Brockman James Binder (3 results)

Condition: Very Good. 10 pages, 5 plates. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 14 x 22 cms. Category: Book Collector; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

One of 155 copies, this an artist's proof signed and noted in pencil to limitation by Alan James Robinson, issued as per the 100 deluxe copies with additional suite of engravings signed by the artist. 54 wood engravings by Alan James Robinson printed in black, frontispiece signed by the artist in pencil, subtitles, page rules and author name on title page printed in burgundy. Folio, 42x29cm, [6] vi 87pp [5]. Finely bound by James Brockman in full black goatskin, covers tooled in gilt and blind horizontal and vertical rules, straight lines of goatskin onlay in red, purple, orange and brown, the whole forming an L shaped frame within which is the form of an elephant outlined in blind rules bordered with gilt and onlay, spine lettered in gilt, spirit dyed Japanese paper endpapers, all edges gilt, original quarter black goatskin and black cloth drop back box with compartment for additional suite of prints. Easthampton, Cheloniidae Press. Fine. A masterful binding by James Brockman, on the masterpiece of the Cheloniidae Press. James Brockman explains that his 'design suggests a theatrical stage with the focus on on the discrete elephant shape, taken from the illustration in the book. The colours of the end-papers, end-bands and leather on-lays derive from the colour of the inks used by the printer on the Title Page and frames throughout the book.'.…

18. Nevada City (CA), Harold Berliner printer, 1999 , small folio, 32 cm, xiv pp + (4) nn pp + 221 pp, printed in an edition of 300 copies, this is one of the 12 copies on special paper'' Barcham's Green Finale '', numbered in the colophon. Especially bound by James Brockman in vellum covered boards, with gilt leather title label on smooth spine, in a blue cloth covered slipcase. Book designer is Wolfgang Lederer. Loosely inserted is a holograph letter by Christopher Logue to a friend Peter How. The poet excuses himself for the delay in forwarding a copy of this book. He further makes some ironical remarks which betray the unease he feels about the very high ''bourgeois ''connotation of this publication. The book is dedicated ( in print ) to Sir Paul Getty. Beautiful book and a flawless copy with an interesting ex-dono letter by the author.…