Koch Peter Printer (7 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Single sided invitation card to attend a celebration of the publication of The Complete Index To Fine Print. Event taking place on 26th July 2003. Blue engraving of printers at work. In fine condition. Will adjust overseas shipping costs to reflect weight and size of this leaflet.…

Wraps. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. 32 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy in ivory wraps. Printed in an edition of 150 copies for the joint meeting of the Zamorano & Roxburghe Clubs held in San Francisco October 1-2, 1988. Printed by Peter Koch of Oakland, California.

Condition: Good. 8vo. Post Card, Very Good. Sent to Peter B. Howard, owner of Serendipity Books in Berkeley, CA.

Condition: Good. 8vo. Letterpress on Mohawk Superfine. Handmade Art End Papers. String-bound Wraps, Very Good. [32 pp.] Provenance: from the Estate of Judy Stone (1924 -2017), The San Francisco Chronicle's movie critic who for two decades was a passionate and articulate advocate for the world of cinema outside Hollywood. Judy Stone started at the San Francisco Chronicle in 1961, putting in 10 years as editor of the Datebook section. She began reviewing films for the paper in 1971, favoring arthouse films. She was the youngest of four politically minded children whose eldest brother was the great reporter and gadfly I. F. Stone.She won the Novikoff Award given for "enhancing the public's appreciation of world cinema." Among her publications are "The Mystery of B. Traven" and "Eye on the World," a collection of her interviews with filmmakers from the 1960s to the 1990s.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 8vo, grey paper boards, 64pp.a few spots, Koch has written his name, address and printer info on last blank page and back of back board.vv3/3.

Condition: Good. Folio. 9" x 14" 8 pp., Broadside In Folded Covers, Very Good with minor shelf wear on covers. Broadside Near Fine. One of 200 copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. Number 41 of 70 numbered copies signed by Richard Wagener on the colophon. This is a limited edition alpha-bestiary written by and illustrated by noted wood engraver Richard Wagener. Richard Wagener (born 1944) is an American wood engraver known for his prints and fine press books. His work has been collected by over one hundred and thirty public institutions. Wagener has been engraving wood for over forty years and his work has been in a number of fine press editions, most notably with Peter Koch in Berkeley and the Book Club of California. In 2006 Richard established his own imprint Mixolydian Editions to publish his own fine press editions of his work. Zebra Noise with a Flatted Seventh, was his first artist's book and was included in Artists' Books in the Modern Era, 1870-2000 at the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. This witty and artistic work includes 26 full page wood engravings in black that face a page of text. These are introduced by 26 small engravings in red with a letter of the alphabet. The text pages have 26 laconic short fictions that are obliquely related to the biological alphabet. The text pages are preceded by a page with a list of the animals along with their Latin names. Animals depicted include the armadillo, common European frog, blackened moray eel, jack rabbit, locust, walrus, prairie dog, fiddler crab, vampire bat and flea. All engravings were printed by the artist. Peter Koch printed the letterpress text on Zerkall paper in Erhardt types. Bound by Peggy Gotthold in quarter red leather with a gray paper covered boards, with the title and the image of the armadillo on the cover. Title in gilt on spine. In a gray cloth covered portfolio and both housed in a red slipcase with a gray title label to spine. In fine condition. Measures 8.5 x 14.5 inches. Unpaginated [55 leaves]. PRI/092024. Signed.…