NJ 1906. 6 x 10. xxx, 1181 pages plus 34 subscripted pages; with four pagination gaps as issued. Tipped in errata. Laid in are 2 order forms. Collated complete. Red cloth printed in black.A beautiful, fine copy. Extensive specimen with large sections of border and decorative material (about a third..... More
(Northampton), 1965. 5 x 6 1/4. 16 leaves printed rectos only. Marbled paper (by Peter Franck) over boards, title label on upper cover. Fine. With an autograph signed letter from Baskin, apologizing for having no deluxe copies left, and sending this copy. Printed in Van Krimpen's Cancelleresca Bastarda in three..... More
NY: The Grolier Club, 1933. 8 1/4 x 12 1/4. Half-title, frontis by Emery Walker, vii, (2), 105, (1) pages. Title within white-on-red strapwork border. Red ornaments & strapwork initials. Illustrated throughout with diagrams of Roman letters, with tissue guards. Vellum-backed pattern paper boards by W. H. Smith. Fine copy..... More
London: The Fleuron, 1927-1930. Complete in 4 volumes. 7 1/4 x 10 3/4. 75; 90; 78; 71 pages. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings. Volume 1 has two large tipped-in specimens of color engravings by Enid Marx and Eric Ravilious, done for the Curwen Press. Mostengravings are printed in black. Cloth..... More
(Risbury): The Whittington Press, (2018). Four parts. 9 1/2 x 13. (iv), 86 pages illustrated with linocuts and wood-engravings from the original blocks + 2 pages of photos & 12 pages of giclée reproductions of Gerry's pochoirs. Rear pocket contains facsimile letter. Full citron morocco by The Fine Bindery. With..... More
Tuscaloosa: Legacy Press, (2000). 5 1/2 x 10. x, 154 pages plus 5 original patterned paper specimens mounted. Quarter black cloth, black & white patterned boards by Gray Parrot. Fine. "Beginning in the 1950s, the American master of wood engraving, John DePol (1913–2004), cut small, endgrain blocks featuring subjects from..... More
(Kidlington, Oxford) 1982. 6 x 9 1/2. 45 pages plus 10 original single or double leaves insert. Illustrated in color throughout. Tipped-in specimens of marbled papers and specialty papers. Quarter red morocco & marbled boards. Slender remnant of paper pasted to inside cover; small stamp withdrawn from an institute inside..... More
Private Libraries Association, 2019. 5 1/2 x 8 1/5. 128 pages illustrated. An original leaf from the Caradoc "The Collects from the Book of Common Prayer," 1901. Red cloth gilt. Fine. There is a bibliography of the 23 books & prospectuses produced at the Press. An offprint from the The..... More
1989. 5 x 8 1/2. 129 pages copiously illustrated with mounted color photos. Bound in hinged binding of leather, marbled boards, and copper overlay. Few tiny scratches, but fine in cloth & marbled paper dustwrapper. No. 41 of 75 signed copies. Printed letterpress with Della Robbia type on Johannot paper..... More
(Oxford: Plough Press,1986). 7 x 10. (54) pages. Addenda laid in. Quarter cloth. Fine. A descriptive bibliography of fifty-four printers' manuals. One of 120 copies numbered, printed on a hand press. 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
New Castle, 1990. 7 1/2 x 10. 57 pages, loose errata slip. Cloth & patterned boards. With 9 original samples of Rizzi patterned papers, printed in the 1930's from 19th c. blocks. Fine, with prospectus. One of 215 copies printed at Bird & Bull Press. 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
(Joppe): Frits Knuf, (1993). 4 x 10 1/2. A 14-page English introduction & history is followed by 26 accordion-fold pages with 90 mounted specimens of Aschaffenburg papers. The book opens to several feet, and is fitted with a flap to hold the book so all specimens are visible at the..... More
Izmir, 2017. Miniature. 3 x 2 1/4. Twenty-eight text pages in English are followed by 6 original postage stamps loose in plastic mount. (There are 60 numbered pages, but many are blank or have a single word.) Red cloth gilt. Fine. The 6 marbled images are Istanbul, Alps, North Italian..... More
Izmir, 2017. Miniature. 3 x 2 1/4. 58 numbered pages (but many are blank or have a single word). Sixteen text pages in English are followed by 6 original postage stamps loose in plastic mounts. Green cloth gilt. Fine. "The Turkish passion for flowers is well known," writes Sönmez. The..... More
Tübingen, 1995. Miniature, 2 x 2 3/4. 75 pages, including 10 tipped in specimens of ebru. Full green morocco with envelope flap, gilt decoration on both covers, miniature marbled endpapers. Fine. No. III of 70 copies in this deluxe binding, signed by the author/marbler. The ancient art of Ebru, or..... More
(Nuremberg, early c19). A diamond pattern (12 1/2 x 11) of simple flowers, grapes, & pomegranates embossed and gilt on a blue paste ground (15 1/2 x 13 1/4) is signed G. N. Renner & Abel" in the design. There is a central fold line, as these papers were traditionally..... More
[Germany, late c18 or early c19]. Broadside scene 11 1/2 x 14 on a 14 x 16 1/2 blue paste ground. There are three horizontal panels with 2 scenes in each. The story begins with troubadours (who may be singing this tale) under a tree, a fortress-like castle on a...... More
Lower Marston Farm: Whittington Press, 2002. 10 x 15. 62 pages. 38 ceremonial papers tipped in. Cloth & boards. A colorful paper fan is laid into a separate folder. Both slipcased. Inscription on blank from the printer John Randle (but not signed by him) to a fellow printer & wood..... More
Newton: Bird & Bull Press, 1987. 10 x 7. 77 pages plus 24 large tipped-in specimens of fancy early 20th c. tea chest papers. Quarter morocco & boards decorated in gilt, leather spine label by Barabara Blumenthal. Fine. These decorated papers, no longer made, were discovered in storage where they..... More
London: Hostmann Printing Ink Company, 1904. Second improved and enlarged edition. 5 1/4 x 8 1/2. 32 pages + 26 marbled specimens on 14 pages. Illustrations in the text. Tipped to the title page gutter is a small broadside advertisement & directions for Halfer's preserving solution for carrageen moss size..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's, 1978. 9 3/4 x 12 3/4. 61 pages. Quarter morocco and cloth by Gray Parrot. Fine in handsome custom slipcase, with prospectus. One of 200 copies printed at the Bird & Bull Press, signed by Weimann. Twenty-two (20 of which are full-page) marbled specimens include a Turkish..... 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
(Poestenkill: Kaldewey Press), 1988. 24 1/2 x 19 1/2. Seven sheets of heavily textured brown Japanese paper by Shusaku Tomi. With 17 linecut-monoprint illustrations on hand-colored backgrounds in various shades of green. Bound with a Brazilian rosewood spine. The book is gently folded in thirds and laid into a wooden..... More
