and various other old and new topics. In an announcement for the book, it states that the lessons and topics are collected from found and fabricated texts by the two main semi-fictional characters, Cal & Prosper, exiles on a visit to Paris to learn the art of printing. Lecons recalls printers past and present who have produced books in Paris and McMurray has created his own look at printing history in Paris. Bound in flexible quarter dark vellum with grey-brown paper boards, with white spine label to front cover. Printed in several colours on cylinder and hand presses from foundry, monotype, photopolymer and wood types set by hand, machine composition, and computer. The primary type is Garamond, with additional faces that include Fournier, Caslon, and Nicholas Cochin. An international range of papers are used, including Rives and Arches, as well as a vintage Barcham Green handmade, St-Armand handmades from Montreal, Kochi from Japan, and handmade lokta from Nepal. There are striking images and tipped in pieces that include an original pochoir by Jef Aerosol of Samuel Beckett, an original relief print of Nanacy Cunafd by Melissa Schulenberg, a stencil by Guy Berard, and various found images and stencils. Issued with a separate sheet of "Lecons Notes" which explain some of the images and text. From Melissa Schulenberg's portrait of Nancy Cunard (original relief print) to figures from the 1493 "Liber chronicarum" to woodcuts to found images, this tour of Paris delights. There is one of McMurray's signature volvelles and there is a small "gold" man (cut-out paper doll) in the Treizieme Lecon, "Who's that?" - It is collaged on a page of Arab text opposite a map of the Quartier Latin with text in French and English guessing at his identity. Housed in a gray paper boarad slipcase. In fine conditon. Measures 8.25 x 12 inches. [48] pages. PRI122323.

First edition. Folio. 50 pp + sample pages. Fine in sewn wrappers and integral printed dust jacket. Written, hand-set, printed, and bound by Mark McMurray. One of 100 numbered copies on eight types of paper SIGNED by McMurray.

Caliban Press (illustrator). 4to. hand sewn, stiff decorated papers. 63 pages. Limited to 100 signed and numbered copies. In fine condition. A stunning collection of specimen alphabets and display settings of over 24 type faces held by the press, including Garamond, Caslon, Lutetia and Weiss, Sans serifs and Wood type. Gives a brief history of each face and designer, and its adaptation by others. Beautifully printed on 8 different types of paper and includes sample leaves from 5 Caliban press books (and thus considered a leaf book). Much more than just a type specimen book -- a reflection of the design skills of the printer, Mark McMurray. hand sewn, stiff decorated papers.