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JANUS PRESS DICKINSON Emily
Compound Frame Seven Poems
Newark VT and London: The Janus Press / Gefn Press 1998. First edition. One of 120 numbered copies the entire edition. Very fine copy in a custom made tray case. Small oblong 4to 6 woodcuts printed in pairs in black and gray on kozo natural paper and varnished with clear acrylic and 3 linoleum cuts printed in black by Susan Johanknecht covers of clear polyethylene needlepoint canvas end sheets of Rowlux clear bees-eye pattern in publisher's striated polyethylene envelope. Very fine copy in a custom made tray case. The Janus Press / Gefn Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21824
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JANUS PRESS KING Karen trans
The Gospel of Mary. With Commentaries by Rosemary Radford Ruether
Newark VT: The Janus Press 2006. First edition. One of 150 numbered copies signed by Claire Van Vliet the binder and the printer the entire edition. "The Gospel of Mary is a fragment of a Gnostic gospel of early second century Christianity that focuses on Mary Magdelene as the 'beloved disciple' of Christ who specially understands his message and conveys her understanding of this to the male disciples." Set in Adobe Neue Hammer Unciale and Monotype Plantin and printed on calendered Barcham Green Boxley with the assistance of Andrew Miller-Brown the cover and center piece were pulp painted by Claire van Vliet with Katie MacGregor in Whiting Maine who also made the pop-up papers. Audrey Holden executed the woven binding with Barcham Green Cairo with boxes in DeWint by Holden birch trays by Richard Holmquist. Very fine copy. 4to printed decorations pop-up centerpiece of colored papers on a base sheet pulp painted by Van Vliet original wrappers pulp painted as a cloud also by Van Vliet publisher's clamshell box with Baltic birch stays. Very fine copy. The Janus Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21838
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JANUS PRESS KAUFMAN Margaret
Praise Basted In: A Friendship Quilt for Aunt Sallie
Newark VT: The Janus Press 1995. First edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author and members of The Janus Press the entire edition. Very fine copy. Square 4to irregularly shaped decorated pages creating a quilt effect with 9 holograph note cards tipped to a variety of unprinted and patterned papers original quilted binding of patterned cottons publisher's clamshell box covered with drummed-on Waverly upholstery cotton with tray stays in tea-stained flowered and purple calico silk flower bouquet in front tray paper frame. Very fine copy. The Janus Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21827
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JANUS PRESS GREEN Maureen
Papermaking at Hayle Mill 1808-1987
Newark VT: The Janus Press 2008. First edition. One of 200 numbered copies the entire edition. Very fine copy bookplate of James Copley. 4to illustrations and mounted paper samples original unprinted wrappers printed paper cover label accompanying the book and laid in are a map of The Loose Valley folded to 5 panels 19 b/w photographs in a printed paper portfolio and 12 paper samples in a printed paper portfolio publisher's linen over boards tray case. Very fine copy bookplate of James Copley. The Janus Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21829
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JANUS PRESS McPHERSON Sandra
Designating Duet
Newark VT: The Janus Press 1989. First edition. One of 175 numbered copies signed by McPherson Claire Van Vliet and others involved in the production. Very fine copy. Square 8vo irregularly cut colored papers bound accordion-fold original patterned cloth publisher's cloth clamshell box. Very fine copy. The Janus Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21835
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JANUS PRESS VAN VLIET Claire editor
Volumes of vulnerability earth the sixth mass extinction
Newark VT: The Janus Press 2000. First edition. One of 200 copies of which 50 copies were specially published for Janus Press patrons. Accompanied by a bifolium explaining the volumes of vulnerability artists' book exhibition organized by Susan Johanknecht and Katharine Meynell. This book represented Claire Van Vliet in the exhibition. Very fine copy. Small oblong 8vo illustrated with numerous wood and metal printers' dingbats and commercial linecuts 24 unnumbered pages created from an 11- x 23 inch sheet cut into thirds horizontally and folded into fourths vertically publisher's board slipcase. Very fine copy. The Janus Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21843
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JANUS PRESS CORTESE James
What the Owl Said. with relief prints by Claire Van Vliet
West Burke VT: The Janus Press 1979. First edition. One of 165 numbered copies the entire edition. Very fine copy. 4to original illustrated linen over boards printed paper spine label. Very fine copy. The Janus Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21574
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JANUS PRESS SIEGL Helen illustrator
The Guest. 17th Century Christ Church Manuscript. With Woodcuts by Helen Siegl
West Burke VT: The Janus Press Christmas 1976. First edition. One of 50 numbered copies signed by Siegl out of an edition of 300 with a separate suite of signed prints. Very fine copy. 8vo woodcuts printed in colors original cloth-backed pastepaper over boards publisher's board slipcase. Very fine copy. The Janus Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21833
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JANUS PRESS MEYNELL Katharine
Eat Book. Images by Katharine Meynell and Susan Johanknecht
London and Newark VT: Gefn Press / Janus Press 1990. First edition. One of 150 numbered copies signed by Johanknecht and Meynell the entire edition. Very fine copy in a custom tray case. Small oblong folio 9 line cuts by Susan Johanknecht and 6 photographs by Susan Johanknecht and Katharine Meynell one fold-out original vellum-backed split boards covered with South of the Thames plaster mixed with acrylic wrapped in publisher's linen napkin with linen tie. Very fine copy in a custom tray case. Gefn Press / Janus Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21825
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JANUS PRESS
Herball from The Dialogues Of Creatures Moralised. Appliable and edifying to every merry and jocund matter & right profitable to the governance of men. First printed in latin by Gerard Leeu in Gouda in 1480 & in english in 1535. Eleven dialogues illustrated with woodcuts by Helen Siegl
West Burke VT: The Janus Press 1979. First edition. One of 150 numbered copies the entire edition printed on Barcham Green deWint paper signed by Helen Siegl with the woodcuts hand-colored by the artist. Very fine copy of Siegl's most beautiful book and certainly one of the most beautiful books from the Janus press. Scarce. SIEGL Helen. 4to illustrated with hand-colored woodcuts original cloth printed paper spine label. Very fine copy of Siegl's most beautiful book and certainly one of the most beautiful books from the Janus press. Scarce. The Janus Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21573
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JANUS PRESS. SCHUYLER James
The Fireproof Floors of Witley Court. English Songs and Dances
Newark and West Burke VT: The Janus Press 1976. First edition. One of 150 numbered copies the entire edition printed torn cut & bound by Claire Van Vliet at the Janus Press on and of Kozu Fabriano & Canson paper. One of Schuyler's scarcest books owing to the fact that most of the edition went to subscribers of the press with the result that few copies of the book have been available for collectors of the poet. Fine copy. 8vo illustrated with architectural cut-out endpapers fashioned after the topiary gardens at Levens Hall Westmorland England original orange decorated wrappers. Fine copy. The Janus Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21729
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JANUS PRESS
Claire Van Vliet Landscape Paperworks. Essay by Ruth Fine
Philadelphia and Washington D.C.: Dolan/Maxwell Gallery & Mickelson Gallery 1984-85. First edition of this exhibition catalogue. One of 90 copies specially bound by Van Vliet. Very fine copy. Large oblong 8vo illustrations linen-backed printed paper over boards. Very fine copy. Dolan/Maxwell Gallery & Mickelson Gallery unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21721
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JANUS PRESS. McPHERSON Sandra
Floralia
Portland and West Burke VT: Trace Editions / The Janus Press 1985. First edition. One of 400 copies out of an entire edition of 550. Fine copy. Square 8vo original illustrated wrappers. Fine copy. Trace Editions / The Janus Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21726
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JANUS PRESS. KRONFELD Susan
Spaghettiana
West Burke VT: The Janus Press 1976. First edition. One of 150 numbered copies signed by Kronfeld the entire edition. Fine copy. Large 8vo continuous linecut illustration from 6 pen drawings by Susan Kronfeld original cloth over boards paper spine label printed on seven sheets of 10 x 21 inch Softwhite Mohawk Superfine which are overlapped attached at short ends to form one continuous sheet 10 x 147 inches and accordion-folded and inserted in pocket inside back cover. Fine copy. The Janus Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21730
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JANUS PRESS. CAPETANAKIS Demetrios
The Poetry of Demetrios Capetanakis
Madison WI: Janus Press 1966. First edition. One of 100 copies the entire edition printed by Claire Van Vliet. A fine copy of this early Janus Press book. 4to printed wrappers. A fine copy of this early Janus Press book. Janus Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21711
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JANUS PRESS. McPHERSON Sandra
Floralia
Portland and West Burke VT: Trace Editions / The Janus Press 1985. First edition. One of 150 copies signed by McPherson & Van Vliet out of an entire edition of 550. Fine copy. Square 8vo original patterned cloth over boards printed paper spine label. Fine copy. Trace Editions / The Janus Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21724
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JANUS PRESS. JOHANKNECHT Susan
Birthcords. Three Poems and a Lithograph
Newark VT: The Janus Press 1975. First edition. One of 50 numbered copies signed by Johanknecht the entire edition. Fine copy. Large 8vo original illustrated wrappers. Fine copy. The Janus Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21723
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JANUS PRESS. JOHNSON W. R.
From Actium
Newark VT: The Janus Press 1977. First edition. One of 75 copies the entire edition. Spine panel faintly sunned otherwise a fine copy. Large 8vo original cloth over boards original lithograph by Claire Van Vliet over front cover printed paper spine label. Spine panel faintly sunned otherwise a fine copy. The Janus Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21714
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JANUS PRESS. KINNELL Galway
Fergus Falling. With a handcoloured lithograph by Claire Van Vliet
Newark VT: The Janus Press 1979. First edition. One of 120 numbered copies signed by Kinnell and Van Vliet the entire edition. Fine copy. Oblong 8vo original cloth-backed boards printed paper spine label. Fine copy. The Janus Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21718
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JANUS PRESS. SIEGL Helen illustrator
The Guest. 17th Century Christ Church Manuscript. With Woodcuts by Helen Siegl
West Burke VT: The Janus Press Christmas 1976. First edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Siegl out of an edition of 300. Fine copy. 8vo woodcuts printed in colors original illustrated wrappers. Fine copy. The Janus Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21715
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JANUS PRESS. Johnson W. R.
Flowering Time. With lithographs by Claire Van Vliet
West Burke VT: The Janus Press 1976. First edition. One of 150 numbered copies printed letterpress with the lithographs printed from the stone signed by Van Vliet the entire edition. Very fine copy. 8vo original printed hand-made wrappers by Jim Bicknell. Very fine copy. The Janus Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21722
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JANUS PRESS. JENNINGS Elizabeth
Winter Wind. With a Wood Engraving by Monica Poole
Newark VT: The Janus Press 1979. First edition. One of 50 copies with the Janus Press imprint out of an entire edition of 220. The remaining 170 copies were issued with The Gruffyground Press imprint in England. Fine copy. 8vo original linen over boards printed paper spine label. Fine copy. The Janus Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21720
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JANUS PRESS. THEOBALD John
A Second Light
Newark VT: The Janus Press 1977. First edition. One of 75 copies the entire edition. Very fine copy. Large 8vo original cloth over boards original lithograph by Claire Van Vliet over front cover printed paper spine label. Very fine copy. The Janus Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21713
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JANUS PRESS. JOHNSON W. R.
Easter. Relief prints by Claire Van Vliet
West Burke VT: The Janus Press 1970. First edition. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Van Vliet out of a total edition of 250. Fine copy. 8vo six linoleum cuts printed in colors by Van Vliet original printed wrappers. Fine copy. The Janus Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21712
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JANUS PRESS. LONEY Alan
Rise. Governors Bay Sept / Nov 2000
Newark VT: The Janus Press 2003. First edition. One of 150 numbered copies the entire edition. Very fine copy with a small adhesive shelf label on the slipcase. Oblong 8vo photograph original printed wrappers publisher's slipcase. Very fine copy with a small adhesive shelf label on the slipcase. The Janus Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21728
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JANUS PRESS. BURKE Clifford
A Landscape With Cows in It. Linoleum cut by Ruth E. Fine
Newark VT: Janus Press 1987. First edition. One of 150 copies signed by Burke and Fine the entire edition. Fine copy. 8vo original stiff printed wrappers 9 irregularly sized pages accordion folded with an irregularly sized 24-page pamphlet sewn between pages 7 and 8. Fine copy. Janus Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21717
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JANUS PRESS. JOHANKNECHT Susan
Spring Clay. Poem in Twelve Parts. Lithographs by Susan Johanknecht
Newark VT: The Janus Press 1975. First edition. One of 75 numbered copies signed by Johanknecht the entire edition. Fine copy. 8vo original unprinted wrappers printed paper spine label. Fine copy. The Janus Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21716
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Kitchen Judith & Pat Janus editors Joseph Bruchac Jarold Ramsey Carol Frost Joan Murray et al.
Apple: an anthology of Upstate New York poets
Pittsford: State Street Press 1979. 26p. 5.5x9.5 inches notes on the poets text-block separated from the covers else good first edition booklet limited to 500 copies in stapled pictorial Frenchfold wraps. State Street Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 152842
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Man Ray; Janus
MAN RAY. Man Ray Exhibition at the Iolas Gallery in New York May 1974
New York: Alexander Iolas Gallery 1974. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First Edition. Oblong octavo 8vo. 146 pages. Original thick paperback binding with minor shelfwear and minimal creasing to the spine. Contains an introduction by Janus. Exhibition catalogue containing approximately 70 black & white photographs of the artist's work. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. Alexander Iolas Gallery Paperback books
Bookseller reference : 015185
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ADAMS Janus
GLORY DAYS; 365 inspired moments in African-American history
NY: HarperCollins 1995. First printing. 8vo pp. xiii 418. Bibliography indices. Illustrated. Paper over boards. Front hinge appears tender but isn't o/w about as new in dj. The sub-title is a little confusing--this is a book of days commemorating inspiring persons and moments that are the heritage of people of African descent. HarperCollins unknown books
Bookseller reference : 49726
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Janus
Man Ray: L'immagine Fotografica
Venezia Venice Italy: Edizioni La Biennale di Venezia 1977. Softcover. VG Covers have slight scuffs book is only lightly aged overall. Dark green and illus. wraps 230 pp. 160 BW illus. Text is in Italian. Considers photographs rendered by American visual artist Man Ray 1890-1976. With an introduction by Janus. The illustrated and then annotated catalogue presents 160 specific pieces. Includes a substantial annotated bibliography. Edizioni La Biennale di Venezia paperback books
Bookseller reference : 161310
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Janus Elizabeth
The Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize 2000
London: The Photographer's Gallery 2000. Softbound. VG shows light shelf wear. Color pictorial french flaps with raised patterning top left corner 40pp 25 color and BW plates. This catalog includes work from James Casebere Anna Gaskell Jitka Hanzlova Tim Macmillan and Tracey Moffatt. The Photographer's Gallery paperback books
Bookseller reference : 126476 ISBN : 0907879578 9780907879572
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Man Ray: Janus
MAN RAY
Milan & Paris: Hachette / Fabbri 1973. Large quarto. Gilt cloth. 189 plates many in color. Fine in very good lightly shelfworn and smudged pictorial dust jacket. First edition in French with Janus's text translated by Claude Ciccione and Man Ray's "Préface pour un Roman Imaginaire" as well as the bibliography biographical notes and captions translated by Alain Jouffroy. A magnificent general survey of Man Ray's work in several media. Hachette / Fabbri hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT53054
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Janus Press: Burke Clifford and Ruth Fine illustrator
BONE SONGS
Newark VT: Janus Press 1992. 40 French-folded unnumbered pages including covers. Oblong quarto. Illustrated. Fine in two-part Barcham Green paper and drum vellum slipcase. First edition of this selection of poems by Burke written in response to Fine's drawings. One of 150 copies printed at the Janus Press on Royal Watercolour Society paper. Illustrated with eighteen polymer relief prints of skull drawings by Ruth Fine. Bound in a completely non-adhesive binding using MacGregor-Vinzani calendered ivory abaca paper. Signed by Burke Fine and Van Vliet. Janus Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT75796
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Janus Press: McPherson Sandra
DESIGNATING DUET
Newark VT: The Janus Press 1989. Small oblong quarto. Paper-backed decorated fabric over boards. A fine copy in otherwise very good cloth-covered clamshell box with an unfortunate pale tidemark affecting the spine and edges of the boards. First edition. McPherson's poems are presented in the context of a cut colored paper quilt-like construct bound into the outer shell which may be carefully extended in an accordion style fashion. One of 175 numbered copies signed by the poet by Claire Van Vliet the printer/designer and by several other parties associated with the production. The Janus Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT73956
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Gefn Janus Press: Joahnknecht Susan
WELL-HEELED
London & West Burke VT: Gefn Janus Unlimited nd. Small octavo. Accordion fold with coversheet. Illustrations. Fine in tissue wrapper enclosed in plain box bookplate inside box and small label mark on lid enclosed within printed sleeve. First unlimited trade edition a half-size reproduction of the 1985 lithographed edition of thirty copies. Gefn Janus Unlimited unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT64814
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Man Ray: Janus ed
MAN RAY THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE
Woodbury NY: Barron's 1980. Quarto. Black cloth. 160 black and white photographs. Bookplate on front pastedown else near fine in near fine dust jacket a trifle sunned at top and bottom edges. First US edition. Includes essays and poems from contemporary sources with translations by Murtha Baca. The avant garde photographic work of an American in Paris this monograph is the result of the research conducted on the occasion of the preparation of the exhibition "Man Ray testimonianza attraverso la fotografia" Man Ray testimony through photography organized and promoted by the architecture and visual arts section of Venice Biennale presented on the Island of San Giorgio Venice from July 18 to October 10 1976. Barron's hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT64837
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Janus Press: Johnson Walter Ralph
NARCISSUS
Newark VT: The Janus Press 1990. Quarto. Stiff paper construct consisting of seven leaves joined via a paper strip with printed text and laser-printed illustrations. The whole enclosed in a specially constructed clamshell folder of pinewood and board in cloth and board slipcase. First edition. One of 120 numbered copies designed by Claire Van Vliet and assembled with Linda Wray with the images printed at the Sarabande Press. With a manuscript limitation statement signed by Van Vliet on the construct and a printed colophon within the folding case. The Janus Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT64407
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Janus
JANUS CAHIERS MENSUELS BILINGUES DE LA JEUNE POESIE FRANCAISE ET AMERICAINE
Paris & New York 1950. Volume one numbers one of five published. Small octavo. Pictorial wrappers. Usual tanning but very good. Edited by Elliott Stein and Daniel Mauroc. A bilingual monthly serving as "a housing project for the homeless muse." Contributors include Prokosch Senghor Frechtman et al. unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT60928
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Janus Press: Johnson W. R.
LILAC WIND
Newark VT: Janus Press 1983. Quarto. Accordion foldout eight panels with sculpted top edges ca. 5' when extended. Very fine in cloth clamshell box with spine label. First edition. Johnson's poems are superimposed on a background "pulp painting" by Claire Van Vliet and Kathryn Clark executed at the Twinrocker Handmade Paper Mill with letterpress executed at the Janus Press. In addition to 150 numbered copies signed by the artist this is one of an unknown number of copies marked as "proof A.C." and signed by Van Vliet. The painting depicts a snowy winter landscape at moonrise executed in soft blues green and lilac. A beautiful and characteristic work by "one of the most important book designers and artists of the last half of the twentieth century" - Library of Congress. Janus Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT57970
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Janus Press: Siegl Helen illus
A FELICITY OF CAROLS
West Burke VT: The Janus Press for Barre Publishers 1970. Octavo. Gathered signatures laid into paper chemise and slipcased. Slight offsetting from the slipcase to the chemise otherwise near fine. Illustrated with twenty-two original woodcuts by Helen Siegl printed from the blocks. One of nine hundred numbered copies printed in bembo types on Japanese paper at the Janus Press and signed by the artist. The Janus Press for] Barre Publishers unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT57650
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Janus; Ciccione, Claude (Translator)
Man Ray: Oeuvres, 1909-1972
1990 Paris Celiv 1990. Relié, toile blanche à l'impression dorée, jaquette illustrée en couleurs, 230 x 315mm., illustration profonde en couleurs et en n/b. ISBN 286535007X. Peintures et sculptures. Bon état.
Bookseller reference : 22993
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Janus / Brashler
L'homme de pekin / disparu depuis 1941
Seghers 1975 in8. 1975. broché. 260 pages. Bon Etat intérieur propre
Bookseller reference : 100087864
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C.G. JANUS Et W. BRASHLER
DISPARU DEPUIS 1941 - L'HOMME DE PEKIN
SEGHERS DOCUMENT 1975 260 pages in8. 1975. Broché. 260 pages. Traduit de Sénès Florence - Illustrations de Jankovics györgy
Bookseller reference : 38162
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JANUS
JANUS - VERS UN CAPITALISME POPULAIRE - 11
1966 1966.
Bookseller reference : 300026247
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Janus Stark
fantastique n 103 1987
1987 1987. Fantastique Janus Stark n° 103 / 1987
Bookseller reference : 400030554
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Janus Stark
fantastique n 17 1977
1977 1977. Fantastique Janus Stark n° 17 / 1977
Bookseller reference : 400032173
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Janus Stark
fantastique n 89 1986
1986 1986. Fantastique Janus Stark n° 89 / 1986
Bookseller reference : 400032426
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Janus Stark
fantastique n 17 1977
1977 1977. Fantastique Janus Stark n° 17 / 1977
Bookseller reference : 400034811
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Janus Stark
fantastique n 119 1988
1988 1988. Fantastique Janus Stark n° 119 / 1988
Bookseller reference : 400034982
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