Cat & Mouse
By Dick Davis

This new translation by Dick Davis of Mush o Gorbeh, a satirical poem about the futility of
war by the 14th century Persian poet Obayd-e Zakani, 5½” x 8” (16pp) is accompanied by
the translator’s comments and illustrated with five hand-colored wood engravings by Dale
E. Starr. Printed letterpress from Spectrum and Casteller types on Twinrocker handmade
paper and hand sewn into Twinrocker handmade Abaca paper covers.

Limited to 135 numbered & signed copies. $95.00 Buy

Milton Caniff and “Now In My Day”

Printed for the centennial celebration of his birth with a multi-
color reduction woodcut frontispiece portrait by Sidney Chafetz,
this keepsake includes an original essay by Edward Brunner on
Caniff’s contribution to American popular cultural and a personal
commentary by Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee.

This edition was printed by letterpress from photopolymer plates
on Rives Heavyweight paper and hand sewn into Hahnemühle
Bugra paper wrapped over boards. Included with each copy is
a color poster of Now In My Day.

Limited to 150 numbered copies. $95.00 Buy
Individual posters available $25.00. Buy

Three versions of Don Quixote Part 11, Chapter 44 (2006) 9½” x 13” (5pp): the first is from Vida y hechos
del ingenioso cavallero Don Quixote de la Mancha, compuesta por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1662);
the second is from The second part of The History of the valorous & witty knight-errant, Don Quixote
of the Mancha, Written in Spanish by Michael Cervantes and now translated into English (1620); and the
third is an original transduction by John M. Bennett accompanied by a four color reduction woodcut front is piece portrait of Cervantes by Sidney Chafetz. The main text is accompanied by Bennett’s
Introduction on transduction and James A. Parr’s Afterword, “Origins and Orality.” This edition was
printed letterpress onto Rives Heavyweight mould-made paper and was hand-sewn into Hahnemühle
Bugra mouldmade paper wraps. Included with each copy is a separate broadside with the woodcut
portrait of Cervantes.

Limited to 125 numbered & signed copies. $100.00 Buy

A Tale Told Twice
by Lee Abbott

“These stories are twins that move fluidly from the present to the past as
we follow Garland Steeples from Vietnam to a hold-up at a Quick Mart and
to a Greyhound bus station in Demming, New Mexico.” — Lee Abbott

Together, these two stories (1992) 6½” x 9⅛” (23pp.) offer the reader a rare insight into the growth of an author’s perspective then and now. Printed on Johannot paper from Bulmer and Baskerville types with two multicolor relief prints by Brent Riley. Bound at the Campbell-Logan Bindery using natural linen and foil-stamped handmade abaca paper over boards.

Limited to 300 signed & numbered copies. $60.00 Buy

Chestnut Ridge
by David Rains Wallace

The life of an Ohio sandstone ridge (1993) 6½” x 9” (25pp.) printed from handset Van Dijck types with Caslon titling and initial letters along with illustrations from photopolymer plates of the author’s drawings on Johannot paper. Hand sewn into a self-wrapped non-adhesive structure with red sandstone pigmented papers handmade from a combination of abaca fiber and local flora, including Goldenrod, Aster, Cattail, Milkweed, Ironweed and Broomshedge.

Limited to 275 signed & numbered copies. $50.00 Buy

An Interview with the Sphinx
by Jack Matthews

A humorous interview (1993) 13” x 10” (24pp.) between a modern scholar and the ageless Sphinx, who reluctantly recounts her relationships with Herakleitos, Sophocles, Oedipus and Homer, while playfully interjecting baffling discourses on the nature of time, memory, womanhood and truth. Refusing to be pinned-down, she skillfully dodges the interviewer’s questions, comically blending classical legends with contemporary myths.

The play is printed in grey and black on Johannot paper from Joanna and Gill Sans types, and is
illustrated throughout by Eric May’s line drawings and one pop-up of the Sphinx seated center stage in
front of a backdrop of Western pictorial history. Bound at the Campbell-Logan Bindery using grey linen
and handmade papers over boards.

Limited to 300 signed & numbered copies. $100.00 Buy

Epodes: First Poems
by Cynthia Ozick

“The verses in this book were wrought full of freedom…If they count for anything at all,
it is on behalf of the bruises and thwartings and insatiable wantings of the young woman
who once wrote them in the fever of her desire.” — Cynthia Ozick, from the Introduction.

“Epodes is characterized by the finest papers and craftsmanship, and adventurous spirit
in art, and flawless execution in presswork and binding, resulting in a truly elegant livre
d’artiste.” — Dick Laws, Truepenny Books

The collected poems by the noted American writer, Cynthia Ozick (1992) 11.5” x 17” (54pp.), printed
from Van Dijck monotypes on specially watermarked paper handmade from abaca and cotton rag fiber.
The edition is hand-sewn into an exposed “long stitch” onto a willow wooden spine and inserted into a laser-etched, satin lined willow-wood box.

This collection of forty-six poems, published together for the first time, with an introduction by the
author on the differences between writing poetry and prose, is accompanied by four original 17 x 22
inch double-spread monoprints by master printmaker Sidney Chafetz, who used linoleum block relief
plates and stenciled pigmented paper pulps for the colors. Two years in the making, this book is truly a
multidisciplinary collaboration, combining the skills of the author, artist, papermaker, printer, binder
and woodworker.

Limited to 150 signed & numbered copies: $750.00 Buy
With an extra suite of prints: 900.00 Buy

Humorous excerpt from Josef Skvorecky’s novel,
“The Bass Saxophone,” recounts the fate of an
Austrian master baker’s ill-conceived confectionary
bust of Adolf Hitler. Printed on handmade paper
from handset Twentieth Century types with mixed
media illustration, including stenciled pigmented
paper pulps, rubber stamps, glitter and photo
-engraving.

$100.00 Buy

Excerpt from Lore Segal’s novel, “Lucinella
Apologizes to the World for Using It,” bemoans
using one’s friends as poetic fodder. Printed on
Rives Heavyweight paper from handset Janson
types with a three-color linoleum block print by
Jacqueline Boyle.

$50.00 Buy

Edward Hirsch’s poem, “Elegy for a Post-modernist,” pays homage to the poet, Donald Barthelme. Printed
on Mohawk Superfine text paper from handset
Joanna types with a color-reduction linoleum block portrait of Barthelme by Sidney Chafetz.

$50.00 Buy

Robert Pinsky’s poem, “Ginza Samba,” about the
inventor of the saxophone is printed on Mohawk
Letterpress paper from photoengraved calligraphy with
a three-color linoleum block print by Adrian Tió Diaz.

$50.00 Buy

Excerpt from Geoffrey Wolff’s novel, A Day at
the Beach, discusses the inspirational effects of the past times of his youth in “Drinking.” Printed on Johannot paper from handset Janson types with a three-color linoleum block print by Rick Borg.

$50.00 Buy

Excerpt from Tillie Olsen’s novel, “Yonnondio,”
narrates a haunting tale of an impoverished life.
Printed on Johannot paper from handset Joanna
types with a woodblock illustration by Jay
Bolotin.

$50.00 Buy

Excerpt from Hilma Wolitzer’s novel, “In the
Flesh,” tells the final momentous move from a small city apartment to a house in the suburbs. Printed on handmade paper from photopolymer plates with a photographic illustration by Michael Houghton.

$50.00 Buy

Philip Levine’s poem, “The Simple Truth,” narrates the story of a lost friendship. Printed on Rives BFK paper from handset Joanna types with a three-color woodblock illustration by Dottie Lipetz.

$100.00 Buy

Tim O’Brien’s short story, “Style.” Printed on Rives Heavyweight paper from handset Janson types with a four-color linoleum block print by Jack Shifman.

$100.00 Buy

Excerpt from Robert Olmstead’s novel, “America by Land,” sets the stage for a tale of love. Printed from handset Centaur types on handmade Abaca fiber paper with a stenciled pigmented paper pulp and woodcut illustration by Margaret Evans.

Limited to 200 numbered and signed copies.

$50.00 Buy