“Inspiration” – an Essay by Louis H. Sullivan
The Clinker Press is proud to announce its first 2012 release: “Inspiration,” an essay by renown American architect Louis H. Sullivan. “Inspiration” had its first reading at the third annual convention of the Western Association of Architects at Chicago, November 17, 1886 (source). From Wikipedia: Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) was an American architect, and has been called the “father of skyscrapers” and “father of modernism” He is considered by many as the creator of the modern skyscraper, was an influential...
Read More“TGP – El Taller de Gráfica Popular” Print Collection
The Clinker Press is proud to present the TGP – El Taller de Gráfica Popular Print Collection. The collection includes 20 prints of this atelier in Mexico that was influential in so many areas. The subject of the prints vary from the mystical to the political. An introduction is included and illustrated with examples. The booklet included in the collection includes an introduction by Andre Chaves and Dermot Begley. From Wikipedia: The Taller de Gráfica Popular (Spanish: “People’s Graphic Workshop”) was a artist’s print collective founded in Mexico in 1937 by...
Read More“The Wood Block Prints of Charles Greene” by Andre Chaves
“The Wood Block Prints of Charles Greene” by Andre Chaves is a wonderful collection of rare wood-block print images by Charles Greene, never before offered to the public. Each wood block print image is reproduced with the highest accuracy, hand printed and hard bound into this classic volume. The book also includes an introduction by The Clinker Press’ Andre Chaves, who serves as author of the edition. From Wikipedia: Charles Sumner Greene (1868–1957) and Henry Mather Greene (1870–1954) were influential early 20th Century American architects. Active primarily in...
Read More“The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe Boxed Set
The Raven Boxed Set is an elite presentation of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic 1845 American narrative poem in a deluxe boxed set, featuring a hand printed volume, presentation box and unique jewelry brooch specially created for this edition. This is an extremely limited edition of 10, and the edition is sold out. It contains an edition of the book and a broche designed and handcrafted by To Herman of 7 fingers jeweler. From Wikipedia’s account of the work: “The Raven” made Edgar Allan Poe a household name almost immediately and turned Poe into a national celebrity....
Read More“The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe is a rare retelling of the classic 1845 American narrative poem in a deluxe hardbound edition, hand printed and featuring an debossed cover. This is a limited edition of 60 copies numbered and signed. From Wikipedia’s account of the work: “The Raven” made Edgar Allan Poe a household name almost immediately and turned Poe into a national celebrity. Readers began to identify poem with poet, earning Poe the nickname “The Raven”. The poem was soon widely reprinted, imitated, and parodied. Though it made Poe popular in his day, it did...
Read More“The Old-Book Peddler” by Stefan Zweig
The Old-Book Peddler by Stefan Zweig is a hand-printed, hard bound edition of this important work from a widely regarded writer of the early 20th century. The Clinker Press printing features a translation by Theodore W. Koch.The edition is limited to 140 and only a few copies are available. It is a wonderful story of Zweig’s encounter with a book-seller in Vienna during the Great War. As noted by Anthony Daniels, “Literary fashion is as fickle and inexplicable as any other kind of fashion. In France, Stefan Zweig is regarded as one of the great writers of the 20th...
Read MoreAbout The Clinker Press
Clinker Press is a private letterpress studio owned and operated by Andre Chaves, who is interested in printing material relating to the art of printing as well as the Arts and Crafts Movement.