[Beltsville, MD: Hand Papermaking, Inc., 2008]. Artist portfolio, one of 150 copies, consisting of 14 original pieces of art in the form of a single sheet of hand-made paper with painting and/or lettering on or lettering in the paper. These 14 pieces are the collaboration of papermaker and calligrapher and..... More
Stillwater, ME: 2006. Unique artist's book, all on handmade papers by Katie MacGregor and Th Saunders as well as found papers decorated with postage stamps, signed and dated by the artist, Nancy Ruth Leavitt. Page size: 5-1/2 inches x 8-1/2 inches, 72pp. Bound by Joelle Leavitt Webber of Mermaid Bindery..... More
Stillwater, ME: 2018. Artist's book, one in a series of three all on Katie MacGregor hand-made papers, the suite of plates on paper made by Ms. MacGregor and "Pulp Painted" while in the mold by Ms. Leavitt, signed and numbered by her on the colophon. Page size: 15(W) x 10-1/4(L)..... More
[Stillwater, ME: 2012]. Unique artist's book, on Arches text wove paste paper, signed and dated by the artist, Nancy Ruth Leavitt. Page size: 13 x 8.75 inches; 56pp. all of which are painted and 43 of which are painted and lettered. Bound: loose as issued by artist, housed in custom-made..... More
Stillwater, ME: 2011. Artist's book, one of 12 copies, all on archival paper vellum and transparent vellum with original (each different) collages of hand-made pastepaper by the artist, Nancy Ruth Leavitt, and archival Mohawk Superfine paper for the hand-lettered text, each signed and numbered by the artist, Nancy Ruth Leavitt..... More
Stillwater, ME: 2016. Artist's book, 1 of 10 copies, all on Katie MacGregor blue Sherman handmade paper, each copy hand-lettered and decorated with hand-cut paper snowflakes by Nancy Ruth Leavitt who has signed and dated the colophon. Page size: 6-1/2 inches square; 16pp. including covers, 8 paper pages, 5 of..... More
[Stillwater, ME: 2015]. Artist's Book, one in a series of 10 "named" copies, on handmade "North Pole white" paper by Katie MacGregor, hand painted and lettered by Nancy Ruth Leavitt and signed by her on the colophon. Page size: 6 x 9 inches; 27pp; 22 of which are painted or..... More
Stillwater, ME: 2019. Artist's book, unique, from a series with excerpts from Celia Thaxter's AN ISALND GARDEN, (reflecting the noted poet's garden in Spring and Summer) on Arches text wove, signed and dated by the artist, Nancy Ruth Leavitt, with the notation that this is her 121st manuscript book. Page..... More
Stillwater, ME: 2008. Unique artist's book, page size: 11 7/8 x 6 ΒΌ inches, unique book, 34pp. Text reads, "Juxtaposition/ proximity join close/ meet touch graze/ contact adhere/ co-exist." 14 collages made of paste and found papers, and postage stamps sewn into accordion fold book of decorated paper by Nancy..... More
Stillwater, ME: 2000. Broadside printed on MacGregor paper, each rock hand-painted by the artist, one of 50 copies, each numbered and signed in pencil by the artist, Nancy Leavitt. Size of broadside: 15.5 inches x 12 inches. More
Stillwater, Maine: 2000. Artist's Proof, signed by the artist on the colophon, on various hand-made papers. Page size: 2-13/16 inches x 1-3/4 inches; 6 preliminary pages in various shades of green, one page painted in gold gilt tree, title in various greens on another and author's name lettered in dark..... More
Bozeman, MT: 2019. Artist's book, one of 12 copies, all on Arches Cover black text paper, each copy hand-lettered by Beth Lee and signed, numbered and dated by her on the inside hinge of book. Page size: 7.25 x 4 inches; 12pp. 6 of which are hand-lettered. Bound by the..... More
Serafina, NM: 2019. Artist's books, each unique, from a series of 3, this consisting of 4 individual books, all on Strathmore "Printmaking" paper for the text and Stonehenge paper for the black titlepage, signed by the artist, Paul Maurer, and hand-numbered in pencil on the colophon. The disparate sizes, disparate..... More
Serafina, NM: 2017. Artist's book, one of 4 copies, on various papers, hand lettered with metal pens and sumi ink, original block prints with water-based inks, signed by the artist on the colophon. Page size: 7.5 x 8.25 inches; 24pp; + colophon. Bound by the artist: hand-sewn in red linen..... More
Pasadena, MD: [ND but 2009]. Unique artist's book by Elizabeth McKee, with two texts by Elizabeth McKee, "Some Lessons My mother Taught Me" and "Some Questions You Could Ask" all on Arches Text Wove paper coated twice with acrylic gesso so that the pages resemble oil cloth, signed on the..... More
Pasadena MD: 2009. Unique artist's book, #6 in a series of 6, this on Arches Text Wove paper, signed on the colophon in pencil and dated by the author / artist, Elizabeth McKee. Page size: 9-3/4 x 5 inches; 10pp. painted on reverse side of each page as well as..... More
Pasadena, Maryland: 2009. Unique artist's book on Arches text wove paper, signed by the artist and dated on the colophon page. Page size: 12-7/8 x 10 inches; 16pp. plus front and back paste downs. Bound by the artist in 1/4 black Hollander's imitation leather with brown cloth over Davey board..... More
Albuquerque, NM: 2020. Unique artist's book, on Arches text wove paper, painted and lettered with acrylic washes and gouache, Page size: open 6.25 x 101 inches; closed 6.25 x 12.25 inches. The text of Hopkins poem is actually a palimpsist with parts of he text of Hopkins' "Inversnaid" visible below..... More
2008. Unique artist's book, on Arches Text Wove paper, signed and dated by the artist, Elizabeth McKee. Page size closed: 8.5 x 11.75 inches; 22pp. including one fold-out. Bound by the artist: hand-sewn into black recycled daphne paper from Bhaktapur, Nepal, with envelope and ivory gros-grain ribbon tie of same..... More
Belfast, ME: 2019. Unique artist's scroll, on Hollytex polyester, mounted as hanging scroll, signed by the artist, Jan Owen, and dated on the paper board rolling tube, with cord hanger affixed. Housed in custom-made yellow-painted lidded box with hand-lettered label in gold, AMONG THE STARS, on black paper on lid..... More
Madrid: La Viuda de Ibarra, 1792. Seventh Impression, corrected and augmented of this handwriting manual with 9 pages of plates showing different letter forms. Page size: 5-11/16 x 3-3/4 inches, (i-iv) 1-208pp. + 9pp. plates. Bound: contemporary calf, red morocco label, title printed in gold on spine, marbled endpapers, very..... More
[NP]: 1998. Unique Artist's Book, 32 leaves; page size: 7-6/16 inches x 5-5/16 inches, hand painted and hand lettered by the artist, Douglas Shafer. The pages are painted to resemble vellum and lettered in a reddish-ochre with initial letters in royal blue, red and gold gilt, some with images; one..... More
