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Welcome to the store . . .

This store uses an online cart system, with payment processed via paypal (you do not need a paypal account to use the checkout system).

If there’s any delay in processing your order, we will let you know.

In addition to what is featured here, many other works are available. They can be viewed via the online exhibition catalogs.

Questions? Please email me (alicia@abecedariangallery.com).

Thank you for your support of the book arts.

Alicia Bailey,
Director, Abecedarian Gallery


New Products:

Sarah Bryant – Fond

Sarah Bryant – Fond$375

Fond is letterpress printed on Zerkall paper and housed in a slip case. The book is letterpress printed and bound as a drum leaf. Sarah says: A fond is a collection of documents organically accumulated by a person or institution. Using halftone photographs, color silhouettes, and a winding rope of text, I constructed an abstracted and … [View Details]

Sarah Bryant – Point of View

Sarah Bryant – Point of View$350

An exploration of one moment and location, one position in space and time. Gatefold structure Letterpress printed from polymer plates and Perpetua metal type on Arches Text and Wyndstone Vellum. Sarah says: When I embarked on this project in the spring of 2007, I started with a series of simple guidelines. I wanted to incorporate … [View Details]

Casey Gardner – I Wondered What it Might Ignite

Casey Gardner – I Wondered What it Might Ignite$500

Letterpress Printed with wood type and photopolymer plates This book is about having a lot of fun with words, images, paper, ink and printing. It won the Steven Corey Emerging Artist Award, from the Pacific Center for the Book Arts. I like creating spatial contexts for language. Casey Gardner has a BFA in printmaking and … [View Details]

Casey Gardner – Entering Borderland

Casey Gardner – Entering Borderland$200

Lithography, letterpress. Accordion with window cut outs that hold small, accordion folded pages. This is a story I wrote about a person who pulls a book off a shelf and falls into it. (As one does.) The maps that pull out show how to get around inside the book, in Borderland. To make this book, … [View Details]

Casey Gardner – A Brief Encounter with Etiquette

Casey Gardner – A Brief Encounter with Etiquette$300

Casey’s first letterpress book. Letterpress Signature-Sewn Binding Casey Gardner has a BFA in printmaking and graphic design from California College of the Arts. At CCA, she studied book art with Betsy Davids, Nance Obanion and Julie Chen and Macy Chadwick.  She lives in Berkeley, CA working as a graphic designer and running her studio, Set … [View Details]

Casey Gardner – Font Yard and Type Atlas for Gothic Girls

Casey Gardner – Font Yard and Type Atlas for Gothic Girls$300

Letterpress printed with various wood and lead type Binding: concertina Casey Gardner has a BFA in printmaking and graphic design from California College of the Arts. At CCA, she studied book art with Betsy Davids, Nance Obanion and Julie Chen and Macy Chadwick.  She lives in Berkeley, CA working as a graphic designer and running … [View Details]

Casey Gardner – Speciman Book

Casey Gardner – Speciman Book$750

Last available copy Stone Lithography and Letterpress printed Binding: handbound concertina This book was an experiment in mixing printing techniques. I drew & printed the lithos first, then wrote, designed and printed the infographics and poems in response. Casey Gardner has a BFA in printmaking and graphic design from California College of the Arts. At … [View Details]

Casey Gardner – HereSay (with Nance O’Banion)

Casey Gardner – HereSay (with Nance O’Banion)$1200

Handbound Letterpress printed book with magnetized, removable volvelle structure. This is a book for lovers of language and meaning and those who enjoy playing with words in space. A letterpress printed book featuring the diverse, interrelated readings of axiomatic volvelles, biaxial cartography & randomography*. This flexible notion of a book with its movable devices, graphical … [View Details]

Casey Gardner -Threshold

Casey Gardner -Threshold$600

Threshold is a book about approaching and moving through transformation. The piece explores several aspects of change and revolves around a story inspired by Ovid’s tale of Daphne and Apollo in The Metamorphosis. Daphne is a nymph with a passion for hunting; she is pursued by Apollo, the god of sunlight, music, poetry, and healing. … [View Details]