Corvus Works. Christopher Wakeling, 9 Ravenside Terrace Blackhill Consett, Durham, UK. Tel: +44(0)7824 397 664. Website: https://corvusworks.co.uk.
Jan Tschichold and Jost Hochuli. Sabon: Tschichold & Hochuli. Translated by Christopher Wakeling and Pat Wichert. Corvus Works. 2021. 36 pp. 375 x 250 mm. Sabon (Stempel and Monotype) on Zerkall, Hahnemhüle and Somerset Book with 6 black and white photographs. Printed on Korrex Hannover. 90 copies. Bound with French marble papers over boards with cloth spine, label tipped-on spine, price £100. English translation of Tschichold’s 1967 essay ‘Life and Work of Jacob Sabon’ and first translation of Hochuli’s 1969 review of the ‘New Typeface’, first published in STM. Sample pages with quotes by and about Tschichold and the Sabon typeface. Composed in Stempel foundry cast Sabon up to 48pt Didot in various page arrangements and printed in several colours. Two tipped-in type pieces plus one image of Sabon’s crest. Digital b&w photos of cast type, matrices and samples.
The Garlow Studio. Sue Kaplan, 763 Nowita Place, Venice, CA, USA. Tel: +1 310 822 0161. Website: https://www.thegarlowstudio.com.
Michael Castro. The Guide: Maimonides’ Journey. The Garlow Studio. 2019. 35 pp. 146 x 111 mm (5.75 x 4.375 in). Poliphilus and Blado on custom handmade papers from Katie McGregor, with a multi-color woodblock print created, editioned and handcoloured by Marcia Brown, a two-colour initial on the opening page and ornamental flowers dividing the sections throughout. Printed on a Vandercook SP15. 50 copies, designed by Marcia Moore and executed by Danita Rafalovich and Marcia Brown, in heavy blue paper covers, red endleaves, exposed spine with leather tabs, a black leather-covered clamshell case with spine label, price $375. Castro’s narrative poem relates the biography and thought of Moses Maimonides (1135-1204), considered one of the most important Jewish theologians of all time. The print references the architecture and tile work of medieval Middle East synagogues in areas where Maimonides lived before his exile. Castro, poet laureate of St Louis and a leader of the literary community, died in 2008.
The Florin Press. Graham Williams, Vent House, Stalisfield Road, Charing, Kent, UK. Tel: +44(0)1233 712 774. Email: [email protected]. Website: https://www.florinpress.com
Graham Williams. A Collection of Printing from Woodblocks. The Florin Press. 2021. 12pp Notes plus various quantities of leaves. Ca.197 x 210 mm. Joanna (Monotype) on various hand-made, mould-made and machine-made papers, with 28 wood engravings printed from the wood by Thomas Bewick, Mathew Urlwin Sears, Graham Williams, Peter Forster, Simon Brett, John O’Connor, Monica Poole and anon. Printed on Albion and Columbian hand presses. Main edition of 60 copies: 25 copies with paperbound Notes, 61 leaves, in a drop back box with green cloth, brown and fawn papers, printed paper label on front, printed limitation label inside, price £865; 35 with Notes, 35 leaves, in box as above, price £485; Variant edition of 15 copies: 5 with Notes, 96 leaves in a drop back box with green cloth, marbled paper, morocco spine label, printed paper label on front, printed limitation label inside, OOP; 10 with Notes, 78 leaves, in box as above, price £1,355.
Starshaped Press. Jennifer Farrell, 4636 N. Ravenswood #103, Chicago, IL 60640, USA. Tel: +1 773 728 6359. Website: http://www.starshaped.com.
Jennifer Farrell. The Twelve Alphabet. 2021. 58 pp. 305 x 305 mm. 12 pt metal type and ornaments on Zerkall soft white. Printed on a Vandercook SP-15. 40 copies bound in Somerset gray wraparound soft cover with screw post binding, price $480. A new abecedarium in which each letter form and the ampersand are constructed entirely of sorts having 12 pts along at least one side. Designed from a large collection of metal ornaments, each image measures 6” square and is printed (recto only) in two split fountain ink passes.
Intima Press Editions. Mindy Belloff, 32 Union Square East, Studio 310, New York, NY 10003, USA. Tel: +1 917 412 4134. Website: https://IntimaPress.com.
Mindy Belloff. Hester . Emma . Sonia [ Joni . Annie . Tracy ] A Postmodern Feminist Discourse. 2022. 300 pp. 266 x 196 x 44 mm. Featuring: Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Gustave Flaubert’s Madam Bovary, and Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment (abridged). Introduction, “No Text Stands Alone” by art critic Saul Ostrow, Afterword, “Through a Feminist Lens,” and Appendix with over 100 bibliographic references. Over 40 reproductions of fine artworks: paintings, drawings, photographs, and calligrams by the artist adorn the pages. A selection of text is in Latin, French, and Russian. Includes 40 reproductions of fine artworks, paintings, drawings, photographs, and calligrams by the artist. Printed on a Uni III A/B + Epson Professional. 32 copies: 26 standard, 6 deluxe in two designs. Bindings designed by Mindy Belloff. Standard edition quarter bound aqua blue Sokoto leather, spine millimeter binding, sewn and bound by Celine Lombardi with letterpress printed thick paper covers, printed by Mindy Belloff. Deluxe edition two designs: full leather bound or leather and parchment with custom box, bound by Celine Lombardi. Price standard $7,500, deluxe (POA). Two and a half years in the making, the volume gives voice to the main characters Hester Prynne, Emma Bovary, and Sonia Marmeladov. The subtitle refers to singer-songwriters Joni Mitchell, Annie Lennox and Tracy Chapman, whose poetic lyrics, along with those of other musical artists as well as text from philosophers, writers and poets such as Simone de Beauvoir, Virginia Woolf, Susan Sontag and Julia Kristeva, provide commentary in the marginalia.
Harsimus Press. Barbara Henry, 548 Manatawny Street, Pottstown, PA, USA. Tel: +1 201 779 5923. Website: https://www.harsimuspress.com.
J. Matthew Schley. What We Found. Introduction by Barbara Henry. Harsimus Press. 2021. 16 prints (loose). 14.5 x10.5 in. Bulmer on Zerkall Book (occasional plates on other papers), 14 intaglio by J. Matthew Schley and 2 pochoir by Barbara Henry. Printed on a Vandercook/etching press. 10 copies, clamshell box in red cloth, cover label, price $1200. Chronicles objects discovered in the restoration of an 1807 farmhouse in Pennsylvania.
Mad Parrot Press. Chad Pastotnik, PO Box 726 Mancelona, MI, USA. Tel: +1 231 587 0506 Website: https://www.deepwoodpress.com.
Kenneth Grahame. The Wind in the Willows. James Dissette and Kathleen Jones, eds. Introduction by Peter Hunt. Mad Parrot Press. 2021. 148 pp. 355 x 260 mm. 14pt Centaur on custom paper from Papeterie Saint-Armand with 13 large multi-colour linoleum cuts and 9 smaller in two colours, all by Vladimir Zimakov. Printed on a Vandercook 219OS. 95 copies: 75 quarter bound, rounded and backed, in a very dark moss green Natural Goat from Siegel Leather with a cinnamon cotton book cloth, endpapers of printed pattern on mocha Hahnemühle Bugra with a cloth inner hinge, title in gilt foil on the spine in copper and silver, debossed panel on the front cover featuring Rat & Mole in a crossed oar emblem foiled in dull copper on grey-dyed goatskin, price $2000; 10 deluxe copies in individual presentation bindings, price $2500-$7500; and 5 copies reserved to be sold in sheets to book binders, price $1500.
interrobang letterpress. Michael Babcock, 18 Kenton Road Jamaica Plain, MA, USA. Tel: +1 617 522 4236 Website: https://interrobangletterpress.com.
Michael Tarbox. Night Train to Chelsea. interrobang letterpress. 2021. 20 pp. 5 x 8.5 mm. Optima Nova Pro/ Stempel Optima on 80# Cougar Natural interior and 100gsm Hahnemühle Ingres jacket. Printed on a Vandercook SP15. 100 copies. Pamphlet stitched and wrapped in the Hahnemühle, price $30. I admit that due to both the printer/designer (me), and the author/musician (Tarbox) being of limited means and minimal budget, the interior is printed digital offset, and only the jacket is printed by letterpress from type. That written, the Optima Nova Pro has an extended character set that the metal never had.
Press on Scroll Road. Bob Baris. 3387 Ormond Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118, USA. Tel: +1 216 704 6203. Website: https://www.thepressonscrollroad.com.
Richard Olney. Culinary Herbs. Press on Scroll Road. 2019. 26 pp. 280 x 190 mm. Cloister Light Face on handmade paper from the Morgan Conservancy, Cleveland, OH, with a wood engraving by Abigail Rorer. Printed on Washington Handpress. 50 copies, full bound in gray cloth with spine label by Priscilla Spitler, price $250.
Joseph Wechsberg. The Formidable Monsieur Point: Concerning the Renowned Restaurateur Fernand Point and His Restaurant De La Pyramide. 2021. 20 pp. 280 x 200 mm. Cloister Light Face on handmade paper from the Morgan Conservancy, Cleveland, OH. Printed on Washington Handpress. 50 copies, full bound in red cloth with spine label by Priscilla Spitler, price $250.
Shanty Bay Press. Walter Bachinski, 152 Drury Mill Road, Oro-Medonte, ON, Canada. Tel: +1 705 721 2491. Website: https://www.shantybaypress.com.
Walter Bachinski, Janis Butler. My Landscape. Shanty Bay Press. 2022. 64 pp. 279 X 279 mm. 16 pt Bembo on BFK Rives 175 gsm for text, seven pochoirs and seven colour reduction linocuts, and Heavy Kurotoni 5 for five woodcuts. Printed on a Vandercook Universal 1. 30 copies: 25 quarter bound in cloth, housed in a slip case, price $3000 (USD); 5 NFS. The text consists of nature poems by 14 renowned Canadian Poets. The illustrations, all by Walter Bachinski, are based on sketches and paintings done over decades of an area of northern Ontario from the Killarney Wilderness Park west to the Algoma Highlands.
