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The Double Elephant Folio: The Story of Audubon's Birds of America.
Chicago: American Library Association, 1973, First Edition. large octavo, faux green leather with oatmeal cloth stamped in green, blue, black and white. xxii, 501 pp. American Library Association, Signed by Fries on the title page. Includes a census of extant complete sets and details of provenance. A detailed history of..... More
A Crafted Typology of the Codex. Book Modelmaking as an Approach to Material Book Study.
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2022, First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 97 pp. The Legacy Press, We often speak of how a particular phenomenon has “reached a tipping point” – when knowledge and practice have developed in plain sight and then suddenly explodes on scene as a revolution in..... More
Robbie Ross. Oscar Wilde's devoted friend.
New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., (2000), First Edition. octavo, brown cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (x), 278pp. Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., Ross was a writer, critic, art dealer, and administrator, and a pivotal figure on the London literary and artistic scene from the mid-1890s to his premature..... More
Bibliografia etiopica : catalogo descrittivo e ragionato degli scritti pubblicati dalla invenzione della stampa fino a tutto il 1891, intorno alla Etiopia e regioni limitrofe.
(Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, (2001), Facsimile Reprint of the original 1893 edition. octavo, green cloth. xii, 288 pp. Martino Publishing, Very fine and clean. More
Une Source Capitale Pour la Recherche a Geneve. La Fondation Martin Bodmer.
Bibliotheca Bodmeriana, (1976), Revised edition. octavo, printed wrappers. 54 pp. Bibliotheca Bodmeriana, Illustrated. Name on verso of front wrapper. More
Edges of Books. Specimens of Edge Decoration from RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection.
Rochester, NY: RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2012, First Edition. oblong quarto, pictorial wrappers. 66 pp. RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press, Edges of Books examines a familiar form from an unfamiliar perspective. When books are on display it is usually their spines, covers, text, or illustrations that are featured. These..... More
Paul Manship: A Critical Essay on his Scupture and an Iconography.
New York: John Lane, 1917, First Edition Limited to 150 copies. octavo, original marbled boards with blue buckram spine. (vi), (18), plus 8 black and white plates. John Lane, Printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. This copy is stamped "Printer's copy; not in edition" on the colophon..... More
Bewick Studies. Essays in Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Birth of Thomas Bewick 1753-1828.
London: British Library, 2003, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 160pp. British Library, This well-researched book was published in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Bewick, one of the foremost wood engravers in Britain. Eight revealing essays by leading Bewick scholars capture a wealth of..... More
Catalogue of Portraits in the Bodleian Library.
(Oxford: Bodleian Library, 2004), First Edition. tall octavo, pictorial wrappers. 362 pp. Bodleian Library, "The collection of portraits in the Bodleian is a fascinating record of social and academic history rather than a collection of fine works of art." New. More
George Gordon, Lord Byron.
(London): The British Library, (2000), First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 128pp. The British Library, An introduction to the life and work of Byron and an examination of his poetry in the context of his short, eventful life. His position as toast of society was eclipsed by public disgrace and he..... More
Literacy and The Politics of Writing.
Bristol, U.K. Intellect, 2000, First Edition. octavo, blue boards. iv, 188 pp. Intellect, This book covers three key questions in writing: What is the primary purpose of writing? How does the ability to record information relate to theconcept of literacy? and Does Literacy depend on writing? These questions and more..... More
The Typophiles Publishing Program.
New York: The Typophiles, 1999, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. (20)pp. The Typophiles, One of 500 copies printed and bound at the Woodside Press. A paper given by Morris Gelfand, proprietor of The Stone House Press, at the Rowfant Club in 1996. It is printed here for the first time, in..... More
The Prendergasts & the arts & crafts movement: The art of American decoration & design, 1890-1920.
Williams College Museum of Art, (1989), First Edition. quarto, pictorial wrappers. 71 pp. Williams College Museum of Art, One gathering glued in upside down. Small bump bottom of spine, several tiny spots to back wrapper. More
Pre-Raphaelite Drawings in the British Museum.
(London): British Museum Press, (1994), First Edition. quarto, wrappers. 159pp. British Museum Press, Illustrated with 12 color and 100 black-and-white illustrations representing the work of William Holman Hunt, D. G. Rossetti, Millais, Woolner, Ford Madox Brown, Edward burne Jones, Walter Crane, William Morris, Ruskin, Sandys, William Bell Scott, Elizabeth Siddal..... More
John Abbot, Birds, Butterflies and Other Wonders.
London: Merrell Holberton, (1998), First Edition. quarto, blue boards in decorative dust jacket. 128pp. Merrell Holberton, First in the series Art of Nature. Abbot was a pioneer artist who supplied collectors and other naturalists with specimens and exquisite paintings and drawings of birds, insects and plants. Some of the birds..... More
Illuminated Manuscripts. Discovering Art: The Life, Times and Work of the World's Greatest Artists.
(London): Brockhampton Press, (1996), First Edition. quarto, pictorial wrappers. 80 pp., followed by 8 pp. of color plates printed recto only. Brockhampton Press, Contents covers Early Middle Ages: Sixth to Twelfth Centuries; Late Middle Ages: Thirteenth to Sixteenth Centuries; Materials and Manufacture; Other Cultures. More
Bibliography of Eric Gill.
London: Cassell & Co., (1953), First Edition, Limited to 1,000 numbered copies. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. T.e.g. xv, (224) pp. Cassell & Co., Printed in Eric Gill's Perpetua type at the University Press, Cambridge. Foreword by Walter Shewring. "A Record of All Eric Gill's Writings & Illustrations with a...... More
Eric Gill: A Bibliography. Revised by D. Steven Corey and Julia Mackenzie.
Winchester: St. Paul's, 1991, Second edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 383pp. St. Paul's, The contents include books and pamphlets written by Gill, books and periodicals to which he contributed and books and other publications which he specifically illustrated with wood engravings, title pages, initial letters or tail pieces; also..... More
The Judgment of Experts: Essays and Documents about the Investigation of the Forging of the Oath of a Freeman.
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1991, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. x, 271pp. American Antiquarian Society, An anthology of essays and documents by Marcus McCorison, Justin Schiller, Robert Mathiesen, and the many others who found themselves caught up in the Mark Hoffmann forgery, "Oath of a Freeman." Illustrated. Very..... More
The Rule, the Bible, and the Council. The Library of the Benedictine Abbey at Praglia.
Seattle: College Art Association, 1998, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 200 pp. College Art Association, This book focuses on the original arrangement and significance of the library decorations of the Benedictine monastery at Praglia near Padua. This series of twenty-four paintings on canvas by Battista Zelotti, dated around..... More
Encyclopedia of the Book.
(New Castle, DE): Oak Knoll Press, (1996), Second Edition, later printing. quarto, pictorial wrappers. (24), 551 pp. Oak Knoll Press, With a new introduction by Donald Farren. The breadth of this work is remarkable. Encyclopedia contains almost 4,000 terms and definitions used in bookbinding, printing, papermaking and the book trade..... More
William Edwin Rudge.
New York: The Typophiles, 1984, First Edition, Limited to 750 copies. small octavo, boards and cloth with printed spine label in original plain tissue wrapper. x, 91pp. The Typophiles, Typophiles Chap Book No. 57. A history of this important American printer and with a bibliography of some of his more..... More
Prince of Publishers. A Biography of George Smith.
London: Alison & Busby, (1986), First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. 232pp. Alison & Busby, The pre- eminent publisher of Victorian times, and founder of The Dictionary of National Biography, Smith was friend and publisher of Thackeray, Mrs. Gaskell, George Eliot, John Ruskin and many others. Very fine copy..... More
Early Printing in Georgetown (Potomak) 1789-1800.
Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1958, First Separate Printing. quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers. (32)pp., stapled. American Antiquarian Society, Off-print from the Preceedings of the American Antiquarian Society for April 1958. With text and 28 items catalogued. Also a listing of doubtful imprints. Very fine copy. More