(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 about Das Evangelium Johannes. Griechisch und Deutsch
(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 ends, else all very fine, without flaw. More about Little Angel Books: The Jumping Contest; Wings; The Disappointed Bear; Saint Rigobert's Dinner
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 about Illustrating the Good Life: The Pissarros' Eragny Press, 1894-1914. A Catalogue of an Exhibition...
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 about Twin Peas in a Pod
(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 about Printing and the Mind of Man. Assembled at The British Museum and at Earls Court, London, 16-27...
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 about A Printer's Dozen
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2013, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 208 pp. Oak Knoll Press, Founded by Will Carter in 1924, the Rampant Lions Press in Cambridge, England, established itself as one of the leading letterpress workshops in the decades after the Second World War. Will was... More about The Rampant Lions Press: A Narrative Catalogue
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 about The Yeats Family and the Book, ca. 1900
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2017, First Edition. quarto, pattern boards and cloth. xii, 276 pp. Oak Knoll Press, George Macy started the Limited Editions Club with backing from investors in the heyday of the stock market of 1929. After enlisting founding subscribers and collaborators and preparing the initial... More about The History of the Limited Editions Club
[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 about Concern for the Art of Civilized Man
[Aurora-on-Cayuga, N. Y. V. & J. Hammer, 1946], First Edition, Limited to 350 copies printed. large octavo, printed wrappers, stitched. [20] pp. V. & J. Hammer, This pamphlet was a keepsake created by Hammer for the Chicago based Society of Typographic Arts in thanks for their fundraising efforts, lead by... More about A Dialogue on the Uncial Between a Paleographer and a Printer: Faithfully Recorded as it was...
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 about The Inaugural Address of John Fitzgerald Kennedy President of the United States. Delivered at the...
Rochester: Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2002, First Edition, Limited to 120 copies. octavo, boards and cloth. (80)pp. Cary Graphic Arts Press, From the preface: "There is no doubt that Melbert B. Cary, Jr. reflected on what the books produced at his Press of the Woolly Whale might mean to those... More about Melbert B. Cary, Jr. and the Press of the Woolly Whale
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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 about Rainbow. [Broadside
Rochester, NY: Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2008, Second Edition. quarto, cloth. 150pp; 96 illustrations. Cary Graphic Arts Press, “Alphabet Stories” are precisely what Hermann Zapf tells best. Through his 89 years, Zapf has designed over 25 typefaces, including the ubiquitous “Palatino” and “Zapf Dingbats” digital fonts that are included on..... More about Alphabet Stories: A Chronicle of Technical Developments