Fork and Broom Press. Annette C. Disslin, Oppenweher Strasse 9, Stemwede, NRW D-32351, Germany. Tel: +49 176 46105026. www.forkandbroompress.net
William Dean Howells. Earliest Spring. 2020. 12 pp. 255 × 165 mm. Trajanus and Jaguar on Hahnemühle with two linocuts by Annette C. Disslin. Printed on a Grafix proof press. Seven copies sewn into printed paper wrappers, price €40.
Incline Press. Graham Moss, 36 Bow Street, Oldham, Lancashire OL1 1SJ, England. Tel: +44 (0)1616 271966. www.inclinepress.com
Fredric Brewer. The Printer’s Fist. 2019. 6 pp. 115 × 90 mm. Poliphilus on W. S. Head hand-made with cast fists and a woodcut by Matt Mckellier. Printed on an AutoVic treadle press. 120 copies sewn into St Armand card covers, price £10. Printed to accompany the exhibition ‘A show of hands’ at Corsham Court during September and October 2019.
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Keith Pettit. Stillness. Introduction by Graham Moss. 2019. 6 pp. 172 × 110 mm. Fairbanks on Velke Losiny hand-made with a wood-engraving of the Long Man of Wilmington by Pettit. Printed on an AutoVic treadle press. 60 copies sewn into Two Rivers paper covers, price £25.
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Robert Burns. Two Songs. Introduction by Graham Moss and Kathy Whalen. 12 pp. 170 × 115 mm. Bembo on hand-made paper with three Victorian stock-blocks and an ampersand by Mark McKellier. Printed on an AutoVic treadle press. 110 copies: 65 sewn into printed pink Khadi wrappers; 45 sewn into printed pale blue ingres wrappers, price £25. Printed to celebrate Burns’ Night. The paper was made for the Stanbrook Abbey Press. Most copies were sent as a parting gift from Kathy Whalen to those who had sent her their good wishes during her final illness.
No Reply Press. Griffin Gonzales, 1820 SE 16th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97214, U.S.A. Tel: +1 503 367 0082. www.noreplypress.com
Markus Zusak. The Failurist. 2020. 16 pp. 215 × 140 mm. Caslon on Mohawk Feltmark. Printed on a Vandercook Universal I proof press. 127 copies: 96 in pastepaper-covered boards, cover- and spine-labels, price $85; 26 in French marbled paper-covered boards, cover- and spine-labels, in a slip case, price $185.
St Brigid Press. Emily Hancock, P.O. Box 114, Afton, Virginia 22920, U.S.A. Tel: +1 540 649 2064. www.stbrigidpress.net/
Arthur Sze. Starlight Behind Daylight. 2020. 28 pp. 305 × 203 mm. Centaur and Arrighi on Mohawk with two linocuts by Emily Hancock. Printed on a Challenge MP-15 proof press. 134 copies sewn into printed St Armand paper covers, price $75.00. Twelve poems, six selected from the author’s collection Sight Lines. The linocuts depict the constellations Cygnus and Orion.
Press at Colorado College. Aaron Cohick, 14 E. Cache la Poudre Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903, U.S.A. Tel: +1 719 389 6376. www.thepressatcoloradocollege.org/
Divya Victor. CURB. 2019. 90 pp (concertina-folded). 320 × 205 mm. Filosofia on Somerset Book with 18 original rubbings by Aaron Cohick. Printed on a Vandercook 219 proof press. 30 copies in full printed cloth, price $1150. Each copy is unique, containing different rubbings made by Cohick from assorted curbs and ‘sidewalks’.
The CODEX Foundation. Peter R. Koch, 2203 Fourth Street, Berkeley, California 94710, U.S.A. Tel: +1 510 849 0673. www.codexfoundation.org/
Gerald W. Cloud, editor. The CODEX Papers, Volume 2. 2020. 144 pp. 215 × 170 mm. Quadraat on Cougar opaque with numerous photographs and facsimiles in colour and monochrome. Printed offset by Puritan Press. 400 copies in cream paper covers and wrappers (printed letterpress), price $75.00 (by subscription). Includes contributions by Megan Adie, Tatjana Bergelt, Michael Bixler, Deidre Brollo, Carolee Campbell, Gerald W. Cloud, Helen Cole, Des Cowley, Marian Crawford, Caren Florance, Noreen Grahame, Amelia Grounds, Eva Hejdström, Peter R. Koch, Russell Maret, Tim Mosely, Monica Oppen, Susanne Padberg, Aaron Parrett, Juan Pascoe, Vicki Reynolds, Felicia Rice, Annie Schlechter, Doug Spowart, Alicia Stevenson, Paul Thompson and Pierre Walusinski.
Peter and Donna Thomas. 260 15th Avenue, Santa Cruz, California 95062, U.S.A. Tel: +1 831 475 1455. members.cruzio.com/~peteranddonna/
Jan Davidson and Maya Angelou. Free Little Bird. 2019. 12 leaves (double concertina-folded). 175 × 75 mm. Canterbury on papers hand-made by Peter Thomas, with eleven linocuts by Donna Thomas (one on the slip case) and cut-out decorations on every leaf. Printed on a Vandercook proof press. 39 copies in decorated mahogany boards, in a slip case, price $375. There are two texts, a folk-song collected by Jan Davidson and an extract from Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, printed within the double-concertina structure.
Susan Allix Fine Press Artists Books. Susan Allix, 19 Almorah Road, London N1 3ER, England. Tel: +44 (0)207 359 2949. www.susanallix.com
Acanthus Etcetera: 26 Flowering Plants: Histories and Qualities of Chosen Plants by Botanists, Herbalists and Poets … 2020. 107 pp. 380 × 280 mm. Various typefaces on 26 different papers with 53 prints by Susan Allix (22 etchings, seven linocuts, two combined linocuts and etchings, a collage, a photograph and 20 paintings and drawings printed digitally, many in colour). Printed on Albion, Vandercook and Hunter-Penrose etching presses. 14 copies (two being artist’s proofs) in three-quarter leather with painted paper-covered and inlaid boards, price £2900. A selection of plant-descriptions, from Acanthus to Zinnia, arranged alphabetically with ‘illustrative drawings and interpretative prints’ by the artist.
Atlantis Press. Michael Daniell, 1 Wolvercote Court, Wolvercote Green, Oxford OX2 8AB, England. Tel: +44 (0)1865 510378. E-mail: [email protected]
Benedicite. 2019. 12 pp. 150 × 240 mm. De Roos on Mohawk Superfine. Printed on a Columbian press. 30 copies sewn into paper wrappers and card covers, cover-label, price £10. The canticle from the 1662 Book of Common Book, with a two-page introduction.
Gibraltar Editions. Denise Brady, 5050 Pratt Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68104, U.S.A. Tel: +1 402 250 4926. www.gibraltareditions.co
Lindsey Anne Baker. This is Bad: Poems. 2019. 58 pp. 230 × 120 mm. Bulmer on pale green Neenah Letterpress with a linocut by Kim Darling. Printed on a Vandercook No. 4 proof press. 95 copies sewn into black hand-made paper covers, cover-label, price $50.