Earlier Books from the Press
Three Essays
By David Kline. With engravings by Abigail Rorer and an afterword by the printer. Printed from handset Cloister Lightface type on Twinrocker papers in an Ostrander-Seymour iron handpress and bound in cloth-covered boards by Priscilla Spitler. 10-1/2" x 6.5", 28 pages, in an edition of sixty copies. $225.00. Out of Print.
In Time and Place
By Hayden Carruth, John Berger and W S Merwin. Four wood engravings by Wesley Bates. Printed from handset Cloister Lightface type on Twinrocker papers in an Ostrander-Seymour iron handpress and bound in cloth-covered boards by Priscilla Spitler. 10-1/2" x 6.5", 28 pages, in an edition of sixty copies. $345.00. Out of Print.
The Farm
Poem by Wendell Berry. Forward by David Kline. With three wood engravings by Wesley Bates. Printed from handset Cloister Lightface type on Twinrocker paper in an Ostrander-Seymour iron handpress and bound in cloth-covered boards by Priscilla Spitler. 11" x 6.75", 56 pages, in an edition of fifty-four copies. $345.00. Out of Print.
Some Rules of the Game
By Sir Frances Bacon, Henry Miller and Roger Swain. One wood engraving by Abigail Rorer. Printed from handset Cloister Lightface type on Twinrocker paper in an Ostrander-Seymour iron handpress and bound in cloth-covered boards by Priscilla Spitler. 11" x 8", 42 pages, in an edition of fifty-four copies. $345.00. Out of Print.
A Useful Dog
By David McCaig. One wood engraving by Abigail Rorer. Printed from handset Cloister Lightface type on Twinrocker paper in an Ostrander-Seymour iron handpress and bound in cloth-covered boards by Priscilla Spitler. 9.25" x 6.25", 56 pages, in an edition of fifty-four copies. $200.00. Out of Print.
Window Poems
By Wendell Berry. With four wood engravings by Wesley Bates. Printed from handset Cloister Lightface type on Twinrocker paper in an Ostrander-Seymour iron handpress and bound in cloth-covered boards by Priscilla Spitler. 9.75" x 6.50", in an edition of sixty copies. $275.00. Out of Print.
Nonsense Cookery
By Edward Lear. A miniature book with four engravings by Abigail Rorer. Printed from handset Cloister Lightface type in two colors on Gampi Torinoko paper in an iron handpress. Bound in cloth-covered boards by Shaker Press Books. 2-5/16" x 2-13/16". 24 pages. Sixty-nine copies, signed by Abigail Rorer. $85.00. Out of Print.
A Beekeeping Diary of Early Summer
By Colin Franklin with three engravings by Abigail Rorer. Handset in De Roos types, with initial letters by Merlin von Glahn. Printed in two colors on Zerkall paper. Quarter-bound at Campbell Logan in cloth or leather with specially prepared decorated papers by Carolyn Whitesel. First Edition. 10" x 7", 24 pages, 102 copies. 87 copies in quarter cloth, $140.00; 15 copies in quarter leather, $175.00. Out of Print.
Thinking Like a Prairie
By Maurice Telleen with a Foreword by Wendell Berry. Five illustrations by Marv Smith. Handset in Cloister Lightface type and printed in two colors on Twinrocker handmade paper. Bound by Campbell Logan. First Edition. 9-3/8" x 6-1/4", 52 pages, one-hundred copies. $100.00. Out of Print.
