Vratislaviae : Ex officina Grassii Barthii et Societatis, (1818). Folio 13 1/2 x 18. 81 leaves: title, a two-column preface in Latin & German, 73 leaves of poetry, colophon, 5 leaves of translation into German and Latin. A stately presentation of poems in 108 languages, to celebrate the peace of..... More
Los Angeles: Kenneth Karmiole, 1981. 9 x 12. 27, (5) pages. The original leaf is laid loose into a folder which is bound into the book, making the leaf easy to remove. Cloth. Spine faded, inconspicuous book label, else fine. This handsome Aldine leaf in Roman type, has paragraph marks..... More
(Steventon): The Rocket Press, (1983). 9 x 7. 14 loose leaves laid into decorated boards portfolio. Illustrated with linocuts by John R. Smith. The portfolio is in a compartmented tray case which also holds a pair of quoins, 10 pieces of metal type, and a miniature alphabetical type specimen. Small..... More
The Old School Press, 2011. 7 x 9. 61 pages + 48 plates, 2 tipped in illustrations. Quarter cloth & blue boards. "A record of nearly every piece of ephemera from the Press" when the Daniel Press was in Somerset, before the move to Oxford. They form a very lengthy..... More
Winter Haven: Anachronic Editions, 1986. 9 x 13. (vii), 95 pages illustrated throughout. Oatmeal & black cloth. Cloth spine is foxed, all else near fine. A colorful book. No. 51 of 100 signed copies printed in Ludlow types on Rives heavyweight. Six essays by Richard Huss, R. Karch, William Kittredge..... More
(NY: Grolier Club, 1884). 6 x 9. (93) pages. Bound in green straight grain morocco richly gilt floral tools on pointille grounds with a central medallion, corner pieces, and floral borders on 4 sides that allude to the floral borders of the original Japan vellum wraps (which are bound in..... 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
Nürnberg: Johann Andreä Endters, 1721 (actually 1731). First edition, later printing. 9 3/4 x 7 1/2. 30 leaves, 140 pages, 11 leaves. This is lacking its title page, which was neatly excised. Most text printed in double columns, within a black border. A full page frontis of Ernesti's printing shop..... More
San Francisco, 1957. Broadside 19 x 12 1/2. Seven of the 10 inks are printed. Previously folded twice for mailing, mild creases at edges of centerfold, otherwise very good. One of 250 copies hand printed by Evans at his Peregrine Press. Evans was known for his botanical color prints. More
London, 1819. 6 x 10. Half title, title, 1-59/b, 57*-59*, 60-72 pages plus six plates, one folding, with some original tissue guards. Original plain boards, rebacked after the text block was stapled; new endpapers, extremities worn; some offsetting from plates, occasional light foxing. While the binding is shabby, the text..... More
Hamburg & Munich, ca. 1913. A collection of about 75 specimens of design & typefaces. The 4-page specimens are tipped in, and the single page specimens are mounted, onto 34 leaves of good quality black stock. Bound into flexible cloth boards with string ties, printed cover label. A little extremity..... More
Berkeley (1976). Second edition. 8 1/2 x 11. 238 pages. Profusely illustrated with type specimens. Cloth, dj. Fine. First published in 1938, in small format, without the American chapter. More
Baltimore: Hill Press, 2014 (actually 2020). 7 x 9 3/4. vi, 44, (1) pages illustrated with several tipped in photos. Title page wood engraving by Chris Manson. Red cloth, paper spine & cover labels. Fine. WITH 11 loose broadside specimens of type and prayer books. These range in size from..... More
London, Privately printed at the Chiswick Press, 1877. 4 1/4 x 6 3/4. Frontis of Hoe's high speed printing press, 149 pages on Whatman handmade paper. Rebound by the Water Street Bindery in period morocco & red leather label, Nevins marbled paper sides, new endpapers, top edge graphited. Untrimmed edges..... More
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 2008. 8 x 12. 194 pages + several leaves of color photographs. Hopkins' two-page biographies are followed by 5 or more specimens of type & design from each of the 15 private typefounders/printers. The pagination includes these specimens. Quarter black morocco with red leather label..... More
St. Gallen, 1969. Fifth revised ed. 4 x 6. Cloth, 195 pages printed in double columns, in five languages. Illustrated. Very good copy of a book you can keep in your pocket. An invaluable little work, consisting of a picture section in English, French & german, and a dictionary which..... 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
The Aliquando Press Private Press & Typefoundry of Paul H. Duensing, (1976). 10 x 6. 30 broadsides in a variety of typefaces, in many colors, and 6 other sheets loose as issued. Fine in chemise and slightly worn slipcase. No. 145 of 150 copies. Includes notes about the types and..... More
(Purchase, NY, 1985). 18 x 15. Seven collotypes from photographs are each numbered 13/20 and signed by the artist. Each is laid into a printed folder of Arches paper, along with title and colophon folios. In a linen portfolio box (slightly bowed) by George Wieck. Fine. A collotype--a beautiful, delicate..... More
Paris, 1855. First ed. 5 3/4 x 9 1/4. x, 440 pages, one double folding, with index. 19th century calf-backd boards with marbled edges. Joints and corners worn; spot on inner margin of a few pages, slight scattered foxing else a clean very good copy. With typographic bookplate of John..... More
Philadelphia: L. Johnson & Co., 1893. Eighteenth Edition, Revised & Enlarged. 4 1/2 x 7 1/2. Frontis of MacKellar, 348 pages, (4) pages ads. Beveled navy cloth boards, all edges dyed red Light wear, near fine. The last edition (only slightly different from the 17th ed.) of this popular American..... More
Dawson's Book Shop: Los Angeles, 1966. 11 x 1/2 x 16 1/2. Frontis, 73 pages illustrated with 22 tipped in examples of Korean types. Seven of these are facsimiles and 15 are original leaves. Cloth-backed boards covered in embossed yellow paper typical of old Korean books, in a worn slipcase..... More
Heavenly Monkey, 2020. 6 x 9. 114 pages + 8 leafs of proofs of the book’s illustrations printed on F. J. Head paper. Illustrated with type specimens + an original tipped-in leaf brief, light. Bound by Claudia Cohen in flexible vellum with single gilt rule & gilt titled spine, in..... More
Heavenly Monkey, 2020. 6 x 9. 114 pages illustrated with type specimens + an original tipped-in leaf (waterstained at top). Cloth-backed boards, spine label. Fine. Griffo cut all the types--Roman, Greek, & Hebrew--used by the printer Aldus. The celebrated "Aldine italic" was Griffo's creation. The first half of this book..... More
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 2008. 9 x 12. 90 pages with 46 tipped-on prospectuses and original leaves. Green silk, black leather spine label. Black silk tray case with green leather spine label. Fine. The leaves and prospectuses range from 1958 to 2008. They are accompanied by pithy comments on..... More
