(Toronto, 2013). 7 x 11. 45 pages illustrated throughout. Cloth-backed marbled boards. Fine in paper chemise with spine label. A colorful and exuberant book printed letterpress in various colors and type faces. The essays are interspersed with mini "broadsides" showcasing quotations from other printers. One of 50 copies. Rueter has... More about PRESSING MATTERS

Portland,1943. 7 x 10. x, 170 pages plus inserts. Cloth, leather spine label. Small scrape on label; small light spot on spine, tiny stain on 2 fore edges. Very good copy in moderately worn slipcase. Prospectus and Review laid in. Contains "A Bibliographical Catalogue" by Ruth A. Chaplin, "Notes on... More about TYPES AND BOOKMAKING

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

San Francisco: Colt Press, 5 x 7. (36 ) pages, tipped in facsimile of Austen ms. Bound in heavy English embroidered cloth. Fine with prospectus. First printing of these prayers. Printed in handset Centaur capitals, in black & red, on handmade paper. "We have endeavored to make this...as pure and... More about Three Evening Prayers

(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

Easthampton: Warwick Press, 2018. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. 102 pages with 55 color illustrations of commercial work. Two colors of Japanese cloth over boards, with spine & cover labels. Fine. Carol's memoirs of some 45 years as a printer, from her apprenticeship at the Gehenna Press to the present... More about SECRETS OF A GIRL PRINTER

NY: Khelcom New York, 2010. 8 x 10. Twenty-eight French-fold leaves: 4 pages of text, 3 photogravures (2 double spread) of pilgrimages, 21 fullpage color woodcuts. There are 2 smaller woodcuts within the text. Bound by Gray Parrot in stiff vellum wraps, in cloth traycase with vellum label. Fine. Bogardus... More about BURAKE : BLESSINGS

Northampton: Smith College Libraries, 2005. 7 1/2 x 10 1/2. Photogravure print of Ruth and Clarence Kennedy, (32) pages illustrated, a tipped on proof of title page text Kennedy left as standing type. Bound by David Bourbeau and Stephanie Gibbs in blue & white boards gilt (binding signed with their... More about OUT OF THE CELLAR. A Garland for Cantina

(Emeryville): Havilah Press, 1999. 7 x 10. 11, (1) pages. Wraps, cover label. Fine. No. 122 of 150 copies. The story centers around a newspaper advertisement for a lost umbrella and discusses an 1875 baseball game which was attended by Twain and his friend the Reverend Joseph H. Twitchell. More about Mark Twain and The Great Base Ball Match

Andover: Whittington Press, 1992. Two volumes. 9 x 12 1/2. Photographic frontis, xvi, 225 pages, 2 photographic plates, 8 tipped-in original leaves, original wood engraving, and honey label. Quarter vellum & marbled boards. A separate cloth & boards portfolio holds 20 original specimens of Stanbrook Abbey printing (both ephemera and... More about The Stanbrook Abbey Press 1956-1990

(Columbus, OH): Logan Elm Press, 1990. 9 x 12 1/2. 19 leaves with colorful images and hand painted calligraphic initials throughout the letterpress. The double spread title page is hand-lettered & ornamented with gold. Stiff wraps sewn onto leather spine, yapp edges. Fine in sturdy slipcase cover in paste paper... More about A LETTER OF COLUMBUS

London: The Gogmagog Press, (1963). 4 1/4 x 7 1/2. 26 leaves, joined at fore edges, including 8 double page color prints. Plain brown wraps. Fine. One of 80 copies signed by Cox. "This little book utilizes a series of blocks made from odds and ends of waste material, printed... More about Crash! An Experiment in Blockmaking and Printing