| Greetings, We are featuring 25 spooky books, prints, and tarot card sets below including antiquarian ghost stories by women authors; a beautifully printed edition of Frankenstein with illustrations by Barry Moser; limited edition prints celebrating the works of Poe, Doyle, and Irving; a first printing of an Edgar Allan Poe short story; a collection of tunnel books that tell the story of a monstrous worm; a finely printed edition of Baba Yaga; and more! Thank you for browsing, and have a Happy Halloween! | | | Frankenstein - Pennyroyal Press Edition Barry Moser Wood Engravings - with extra suite of prints [Pennyroyal Press] Shelley, Mary; Barry Moser, illustrator and designer; Ruth Mortimer, Emily Sunstein, Joyce Carol Oates, and William St. Clair, essays. Frankenstein. West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1983. Number 323 of 350 copies of this magnificent book. It is accompanied by a portfolio with copies of the fifty-two wood engravings, all initialed by Barry Moser. "To Moser, Frankenstein aligned with, as he put it, moral transgressions of the twentieth century, the failure of compassion, the reticence to communicate, the inability to empathize, and the pervasive and malignant presence of racism and bigotry. Struggling to confront the racism of his upbringing and family, Moser found a vehicle in Frankenstein’s “demon,” a being beset on all sides by revulsion and hatred. Conscious to avoid the characterizations of popular film versions, he endeavored to recreate the demon by sewing chicken skin on a plastic armature skull he had in his studio and documenting its decay. What emerged was a fresh interpretation of Mary Shelley’s critique of our flawed human condition. Said Barry Moser in 1986: " I’m often asked, which of my books is my favorite and I usually respond with the single word Frankenstein. It is my favorite because it, more than the others, exemplifies what I hold to be ideal: it holds together as a unit, a cohesive whole with type, text, and images well-balanced and well paced. " [From the website of Barry Moser's representative, R. Michelson Galleries]. Bound in handsome quarter brown leather with dark red cloth covers. The spine has five raised bands and a red leather title label. Printed by Harold P. McGrath in Poliphilus and Blado with Wilhelm Klinsporschrit types on Pulegium an archival paper manufactured for the Press. The fifty-two loose engravings are held in a dark red cloth portfolio. Both are housed in a dark red cloth covered slipcase. In fine condition in a very good slipcase with slight signs of handling and two small darker red spots along the right joint and light fading on bottom of the covers. Book measures 10 x 13.5 inches. 282 pages including the four essays. Fine. (#37489) Price: $6,000 | | | | | Miniature Book - A Frankenstein Story [Angel Bomb Press] [Shelley, Mary] Todd M. Thyberg, book artist. Mister F. Minneapolis: Angel Bomb Press, 2016. Open edition. This is an artful three-color letterpress mini-book designed and printed to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The book has an accordion fold structure that allows the front spread to be from the perspective of Doctor Frankenstein and the reverse to be from the perspective of the monster. The original story was re-read and condensed down into 9 distinct spreads with artwork created for each and relevant copy from the original work provided to tell the story. With black covers and a stretch black band with a tassel wrapped around it. Housed in a grey box designed to look like a cigarette package with title on top. In fine condition. Measures 2x 3.25 inches. (#34154) Price: $75 | | | | | Alien Encounter in the Antarctic - illustrated and letterpress printed [Angel Bomb Press] Campbell, John W., Jr.; Todd Thyberg (illustrations). Who Goes There? Minneapolis: Angel Bomb Press, 2022. Deluxe Edition. One of 50 copies, signed by the artist. This story was originally published in "Astounding Science-Fiction" in August 1938 under the pseudonym Don A. Stuart. It was later adapted into multiple film versions, the most recent being "The Thing" in 2011. This horrific tale of alien encounters and Antarctic exploration is presented here in a fine letterpress edition with nineteen striking, color illustrations by Todd Thyberg. It is in a special binding of quarter tan goatskin over blue Japanese cloth covered boards. It is housed in blue cloth covered tryptich folding case with an interior folder holding a suite of five letterpress illustrations, each signed and dated by the artist. The case is made to look like a government file with maps lining the interior and an official resin medallion stating "Secondary Polar Expedition: Antarctica" to the front panel. The interior maps have been hand-altered with pencil notes of expedition locations. The book, maps, and illustrations were letterpress printed with Ehrhardt Monotype and Haboro Contrast types on Classic Crest Bare White eggshell paper. Polymer plates by the Boxcar Press. Binding by the Campbell Logan Bindery featuring a hand cast, hand painted resin medallion by the artist on the front of the case. 60 pages. Fine. (#36700) Price: $750 | | | | | Homage to H.P. Lovecraft A Collection of Artifacts and a Journal Documenting a Mysterious Expedition in Siberia [Angel Bomb Press] Thyberg, Todd, author and book artist. The Miskatonic Papers. Minneapolis: Angel Bomb Press, 2020. Limited to 125 copies signed and numbered by the book artist, Todd Thyberg. He writes in the colophon that the book took over two years to write, create, and print. He states: "This experiential read was conceived as an ode to H.P. Lovecraft, whose books I had discovered and read profusely as a teenager growing up in a small town in rural North Dakota....I knew I wanted to be a writer, to breathe life into stories that transported the reader to realms unknown. H.P. Lovecraft gifted the world with a style of cosmic horror and weird fiction that was previously unknown. In homage, Todd created a mythical and mystical expedition to the steppes of Siberia to find the temple and artifacts of a mysterious people that supposedly once inhabited this barren and forbidding land." He says, "In the winter of ‘18, I rented a cabin in the woods of Wisconsin and sequestered myself for a week, sketching, researching and writing down plot points. I took an historic event that fascinates me and turned it on its head, spinning it into the world of old gods and monsters that thrilled me as a kid. I wanted to celebrate and honor the creepy cosmic horror that made Lovecraft’s work so unique. One of the men on the expedition is required to document their findings. Odd diagrams and even odder structures are found and recorded for the archives at Miskatonic University. What is it that they find? What happens to the expedition when they find it?" It’s all hidden within. But be forewarned! Many who have seen the contents of The Miskatonic Papers have died horrible deaths or gone completely insane! The valiant quest for knowledge may lead you down a path that branches into dark corners of the night, filled with arcane shadows. Never travel there alone and be cautious where you step. If you hear a wet, rustling noise behind you, you had best run screaming." After exploring Todd's remarkable and complex production, the reader will indeed understand Todd's warning! The work comes in a foil-stamped grey clothbound clamshell box with three sealed folders inside.Todd urges the reader to break the seals and pour through the contents of the folders. One includes a broadside for the expedition, drawings, two letters, a rubbing, telegrams from the field, and an amazing handwritten expedition journal. All of them letterpress printed, aged, and weathered. The Expedition Broadside appears stained with ale and smudges from the hands of inquisitive sailors. It states that Professor Tyler Freeborn seeks able-bodied men to risk life and limb for the advancement of science. Do you have a thirst for adventure? Perhaps you should apply. Each piece of the book was made to look as if it was created 100 years ago. Stains, creases, and even burned edges will provide the reader with a rich experience when delving through the ephemera and piecing the story together. Printed on a selection of stocks as well as vintage business cards and journal pages, with too many typefaces to name and lots of handwriting as well. Letterpress printed at the Angel Bomb studio. In fine condition. (#34243) Price: $850 | | | | | Cannibalistic Funerary Rites - to achieve a longer life [Biting Dog Press] Alhazred, Abdullah; Martin Llewellyn (translation and introduction); George Walker (design and layout). Necronomicon: A Manual of Corpse Eating. Toronto: Biting Dog Press, 2019. 1 of 35 copies, signed by the translator on the title page and the designer on the colophon. An examination of the "Necronomicon" - "a scientific diary of the putatively insane doctor known as Abdullah Alhazred. He was a scientist and an alchemist who believed cannibalistic funerary rites could both appease the spirits of the dead and access the divine" (page 13). It includes a fascinating discussion of previous translations, historical contextualization, medical and philosophical explanations behind Alhazred's practices, biographical facts about the doctor, and new translations of the five extracts. According to Alhazred, if performed using the correct rituals, ingestion of the dead could transfer their energy or life force, thus extending the life of the consumer. If true, perhaps he is still alive, wandering in the desert (or so this book suggests)! According to the colophon, this book is digitally printed on laid paper in Adobe Jenson Pro with Neue Kabel for captions and Junius Rough for chapter titles. The first half of this edition was printed pre-Covid and the second half was just printed in 2023. Due to paper shortages, this second half has been printed on machine made paper. It includes an original woodcut made by George A. Walker, signed and numbered out of 42, inserted into a pocket on the front free endpaper. The book is bound in grey cloth boards with a black dust jacket titled in white on the spine and front panel. A pattern of grey skulls decorates the jacket. Includes color photographic illustrations that depict fragments from the original Necronomicon, a page from the Book of the Dead, and other historical sources. 37 pages. Fine. (#36448) Price: $250 | | | | | Miniature Book - a Renaissance drama involving a werewolf [Bo Press] Webster, John; Pat Sweet, book artist. The Duchess of Malfi. Riverside, CA: Bo Press Miniature Books, 2014. Limited Edition signed by the book artist, Pat Sweet. This handsome miniature book is the full text of The Duchess of Malfi, the dark and tragic drama considered one of the great plays of the English Renaissance. Written in 1612, it tells the story of the Duchess, a young widow, who yearns to marry her steward, Antonio, against the wishes of her powerful brothers. She marries him secretly and bears him three children before they are found out. Her brother the Cardinal wants her inheritance, but her brother the Duke wants a crueler and more pitiless revenge. To thicken the plot, one of the characters believes he is a werewolf! Bound in a black and yellow Indian Lokta screen print with a crude Renaissance floral pattern, and a black leather spine with raised bands and leather straps. The front endpapers are a detail from 17th century Italian baldrick. The rear papers are detail from a 16th century English embroidered book binding. Printed on ink-jet printer with handsewn binding. In fine condition. 2.75 x about 2" 188 pages. Fine. (#37412) Price: $95 | | | | | Edgar Allan Poe Limited Edition Print - "The Black Cat" [Cheloniidae Press] Robinson, Alan James (Edgar Allan Poe). If there were no books ... there would be no Black Cat! PRINT. Easthampton, MA: Cheloniidae Press, 2018. One of 100 copies. Signed and numbered by the artist. A letterpress printed broadside featuring an image of a cat and the quote "If there were no books ... there would be no Black Cat!" This broadside references Edgar Allan Poe's classic short story "The Black Cat." Printed by Master Printer Art Larson from a relief etching by Alan James Robinson on on archival Cranes Lettra paper. Size: 11 x 14 inches. Fine. (#31968) Price: $95.00 | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Supernatural Novel Involving Ghosts - from 1891 Woman Author Falconer, Lanoe [Mary Elizabeth Hawker]. Cecilia de Noel. London: Macmillan & Co., 1891. First Edition. Lanoe Falconer was the pseudonym of Mary Elizabeth Hawker (1848-1908), the Scottish novelist, pianist, and short story writer. This scarce book was a very popular supernatural novel in its day about ghostly encounters. In very good condition in original dark blue cloth boards. Light bumping to corners and chipping to spine. Interior pages clean with some splitting to signatures but text block is holding. 197 pages plus 44 page classified catalogue. Very Good. (#24610) Price: $225 | | | | | Artists' Book Based on Two Horror Classics - "The Yellow Wallpaper" and The Haunting of Hill House Letterpress, monoprint, and digitally printed - limited to 15 copies Josephson, Becca (Shirley Jackson and Charlotte Perkins Gilman). Because / In Spite. Oakland, CA: Becca Josephson, 2021. Number 3 of 15 copies. "Grown out of an exploration into narratives and experiences of haunted spaces, mainly 'The Haunting of Hill House' by Shirley Jackson and 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 'because/in spite' approaches adaptation in the context of fear. The safety of the house shaped cover opens to reveal the chaotic and uncertain path of lines on the internal book. The lines gain order as the accordion stretches. The characters move within the endless cycle of pages, from deterioration to control, from because to in spite" (artist's statement). Bound in turquoise cloth covered boards with paper title label to front board. The boards wrap around the textblock and fasten magnetically. The interior is a long accordion printed on both sides with a maze of lines (or cracks) on a textured background reminiscent of chipping paint in an old house. As the readers unfurl the accordion and follows the maze of text, they venture further into this haunted space along with the characters. Letterpress, monoprint, and digitally printed on Mohawk Superfine paper in Optima type. Housed in a lime green cloth slipcase with torn blue paper shapes affixed to the covers. Book and case are purposefully distressed with rubbing and small scuffs to cloth. Printed at Mills College in Oakland, CA. Box size: about 9.5 x 8 inches. Fine. (#37311) Price: $750 | | | | | Ghost Stories of Virginia Lee, Marguerite Dupont. Virginia Ghosts. Berryville, VA: Virginia Book Company, 1966. Revised Edition. Originally published in 1930. Marguerite Dupont Lee (1862 - 1936) was born into the wealthy Dupont family of Delware. She was always interested in the psychic phenomena such as ghosts and wrote several books on the subject including this one. She was a suffragette and later in life did much charity work including opening a settlement house in Georgetown. The stories in this book are organized by region and county, and each is accompanied by a black and white photographic illustration. Bound in cream paper wrappers with black title to spine and front board. Color pastedown photographic illustration to front cover. Browning to spine, foxing and dampstaining to covers. Dampstaining to top margins of a few pages and occasional spots of foxing throughout. Several pages have hand-written edits. A good reading copy of this ghostly collection that includes ghosts from the Revolutionary War, Civil War, sailors, slaves, and many more. 255 pages. Very Good. (#36741) Price: $25 | | | | | Possible U.F.O. Sighting - based on real events Letterpress and Pochoir [Luminice Press] Williams, Thomas Parker and Mary Agnes Williams, book artists. Vantage Point. Philadelphia: Luminice Press, 2024. Number 3 of 10 copies, this being one of five in the deluxe case, signed and numbered by the book artists. Book artist and printer Thomas Parker Williams began creating artists' books in 1998 while also painting. As of 2009 he has limited his art practice exclusively to artists' books. In that year he also began collaborating with his wife, photographer Mary Agnes Williams. In 2013 they started Luminice Press, incorporating letterpress printing into artists' books and broadsides. The artists draw on a range of conceptual sources in creating their books, including mathematics, music, literature, theology, philosophy, astronomy, natural sciences, and Eastern thought. Books by Williams or the Luminice Press may be found in numerous public collections around the country. This fascinating book was created as a response to a mysterious event witnessed by the book artists on May 16, 2020. While sitting on their patio in the evening, they were surprised by something in the sky they could not identify. It moved extremely quickly from point to point, changing direction twice. There was no sound, acceleration or de-acceleration and it disappeared after four seconds. In an effort to understand this unusual object, Thomas compiled data from various sources and used AutoCAD to draw a master 3D model of the area. This enabled him to establish sight lines, the object's trajectory and propose two possible flight paths. The book is round and 9.375 inches in diameter and opens to 72 inches when unfolded. There are eight pages on Stonehenge print paper illustrating various commonplace night-sky activities the book artists have seen from their patio many times over the years involving lightning bugs, birds, hummingbirds, planes, the rising moon, etc. It is accompanied by a digitally printed insert of four panels that illustrate the calculations of the path and trajectory of the mysterious object. The original text is hand set in Janson, Janson Italic, and Goudy Italic and letterpress printed. The illustrations are oil-based pochoir, using 50 colors and 50 stencils. With a black acrylic case with a trajectory design on the top. The book comes with an insert with instructions on how to open and close the book due to its intricate radial hinge structure. Housed in a black cloth covered clamshell box with a white title label to side. In fine condition. Accompanied by a working paper when purchased. Box measures 11.25 x 11.75 inches. (#37227) Price: $2,250 | | | | | Ghost Sightings in Northern England Oxley, C.T.; J. Leach (photographs). The Haunted North Country. Ghost Stories of the Northern Counties. England: by the author, circa 1970. Somewhat uncommon. Short re-tellings of ghost sighting and hauntings in Northern England including castles, manor houses, libraries, pubs, and more. Black and white photos of buildings. Side-stapled paper wrappers with red title and illustration to front cover. Occasional spots of soiling including a few pencil markings to the wrappers, but clean overall. 68 pages. Very Good. (#36690) Price: $25 | | | | | A Story of Revenge and Murder by Edgar Allan Poe - with wood engravings by George Walker [George Walker] Poe, Edgar Allan; George Walker printer and book artist; Dr. Eva Seidner, foreword and afterword. The Cask of Amontillado. Toronto: George Walker, 2024. One of 25 copies signed by the printer George Walker and Eva Seidner, the author of the foreword and afterword. This is handsome and exciting production of Poe's classic story. The Cask of Amontillado is a chilling story that follows the narrator, Montresor, as he seeks revenge on his acquaintance, Fortunato by luring him into the catacombs. The masterful storytelling by Poe explores themes of betrayal, revenge, and darkness that lie within the human psyche. The story first appeared in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The text in this edition follow exactly that of the original printing. Hand bound with brown wood covers sewn with wine colored linen thread. it is a unique non-adhesive stitch that incorporates a wood spine into the structure. The text and the engravings are printed on 100% archival paper. Six of the engravings are printed on unpaginated sheets of Moriki Kozo paper. The endpapers are done with hand marbled paper donated by the Porcupine's Quill. The book is housed in a wooden box reminiscent of those used to present fine wines, with the wood evoking the casks where the wine is aged. All the wood for this project was hand stained and sealed. Accompanied by a prospectus with descriptions and images of the process of the book's production and of some of the engravings. In fine condition. Size 6 x 9 inches. 39 pages. (#37391) Price: $750 | | | | | First Printing of Edgar Allan Poe's Short Story "The Mystery of Marie Roget" - based on a true story [Poe, Edgar Allan]. The Ladies' Companion; A Monthly Magazine Embracing Every Department of Literature. Volumes XVIII (18) November 1842 - April 1843 and XIX (19) May 1843 - October 1843. New York: William W. Snowden, 1842. Includes the first printing of all three parts of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, “The Mystery of Marie Roget,” which is based on the actual murder of Mary Cecilia Rogers. Both volumes are bound together in three-quarter dark brown leather with brown patterned cloth covered boards. Black leather labels to spine with title and volume numbers in gilt. Gilt devices and raised bands to spine. Rubbing to covers and hinges and wear to corners. With numerous full-page steel engravings including several fashion plates. Offsetting from several plates and spots of foxing throughout, but clean and bright overall. Creasing to some pages. Volume XVIII lacks 3 of 19 plates (Abraham and Isaac, The Maid of Narni, and Embroidery) and Volume XIX lacks 2 of 18 plates (Summer Fashions and October Fashions). An attractive book despite noted condition issues. Volume XVIII is 308 pages; Volume XIX is 307 pages. Very Good. (#31625) Price: $1,250 | | | | | Calligraphic Edition of Poe's "The Raven" - a facsimile of the original manuscript Poe, Edgar Allan; Maryanne Grebenstein, book artist and calligrapher. The Raven. Marblehead, MA: Maryanne Grebenstein, 2023. Number 3 of 20 copies signed and dated by the book artist. Maryanne Grebenstein is a professional calligrapher and owner of The Abbey Studio in Marblehead, MA. She studied under Sheila Waters, Jeanyee Wong, Robert Boyajian and other notable calligraphers. She teaches workshops in calligraphy, manuscript gilding, and layout in her Marblehead studio/shop. She is a former teacher at North Bennet Street School, and a former Adjunct Professor at Massachusetts College of Art. This beautiful work is an exact facsimile of a manuscript that was designed, lettered, and illustrated by Grebenstein in 2022, that is now part of the book collection of the Philadelphia Free Library. This oblong shaped book is bound in half black leather with red and black marbled paper covers. The lettering style is an Italic variation, with a Gothic initial capital to begin the text. The original manuscript was done with Soennecken broad-edged nibs, and the ink was Higgins Eternal, with an image of a raven drawn by Grebenstein. This facsimile is printed on Strathmore eggshell natural white paper. In fine condition. Measures 8 x 11.5 inches. Unpaginated [9 pages] (#37164) Price: $1,800 | | | | | Magical Story of a Prince in the Form of Vicious Giant Worm - told through tunnel books Comes with a 14 minute animated video on a pre-loaded, rechargable player Petit, Marianne R. Prince Lindworm. New York: Marianne R. Petit, 2024. One of 10 copies. A set of 28 tunnel books following the Danish Folk Tale, Prince Lindworm, with corresponding text printed on the backs of each book. In the tale of Prince Lindworm a queen births twins - one in the form of a lindworm and the other as a perfect human boy. Prince Lindworm demands to be wed, but all of the maidens presented to him are horrified by his appearance, so he devours them. Finally, a shepherd's daughter tricks him into shedding his skin repeatedly until at last his human form is revealed. In addition to the 28 tunnel books, this magical collection includes a video player with a pre-loaded 14-minute digital animation featuring the sound and music of Michael Lawson. Digital archival prints on Moab Bright White Paper. Each tunnel book is 6 x 7.675 x 1 inches (when open). All 28 books as well as the video player and a charger are housed inside a box. Marianne is "an artist and educator whose work explores fairy tales, anatomical obsessions, and collective storytelling practices through mechanical books that combine animation and papercraft. My interests are in combining technology, traditional book arts, and sequential storytelling to create new forms of narrative for the 21st century. [Her] artwork has appeared internationally in festivals and exhibitions, been featured in publications such as Hyperallergic, Make, and Wired, and broadcast on IFC and PBS. My movable books can be found in numerous museum and library collections including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the British Library, the Berlin Public Library, Boston Library, as well as numerous University and private collections. [She is] an Associate Arts Professor at New York University’s ITP and IMA (Interactive Media Arts) Program located in the Tisch School of the Arts in New York. I am a co-founder of the Interactive Media Arts Program at NYU Shanghai and I also serve as an Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Network Academic Planning for the University. I received the University Distinguished Teaching Award in 2016" (artist's statement). Fine. (#37465) Price: $2,000 | | | | | Palm Reading - an artists' book Schwartzott, Carol, book artist. Cheiromancy: The Language of the Hand. Freeville, NY: Carol Schwartzott, 2024. Number 4 of 10 copies. Signed and numbered by the artist. Carol Schwartzott has been creating artists' books for over twenty-five years. Her work appears in many museums, libraries, and private collections including the Smithsonian, the National Gallery of Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. This engaging new edition of Carol's popular Palmistry book is bound in an accordion structure with hand colored, collaged elements including palmistry diagrams on each page. Includes three pages of text, nine illustrations, and colophon. The intriguing cover for the book has a colorful design of the palm of two hands with the images of an eye looking out. The title is on a blue label affixed to the cover. Housed in a altered Altoid box that has been collaged with a map on the cover and other designs on both interior and exterior. The book and box both come in a handmade yellow and green felt carrying case with blue ribbon pull ties. In fine condition. Size: book is about 3.5 x 2 inches; box is about 3.75 x 2.25 inches. Unpaginated. [18 pages.] (#37276) Price: $150 | | | | | A Humorous Horror-Filled Abecedarium with Pop-Up Letters [Troctopus] Emiland Kray. N is for Nightmare. 3 Volume Set. Troctopus, 2023. According to the artist: "N is for Nightmare is a project that has evolved out of the act of archiving, organizing, and exploring my nightmares since 2016. The monsters in my dreams have been represented, not as characters of terror, but as friends, comrades, and lovers. Through that act of compassionate representation, this series catalogues my attempts to come to peace with these monsters of my own creation and can be conceptualized also as an act of self love." A set of three volumes bound in blue, red, and green cloth with embossed letter "n" and volume numbers to each front board. This at times comical nightmarish alphabet book features pop-up letters, illustrations, and 26 nightmares. "A is for the albino alligator that chased me into an egg shaped sleeping chamber ... I is for salt and pepper flavored ice cream ... Z is for the Zombies that tried to eat me and then sign me up for Chase banking." Letterpress printed from polymer plates in an array of colors. Housed in a yellow cloth covered slipcase. Light wear to bottom edge of slipcase. Case size: about 8.25 x 8.5 inches. Artist's Statement: "My artwork poses questions about the mechanics of how we remember – the complexity that exists within those entangled systems. I visually introduce instances of slippage in our recollection of the past and the decay of memory towards nostalgia. Through my work, I gather and sift through intangible archives: dreams, nightmares, and memories themselves to find how these essences make statements about the importance of memory but also the futility and temperance of life. I use the systems of remembering hidden within the body to make statements about identity, fear, and longing but also to search for the morphology of nostalgia. With a combination of watercolor, ink, game design, and book arts I create tension between the real and the surreal and uncanny. This combination disrupts the recognizability of the archive and thus also disrupts the stability and the seductive nostalgic essence of the past. These techniques pose the past as questionable, memory as simulation, and evidence as incomplete. My work seeks to make visible our growing pains and to reject comfort in the notion of a perfect genesis." Fine. (#37228) Price: $800 | | | | | Slavic Folk Story of Baba Yaga, a Witch - letterpress printed with etchings [Wiesedruck] Horowitz, Sarah, etching and design. Baba Yaga. Peshastin, Washington: Wiesedruck, 2022. Number 22 of 40 copies signed by the artist. This artist’s book is of the story ‘Baba Yaga’, the Slavic folkloric witch who lives in a house on chicken legs and flies around in a mortar driven by a pestle. The book artist Sarah Horowitz states: "I am melding the imaginary world of one of my favorite childhood stories with my botanical occupation. Plants weave through the etchings, guiding the story with their meanings- invasive, prickly and toxic plants begin the story with discord." This retelling was based on the folktale originally recorded by Aleksandr Afanas’ev and translated by W.R.S. Ralston. Bound in blue illustrated paper covered boards over yellow leather spine titled in black. It is illustrated by Horowitz with hand colored etchings. The text is set in Maiola, inspired by early Czech typography and designed by Veronika Burian of TypeTogether. Graphic designer Joshua Berger (Plazm) contributed to and edited the typography and layout. Arthur Larson of Horton Tank Graphics printed the text on Zerkall paper with polymer plates made by Boxcar Press. The book was bound and boxed by Carolina Veenstra with assistance by David Myhre and Sarah Horowitz. Size: 11.375 x 8 inches. Sarah Horowitz has been awarded multiple grants and has held residencies at several arts centers including ArtBellwald in Switzerland. She taught printmaking at Portland State University for over ten years and was a member of Atelier Mars printmaking workshop during her time in Portland. Her press is named for the Wiese stream that runs through her grandparents backyard near Basel, Switzerland. Much of her work is printed on a Charles Brand Press once owned by Leonard Baskin. Her work is held in private and institutional collections across the U.S. Fine. (#36761) Price: $3,200 | | | | | Set of 100 Tarot Cards with Chart and Book Designed and Illustrated by Peggy Gotthold of the Foolscap Press Gotthold, Shirley; Peggy Gotthold (illustrator). The Transformational Tarot. Berkeley: Foolscap Press, 1995. The Transformational Tarot is a new deck with 100 cards printed in full color: The Fool, 27 Major Arcana and 72 Minor Arcana cards. The deck is accompanied by a full color fold-out chart and a book explaining how the additional cards should be interpreted. All three items are housed in a box. This new text and deck were created by Shirley Gotthold who has given counsel using the Tarot for over twenty years. 180 pages, 100 page full color deck, fold out chart, and box. Fine. (#37350) Price: $95 | | | | | Oracle Deck of 44 Cards with Letterpress Printed Booklet Deck is Based on the Lunar Maria (plains on the moon) Greenwood Anne. The Lunar Maria (An Oracle Deck). Portland, OR: Anne Greenwood. One of 100 trade copies. The Lunar Maria (pl.) or Mare (sing.) are large dark basaltic plains on the Earth’s Moon formed by ancient volcanic eruptions. These plains Oceanus (Oceans), Mare (Seas), Lacus (Lakes), Palus (Marshes), and Sinus (Bays) were named by Giovanni Battista Riccioli in 1651 after states of mind and conditions of water. I have editioned three decks of 44 oracle cards named after the Lunar Maria: one wool hand-embroidered original, twelve cotton digitally printed, finished w/ hand-stitching, and 100 paper digitally printed. All the decks include a letterpress printed, hand-bound booklet, and indigo dyed bag and cloth with machine stitched text. The booklet describes how to use the cards and includes 44 poetic fragments that correspond to each basaltic plain and embroidered image. The booklet was designed, printed and bound by Daniela Del Mar. "When my girls were babies, I was, as many mothers are, often awake late at night looking out of the window at the moon. Similar to the moon's waning and waxing cycles, motherhood is also a cycle of waking and sleeping and every phase in between. It is constant change, unlike anything I've experienced in my life. Being awake at night nursing my babies with the moon as my companion fortified these relationships, nurtured my resilience, and forged a deep connection to the ethereal qualities of the universe" (Anne Greenwood). This project was conceived in the midst of studying magical tools and practices with Colette Gardiner in her Blue Iris Mystery School in Portland, Oregon, working as an artist-in-residence at the Icelandic Textiles Center in Blönduós, Iceland and learning from Carmen Spagnola's Numinous School of Intuition Development. The combination of these experiences helped me further understand, connect and embed my ancestry, place and natural world within my art practice. Ten percent of all sales from this deck, and funds generated from any readings will be donated to The Chúush Fund: Water for Warm Springs which directly benefits the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Oregon as they work to restore their access and infrastructure for clean water. Edition size: 12 5.5”x 7.5”x 2” finished bag w/ contents, 4”x 5.5” cards & booklet, 20”x 20” cloth. (#34903) Price: $75 | | | | | 78 Card Tarot Deck with Booklet Designs by Book Artist - Dorothy Simpson Krause Krause, Dorothy Simpson book artist; Marina Dubois, text. Millennium Tarot. Marshfield Hills, MA: Viewpoint Studios, 2008. The Millennium Tarot is a modern adaptation of an ancient method for gaining insight into one’s life. The 78 card deck focuses on the choices you have made in the past, the consequences in the present and the possible outcomes in the future. The images are by Dorothy Simpson Krause. In the accompanying 98 page booklet, Marina Dubois gives the normal, mundane and reversed meanings for each of the Major Arcana cards. Marina also interprets the Minor Arcana and suit card meanings, gives instructions for the use of the deck and discusses the history of the tarot. Printed in India by Sudarsan Graphics. In fine condition. In gold color mesh bag. Measures 4.75 x 2.75 inches. (#37046) Price: $35 | | | | | Major 22 Arcana Cards of the Tarot Cyber Inspired Coron, Béatrice; Mick Stern, writer. Tarot From Cyberia. New York: Béatrice Coron, 2022. One of 99 copies. An inventive set of cyber related tarot cards from artist Coron and writer Stern. There are 22 cards plus a card with the user manual that describes how the set can be used. The instructions state: "For MEDITATION, you can study the vanities and follies of humans nature. Please see the 1440 AD OS. For DIVINATION, you must be certified to read the hidden meanings of fate. Please contact a magus, shaman or warlock for instruction and apprenticeship. For all other purposes, such as paradigm shifting, game changing, inventing the future, and causing disruptions of all kinds, we make no guarantees. You AGREE not to hold this tarot deck liable for any surprises." The cards draws upon the symbolism of the major 22 arcana of the Tarot and creates an equivalent from the online reality (the Magician is a Hacker and the Hermit becomes the Home Office Prisoner while the Wheel of Fortune is the Algorythm and the World Cyber Space). There are 22 major arcana tarot cards plus title, colophon and a card with the user manual that describes how the set can be used. The cards are boldly printed in black, orange, and yellow. Each card has a black skeletal figure that illustrates the term on that card, e.g., online wanderer, hacker, influencer, gamer joystick, cyber security, troll. Each card is 3.3 x 2.16 inches. The deck is housed in a white box that is signed and numbered by Coron. Drawn in Illustrator and printed by Moo. In fine condition. (#35582) Price: $150 | | | | | | Sincerely, Fran Durako, Owner & Susannah Horrom, Manager The Kelmscott Bookshop Historic Savage Mill, PO 2021 8600 Foundry St., Ste G7, Savage, MD 20763 (410) 235 - 6810 Hours: By Appointment Only http://www.kelmscottbookshop.com
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