Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, 1901, Limited to 1,000 numbered copies, this copy unnumbered. octavo, blue boards and cloth stamped in dark blue and gilt. Ralph Fletcher Seymour, Covers sunned along edges, lwear to top and bottom of spine. Back cover darkened at edges with a small spot. More
Ann Arbor: The Legacy Press, 2021, First Edition. large octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 446 pp. The Legacy Press, In 2020, Peter and Donna marked the forty-sixth year of their remarkable collaboration. This Bibliography features more than 163 editioned books by them, 374 one-of-a-kind books by Donna, and 63 unique..... More
Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, 1992, First Edition. quarto, wrappers. (68)pp. Library of Congress, The story behind this public relations campaign to get the attention of mass market book publishers and attract new business. The Four American Books were Herman Melville's Moby Dick, illustrated by Rockwell Kent; the Tales of..... More
(West Hatfield, MA): Pennyroyal Press, (1986), First Edition, Limited to 3,000 copies printed. small octavo, printed blue wrappers. Pennyroyal Press, "The purpose of this checklist is to offer a brief description of the books, posters and broadsides published during the past seventeen years by Barry Moser's Pennyroyal Press. Where appropriate..... More
Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, 1987, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. vii, (70)pp. Library of Congress, Limited to 1,500 copies. Part of the Engelhard series sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. Originally presented on October 2, 1985 as an Engelhard Lecture on the Book. Ward..... More
Boston: Boston Athenaeum, 1988, First Edition. quarto, pictorial wrappers. 40 pp. Boston Athenaeum, An exhibition of artists' books, fine bindings, private press books and illustration. A very fine, clean copy. More
New York: The Grolier Club, 1896, First Edition, Limited to 385 copies. quarto, three-quarter green morocco and boards stamped with the printer's device. 344 pp. The Grolier Club, "The foremost name in Victorian book design is that of the Chiswick Press...The Imprint was first used in 1811 by its founder..... More
New York: The Harbor Press, 1928, First Edition, Limited to 350 numbered copies. small octavo, marbled boards and vellum spine. [66]pp. The Harbor Press, Illustrations by Walter Dorwin Teague. Spine discolored, color at edges of boards scuffed. More
(London): The British Library, (1978), First Edition. small quarto, printed wrappers. 96pp. The British Library, A fine bibliography of this important press, printed throughout in red, orange and blue. Designed by Sebastian Carter. A fine, clean copy. More
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Amherst, NH: Snail's Pace Press, 1923-1932, sextodecimo to duodecimo, printed wrappers. Snail's Pace Press, "Fobes is remembered for his texts of Aristotle and for his translations, which are still widely used. In his nearly 30 years at Amherst, he combined the demands of heavy teaching and rigorous scholarship while maintaining..... More
No place: ITC/The Typophiles, 1994, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. 64pp. ITC/The Typophiles, Limited to 2,500 copies. Printed by The Stinehour Press. Designed by Jerry Kelly. Typophiles Monograph New Series Number 12. Essays on this fine press precede a well annotated catalogue of its productions. With a tipped- in wood engraving..... 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
(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 complete 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: 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
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
(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
(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
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1967), First American Edition. octavo, boards in pictorial dust jacket. 120pp. G.P. Putnam's Sons, Chapters include the four particular aspects of the production of fine books: Manuscripts; Early Printing; English Books with Colored Plates 1790-1837; and Private Presses. Numerous color and black and white illustrations..... More
New York: The Grolier Club, 2005, First Edition, Limited to 500 copies. small octavo, printed and embossed wrappers. 32pp. The Grolier Club, Published to accompany a special memorial exhibition of the collection of Ken Auchincloss at the Grolier Club, May 19-June 17, 2005. Twelve illustrations, including an original full-page two-color..... More
Wakefield, RI: Moyer Bell, (1997), First Edition, Limited to 1,500 copies. quarto, cloth and printed boards in pictorial dust jacket. (128)pp. Moyer Bell, A stunning collection of wood engravings created by Lucien Pissarro, son of Camille Pissarro, to illustrate the books published by his private press. Arriving in London just..... More
New York: The Grolier Club, 2000, First Edition, Limited to 250 numbered copies. octavo, linen-backed boards. 82pp., 11 plates. The Grolier Club, Catalogue of an exhibition of the author's extensive collection of works by W. B. Yeats, his father John Butler Yeats, his sisters Lily and Lolly, and his brother..... More