In the Municipal Center
6307 Rt. 9
P.O. Box 451
Chestertown, New York 12817
(518) 494-5384
Generations–Karen Hanmer
The Library’s collection of rare handmade books is the only one of its kind in the Southern Adirondack Library System. Presently the collection holds over seventy-five books in a non-circulating collection. The books can be seen anytime in a display cabinet in the Library, or for a hands on viewing email our curator, Robert Walp, to arrange a guided tour of the collection for yourself or a group. The Book Arts Collection is funded by the Friends of the Library.
A Brief History of the Fan–Lilliput Press
A Collection of Aesop's Fables–Chamberlain Press
A Frog A-Wooing He Would Go–Chamberlain Press
A Strawberry In the Snow–Crooked Letter Press
Andrea Rescued–Caliban Press
Awakening–Cannabis Press
Beasts from Belloc–Chamberlain Press
Blank book with accordian pocket–Beth Schaible
Blue Wagon Book–Margaret Cogswell
Cassiopeia–Sarah Bryant/Big Jump Press
Celestial Address–Matt Liddle
Center City Alphabet–Matt Liddle
Compendium of Domestic Incidents–The Kidney Press
Deep Fried Book–Drew Mattot
Deep Rooted–Scripps College Press
Doubly Bound–Moonkosh Press
Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde–Hand & Eye Editions
Ephemerus–H.M. Bastel/University of Florida Library Press
Estival-Richard Carella
Friends of the Hinterland–Marlene Yuen
Generations–Karen Hanmer
Give My Love To All Our Folks–Deep Woods Press
Hayle Mill–Janus Press
How Swimming Saved My Life–Crooked Letter Press
How the Rhinoceros Got His Wrinkled Skin-Chamberlain Press
Into the Catacombs–Kevin Mattot
Jack–Matt Liddle
Justinian and Theodora–Roycroft Press
Killing the Bear–Deep Woods Press
Kora In Hell–Arion Press
Knoxville Girl–Engine & Well Press
Letters of John Butler Yeats–Cuala Press
Make Paper Make Peace–Drew Mattot
Matrix 15–The Whittington Press
Mayflies of the Driftless Region–Midnight Paper Sales
Moon & Water: A Dream of Ancient Chinese Poets-Chester Creek Press
Most Excellent Canopy–Karen Hamner
Mother Goose–Chamberlain Press
Not Forgotten–Chester Creek Press
On Sundays I Sleep In–Folk Devil Press
Once Upon a Time, Book Seven–Warwick Press
Paper Making by Hand 1953–Old School Press
Peak to Peak–Chester Creek Press
Pop-up Greeting–Matt Liddle
Problems of Scale-The Kidney Press
Process of Woodblock Printing–Uchida Art Co., Ltd.
Selections from the Writings of Lord Dunsany–Cuala Press
Snowy Egret Rising–Chester Creek Press
Stone Soup–Chamberlain Press
Subject, Verb, Object–Crooked Letter Press
The Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd–Matt Liddle
The Bremen Town Musicians–Chamberlain Press
The Butterfly's Ball & the Grasshopper's Feast–Chamberlain Press
The Crane Wife–Chester Creek Press
The Essence of Beeing–Sherwin Beach Press
The Fisherman and His Soul–The Grabhorn Press
The Jabberwhocky as Explained to Alice–Chamberlain Press
The Journal of Elizabeth Jennings Wilson–Moonkosh Press
The Lake–Off-Kilter Press
The Mad Angler Poems–Deep Woods Press
The Moon Rose–Chester Creek Press
The New Vestments–Chamberlain Press
The Nightingale and the Rose–Chester Creek Press
The Noblest Roman–The Book Club of California
The Pied Piper of Hamlin–Chamberlain Press
The Rich Mouse–Tampa Book Arts Studio
The Snow Is Deep On the Ground–Matt Liddle
The Tempest–Caliban Press
The Hunting of the Snark–Stinehour Press
The Philistine–Roycroft Press
The Three Bears–Chamberlain Press
They All Laughed–Karen Hamner
Walt Whitman: Ocean Grove Notebook–Caliban Press
Wild Girls Redux–Crooked Letter Press
Witness 1956–Sarah Bryant/Big Jump Press
Woodcuts USA–Oxford University Press
Zen Sequence–Matt Liddle
Aesop’s Fables–Chamberlain Press
Andrea Rescued–Caliban Press
Blue Wagon Book–Margaret Cogswell
Compendium of Domestic Incidents–
The Kidney Press
Snowy Egret Rising–Chester Creek Press
Hayle Mill–Janus Press
Subject, Verb, Object–Crooked Letter Press
Jack–Matt Liddle
Killing the Bear–Deep Woods Press
The Hunting of the Snark–Steinhour Press
Ephemerus–University of Florida Library Press
Kora In Hell–Arion Press
Updated 10/16/2024