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
(Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Fine Books, no date, circa 2000, Facsimile reprint. octavo, grey cloth. CCLIX, 607 pp. Martino Fine Books, The reprint includes the two Berghman supplements. Very fine and clean. More
(Amsterdam: Pepin Press, 1997), Second edition. quarto, printed wrappers. 240 pp. Pepin Press, Text in English, Italian, French, German, and Spanish. Second edition. Brief introductory comments. Thousands of examples from the early days of printing to the 1930s. Curl to upper corner, else fine and clean. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, n.d. (c.1962), First Edition. quarto, cloth. 18pp. Cambridge University Press, Illustrated in black and white and color photographs. This book promotes the coming of age of letterpress printing which is now able to combine the quality of letterpress with the high productivity provided by the rotary..... More
New York: Holiday House, (2001), First Edition. large octavo, white boards in dust jacket. (x), 126 pp. Holiday House, A young readers biography. Illustrated. New in new dust jacket. More
The Legacy Press, 2018, First Edition. large octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 466 pp. The Legacy Press, Pablo Alvarez offers the first complete English translation of Alonso Víctor de Paredes’ Institucion, y origen del arte de la imprenta, y reglas generales para los componedores [Institution, and Origin of the Art..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011, Reprint. octavo, printed wrappers. 350 pp. Cambridge University Press, This book was originally published in 1954. Elizabeth Armstrong gives a full-length historical study of an important and admirable figure of Robert Estienne. Through his scholarly work and his ideals of artistry and craftsmanship of printing..... More
Ann Arbor: The Legacy Press, 2020, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. 340 pp. The Legacy Press, Juliana Castro Varon — Cita: A Feminist Open-Access Digital Library and Print-on-Demand; E. Haven Hawley — Women’s Work in the 19th-Century Economy of Pornography; Karen Holmberg — Case Studies: How a Generation of Women..... 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
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina/Hanes Foundation, 1996, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. 29 pp. University of North Carolina/Hanes Foundation, A lecture delivered in 1989. New, without flaw. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1952, 1965, 1970, First Edition, American issue. octavo, maroon cloth in dust jackets. (xl, (337); (xviii), (320), (xiv), 253 pp. Cambridge University Press, Since its publication in 1952, this three-volume history of the book trade in Britain, which encompasses Caxton to the eve of the Civil..... More
New York: Burt Franklin, (1968), Reprint. octavo, red cloth. 78 pp. Burt Franklin, A fine introduction to this great English type-founder and printer, with a short-title list of the Baskerville editions in Benton's collection. Fine. More
New York: The Winthrop Press, 1897, Edited and reprinted by The Winthrop Press. small octavo, printed wrappers, tied. 47 pp. The Winthrop Press, The 4 pp. Introduction explains the removal of the first chapter and appendix from the first edition and the publication as presented. Wrappers lightly scuffed with a...... 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: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902, octavo, maroon cloth. lxxii, 393. Longmans, Green, and Co., Christie was an enthusiastic book collector, and bequeathed to Owens College his library of about 15,000 volumes, rich in a very complete set of the books printed by Étienne Dolet, a series of Aldine Press..... 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
New York: The Typophiles, 1976, First Edition. duodecimo, decorated boards and cloth. (57)pp. The Typophiles, A lecture delivered in November 1975 at The Grolier Club. Illustrated, including a full color frontispiece. Designed by Abe Lerner, printed in two colors by The Press of A. Colish. Very fine. 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
London: Verso Books, (1990), Reprint of the first English edition of 1976. octavo, printed wrappers. 378 pp. Verso Books, Edited by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith and David Wooton. Translated by David Gerard. "Febvre's aim was to reveal not only the technical preconditions, but also the social pressres which shaped the epoch-making transition..... 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
(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