Janus Press (63 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 48 pages. Illustrated. Articles include Walter Horace Bray at the Raven Press and The Janus Press by Ruth Fine Lehrer.

paper wrappers. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 43 pages. Originally published by the Private Library Associations, this edition contains new material. It was published in conjunction with an exhibition at the University. Janus Press (illustrator).

Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Fine in original printed wrappers. Illustrated (illustrator).

stiff paper wrappers. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 47+(1) pages. An exhibition catalogue which covers 1981 to 1990 marked a major phase in the evolution of the Janus Press.Claire Van Vliet's binding and book structures became much more complex which brought a three dimensional quality to her work. Illustrated. Janus Press (illustrator).…

Condition: acceptable. Ausreichend/Acceptable: Exemplar mit vollständigem Text und sämtlichen Abbildungen oder Karten. Schmutztitel oder Vorsatz können fehlen. Einband bzw. Schutzumschlag weisen unter Umständen starke Gebrauchsspuren auf. / Describes a book or dust jacket that has the complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc. (which must be noted). Binding, dust jacket (if any), etc may also be worn.…

self paper wrappers. 4to. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Announcement of the publication of William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of King Lear, by the Janus Press. A fine copy. Illustrated by Claire Van Vliet. Janus Press (illustrator).

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (12) pages and inserted order form. History of the press followed by descriptions of books for sale. Handprinted wrappers. Two of the descriptions are accompanied by mounted specimens. A fine copy. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. Janus Press (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. 16 pages, 16 plates, illustrated. 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: The Private Library; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Textured grey wrappers lettered silver, fine attractive copy. With 16pp intro + 20pp detailed descriptive checklist + 16pp illustration. **** To confirm availability before ordering, please click the link Ask Bookseller A Question.

stiff paper wrappers. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 47+(1) pages. An exhibition catalogue which covers 1981 to 1990 marked a major phase in the evolution of the Janus Press.Claire Van Vliet's binding and book structures became much more complex which brought a three dimensional quality to her work. Illustrated. Presentation from author in corner of free endpaper. Janus Press (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Grey and lilac two piece cloth, small 8vo., 52 pages, 16 full-page illustrations. Composed and printed by the Stinehour Press. One of 90 copies specially bound and signed by Claire Van Vliet. A fine copy in archival mylar. Signed by the Printer.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Decorations cut by Dorian McGowan. Limited to 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Snodgrass, this being #143. 4to. Unpaginated. Bound in stiff decorated grey wrappers. Printed by Claire van Vliet and Victoria Fraser at the Janus Press. Very fine. Signed by Author(s).…

Loose Leaf. Condition: Fine. First Edition. One page Keepsake of an Open House at the Janus Press on September 29, 1979. Illustrated with a woodblock print of Helen Siegl's that was created for the book under production at the time, "The Dialogues of Creatures Berball". Printed on a thin rag paper with a deckled edge. Two parallel creases where it was folded to fit in a mailing envelope which can be easily removed. Suitable for framing. Photographs gladly provided.…

Loose Leaf. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Single sheet listing of the books planned for 1979. Printed on a thin rag paper with a deckled edge. Two parallel creases across center from folding to fit in mailing envelope. Easily removed.

Loose Leaf. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Two page listing of the books planned for 1981 & 1982. Printed on a thin rag paper with a deckled edge at the foot. Crease across center from folding to fit in mailing envelope. Easily removed.

Condition: Good. BROADSIDE. 16mo. Folded Card, Very Good with minor creasing. Letterpress on fine paper. Illustrated.

square 8vo. paper covered boards with sewn spine. 47+(1) pages. An exhibition catalogue which covers 1981 to 1990 marked a major phase in the evolution of the Janus Press. This is one of 100 copies that have been specially bound by Stephanie Westnedge for friends of the press and bears a presentation from Van Vliet and Westnedge to Judy and W. Thomas Taylor, publisher, printer and bookseller. Claire Van Vliet's binding and book structures became much more complex which brought a three dimensional quality to her work. Illustrated. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. paper covered boards with sewn spine. Janus Press (illustrator).…

Condition: Fine copy. 8vo, woodcuts printed in colors, original illustrated wrappers. Fine copy. First edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Siegl (out of an edition of 300).

4to, printed wrappers. A fine copy of this early Janus Press book. A fine copy of this early Janus Press book. First edition. One of 100 copies (the entire edition) printed by Claire Van Vliet.

Large 8vo, original cloth over boards, original lithograph by Claire Van Vliet over front cover, printed paper spine label. Spine panel faintly sunned, otherwise a fine copy. Spine panel faintly sunned, otherwise a fine copy First edition. One of 75 copies (the entire edition).

Condition: Fine copy. Square 8vo, original patterned cloth over boards, printed paper spine label. Fine copy. First edition. One of 150 copies signed by McPherson & Van Vliet (out of an entire edition of 550).

See his entry in the Dictionary of National Biography. From the papers of Sylvia and Robert Lynd. Scarce: only three copies on JISC (Oxford, NLS and BL). 24pp, 12mo. Stapled. In blue printed wraps with flaps. Colophon on first page, with small indistinguishable device: 'THE FIRST BOOKLET / set, printed and published by the / Janus Press at Bickley in Kent / 1933'. Title-page: 'AN IRISH IDYLL / CHARLES DUFF / [crude vignette of shamrock] / Janus Press'. Information on reverse of title includes: 'An Irish Idyll was first used by / The British Broadcasting Corporation / on the 12th. Of July MCMXXXIII'. Internally in good condition, on lightly-aged laid paper, with slightly rusty staples, in worn wraps. An unremarkable piece of printing in a sans serif font, presumably by Duff himself, who would shortly throw up his job at the Foreign Office, and abandon his wife and four children. There is no record of any other item by this imprint. A one-act play for three characters (Mr O'Toole, Widow O'Flaherty, Widow Malone), of between 'twenty and thirty minutes' duration, set in 'the parlour of the house of the Widow O'Flaherty, in a village of County Cork, Ireland': 'The dialogue demands a rich Irish brogue of all the speakers'. …

Small, oblong folio, 9 line cuts by Susan Johanknecht and 6 photographs by Susan Johanknecht and Katharine Meynell (one fold-out), original vellum-backed split boards covered with South of the Thames plaster mixed with acrylic, wrapped in publisher's linen napkin with linen tie. Very fine copy in a custom tray case. Very fine copy in a custom tray case First edition. One of 150 numbered copies signed by Johanknecht and Meynell (the entire edition).…

Condition: Fine copy. 8vo, original stiff printed wrappers, 9 irregularly sized pages, accordion folded, with an irregularly sized 24-page pamphlet sewn between pages 7 and 8. Fine copy. First edition. One of 150 copies signed by Burke and Fine (the entire edition).

Condition: Very fine copy. 8vo, original printed hand-made wrappers by Jim Bicknell. Very fine copy. First edition. One of 150 numbered copies printed letterpress, with the lithographs printed from the stone, signed by Van Vliet (the entire edition).

Original Wrappers. Condition: Fine binding. First Edition. Octavo. [2], 71, [3] pp., illus. Limited edition, one of 120 numbered copies. Sewn longstitch with three different colors of thread into St. Armand Papeterie's Canal paper with small printed embellishment on front cover. Letterpress printed in black and brick red on Canaletto paper. Strikingly illustrated with photographs, ink knife images, and collages, all of which are digitally printed, many are folding. In card slipcase with printed paper label on the spine. A fine copy. A remarkable collection, Luck's lyrics are by turns searching, defiant, and resigned, but always personal and human "I thought when I threw away the bus transfers / I used again and again / I would lose this turbulence / in the coming and going / from here to there." A wonderful book of poetry, wonderfully illustrated by Luck; and here beautifully designed and printed in the inimitable fashion of the Janus Press. And few Janus Press books are issued without some novel playfulness or unique element to their structure. Here, a three-leaf section with short "grook" poems, one on top and one on the bottom of each page that has a horizontal cut across the middle so the top and bottom of each leaf turn independently, allowing the reader to navigate these several poems in a less prescriptive manner.…

Original Wrappers. Condition: Fine binding. First Edition. Accordion. 9-1/2" x 4-3/4" closed. [12] pp. Limited edition, one of 100 copies. Signed by Johankneckt, Van Vliet, and Miller-Brown at the colophon. As issued, in stiff wrappers of Barcham Green India Office illustrated with an image of Bach's last known musical score, the unfinished Fugue of The Art of the Fugue. The accordion style structure, designed by Van Vliet folds into 12 unnumbered pages that read parallel to the folds, recto and verso. All housed in a handmade paper slipcase with "fugal" printed on the spine. A fine copy. A wonderful collaboration between Susan Johanknecht, Claire Van Vliet, and Andrew Miller-Brown. Inspired by Bach Fugues, Johanknecht's poem is printed on the recto of accordion-fold. As Van Vliet and Miller-Brown were puzzling over the project last fall, it became apparent that the lines could be read aloud in any order. This morphed into the accumulating text on the verso. True to the musical definition of a fugue, this presentation of the poem develops through repetition and interweaving. A wonderful homage to the musical form, and to Bach in particular; all the while developing into something that is not merely an homage.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good binding. 7-5/8" x 7-5/8." [18] pp. Limited edition, number 12 of 175 copies. Signed by McPherson, Van Vliet, and the host of contributing artists. Bound in printed cloth over boards with a removable paper spine allowing the book to be expanded out accordion-style; in publisher's clamshell box. An exceptional copy in a very nice clamshell but for some minor staining to the front panel. The front cover recalls a quilt, with printed with squares and diamonds within a solid border; the rear cover is the same design but with different colors. To open the book, one gets the echo of the geometric construction of a quilt but without any predictability. Each leaf is cut out in different and random shapes; and the colors are as variable as the shapes. An innovative structure (a calling card for Van Vliet's Janus Press), this is a delightful and unexpected book that can be leafed through or, if the removable printed spine is pulled out from where it slots into the boards, it can be expanded in accordion fashion. Fine. The Janus Press 1981-1990, p. 23, 42.…

Wrappers. Condition: Fine binding. First Edition. Oblong octavo. [26] ll., illus. Limited edition, one of 150 numbered copies. Van Vliet's woven strip binding contains 12 printed leaves alternating with 14 illusion polycarbonate and flexible vinyl leaves, all laid into a vinyl wrapper and housed in acrylic slipcase. Some of the vinyl leaves have started to break down, their oils leaching into and discolor the paper leaves, an unexpected and, according to Van Vliet, perfectly fitting result. This book is referential of the author's earlier Hermetic Waste (Gefn Press, 1986) that was issued the summer after the Chernobyl disaster. She writes in an artist statement: "The collagraph prints in Hermetic Waste were derived from alchemical engravings ? here [in Waste Incant] the calligraphic line drawings are derived from science illustrations in children's text books. Redrawn and merging, the pictorial 'facts' depict a disrupted 'nature.' Poetic texts sit inside the imagery, functioning as an integrated caption. They describe processes by which toxic material enters into the environment. The back of each page lists hazardous wastes. Plastic interleaving features in both books, referencing materials used in the storage of waste. (How little has changed in twenty years.)" In her Grolier Club catalog to the collection of Robert J. Rubin, Yvonne Korshak echoes and expands Johanknecht's statement of Waste Incant: "The book, in its acrylic case, is a statement about the storage of nuclear waste in plastic. The line drawings are derived from children's textbooks, redrawn to show a disrupted nature. The toxic wastes, listed partially alphabetically, are printed on both sides of the embossed paper, each page separated by a plastic sheet. The unstable and hence inappropriate and hazardous use of plastic to contain toxic waste is emphasized by the diverse deformations of each of the plastic sheets. "How fascinating that the book is immaculate and glamorous while its topic - waste - implies what's dirty and distasteful. The ironic disjunction dramatizes the tension between the allure of easy labor, magical communications and other seductions of our high tech culture and the tarnished other side of the coin, deadly byproducts with tenacious half-lives. The book uses the very products it condemns. We can't do without it, can we?" Yvonne Korshak and Robert J. Rubin. Beyond the Text: Artists' Books from the Collection of Robert J. Ruben. Grolier Club, 2010.…