San Francisco, In association with the Library of Congress, 1987. 6 1/2 x 10 1/2. 63 pages. Two decorative blue initials on red & white ground scattered with gold stars, drawn & illuminated by Thomas Ingmire. Full white vellum titled in blue on spine & both covers, laced with red... More about CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
The Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers, 2012. 4 x 7. Twenty-one gatherings by as many book artists. Bound by Todd Pattison in deep citron morocco inset with shapes in marbled & gilt papers. Fine. Inspired by Paul Theroux's three essays on orange, green, and purple, the... More about Secondary Colors. A Collaborative Book
(North Andover): Kat Ran Press, 1999. 6 x 9. (3) pages. Wraps bound by David Bourbeau in a three-part fold-over binding of pastepaper boards edged & hinged in morocco. The pastepaper on the outer cover is brushed to resemble a column of rising wood smoke, with title stamped in palladium... More about A YEAR OF SMOKE
Leipzig, printed for members of the Limited Editions Club by Poeschel & Trepte, 1932. 7 3/4 x 9 3/4. 240 pages with woodcut initials and section titles by Emil Weiss. Bound by Arno Werner in full black morocco ruled in gilt, Poeschel & Trepte printers mark gilt on upper cover... More about THE FOUR GOSPELS
Philadelphia: Perkins; NY: Monson; London: O. Rich, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1839. Four volumes (complete set). Royal Quarto (9 x 11). Illustrated by numerous American painters and engravers. Full straight-grain black morocco by Benjamin Gaskell, gilt- and blind-tooled borders, embossed plaque center panels, spines gilt in 5 compartments; edges & turn-ins... More about THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS
London: Charles Tilt, 1830. 8 1/2 x 10 3/4. Extra engraved title, vi, 118 pages + 59 plates showing 118 views. Fine contemporary embossed plaque binding of red morocco. The central emblem of Aurora in her chariot is surrounded by elaborate, dense floriate designs and a border; spine also embossed... More about GREAT BRITAIN ILLUSTRATED
New-York: Printed [by D. & G. Bruce] for Ezra Sargeant, 1810. Two vols. 4 x 7. 346; 348 pages + 8 full page wood engravings by Alexander Anderson. Bound in full green leather, spines faded to brown. A "composite" binding with central embossed plaque framed by a wide gilt border;... More about THE POEMS OF OSSIAN
Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1955. 5 1/4 x 8 1/2. Portrait of Dante (previously unpublished), 128 pages, plus 2 heliogravure plates. Initial letters in blue or red. Full citron morocco by the Officina Bodoni. Spine slightly darker at top & bottom. Fine in decorated paper over boards slipcase. One of 140... More about TRATTATELLO in LAUDE DI DANTE
Paris, B. Charles Mathieu, 1858. 4 1/2 x 6 1/2. (12), 149, (13) pages chromolithographed throughout. Cherry morocco richly gilt in a dentelle pattern, by Petit; spine & turn-ins gilt, silk endpapers, all edges gilt. Slightest touch of wear to raised bands, a fine copy. An exquisite book. Text pages... More about Livre de prières illustré à l'aide des ornaments des manuscrits du Moyen-age
Paris: Librairie Garnier Frères, nd (ca. 1920). Two volumes. 4 1/2 x 7. 208; 205 pages. Front blank bears penciled list of French terms translated into English. Original wraps bound into an unsigned binding of green morocco tooled with Tudor roses & leaves, spine & lower cover with gilt roses... More about Manuel Pratique de l'Ouvrier Relieur
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 about Nineteen Years and Counting. A retrospective bibliography from 1969 to 1988
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. No... More about Real Things People Said and I Don't Know What to Say
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 about THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DECAMERON; or, Ten Days' Pleasant Discourse upon Illuminated Manuscripts, and...
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 about Garden Relicts
Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1970. Binding measures 7 x 11 x 3. Text approx. 6 x 9. 2078 pages on India paper. Bound by Fritz Eberhardt (stamp signed on rear pastedown) in cinnamon morocco gilt and blind tooled with the four evangelists forming a cross on both covers; at its center... More about Lectionary for Mass
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1987. 6 1/4 x 9 1/2. 130 pages. Dos-a-Dos binding by Silvia Rennie (signed in front hinge) of full green morocco tooled in gilt with 5 onlays of binders' brown morocco "scraps" on both covers. Part I has one darker morocco piece, while part II as... More about Traité de la Reliure de Livres
Paris: Gruel & Engelmann, 1858. 4 1/2 x 6. 704 pages, each within an historiated border engraved by Touillot. Finely bound by Gruel, with a miniscule gilt stamp at spine base and, in an unusual feature, woven into the ribbon book mark. Full wine morocco stamped with a floral boarder... More about PAROISSIEN ROMAIN
NY: MOMA, 1968. 8 1/2 x 10. 216 pages. An exhibition catalogue, illustrated throughout. Indices. Tiniest bit of wear, a touch of foxing to top edges, but a fine example of this hinged color-printed & embossed aluminium binding. Lots of Bauhaus, work by Max Ernst and El Lissitsky. More about THE MACHINE
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1998. 9 x 12 1/2. 165 pages (including 30 tip-ins: original folio & quarto leaves from Mountain House books, 4 original light-and-shade watermarked papers made by all three Hunters, color photos, and 30 pages of b&w illustrations). Quarter black morocco & golden silk cloth, red... More about DARD HUNTER & SON
Strassburg: Wolfgang Köpfel, 1534. 5 x 7 1/4 (186 x 128 mm). Two parts in one volume: (viii), 89, (16) pages. Printer's device at end of each part. Seventeenth or eighteenth century mottled sheep. A very good copy, with generous margins. Fourth and preferred edition of this medal book. In... More about IMPERATORUM ET CAESARUM VITAE
London: Elkin Matthews, 1897. 4 1/4 x 6 1/2. viii, 132 pages printed in black & red with 18th c. ornaments throughout. Bound & forwarded by accomplished students at County Council Central School of Arts & Crafts. Full tan morocco, title in gilt on upper cover within gilt rules; board... More about Gesta Typographica, Or A Medley for Printers and Others
Hammersmith, 1892. (2), viii, 249, (1) pages. Woodcut border on first text page; woodcut initials throughout. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in 1900 in tan morocco with elaborate acanthus leaf pattern which reflects Morris' leafy woodcut border. Covers are stamped in brown, with brown & gilt rules; full morocco doublures & endleaves... More about Biblia Innocentium:
Cheloniidae Press, 1990. Folio, 10 1/2 x 16. Etched frontis signed, i-(v), 87 French-fold pages. Twenty-one birds and 17 animals are depicted in one or more engravings (55 engravings in all). Each page is set within a red rule border. The appropriate line from Shakespeare is also printed in red... More about Birds and Beasts from Shakespeare
1994. 6 1/4 x 10. Eleven double-spreads accomplished in acrylic, pencil, pen and gold leaf painting, and collage. Calligraphic text. Bound in highly textured, painted boards with an abstract design formed by onlays of various materials. Fine in cloth tray, which has a blind & gilt decoration. Edition of 1... More about FIRE WOMAN LEARNS TO CARRY WATER
Paris: F. Didot for Lami Denozan, (1828). 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. cxlvi, 48 pages + 11 leaves bearing the lithographs uncolored. Title page & 10 half-page lithographic vignettes by Richard Parkes Bonington (6) and Monnier (4). Bound by Charles de Samblanx in Romantic style in black straight grain morocco... More about Les Contes du Gay Sçavoir. Ballades, Fablaiux et Traditions du Moyen Age...ornés de Vignettes...
