Genesis. Mazur, Michael. San Francisco, CA: The Arion Press 1996. Soft Cover. First Edition. Unpag. Large folio printed in a heavy purple paper, printed in both English and Hebrew in a darker purple. Reads right to left and rear to front which follows the Hebrew convention. Hebrew type is Hadassah, English type is Lydian, text printed in black and purple on Prague paper made by the Velke Losiny mill in the Czech Republic. Bound in a non-adhesive binding with exposed linen thread at the spine, the cover is a heavy purple Colombe paper made by the Larroque et Pombie mill in France. Frontispiece engraving by Michael Mazur signed by him in pencil. Signed as well at the colophon by the translator, Robert Alter. Produced in an edition of 226 copies, 200 numbered copies for sale and 26 lettered copies "hors de commerce". This is number 17 of the numbered copies. The book sits within a purple cloth covered folio that slides into a cloth covered slipcase of the same color with an applied paper label at the spine. Minor sunning to the sides of the slipcase. Prospectus for Genesis as well as an invitation to a holiday party at the press announcing the book laid in. An absolutely exquisite integration of content, structure and design!. Fine / No Jacket Limited Edition.
[Book #20840]       Price: $1,400.00   Ask a Question

Canetti, Elias. The Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a Visit. Bissinger, Karl; Wiley, William T. San Francisco, CA: The Arion Press 2001. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Arion Press Edition. 124 pp. Twenty-eight photographs taken by Karl Bissinger are reproduced, frontispiece photo in color, remaining in black and white, with the final photograph signed by him in pencil. Six etchings by William T. Wiley, inspired by the text, signed beneath the final print in pencil; a seventh print is used as the front and rear cover boards. Translated from the German by J. A. Underwood; Afterword by Ferdinand Protzman. Set in Goudy Old Style type, printed in Mohawk Superfine for text and photographs, Rives Lightweight for etchings, and Fabriano Ingres for the leaves with mounted prints. This is copy number 213 of 376 copies, 350 of which were offered for sale and 26 lettered copies "hors de commerce". Included is the eight page prospectus, a four page sample from the book, and a reproduction of the artist's "Sketches for the Voices of Marrakesh" which was the inspiration for the final etchings; light smudge at lower right corner of prospectus cover. Paper slipcase which folds shut like an envelope is in Very Good condition with a 1/2" tear at the upper right corner where the hinge flap is hinged. The sixty-first publication of the Arion Press. Fine / No Jacket Limited Edition.
[Book #20632]       Price: $525.00   Ask a Question

Glenn, Todd (Editor); Dine, Nancy (Editor). The Temple of Flora. Dine, Jim. San Francisco, CA: The Arion Press 1984. Quarter Leather. First Edition. First Arion Press Editon. Green quarter-leather binding of elephant folio edition, light green cloth covered boards, titling in gold embossed on spine. Book contains twenty-eight dry-point etchings by Jim Dine and botanical notes and poetry selected by Todd Glenn and Nancy Dine. Inspired by the original "Temple of Flora" by Dr. Robert John Thornton (1765-1837) published in 1807, this edition, also printed in folio with full page plates, steps away from the color vibrancy of that edition to look at a more stark depiction of the flowers represented within. Poetry by John Ashbery, Richard G. Barnes, Hart Crane, Robert Creeley, E. E. Cummings, Hilda Doolittle, Robert Graves, Thom Gunn, Robert Hass, Andrew Hoyem, Ronald Johnson, Denise Levertov, Josephine Miles, Frank O'Hara, Ron Padgett, Robert Pinsky, Sylvia Plath, Ezra Pound, Kenneth Rexroth, James Schuyler, Edith Sitwell, Wallace Stevens, Philip Whalen, Jonathan Williams, and William Carlos Williams. Set in Monotype and Romulus type and printed on Rives BFK paper Signed in pencil on limitation page by Jim Dine, this is number 7 of 175. Fourteenth publication of the Arion Press. Housed in a custom box of the same light green cloth, it is topped by a bas-relief sculpture of the Temple of Flora by Jim Dine, with a green leather inlaid doorway with the edition title in gold. A stunning presentation with light spotting around the outer edge, which appears to have only had an effect on the box exterior, two light rust colored spots on bottom of box near foredge. Fourteenth book of the Arion Press. Fine / No Jacket Limited Edition.
[Book #20652]       Price: $6,500.00   Ask a Question

Hoyem, Andrew. Jack Gannon/Canon Addenda. San Francisco, CA: The Arion Press 1998. Wraps. First Edition. Unpag. Brown paper wraps with titling to cover in dark brown. A Keepsake printed by the Arion Press in an edition of 350 coies, 125 were presented to the members of the Roxburghe and Zamorano clubs at their joint meeting in Los Angeles in October of 1998, remaining copies for subscribers to the Arion Press. Fine / No Jacket Limited Edition.
[Book #20925]       Price: $25.00   Ask a Question

Kipling, Rudyard; Pinney, Thomas (Introduction). With the Night Mail: A Story of 2000 A.D. Perez, Vincent. San Francisco, CA: The Arion Press 1998. Hard Cover. First Edition. 119 pp. Light tan cloth covered boards with spine title printed on paper label that starts at spine and wraps 2/3 of the way across the front boards. An important part of the production is the white mailing envelope with the book title and author's name on an address label pasted to the front of the envelope as well as a stamp indicating it is a "Millenial Commemorative" and dated 2000. Rear panel of envelope has what appears to be a coffee stain which has also stained the bottom edge of the prospectus that was laid in the package as well as the invitation to an event honoring Thomas Pinney and Vincent Perez. Book was untouched (luckily!). Set in English Old Style, Cheltenham, and Cushing Antique types on Legion Letterpress paper. 276 copies were produced, 250 numbered and 26 lettered hors de commerce. This is copy 87 of the 250 numbered copies. The fifty-fourth publication of the Arion Press. Fine / No Jacket Limited Edition.
[Book #20919]       Price: $300.00   Ask a Question

Martin, Fred. A Travel Book. Martin, Fred. San Francisco, CA: The Arion Press 1976. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Arion Press Edition. 69 pp. Color and black and white illustrations from woodblocks cut by Fred Martin, cover board fabric a golden background printed with a brown design by Martin, the slightest whisper of sunning along the spine, titled on the spine in gold. Printed in an edition of 200 copies. Signed by author and illustrator on Epilog page, by publisher Andrew Hoyem on colophon. Printed in Inkunabula type on paper specially made for this publication that is absolutely sensuous in its weight, feel and acceptance of ink. Fourth publication of the Arion Press. Lacking lucite slipcase. Fine / No Jacket
[Book #20643]       Price: $225.00   Ask a Question

Miller, Arthur. The Price: A Play. Washburn, Stan. San Francisco, CA: The Arion Press 1999. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Arion Press Edition. Golden brown cloth-covered boards with Washburn illustration of a clock inset in front cover board, paper title to spine. Eight illustrations by Washburn. Set in Goudy Old Style type, printed on ivory Zerkall paper, illustrations printed in duo-tone. Signed by Arthur Miller on the half-title page, signed by Stan Washburn on the limitation page. Printed in an edition of 326 copies: 300 numbered, 26 lettered copies "hors de commerce". This is copy 169 of 300. Slipcase in Fine condition, covered in same golden brown cloth, paper title to spine, and illustrated paper laid on both front and rear of a field of dollar signs. Prospectus included. Fifty-eighth publication of the Arion Press. A pristine edition. Fine / No Jacket Limited Edition.
[Book #20641]       Price: $450.00   Ask a Question

Parthenope, Lady Verney; Magee, David (Foreword). Florence Nightingale's Pet Owl, Athena, A Sentimental History. Parthenope, Lady Verney. San Francisco, CA: Grabhorn-Hoyem 1970. Hard Cover. First Edition. 36 pp. Damask silk patterned cover cloth in a sliverish blue. Printed on a heavy rag paper with a deckled edge, this beautiful little book tells the heart-warming story of a pet owl that lived with Nightingale for five years and is illustrated by Parthenope, Lady Verney. 300 copies were produced by the Grabhorn-Hoyem Press, a successor to the Grabhorn Press and precursor to Andrew Hoyem's Arion Press. Fine / No Jacket Limited Edition.
[Book #20912]       Price: $150.00   Ask a Question

Rilke, Rainer Maria. The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke. Chappell, Warren. San Francisco, CA: The Arion Press 1983. Hard Cover. First Edition. Unpag. Dark brown cloth covered boards with paper title printed in both German and English on paper label at cover board and spine; the slightest of sunning to spine and a 1-3/4" strip along head of cover board. Text printed in German with red capitals on verso, English translation with red capitals recto. Translated by Stephen Mitchell. Printed in Wilhelm Klingspor Schrift type and Zierschrift initials on German portion, Tranjanus Antique for English on T.H. Saunders paper. 315 copies produced, of which 300 were offered for sale, neither signed or numbered. The twelfth publication of the Arion Press. Stunning in both the visual and tactile sense. One sheet announcement laid in. Very Good / No Jacket Limited Edition.
[Book #20645]       Price: $200.00   Ask a Question

Shepard, Sam. A Lie of the Mind: A Play in Three Acts. Washburn, Stan. San Francisco, CA: The Arion Press 1993. Hard Cover. First Edition. 142 pp. Overall binding a red, white and blue variation. Red printed paper covers with a Stan Washburn illustration printed in red with a white reverse image, bright blue leather spine titled in white. Clear plastic dust jacket. 15 drawings by Stan Washburn illustrate the text. Set in Ehrhardt type on French Lana Royal paper. 326 copies produced, 300 for sale and 26 hors de commerce. This is copy 141 signed by Shepard and Washburn at the colophon. One page folded prospectus for the book as well as a brochure for a Stan Washburn solo exhibition at The North Point Gallery in San Francisco in the same year as publication laid in. The thirty-ninth publication of the Arion Press. CD of Red Clay Ramblers' music from the first production is missing. Fine / Fine Limited Edition.
[Book #20902]       Price: $400.00   Ask a Question

Sterne, Laurence; New, Melvyn (Essay). The Life and Opinion of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. Baldessari, John. San Francisco, CA: The Arion Press 1988. Quarter Leather. First Edition. Three volume set consting of the novel, 620 pp. bound in quarter leather in green with marbled green papers at covers and titled in gold; second volume is an accordian bound volume with hard covers covered in green paper that match the endpapers of the novel and is titled in gold on front cover and contains John Baldessari's photo collages with quotations form the novel, unpaginated, signed by Baldessari at the colophon; third volume is casebound in green paper covers that match the Baldessari piece with gold titling and contains the essay on Laurence Sterne and Tristram Shandy by Melvyn New, 42 pp. Novel is set in Caslon Old Style type on all-cotton Curtis Ruysdael paper. All volumes contained in a green paper covered slipcase with gold titling to spine that is in Fine condition. 400 copies were produced, 50 containing a suite of five lithographs by the artist. This set is from the run of 350 produced without the additional lithographs. The twenty-sixth publication of the Arion Press. Unpaginated prospectus laid in, which contains the original order form and envelope as well. Fine / No Jacket Limited Edition.
[Book #20911]       Price: $3,500.00   Ask a Question

Todd, Glenn. The Ballad of Lemon and Crow. Conner, Bruce; Anonymous Artists. San Francisco, CA: The Arion Press 2002. Hard Cover. First Edition. 51 pp. Yellow cloth covered boards with a patterned print that replicate the various ink blots printed at the base of each page; black leather spine with applied paper title. The slipcase is in Fine condition and constructed of a heavy black cardstock with an applied paper title. The book tells the story of three generations of neighbors in rural Oklahoma. The six prints that illustrate the book are at the same scale as produced by the artist. Printed in English Old Style type on Ruysdael paper; prints are printed on T. H. Saunders buff loan paper. 326 copies were produced, of which 30 included an extra suite of prints and 26 lettered hors de commerce. This is copy 100 of the numbered copies without the additional suite of prints. The sixty-third publication of the Arion Press. Small prospectus in card stock wraps laid in along with invitation to a reception celebrating the publication of the edition and a note from Arion Press founder Andrew Hoyem that accompanied the original invoice. Fine / No Jacket Limited Edition.
[Book #20921]       Price: $650.00   Ask a Question