Poltroon Press (19 results)
Published by Poltroon Press, Berkeley 1981
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Carrington Bookshop, South Nyack, U.S.A.Carrington Bookshop
Contact seller5-star sellerStapled wraps. Condition: Fine. First edition. Catalog of books from the Poltroon Press.
Published by Pacific Center for the Book Arts; Friends of the San Francisco Public Library
- Softcover
Seller: The Garlow Studio, Venice, U.S.A.The Garlow Studio
Contact seller1-star sellerCondition: Used - As new
£ 11.59
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: As New. Extended descriptions of books and a List at the end. (Price reduced) Slight stain at Binding discolored at back cover; Decorated at fore edge.
Language: English
Published by Poltroon Press, Berkeley 1984
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, U.S.A.Entropy Books
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
£ 19.31
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Nine "Typostcards" in a printed creme paper portfolio. Each displays and historically describes a book typeface used by the Poltroon Press. Fine cards in a mildly used portfolio.
Published by Poltroon Press, N.P. 1978
- Softcover
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, U.S.A.Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star seller8vo, foldout brochure. Limited to 40 copies. Type faces employed in the publications of the Poltroon Press. Foldout brochure. Poltroon Press (illustrator).
Published by Poltroon Press, Berkeley (CA) 1986
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, U.S.A.Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellercards (approx. 5.5 x 3.875 in. / 14 x 9.8 cm.) in a folder with flaps. First Series. Revised and expanded. Eleven "typost" cards (like postcards) with a text on the reverse side describing a typeface and printed in that face. Poltroon Press (illustrator).
Published by Poltroon Press, Berkeley 1992
- Softcover
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, U.S.A.Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star seller12mo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (16) pages. Limited to 200 copies printed as a Keepsake for the Monotype Conference held in Cambridge, MA. A fine copy. Composed, illustrated and printed by Alastair Johnston at his Poltroon Press. Has a section entitled "Some Curious Specimens of Nineteenth-Century Types."From the private…reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. Poltroon Press (illustrator).
Published by Berkeley: Serendipity Books 1997
- Manuscript
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Postcard notice printed in 2 colors with 19th Century wood-engraving of 2 talkers not paying attention to overflowing water or wine cask.
Published by Berkeley, CA.: Poltroon Press. 1986
- Manuscript
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. BOOK CATALOGUE. 18mo. Folded Sheet, Very Good with some staining, minor creasing. Illustrated.
Published by Berkeley, CA.: Small Press Distribution. 1999
- Manuscript
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. 12mo. Post Card, Very Good with some creasing, perforation, minor edge wear. Letterpress on light card stock. Mailed to Peter Howard & Nancy Kosenka of Serendipity Books.
Published by [Berkeley: Poltroon, 2007.] 2007
- Softcover
Seller: William Matthews/The Haunted Bookshop, Sidney, CanadaWilliam Matthews/The Haunted Bookshop
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used
£ 24.92
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Add to basketDecorative wrappers. A single sheet folded twice to create a booklet measuring about 7.5 x 8 inches. Text in red, decorative cuts in purple. A fine copy. This is a menu for a picnic in Berkeley, Sunday 15 April 2007. POLTROON IMPRESSIT.
Published by Berkeley, CA: Poltroon Press. 1999
- Manuscript
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Folio. Letterpress Broadside. Red Ink. Illustrated. Very Good.
Published by Berkeley, CA: The Poltroon Press. 1987
- Manuscript
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Catalog: One 17 x 10 inch sheet folded twice to make a six-panel accordion-fold pamphlet. Illustrations by Alastair Johnson, Jess Collins, and Frances Butler. Prospectus: Cyrillic & Oriental Typography in Rome at the End of the Sixteenth Century: An Enquiry into the Later Work of Robert Granjon (1578-1590), by H…endrik D. L. Vervliet. Printed as a broadside, a 10 x 13-3/4 inch sheet of yellow paper printed in black ink with Renaissance type ornament ghosted back in red as background. All Fine.From the collection of Frederick Gale Ruffner, Jr. (1926-2014) the founder of the Detroit based reference book publisher, Gale Research.
Published by Berkeley, CA.: Poltroon Press. 2011
- Manuscript
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. 22 x 30 cm. Letterpress On Cotton Wove with Deckled Edge, Near Fine. Illustrated.
Published by Berkeley, CA.: Poltroon Press. 2011
- Manuscript
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. 22 x 30 cm. Letterpress On Cotton Wove with Deckled Edge, Near Fine. Illustrated.
Published by Berkeley, CA.: Poltroon Press. 2011
- Manuscript
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. 22 x 30 cm. Letterpress On Cotton Wove with Deckled Edge, Near Fine. Illustrated.
Published by Poltroon Press 1976
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Chaparral Books, Portland, U.S.A.Chaparral Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 77.24
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No dustjacket as issued. First Edition. Minor shelf wear to binding. Toning on pastedowns & endpapers. Text is unmarked.
More imagesPublished by Quintessence Publications/Poltroon Press, Berkeley, CA 1977
- Hardcover
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, U.S.A.Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellersingle sheet, folded once. 17 x 13.5 inches. single sheet, folded once. Limited to 100 numbered copies. A fine copy. With embossed bust of author on front cover, with poem inside. Colophon on back. Poltroon Press (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Poltroon Press [2006], [Berkeley] 2006
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Chanticleer Books, Fort Bragg, U.S.A.Chanticleer Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - As new
£ 347.58
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Like new. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Limited edition. [44] pp., profusely illustrated with tipped-in samples of ephemera, broadsides, etc. of the Poltroon Press, as well as calligraphy and pochoir page illustrations by Frances Butler; folio, brown cloth and decorative boards. Vinyl jacket Text contai…ns an essay each by Alastair Johnston and Frances Butler, a bibliographical checklist of the Press, and some hilarious satire aimed at other Bay Area printers. Edition of 100 copies. This copy numbered 13/100 and signed by both authors in the colophon.
Published by Bolinas, CA: YANAGI. 1977
- Manuscript
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Broadside. 22 x 17 inches. Edition of 300 numbered sets, edited by Louis Patler and Bill Barrett YANAGI IV. Printed in black on tan paper.Art work and design by Poltroon Press.Edition of 300 numbered copies, edited by Louis Patler and Bill Barrett.Printed at the West Coast Print Center, Berkeley, California.Desc…ription: 1 sheet ([1] pages) : illustrations ; 56 x 43 cm.Provenance: Peter Howard, Serendipity Books, Berkeley.
