perry perishable press (6 results)

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, one of two hundred copies. Wraps. Unpaginated. Illustration by Janet Morgan. Hand printed on handmade paper. The only collection of poetry published by poet Arthur Ray Brown. Brown was known for his poetry readings and jazz collaborations in the St. Louis area. He died of heart failure at the age of 34 in 1982. Prior to his death, he earned the honor of being named Distinguished Fellow by the St. Louis Commission of the Arts and Humanities. Printed by the noted fine/small press, the Perishable Press, run by papermaker, printer and artist, Walter Hamady. VERY GOOD+ condition. Minor fading.

First edition. [24 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers with a paper construction by Jody Shields bound into the center fold. One of 76 copies. SIGNED by Rothenberg. Hamady 71.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Illustrations by Warrington Colescott. Quarto. Marbled papercovered boards with blindstamped along the spine. Fine. One of 150 numbered and Signed copies; this is copy 14. Additionally Inscribed to the poet George Economou by publisher Walter Hamady. A chapter excerpt from Petrakis' novel *The Hour of the Bell* about the Greek War for Independence.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Illustrations by Warrington Colescott. Half-black leather and gray paper boards blind stamped along the spine and with tissue guards throughout. Fine. One of 120 copies Signed by Colescott, publisher Walter Hamady, and poets Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Kenneth Bernard, Allen Ginsberg, Toby Olson, and Jerome Rothenberg. For some reason this copy is not signed by contributor Joel Oppenheimer or binder Bill Anthony as other copies seem to be. A handsome illustrated collection of poetry and short stories.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Illustrations Lester Doré. Tall narrow quarto. String-tied gray wrappers. Fine. Limited to 110 copies. This copy Inscribed twice by Walter Hamady to the poet George Economou. The poets include Jerome Rothenberg, David Antin, Toby Olson, and Robert Duncan.

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, number 133 of a limited 200 copies printed on various handmade papers. Signed by Walter Hamady and inscribed to the former owner beneath the illustration on page 19, "this copy is an old friend of good value for John Gordon Burke from Walter Hamady." 44 pp, plus five leaves of paper samples. Bound in publisher's tan cloth with spine lettered in blind. Near Fine with light soiling. The acclaimed book artist, founder of Perishable Press, professor, poet and papermaker Walter Hamady's (1940-2019) collection of lecture essays in praise of the high art and craft of paper making. Hamady's precise how-to instructions on the perfect kind of rag to use, what equipment is needed, how to dry and store paper and incorporating creative, artistic flare into one's craft process.