Oxford: Bodleian Library, (2014), First Edition. quarto, light grey boards in dust jacket. 360 pp. Bodleian Library, Marks of Genius pays tribute to some of the most remarkable testaments to genius throughout human history, from ancient texts on papyrus and the extraordinary medieval manuscript The Douce Apocalypse to the renowned..... More
New York: Christie, Manson & Wood, 1987, 1989, quarto, red cloth. Christie, Manson & Wood, A complete set including the very useful index volume. Part 1: "Fifteenth-Century books including The Gutenberg Bible" 302pp. 136 lots. Part 2: "Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts" 126pp. 182 lots. Part 3: "Printed books and Manuscripts..... More
New York: Grolier Club, 2015, First Edition. Limited to 500 copies. octavo, green cloth stamped in copper. 80 pp. Grolier Club, The Grabhorn Press was among the foremost fine printing establishment in the United States from the early 1920s to the mid-1960s. Operated by the brothers Edwin and Robert Grabhorn..... More
Savannah: Beil, (1991), Reprint. octavo, red cloth in dust jacket. xvi, (420)pp. Beil, A classic collection of essays on typography first published in the early 1 950's, and featuring the major typographers and bibliographers of this century on their specialties: Wroth on American types, McKerrow on early English long "s"..... More
Alabama: House of Collectibles, 1976, First American Edition. large octavo, brown cloth in dust jacket. 192 pp. House of Collectibles, All contributors are, or have been, connected with the antiquarian and secondhand book trade. After the introductory sections, areas of prime interest to the collector are covered in whole chapters..... More
White Plains, NY: The Herity Press, 1964, Fifth edtion. octavo, printed wrappers, stapled. 24 pp. The Herity Press, Gives the dates of the founding of private presses. Small sticker removed from front wrapper. Small date written in ink on corner of title page. More
(London): R. W. Bridges & Sons, et al, 1963, octavo, printed wrappers. (128) pp., followed by 32 plates; (64) pp., followed by 16 plates. R. W. Bridges & Sons, et al, This was a two-part exhibition: A technical exhibition at Earl's Court and a fine printing exhibition at King's Library..... More
(Frankfurt, Germany: Trajanus Presse, 1960), First Edition Limited to 150 copies. quarto, full leather binding by Willy Pingel of Heidelberg, in the original slipcase. 50 pp. Trajanus Presse, Text in Greek and German. Designed by Gotthard de Beauclair. "Gotthard de Beauclair was among the most influential European book designers of..... More
[Lexington, KY: Stamperia del Santuccio, 1963], Proof sheet. folio sheet 15 1/2" x 10 3/4" one folio sheet folded once to form (4) pp. Stamperia del Santuccio, Printed by Carolyn R. Hammer with American Uncial and Andromaque Uncial types on Japanese Hosho paper. With a two-color 4" x 2 1/4"..... More
(Brooklyn: The Angelica Press Corporation, 1975), First Edition. 2.5" x 3.75" printed wrappers, sewn, in original envelope. (14); (14); (12); (16) pp. The Angelica Press Corporation, Each designed and illustrated with line drawings by Marilyn M. Grastorf. The four titles conplete the set. Very tiny tears at the envelope flap..... More
(Cambridge, MA: Bow & Arrow Press, 1991), 11 1/2 x 25 (approx.) inches, Bow & Arrow Press, Poster, attractively printed in color. "The Bow & Arrow Press is Harvard University's first and only typographic teaching shop. The show includes not only books and other materials hand-printed by letterpress (movable type)..... More
(London): R. W. Bridges & Sons, et al, 1963, octavo, printed wrappers. (128) pp., followed by 32 plates; (64) pp., followed by 16 plates. R. W. Bridges & Sons, et al, This was a two-part exhibition: A technical exhibition at Earl's Court and a fine printing exhibition at King's Library..... More
London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, (1974), Second edition. octavo, green cloth. (xviii), 196pp. Dawsons of Pall Mall, First published by Oxford University Press in the early 'twenties, this book is mostly the work of Falconer Madan who did the bibliography and introductory chapters on the place of the Daniel Press..... More
New York: The Typophiles, 1982, First Edition, Limited to 1,000 copies (500 for The Typophiles; 500 for The Book Club of California). small octavo, gold embossed parchment boards in the original glassine. 80pp. The Typophiles, Typophiles Chapbook 56. Printed by Henry Morris of The Bird & Bull Press and designed..... More
London: Peter Davies Limited, 1928, First Edition. folio, boards and cloth. (176)pp. Peter Davies Limited, Editor's Note: "The specimens in this book have been selected not so much to represent every publisher, printer and illustrator of distinction in each country, but rather to endeavour (within a necessarily limited compass) to..... More
Worcester [Mass]: Achille J. St. Onge, [1961], Unnumbered "Limited Edition" 6.7 x 4.7 cm, full navy blue calf stamped in gilt. A.e.g. (32) pp. Achille J. St. Onge, Photographic portrait of Kennedy tipped-in as frontispiece. Printed from Lutetia type on 'Old Kentucky Linen' paper by Joh. Enschede en Zonen Haarlem..... More
New York: Clarke & Way, 1951, Limited Edition of 1,000 copies. large octavo, dark blue cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. (64) un-numbered pages. Clarke & Way, With an introductory note by Bruce Rogers. With designs, in color, by Rogers throughout the text. Set in type by..... More
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(Concord, NH): William B. Ewert, 2001, First Separate Edition, Limited to 85 signed copies, this copy not signed. 10 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches, William B. Ewert, Rainbow previously appeared in The Atlantic Monthly. The broadside was specially issued in March 2001 to honor the 35th Anniversary of the New..... More
(Whittington Press, no date, First Edition. quarto, rose paper wrappers with printed title label on front. (8) pp. (Whittington Press, A name and title index with selective subject entries. Printed letterpress. Very fine. More
Cambridge: Houghton Library, 1993, First Edition. quarto, wrappers. 77pp. Houghton Library, Co-published with The Grolier Club. "The catalogue, prepared by Martin Hutner, designed by Jerry Kelly, and printed at the Stinehour Press, draws on the rich collections of the two institutions. It surveys the breadth of quality, beauty, and variety..... More
No place: 1968, 4.75" x 6.25" one sheet folded twice to make (4) pp. Tipped-in is a photograph of Stanley Morison taken by Warde in May, 1963. Morison passed away October, 1967. Very fine. More
New York: Privately Printed, 1925, First Edition Limited to 200 numbered copies. octavo, decorated boards with printed paper label across front and back boards and spine. (24)pp. Privately Printed, "Made into a Christmas book of Earnest Elmo Calkins and Angie Cushman Calkins by the Pynson Printers of New York and..... More
(Rochester, NY: Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection, no date [circa 2000]), small octavo, unbound, as issued. (16) pp. Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection, "The illustrations shown on the preceding pages were all selected from the John Fass archives in the Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts..... More
Cambridge, England: The Rampant Lions Press, 1993, First Edition, Limited to 200 numbered copies. folio, marbled boards and blue cloth in slipcase. The Rampant Lions Press, Sample spreads of experimental settings from eleven books: National Proverbs of Arabia; The Four Gospels; the letters of Pliny the Younger and the Emperor..... More
New York: Grolier Club, 2007, First Edition, Limited to 400 copies. quarto, printed wrappers. (x), (70)pp. Grolier Club, Preface by Alan Fern. Frontispiece and 38 color and duotone illustrations. An illustrated history and survey of the work of the Eragny Press by Alice H. R. H. Beckwith, followed by detailed..... More