Vratislaviae : Ex officina Grassii Barthii et Societatis, (1818). Folio 13 1/2 x 18. 81 leaves: title, a two-column preface in Latin & German, 73 leaves of poetry, colophon, 5 leaves of translation into German and Latin. A stately presentation of poems in 108 languages, to celebrate the peace of..... More
The Gardner Teall Collection of 36 engraved booksellers' trade cards, each hinged or mounted inside its own mat. Teall has penciled the Franks number (if any) inside the mat and added other notes about the cards. Some he describes as "very rare." The sizes range from 1 x 2 inches..... More
(Boston, 2008). A handmade deck of 54 cards including 2 Jokers. 3 3/8 x 2 3/8 in a mahogany box, with the signed colophon inside the lid. Clubs are 3-leaf clovers; Diamonds are birds; Hearts are trees; Spades are flowers. All the Jacks, Queens, & Kings have aluminium or gold..... More
(NY: Grolier Club, 1884). 6 x 9. (93) pages. Bound in green straight grain morocco richly gilt floral tools on pointille grounds with a central medallion, corner pieces, and floral borders on 4 sides that allude to the floral borders of the original Japan vellum wraps (which are bound in..... More
Germany, early c19. 17 x 13 1/2. Eight rows of gilt figures depict about 50 trades from bakers and builders to artists and musicians. Several show the printing trades, including a wooden common press. A brilliant, fresh impression with virtually no wear. One of the best examples we have seen..... More
(Flemington: St. Teresa's Press, 1970). 8 x 11. 33 pages. Illuminated by the Carmelite nuns large initial letters painted in 23-carat gold, silver, and a vibrant shades of red, green, blue, and purple. Bound by Fritz Eberhardt in full black morocco with abstract design formed by 62 onlays of morocco..... More
Buffalo: Louis H. Kinder, 1893. Slip tipped over the imprint reads "Buffalo, N. Y.: The American Bookbinder Co., 1894." Second edition. 6 x 9. 240, (2) pages, including 10 plates with 5 full page and 30 smaller mounted specimens of marbled paper. Text printed in purple. The final two pages..... More
NY, Price list dated May 1923. Fifty-seven specimens of fine handmade papers for printing, from Italy, France, England, Spain, and Japan. Measuring 20 x 13 inches and smaller, each is folded in half and printed on the first page in a variety of colors & typefaces, ornaments, & illustrations; the..... More
NY, (1920s-1940s). 11 x 14 portfolio of forty-five paper specimens folded to 4 pages each, designed & printed by a number of presses. Held loose by an elastic band in the original board portfolio. With a presentation label for Harold Hugo at Meriden Gravure. The cover label is missing a...... More
Stockholm, Gustaf Chelius. (1899). 13 1/2 x 21. Title & Intro plus 25 double folio plates which unfold to 27 inches. Plates 1-20 are chromolithography in gold, silver and several colors (Plate 10 in black only). Plates 21-23 are b/w half tones showing large display ads in the windows and..... More
(NY): Kaldewey Press, (1987). 15 x 20. (36) pages on English handmade paper, illustrated with 16 linecut-monoprints. There is a double spread illustration of the Pacific coast in shimmering blue & silver, on translucent paper. Bound by C. Zwang into string-tied plexiglass covers, in orange cloth tray case lettered in..... More
Andoversford: Whittington Press, ( 1989). 13 x 19. x, 20 pages + 4 pages of photographs + 7 large sheets (folded) of original Bawden wallpapers. Cloth spine, boards covered in reproduction "birds' nest" wallpaper. Lightly bumped at spine base, otherwise fine in very good but spotted slipcase. These wallpapers created..... More
NY: Harper's, 1860s. The blocks range in size from 1 1/2 x 1/2 to 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches, with most in the middle. The subject matter is largely anti-Irish Catholics. There is a printed proof for each wood block. Very good to fine condition. Nast's practice was to..... More
Philadelphia, 1871. 7 1/2 x 10 1/2. Chromolithographed frontis, xv, 512 pages + plus 19 plates, one double page. Original green cloth,gilt. Tips worn through; some wear at spine ends, but very good. An excellent technical dictionary covering all aspects of printing and, with Pasko, a primary source of information..... More
Paris: F.-L. Schmied, 1925. Small 4to 6 1/2 x 9 3/4. Twenty-three gatherings (89 printed pages) plus blanks at beginning and end. Schmied's printed note to the binders and another printed note about the placement of the half-title are laid in. Wood engravings by Schmied throughout, printed in colors, gold..... More
London, 1808. 5 x 8. Frontis of the Stanhope Press, xviii, 530 (plus duplicate pagination at pp 506*, 507*), + 6 plates + ( 33) pages of type specimens + (14) Index, (1) Directions to the Binder. The book includes 3 type specimens: Fry & Steele printer's flowers (29 pages);..... More
NY, 1818. Printed and Published by C.S. Van Winkle. 4 x 6 1/2. Folding plate, xii (title, contents, preface; page v is also numbered 1*); 2, (13)-229 plus one plate of proof marks. Plus two foundry type Specimens: E. White (34) pp and D&G Bruce (22) pages. Recent full mottled..... More
