Books About Books
The Penguin Collector. Five Issues: 81, 83, 85, 86, 87.
The Penguin Collectors Society, Dec 2013; Dec 2014; Dec 2015; June 2016; Dec 2016, small octavo, printed wrappers. 64, 64, 64, 80, 80 pp. The Penguin Collectors Society, "The Penguin Collector is the Society's twice-yearly journal, published each June and December....Articles are contributed by members and other writers on a...... More
Penguin 75: Designers, Authors, Commentary (the Good, the Bad . . .).
(London): Penguin Books, (2010), First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 254 pp. Penguin Books, Extensively illustrated in full color. A unique exploration into the subtle art of the book cover High standards in art and design have always been part of Penguin's publishing program. Now, on the occasion of Penguin's 75th..... More
Puffin By Design: 70 Years Of Imagination 1940-2010.
(London): Allen Lane, (2010), First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 255 pp. Allen Lane, Looking back at seventy years of Puffin paperbacks, Phil Baines charts the development of Puffin and the role of illustrators and designers in creating and defining the identity of the Puffin list from the very first picture..... More
The Literary History of Philadelphia.
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co., (1906) , First Edition, Limited to 1,000 numbered copies. octavo, tan cloth with printed spine label. (xvi), 433 pp. George W. Jacobs & Co., Extensively illustrated. Cloth soiled, hinges solid. More
Leonard Smithers: A Publisher of The Nineties.
The London Magazine, September, 1956, First Separate Edition. small octavo, wrappers, stapled. 8 pp. with tipped-in plate of Smithers by Max Beerbohm. The London Magazine, Reprinted from The London Magazine, September, 1956. Very fine. More
A Battle of the Books, Recorded by an Unknown Writer for the Use of Authors and Publishers: To the First for Doctrine, To the Second for Reproof, To Both for Correction and for Instruction in Righteousness.
Cambridge, MA: Hurd and Houghton, 1870, First Edition. octavo, brown cloth. 288 pp. Hurd and Houghton, BAL 4720. Lacking front free endpaper. Cloth fine and binding solid. More
The Library of Edwin Arlington Robinson. A Descriptive Catalogue.
Waterville, ME: Colby College Press, 1950, First Edition. small octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (60)pp. Colby College Press, Limited to 300 copies printed at The Anthoensen Press. "In the pages that follow, numerous similar illustrations will be found for demonstrating the close relationship between the poetry composed by Robinson and..... More
Rooms of Wonder: From Wunderkammer to Museum, 1599-1899. An Exhibition at the Grolier Club, 5 December 2012 - 2 February 2013.
New York: The Grolier Club, 2012, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. 126 pp. The Grolier Club, The proud owners of Wunderkammers, or "Cabinets of Curiosoties" sometimes published elaborate illustrated catalogues to document their collections , and Rooms of Wonder: From Wunderkammer to Museum, 1599-1899 will showcase dozens of the rarest..... More
Index to the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, 1812-1961.
Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1978, First Edition. octavo, brown cloth. (vi), 603 pp. American Antiquarian Society, The Society's journal has been a source for articles, bibliographies, and tools for scholarship within the general area of American history and culture through 1876. Top edge of text block foxed, else fine..... More
Encyclopedia of Library History (Garland Reference Library of Social Science).
New York: Garland Publishing, 1994, First Edition. large octavo, green and tan cloth. (xxxii), 707 pp. Garland Publishing, This book focuses on the historical development of the library as an institution. Its contents assume no single theoretical foundation or philosophical perspective but instead reflect the richly diverse opinions of its..... More
Mathew Carey: Editor, Author and Publisher. A Study in American Literary Development.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1912, First Edition. octavo, maroon cloth. T.e.g. 144, (3) pp. Columbia University Press, Shelf numbers at bottom of spine, else fine and clean. With the bookplate of Chas F. Richardson who was an English professor at Dartmouth College. More
The Printed Book, Its History, Illustrations, and Adornment, from the Days of Gutenberg to the Present Time.
New York: Scribner and Welford, 1887, First American Edition. octavo, original brown cloth stamped and lettered in gilt. T.e.g. viii, 312pp. Scribner and Welford, Translated and Enlarged by Edward C. Bigmore. With 118 illustrations of facsimiles of early typography, printers' marks, copies of book illustrations, and specimens of bindings. "This..... More
The Alphabet. An Account of the Origin and Development of Letters. Two volumes, complete.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1883, First Edition. octavo, brown cloth stamped in gilt. T.e.g. (xvi), (360), 38 pp. ads; (xvi), 398 pp. Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., Volume One: Semitic Alphabets. Volume Two: Aryan Alphabets. This two-part series attempts to compile a brief account of recent discoveries surrounding..... More
A Publisher and His Friends. Memoir and Correspondence of the late John Murray with an Account of the Origin and Progress of House, 1768-1843. Two volumes.
London: John Murray, 1891, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth. (xvi), 496pp.; (xii), 549pp. John Murray, "This concentrates on the life of John Murray II (John Murray I dies at the end of chapter 1). It is concerned with that period of British publishing when the great Scottish houses were forming..... More
The Prymer , or Prayer-Book of the Lay People in the Middle Ages in English dating about 1400 A.D. Two volumes.
London: Longmans, Green, 1891, 1892, First Edition. octavo, black cloth. (x), (120); xx, 75pp., followed by 2 plates printed recto only. Longmans, Green, Bookplate on each volume at front pastedown. Foxing to edges of text blocks and to the first twenty or so leaves. Two inch tear at front inner..... More
Books Once Were Men. An Essay for Booklovers.
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1931, First Edition. octavo, boards & cloth, in original glassine wrapper. x, 61pp. Dodd, Mead, Limited to 1000 copies designed by Orcutt and printed at the Plimpton Press. With original decorations by Doris Flather. McCutcheon, known as a prolific writer of popular books such as Brewster's..... More
From Prentice to Patron. The Life Story of Isaiah Thomas.
New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1935, First Edition. octavo, dark brown cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xiv), 326pp. D. Appleton-Century, Illustrated with photographs. A fine biography of the most important printer and publisher of his day. A fine, clean copy. Light shelf wear, a few tiny chips and fading to the..... More
The Book-lover's Almanac for the Year 1896.
New York: Duprat, (1895), Limited Edition of 500 copies of which this is 128, there was also and edition of 100 on Japan paper. small octavo, laid paper wrappers. 56 pp. Duprat, Printed at The De Vinne Press. With articles by Clarence Cook, Beverly Chew, H. P. du bois, O...... More
Judith. An Old English Epic Fragment. Edited with introduction, translation, complete glossary, and various indexes.
Boston: D. C. Heath, 1888, First Edition. small quarto, original tan buckram with printed paper label on spine. lxxii, (82)pp. D. C. Heath, Frontispiece of a page from the fragment. Albert Stanburrough Cook (March 6, 1853 – September 1, 1927) was an American philologist, literary critic, and scholar of Old..... More
The Book-lover's Almanac for the Year 1895.
New York: Duprat & Co, (1894), Limited to 400 numbered copies on Van Gelder paper of which this is #210. There was also a limitation of 200 copies on Japan paper. small octavo, moire silk cloth stamped in black over flexible boards. Duprat & Co,, Printed at The De Vinne..... More
Historical Sketch of Bookbinding as an Art.
Norwood, (MA): The Holliston Mills, 1926, First Edition. octavo, dard red cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. 144pp. The Holliston Mills, Surveys the history of bookbinding, with chapters on Italy, France, England, and America. A very fine, clean copy. More
Literary Anecdotes of the Nineteenth Century: Contributions Towards A Literary History of the Period.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1895, First Edition. octavo, pale red buckram. xii,[1]-634; xvi,[1]-495pp. Hodder & Stoughton, T. J. Wise setting the stage for his forgeries. Illustrated. Bookplate in each volume. Volume One with broken inner hinge roughly repaired. Heavy foxing on endpapers but text clean, spines faded and foxed... More
A Book Hunter's Holiday. Adventures with Books and Manuscripts.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1936), First Edition, Limited to 760 numbered and signed copoies, this being number 300. octavo, black cloth with red leather labels on front cover and spine pver bevelled boards. 259 pp. Houghton Mifflin, Illustrated. Rosenbach's autobiography chronicles the golden age of American bookselling when big-city dealers helped..... More
Books in Manuscript. A Short Introduction to their Study and Use. With a Chapter on Records.
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
A Thousand and One Fore-Edge Paintings. With Notes on the Artists, Bookbinders, Publishers and other Men and Women connected with the History of a Curious Art.
Waterville, ME: Colby College Press, 1949, First Edition, Limited to 1,000 copies. quarto, blue cloth in dust jacket. xvi, 194 pp. Colby College Press, Colby College Monograph No. 16. Printed by the Anthoensen Press. Illustrated with tipped-in color frontispiece and 23 black and white plates. Presentation copy inscribed at the..... More
On Books.
Lysa, 2022, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 488 pp. Lysa, Henri II Estienne (1531-98) was the most outstanding member of his family’s long-lived publishing dynasty. He continued the work of his father, Robert, by publishing many unedited Greek texts and completing the Thesaurus linguae Graecae (1572), an expensive..... More
Robert Estienne, Royal Printer. An Historical Study of the Elder Stephanus.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1954, First Edition. quarto, blue cloth. (xxii), (310)pp. Cambridge University Press, A scholarly and readable biography of the most outstanding figure of the Paris book trade at that time. Extensively illustrated and with a bibliography and detailed index. Ex-library with Discarded stamp on endpapers and edges..... More
Jessie M. King and E. A. Taylor Illustrator and Designer from the collection of Miss Merle Taylor sold by Sotheyby Parke Bernet.
Glasgow: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1977, octavo, pictorial wrappers. 94 pp. Sotheby Parke Bernet, Printed estimates laid in. Illustrated in black and white and in color. Foxing to front and back wrapper. More
Richard Francis Burton & Isabel Lady Burton. The Loren and Frances Rothschild Collection.
No place: no date, circa 2020, First Edition. large octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. 103 pp. From the Foreword by the collector, "The Rothschild collection of the works by and relating to Sir Richard Burton and Lady Isabel Burton is composed of five distincy parts: (I) Autograph Manuscripts; (II)..... More
Samuel Johnson Literary Giant of the Eighteenth Century: An Exhibition At the Huntington Library, May 23-September 21, 2009.
Rasselas Press, 2011, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 77 pp. Rasselas Press, Illustrated in color and black and white. Includes and bibliography and index. "The exhibition included Sir Joshua Reynold's famous 'Blinking Sam' portrait of Johnson, first editions of Johnson's work of which only a few copies exist..... More
2,000 Years of Calligraphy: A Three-Part Exhibition Organized by The Baltimore Museum of Art...
Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Littlefield, 1976, Reprint. quarto, cloth. 201pp. Rowman & Littlefield, Organized by The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Peabody Institute Library, The Walters Art Gallery. June 6 - July 18, 1965. 218 items exhibited and described in detail, each item illustrated. Each entry has a lengthy discussion..... More
Paper and Type. Bibliographical Essays.
Charlettesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 2019, First Edition. octavo, cream cloth in dust jacket. xiv, 383 pp. Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, The first section on research methods surveys recent scholarship in paper history and contains recommendations for further study. Two essays advocate a greater..... More
The Culture of the Publisher's Series, Volume 2: Nationalisms and the National Canon.
Palgrave Macmillan, (2011), First Edition. octavo, pictorial boards. (x), 220 pp. Palgrave Macmillan, This volume explores problems concerning the series, national development and the national canon in a range of countries and their international book-trade relationships. Studies focus on issues such as the fabrication of a national canon, and on..... More
Encyclopedia of the Book.
(New Castle, DE): Oak Knoll Press, (1996), Second Edition, later printing. quarto, pictorial wrappers. (24), 551 pp. Oak Knoll Press, With a new introduction by Donald Farren. The breadth of this work is remarkable. Encyclopedia contains almost 4,000 terms and definitions used in bookbinding, printing, papermaking and the book trade..... More
Printing Presses. History and Development from the Fifteenth Century to Modern Times.
Berkeley: University of California Press, (1978), First Softbound Edition. large octavo, printed wrappers. 263 pp. University of California Press, A concise survey of the development of the relief printing press providing a solid foundation for those wishing to assess the societal impact of continuous technical breakthroughs in the dissemination of..... More
Records of a Bibliographer. Selected Papers of William Alexander Jackson.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1967, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. xiv, 236pp. Harvard University Press, The Houghton Library's founding librarian, Jackson's published writings numbered 126 from 1926 to 1965, here listed in a bibliography. Essays include "The Importance of Rare Books and Manuscripts in a University Library," "Counterfeit..... More
The Cultural Uses of Print in Early Modern France.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1987), First English language edition. quarto, rust cloth in dust jacket. (xiii), (355)pp. Princeton University Press, Eight essays that probe the impact of printing on all social classes of the "ancient regime" and reveal the range of ways in which texts and pictures were used by..... More
History and Annotated Bibliography of American Religious Periodicals and Newspapers Established from 1730 through 1830. Two volumes.
Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1994, First Edition. quarto, blue cloth. xc, 719; vii, 720-1456 pp. American Antiquarian Society, Introduction by John B. Hench. Bibliography, chronological listing of titles , geographical list of titles, and titles by major religious interests. Also includes an index of editors, publishers, printers, illustrators and..... More
Reading Books: Essays on the Material Text and Literature in America.
Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, (1996), First Edition. octavo, maroon cloth. (xii), 288 pp. University of Massachusetts Press, Foreword by Michael Winship. This collection takes as its point of departure the proposition that one can, in fact, tell a book by its cover. The contributors examine the ways in which..... More
Canvassing Books, Sample Books, and Subscription Publishers' Ephemera 1833 - 1951 in the Collection of Michael Zinman.
Ardsley, NY: Haydn Foundation, 1996, First Edition. quarto, grey cloth. xxvii, (201) 517 pp. Haydn Foundation, With Indices of Publishers; Places; Copyright Holders; Titles; Languages, making this a most useful reference text. Very fine. More
Lines I Like: Calligraphic & Otherwise.
No place: (1986), First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. (34) pp. Inscribed and signed by Brown on the front endpaper. Very fine. More
Portraits in the Collection of the American Antiquarian Society.
Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 2004, First Edition. octavo, red boards in dust jacket. 418 pp. American Antiquarian Society, "'The Most Distinguished Ancient Worthies of Our Country'" by Lauren B. Hewes and "Portraits as Documents: Historical and Humanistic Reflections" by Linda J. Docherty. Many black and white illustrations and 23..... More
The Club of Odd Volumes. Centennial Edition.
Boston: The Club of Odd Volumes, (1987), First Edition, Limited to 300 numbered copies, this being copy 115. small octavo, printed boards with red cloth spine. 141 pp. The Club of Odd Volumes, , Containing a complete list of officers & members from the fouding, a sketch of recent history..... More
Der Garten haucht. Gedichte von Richard Billinger zum 10. Todestag.
Bad Goisern (Austria): Neugebauer Press, 1975, First Edition. 28 x 13 cm, printed heavy paper folded three times. 8 leaves with tissue guards. Neugebauer Press, Nine poems (including cover poem) presented on the tenth anniversary of the poet's death. Each poem in a different calligraphic hand. Very fine. More
A checklist of the 100-cent postage stamps designed by Jan van Krimpen. In honor of Rocky Stinehour's 90th.
(Cambridge, MA: Kat Ran Press, 2015), First Edition, Limited to 150 copies. small octavo, printed wrappers, stapled. [7] pp. Kat Ran Press, Part of the Kat Ran essays in philatelics. "Written as a contribution to a festschrift to celebrate the ninetieth birthday of the great scholar-printer Rocky Stinehour, this special..... More
William Beckford of Fonthill : Writer, Traveller, Collector, Caliph 1760-1844 : a brief narrative and catalogue of an exhibition to mark the two hundredth anniversary of Beckford's birth.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1960, First Edition. small octavo, red boards. 100 pp. Yale University Press, With the previously unpublished journal kept by William Beckford in 1794. More
The House of Words. The Memoirs of a Publisher.
New York: Atheneum, 1963, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 312PP. Atheneum, Within a few weeks of Dickson's arrival in London from Canada, he became editor of The Fortnightly Review. Two years later he assumed an additional post as editor of the Review of Reviews. He established his own..... More
My Lives.
New York: Random House, (1971), First American Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (332)pp. Random House, "He is perhaps best known for his universally admired Nonesuch Press and for his influence on book design in general. But in this book we get the whole man: childhood and youth in a...... More
The Future of the Manuscript & Rare Book Business; and, Some Thoughts & Thanks on my Twentieth Anniversary as Legal Counsel to the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America.
(New York): Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, (1999), First Edition. small octavo, printed wrappers. (16); (16) pp. Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, "The following remarks on the future of the manuscript and rare book trade were given...at the Grolider Club...April 17, 1999." Very fine. More
The Fleuron. A Journal of Typography. No. V.
London: Cambridge University Press, 1926, First Edition. quarto, ochre cloth stamped in red and blue. xvi, 206 pp, + xxpp. advertisements. Cambridge University Press, Contributors include Julius Rodenberg, Paul Istel, H. V. Marrot, Beatrice Warde and Stanley Morison. "A significant, learned, and copiously documented periodical. Only seven numbers were issued..... More
The Complete Angler, or The Contemplative Man's Recreation.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1898, "New Edition" octavo, olive green sateen stamped in gilt. lxxvi, 465 pp. Little, Brown and Company, With an introduction by James Russell Lowell. With 74 illustrations on wood. Cloth faded to brown, three small scuff marks to front cover. Signed in pencil on the..... More
The Forbes Collection of American Historical Documents Part One. 27 March 2002.
New York: Christie's, March 27, 2002, quarto, printed wrappers. 359 pp. Christie's, 203 lots, described in detail. Extensively illustrated, including fold-out. Light sprinkling of foxing on front cover, else fine. More
The Forbes Collection of American Historical Documents Part Three. 15 November 2005.
New York: Christie's, November 15, 2005, quarto, printed wrappers. 258 pp. Christie's, 253 lots, described in detail. Extensively illustrated, including fold-out. Light sprinkling of foxing on front cover, else fine. More
British Contemporary Lettering : A Collecion of Newly Commissioned Work.
London: Michael Taylor Rare Books, 1984, quarto, printed blue wrappers. (40) pp. Michael Taylor Rare Books, Designed and printed by Christopher Skelton. 37 items listed and offered for sale, all commissioned by Michael Taylor. Illustrated. Printed price list laid in. Fine. More
Building Emory's African American Collections. Highlights from the Curatorial Career of Randall K. Burkett.
Emory University, (2019), First Edition. quarto, pictorial wrappers. (92) pp. Emory University, Fascinating, beautifully illustrated in full color. Very fine. More
A Crafted Typology of the Codex. Book Modelmaking as an Approach to Material Book Study.
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2022, First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 97 pp. The Legacy Press, We often speak of how a particular phenomenon has “reached a tipping point” – when knowledge and practice have developed in plain sight and then suddenly explodes on scene as a revolution in..... More
The Book-Peddling Parson.
(Chapel Hill): Algonquin Books, 1984, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. xii, 158pp. Algonquin Books, "An account of the life and works of Mason Locke Weems patriot, pitchman, author and purveyor of morality to the citizenry of the early United States of America." Historians have written off Weems..... More
The Work of Stephen Harvard. A Life in Letters.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard College Library, 1990, First Edition. quarto, wrappers. 64pp. Harvard College Library, Illustrated with plates and photographs. With an introduction by Eleanor Garvey. A beautifully produced catalogue in which Harvard's work as a calligrapher, type designer, stonecutter, author and illustrator is chronicled. With "Paragraphs on Life and Letters"..... More
The Increasing Significance of Symbolic Resistance in Selected Fiction from "War and Peace" to Mila 18". A Dissertation...for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms, 1981, First Edition. octavo, black wrappers with printed paper label on front wrapper. University Microfilms, Very fine. Reproduced from typescript. Includes a chapter on T. H. White's "The Once and Future King" More
The Once and Present King: A Study of the World View Revealed in Contemporary Arthurian Adaptations. A Dissertation Submitted...for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms, 1982, First Edition. octavo, black wrappers with printed paper label on front wrapper. 190 pp. University Microfilms, Very fine. Reproduced from typescript. More
Arthur and Others: The Literary Career of T. H. White. A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of the University of Pennsylvania...
Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms, 1970, First Edition. octavo, black wrappers with printed paper label on front wrapper. 153 pp. printed recto only. University Microfilms, Very fine. Reproduced from typescript. More
Arthur and Others: The Literary Career of T. H. White. A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of the University of Pennsymania...
Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms, 1970, First Edition. octavo, black wrappers with printed paper label on front wrapper. 153 pp. printed recto only. University Microfilms, Very fine. Reproduced from typescript. More
Arthur and Others: The Literary Career of T. H. White. A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of the University of Pennsymania...
Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms, 1973, First Edition. octavo, black wrappers with printed paper label on front wrapper. 277 pp. printed recto only. University Microfilms, Very fine. Reproduced from typescript. More
Remembering Charlie. A collection of songs, poems and stories, from the week of October 4-10, 1987.
self-published, (1990), First Edtiion, Limited to 50 numbered copies signed by Cicale. oblong octavo, Japanese handmade paper, sewn. (ii), 22 pp. self-published, An In Memoriam of Annie Cicale's older brother, Charles Olav Berg. Five initial letters flourished in red ink by the accomplished calligrapher, Annie Cicale, also inscribed and signed..... More
Workshop Impression.
(Hardheim, Germany: Die Kalligraphie Editions, 1989), First Edition, one of 2,000 copies printed. duodecimo, pictorial wrappers. not paginated. Die Kalligraphie Editions, Text in German and English; printed in black and red. Very fine. More
Berthold Wolpe. A Retrospective Survey.
(London): Victoria & Albert Museum and Faber & Faber, (1980), First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. (100)pp. Victoria & Albert Museum and Faber & Faber, A catalogue for the retrospective exhibition of his work to commemorate his 75th birthday. With 183 items exhibited and described in detail. Numerous illustrations in black..... More
Scandinavian Bookmaking in the Twentieth Century.
Urbana: Univ of Illinois Press, 1968, First American Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 134pp. Univ of Illinois Press, With chapters on The Scene about 1900: Morris and Jugend, The Scene about 1 930: Architects and Functionalism, The Scene about 1960: Tradition and Innovation. With a page of Bibliographical Notes..... More
The Printers' Guide; or, an Introduction to the Art of Printing: Including an Essay on Punctuation, and Remarks on Orthography.
New York: Garland Publishing, 1981, Reprint of the 1818 edition. small octavo, brown cloth. (290) pp. Garland Publishing, With a new introduction by Carey S. Bliss. Illustrated. Bigmore & Wyman, III, 42. Very fine and clean, issued without a jacket. More
International Book Publishing: An Encyclopdeia.
New York: Garland Publishing, 1995, First Edition. small quarto, orange boards. xxvi, 735 pp. Garland Publishing, A very fine, clean copy. More
Massachusetts Broadsides of the American Revolution.
Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1976, First Edition. quarto, brown cloth in dust jacket. (129) pp. University of Massachusetts Press, Inscribed and signed by both editors on the half-title. Top edge of text block foxed, else fine. More
Bookbinding in Early America. Seven Essays on Masters and Methods.
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1986, First Edition. quarto, red cloth. (xxvi), 230pp. American Antiquarian Society, Illustrated. With catalogues of bookbinding tools prepared by Willman Spawn. In her preface, French traces her work in the study of American bindings, essay by essay, binder by binder. Included are Scottish-American Bookbindings (1957); The..... More
A Batsford Century. The Record of a Hundred Years of Publishing and Bookselling 1843-1943.
Worcestershire: B.T. Batsford Ltd., (1944), Second Impression with corrections. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (x), 148pp. B.T. Batsford Ltd., T.e.g. "In 1843, Bradley Thomas Batsford opened a secondhand bookshop and in 1943, Batsford, Limited published this record of the "Batsford Century'. . .for a limited world, the world of printers..... More
A Potencie of Life. Books in Society.
London: British Library, 1993, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. 206 pp. British Library, Essays include John Bidwell on "American Papermakers and the Panic of 1819" ; "Bookbinding and the History of Books" by Mirjam M. Foot; "A New Model for the Study of the Book" by Thomas..... More
Les Prix Nobel en 1924-1925.
Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Soner, 1926, First Edition. octavo, rebound in three-quarter blue morocco and marbled boards. T.e.g. P.A. Norstedt & Soner, Text in Swedish and some English. Illustrated. Minor break to the finish of the leather at the top outer hinge, else a very fine copy. More
Alfred Nobel och hans släkt. Minnesskrift utgiven av Nobelstiftelsens styrelse.
(Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell), 1926, First Edition. quarto, printed wrappers. (330) pp. Almqvist & Wiksell), With 20 photographic illustrations plus a fold-out photographic image of Nobel's will. Edges of wrappers sunned, mild bump to upper right-hand corner. More
Les Prix Nobel en 1926.
Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Soner, 1927, First Edition. octavo, rebound in three-quarter blue morocco and marbled boards. T.e.g. P.A. Norstedt & Soner, Although George Bernard Shaw won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925, it was not presented to him until 1926. Text in Swedish and some English. Minor scuffing..... More
The Book Front.
London: The Bodley Head, (1947), First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. 62pp. The Bodley Head, A study of the post-war paper shortage and rising costs in book production. Slight shelf wear to jacket, a clean copy. Jacket not price clipped. More
75 jaar boekbindkunst in Nederland.
Amsterdam: Organisatie van Fabrikanten Grafische Eindprodukten, 1984, First Edition. quarto, plain wrappers with printed dust jacket. (108) pp. Organisatie van Fabrikanten Grafische Eindprodukten, Exhibition on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the FGE. Illustrated in black and white and in color. Very fine. More
Boekbanden in Papier. Nationale Wedstrijd Uitgeschreven Door De Nederlandse Handboekbindersen Boekbandontwerpersgroep.
Amsterdam: NHB/FGE, (1985), First Edition. quarto, plain blue wrappers with wrap-around printed dust jacket. (71) pp. NHB/FGE, Text in Dutch. National Competition Launched By The Dutch Handbookbinders Bookbinding Designers Group. Illustrated in black and white and in color. Fine. More
Hedendaagse Franse Boekbindkunst.
Brussel: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 1975, First Edition. large octavo, printed wrappers. (86) pp. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Text in Dutch. Exhibition catalogue of 69 fine bindings described in detail and many illustrated in black and white. A fine copy. More
The Netherlands and Nazi Germany.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1990, First Edition. octavo, tan cloth in dust jacket. (xvi), (78)pp. Harvard University Press, With a Foreword by Simon Schama. “A memoir and account of war and genocide. Concentrating on three central topics—the Holocaust, the resistance, and the leadership of Queen Wilhelmina—Louis de Jong recaptures..... More
Boek over het maken van boeken.
Arnheim: van Loghum Slaterus, 1966, First Edition. large octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 415 pp. van Loghum Slaterus, Text in Dutch. Contents include: I The resources. (intaglio printing, planographic printing, letter and its shapes, letterpress printing, etc.). II The goal. (proportions of the book, proofs, co-productions and books on foreign..... More
Journal of a Quest for the Elusive Doctor Arthur Conan Doyle (May 12, 1982 - June 18, 1982).
Rochester, Minn: Davies Printing, 1982, First Edition, Limited to 400 copies. quarto, printed wrappers. (60) pp. Davies Printing, Illustrated with photographs. A fine, clean copy. More
The Real Sherlock Holmes.
Minneapolis: The Norwegian Explorers of Minnesota, 1984, First Edition, Limited to 400 copies. octavo, printed wrappers. (10) pp. with facsimile AdrianConan Doyle letter and facsimile newspaper tipped-in at end. The Norwegian Explorers of Minnesota, Designed by George W. Jones, London, printed by Sumac Press, La Crosse. A very fine, clean..... More
National Index of American Imprints through 1800. The Short-Title Evans. Two Volumes.
(Worcester, MA): American Antiquarian Society, 1969, First Edition. large octavo, red cloth. 1,076pp. American Antiquarian Society, Condensed set of Evans' American Bibliography. However, this short-title edition contains listings for the 10,035 titles that were not in the original set of Evans (listed 39,162 items). Thus this set in reality is..... More
Artists' Books: A Critical Anthology and Sourcebook.
New York: Visual Studies Workshop Press, (1987), First Edition, wrappers issue. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 269 pp. Visual Studies Workshop Press, An in-depth look at artists' bookworks with a series of essays, written by longtime participants in and observers of the field. They address the following questions: what are the origins..... More
Black Letter Primer. An Introduction to Gothic Alphabets.
New York: Taplinger, (1982), Revised edition. oblong octavo, printed wrappers. 64 pp. Taplinger, Fine. More
Womantime: my toes are too tired to balance any longer.
Watermark Press, 1986), First Edition. oblong quarto, pictorial wrappers. (iv), followed by 18 pp. printed recto only. Watermark Press, Poetry & Paintings by Carolyn Sanders Turner; Calligraphy by Patti Paulus; Photography by Doug Chadwick; Layout Assistant Mary Gail Jacobson. Nine color paintings reproduced and tipped in. Signed by the poet/artist..... More
The Spirit of Calligraphy.
Calgary, AB, Canada: Bow Valley Calligraphy Guild, 1994, quarto, metal spiral binding, flaps tied with ribbon. Bow Valley Calligraphy Guild, Foreword by Lindley McDougall. Followed by 100 full color examples by members of the Guild. Very fine. More
Calligraphy Today. A Survey of Tradition and Trends.
New York: Taplinger, (1988), Later printing. quarto, boards. 96 pp. Taplinger, Tradition: Historical Note; The Revival of Calligraphy in Great Britain; The Revival of Italic Handwriting; The Revival of Calligraphy on the Continent. Trends: Present Practice of Calligraphy in Great Britain; Present Practice on the Continenetl Present Practice in America;..... More
The Little ABC Book of Rudolf Koch. A Facsimile of Das ABC Buchlein.
Boston: David R. Godine [et. al.], (1976), First printing of this edition. oblong small octavo, brown cloth in original acetate wrapper. unpaginated [75] pp. David R. Godine [et. al.], With a Memoir by Fritz Kredel and a Preface by Warren Chappell. A facsimile of the 24 alphabets in Das ABC..... More
The Teaching of Ornament.
New York: J. C. Witter Company, (1900), First Edition. octavo, tan cloth stamped in brown. 206 pp. J. C. Witter Company, Spine and back cover splattered with brown paint. Illustrated. More
The Art & Science of Illuminated Manuscripts. A Handbook.
Harvey Miller, 2021, First Edition. quarto, pictorial boards. 524 pp. Harvey Miller, The results achieved by the research of the pioneering MINIARE research project based at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge led to the ground-breaking and acclaimed 2016 exhibition "COLOUR: The Art and Science of Illuminated Manuscripts." This was followed..... More
Permanence/Durability of the Book. 7 Parts, complete.
Richmond, VA: W. J. Barrow Research Laboratory, 1963, First Editions. octavo, printed wrappers. 46; 79; 62; 66; 116; 28; 48 pp. + microfiche. W. J. Barrow Research Laboratory, Part VI contains a Spot Test Color Chart. Part I: A Two-Year Research Program; Test Data of Naturally Aged Papers; Spray Deacidification;..... More
Columbia. Cut into four series: Roman & Italic, bold & bold Italic.
Typefoundry Asterdam, (1956), quarto, printed wrappers, stapled. (20) pp. Typefoundry Asterdam, The last page consists of an In Memoriam of the font designer, Walter H. McKay, who died a few days after the introduction of Columbia. The back pocket holds eight samples using Columbia typeface. Very fine. More
Monotype Ehrhardt. Series 453. (Cover title).
(London): William Clowes & Sons, no date, circa 1970, small quarto, printed wrappers, stapled. 16 pp. William Clowes & Sons, "An Addition to the Range of the Type Faces Used by William Clowes & Sons Ltd, London and Beccles." With alphabets and examples of pages set in Ehrhardt. Top of..... More
Oriental Culture Chart #9, Technique of Chinese Writing #9.
Hollywood, CA: W. M. Hawley, (1944), 27" x 35" folded chart in original printed sleeve. W. M. Hawley, Very fine. More
Last Book Sale of the Season. Catalogue No. 1239.
Philadelphia: Stan V Henkels, July 22, 1919, small quarto, printed wrappers, stapled. 48 pp. Stan V Henkels, Includes a run of Charles Dickens. Some marginal pencil notations, else fine. More
A Catalogue of Choice Books, Selected from recent Purchases...No. 7.
Boston: P. K. Foley, October, 1899, small octavo, Printed wrappers, stapled. 36 pp. P. K. Foley, Foley's bibliography, American Authors: 1795-1895, is advertised on the back cover. 26 items from The Roycrot Press, a lengthy section on drama and the theater, American and English authors in original bindings and books..... More