Abigail Rorer
Born: Norristown, PA 1949
Education: BFA in Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Design 1971
Proprietor of The Lone Oak Press, Established in 1989

Fine Press/Limited Edition Books
See all The Lone Oak Press books in greater detail here.
The King of the Alps, Reginald Farrer, the Lone Oak Press, 2012
God Help Thee: A Manifesto, Joel Thomas Hynes, Running the Goat Press, 2011
Three Poems, Walt Whitman, Press on Scroll Road, 2011
The Call of the Wild, The Folio Society, 2011
‘To Be Continued . . .”, Gunter Grass, Oak Tree Fine Press, 2010
Christmas Trees, Robert Frost, The Lone Oak Press, 2010
The Matriarch of the Forest, Abigail Rorer, The Lone Oak Press, 2009
On Not Winning the Nobel Prize, Doris Lessing, Oak Tree Fine Press, 2009
Mimpish Squinnies, Reginald Farrer, The Lone Oak Press, 2008
The Mad Farmer Poems, Wendell Berry, The Press on Scroll Road, 2008
Amours de Voyage, Arthur Hugh Clough, Barbarian Press, 2007
Three Essays, David Kline, The Press on Scroll Road, 2006
Of Woodland Pools, Spring-holes & Ditches, Thoreau, The Lone Oak Press ,2005
Some Rules of the Game; Essays on Garden Design, The Press on Scroll Road, 2004
A Useful Dog, Donald McCaig, The Press on Scroll Road, 2004
September 1, 1939, W. H. Auden, Aralia Press, PA, 2003
A Charge of Horse, Polly Elsted, editor, Barbarian Press, 2003
Nonsense Cookery, Edward Lear, The Press on Scroll Road, 2003
A Beekeeping Diary of Early Summer,Colin Franklin, The Press on Scroll Road, 2002
An Edifying Essay Upon SLUGS, Nancy Campbell, Devil’s Advocate Press, 2001
Endgrain Editions Two: Abigail Rorer; A Selection of Engravings, Barbarian Press, 2001
Endgrain: Contemporary Wood Engraving in North America, Barbarian Press, 1994
The Wu General Writes From Far Away, Christopher Howell, The Lone Oak Press, 1990
Three Coyote Tales, Wayne Ude, The Lone Oak Press, 1989
Is He Living Or Is He Dead?, Samuel Clemens, Colin Press, 1984
Of the Small Silver-Colored Book-Worm, Robert Hooke, Catawba Press ,1980

Commissions (partial listing)
Of Woodland Pools, Spring-holes & Ditches, H. D. Thoreau, Counterpoint, 2010
Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman, The Folio Society, London, 2009
Dracula, Bram Stoker, The Folio Society, London, 2008
The Mad Farmer Poems, Wendell Berry, Counterpoint, 2008
A Useful Dog, Donald McCaig, U of Virginia Press, 2004
Wild Fruits, Henry David Thoreau, W.W. Norton, 2000
For the Health of the Land, Aldo Leopold, Island Press, 1999
Paradise for Sale (Nauru’s Shadow), Carl McDaniel & John Gowdy,
    U of Cal Press, 1999
A Manual of the Vascular Flora of New England & Adjacent New York,
    Dennis Magee, U Mass Press, 1999
Visions of Paradise, John W. Simpson, U of Cal Press, 1999
Thoreau’s Country, David Foster, Harvard University Press, 1999
Back to Back, Debra Kang Dean, Harperprints Poetry, 1998
The Raptor & the Lamb, Christopher McGowan, Henry Holt & Co, 1997
The Work of Nature, Yvonne Baskin, Island Press/Shearwater Books, 1997
The Last of the Curlews, Fred Bosworth, Counterpoint, 1995
Spring Snow, Castle Freeman, Jr., Houghton-Mifflin Co, 1995
A Face in the Rock, Loren Graham, Island Press/Shearwater Books, 1995
Groundwork: A Gardener’s Ecology, Roger Swain, Houghton-Mifflin Co, 1994
And So Shall You Reap, Otto Solbrig, Island Press/Shearwater Books, 1994
Islands at the Edge of Time, Gunnar Hansen, Island Press/Shearwater Books, 1993
Maybe I Will Do Something: Seven Coyote Tales, Wayne Ude, Houghton-Mifflin Co, 1993
Faith in a Seed, Henry David Thoreau, Island Press/Shearwater Books, 1993
    * Winner of the American Publishers Association Benjamin Franklin Award
      for best nature book of 1993
Crickets & Katydids: Concerts & Solos, Vincent Dethier, Harvard U Press, 1992
*Winner of the John Burroughs award for Best Nature Book of 1992
Saving Graces: Sojourns of a Backyard Biologist, Roger Swain, Little, Brown & Co, 1991
Field Guide to Nontidal Wetland Plant Identification, Ralph Tiner,
   US Dept of the Interior, 1988
Gardening For Love, Elizabeth Lawrence, Duke University Press, 1986
The Orwell Mystique, Daphne Patai, U Mass Press, 1984
The Ecology of a Summer House, Vincent Dethier, U Mass Press, 1984
Reptiles & Amphibians of New England, De Graaf & Rudis, U Mass Press, 1983
Jeremy Visick, David Wiseman, Houghton-Mifflin Co, 1981
Freshwater Wetlands Plants, Dennis Magee, U Mass Press, 1981
The World of the Tentmakers, Vincent Dethier, U Mass Press, 1980
Vanishing Animals & Other Stories, Mary Morris, David R. Godine, Pub., 1979

Exhibitions (partial listing)
Endgrain: Evidence of Contemporary Wood Engraving,
   Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 2010
Mimpish Squinnies, solo exhibition, Bright Hill Leterary Center, Treadwell, NY, 2011
72nd Annual Exhibition of the Society of Wood Engravers, UK, 2009–2010
International Miniature Print Exhibition
   2007, Honorable Mention
   2009 Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
Thorne-Sagendorph Biennial Exhibit, Keene, NH *Second Prize, 2007
69th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Wood Engravers, UK, 2006–2007
68th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Wood Engravers, UK, 2005–2006
Works of Nature, Tsongas Gallery at Walden Pond, Concord, MA 2005
67th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Wood Engravers, UK, 2004-2005
   *Winner of Outstanding Print from Overseas award
Abigail Rorer, Wood Engraver, B. Beamesderfer Gallery, Highland Park, NJ 2003
66th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Wood Engravers, UK, 2003-2004
500 Cats, Society of Wood Engravers, UK, 2002-2003
Solo Exhibition, Petersham Craft Center, Petersham, MA 2002
Works of Nature, US Fish& Wildlife Service, Amherst, MA 2001
Three New England Artists, B. Beamesderfer Gallery, Highland Park, NJ 2000
Works on Paper, U Mass Medical Center, Worcester,MA 1999
Drawing From Nature, Solo Exhibition, Southwest State Univ, Marshall, MN 1999
Illustrators Show, R. Michelson Galleries, 1994, 1995
Society of Wood Engravers annual exhibition, UK, 1993
Solo Exhibition, B. Beamesderfer Gallery 1993
New Books & Illustrators, R. Michelson galleries 1993
Four Illustrators, R. Michelson galleries 1993
Guild of Book Workers 10th Annniversary Exhibit, New England Chapter 1992
Women by Women, R. Michelson Galleries 1989
Boston Printmakers 41st North American Print Exhibition, Boston 1989
Miniature Print Biennial, John Szoke Gallery, NYC 1989
One Woman Show, Cambridge Gallery 1989
Wood Engraving: Art & Industry, South St. Seaport Museum, NYC 1988
Group Show, Philadelphia Art Alliance 1985
Ybor City National Print competition, Tampa, FL 1985
Humor in Prints, Wenniger Graphics 1984
Contemporary American Printmakers, The Print Club, Phila, PA 1984
Selected Prints, Mary Ryan Gallery, NYC 1983
Two-Person Show, Baak Gallery, Cambridge, MA 1982
In Her Own Image, Herter Gallery, U Mass, Amherst 1982
Boston Printmakers 33rd National Exhibition, Boston 1981
Alumni Exhibition, RI School of Design 1980, 1981
Four Valley Artists, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA 1979
Photo/Graphics, Community Arts Gallery, Boston 1978
Members Show, The Print Club, Phila, PA 1978
Beyond the Figure, Boston Symphony Hall 1978
Bradley Print Show, Peoria, IL 1977

Representation
Vamp & Tramp Booksellers, Birmingham, Al
R. Michelson Galleries, Northampton and Amherst, MA
B. Beamesderfer Gallery, Highland Park, NJ
The Print Barn, Meredith, NH
Winged Bull Studio, Clayton, NY
Riverbank Arts, Stockton, NJ

Collections (partial listing)
Smith College Rare Book Library, Northampton, MA
Smith College Art Museum, Northampton, MA
Library of Congress
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Worcester Polytechnical Institute Library, Worcester, MA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
Huntington Library, San Marino, CA
University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
University of Wales School of Art & Museum, Aberystwyth, Wales
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Georgetown University Art Collection, Washington, DC
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
University of Wisconsin
University of Vermont, Burlinton, VT

Other
Listed in Who’s Who of American Women
Inclusion in An Engraver’s Globe, Simon Brett, Primrose Hill Press, 2002
Inclusion in Engravers Two, Simon Brett, Silent Books, 1992

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