Cambridge, 1974. 6 3/4 x 9. 41 pages, 1 foldout plate. Illustrated. Quarter cloth & decorated boards. Slight wear. WITH: the 1959 checklist of books from 1930-1958. And "The Cambridge Christmas Books" printed in 220 copies in 1976 by the Rampant Lions Press (no. 34, signed by Crutchley). One of..... 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
NY: Century, 1900. First edition. 5 1/4 x 7 3/4. 403 pages, including Index, copiously illustrated with type specimens. Larger paper copy in 3/4 leather, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Some wear & soil to binding; very good. "Plain" includes Roman, Italic, Fat-face, Black-Letter, Gothic, Antique, Runic, Celtic, Wood Type..... More
New-York: The DeVinne Press, 1891. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2. (iii), 145 pages. Original red cloth gilt. Endpapers are foxed, else very good. A handsome specimen printed in black & red, with decorated and illuminated initials throughout. It is a complete showing, with types set in text... 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
Np, nd (Probably Ashcaffenburg, ca. 1930). 12 x 11. 24 leaves bearing 241 specimens of decorated papers. The album pages are preprinted in a grid which allows varying sizes of samples to be mounted. At the top of each page is placed the Sorte number (the variety) and the paper's..... More
Bird Press, 2003. 6 x 9. 41 leaves: sixteen multi-color lithographs overlaid with sixteen "diagram poems." Citron morocco, uncovered spine reveals yellow cords, grey cloth traycase with leather spine label, by Barry Spence. One of 24 copies. These diagram poems are inspired by the human condition. "In the tradition of..... More
Np, ca. 2000. Images measure 5 x 7 inches on a sheet 9 3/4 x 11. Each is no. 1 of 8, signed by the artist. PLUS 2 proofs. All fine. Dennerline has been creating artist's books since 1997 at the Bird Press. He received a BFA from the University..... More
(Syracuse): Bird Press, 1997. Oblong 7 x 5 1/4. An accordion book of nine copper plate etchings printed on Richard DeBas handmade paper, with quotation on facing leaf. Bound in full tan morocco by Peter Verheyen with one of the original 9 copper plates mounted on the upper cover. Fine..... 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
London: Shakespeare Press, 1817. Three volumes. 6 1/4 x 10. vi, ccxxv, 410; 535; 544 pages + 37 plates. Copiously illustrated with wood and copper engravings, some printed on India paper and mounted. Rich brown morocco by The Monastery Hill Bindery, a single gilt rule on covers; spine in 6..... More
NY & London: Caliban Press, 2017. 7 x 10. 107 pages. Illustrated in various media, including wood engraving, relief engraving, pochoir, & mounted collages. Red morocco spine titled in grey, black ribbed flexible covers, with a cutout on upper cover, revealing the title. Sturdy black paper slipcase bears Marley's ghostly..... More
Boston (Washington St.), nd. (mid 19th c.). 8 1/2 x 5. Printed in gold, on green coated stock. Some wear and abrasions to face -- two small areas in upper corner where green coating has worn off. Previously mounted. Very good example of a larger-than-usual trade card. Dickinson was an..... More
(Northampton): Oxingale Press, 2000. 11 1/2 x 11 1/2. 34 leaves with sixteen color etchings by Michael Kuch. Bound by Claudia Cohen in lemon-colored cloth & her pastepaper boards with an additional etching inset into upper cover. This deluxe set is accompanied by four cloth-bound portfolios, containing: (1) a CD of..... More
Paris, ca. 1770. 10 x 15 1/2. 17 pages of text followed by 25 engraved plates. Recent cloth. A few inconsequential spots, margins a bit toned, very good. The exotic alphabet section from the great Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers. The 25 fine plates..... More
(NY), 1986. 9 x 12. 17 text pages+2 b&w etchings, a double spread color etching, and a full page light-and-shade watermark of one of the etchings. There are 3 smaller light-and-shade watermarks and 3 line watermarks in the printed text. Bound by Claudia Cohen in flax paper over boards with..... More
Locust Valley, NY, 1988. 6 x 9 1/4. 35, (2) pages + 2 pages of pressmarks. Quarter cloth, patterned boards. Fine. Inscribed by Morris Gelfand (Stone House Press) to Philip (Sperling). One of 200 copies printed at The Four Winds Press. Illustrated with 4 reproduced photos. More
Frankfurt, 1832. 6 3/4 x 8. 82 leaves printed rectos only. Tipped to front end paper is a fold-out price list dated 1831; printed in black, green, blue, peach, & yellow. Linen spine & stiffened color-printed wraps, two old handmade wrap-around paper spine labels. A little wear and soiling, a...... More
London, (1967). 8 1/2 x 11. 7 text pages followed by numerous specimens. Wraps. Corners moderately "jammed." More
6 x 9. 23 page history of (mostly Belgian) printing, followed by numerous display ads. Wraps, spine covering perished, but a good copy. Types and design supplied by Vanderborght. More
Paris: Imprimerie de E. Duverger, 1827. 10 1/2 x 17. Original blue wraps with title & imprint on upper wrap; table of contents on lower wrap. 42 leaves: 1-30, 35-38, (1), 41-44, 48-50 pages, printed rectos only. The Table of contents calls for only 38 pages. The ornaments on these..... More
Oldham: Incline Press, 2006. 9 x 6 1/2. 21 pages printed rectos only, illustrated with copper etchings & linocuts of objects dug from the old kitchen garden: glass bottles, fossils, small metal obects, clay pipes. Bound by Chris Hicks in green leather with horizontal bands of tan and brown leather..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Bookshop, 1983. 8 1/2 x 11. xiii, 190 pages, color frontis, 5 leaves of plates (3 in color) and 6 samples of original marbling. Oatmeal cloth with inset marbled specimen by Rubovitz. Fine. One of 850 numbered copies. Inscribed by the author in the colophon... More
Boston: Harcourt Bindery, 1980. 9 1/2 x 12. Cloth, leather spine label. 25-page essay followed by 99 plates of dies, 2 tipped-in color photographs of stamped bindings. Fine. One of 500 copies, printed at The Heron Press in Dante types, and handbound at The Harcourt Bindery. The plates, which were..... More
