In print  

Books in print
listed in order of publication, starting with the most recent title.






Pura López Colomé • Acaso Borneo • Perchance Borneo [2008]
A long poem about a tragic incident I Indonesia. Spanish text with a translation by Marina Castañeda printed on opposite pages. With a print by Mexican artist Francisco Toledo. Set in Dante and Trump-Gravur. An edition of 99 copies, size 25×17 cm, sewn into paper covers and Fabriano Ingres wrappers, 18 pages €20

Kevin Perryman • Still Life [2008]
A small selection of Perryman’s best poems. Kevin Perryman, writer, translator, painter and publisher lives and works in South Germany. The special edition of Still Life, printed on handmade paper, is illustrated with an etching by German artist Vroni Schwegler. 16 pages, about 25×17 cm, published in two editions
144 copies in paper covers and Fabriano Ingres wrappers €20
29 copies, signed by author and artist, in grey cloth €130

Matthew Sweeney • Broken Flower [2007]
In 2000 the Bonnefant Press published Matthew Sweeney’s The Ice Hotel, followed in 2001 by Where Fishermen Can’t Swim (illustrated by Rigby Graham). Sweeney’s latest collection of poems, Black Moon, was published earlier this year by Jonathan Cape (London). Following his second appearance at the Maastricht International Poetry Nights in 2006 a series of six sestinas, Broken Flower has just been printed by the Bonnefant Press. Set in 12D Dante with Michelangelo initials and sewn into paper covers and coloured paper wrappers. 99 copies: 18 pages, size 23×15 cm €20
Number 7 in the series The Maastricht International Poetry Nights:

Hans van de Waarsenburg & Jörg Remé • Canto Ostinato: Het oneindige lied • Canto interminable • The unending song [2007]
A poem inspired by Simeon ter Holt’s composition for piano, with Spanish and English translations by Pura López Colomé and Peter Boreas. Illustrated with two etchings by Jörg Remé, handcoloured by the artist, and a drawing blocked on the front cover. Set in 14D Dante with Bembo Titling and printed on handmade Fabriano Umbria. 21 pages, size 25×16 cm. An edition of 60 copies, signed by author and artist, and sewn into paper covers and grey Magnani Firenze paper wrappers: €125

Paul van Capelleveen • Dutch Silverpoints • John Gray’s Struggle for Fame in Holland [2007]
In the 1890s John Gray, a young poet and friend of many of the great writers of the period, was trying to extend his reputation by contacting writers abroad. His correspondence with the Dutch novelist and magazine editor Frederik van Eeden shows him struggling to get attention for his work in the Dutch press. At the same time he discusses his connection with the magazine The Dial. Paul van Capelleveen unravels their friendship with the help of a series of letters by Gray to Van Eeden. Set in 13 pt Bembo and printed on laid Magnani paper. 25×16,5 cm, 33 pp. The edition of 75 copies is bound in black ‘silverpoint’ cloth: €120

Tarek Eltayeb • Das gläserne Gespräch • Brittle Conversation [2007]
Tarek Eltayeb, like Matthew Sweeney, appeared at the 2006 Maastricht International Poetry Nights. The visit produced a number of humorous observations of people and animals seen in Maastricht, Aachen and his hometown Vienna. The poems were written in Arabic, but are printed in a German translation by Ursula Eltayeb and an English version by Michael Farley.
Set in 14D Dante with Michelangelo initials and sewn into paper covers and coloured paper wrappers. 75 copies: 18 pages, size 23×15 cm €20
Number 6 in the series The Maastricht International Poetry Nights.

Franz Kafka • Es ist nicht notwendig [WKG Warenhaus für Kleines Glück, 2007]
A small selection from the Zürauer Aphorismen, increasing in length from a single line to a full page, with a woodcut portrait by Rigby Graham. The German text is set in 14 and 16 pt Walbaum using two shades of red: 24×15 cm, 20 pp. The edition consists of 4 copies in quarter red vellum (n.f.s.) and 41 copies sewn into paper covers with printed wrappers: €20

Rouke van der Hoek · Gedempt gejuich [2005]
Muffled cheers, fourteen poems in Dutch by Rouke van der Hoek. The painter Stijn Peeters has provided two aquatints ‘Street’ and ‘Factory’ printed in green-black, which are divided between each half of the edition. The text is set in 12 pt Cochin. 25×17 cm, 24 pages. Edition 84:
in green cloth blocked with a few bits of confetti (35 copies) €130
in pale green paper covers printed with slightly more confetti (49 copies) €85

David Winwood · Dive for Cover [2005, Netherlands/Ireland]
Eight poems with three woodcuts by Rigby Graham, set in Dante type with Michelangelo for display and printed on Zerkall paper. Sewn into paper covers with brown wrappers. 23×15 cm, 19 pp. 75 or 99 copies €30
Volume 5 in the series The Maastricht International Poetry Nights.

Hans van de Waarsenburg · Colorado, 580 kg [2004]
A lament on the death of a young bull in the arena, with translations by Pura López Colomé (Spanish) and Peter Boreas (English). Sewn into blood-red aquatint wrappers by Jan Hendrix. 19.5×14 cm, 12 pages. An edition of 250 copies €15

Jan Hendrix & Hans van de Waarsenburg · Across the Fields [2003]
Reminiscences of the Aran Islands: five poems by Hans van de Waarsenburg in three languages (Dutch, Spanish, English) and ten screenprints by Jan Hendrix. Translations by Pura López Colomé & Peter Boreas. 26×18.5 cm, 43 pp. set in 14d Dante. Edition 60, in blue cloth, signed by the artist and the poet €225
(Published by the Bonnefant Press & Imprenta de los Trópicos, México D.F.)

Pura López Colomé · Quimera [2003, Mexico]
A long poem (in Spanish) with a screenprint (22.5×60 cm) by Jan Hendrix. Set in Dante type with Diotima initials for display and printed on Zerkall paper. Sewn into paper covers with dark green wrappers. 23×15 cm, 14 pp. 75 or 99 copies €30
Volume 4 in the series The Maastricht International Poetry Nights.

Paolo Ruffilli · Nell’atto di partire [2003]
A series of ten poems about longing and love, with an English translation by Boris Peters (Whenever I go). Hand-set in 16 pt Meidoorn, a typeface designed by S. H. de Roos for his private press in 1927, and with a section of six screenprints by Jan Hendrix. 25×16 cm and 30 pp. (plus 6 prints in red and black Japanese covers). An edition of 50 copies:
I - XII and four copies printed ‘ad personam’ on handmade Ruscombe Mill paper, bound in quarter vellum with dark red paper sides, signed €240
1–17 on Magnani paper, in beige cloth €120
18–34 on Magnani paper, in dark red paper wrappers €85
There is also an Italian/Dutch edition of 50 copies (In het vertrek), translated by Willem van Toorn.

Bruno Weinhals · Bericht von der Insel [2002]
Three short prose passages on Virgil, Ulysses and Frederick of Apulia (in German). Hand-set in 14 pt Walbaum type and printed in black and red. 25×15.5 cm, 14 pages. Edition 75:
I - XIII and two copies printed ‘ad personam’ on Barcham Green handmade paper, in brown cloth boards, signed €70
1–60 sewn into paper covers and sand coloured wrappers €30

Wilma Stockenström · Beenwit [2002, South Africa]
Three short poems in Dante type with Diotima initials for display and printed on Zerkall paper. Sewn into paper covers with brown wrappers. 23×15 cm, 9 pp. 99 copies €15
Volume 3 in the series The Maastricht International Poetry Nights.

Matthew Sweeney · Where Fishermen Can’t Swim [2001]
Twenty-five ‘Donegal poems’ selected by the author from previous collections (one poem not published before), with five drawings (screenprint) by Rigby Graham. With an additional drawing on the covers and pictorial endpapers for the hardback versions. Printed in 14d Dante, with Castellar initials in green, on Magnani paper. 31.5×22 cm, 41 pages. Edition 89, signed by poet and artist:
A–Z and three copies printed ‘ad personam’ on handmade paper; bound in quarter green vellum and printed paper sides; slipcase €310
1–30 in pale green cloth (o/p)
31–60 in pale green paper wrappers (o/p)

Bruno Weinhals · Wassernährendes Feuer [2001]
Twenty-one thoughtful poems (in German) by an Austrian author with ‘Schriftspuren’ based on quotations from the texts in pink (screenprint) by Karina Meister. Printed in 14d Dante on Magnani paper. 31.5×22 cm, 37 pages. Edition 89, signed:
A–Z and three printed ‘ad personam’ on handmade paper; quarter claret vellum with Indian paper sides; slipcase €250
1–30 in claret cloth €125
31–60 in purple paper wrappers €75

Bruno Weinhals · Traduttore Traditore [2000, Austria]
A poem by Hans van de Waarsenburg given the dada treatment by an Austrian writer. Set in Dante type with Diotima capitals for display and printed on Zerkall paper. Sewn into paper covers with brown wrappers. 23×15 cm, 13 pp. 99 copies €15
The first volume in the series The Maastricht International Poetry Nights. (Number 2, Matthew Sweeney The Ice Hotel is out of print.)

Samuel Johnson · The Author’s Art of Praising Himself & Directions to Authors Attacked by Critics [Officina Borogovi, 2000]
Two essays from The Rambler (1750–52) to mark the 250th anniversary of the paper’s publication. The format matches Boswell’s favourite Edinburgh edition. 17×10.5 cm, 31 pp. Hand-set in slightly worn 10 pt Garamont & printed on Schut ‘Immortal Fire’ paper. Edition 60:
I - XII in full vellum or leather €175
1–48 in marbled paper boards €42.50

Michael Bown and Hal Bishop · Cyril, or the small woodcuts of Rigby Graham [1999]
Two contrasting essays highlighting Rigby Graham’s work in woodcut, with black-and-white woodcuts interspersed in the texts. With a total number of 44 woodcuts in black and white and in colour, some printed years before by the artist. 27×19 cm, 93 pp. The text is set in 14 pt Walbaum, and printed on heavy Zerkall paper. Edition 60, signed by the artist:
2 copies printed ‘ad personam’ in three volumes in full red vellum; slipcase (n.f.s.)
I–XI, in two volumes, with an extra twenty-five old and new woodcuts, in full red vellum; slipcase (o/p)
1–49, in printed cloth €350

Jan Hendrix & Hans van de Waarsenburg · Los Árboles / Bomen [1995 & 1999]
Trees: six double-page screenprints on thin Nepalese paper, allowing a misty view into a wood. Accompanied by a poem in Dutch and Spanish (translation Mariolein Sabarte Belacortu). Two editions, each signed:
A 55×40 cm. Less than a dozen copies! Bound in quarter black leather & wooden boards blocked with the title €495
B 38.5×26.5 cm. Fifty copies sewn into black paper wrappers, in a pink cloth dropback box €250
(Published by the Bonnefant Press & Imprenta de los Trópicos, México D.F.)

Douwe Hermans Kiestra · Boerehiem / Boerenerf [1998]
A selection from Kiestra’s Frisian poems with a translation into Dutch by D. A. Tamminga (1909-2002). Besides these poems by D. H. Kiestra (1899-1970) the Bonnefant Press has also printed Frisian texts by Theun de Vries and Douwe Tamminga – now all out of print. 25×16 cm, 33 pp. The text is set in 13 pt Bembo with Open Romulus initials and printed in light blue and black in an edition of 70 copies:
1 –30 and five ‘ad personam’ in light blue cloth, in a blue cloth luncheon bag €70
31–65 in paper covers and blue wrappers €38

Tegenstroom / Contre-courant [1997]
Five lithographs in colour by André Dieteren, inspired by Arthur Rimbaud, with poems (in Dutch) by Hans van de Waarsenburg about the river Meuse near Maastricht. Translated into French by Robert de Does. Printed for an exhibition of Dieteren’s work in Charleville-Mézières, France. 36.5×25 cm, 23 + xii pp. Typeface: 14 pt Bembo. 125 copies, in dark red cloth, signed €145

bert schierbeek & jef diederen · de nieuwe wereld [1996]
The new world, one of the last poems written by Bert Schierbeek (1918-1996) with two double-page colour lithographs by Jef Diederen. The text, set in 18 pt Garamont, is printed in black and several colours. 32.5×23.5 cm, 24 pp. Edition 65 plus three copies printed ‘ad personam’, in paper boards with a third lithograph in two colours, signed €175

bert schierbeek & jan hendrix · in het vooronder van de aarde [1996]
In the forecastle of the earth: nine small screenprints (black/white) by Jan Hendrix illustrate a poem written for the artist by Bert Schierbeek. The text is printed on handmade Japanese paper. 21.5×14 cm, sewn into printed paper wrappers, in a black paper box. 60 copies, signed by poet and painter €135
(Published by the Bonnefant Press & Imprenta de los Trópicos, México D.F.)

Pieter Defesche 75 [1996]
Published to celebrate the artist’s 75th birthday. The book contains seven screenprints in colour (page size 33×23 cm) with a separate print (50×65 cm, supplied in a cardboard tube), signed. 43 pp. The work of Pieter Defesche (1921-1998) is a celebration of colour, movement and people. The text, a series of poems in Dutch by Hans van de Waarsenburg, is set in 12 pt Lectura. Edition 90 (book) and 135 (print), in purple cloth blocked in yellow €585

John Donne · To Expresse this Eternity [1994]
A small selection of passages from the sermons, edited by the Bonnefant printer to please himself. 17×12.5 cm and 18 pp. Typeface: 14 pt Romanée, probably the first and only use of this typeface at the Bonnefant Press. Edition 56:
A–H on handmade Barcham Green, in full leather €160
1–12 on Zerkall, paper boards (o/p)
13–42 on Zerkall, paper covers €17.50

Jan Martens & Hans van de Waarsenburg · Il Ritorno [1993]
A series of four lithographs in colour, with an introduction and poems by Hans van de Waarsenburg. Title and images reflect Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria, a reference to Monteverdi’s opera. The prints and a separate text section are contained in a claret red cloth folder, 70×50 cm. 50 copies, signed by the painter and the poet €650

Federico García Lorca · Llanto por Ignacio Sánchez Mejías [and] Rigby Graham · The García Lorca Woodcuts 1959–1989 [1993]
The Spanish text of García Lorca’s best-known poem, with five illustrations cut in 1989. With a note by Rigby Graham about an earlier edition printed in English in 1959 and the five woodcuts from that edition. 32.5×23.5 cm and 47 pages set in Bembo and Bembo narrow italic. Edition 75 (actually 66), brown leather spine and printed paper boards, signed by the artist €195

Een kamer op het zuiden [1991]
A Room Facing South, a series of colour prints by well-known Dutch painters from the province of Limburg with poems (in Dutch) by writers selected by the artists: Pieter Defesche (two lithographs) & Manuel Kneepkens, Jef Diederen (lithograph/ woodcut) & Bert Schierbeek, Ger Lataster (lithograph) & Hans van de Waarsenburg, Pierre van Soest (etching) & Gerrit Kouwenaar, plus a prose contribution by the painter Lei Molin (screenprint & letterpress) who died before the completion of the project. 39×26 cm, each print plus poem loose in paper wrappers, in a brown cloth solander box. Edition 50, signed by the artists and poets €1250

Hans van de Waarsenburg · Door lust geveld [1988]
Laid Low by Lust, poems by Hans van de Waarsenburg in praise of the asparagus, with a screenprint by Pierre van Soest, in which Bruegel and Rembrandt meet. This was the last in a series of asparagus poems and prints culminating in an exhibition about the asparagus in art at the Museum Van Bommel-Van Dam in Roermond. 25×15 cm, 12 pages in paper wrappers €15

Toon Teeken · Schommelen in oktober [1988]
On a Swing in October, eight lithographs (b/w and colour) and poems (in Dutch) by one of our leading painters. A separate print of one of the lithographs is included with the book 26.5×19 cm, 45 pages. Bound in quarter vellum and Japanese paper sides. Edition 36, signed €335

Heinrich Schütz · Unterthänigstes Memorial Ao. 1651 [1985]
A long letter by the famous German composer (1585–1672) asking to be released from his post as Kapellmeister. With three initials and a title page cut in wood by Karina Meister and printed in dark blue. 33.5×22 cm, 17 pages hand-set in 18 pt Bembo. Edition: 63:
1–30 in quarter vellum and blue Japanese paper €88
31–60 in dark blue cloth €67.50

Joh. van Eijk · Sauerkraut en Pelkartoffelen [1982]
An etching by Gèr Boosten shows life in a barrack to illustrate selections from a war diary written by Joh. van Eijk in 1944-5, who was one of many young men from Rotterdam deported to Germany. The Dutch text is hand-set in 14 pt Bembo by the author and his son. 27×17.5 cm, 44 pages.
A 25 copies in a brown quarter leather binding, signed €110
B 70 copies, text only, in an army-green cloth binding, €45


For titles with Dutch texts only, see the Dutch language ‘fondslijst’. Often single copies of books not included in these lists are still available. Inquiries to Hans van Eijk at the Bonnefant Press (see ‘contact’).
 

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