Miami Beach, FL: John S. Carroll, no date, circa 1960, 5 7/8" x 9" pink paper printed in black. John S. Carroll, Advertising broadside for John S. Carroll [typefounder]. "As we announced a while ago, we're off on a new tack, and have already started on several 18th Century types..... More
No place: Bern Porter, 1945, First Edition, Limited to 500 numbered copies, this copy unnumbered. octavo, plain wrappers, stapled, with light green printed dust jacket. 36 pp. Bern Porter, Inscribed and signed by Bern Porter under the limitation statement, "Special Autograph to Lt. [?] Legman front man for the boys..... More
Thames & Hudson, 2017, First Edition. 4 1/2 x 7 x 1 1/2" flip-top box. Thames & Hudson, Typefaces come in thousands of shapes, sizes, and styles. Like verbal language, with all its nuances, dialects, and accents, different faces say distinct things to many people. Type Deck identifies characteristics and..... More
Bullnettle Press, 1990, 8 1/4 x 5 1/2" broadside. Bullnettle Press, Printed by Asa Peavy at his Bullnettle Press. A portion, in nine lines, of Fra Giovanni's well-known letter to Countess Allagia Aldobrandeschi on Christmas Eve, 1513. Printed in black, red and blue. Fine. More
Bullnettle Press, 1997, Limited to 125 copies. 7 1/2 x 17" broadside printed on Rives Heavyweight. Bullnettle Press, Printed by Asa Peavy at his Bullnettle Press. A 15 line poem printed in black with two line chorus repeated 5 times, printed in red. Shoulder notes printed in blue. Herald at..... More
Bullnettle Press, 1998, Limited to 75 copies. 5 1/2 x 7 3/8" broadside printed on heavy stock Somerset paper. Bullnettle Press, Printed by Asa Peavy at his Bullnettle Press. A four-line 15th century poem author unknown, illustrated with a reproduction of a Walter Crane wood engraving. Printed in black and..... More
New York: The Grolier Club, 1999, First Edition. large octavo, boards and cloth in dust jacket. 120 pp. The Grolier Club, Published in two parts in 1799 and 1800, The City of Philadelphia ...As it Appeared in the Year 1800 by William Birch was the first American color plate book..... More
(New Castle, Philadelphia, London): Oak Knoll Press, Library Company of Philadelphia, The British Library, 2006, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 192 pp. Oak Knoll Press, Library Company of Philadelphia, The British Library, 2006 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin. He began his career as..... More
Cambridge: Dunster House, 1923, First printing of this edition. duodecimo, printed wrappers with yapp edges. viii, 53 pp. Dunster House, A classic satire of Cambridge Undergraduate life, first printed in 1908 and reprinted many times after. One very small chip to yapp edge, three mild bends to front wrapper. a...... More
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 2017, First Edition. quarto, pictorial wrappers. 144 pp. American Antiquarian Society, Published to accompany an exhibition at the Grolier Club, December 6, 2017, to February 3, 2018 using collection material from the American Antiquarian Society. The McLoughlin brothers, John Jr. (1827-1905) and Edmund (1833/4-1889), were New..... More
New York: Beil, (1982), First Edition Limited to 300 numbered copies signed by Blumenthal. octavo, printed boards and cloth in matching slipcase. (14), (158)pp. Beil, Printed at The Stinehour Press. Book designed by Blumenthal. For more than fifty years Joseph Blumenthal, the renowned designer-printer, has stimulated concern for the arts..... More
Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1990, Third Edition. large quarto, grey cloth in dust jacket. (xxii), 705 pp. University of Iowa Press, Of the many new books to be found in this edition of Heirs of Hippocrates, certain ones are truly rare. Many are outstanding in their place of..... More
Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1972, Second Reprint of the Leipzig edition of 1866. thick octavo, blue cloth. (xii), (940)pp. De Graaf, Text block fine and clean, light shelf wear to binding. More
The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1963, First Edition. octavo, green cloth in dust jacket. (xviii), 159 pp. Martinus Nijhoff, With a Preface by Richard H. Popkin. The revival of ancient Greek scepticism in the 16th and 17th centuries was of the greatest importance in changing the intellectual climate in which modern..... More
(Oxford): Printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Oxford University Press, 1929, First Edition. large quarto, quarter cream linen and boards. (viii), 20 pp. of text followed by 86 plates printed recto only. Printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Oxford University Press, Facsimiles and Illustrations, issued by the Society..... More
(New York): The Garden Club of America; The Grolier Club, (2013), First Edition. large quarto, pictorial boards. (256) pp. The Garden Club of America; The Grolier Club, This catalogue accompanies an exhibition at The Grolier Club, May 15 - July 27, 2013 and represents more than 125 illustrated volumes about..... More
Potts Point, Australia: Hordern House, (2005); (2006), First Edition. quarto, dark blue cloth stamped in silver on front cover and spine, in pictorial dust jackets. not paginated. Hordern House, With 433 items catalogued. Extensively illustrated in full color. Indexed. A remarkable collection and reference book. As new, with price list..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1928, First Edition Limited to 535 copies, of which 500 are for sale, in England and America. octavo, dark blue buckram over bevelled boards. (xii), 322pp. Chapman and Hall, "This is the definitive biography of one of the most diverting rogues of the eighteenth-century book trade."..... More
(London): The British Library, (1995), Second Printing. octavo, maroon cloth in dust jacket. xiv, 326pp. The British Library, From the dust jacket: "This handbook will provide a basic reference source for anyone who is concerned with the provenance of printed books and manuscripts. More specifically, its aim is to help..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1893, First Edition. octavo, maroon buckram. xvi, 256pp. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, A study of book illustration organized by country, starting with Germany and moving through Italy, France, Holland, Spain, and England. Illustrated. Part of the Books About Books Series edited by Alfred W. Pollard..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1893, First Edition. octavo, buckram. (xvi), 188pp. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, Part of the Books About Books Series edited by Alfred W. Pollard. Illustrated with eight black and white plates, each extensively annotated in special Notes. Madan instructs the reader in looking at a manuscript..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1991), First Edition. octavo, grey boards in dust jacket. x, 293 pp. Cambridge University Press, Samuel Johnson has become known to posterity in two capacities: through his own works as the great literary essayist of the eighteenth century, and through Boswell's Life, as a man--notoriously a...... More
(Aldershot): Gower, (1983), Fourth Edition. octavo, maroon boards in dust jacket. xii, 1,000 pp. Gower, Every specialty has its basic reference work. Garrison and Morton has served as the basic historical reference work for all facets of medicine for 40 years. For each major medical subject this invaluable book lists..... More
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2004, First English language Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 402pp. Oak Knoll Press, A memoir by this Dutch antiquarian bookseller viewing the European trade from 1950 to the present. Illustrated. Very fine, clean copy, without flaw. More