RISING WOLF PRESS
P. O. Box 190855
Hungry Horse, Montana 59919-0855
rwp.montana@mail.com
About the Press
Rising Wolf Press is the private press of Richard L. Hardesty and publishes books about books, fiction, and history. The Press is located in the tiny town of Hungry Horse, Montana, USA, in the shadow of Glacier National Park.
The press is named after the fur trader and mountain man, Hugh Monroe, who was known to the Piegan Blackfeet (Piikani) as Rising Wolf. A mountain in Glacier National Park is also named after him.
Our Newest Title
JANUARY 2025
The small/private press movement in the United States has been the subject of many books and articles, but coverage has historically been concentrated on those presses located on either coast or the mid-continent. The Rocky Mountain states have generally been neglected in the past.
This work seeks to begin to correct that oversight. It covers four presses once located in Montana and Wyoming: Black Stone, Calliopea, Kutenai and Dooryard. Each press biography reviews the background of its proprietors and how the press came to be. The life experiences and philosophies of the proprietors are part of what make each press unique, but all have one thing in common: a desire to produce excellent letterpress editions of texts of value, be they fiction, essays or verse.
Checklists of the publications issued under a press’ own imprint are included along with a few examples of commissioned works. Full color images of title pages or covers of selected titles are also featured.
It is hoped that this contribution to the published history of the small/private press movement in the USA will aid collectors, scholars and other interested individuals in the pursuit of their various aims.
Typography and design by Richard L. Hardesty at the Rising Wolf Press, Hungry Horse, MT. The text is set in Golden Cockerel with Golden Cockerel Titling for the titles and Golden Cockerel Ornamental Initials for the drop caps. The endnotes are set in Joanna. Cover photo & design ©2024 by Richard L. Hardesty.
Trade paperback. ISBN: 9798304181150
8.5 x 11 in.; 42 full color plates; printed in two colors
100 p., $40.00
SPECIAL! Two copies of the numbered & signed limited edition hardcover (limited to 50 copies total) are currently available directly from the Press. The price is $90 postpaid. To order, contact the Press at rwp.montana@mail.com.
Payment will be arranged then. We accept PayPal, Venmo or Cash App.
OUR BACKLIST
In the midst of the Dawn Sea lies the mighty island nation of Kalyria. It has stood as a beacon of light and hope to the world since its founding at the end of the Dim Times nearly four thousand summers ago, but now in the Summer of the World 6087, something evil is coming. It threatens not only Kalyria herself, but the future of all who call her home, be they stranger or island born. One such stranger is the young Giant, Menannon, exiled from his own land of Lornennog for the crime of laughter, who came with his father to the island when he was but five summers old. Here he found a home, a love and a future of bright promise as the first Giant to ever join the Harper’s Guild. Now, as evil enfolds Kalyria threatening not only his beloved father and she who has his heart in her keeping—Nirna, Kalyria’s Princess Royal—but the very land itself, Menannon finds himself caught in a tangled web of lies and stratagems, sorcery and madness, desperate tactics and disastrous results. A bitter choice looms in evil’s darkness: Who will live and who will die and who will choose between them?
Cover art by Johanna L. Hardesty. Typography and cover design by Richard L. Hardesty at Rising Wolf Press. Title and chapter headings set in Ringbearer. The text is set in 12 pt. Joanna & Joanna Italic; Golden Cockerel Titling Caps was used for the drop caps. The title page was set in Golden Cockerel type.
J. R. Hardesty is the nom de plume of Johanna & Richard Hardesty.
Trade paperback ISBN 978-0-9907264-7-0
6 x 9 in., map; 793 pages; $34.95
Golden Cocker Press. October 2016.
A light romance , Hearts Versus Diamonds was written in 1876 and serialized in Potter's American Monthly in 1878, it was not published in book form until 1899 when it was released by F. T. Neely of New York.
We chose to reprint this romance novel in the Regency vein for several reasons. Firstly, it is of historical interest as the authoress was mother-in-law to Charles Edward Conrad, the founder of Kalispell, Montana, and the book was the only one she wrote, and secondly, the serial publication is difficult to find and of the later book publication, only three copies are known to exist at present (one in the Library of Congress).
The book was written during a time when the authoress was left in dire straits upon the death of her husband and was an attempt to earn money to help support her and her three children. The novel is a typical romance of the period, very similar to a Regency romance, and is pleasant reading.
The extensive introduction by Richard L Hardesty includes a short biographical sketch of the authoress as well as the complete publishing history of the story, including bibliographic details.
Typographic design by Richard L. Hardesty at Rising Wolf Press, Hungry Horse, Montana. Set in twelve point Classic Garamond for the text with Goudy Hand-tooled for the drop caps. 38 pt Edwardian Script, an ITC font, was used for the title.
Trade paperback ISBN 978-0615728803
6 x 9 in; full color plates; printed in two colors
158 pages; $26.95
Spotted Cap Books November 2012
This is a revised & expanded version of a work of the same name by Richard L. Hardesty & Dennis R. Groothuis which was published in volume 32 of the Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, pages 107-123, dated 1993, but actually published in 1996.
The book covers 140 species of butterflies found in the Laramie Mountains. The annotated checklist includes date and elevation range and localities, Life history information for the area is included if known. Discussion of taxonomic issues is included for certain species which have undergone recent examination and re-evaluation in a series of genetic studies by various authors.
The introduction provides a geological and ecological description of the Laramies and puts them in context with the surrounding area.
It includes a map of the areas with collection locations, four full color plates, and a list of references cited.
Typography by Richard L. Hardesty at Rising Wolf Press. The title and headings were set in Golden Cockerel Titling and the text in 12 pt. Joanna & Joanna Italic, one of Eric Gill’s wonderful designs. The drop caps are set in Goudy Handtooled.
Trade paperback ISBN 979-8878572750
6 x 9 in, 4 full color plates. Printed in two colors
56 pages; $15.00. Third edition, revised.
Papilion Press February 2024