BOOKS (click on title to read a sample page)
    TWO PROSE SKETCHES by Weldon Kees.
    Introduction by Dana Gioia and a wood engraving by Michael McCurdy. There are 280 copies printed in two colors from Spectrum & Castellar types. Numbers I-XL are printed on Ingres & bound in boards (o.p.). Numbers 41-280 are printed on Mohawk Letterpress Text & bound in wrappers. 28 pp. (1984) $20.00

    FOUR VISITATIONS by Dick Davis.
    These sonnets by one of England's finest contemporary poets are printed in an edition of 240 copies. Bembo & Centaur types are printed in two colors on dampened Nideggen & bound in pastepaper wrappers. 12 pp. (1984) $15.00

    THE CEMETERY BY THE SEA by Paul Valery,
    Translation by Howard Moss. The definitive bi-lingual edition of one of Valery's most celebrated poems is printed in an edition of 220 copies. Emerson & Perpetua types are printed in two colors on dampened Rives Light & bound into wrappers. 20 pp. (1987) $30.00

    THREE POEMS by C.P. Cavafy,
    Translation by James Merrill. There are 225 copies printed from Spectrum & Romulus Open types in two colors on dampened Rives Light and bound into wrappers. 12 pp. (1987) $30.00

    INNOCENCE by Bruce Bawer.
    Spectrum types are printed on Ingres Laid paper. (1988) $20.00

    BLACKENED PEACHES by Dave Mason.
    Spectrum types are printed on Letterpress Text paper. (1989) $20.00

    WHAT IS A RED OZIER? by Steve Miller.
    This description of the genesis of the press name is printed in an edition of 200 copies. Spectrum types are printed in two colors on Mohawk Letterpress Text & bound into wrappers. 12 pp. (1989) $15.00

    MUSICIANS by Thomas Carper.
    A first book of poetry, these poems about musicians are printed in an edition of 125 copies from Spectrum types in two colors on dampened Frankfurt White & bound into wrappers. 16 pp. (1990) $20.00

    PLANTING A SEQUOIA by Dana Gioia.
    These poems are printed in two colors from Spectrum & Hunt Roman types in an edition of 250 copies bound in Timothy Barrett's handmade flax paper. Illustration by Fulvio Testa. Numbers 1-50 are printed on dampened Umbria, signed by the poem & artist, $100.00 The remaining copies are printed on Johannot. 24 pp. (1991) $45.00

    JUNO PLOTS HER REVENGE: ACT ONE OF HERCULES FURENS by Seneca,
    Translated by Dana Gioia. Juno's impassioned speech about Hercules is printed in two colors from Spectrum & Romulus Open types on dampened Rives Heavy paper. The 180 copies are bound in gray linen with a flax paper spine. 20 pp. (1992) $30.00

    UNHOLY SONETS by Mark Jarman.
    These provacative sonnets are printed in two colors from Garamond & Eve Decorative types on dampened Johannot paper. The single signature is sewn into Fabriano Cover wrappers. 12 pp. (1994) $20.00

    FORMAL INTRODUCTIONS: AN INVESTIGATIVE ANTHOLOGY, edited by Dana Gioia.
    This anthology of 21 poets writing in form includes work by Bruce Bawer, Tom Disch, R.S. Gwynn, Emily Grosholz, Rachel Hadas, Paul Lake, Molly Peacock, Vikram Seth, Timothy Steele, Frederick Turner, and others. The edition of 210 copies is printed in two colors from Spectrum types on dampened Johannot. Lawrence Yerkes bound the edition in papstepaper over boards with a linen spine. 48 pp. (1994) $60.00

    THE PACT by Robert McDowell.
    A recent narrative poem from one of the form's contemporary masters, this edition of 160 copies is printed in two colors from Van Dijck & Weiss I types on dampened Johanot. 22 pp. (1995) $30.00

    CATCHING THE MER-MOTHER by Annie Finch.
    A first collection of poetry from the author of the acclaimed anthology A Formal Feeling Comes. The edition is limited to 150 copies printed in two colors from Spectrum types on dampened Zerkall paper. 24pp. (1995) $30.00

    POEMS FOR THE NEW CENTURY Introduction by Rodney Phillips.
    Co-published with the New York Public Library. The ten poems presented in this portfolio were featured in the recent landmark exhibit, The Hand of the Poet, at the Library's Berg Collection. A distinguished panel of judges chose these writers as poets whose work represents the best of the under Forty generation. The poets of the new century include Cooper Esteban, Nick Flynn, Caroline Fraser, Deborah Garrison, H.L. Hix, Timothy Liu, Gabriella Mirollo, Greg Williamson, David Woo and Cynthia Zarin. Each of the ten poems is printed on a single folded sheet, in two colors, from Lutetia and Romulus Open types on dampened Zerkall paper. The collection is housed in a clam-shell box covered with Japanese silk and is limited to 210 copies, 168 of which are for sale. (1996) $100.00

    SHADOW OF A CHILD by Gabriella Mirollo.
    This is the first book of poems by a talented young writer. The edition of 150 copies is printed in two colors from Spectrum types on dampened Rives paper. 24 pp. (1997) $30.00

    BONE KEY AND OTHER POEMS by Richard Wilbur.
    These poems are by one of the Twentieth Century's masters of form. The edition of 175 copies is printed in two colors from Spectrum types on dampened Zerkall paper. 32 pp. (1997) $40.00





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