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1990015716Easthampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1990. First Edition. hardcover. Fine in a clamshell box a beautiful book. Alan James Robinson. Folio 10-3/8" x 15-7/8" the exact untrimmed size of the First Folio of 1623 bound by Claudia Cohen and Sarah Creighton in full gilt-lettered rust morocco with marbled endsheets by Faith Harrison in a custom cloth clamshell box with a gilt-lettered large morocco spine label. Designed by illustrator Alan James Robinson and Arthur Kinney who wrote the text. Illustrated with 54 wood engravings depicting the birds and beasts and one wood engraving as well as an etching of Shakespeare. This is copy #I of 5 special proof copies of a total edition of only 131 printed by Harold Patrick McGrath on Cheloniidae rag made specially for the Press the first paper to carry a Cheloniidae watermark and SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. With an extra suite of the engravings and etching each SIGNED and numbered by Robinson plus another suite issued only with the limitation of 5 containing two working proofs of each wood engraving and three state proofs of the etching all SIGNED by Robinson. In addition there are two ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWINGS--one of a wolf the other a lion--INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the artist to the original owner. Prospectus laid in. The rarest state of the greatest achievement of the press. <br/><br/> Cheloniidae Press hardcover
198333560Williamsburg Massachusetts: Cheloniidae Press 1983. Deluxe Edition No. 30 of 90 copies printed on Fabriano Perusia. Etched portrait frontispiece and 8 wood engravings on 7 sheets by Alan James Robinson. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in quarter vellum with an extra suite of the wood engravings and the etching laid in a linen chemise the book and extra suite in a quarter vellum tray case. Robinson Alan James. Deluxe Edition No. 30 of 90 copies printed on Fabriano Perusia. Etched portrait frontispiece and 8 wood engravings on 7 sheets by Alan James Robinson. 1 vols. 4to. Cheloniidae Press unknown
19821903n.p. Williamsburg MA: Cheloniidae Press 1982. First edition one of 200 regular copies of a total edition of 300 100 deluxe. Original publisher's quarter red morocco over buff linen cloth boards spine lettered in gilt bound by Gray Parrot. Slight foxing to cloth boards else fine. Original prospectus laid in. <br /> <br /> 26 wood engravings and 26 illustrated initials by Alan James Robinson with text compiled and annotated by Laurie Block. An exquisite collection of wood engravings illustrating textual extracts regarding real and mythical animals which are "for the most part the earliest first-hand accounts in English of the animals pictured. although there have been many bestiaries throughout the centuries some of them strikingly beautiful this edition breaks from tradition in its text calligraphy and its style of illustration" from the prospectus. Cheloniidae Press unknown
197931308n.p.: Cheloniidae Press 1979. Fine. A stunning black and white print of a majestic bald eagle in flight. This is the last available print of a sold out edition of 50. Signed and dated by renowned artist and printer Alan James Robinson. He founded the Cheloniidae Press later the Press of the Sea Turtle in 1979. His books and art have won numerous awards and can be found in many public and private collections. The eagle is shown from the side with his head extended and wings held wide. In fine condition. Image is 17.5 x 23.5 inches; in mat it is 21.5 x 25 inches. ORIGART/072517. Cheloniidae Press unknown
197831306Northampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1978. Fine. State Proof. One of only a few copies printed for Robinson's Masters Thesis Show in 1978. With title state proof and signature in pencil on the lower margin. This striking black and white print of Robinson in turtle armor and with an image of a turtle and its skeleton next to him anticipates his founding of the Cheloniidae Press the following year. Cheloniidae is the name given to a family of Sea Turtle species. Robinson is shown in profile up to his shoulders and his turtle armor on his head and body given him the air of a Renaissance man. The turtle images are meticulously and realistically depicted. Image is 17.5 x 23 inches on heavy paper measuring 21 x 27 inches. In fine condition. ORIGART/073117. Cheloniidae Press unknown
19823598Easthampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Deluxe edition copy #46 of only 50 issued with an extra portfolio containing a suite of the 26 engravings each SIGNED and numbered by Robinson plus a suite of the 26 smaller linecut illustrations each with hand calligraphy by Curtis and SIGNED by Robinson and Curtis all contained in a morocco-backed sleeve that matches the clamshell box. The alphabet book compiled by Laurie Block is equally wonderful. Fine. <br/><br/> Cheloniidae Press hardcover
1984007488No Place: Cheloniidae Press 1984. Poster. Fine. Poster. SIGNED BY ARTIST. First Printing. 12 1/2"w x 18"h. Pencil SIGNED BY ARTIST Alan James Robinson. Fine prose printed in blue and black in two columns on cream-colored handmade paper. At head of second column wood-engraving by Alan James Robinson of a unicorn. Colophon at end: "An anonymous seventeenth century broadside newly printed at Cheloniidae Press c.1984". A RARE broadside Worldcat shows only one institutional holding at Brown University. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. Cheloniidae Press unknown
1983248133Easthampton: Cheloniidae Press 1983. Collection of 3 mock-up books in varying stages. Includes 41 pen and pencil drawings by Alan James Robinson and binder's dummy signed David Bourbeau. 1 vols. Folio. One mock-up in quarter red morocco over linen cloth bound by Gray Parrot gilt lettering on spine. Binder's dummy of full red morocco blind-stamped and hand tooled by David Bourbeau. Unbound leaves contained in chemises. All in cloth clamshell box with inset paper label on spine with calligraphic title by Susanne Moore. Fine with some minor discoloration to clamshell box. Robinson Alan James. Collection of 3 mock-up books in varying stages. Includes 41 pen and pencil drawings by Alan James Robinson and binder's dummy signed David Bourbeau. 1 vols. Folio. MOCK-UP 41 DRAWINGS BINDER'S DUMMY. Dummy is inscribed and signed by late David Bourbeau: "for Cheloniidae Press in appreciation for the tremendous boost you've given my career by giving me such great work to do David 11.26.82" and "this dummy was made without the benefit of seeing the finished layout or prints from the finished book. Thistle Bindery Easthampton. MA. 1982 DPB." With his notes at the back "Thistle Bindery 2-17-82.the tube on this dummy is made of 'Gehenna Shakespeare ' paper which appears a bit heavy-go to a lighter weight hand-made."<br/><br/>WITH the typescript annotated etc.<br/><br/>Bound mock-up contains title "The Odd Bestiary."<br/><br/><br/><br/>This collection provides unprecedented insight into the evolution of one of the most successful books of the Cheloniidae Press. Cheloniidae Press unknown books
1984007488No Place: Cheloniidae Press 1984. Pencil SIGNED BY ARTIST Alan James Robinson. Fine prose printed in blue and black in two columns on cream-colored handmade paper. At head of second column wood-engraving by Alan James Robinson of a unicorn. Colophon at end: "An anonymous seventeenth century broadside newly printed at Cheloniidae Press c.1984". A RARE broadside Worldcat shows only one institutional holding at Brown University. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . SIGNED BY ARTIST. First Printing. Broadside. Fine. 12 1/2"w x 18"h. Cheloniidae Press Paperback books
1983248120Williamsburg Massachusetts: Cheloniidae Press 1983. Artist's copy. Etched portrait frontispiece and 7 wood engravings. Includes two mock-ups signed by Alan James Robinson with illustrations 8 original watercolor drawings a group of 31 pencil studies 30 proofs of the woodcuts and etchings and a long galley proof. 4to. Full vellum on straps hand-bound by Gray Parrot. Spine lettered and gilt top edge gilt. Watercolor drawings engravings and mock-up material laid into four cloth chemises. All in cloth clamshell box. Fine. Robinson Alan James. Artist's copy. Etched portrait frontispiece and 7 wood engravings. Includes two mock-ups signed by Alan James Robinson with illustrations 8 original watercolor drawings a group of 31 pencil studies 30 proofs of the woodcuts and etchings and a long galley proof. 4to. The Artist's Sketches Mock-Up & Proofs. Six poems originally published in Birds Beasts & Flowers 1930 newly illustrated by Alan James Robinson. <br/><br/><br/><br/>Unique visual archive of the genesis and execution of this fine edition. Cheloniidae Press unknown books
198333560Williamsburg Massachusetts: Cheloniidae Press 1983. Deluxe Edition No. 30 of 90 copies printed on Fabriano Perusia. Etched portrait frontispiece and 8 wood engravings on 7 sheets by Alan James Robinson. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in quarter vellum with an extra suite of the wood engravings and the etching laid in a linen chemise the book and extra suite in a quarter vellum tray case. Robinson Alan James. Deluxe Edition No. 30 of 90 copies printed on Fabriano Perusia. Etched portrait frontispiece and 8 wood engravings on 7 sheets by Alan James Robinson. 1 vols. 4to. Cheloniidae Press unknown books
198410298NP: but Williamsburg MA: Cheloniidae Press 1984. First Edition Artist Proof issue one of 5 copies only all on obsolete Whatman paper blue-white laid ca. 1962 from a total issue of 225 all signed by the artist as follows: 5 AP copies this copy in an elegant full limp vellum non-adhesive binding title in gilt on spine frontispiece etching in 2 states an extra suite 14 each signed and numbered and two extra suites of working proofs 28 each signed and labeled "wp" and an original drawing a unicorn within an oval border signed in full by Alan J. Robinson housed in 1/4 vellum folder with Narwhal "horn" tooled in gold gilt on spine housed in tan cloth over boards with vellum spine stamped with title in gold gilt; 15 State Proof copies bound in full vellum non-adhesive limp binding with an original drawing and an extra suite of prints plus a suite of working proofs of the prints and state proofs of the etching; 60 deluxe copies in vellum binding and an extra suite; 150 regular copies on T.H. Saunders Laid. Page size: 9 1/2 x 7 inches. Bound by Gray Parrot with his binder's ticket at lower rear turn-in: full limp vellum matching quarter vellum sleeve for extra suites all housed in vellum and linen clamshell box box slightly worn with 2 or 3 minor bumps book fine. Illustrated with 15 woodengravings and one etching by Robinson the text is set and cast in Van Dyck Monotype by Winifred and Michael Bixler and printed by Harold Patrick McGrath in black and blue at Hampshire Typothetae. Jan van Dorsten Professor of English Literature at the University of Leiden Nethrlands and Head of the Sir Thomas Browne Institute there has written an introduction on Browne's life work and thought especially for this volume which is Chapter XXIII of PSEUDODOXIA EPIDEMICA . In all this is a lovely book full of fantasy and romance beautifully produced and executed by one of the finest naturalists working today. Cheloniidae Press unknown books
198410680NP: but Williamsburg MA: Cheloniidae Press 1984. First Edition Artist Proof issue one of 5 copies only all on obsolete Whatman paper blue-white laid ca. 1962 this copy inscribed to noted collectors Mimi and Arnold Elkind and signed by Alan James Robinson the printer Harold P. McGrath the binder Gray Parrot from a total issue of 225 as follows: 5 AP copies this copy in an elegant full limp vellum non-adhesive binding title in gilt on spine an extra suite 14 each print inscribed signed and numbered and two extra suites of working proofs 29 each inscribed signed and labeled "wp" and an original drawing two working proofs of the frontis portrait a unicorn within an oval border housed in 1/4 vellum folder with Narwhal "horn" tooled in gold gilt on spine housed in tan cloth over boards with vellum spine stamped with title in gold gilt; 15 State Proof copies bound in full vellum non-adhesive limp binding with an original drawing and an extra suite of prints plus a suite of working proofs of the prints and state proofs of the etching; 60 deluxe copies in vellum binding and an extra suite; 150 regular copies on T.H. Saunders Laid. Page size: 9 1/2 x 7 inches. Bound by Gray Parrot with his binder's ticket at lower rear turn-in: full limp vellum matching quarter vellum sleeve for extra suites all housed in vellum and linen clamshell box box slightly worn with 2 or 3 minor bumps book fine. Illustrated with 15 woodengravings and one etching by Robinson the text is set and cast in Van Dyck Monotype by Winifred and Michael Bixler and printed by Harold Patrick McGrath in black and blue at Hampshire Typothetae. Jan van Dorsten Professor of English Literature at the University of Leiden Nethrlands and Head of the Sir Thomas Browne Institute there has written an introduction on Browne's life work and thought especially for this volume which is Chapter XXIII of PSEUDODOXIA EPIDEMICA . In all this is a lovely book full of fantasy and romance beautifully produced and executed by one of the finest naturalists working today. Cheloniidae Press unknown books
198510675Easthampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1985. State proof edition copy #1 of 15 deluxe copies with designer binding by Daniel Kelm with original drawing three extra suites all on Saunders hot press watercolor paper the etchings on hand-made Gampi Torinoko paper one of 15 copies from a total of 75 each signed and numbered by the artist: 60 regular copies and 15 deluxe copies this copy. Page size: 8 x 11 inches; 46pp. Illustrated with five drypoint etchings and seven wood engravings by Alan James Robinson each signed and numbered. The type was set by Mackenzie-Harris and printed by Dan Keleher at Wild Carrot Letterpress; wood engravings printed by Harold McGrath and the drypoints printed by Alan James Robinson. The book was designed by Alan James Robinson and Arthur Larson. Bound by Daniel Kelm: full white alum-tawed pigskin the front panel with inset bas relief paper casting in white against blue paper ground with darker blue border taken from an original wax sculpture by Alan James Robinson; torso of nude Leda with swan between her legs; housed in custom-made tan cloth clamshell box with blue paper linings three -part fold out with inset in one to accommodate bas relief on binding cover signed by Daniel Kelm on the colophon of the book.<br/>The clamshell box also houses the original drawing by Robinson of the swan and Leda 5 state proof etchings 13 proofs of the wood engravings and an extra suite of the 5 etchings and 7 wood engravings as well as a copy of the original prospectus. Box has some soiling at edges book and extra suites are fine. Cheloniidae Press unknown books
198111391Easthampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1981. First Edition one of 50 Deluxe copies from a total issue of 300: 50 Deluxe copies bound in quarter leather with text printed on Sakomoto and the prints on Cha-u-ke plus an extra suite of the prints signed by the artist and all of the authors; 250 regular copies with text on Mulberry paper bound in paper signed by the artist. Page size: 12 x 8 3/4 inches. Bound by Gray Parrot: quarter grey morocco with tire tracks blind tooled across spine and title in blind matching black chemise with blind tooled tire tracks all housed in grey morocco and black cloth clamshell box. Illustrated with 11 woodengravings 10 roadkills and one tire track/broken muffler as colophon and one etching the text was printed in red and black by Harold Patrick McGrath at Hampshire Typothetae in Bruce Rogers' Centaur and Frederick Warde's Arrighi which was hand set in 18 point by P. Chase Twichell. The artist explains in "On the Conception of Roadkills" that he had originally planned a portfolio without text of some of those animals he had encountered during his many drives to and from college. He adds "Meanwhile friends began to call my attention to writers who had also been inspired by the casualties of the highways: John McPhee in "Travels in Georgia" and poets Madeline DeFrees Gillian Connelly Gary Snyder William Stafford and Richard Eberhart. Thus I began to conceive of ROADKILLS as a book with images and text interwoven." And what a book it is -- the text in red and black on tan Japanese paper the black woodengravings on a darker tan paper red Japanese paper as preliminaries -- all making a powerful statement about "The Dead by the Side of the Road." This is the rare second book of the press; the deluxe edition with its extra suite and signatures of all the authors has long been out of print in fine condition. Cheloniidae Press unknown books
198610300Easthampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1986. Artist's Proof copy one of a few such bound as the state proof edition in full red morocco with an additional two suites of working proofs 21 prints total: 17 woodengravings and 3 states of the frontispiece etching from a total issue of 225 copies: 150 regular edition; 50 deluxe with extra suite of prints bound in quarter morocco by Claudia Cohen; 25 state proof copies with two extra suites and an original drawing full morocco binding; all copies on Magnani Letterpress paper and all signed and numbered by Alan James Robinson. Page size: 6 7/16 x 9 3/8 inches. This is an all new original edition in which the artist re-visits the text of the first book of the press. The text is letterpress by Dan Keliher at Wild Carrot Letterpress; the 9 original woodengravings and one original etching frontispiece portrait of E. A. Poe printed by Harold McGrath. The full red morocco binding is by Daniel Kelm and Sarah Pringle at the Wide Awake Garage the front panel blind-stamped with one of Robinson's woodengravings of a raven. The two additional suites are housed in a grey cloth-over-boards folder with white label printed in black on front "The Raven / Prints" and both housed in grey cloth-over-boards clamshell box red morocco label on spine blind stamped with title author and the turtle logo of Cheloniidae Press; box a bit worn book and prints fine. Cheloniidae Press unknown books
19823156Easthampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1982. First Edition one of 200 copies all on Rives lightweight paper from a total issue of 300 copies signed by the artist Alan James Robinson and hand-numbered by him on the colophon page. Page size: 13-1/2 inches x 9-3/4 inches; 158pp including 6pp. Introduction by Laurie Block and 13pp. bibliography by Ms. Block. Bound by Grey Parrot: red quarter leather and light tan cloth over boards tan cloth over boards folder for extra suite of engravings clamshell box of tan linen over boards with red morocco spine stamped in gold gilt with title fine. Each letter of the alphabet is exemplified by an animal whose name represents that letter. Each letter has its own page with a small woodengraving of the animal above printed text describing the animal. This is followed by an original full-page woodengraving of the animal with a caption and source printed in red by a page of text. The first letter of each of the 26 text sections is in red original calligraphy by Betse Curtis in the style of Old English Gothic letters. The colophon features a red alphabet in Old English Gothic letters surrounding the debossed turtle cheloniidae with the colophon text printed in Arrighi. The text of the book is in Centaur as well as Arrighi set in monotype by Mackenzie-Harris with some hand-setting by Arthur Larson. <br/>The text compiled by Laurie Block from five centuries of travelers' accounts is "the story of how men came to view the animate world as a reality with its own unique history integrity and order." The earliest bestiaries - full of fantasy and little fact - from the medieval period seem elementary in comparison to those produced by the scholarship of the Renaissance. Humans had renewed their efforts to portray and accurately describe those other living creatures that share their planet. And their ever-expanding audience was delighted. This desire to see and know the living world continues unabated. Here is a textual survey from publications as early as the 1577 THE HISTORY OF TRAVAILE IN THE WEST AND EAST INDIES. by Richard Eden for the Elephant's entry to the 1839 NARRATIVE OF THE SURVEYING VOYAGES OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS ADVENTURE AND BEAGLE. by Charles Darwin for the Tortoise's entry. There are 26 wood engravings by Alan James Robinson for each animal / letter of the alphabet. There are also 26 smaller linecuts which appear above the page of text with the first letter of the animal's name printed over / with the image. The woodengraving is a full-page image with a sentence printed in red below the engraving referring to the animal. This is an altogether welcome addition to the much sought after bestiary. Elegantly and beautifully executed it is one of Mr. Robinson's most charming endeavors. Cheloniidae Press unknown books
19873157Easthampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1987. Unique copy of artist's book this copy with 7 original finished drawings for each of the sea turtles pictured in the edition book which consisted of 41 copies 26 of which were lettered copies which this copy is the book with seven hand-colored etchings all on Rives BFK and handmade Japanese Moriki paper each etching signed by the artist who has also signed the drawings and the colophon. Bound: loose as issued housed in cloth portfolio made by Claudia Cohen with tray cases by Peter Geraty and Linda Lembke. Page size: 10.5 x 15 inches 44pp. The seven species of the order Cheloniidae pictured in this study are: Green Turtle the Hawksbill Turtle the Loggerhead Turtle the Leathery Turtle the Leatherback Turtle the Atlantic Ridley the Pacific Ridley and the Flatback Turtle. The text is handset and printed letterpress by Harold Patrick McGrath in Centaur and Arrighi by Mackenzie-Harris of San Francisco CA with additional hand composition by Arthur Larson. The source of the text is JOHNSON'S NATURAL HISTORY illustrating and describing the Animal Kingdom with its Wonders and Curiosities from Man through all the divisions classes and orders to the Animalcule in a drop of Water; Volume II by S. G. Goodrich. A very beautiful book with the original art. Cheloniidae Press unknown books
199010394Easthampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1990. One of 125 copies all on Cheloniidae Rag paper the first book of the press with Cheloniidae watermark each signed by the artist Alan James Robinson from a total issue of 155 copies with an extra suite of the woodengravings and etching laid in loose in tan cloth over boards folder housed in clamshell box with book. . Page size: 10-3/8 x 15- 7/8 x inches - the size of the first folio edition of Shakespeare - Dedication Page Half-title engraved frontispiece portrait of Shakespeare in rondel surrounded by the animals Titlepage i-iii iv-v 1-87 88-92pp. Bound: full tan morocco by Claudia Cohen and Sarah Creighton title stamped in gold gilt on front panel within a blind rule at outer edge spine panelled marbled endpapers housed in tan cloth over boards clamshell box with leather label on spine title stamped in gold gilt. Illustrated with 54 woodengravings depicting the birds and beasts found in Shakespeare's plays and poems plus two portraits of the Bard: one etching and one woodengraving. The woodengravings were accomplished by Robinson on end-grain English boxwood from T.N. Lawrence & Sons of London. The type was set at M & H Type Foundry of San Francisco and printed by Harold Patrick McGrath in black within a caramel-colored rule on each page with Shakespeare's own words in caramel ink. This book uses Shakespeare's original texts addressing the natural history folklore and mythology of the birds and beasts in his plays. The text was written by Arthur F. Kinney Thomas W. Copeland Professor Literary History at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Certainly one of the most ambitious and most beautiful books of the Press published to mark their tenth anniversary. Cheloniidae Press unknown books
19823598Easthampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Deluxe edition copy #46 of only 50 issued with an extra portfolio containing a suite of the 26 engravings each SIGNED and numbered by Robinson plus a suite of the 26 smaller linecut illustrations each with hand calligraphy by Curtis and SIGNED by Robinson and Curtis all contained in a morocco-backed sleeve that matches the clamshell box. The alphabet book compiled by Laurie Block is equally wonderful. Fine. <br/><br/> Cheloniidae Press hardcover books
