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London: Macmillan, 1883, duodecimo, blue cloth with gilt rule on front covers. Macmillan, Part of the "Pocket Edition of Mr. Henry James's Novels and Tales." A fine, clean copy. More
London: Macmillan, 1883, duodecimo, blue cloth with gilt rule on front covers. Macmillan, Part of the "Pocket Edition of Mr. Henry James's Novels and Tales." A fine, clean copy. More
London: MacMillan and Co., 1888, First Edition. octavo, dark green smooth cloth, gilt lettering on spine. MacMillan and Co., Edel and Laurence A30a; BAL 10581. First printing consisting of 2000 copies divided between domestic and American issues. Terminal ads with British prices. James' literary portraitures of Emerson, George Eliot, Daniel..... More
London: MacMillan and Co., 1883, Reprint. small octavo, salmon cloth. MacMillan and Co., Two volumes. Part of the "Works by Henry James" published by MacMillan and Co., cloth issue. Cloth soiled. More
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, (1981), First Edition. small quarto, printed wrappers. 36pp.; illustrations unpaginated. Taplinger Publishing Company, With 79 illustrated examples from the output of Kindersley's own workshop with a description of each, step-by-step guide to the technique of cutting slate, and 89 line drawings by Cardozo demonstrating the..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, First Edition. octavo, red cloth in dust jacket. xxviii, 396pp. Clarendon Press, Each entry gives title page transcription, collation, binding and extensive notes on publication and distribution of each book and pamphlet. With further chapters on Contributions to Books, Periodicals, Rejected and Untraced, Translations, Stage and..... More
New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1937, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. xii, 364 pp. H. W. Wilson Company, Ex-library with usual markings and pocket at back. More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, (1971), First Printing of the Second Edition, Revised. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (viii), 294pp. Thomas Y. Crowell, The complete and fascinating story of writing characters. "He has enlivened this history with thumbnail stories: the discovery of the Altamira wall paintings; the strange letter to..... More
(Worcester, England: Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1978), one sheet folded to 3.75" x 3.75" Stanbrook Abbey Press, Printed in red in 10-point Worrell Uncial in red on Barcham Green Linda Badger handmade paper.Printed for the Silver Jubilee of the Abbatial Blessing of Dame Elizabeth Sumner on 2 October 1978. Very fine..... More
(Sag Harbor), NY: The Bookman Press, 1997, Limited to 300 copies. octavo, marbled wrappers with printed label. 62 pp. The Bookman Press, Printed by The Stinehour Press, designed by Jerry Kelly. As new. More
London: Signature, 1950, First Edition. quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers in original tissue outer wrapper. (54)pp. Signature, Printed at The Curwen Press. Articles on "Brian Robb" by Edward Ardizzone, H. P. Schmoller and John Piper. Printed in black and red. Well and beautifuuly illustrated. A very fine, clean copy... More
University of South Carolina Press, (2008), First Edition. quarto, bonded leather. 928 pp. University of South Carolina Press, Robert J. Wickenheiser started his Milton collection as a graduate student at the University of Minnesota in the late 1960s. Later, as a faculty member at Princeton, he began focusing on illustrated..... More
(London): Studio Books, (1963), First Edition. quarto, green cloth in dust jacket. 96 pp. Studio Books, Tradition: Historical Note; The Revival of Calligraphy in Great Britain; The Revival of Italic Handwriting; The Revival of Calligraphy on the Continent. Trends: Present Practice of Calligraphy in Great Britain; Present Practice on the..... More
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2006, First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. 224 pp. Oak Knoll Press, Volume 8 in the Print Networks series. Presented at the 2004 Conference on the History of the British Book Trade, these papers focus on the infinite variety of people and places in..... More
Rochester, NY: RIT, Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2007, First Edition. octavo, decorated wrappers. 48pp. RIT, Cary Graphic Arts Press, “Spend Your Alphabets Lavishly,”—a quote from Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables—aptly describes the lifework of two principal figures in contemporary graphic arts: Hermann and Gudrun Zapf. The Zapfs’ 50-year relationship with Rochester..... More
(London): British Library & Oak Knoll, 2000, First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. x, 182pp. British Library & Oak Knoll, The third volume in the series The Bible as Book examines aspects of the bibles produced during the Reformation period, which marked a time of crisis and of blossoming..... More
(London: Royal Society, no date (c. 1889), First Edition. octavo, printed self wrappers. (38)pp., sewn. Royal Society, List of Duplicates and Spare Volumes. Books, Pamphlets, Catalogues, Journals, Transactions, Observations, Reports. Also lists Deficiencies in the Library of the Royal Society. Slightly dusty at edges of wrappers but still a very..... More
Hollywood, CA: W. M. Hawley, (1944), 27" x 35" folded chart in original printed sleeve. W. M. Hawley, Very fine. More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1968), First Edition. octavo, boards and cloth in dust jacket. Jonathan Cape, One inch crumple/tear to back panel of dust jacket, else fine. More
London: British Library, 2003, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 176 pp. British Library, Among the most admired and rarest works ever created are the large-scale books of natural history. The detailed drawings and the remarkable color reproductions found in these magnificent editions truly astounded the art and book..... More
Koln: Taschen, (1999), First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. (176)pp. Taschen, Text in English, German, and French. Starting with a biography of Morris the text follows the author/artist through interests in interior and furniture design, his public commissions, stained glass, tiles, wallpapers, printed textiles, calligraphy and the Kelmscott Press..... More
(Prague: 1968), First Edition. oblong octavo, white cloth stamped in black and red, in dust jacket. (252) pp. Text in Czech, Russian, German and English. The history is followed by 94 examples of Czech printing, each with one illustration and briefly described. Dust jacket with tear at back panel repaired..... More
New York: The Grolier Club, 2019, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. 249 pp. The Grolier Club, Catalogue of the exhibition at the Grolier Club, January 16-February 23, 2019, photographically illustrated and with essays by biographer Paul Mariani, poets Paul Muldoon and Daniel Halpern, and collector Alan Klein. Illuminating the parallel and..... More
New York: Hudson Hills Press, (2002), First Edition. large quarto, cloth in dust jacket. (206)pp. Hudson Hills Press, This comprehensive book brings together nearly two hundred illustrations from Ore, The Inland Printer, The Chap-Book, Collier's Weekly, and other periodicals, books advertisements, and ephemera. Adding to the volume's reference value are..... More
New York: Hudson Hills Press, (2003), First Edition. large quarto, cloth in dust jacket. (224)pp. Hudson Hills Press, The Toledo Museum of Art has one of the world's finest and most comprehensive collections devoted to modern illustrated books. Thanks to 40 years of collecting by Molly and Walter Bareiss, this..... More
(Mansfield Centre, CT: Maurizio Martino, 1994), Reprint. quarto, cloth. xii, 160pp. Maurizio Martino, Limited to 150 copies of the 1933 edition. Parrish's collection of " Victorian Lady Novelists" was one of the most complete extant. The collection contains all the work of George Eliot, all but two works of Mrs..... More