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Mornings at Jack Pine

N EW book - by Jerry Dennis with 10 wood engravings by Glenn Wolff. Set against the rivers, jack pine barrens, and lake country of the upper Midwest, the poems in the book move between precise observation and lyric meditation. Jerry turns his keen naturalist’s eye inward as well as outward, finding in the landscape of northern Michigan a mirror for grief, love, mortality, and the fierce pleasures of being alive.

Printed in 3 colors in 3 versions. 

 
 
Mornings at Jack Pine paperback copy
 

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Interview with Chad Pastotnik from The Collectible Book Vault,
Minds of the Press Vol. 18  – from November 2024

 
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Illustrated with linoleum cuts by Vladimir Zimakov
and an introduction by Peter Hunt

Copies of the celebrated and cherished classic tail of Mole, Rat and Toad's glorious adventures are still available!

Check out the lovely review from The Whole Book Experience.

This Mad Parrot edition is quite a beauty. It’s my favorite edition of The Wind in the Willows and would definitely be my ‘Desert Island’ book edition of this title...


 




end papers

The regular edition copies of the book are quarter bound, rounded and backed, in a very dark moss green natural goat with a cinnamon cotton book cloth. The endpapers are a printed pattern on mocha Hahnemühle Bugra with a cloth inner hinge. The title is gilt in foil on the spine in copper and silver and the debossed panel on the front cover features Rat & Mole in a crossed oar emblem foiled in dull copper on grey-dyed goat.

The text is set in 14pt Centaur and Arrighi and printed on custom-made, linen/cotton rag paper from Papeterie Saint-Armand developed especially for this book. Interwoven throughout the book are thirteen multi-color and nine 2 color illustrations by Vladimir Zimakov. All this in large format folio size; 148 pages, 10.25 x 14″ (26×35.5 cm).

$2000.00 or $2100.00 with slipcase.



  New and recent Books : (click title to see details)
 
  • Mornings at Jack Pine, by Jerry Dennis with 10 wood engravings by Glenn Wolff. The book is printed in 3 colors, 6.5x10" (16.5x24.8cm), 51 pages and includes a slip case. Multiple versions available, composed in Baskerville type. The deluxe and standard are signed and numbered by the author, illustrator and Chad.

  • The LIQUORSTORE pomes, by James Bernard Gross with an introduction by Toby Olson. This book is a collection of 36 poems centered around James’ father Herman Gross, growing up in Gary and Chicago and the Liquor Stores Herman owned. Printed in Garamond type onto Hahnemühle Biblio in two colorsQuarter bound in Harmatan goat with Asahi heavy textured grey linen cloth over boards with marbled end papers. Edition of 55 books, 109 pages 10 x 7 x 1" (25.8 x 17.5 x 2.5cm) signed and numbered by the author and Chad.

  • The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame. The text is set in 14pt Centaur and Arrighi and printed on custom made St Armand cotton rag paper. With 13 full-color illustrations along with nine smaller two-color illustrations throughout the text. Quarter-bound in goat and cloth, 148 pages, page size of 10.25 x 14 inches (26.7 cm x 61 cm) and housed in a slipcase.

  • In the Penal Colony, by Franz Kafka in a special new translation by Breon Mitchell with six intaglio prints by Dellas Henke. Printed in 3 colors on Somerset Book White with three special copies on NOS Barcham Green “Windhover” paper in an edition of 30 books plus 6 artist proofs and the 3 specials.10 1/8 x 13 1/4 x 5/8″ (25.5 x 33.5 x 1.6cm) before box or slipcase.
  • The Mad Angler Poems, by Michael Delp with 5 hand colored wood engravings by Chad Pastotnik. A collection of  24 poems that examine our impact on the water and the natural world we were spawned from with humor and deadly truths. Printed in 2 colors on Magnani Revere Book in an edition of 71 books 10 of which make a special edition. 
  • The Mad Angler's Manifesto, by Michael Delp with a 7 color linocut reduction print by Chad Pastotnik. Printed on 175gsm Somerset Book Softwhite paper, sheet size 18 5/8 x 26 inches. Two separate editions of 50 and 36, signed and numbered by the author and artist.
  • The Path, by Sigrid Christiansen with 4 multi-color linoleum cuts by Chad Pastotnik. Printed on Hahnemühle Schiller
  • The Trout in Winter, (broadside) by Jerry Dennis with a copper engraving by Glenn Wolff. Printed on handmade Somerset Textured off-white paper, sheet size 22.5 x 15.25" Limited edition of 65
  • The Intruder, by Robert Traver (John Voelker). With gorgeous wood engravings by Jim Westergard, a foreword by Richard F. Vander Veen and printed in 5 colors on Hahnemühle Schiller paper.
                      Recent and upcoming events:

2026

May 2nd - The Manhattan Fine Press Book Fair 12th annual event in collaboration with the Manhattan Rare Book Fair. As usual, the one-day fair will coincide with the NY Antiquarian Book Fair at the Park Avenue Armory, with us being right next door. The Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, 869 Lexington Ave at 66th St. New York, NY.

October 9-11th - Les Baux-de-Provence, France. Teaching and fulfilling my role as a board member for the Louis Jou Foundation. In October Iwill be giving a linocut and typography workshop utilizing Louis Jou's (1881-1968) wonderful typefaces he designed for his exclusive use. 

Come a week early for a wood engraving workshop with Rebecca Gilbert on October 2-4th which I will be assisting and providing press work!



News

The CODEX Foundation’s 5th Assembly/Exchange Portfolio - The Art of Translation. Once again I've been asked to contribute to the portfolio of 25 fine book artists from around the world. I was paired with David James Duncan to produce his piece "One River" for the first Assembly/Exchange in 2019.
CODEX Papers: Volume 5 – I was honored to be asked to contribute to this volume and it turned into a 15 page photo exposé emphasizing the craft of making fine press books at DWP. This showcases the various studio spaces and disciplines including type casting, engraving, printing and binding.

A Printers Family Tree by Chad Pastotnik

 

 
  Apprentice Position

2026 ~ Apprentice and internship opportunities. Please contact me if you are interested in details.



   
Nice little blurb from the Sept/Oct 2011 issue of ForeWord Reviews magazine. Click here to see the full story. Look at that young guy!


ForeWord Magazine blurb
 


 
Printing the center throw-out for Conrad's Heart of Darkness on a Kelly 2 press at Seely's Printing Service in Charlevoix, MI. The sheet is 35.5x12", a little too big for any current press in possesion at DWP. That's Dale from Seely's running the beast and Chad at the delivery end.

Sadly, Seely's is no longer and the building is now a boutique.

Ernest Hemmingway's "Along with Youth
 
Type set on a curve with circular quads to produce the title for Ernest Hemmingway's Along With Youth. Wood Engraving by Jim Horton.




 


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