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201811364Stillwater ME 2018. Artist's book one in a series of three all on Katie MacGregor hand-made papers the suite of plates on paper made by Ms. MacGregor and "Pulp Painted" while in the mold by Ms. Leavitt signed and numbered by her on the colophon. Page size: 15W x 10-1/4L inches for volume with text of poem and plates; plate portfolio: 18W x 12L inches; 10pp; and 11 original prints in separate portfolio. Bound by Joelle Webber: full lime green book cloth over boards for text and plate volume with original pulp paintings in oranges and greens inset into front panel matching print portfolio in larger size; both laid into an orange cloth over boards custom-made clamshell box hand-lettered paper label in lime green on white inset into spine the whole a playful and arresting presentation. The artist's choice of text the poem "Slime Molds Have Eleven Sexes" by Professor Margaret Price Ohio State University is a playful list of nature's more obscure creatures. Her verse was originally published in "Gay and Lesbian Review" in November / December 2003. The slime mold vocabulary each print is labeled is: Eukarya Protista Zygote Dictyolsteliomycota Sporangium Spores Amoeboid Flagella Mitosis and Plasmodium. The original prints are paper pulp paintings made by Ms. Leavitt with Katie MacGregor papers. Working with Ms. MacGregor the artist assembled her pulp colors in plastic squeeze bottles and "squirted" them onto a formed sheet of wet paper. The effect is at once organic as befits slime molds and colorful with a depth and texture also befitting the organisms. The artist has hand lettered each print with the name of the mold in a colored gouache complementary to each pulp paper painting. The text is lettered in multi-colored gouache harmonizing with the paintings - mostly orange shades of green yellow pink and blue. The entire presentation is witty and charming - words not usually associated with molds. Such is the talent of the artist Nancy Leavitt that she was able to accomplish such beautiful work. unknown books
201210567Stillwater ME 2012. Unique artist's book on Arches text wove paste paper signed and dated by the artist Nancy Ruth Leavitt. Page size: 13 x 8.75 inches; 56pp. all of which are painted and 43 of which are painted and lettered. Bound: loose as issued by artist housed in custom-made black cloth with orange flecks over boards clamshell box interior of box lined with the artist's own pastepaper. The text is the artist's own combined with the text from a publication of metal furniture manufacturer Steelcase Inc. who supply schools among other institutions. The sun motifs were inspired by children's drawings and rock petroglyphs. In vibrant orange yellow and gold this book is like a warm summer day. The artist has created a vibrant page by lettering on the paper and then painting with chalk pastels and then pasting it. Additional lettering and paint in gouache and watercolor were then added. The result is a resounding luminosity - many times in a sunburst pattern. _Words related to the sun as well as facts relating to earth's source of light radiate out on some pages while others are traditional lettering but all are on a ground of pink orange and yellow. For example below a green sphere lettered in blue is the text "Chloroplasts give plants / their green color and use / light energy to power / the formation of organic / compounds in a process / called photosynthesis." There are further pages about white light and color. We are reminded of the very basic relationship of man to the sun from the dawn of time with man's early attempts to mark seasons. One page is devoted to color - and the visible spectrum. The effects of light and vision which are so central to the human psyche are beautifully written out in words and visually portrayed in a gorgeous sunburst of yellows and pinks. Reading / viewing this book is to feel the warmth of the sun and to revel in it. unknown books
20069795Stillwater ME 2006. Unique artist's book all on handmade papers by Katie MacGregor and Th Saunders as well as found papers decorated with postage stamps signed and dated by the artist Nancy Ruth Leavitt. Page size: 5-1/2 inches x 8-1/2 inches 72pp. Bound by Joelle Leavitt Webber of Mermaid Bindery in found papers with fabric decorated postage stamps housed in a custom-made cloth clamshell box lined with calligraphic fabric. The text is written in gouache and consists of four delightful correspondence poems by Emily Whittle of Red Springs North Carolina. unknown books
198611363Amherst MA: Tomato Press 1986. Artist's book one of 25 on Arches each signed and numbered by the artist / author Nancy R. Leavitt. This is the artist's / author's first book featuring her own science-based text. Page size: 15 W x 11-1/8 H inches; 9 leaves including TP and Colophon. Bound: loose as issued in black portfolio case housed in custom-made black cloth clamshell box with white label lettered in black with title on spine. This is an early work by the artist and the first in which she has illustrated her own science-based text with eight original woodcuts each hand-numbered and signed in pencil The original eight cuts illustrate life in the Sargasso Sea "as it exists for several species of sea turtles who inhabit the weedlines" of this circle of currents in the north Atlantic Ocean . bordered by the Azores in the east and the Bahamas in the west. The woodcuts all convey the mysteries inherent in the natural phenomena and the motion implicit in the story of these turtles and the world they inhabit. Each print has a hand-lettered title above and hand-lettered text below consisting of words associated with the naturally-occurring events of the Sargasso Sea: migrate swim frenzy instinct weedline algal mats air seeds plankton tunicates etc. An elegant harbinger of things to come. Tomato Press unknown books
201811342Stillwater ME 2018. Unique artist's book 1 in a series of 2 in form of diptych Katie McGregor handmade paper signed by the artist Nancy Ruth Leavitt in pencil on the leaf on the lower part of the image page middle leaf. Page size: 10.75 x 14.5 inches; diptych with Dickinson poem HOPE lettered on right and images cut paper flowers with leaves stitched to batik fabric. The artist's gouache lettering on Katie MacGregor handmade paper and hand-cut paper snowflake and feather illustration on batik fabric are attached to the bottom of a dark blue fabric covered box by Joelle Webber green paper label with title in white gouache on lower right front corner The artist has hand lettered a copy of Emily Dickinson's poem 254 c. 1861 "Hope is the things with feathers. . ." and created a flower illustration composed of fabric and paper that are stitched down to a green and purple and blue batik print which might evoke an exotic garden. The white flowers are three-dimensional and pop charmingly out from the subtle print below. The "feathers" leaves are cheerfully suspended above the batik garden as well. The well-known text opens "HOPE is the thing with feathers / That perches in the soul / And sings in tune without words / And never stopes at all / . and the reader / viewer is beguiled. unknown books
201110466Stillwater ME 2011. Artist's book one of 12 copies all on archival paper vellum and transparent vellum with original each different collages of hand-made pastepaper by the artist Nancy Ruth Leavitt and archival Mohawk Superfine paper for the hand-lettered text each signed and numbered by the artist Nancy Ruth Leavitt. Page size: 4-3/4 x 7 inches; 16pp. Bound by Joelle Leavitt Webber: accordion folds based on a structure developed by Hedi Kyle and re-interpreted by Joelle Leavitt Webber each fold holding a double-sided leaf with text on one side and collage on the reverse all housed in a hand-painted pastepaper inside and outside box hinged with Japanese paper to open as a Japanese-style box lying completely flat with button closure. The book can be read by turning each page as in a conventional book or can be removed from the box and displayed as screen of the collages. As with the collages each box varies in colors but all are in the blue-purple-green palette. The text is hand-lettered in black Sumi ink in an Italic script by the artist. Both texts - the Emily Dickinson the more well-known - are complementary and both irresistible to any bibliophile.<br/><br/>The text of the verse by Emily Dickinson Verse 1263 reads:<br/>There is no Frigate like a Book<br/>To take us Lands away<br/>Nor any Coursers like a Page<br/>Of prancing Poetry -<br/><br/>This Traverse may the poorest take<br/>Without oppress of Toll -<br/>How Frugal is the Chariot<br/>That bears the Human soul.<br/><br/>The text of Theodore Parker's "The Book Lover" reads:<br/>A great book that comes from<br/>a great thinker - it is a ship of thought<br/>deep-freighted with truth<br/>with beauty too. It sails the ocean<br/>driven by the winds of heaven<br/>breaking the level seas of life into beauty<br/>where it goes leaving behind it<br/>a train of sparkling loveliness<br/>widening as the ship goes on.<br/><br/>And what a treasure it brings<br/>to every land scattering the seeds of<br/>truth justice love and piety<br/>to bless the world in ages yet to come! unknown books
201611137Stillwater ME 2016. Artist's book 1 of 10 copies all on Katie MacGregor blue Sherman handmade paper each copy hand-lettered and decorated with hand-cut paper snowflakes by Nancy Ruth Leavitt who has signed and dated the colophon. Page size: 6-1/2 inches square; 16pp. including covers 8 paper pages 5 of which hand-lettered; 8 pages of fabric in which are embedded with hand-stitching 9 hand-cut paper snowflakes each of course different in addition 1 paper snowflake stitched in with ice blue iridescent thread between 2 paper pages. Bound by Joelle Webber Mermaid Bindery iridescent woven polyester organza and glitter tulle fabric hand-sewn with 3 small crystal beads on the spine housed in custom-made blue cloth over boards clamshell box with snowflake pillow bottom. <br/>First published in BIRDS OF PASSAGE 1863 Flight the Second Longfellow's "Snow-flakes" is one of his best-known short poems and according to many sources reflects the author's profound sadness over the death of his wife Frances.<br/>The somber note sounded by Longfellow in this verse is re-imagined by Ms. Leavitt as part of nature's grand design and inexplicable beauty. The grey porous paper and the glittery casings for the intricately designed snowflakes are echoed in the delicate and lacy white gouache lettering of the text. This is a beautiful book soft and delicate and poignant. unknown books
201510949Stillwater ME 2015. Artist's Book one in a series of 10 "named" copies on handmade "North Pole white" paper by Katie MacGregor hand painted and lettered by Nancy Ruth Leavitt and signed by her on the colophon. Page size: 6 x 9 inches; 27pp; 22 of which are painted or painted and lettered with hand-painted endpapers as well. Bound by Joelle Leavitt Webber of Mermaid Bindery: sewn red cloth over boards with hand-painting and paper collage of Santa's mid-section with his black belt with gold buckle over white "fur" trim and large expanse of red; housed in custom-made dark green cloth clamshell box lined with red and white polka dot fabric paper label on spine of box hand lettered by the artist Nancy Leavitt. The original art includes 5 double-page and 7 single-page illustrations accomplished in watercolor gouache and sumi ink. The copies are named after Santa's reindeer: Dasher Dancer Prancer Vixen Comet Cupid Donder Blixen Rudolph which is the artist's own copy and an AP.<br/>Ms. Leavitt has created a magical book taking the beauty and stillness of winter as a window to enter the wonder of Christmas and Moore's classic poem. Lettered in green and red painted in primary colors with iridescent highlights in silver and gold the reader / viewer enters into this magical myth with its attendant warmth and beauties of the season. unknown books
201911402Stillwater ME 2019. Artist's book unique from a series with excerpts from Celia Thaxter's AN ISALND GARDEN reflecting the noted poet's garden in Spring and Summer on Arches text wove signed and dated by the artist Nancy Ruth Leavitt with the notation that this is her 121st manuscript book. Page size: Autumn: Still the Garden Glows. Excerpts from AN ISLAND GARDEN ; 30pp. 24 of which are painted in watercolor and gouache. The previous two titles in the series were slightly larger as befits the longer seasons they represent. Bound by the artist: handsewn in Katie MacGregor handmade paper wrappers on which the artist has painted three large green blooms; housed in custom-made light green cloth over boards clamshell box with label and painted by the artist in greens and oranges - each letter a variant color. <br/>The text is as with the two previous volumes taken from Celia Thaxter's last book she died the year the book was published and according to the important American bibliographer Jacob Blanck it was "one of the most elaborate pieces of bookmaking of the period" featuring cover and page design by Sarah Wyman Whitman and chromolithographs after paintings by Thaxter's friend and guest on Appledore Island Childe Hassam. <br/>Nancy Ruth Leavitt has chosen to interpret Thaxter's text through the flowers the poet describes so lovingly - with smaller amounts of text - scattered below above and beside the major "event" of each page: the flowers. This is the exact opposite of the first edition of Thaxter's important book where the text is first and foremost highlighted by single stalks and single page chromolithographs of Hassam's renderings of the landscape of Appledore Island the gardener and some of her garden. Ms. Leavitt's dizzying exuberant images of flowers are a perfect reflection of the prose: "the clumps of wild roses glow with the red haws in the full light" and "goldenrod and wild asters bloom and a touch of fire begins to light up the huckleberry bushes." The last quote included by Ms. Leavitt signals the closing down of the summer garden until the following spring: "Autumn laying here and there a fiery finger on the leaves." This is lettered in oranges and greens on a vertical above the bold image of greens tipped with orange and red slanting down to the bottom of the last page. Although we are saddened to see the end of the growing season we know it will return and until then we have the inspiring images created here. unknown books
195616583Iowa City: The Prairie Press 1956. First edition ltd. to 600 copies 8vo pp. 3-44 1; fine copy in the jacket. Cheever 115. <br/><br/> The Prairie Press unknown books
1956005691Iowa City IA: The Prairie Press 1956. One of 600 copies designed hand set and printed by Carroll Coleman. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket 2 tiny tears spine ever so slightly darkened. Cheever 115. Limited First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Prairie Press Hardcover books
193848969Chicago: Poetry 1938. 8vo pp. 295-354 x. Includes an index for October 1937-March 1938. Ivory paper wraps. Cover llittle chipped and soiled o/w VG. Also includes contributions by among others Yvor Winters James Daly Eunice Tietjens Margan Dutton an essay on Ezra Pound by Delmore Schwartz and reviews by T. C. Wilson of Louis MacNeice's "Poems" and by Sherman Conrad of James Still's "Hounds on the Mountain. Poetry unknown books
1984025688Zürich und München: Artemis Verlag 1984. 233p. b/w illus. original stiff wrappers Zürcher Beiträge zur deutschen Literatur- und Geistesgeschichte 58. Artemis Verlag unknown books
20172001New York: Peradam 2017. First Edition. Staplebound. Illustrated wraps. Near fine. 24 pages. Limited edition 1 of 200. Maia Ruth Lee was born in Busan Korea and is presently part of this year's Whitney Biennial. From Printed Matter: "The paintings in this book reproduce designs originally created by Charles Horgath and published in Women at Work 1996 a title in the Dover Clip Art series or royalty-free illustrations. Throughout the eighties and nineties Dover published many "Ready-To-Use" spot illustrations collections with titles like Men's Heads Senior Citizens and Services for both commercial and personal use. The tropes taken as inspiration are often benign-but others like Oriental Designs or Weddings of white straight couples are clearly offensive especially today. Depicting a wide range of professions Women at Work is somewhat of an outlier in its at times refreshingly enlightened vision of gender equality. It posits Firefighter and Mother as legitimate and equal roles for women in society a notion that decades earlier would never have been accepted. Yet other professions such as Masseuse Manicurist or Secretary reaffirm stereotypes that continue to persist. The suggested spectrum of women's roles on view here as progressive as it may have seemed at the time is revealing of the ways in which gender equality has both moved forward and stagnated over the recent decades. <br/><br/> Peradam paperback books
305723Wellesley Hills Massachusetts Lee Publications 1952. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait; 197 b/w and color plates; pictorial endpapers. Dust jacket unclipped. Fine. 239 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, Lee Publications [1952]. hardcover books
34672Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st ed Studio Publications 1952. 239 pages clothbound very good condition no jacket. . Other hardcover books
195237805New York: Studio Publications in Association With Crowell. c1952. Hard cover. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. ; 239 p. Illus. col. Plates. 25 cm.; First edition. . Studio Publications in Association With Crowell hardcover books
1966ULEEANT00LRLee 1966. Fine. Lee Ruth Webb. Antique Fakes & Reproductions. Wellesley Hills Massachusetts: Lee 1966. 317pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Cloth. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with light chipping to edges. Lee hardcover books
193325705Pittsford: Privately Printed 1933. Private. hardcover. near fine. Enlarged and Revised. Frontispiece and 190 other plates. 683pp. 8vo purple cloth d.w.: d.w. dust soiled and chipped at head of spine. Pittsford New York 1933. Seventh Edition. A near fine copy in a good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Privately Printed unknown books
196036013Wellesley Hills: Lee. Very Good. 1960. Hardcover. Enlarged and Revised. Wellesley Hills 35th edition co. 1960. 666 pages hardcover very good condition in very good dust jacket. . Lee hardcover books
193337602Framingham Centre Mass: The Author. Very Good. c1933. Hardcover. Very Good. No dust jacket. ; Xxiv 683 p. Incl. Front. illus. 22 cm.; 11th edition. . The Author hardcover books
195291609Wellesley Hills MA: Lee Publications 1952. cloth dust jacket. 8vo. cloth dust jacket. viii 239 pages. Fifth edition. With 250 black-and-white illustrations. Piece of jacket missing at top of spine. Corners of pages stained in middle of the book. Lee Publications unknown books
194733493Northboro MA: Lee 1947. Second printing. 8vo introduction and 227 plates. Plates 1 and 2 missing. Originally paper wraps but rebound for library use. Bookplate stamps pocket. VG. Photographs of Sandwich glass pieces and a few of company artifacts. This was intended as a pocket handbook. Lee unknown books
1939139515Framingham Mass: Ruth Webb Lee 1939. Third Edition. Hardcover. VG- Labels & few marks from previous art-library owner; no dust jacket; some edgewear. Navy blue boards gilt letters on spine & front cover maps on flyleaves 526 pp. 203 BW illus A standard resource for collectors of glass -- and wondrously written as well. "You cannot criticize the Sandwich devotee for a fervor that would put halos on cup plates or creamers" Ms. Lee tells us. "If they do not genuflect daily before their lacy dishes it is probably because they fear to shake the shelf on which the treasures rest." p. xiii True enough. Ruth Webb Lee hardcover books
196345099New York: M. Barrows & Company Inc 1963. Third Edition. Purple buckram lettered in white on backstrip in the original dust jacket. A VG copy slight dampstain at top edge of first pastedown and endpaper dust jacket has some small chips otherwise internally bright. 331 pp. Illustrated with drawings throughout. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-5/8" <br/><br/> M. Barrows & Company, Inc hardcover books
