Broadsides Greeting Cards Booklets Ephemera John Haines

Limited Edition Broadsides The top half of the Coaching print broadside done in the style of a 1731 English ad ready to be printed. Copies of all four of these Broadsides were recently purchased by the Smithsonian Museum of American History for their contemporary letterpress collection in the Graphic Arts Department. 1.  1731 Coaching Ad Broadside       approx. 11 x 14 inches This was printed in the small Pilot press by doing the top half upside down and then the bottom half right side up.  It is 24 pt. 16th Century Roman designed by Paul Duensing and cast by Jim Walczak.  I followed the wording of the 1731 stage coach ad exactly as it described the trip from Birmingham to London in two and half days.  Limited Edition of 12 on Lettra paper. 2.  “Four Seasons” Alchemy Symbols Broadside       7 x 10 inches I had letterpress cuts of the alchemy seasons that I used in college and so I made photopolymer plates to recreate them.  I chose colors that matched the four seasons so this broadside went through the press seven times.  The season captions are from a special casting by Rich Hopkins of a 19th century type face by the name of Crayonette.  The title is 24 pt. Forum, the text is 18 pt. Goudy Bible, and the small print is 14 pt. Nicolas Cochin.  Limited edition of 25 on Lettra paper. 3.  Jett Whitehead “Humpty Dumpty” Poetry Broadside “The Art & Science of Balance”       7 x 10 inches This is 24 pt. Goudy Open of the text of Jett Whitehead’s poem.  I printed 300 copies of a card based on this design which he used as his Christmas card in 2006.  Jett W. Whitehead is a poet and rare book dealer in Bay City, Michigan.  The Humpty Dumpty was made in photopolymer and printed in yellow.  Limited edition of 50 on Lettra paper, signed by the poet, and numbered. 4.  Maeve Bradley Poetry Broadside “My Favorite Place”  7 x 10 inches This is 18 pt. Goudy Handtooled for the text of a poem that my nine year old daughter wrote for a creative writing contest at her grade school.  She won first place so I decided to print the poem for our family and friends.  The poem resonates with us because we remember a time when climbing trees was so important and so enjoyable. It is printed on various papers including blue Pescia paper made by Magnani of Italy, gray BFK Rives from France, and white Winsor &  Newton from England.  The ink colors are Amazon Green and Cocoa made by VanSon of Holland.