Reagh patrick (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. 22 pages. First edition, first printing. One (34) of 125 numbered copies in quarter brown leather and marbled paper boards signed by Everson on a special page at the beginning of the book. There were 26 copies of a deluxe edition, signed and lettered by Everson. Designed and printed by Patrick Reagh. Fine book without dust jacket as issued. A beautiful copy. Reagh, Patrick (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Zustand: Good. Postcard, 5.75" x 4.75", Very Good.Provenance: Herb Yellin (1935-2014) was the highly respected publisher and founder of Lord John Press, considered by many to be one of the most important small presses of the 20th century.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 150 copies. A keepsake created for the Miniature Book Society Conclave in 2019 in Bloomington, IN. Contains memories and a brief history of a small town in Indiana called Valley Mills. Letterpress printed. Bound in green leatherette boards with gilt title to front cover. Endpapers feature a question mark design. Frontispiece is a forever stamp of Indiana. Clean and bright. Size: about 2 x 3 inches. 19 pages. MINI/070220.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. Limited. Hardback, bound in half-cloth, with Vance's decorative paper covered boards, in a slipcase. 33.5cm x 24.5cm. 86pp. With 2 facsimile letters in pocket at rear. Frontis and 69 other illustrations, many engravings and linocuts printed from original blocks. One of a limited edition of only 155 copies. This copy out of series, not numbered. An excellent clean copy. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. [iv], 132, [3] pp., oblong folio (10 x 12.5 in.), quarter orange cloth, oatmeal linen sides, black stamped spine title, slipcase covered in the same linen cloth. Prospectus with mounted print and order form laid in. "This special collection of photographs by the Los Angeles documentary photographer William Reagh examines and showcases his work from the mid- to late twentieth century. The text was typeset and printed letterpress [by Patrick Reagh], and the photographs were reproduced by tritone offset. The 130 photographs were selected by Patrick Reagh and Michael Dawson. The selections reflect an intimate regard for [Patrick's] father's perspective on urban renewal and change in Los Angeles during this period. There are views of Angels Flight, Bunker Hill, Pershing Square, Broadway, Grand Avenue, Hill Street, and Main Street" (from the prospectus). With images of architecture (old and new), and people, lots and lots of people. Many photographs from earlier decades are juxtaposed with photographs from later decades, taken from exactly the same location and vantage point. One of 350 copies. A fine and fresh copy.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Limited. Hardback, full-Oasis, gilt titles to spine, bound by The Fine Book Bindery. 34cm x 25cm. Also includes a folder containing 15 items of Weather Bird Press ephemera, not the 22 items called for with this edition. Also a complete portfolio of 16 facsimile letters, rather than the 13 referred to in colophon. With this copy included is a copy of 'Mistress Mary' and not 'Jazz Instruments.' Also there are 2 facsimile letters in pocket of rear board as found in all editions. All contained in a cloth case, with a leather spine. This is an unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 40 'A' copies only, from a total of 235 copies. A wonderful presentation by John Randle of the insights into the life of Vance Gerry, one of California's least known and most accomplished printers, with an extensive bibliography of his printed work. 86pp. Tipped in colour frontis portrait of Mary, Vance's wife, plus thirty other illustrations from various sources including line drawings, linocuts, wood engravings, and 12 pages of 26 colour reproductions of Vance's pochoir illustrations. Some marks to leather front board, but the contents are in clean and unmarked condition. Scarce. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK.…

First Edition. First edition, limited issue. First separate appearance of Everson's poem. Number 55 of 100 numbered copies SIGNED BY EVERSON, WIENER, & REAGH on colophon leaf (the first 10 copies were not for sale). Illustrated with five mounted black-and-white photographs of Everson - EACH ONE SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY WIENER. Eleven loose leaves of text in total, including the introduction by Everson on 2 leaves, the poem itself on 3 leaves, dedication leaf (".to Mel Smith who brought together poet & photographer"), and leaf with Wiener's descriptions of each of the photos. Housed together in publisher's folio green cloth-covered folding case with white, printed labels on front and spine. ALSO INCLUDES a copy of the original prospectus and TLS FROM MEL SMITH, a friend and admirer of Everson who reportedly funded the book. The letter, to the collector, Allen K. Mears, describes the genesis of the book (" . Leigh Wiener and I spent three days with Everson in Santa Cruz and at his home in Davenport in 1980.") and, referring to an academic program he attended, quotes from a letter in his collection ("In my collection of letters there is one by JOHN STEINBECK in which he writes, 'After the drives for survival and procreation, man's strongest instinct is to bore. He is a success when people will sit still for it.'") Altogether fine. Signed.…