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
(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
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
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
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
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 Portrait of Dante (previously unpublished), 128 pages, plus 2 heliogravure plates.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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
(Pico Rivera, 1994). 2 1/4 x 2 3/4. 161 pages. Seven wood engravings by John DePol. Gold-printed decorations for each chapter head. Full black morocco with abstract onlays of red & blue morocco, stamped all over with iridescent blue & green dots & one gilt circle, top edge gilt and... More
London, 1923. 6 1/2 x 10. Collotype frontis, title in border of type ornaments printed in red, xxiii, 91 pages. Full russet vellum, Italian patterned endpapers. Armorial bookplate inside cover. Tips & spine ends lightly rubbed, but fine in custom cloth chemise & quarter leather slipcase. One of 20 copies... 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
