Philadelphia, 1878. 5 1/2 x 9. (4), 13-208, (4) pages + leaf 22a/b. Collated complete. Beveled cloth gilt, worn around edges, stain to lower cover, front hinge open but tight, rear free endpaper removed. Contents very good. Binding stamped for MacKellar's Canadian agents, the Dominion Type-Founding Co. The MacKellar specimens... More
Boston, (1903). 8 x 6. 248 pages. Pictorial cloth. Some soil & wear; front hinge open, but binding tight and contents near fine. This copy was sent to Mr. C. Quint, Yarmouth, Maine. A mechanical genius, Hansen worked for the Dickinson Type Foundry until the great Boston Fire of 1872... More
Berlin, 1910s-1920s. The 6 specimens are mounted on 2 thin boards, with identification on the reverse. The Plakat announcement is contains text on one side, and his iconic image of a woman viewing a poster on the other. This has tiny remnants of paper were it was tipped to a.... More
London: Faber & Faber, (1960). 8 x 12. 54 pages. Quarter vellum & marbled boards, top edge gilt, marbled slipcase. Tips slightly worn, but fine. Undoubtedly the finest printed edition of Eliot's work. No. 193 of 290 copies signed by Eliot. Printed by Giovanni Mardersteig on the handpress at the... More
(Boston), 1985. Printed folder containing one uncut gathering (8 pages) from "Geoffroy Tory" by Auguste Bernard (Houghton Mifflin, 1909). Fine. The folder was printed by Firefly Press. More
Sandy Hook: Chiswick, 1985. 9 x 13. xiv, 115 pages plus 4 original leaves. 46 illustrations in the text. Red cloth gilt, matching slipcase (few waterspots on case). Ink notation on blank in Viv Cohen's hand "4 leaves." Fine. One of 20 copies (of 200) with especially fine leaves. The... More
Chillicothe: Mountain House Press, 1932. Folio (12 x 17). Frontis, 71 pages with 15 tipped-in specimens of old papers made from bamboo, mulberry, china grass, and mitsuma; 3 specimens of bark, 11 mounted color prints, & 19 b&w illustrations. Bound by Peter Franck (stamp signed) in three-quarter linen & decorated... More
London, 1888. 9 x 11. 6-page intro & list of contributors + 367 leaves of specimens. Some of these are larger, foldout specimens. Two of the specimens are adhered to each other; one is loose. The specimens are printed on papers of every color and style, from thin tissue to... More
Florence, Mass., June 2003-October 2005. Five booklets printed (exquisitely!) in letterpress by the Kat Ran Press for Ephemera Club subscribers. 8vo in size, each booklet is in a printed envelope (9 x 12). All fine in tray case by Sarah Creighton, labeled. "Portraits of Wilhelmina & George" contains 2 postage... More
Northampton, 1960. 3 1/2 x 5. Nine leaves, antique floral ornaments in green. Green silk , paper cover label. Fine. One of 100 copies. The Apiary Press was the Smith College student press under the direction of Leonard Baskin. Only two copies on OCLC. More
Leipzig, 1901. 7 1/4 x 10. All 12 issues in their original wraps are bound into contemporary quarter cloth & marbled boards, all edges marbled (2 inches thick). An index to the articles is bound in at front. Very good. A treasure trove of seccessionist / art nouveau design, color printing, type specimens, graphic design, and ads. More
Verona, 1928. 7 x 10. xvii, 135 pages. Full vellum, gilt on spine & covers, top edge gilt, blue & red headbands and ribbon place marker. Fine, almost as new, copy of a book which never shows up. Number 19 of 209 copies printed on the handpress in original Bodoni... More
1973. Broadside. 9 x 11 inches printed in black on handmade paper watermarked "LJR SHIRT' "JB SHEET" at the top, CWP with an eagle on the bottom. Shadow from old acidic mat surrounds the text, which has spots of foxing, Rare. One of about 15 copies (Twenty-One Years of Bird... More
Plains: Boss Dog Press, 2015. 11 x 7. 51 pages. There are 38 mounted pattern swatches ranging in size from 5 x 2 to 5 x 7 inches; they are arranged by decade. Oatmeal cloth with large cover label. Housed in a fitted tray case along with a DVD of... More
Chillicothe: Mountain House Press, 1937. 8 1/4 x 11 1/4. 3 leaves, photogravure of an elaborate furnace for burning sacred paper, 79, (3) pages (some folding). There are 49 original specimens of Chinese ceremonial paper dating from the 17th c., plus text photogravure and collotype illustrations, and prints in color... More
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1981. 6 x 9. 66 pages, 22 leaves of Japanese screen papers, 12 pages. With 2 kimono pattern swatches and 33 Chiyogami samples. Quarter morocco & patterned boards. Spine is faded; contents fine. In a handsome, custom clamshell case., with prospectus. The colorful specimens... More
Nelson-Whitehead Paper Corp., (1960s). 7 x 4 1/2. 104 colorful, decorative paper specimens. Printed boards & matching slipcase. One specimen has a corner cut out, all else fine. Nelson-Whitehead was the third name of the Japan Paper Co. 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. Fine. One of 200 copies, with tipped in colorful printed papers, mock money, prayer sheets, even a paper bowl, some gilded some with cut outs. More
Newton: Bird & Bull Press, 1987. 10 x 7. 77 pages plus 24 large tipped-in specimens of fancy 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 had lain for... More
Incline Press, 2001. 4 x 9. Four quotations about pattern & decoration with 4 good-sized specimens of decorated papers tipped in. Patterned wraps & printed label. Fine. One of 400 copies in wraps. More
Gloucestershire: Whittington Press, 1987. Two vols. 7 1/2 x 10 1/2. xii, 105 pages plus plates (mostly in color). Included in the pagination are 32 tipped-in large specimens by 16 Curwen artists, with notes about each on the facing page. Quarter morocco & patterned paper boards. Matching board portfolio containing... More
The Print Club of Philadelphia, 1959. 5 1/2 x 9. Title, 9 pages, colophon, pressmark. Illustrated with 8 engravings. Grey paper wraps, cover label. Bookplates of Harold & Nancy Hugo. With an EXTRA SUITE of the 8 engravings, each signed, on Japanese vellum (with much finer impressions than those on... More
Cambridge & Somerville, 1990-2008. Six broadsides (one in a printed folder) & 5 smaller keepsakes. The largest broadside is 15 x 13 inches; the smallest measure 9 x 6. All fine. The broadsides are: a selection from Augustine's "Confessions," Walt Whitman "A Font of Type," "Psalm 102 for Rocky Stinehour."... More
Upper Denby: The Fleece Press, 2016. 9 x 9. 169 pages illustrated throughout in color, and from photographs. An original trade card engraved by Eric Ravilious for Dunbar Hay in 1938 is laid into a separate folder, along with a large square of hand-printed organdie fabric from Enid Marx's earliest... More
Berkeley, 1981. 6 x 9. (22) pages fully illustrated. Wraps. Fine. More
