New York: Sotheby's, 11.9-10.89, large quarto, cloth. (444)pp, 308 items listed. Sotheby's, This magnificent sale has a 4pp. Foreword by Nicolas Barker followed by a 10pp. Preface by the book collector (as he liked to be addressed), Haven O' More. A fantastic [auto]biographical statement, written in the third person, ends..... More
Exeter, NH: The Colophon Book Shop, 1996, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. 144 pp. The Colophon Book Shop, The Colophon Book Shop Catalogue No. 44 with 565 items listed and described in detail: Kelmscott Press publications; Books about the Kelmscott Press and Printing; Writings of William Morris; Books devoted to William..... More
London: Printing Historical Society, 1976, octavo, green cloth. (102)pp. Printing Historical Society, Reprinted from the 1813 and 1816 editions with an introduction and notes by Michael Twyman. From the introduction, "The value of Bankes's treatise today is as an historical record of attitudes to the process in England in the..... More
Los Angeles: Department of Special Collections, University of California, 1991, First Edition. octavo, blue wrappers with gilt printing and decoration. (xvi), (162)pp. Department of Special Collections, University of California, The Publications of Aldus the Elder's Heirs 1515-1529. Illustrations in black and white. Fine. More
Cleveland: World, (1951), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xvi), 419pp. World, A classic collection of essays on typography featuring the major typographers and bibliographers of this century on their specialties: Wroth on American types, McKerrow on early English long "s", Will Ransom on the Private Press, and Bennett..... More
Oxford: Plough Press, 1984, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 250 pp. Plough Press, A bibliography of the history and technic of printmaking and picture printing for both book illustration and single issue prints. Each chapter is preceded by an historical introduction. With a detailed, useful index. Very fine..... More
New York: New York Public Library, 1958, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. 211pp. New York Public Library, Printers, publishers, booksellers, auctioneers who sold books, binders, paper and press manufacturers are included. Very fine copy. More
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2016, Ninth Edition, completely revised and reset. small octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 264 pp. Oak Knoll Press, With additional information and illustrated with line drawings and color photographs. Shaken, Unsophisticated, Harleian Style, Fingerprint, E-book, Dentelle. Can you define these terms? If not, this is..... More
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 196pp. Rupert Hart-Davis, Contains chapters on T. J. Wise, D. B. Updike, Stanley Morison, detective fiction and fashions in book collecting. A very fine copy in a very fine jacket. More
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1970, First Edition. octavo, brown cloth and black cloth in dust jacket. xviii, 244, xv pp. Alfred A Knopf, A systematic attempt to make plain the evolution, impact and importance of the printed work, it is not a history of printing but rather an effort..... More
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1970, First Edition. octavo, brown and black cloth in dust jacket. xviii, 244, xv pp. Alfred A Knopf, A systematic attempt to make plain the evolution, impact and importance of the printed work, it is not a history of printing but rather an effort "to..... More
Winchester: St. Paul's, 1998, octavo, wrappers. xvi, 315pp. St. Paul's, First wrappers edition, originally published in 1992. "An important feature of these essays is that each makes proposals for future research by scholars and students, ensuring the vitality of bibliography in the next century. This collection provides a landmark, taking..... More
No place: no date (1984), Offprint. quarto, printed wrappers, stapled. 10 leaves, printed recto only. Offprint from the Gutenberg Yearbook, 1984. Illustrated. Upper right-hand corner lightly bumped. More
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
New York: Burt Franklin, 1968, Facsimile reprint of the Caxton Club edition of 1911 which was limited to 300 copies. large quarto, red boards and cloth. xviii, 204 pp. Burt Franklin, Edited with historical Introduction and with the original Latin text with English translation on opposite pages and with notes..... More
(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
(New Castle, DE): Oak Knoll Press, (2001), Second Edition, later printing. quarto, blue cloth in dust jacket. (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..... More
London: The British Library, 2005, First Edition. octavo, cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 240pp. The British Library, This Print Networks volume is a collection of essays presented at the 2002 Conference on the History of the Book Trade. The theme reinforces the importance of studying specific local factors along side..... More
(Prague: 1968), First Edition. oblong octavo, white cloth stamped in black and red, in dust jacket. (252) pp. Text in Czech, Russian, German and English. The history is followed by 94 examples of Czech printing, each with one illustration and briefly described. Dust jacket with tear at back panel repaired..... More
New Castle, Del: Oak Knoll Press, (2000), First Edition. Illustrated. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 264pp. Oak Knoll Press, The story of the man and his invention, the Linotype machine which "made it possible to eliminate the laborius hand setting of lead type by allowing one linotype operator to do..... More
Philadelphia: MacManus, 1979, First Edition. octavo, green cloth. xii, 179pp. MacManus, Limited to 500 copies. Fully illustrated. A fine bibliography of this important American publisher. With title page design by Henry Morris of the Bird & Bull Press. Very minor foxing to top edge, else a fine copy. More
New York: William Evarts Benjamin, 1888-90, Volume I, Nos. 1-12. quarto, maroon pebbled cloth and leather spine. T.e.g. approx. 230 pp. William Evarts Benjamin, Useful for its information of events of the time. Bound at end are the front wrappers of No. 1 and No. 12 (only). Filled with period..... More
Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot, 1886, First Edition. large octavo, three-quarter morocco and marbled boards with marbled endpapers. T.e.g. 270 pp. Librairie de Firmin-Didot , The art of the book from the origins until the end of the 18th century. 221 engravings and a color plate. Edges scuffed, especially top of..... More
(Hartford: Hartford Press. The Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company), 1901, First Edition, Limited to 102 numbered copies. small octavo, rebound with original printed wrappers laid down over boards with red cloth spine. 48 pp. Hartford Press. The Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company), The Sixth publication of The Acorn Club. From..... More
[London]: Review, (2003), Second printing of paperback issue. octavo, pictorial wrappers. (320)pp. Review, In 1450, all of Europe's books were handcopied and amounted to no more than a few thousand. By 1500, they were printed and numbered in the millions. This because of the invention of the movable type by..... More