Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, May, 1917, First Edition. octavo, printed paper wrappers. (64)pp., sewn. Ralph Fletcher Seymour, Edited by Harriet Monroe. Poems on pages 72-75. The poems were later included in Poems Penyeach, (1927). The foot of the front wrapper is rubber-stamped "T. Oliver Jenkins." Jenkins edited the poetry magazine..... More

Paris: Imprimerie Nationale (and) Librarie Henri Leclerc, 1902, 1911 and 1903, First Edition. large octavo, original printed paper wrappers. (vii), xxxviii. 510pp., 1 leaf; (xxiv), (88)pp; (iv), (92)pp. Imprimerie Nationale (and) Librarie Henri Leclerc, Volume 1 contains an engraved frontispiece portrait of Delisle. Delisle was curator of manuscripts and later..... More

Bruxelles: de l'Imprimerie de A. J. D. de Braeckenier, 1809, First Edition, Large Paper copy printed on laid paper. octavo, rebound in red marbled boards and red leather spine. [ii], iv, 216 pp. de l'Imprimerie de A. J. D. de Braeckenier, About ten leaves with water stain along edges, including..... More

New Rochelle, NY: The Myriade Press, 1986, "Preliminary Edition" quarto, printed wrappers. xvi, 395 pp. The Myriade Press, A history of approximately 300 typefaces which are shown in upper and lower cases with numerals and punctuation. The history, aims, and purpose behind many of these typefaces are also described, along..... More

London: The Bibliographical Society, 1913, First Edition. large quarto, tan boards and linen. T.e.g. liv, 216 pp., (i). The Bibliographical Society, "The introduction to this definitive work classifies the devices as signs indicating where the printer worked, puns upon the owner's name, monograms, portraits, heraldic devices or emblems. There are..... More

Ann Arbor: Legacy Press, 2013, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 534 pp. Legacy Press, Nine authors writing on nine topics. This collection of essays, published as the first volume of a series of studies on the history of bookbinding, sets a high standard for interesting and groundbreaking scholarship..... More

Ann Arbor: Legacy Press, 2016, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 517 pp. Legacy Press, Erin Albritton & Christina Amato on "A Study of Two Semi-Limp Parchment Binding Styles in the Rare Book Collection at The New York Academy of Medicine Library"; "Historical Bindings of the Chamberlain-Warren Samaritan Collection"..... More

Ann Arbor: Legacy Press, 2019, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 464 pp. Legacy Press, Pictures in Your Pocket: A History of the American Tintype Album; Samaritan Manuscript Bindings from Four Collections in the United States; A Previously Unrecorded Sewing Technique Deciphered During a Study of a Twelfth-Century, Limp..... More

Ann Arbor: The Legacy Press, 2018, First Edition. large octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 707 pp. The Legacy Press, Julia Miller’s second book grew out of the experience of writing Books Will Speak Plain: A Handbook for Identifyingand Describing Historical Bindings, now a recognized classic text on the subject. Meeting..... More

Boston: Little, Brown, 1934, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. Little, Brown, Jacket dust soiled and chipped at edges: one small chip at top of front panel, chipping to top of spine not affecting the title, 2" x 3" chip out of back panel. Top edge of pages dusty..... More

London: British Museum Press, 2002, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 256pp. British Museum Press, The British Museum holds the world's largest collection of bookplates, but only the British and American ex-libris have so far been published. This catalogue, written in German, describes, lists and reproduces over five hundred..... More

Philadelphia: Edward C. Biddle, (1845), First Edition. small octavo, original three-quarter calf and marbled boards. xx, 132 pp., interspersed with XLI plates printed on one side. Edward C. Biddle, "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845, by Rembrandt Peale." Numerous text illustrations besides the 41 plates. The..... More

London: Andrew Melrose Ltd., 1918, First Edition. small octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. 158pp. Andrew Melrose Ltd., First book by the author. Essay by Powys on his thoughts of religion and questioning life around him. Book fine, dust jacket slightly soiled but without wear or chipping and not..... More