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
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 2007. 6 x 9. 139 pages, 4 tipped-in original leaves from Alciato's 1589 edition. Quarter leather, slipcase. Fine, with prospectus. A professor of law, Alciato wrote Latin epigrams as a pastime. In combining them with images he created a new literary genre. The form proved..... More
NY: Grolier Club, 1984. 6 x 9. 223, (1) pages. Illustrated. Cloth. Fine. An excellent reference work describing 169 classics in bibliography from 1469 --Peter Schoeffer's broadside catalogue of his publications--to 1968. One of 600 copies, designed by Philip Grushkin and printed by A. Colish. More
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
New Castle, Oak Knoll Press, 2005. 8 x 11. xviii, 174 pages, errata slip laid in. Four original leaves & specimen of paste paper are tipped in. Quarter leather & marbled boards, matching .marbled slipcase. Spine slightly darker, but a fine copy. The discursive bibliography goes from 1927 to 1955..... More
NY: American Printing History Association, 2002. 6 x 9. xv, 175 pages with numerous illustrations in the original colors, and 3 tipped-in original leaves. Indexed. Hand bound in quarter rose cloth & boards. Fine in slipcase. One of 50 "special" copies signed by the author. (There were also 450 regular..... More
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
Rudolstadt: Burgart-Presse, 1997. 8 x 11. 147 pages illustrated throughout. Grey boards printed in white. Fine. Hans Mueller was a master of the woodcut, who specialized in illustrating majory literary works. He also taught graphic arts at Columbia or over 20 years. His best known student was Lynd Ward. A...... More
Pinner: PLA, nd. 8vo. 126 pages. Quarter blue morocco and printed cloth, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Spine very slightly sunned, very slight crease in bottom margin of some pages. Bookplate of Arthur Rippey. Near fine. One of 300 copies, signed by David Chambers and Christopher Sanford. More
London. 6 1/2 x 10. 112 pages illustrated with wood engravings. Quarter morocco & patterned cloth, top edge gilt.Deckle edges toned. Very good. One of 250 specially bound copies on all rag paper, signed by Christopher Sanford. More
NY: Grolier Club, 2000. 6 1/2 x 10 1/2. xix, 424 pages. One of 250 deluxe copies in slipcase. Fine. WITH: Grolier 75. Two volumes. Very useful for provenance. "...informative and evocative glimpses of 120 distinguished book-people...now deceased, who have been members of the Grolier Club." "The focus here..... More
BCC: San Francisco, 1993. 10 x 14. x, (1), 62 pages plus 6 plates, 1 tipped-in original announcement. Half linen and patterned boards. Fine. One of 500 copies. The format and layout of the book follow that used for The Hundreth Book. More
(Llandogo: Old Stile Press, 2000). Two volumes. 12 x 16 and 8 x 11. 135 pages, illustrated throughout. Pictorial boards. With 59 ephemera. A sturdy cloth tray, lined with Robin Tanner's patterned papers, houses the book in a fitted compartment. The three categories of ephemera are in a slide-out tray..... More
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1940. 10 x 14). xv, (4), 194 pages + 8 pages of reproductions + 4 bifolia of original leaves. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED. Laid in are 2 prepublication pieces and 10 extra original leaves. Prior owner has placed a light pencil check next to the many titles he owned..... More
Meriden: Bayberry Hill Press, 1969. 9 x 12. 76 pages with numerous tipped in photos, reproductions, type specimens, and 16 original leaves from Bayberry books. Printed blue boards, stapled, spine covered with blue binders' tape. The staples have rusted, tips lightly worn, some of the mounted specimens are loosening from..... More
Wilmington, 1997. 7 1/2 x 11. xvi, 17-127, (1) pages, 16 plates. Quarter morocco and cloth. Fine. One of 50 specially bound (of 225). Herbert Johnson's long awaited history, appraisal, and bibliography of the Elston Press. A well researched (and produced) study, balanced between the press work of Conwell and..... More
Rochester: RIT Press, (2016). 6 x 9. viii, 85 pages illustrated throughout in color. Cloth. Fine. The Aries Press was an American private press founded by Spencer Kellogg, Jr., in the 1920s. Its proprietary type face was designed by Frederic Goudy. A second-generation millionaire and supporter of the arts, Kellogg..... More
Pomona: Kelly-Winterton Press, 2004. 51/2 x 8 1/2. ix, 56, (2) pages plus 56 plates, four original leaves tipped in. Quarter red leather & boards, slipcased. Fine. One of 25 copies (total edition was 198 copies) with 4 original leaves tipped-in. Arranged chronologically, Kelly's long-needed Checklist expands and greatly revises..... More
Pomona: Kelly-Winterton Press, 2004. 51/2 x 8 1/2. ix, 56, (2) pages plus 56 plates, four original leaves tipped in. Full green morocco gilt, slipcased. Fine. Edition A. One of 6 signed & numbered copies (of 198), with four "more interesting" original leaves tipped-in. Arranged chronologically, the Checklist expands and..... More
NY: Grolier Club, 2007. 8 x 10. 140 pages, with 80 color illustrations plus 6 original leaves. Quarter leather, slipcase. Limited to 20 copies. Designed by Jerry Kelly. The original sheets of the Grolier Club's 2000 catalogue are augmented by four illustrated leaves from books, an illustrated 4-page prospectus for..... More
Yale Center for British Art, 2002. 6 x 9. 179 pages filled with color illustrations and photographs, and a pop-up of the letter "E." Stiff pictorial wraps. Fine. King provides a brief commentary for each of his 115 works. More
SF: BCC, 1987. 8vo. 54 pages, printed in colors. Color photo ills. Half cloth & boards decorated with gilt printer's ornaments. Near fine. One of 1200 copies designed & printed by Andrew Hoyem at the Arion Press. More
SF, 1958. 10 x 14. xiii, (5), 80 pages (with index) + 18 illustrations. Half tan linen and decorated paper boards, spine label in gilt. Upper tips slightly bumped, else fine. With the prospectus. One of 400 printed in red and black by the Grabhorn Press. Complete bibliographical details of..... More
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1988. 9 1/2 x 12. 103 pages. Quarter morocco and pastepaper boards. With a cloth covered portfolio containing a generous amount of ephemera and sheets from books. Both are contained in a cloth clamshell box. Fine, with prospectus. One of 300 copies, printed on damped..... More
(North Hills): Bird & Bull Press, 1980. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2. 108 pages. Morocco & decorated boards, with portfolio of specimens, in clamshell case (10 x 12 1/2). Spine slightly darker (as usual, from binding glue) else fine, with prospectus. One of 140 (of 350) with the separate portfolio..... More
