Greenboathouse Press. Jason Dewinetz, Box 1551, Vernon, British Columbia V1T 8C2, Canada. www.greenboathouse.com
Marcus Aurelius. The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Sort Of. Translations (sort of) by Jason Dewinetz. 2020. 32 pp. 222 × 158 mm. Hannibal and Garamont on Khadi handmade. Printed on a Vandercook 15-21 proof press. 55 copies sewn with leather thongs into Bhutanese paper covers, price $300.
Lone Goose Press. Sandy Tilcock, 309 Black Knob View, Bisbee, Arizona 85603, U.S.A. Tel: +1 541 953 7364. lonegoosepress.com
Catherine Woodward. Opening the Mouth of the Dead. 2017. 28 leaves (concertina-folded). 300 × 160 mm. Computer-set in Egyptienne and Post Antiqua on Somerset Book with numerous drawings (some in colour) by Margot Voorhies Thompson and an etching by Perri Blitz, all printed from line blocks. Printed on a Vandercook 219 proof press. 59 copies in printed paper-covered boards, in a cloth-covered clamshell box, price $1750.
Midnight Paper Sales. Gaylord Schanilec, W11469 Schanilec Lane, Stockholm, Wisconsin 54769, U.S.A. Tel: +1 952 529 6950. www.midnightpapersales.com
Gaylord Schanilec. Bokeh: a Little Book of Flowers. 2020. 65 pp. 210 × 130 mm. Poliphilus on Velké Losiny hand-made and Zerkall mould-made with eight multicolour wood-engravings. Printed on a Vandercook Universal 3 proof press. 119 copies: 80 in full cloth, spine- and cover-labels, in a cloth-covered slip-case, price $780; 26 in quarter vellum with Pamela Smith marbled paper-covered boards, with a separately-bound proof of one of the wood-engravings, together in a solander box, price $2500. Copies were bound by Craig Jensen, Keri Schroeder and Marc Hammonds at Booklab 2.
Ninja Press. Carolee Campbell, 5040 Noble Avenue, Sherman Oaks, California 91403, U.S.A. Tel: +1 818 906 9971. www.ninjapressbooks.com
Gaylord Schanilec. Departure. 2019. 24 pp. 300 × 165 mm. Walbaum on Barcham Green and Japanese hand-made with digital reproductions of details from a colour wood-engraving by the author. Printed on a Vandercook proof press. 78 copies sewn into hand-made paper covers, cover-label. 70 copies for sale, price $575.
Old School Press. Martyn and Angela Ould, Cliff Edge, Beer Hill, Seaton EX12 2QD, England. Tel: +44 (0)1297 24689. www.theoldschoolpress.com
Peter Davidson. At Nightfall on the Shortest Day. 2020. 13 pp. 235 × 150 mm. Fournier on Batchelor hand-made and John Purcell Archival Esparto Inlay with a wood-engraving by Paul Kershaw. Printed on Western and Albion presses. 60 copies sewn into hand-made paper covers, price on application.
Martyn Ould and Jim Nottingham. Michael Burghers: Oxford Engraver. 2020. 45 pp. 275 × 215 mm. Van Dijck on Abbey Mills and Rives BFK with eight copper-engravings by Burghers. Printed on a Western proof press (the engravings on a rolling-press). 48 copies in full cloth, with a spine-label, price £125.
Starshaped Press. Jennifer Farrell, 4636 N. Ravenswood #103, Chicago, Illinois 60640, U.S.A. Tel: +1 773 728 6359. www.starshaped.com
Jennifer Farrell. Respiration. 2019. 16 pp (concertina-folded). 180 × 125 mm. Numerous types on Fabriano Tiziano decorated with typographical arrangements. Printed on a Chandler and Price treadle-press. 50 copies in printed red paper-covered boards, price $250. A folded concrete poem, based on the Black Star song Respiration, with a separate folded sheet bearing the original lyrics and notes by the author.
Tudor Black Press. Hugh Macfarlane, Lion de Marnes 79600, France. www.tudorblackpress.co.uk
William Allingham. A Lay of Leadenhall. 2020. 16 pp. 380 × 240 mm. Caslon Old Face on Zerkall with linocuts by Hugh Macfarlane. Printed on an Albion press. 25 copies laced in the Japanese manner into quarter cloth with cloth-covered boards, cover-label, price £55.
Barbarian Press. Crispin and Jan Elsted, 12375 Ainsworth Street, Mission, British Columbia, V4S 1L4, Canada. Tel: +1 604 826 8089. www.barbarianpress.com
Richard Wagener. A Dialogue with Wood Engraving. Introduction by the artist. 2019. 196 pp. 380 × 265 mm. Joanna on Zerkall with 98 wood-engravings (19 in two colours, two as folded plates) by the artist. Printed on a Vandercook Universal 3 proof press. 130 copies: 75 in quarter red morocco with printed paper-covered boards, spine-label, in a slip-case with a signed proof of the frontispiece, price C$1500; 55 in quarter black cloth with printed paper-covered boards, spine-label, price C$1200. Number five in the Press’s series of ‘Engrain Editions’.
Woodcraft Press. Owen Legg, ‘Woodcraft’, 152 Hadlow Road, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1PB, England. Tel: +44 (0)1732 359206. E-mail: [email protected].
William Morris. Abecedary. 2019. 42 pp. 155 × 110 mm. Burlington on blue Colourplan. Printed on a Cropper treadle press. 10 copies in half green calf with printed paper-covered boards, price £100. Poems and aphorisms by Morris used of create letterforms by masking-out sections of the text. Copies are also available unbound for bookbinders.
Quive Smith Editions. Richard Lawrence, 50 Hurst Street, Oxford OX4 1HD, England. Tel: +44 (0)7812 094781. E-mail: [email protected]
Robert Macfarlane. Ness. 2018. 76 pp. 259 × 170 mm. Bembo on Zerkall with 14 drawings by Stanley Donwood printed from line-blocks. Printed on a Heidelberg cylinder press. 550 copies in full grey cloth with a printed translucent dust-jacket, price £50. A fantastic retelling of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight for the coming age, described as ‘Part novella, part prose-poem, part mystery-play’. A paperback reprint of the text and illustrations was published by Penguin in 2019.