letterpress from metal types on mouldmade and handmade papers with
emphasis on hand techniques, special attention to high standards in
craft and to harmony of design and text. All copies are signed.
Artist's
Proof A
brief history, extensive type and ornament specimen and checklist
of Meadow Press publications, 1974-1990. Paste paper frontispiece
by Leigh McLellan. Handset in the press's forty-eight typefaces
on nineteen different papers, mostly mouldmade, and printed in
many colors by letterpress at the whimsy of the printer. A few
sheets were composed by computer and xeroxed. 100 copies are
enclosed in a white Arches cover portfolio with a gray Roma label
and button-and-cord closure. 23 broadsides. 8 1/2 x 11 inches
tall. $100 View Artist's
Proof
Black
Waters A
song by Jean Ritchie mourning the destruction of the Kentucky
mountains by coal mining. Title and music calligraphy by Georgianna
Greenwood. Linoleum cut of a sumac tree by Leigh McLellan in
spring green, pale green, grey and pale pink. 75 copies on handmade
Monarch with Times New Roman types. 20 x 15 inches tall.
$75 View Black
Waters
The
Urn A poem by Malcolm
Cowley and a pen-drawn landscape by his friend Peter Blume. 170
copies printed for Charles Seluzicki in black and terra cotta
on a soft yellow ground using buff Arches cover. Set in Garamond
and Goudy types. 12 x 19 1/2 inches tall. $50 View The Urn
Variations
on a Phrase A collaboration
between two old friends, well-known poet David Gascoyne and artist
Stanley Hayter. 170 copies printed for Charles Seluzicki. A pale
orange and blue brush-drawn figure, and Spectrum and Castellar
types on Stonehenge paper. 22 x 15 inches tall. $45
View Variations on a Phrase
Small
Hymns A delicately
glistening poem by Joyce Carol Oates accompanied by a starburst
illustration by Mary Ann Hayden in pink, deep royal blue, and
silver. 100 copies printed for William Ewert on white Arches
cover in Centaur and Arrighi types. 11 1/2 x 19 1/2
inches tall. $40 View Small
Hymns
Ensoulment A poem by William
Heyen celebrating the regeneration of life. Linoleum cut of a
milkweed blossom overprinted in soft avocado, mauve pink and
sepia. 100 copies printed for William Ewert on buff Arches cover
in Garamond types. 12 x 19 1/2 inches tall. $40
View Ensoulment
Cracked
Open A poem by Barbara
Luck about growing up. Merry drawings of elves by Charles Aquilina.
100 copies in deep blue, burgundy, yellow and silver with Deepdene
types and Spectrum stars on cream Frankfurt paper. 7 1/2 x 22
inches tall. A few copies left. $40
View Cracked Open
Order type specimen, books, and broadsides: All orders payable in advance by check to "Leigh McLellan," except institutions and booksellers. (Sorry, credit cards orders are not taken.) California residents add appropriate sales tax. Add $4.00 postage for one copy, $2.00 for each additional copy, shipped book rate, insured. Booksellers' discount: 14 copies: 25%, 59 copies: 30%, 10 or more copies: 35%.