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: owenandhelen.woodcraft@btinternet.com.
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: zrlawrence@aol.com
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.
Poltroon Press. Alastair Johnston, 2315 Carleton Street, Berkeley, California 94704, U.S.A. Tel: +1 510 548 1976. www.poltroonpress.com
Lucia Berlin. A Country of My Own: Letters from Mexico. 2019. 36 pp. 215 × 160 mm. Monotype Bell on Hahnemühle Ingres with 11 linocuts by Daniel Gonzalez. Printed on a Vandercook Universal I proof press. 125 copies in quarter cloth with printed paper-covered boards, price $200.
Paper Wren Press. Gary Johansen, 1125 Elgrove Drive, Deltona, Florida 32725, U.S.A. Tel (text): +1 386 490 5160. E-mail: paperwrenpress@gmail.com
Gary Johanson, editor. Traditional Carols and Hymns or A Pocket Caroler. 2017. 16 pp. 155 × 120 mm. Caslon on Neenah Classic Laid with a drawing by the editor (on the front cover). Printed on a Chandler and Price treadle press. 100 copies sewn into printed card covers, $18.60 (out of print). The title-page is modelled on that of an eighteenth-century Philadelphia chapbook.
