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Published by Gehenna, Northampton MA
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
One sheet, 8x10-3/4 inches, ecru paper. Printed in black and red. Advertising a book of 19 drawings. Creased horizontally across the middle, slightly soiled, o/w VG.
Publication Date: 1989
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
One sheet 6-5/16x11-3/8 inches, with deckle edge at bottom, printed in black and red. One tiny spot at top center, o/w a nice copy.
Published by Gehenna Press [c. 1982], Easthampton, MA, 1982
Seller: George Ong Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Single sheet. Condition: Fine. [4] pp., single sheet folded once to 10 x 6.75 in. This announcement of backlist titles available for purchase was issued following its "reconstitution as an active private press" in 1981. Fifteen titles are listed and described. Fine.
Published by The Gehenna Press, Easthampton, Ma.
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Book
No Binding. Condition: Fine. Single sheet folded once to form four printed pages, 6 3/4 by 10 inches. A listing of 15 titles available through 1976. Booksellers discount notice slip laid in. A fine copy.
Published by Gehenna, Northampton MA
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
One of 1500 copies. One sheet, 19-1/2 x 16-1/4, folded once vertically. Portrait of Franklin on front, printed by The Meriden Gravure Co.; interior contains a news item originally printed in the Independent Gazetteer of Philadelphia for January 21, 1786. Printed in red and black. Partly split at fold, little creased and soiled, o/w VG.
Published by Gehenna, Northampton MA
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
One of 1500 copies. One sheet, 19-1/2 x 16-1/4, folded once vertically. Portrait of Franklin on front, printed by The Meriden Gravure Co.; interior contains a news item originally printed in the Independent Gazetteer of Philadelphia for January 21, 1786. Printed in red and black. Slightly creased at cornewrs, very small slit at bottom of fold, o/w VG.
Published by Gehenna Press, 1971
Seller: George Ong Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Fine. [12] pp., illustrated, 8vo (6.5 x 6.25 in.), stapled self-wrapper. With pressmark and ornaments printed in red, green or black. Four titles are described: Tennyson's Tiresias; Six Letters from Bresdin to Redon; Samuel Sewall The Selling of Joseph; Bewick's Select Fables: Impressions from 84 Blocks. Fine copy.
Published by Gehenna Press, Searsmont, ME, 1988
Seller: Robin Bledsoe, Bookseller (ABAA), Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Unbound sheets. Baskin, Leonard (illustrator). First edition. Two nested folded sheets, making 8 pages total; 6 ills., mostly in color and mostly by Leonard Baskin. Ca. 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches, folded. Publisher's prospectus, announcing "the establishment of [Gehenna Press's] subsidiary The Eremite Press and in celebration thereof is proffering for sale a number of titles from its stock of earlier-printed books & a descriptive list of the newer publications." Lists and describes the presses' books and broadsides in chronological order, from Encantadas (1962) to Winter: Irises (1988). A frequent collaborator was binder/paper marbler Gray Parrot. With specifications of the publications but no prices. Shipping/handling may be extra; please keep this in mind when ordering. Very good (slight handling wear and soil).
Published by Gehenna, Northampton MA, 1975
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
8vo, pp. (11). Paper wraps. Printed in black, olive green, and red. A catalog of Gehenna books, most illustrated by Leonard Baskin.Cover little yellowed, o/w a VG tight copy.
Published by Gehenna, Northampton MA
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
8vo, one sheet, folded. A catalog of books available at the time Gehenna was reconstituted as an active private press. Notes in pencil, little creased, o/w VG.
Published by The Gehenna Press, Northampton, Ma., 1963
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Book
No Binding. Condition: Fine. Broadside 4 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches, with a trial title-page printed in red and black on Amalfi paper, folded once to 9 by 11 inches. A fine copy.
Published by Gehenna Press, 1975
Seller: George Ong Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. [12] pp., 8vo, sewn self wrapper. Printed in black, red and olive green. With a full-page illustration in red by Leonard Baskin. The prospectus portion consists of an announcement for Edgar Allan Poe's "Anastatic Printing" and for Charles Brockden Brown's "Alcuin." Also included is a retrospectus, i.e., a catalogue describing Gehenna Press publications still available. Laid in is a slip from the press asking recipients to confirm their desire to continue receiving mailings. Tiny nick to bottom of cover, otherwise a fine and fresh copy.
Published by The Gehenna Press, Northampton, Ma., 1963
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Sewn wrappers printed in red and black, square slender 8vo., (12) pages. Seven titles listed, eight illustrations including two press-marks, four titles annotated in ink by the publisher as to quantities available. Two soft vertical folds, else a very good copy.
Published by The Gehenna Press, Northampton, Ma., 1971
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Sewn wrappers printed in red and black, square slender 12mo., (12) pages. Four wood engravings in red, green and black. But for a mild blind indentation on the front cover, a fine copy.
Published by Gehenna Press, (Northampton, MA), 1971
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Gehenna Press (illustrator). square 16mo. self paper wrappers, bottom edge uncut. (12) pages. A catalogue describing four then-new publications by the Gehenna Press. Illustrations. A fine copy. self paper wrappers, bottom edge uncut.
Published by The Gehenna Press, Northampton, MA, 1969
Seller: William Reese Company - Literature, ABAA, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
[4]pp. Quarto leaflet (30.5 x 20.5 cm). Printed in black and red. Light use at edges, very good. The edition was limited to 200 numbered copies printed in Centaur and Arrighi types on Amalfi paper, illustrated with ten etchings by Leonard Baskin. BROOK 62. BASKIN 62.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 4to, self wrps., 8pp. Illustrated. Price list loosely inserted. Announcing the emergence of The Eremite Press, complementing The Gehenna Press, and promoting both a stock of back titles (from the 1950's forward) and the impending newer publications. A Very Good copy.
Published by The Gehenna Press, Rockport, ME, 1992
Seller: Dennis Holzman Antiques, Cohoes, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Baskin, Leonard; Fainlight, Ruth (illustrator). First Edition. Size: 12 3/4" x 9 1/2". Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Printed wraps, lower edges deckled, 2 large sheets of paper folded to create 8 pages, illustrations in black and green by Leonard Baskin for "Capriccio" and "Fancies", a black and white illustration by Jacob de Gheyn, and a color illustration by Ruth Fainlight for "Sibyls". Illustrator: Baskin, Leonard; Fainlight, Ruth. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 0 oz. Category: Catalogue; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 015059.
Published by Gehenna, Northampton MA
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Two sheets, folio, folded once across. Printed in red and black. With an illustration by Leonard Baskin. Slightly soiled and a little creased in places besides the fold. VG.
Published by The Gehenna Press, (Northampton, Ma.), 1967
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Wrappers printed in red and black, 12mo., (20) pages. Printed in four colors and with eight wood engravings printed from the blocks, four being press-marks. Distributor information blotted out and replaced with Chiswick Book Shop stamp. A near fine copy with minimal signs of use.
Published by The Gehenna Press, Northampton, Ma., 1961
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Book
No Binding. Condition: Fine. Single sheet of Amalfi handmade paper, folded once to form four printed pages 7 1/4 by 9 3/4 inches. Photographic plate laid in. Printed in red and black from Centaur & Arrighi type. Announcement for the projected series and the first book "Four Portrait Busts" by Francesco Laurana. A fine copy.
Published by The Gehenna Press, Rockport, Ma., 1994
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Book
No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Single sheet of creme paper folded once to form four 12 1/2 by 10 1/2 inch printed pages. With a color reproduction and a wood engraved pressmark by Leonard Baskin. 40 copies of the book were printed. Faint soft creases at one margin and mild darkening to one corner, else a near fine copy.
Paperback. White wraps with red and black lettering; [8] pp; richly illustrated, primarily in color. This is a rare, gorgeous item with beautiful illustrations. VG (Wraps show mild shelfwear; pages are clean and bright, but show shelfwear and mild cockling on edges; binding is solid).
Published by Dallas & Northampton: Bridwell Library/Gehenna Press (1992)., 1992
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. 4to. 237 pp. Light ripple to lower edge of front cover, else near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Published by Printed at the Gehenna Press, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1967
Seller: Harry E Bagley Books Ltd, Fredericton, NB, Canada
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Leonard Baskin (illustrator). 1st Edition. boxed,20 pages : portrait ; 26 x 19 cm (27 x 19 cm in case),cameo portrait of Mac Leish by Leonard Baskin,paste-down title on cover of box,: one of 400 copies, (unnumbered) "Written for the bicentennial of the Town of Conway, 1767-1967."--Title page.
Published by Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1962
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
single sheet, folded once. Gehenna Press (illustrator). folio. single sheet, folded once. NOTE: THIS IS FOR THE PROSPECTUS ONLY. A fine copy. Features a large double-page illustration by Baskin. Printed in black and red.
Published by The Gehenna Press for Smith College Museum of Art, (Northampton, Ma.), 1962
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Sewn grey Fabriano self-wrappers printed in red, green and black, slender 8vo., (9) pages. Keepsake No. 5. One of 500 copies printed in red, green and black on Millbourn Book Laid paper. A fine copy in archival mylar.
Published by Gehenna, Northampton MA, 1963
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
One of 2000 copies. Square 8vo, pp. (10). Illustrated from the books advertised. Printed in black, red, olive. Small yellow flyer for "The Jolly Beggars" laid in.
Published by Philip H. And A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, Philadelphia, 1966
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Marbled paper-covered boards with cover label, slipcase and chemise, 4to., 78, (3) pages, illustrated with facsimiles of the manuscript and a woodcut portrait frontispiece and wood engraved printer's marks by Leonard Baskin. One of 1,100 numbered copies printed by Harold McGrath at the Gehenna Press in two colors from Van Dijck types on Fabriano paper. Facsimiles printed at Meriden Gravure. Binding rubbed at extremities, else a clean, very good copy in very good, moderately worn and soiled chemise and slipcase, with the spine label incorporating "Godine" as well as Rosenbach.
Published by The Gehenna Press, Northampton, Ma., 1968
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Book
No Binding. Condition: Fine. Eight 13 by 6 inch unbound leaves, folded once, of Nideggen and Fabriano blue and white handmade papers, printed in many colors. Consists of title-page, list of sources, colophon, press-mark and nine culs de lampe, as many as four to a page in as many colors. Printed from Centaur types by Harold McGrath. Woodcut headpieces and tailpieces from 16th & 17th century books. From the estate of Howard Besnia, a fellow artist and old friend with whom Baskin exchanged specimens. A fine copy.