Bradypress ~ Nebraska
(Denise Brady)

Blown Roses
By Nancy McCleery
2003. Edition of 125.

9.5 x 6.24". 28 pages. Hand set Perpetua and Optima italic display and printed text and linocuts using a Vandercook proof press on Somerset Book paper made at the Inversek mill in England. Sewed sheets using a visible long stitch into covers of French Specklestone, a recycled paper, and Thai Unryu endsheets.

Poems by Nancy McCleery and linocuts by Jaime Hackbart. Presented at the 2001 Nebraska Literature Festival in Peru, Nebraska.
$35

Grief / Rue Des Ecouffe
By Marilyn Hacker
2001. Edition of 100.

Two poems, one hundred numbered copies printed in three colors from Perpetua type on Arches text and cover papers with endsheets of Ogura lace and a French Marble wrap. The original etching, signed and numbered by the artist, has been tipped into the book. Book design and production by Denise Brady.

Poems by Marilyn Hacker with an etching by Marie Geneviève Havel.
$35

Three New Poems
By Hayden Carruth
1999. Edition of 150.

5.75 x 8". 10 pages. These three recent poems have been hand set in Perpetua type and printed using a Vandercook proof press on Frankfurt paper. Red initials are Romulus Open. The paper cover is Thai Reversible: two sheets of Kozo laminated, tobacco brown on the outside and sienna inside.

Carruth's three new poems: My Dear Odysseus, Memory, and End of Winter.
$24

I Come to that Point on the Wheel / Io son venuto al punto de la rota
By Dante Alighieri (Translated by Harry Duncan)
1994. Edition of 250.

10 x 4.9" with 12 pages (single section). Set in 12 pt. Garamond and printed on Arches paper. Cover illustration is a photograph by the printer.

Duncan's translation from the Italian of this 75-line 700-year-old poem, a lover's lament, by Dante Alighieri. Produced on the occasion of Mr. Duncan receiving the Jane Geske Award on Feb. 3, 1994 from the Nebraska Center for the Book to recognize his contributions to the book as printer, publisher, author, teacher and translator.
$15

Postpartum Lullaby: A Poem and Drawing
By Elizabeth Layton
1993. Edition of 175

10 x 7.5"; 10 pages. Denise Brady printed the poem from Romulus type on Rives heavyweight with Harry Duncan's direction using his iron hand press. Mary Gallagher, Ginny Morocco, Bonnie O'Connell and Floyd Pearce assisted. The two signatures are sewn into a wrapper of Rives marbled by Takako Hicken and the printer. Layton provided a line drawing to illustrate the title page that was printed from a photoengraving.

The late Kansas artist Elizabeth Layton began this poem in the 1950s and continued to revise and expand it for twenty-five years. The six-page poem deals with motherhood, grief and hope, cataloging events and mothers both nameless and famous.
$30

Spring Blues
Mezzotints and Poems
By Denise Brady
Edition of 10. 2004.

8 x 10” sheets. Eight poems printed letterpress from Gill Sans Light type on handmade cotton rag paper are paired with eight small one or two color chine collé mezzotints. Housed in a modified clamshell box covered in marine blue and rust Asahi cloths with front debossed label.

One make recognize the Spring Blues when viewing this lovely book but the soul's response is one of joy to the simple beauty of the presentation. Beautiful two-color mezzotints with accompanying poetry.
$550

King of the Butterflies
By Christoper Howell
2003. Edition of 90.

6 x 7"; 11 pages. Denise Brady produced this book at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The poem is printed from handset Centaur and illustrated with a photoengraved print. The title page bears a linocut initial printed in red. Black cover and red endsheets were hand made from cotton fabrics. Text paper is white Bugra.

During his reign, John II Casimir, King of Poland declared that two million butterflies should be captured and sent up to God as an offering of the Earth's bounty. A single butterfly has such special beauty but to capture two million small wonders was indeed overwhelming. An elegant presentation that captures the delightful beauty of the butterfly in the single photoengraving that accompanies the text.
$35