Identity elements
Reference code
TxAM-CRS C000148-1
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Box
Title
Imprints, Promotional Items and Correspondence
Date(s)
- 1984-1995 (Creation)
Extent
13 folders
Name of creator
(1984-1990s)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
1/1: Midnight of the Machine by David D. Deyo. (copy # 50 of 75) 1984
- Signed by Deyo and artist Jame A. Riley.
- Printed by hand at Kent State University on a Vandercook Proof Press.
- Pamphlet is in dark grey paper wrappers, sewn with red thread, held in a yellow envelope with printed title.
1/2: Enter the Gallery by Amy E. Henderson. (copy # 68 of 75) 1984
- Signed by Henderson and artist Jame A. Riley.
- Printed by hand at Kent State University on a Vandercook Proof Press.
- Pamphlet is in light grey paper wrappers, sewn with light blue thread, held in a white envelope with printed title.
1/3: Night's Partizans by John R. Lederle. (copy # 42 of 50) 1984
- Signed by Lederle and artist Jame A. Riley.
- Pamphlet is in dark grey paper wrappers, sewn with light blue thread, held in a yellow envelope with printed title.
- Printed by hand at Kent State University on a Vandercook Proof Press.
1/4: In the Mist of Visions by Jame A. Riley. (copy # 59 of 77) 1984
- Signed by Riley.
- Pamphlet is in light grey paper wrappers, sewn with brown thread, held in a white envelope with printed title.
- Printed by hand at Kent State University on a Vandercook Proof Press.
1/5: Homecoming by Scott H. Urban. (copy # 72 of 75) 1984
- Signed by Urban and artist Jame A. Riley.
- Pamphlet is in brown paper wrappers, sewn with green thread, held in a yellow envelope with printed title.
- Printed by hand at Kent State University on a Vandercook Proof Press.
1/6: Leng by Warlock Vance. (copy # 62 of 62) 1984
- Pamphlet is in dark grey paper wrappers, sewn with grey thread, held in a yellow envelope with printed title.
- Printed by hand at Kent State University on a Vandercook Proof Press.
1/7: October Leaves by Jame A. Riley. (copy # 21 of 75) 1985
- Signed by Riley.
- Seven printed leaves in a dark grey folder, held in a yellow envelope.
1/8: Minor Apocalypses And Other Small Horrors: An Anthology of October Society Writings, 1985
- Edited by Jame A. Riley and Scott H. Urban, forward by Warlock Vance.
- Poetry and short stories by Lederle, Riley, Deyo, Vance, Urban, and R. Julius Fildes.
- An early anthology of the Press, print run limited to 275 copies.
1/9: Naked Body of Dreams by David D. Deyo, Jr., 2nd Limited Ed., 1985
- Co-published with Talisman Creations (only the first edition had the Talisman imprint).
- Print run of 25 copies.
- Contains a letter from Riley to Lyle Gayne tipped in before the title page (ALS, 1 leaf).
1/10: All the Devils Are Here. Edited by David D. Deyo, Jr., Trade Paperback, 1986
- A copy of the regular edition, which had a print run of 1200, 200 of which were signed limited editions.
1/11: Correspondence Concerning Press Publications, all are from Jame A. Riley to Lyle C. Gayne, and on Unnameable Press stationary.
- Autographed Letter Signed (1 leaf), January 12, 1993
- Autographed Letter Signed (2 leaves), December 18, 1993
- Typed Letter Signed (2 leaves with attached envelope), included is a flyer and IBM Club Swap & Shop slip with numerous handwritten notes, June 26, 1995
- Postcard (ALS), September 14, 1995
1/12: Promotional Flyers and Ephemera
- Promotional card with illustration (off-white cardstock), Unnameable Press Books 1985
- Promotional card with illustration (Grey cardstock), Unnameable Press Books 1992. Contains handwritten, unsigned note in Riley's handwriting regarding final catalog design.
- Promotional card or bookmark with press logo (mauve cardstock), Unnameable Press Books, Undated
- Promotional flyer for Elizabeth Saunders' When the Black Lotus Blooms on one side and Centauri Express audio tapes on the reverse.
- Promotional flyer for All the Devils Are Here, When the Black Lotus Blooms, and Minor Apocalypses and Other Small Horrors. (reverse blank)
- Printed page with Unnameable Press logo in the upper right, containing selected quotations praising various publications. (reverse blank)
- Promotional flyer for Brad Strickland's With One Foot on Earth and Other Stories
- Promotional flyer for "Titles Currently Available from Unnameable Press", Summer 1993
- Promotional flyer for Grails: Quests, Visitations, and Other Occurrences
- Unnumbered print, possibly a proof, for inclusion with the signed limited editions of the Grails: Quests, Visitations, and Other Occurrences anthology.