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Mikolajczak, Michael Allen (editor) A SELECTED CATALOG OF BOOKS IN THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY RESEARCH COLLECTION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE.
With "A Bibliographer's Apologia Pro Vita Sua" by Harrison T. Meserole. Milwaukee The University of Wisconsin 1982 4to. stiff paper wrappers xii, 72 pages
A catalog whose purpose is to describe some of the treasures of the Seventeenth-Century Research Collection ot the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, with color and black-and-white photographs and unnumbered entries. Inscription "For Dennis Read (?) With best wishes! Bill Roselle Wilbur Stolt" on title page. Covers soiled, fore-edge creased and bumped.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 102448

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(Miniature Books) Helbert, Clifford L. ECCE LITTERA, VOL. 1.
Milwaukee ABCDarium 1987 miniature book (3.8 x 5.3 cm) cloth, title stamped on spine and front board unpaginated, accordion folded
Limited to 38 numbered copies (Bradbury, ABCDarium, 1). Commemorates the 50th anniversary of Legend, designed by F.H.E. Schneidler, published in 1937 by Bauer Types. Miniature bookplate of Kathryn Rickard on front pastedown.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 116519

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(Miniature Books) McDowall, Nicolas. BE STILL, TWELVE HAIKU FROM THE VALLEY OF THE WYE.
(Llandogo, UK The Old Stile Press 2000) miniature book (5.6 x 7 cm.) cord-tied wrappers inserted in an outer wrapper with black thonging and a bead unpaginated, but (28) pages
Written, designed and printed by Nicolas McDowall in an edition of 200 copies, numbered and signed by him on the colophon. Set in Blado type, printed in light brown ink on Simili Japon paper, with calligraphy titling by Nigel Cann. "Apart from my writing these little poems about the beloved river that flows through the domain in which we live and work, the elements that came together at the birth of this book included a desire to see a tiny book bound in the Japanese style and to have an outer wrapper for such a book created and constructed by the two of us." The wrapper is from paper made by Frances McDowall.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 73325

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(Miniature Books) Meynell, Alice REFLECTIONS ON MORTALITY IN PROSE AND POETRY.
Milwaukee ABCDarium 1991 miniature book (6.4 x 7.7 cm) cloth, gilt stamping, marbled endpapers unpaginated
Limited to 200 numbered copies (Bradbury, ABCDarium, 5). Printed to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the author's death. Frontispiece illustration of the author with an additional black and white illustration of her.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 116518

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(Miniature Books) Osborne, Karen K. MOTHER BICKERDYKE: CIVIL WAR MOTHER TO THE BOYS.
Milwaukee ABCDarium of C.L. Helbert 1990 miniature book (6.3 x 7.2 cm) cloth xvi, 74, (3) pages
Limited, numbered edition (Bradbury, ABCDarium, 4). The account of a heroic woman in the Civil War. Preface by Clifford L. Helbert. Biographical sketch of the author.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 116505

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(Miniature Books) PSALMS 23 & 150.
(Landogo, UK The Old Stile Press 2000) miniature book (8 x 5.3 cm.) paper covered boards with the text in a dos-a-dos style, gold blocked spine lettering and gold ribbon laced through not paginated, but (28) pages
Designed and printed by Nicolas McDowall at The Old Stile Press in an edition limited to 200 numbered copies. Set in Bulmer types. Printed endpapers plus a leaf of Himalayan paper. Binding by The Fine Bindery using paper designed and printed at The Old Stile Press. "Apart from my love of these texts, the idea for this book grew from a desire to experiment with an idea for giving the 'appearance' of text printed in rich black on pages covered in gold leaf. Also, ever since first seeing delicious samples of printing by Fournier, I have been fascinated by the idea of large tyoe disposed upon tiny pages. Each of these psalms begins at one end of the book and has its own cover design, title page and typographical style."
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 73326

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(Miniature Books) Ross, Albion H. PEASANTS OF THE VISTULA.
Milwaukee ABCDarium 1990 miniature book (6.2 x 7.7 cm) quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, gilt-stamped on spine and front board (iv), 52, (2) pages
Limited to 200 numbered copies (Bradbury, ABCDarium, 3). From chapter 10 of Journey of an American, reprinted with permission of the Bobbs-Merrill Company. Illustrated by Don Ritchie. Includes a biographical sketch and illustration of the author.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 116520

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(Morris, William) Briggs, R.C.H. (editor) A HANDLIST OF THE PUBLIC ADDRESSES OF WILLIAM MORRIS TO BE FOUND IN GENERALLY ACCESSIBLE PUBLICATIONS.
(Surrey, UK William Morris Society 1961) small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 16 pages
A complete list of the published public addresses of William Morris, excluding newspaper reports, from 1877 until the end of his life, prefaced by an eight-page introduction. Morris devoted much of his time and energy to speaking in public, averaging almost 50 lectures yearly from 1884 to 1890, frequently billed as "The Author of the Earthly Paradise." Printed at the Dolmen Press for the Society.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 71778

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Myers, Robin, Michael Harris and Giles Mandelbrote (editors) BOOKS ON THE MOVE: TRACKING COPIES THROUGH COLLECTIONS AND THE BOOK TRADE
New Castle, Delaware and London, UK Oak Knoll Press and The British Library 2007 6 x 9 inches cloth, dust jacket 180 pages
First edition. Movements of books, both as individual volumes and as collections, have sometimes covered long distances across many centuries. Subject to the vagaries of war, shipwreck and personal ruin, as well as the intervention of the book trade and of collectors, the travels of books often have an intricately detailed and compelling story to tell. One of the most active areas of current research in book history is concerned with interpreting the clues from individual copies and piecing together the documentary evidence to provide this narrative. In this volume of the Publishing Pathways series, leading specialists in book history consider examples from the sixteenth to the twentieth century to chart some of the paths followed by books through the European network of print. This may focus on the large collections accumulated by Renaissance scholars, but may equally involve tracking multiple copies of the same work through the marks of ownership left by unknown readers. Books on the Move represents an important contribution to an understanding of the shifting interactions over time between libraries, collectors and the book trade.
Co-published with the British Library. Sales rights: Worldwide except in the UK; available in the UK from the British Library.
Price: $ 49.95 other currencies Order nr. 95718

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Myers, Robin, Michael Harris and Giles Mandelbrote (editors) FAIRS, MARKETS AND THE ITINERANT BOOK TRADE
New Castle, Delaware and London, UK Oak Knoll Press and The British Library 2007 6 x 8.5 inches hardcover 240 pages
From the Frankfurt book fairs in the sixteenth century to the Farringdon Road barrows in the twentieth, fairs and markets have played a crucial role in the circulation of books. Traveling peddlers and itinerant printers have also acted as intermediaries in distributing books beyond the reach of conventional shops and in spreading trade practices. In this volume of the Publishing Pathways Series, leading book historians investigate the presence of the book trade in the streets and public spaces of Britain and continental Europe. The essays range across geographical as well as chronological frontiers to follow the movement of books, ideas and people. Contributors include John Flood, Clive Griffin, Michael Harris, Ian Maclean, John Morris, Jerome Salman and David Stoker. Co-published with The British Library. Sales rights: Worldwide except in the UK; available in the UK from The British Library.
Price: $ 47.50 other currencies Order nr. 92772

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Myers, Robin, Michael Harris and Giles Mandelbrote (Editors) OWNERS, ANNOTATORS AND THE SIGNS OF READING
with The Publishing Pathways Series Cumulative Index New Castle, Delaware, and London, UK Oak Knoll Press and The British Library 2005 8vo. cloth, dust jacket 248 pages with 40 b/w illustrations
Part of the Publishing Pathways Series. Reading, and the manifold signs of reading, have become one of the most dynamic areas of research in book history. The reader as consumer and owner, as well as participant in the construction of new meanings, is the subject of these original essays. Specialists in literature, art history and book history investigate the annotations, marginal marks, extra-illustration and other forms of evidence left by readers. Through an examination of the book as a physical object, the contributors provide a range of intriguing insights into the ways in which this internalized and ephemeral activity can be understood in the context of book-trade history. Available in the UK from The British Library.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 89478

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(Old Stile Press) Barnfield, Richard RICHARD BARNFIELD'S SONNETS.
(Llandogo, Monmouthshire, UK The Old Stile Press 2001) oblong 8vo. decorated paper-covered boards in cloth slipcase (46) pages
Printed in an edition limited to 200 numbered copies by Nicolas McDowall at The Old Stile Press. The Perpetua types were generated by computer and polymer blocks were used throughout to print the book by letterpress on 300gsm Somerset Printmaking paper, and bound at The Fine Bindery. All the images in this book and those used in its binding are by Clive Hicks-Jenkins, and signed by him on the last page. These Sonnets by Richard Barnfield (1574-1627) were originally published in 1595--one year later than The Affectionate Shepheard--in a volume entitled Cynthia.
Price: $ 285.00 other currencies Order nr. 64817

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(Old Stile Press) Butler, S.J. THE SWIMMER.
Monmouthshire, UK The Old Stile Press 2012 4to decorated paper covered boards (33) pages
One of 100 numbered and signed copies by the author and artist. The Swimmer tells the story of a writer working in her room overlooking a river during a long, hot summer. Overcoming her initial fear of the river with its power and strength to overwhelm a swimmer, she steps into the water and into an unexplored realm of emotion. Words and pictures swim together in the cooling water past tree-lined banks, under a bridge and around curving bends. Later, a richly inventive photographer reads the story and is inspired to create a suite of images to accompany it, employing both ancient and modern photographic techniques. At this point the book designer/printer feels that the storys sense of flow and the photographers images, which float as if in the water alongside the swimmer, could happily be brought together in a book where type has been chosen for slow contemplative reading and the cover design places the whole in the heart of nature.

The story curls across the page slowing the reader to the pace of the swimmer. Emotions crowd in as initial fear moves to exhilaration, apprehension turns to pleasure. S.J. Butler's words and Steffi Puschs pictures together create an atmosphere in which the reader too can share the emotion of the story. They each write a preface to introduce their approach to storytelling and its presentation through photography.

The Swimmer first appeared in The Warwick Review and was then selected for The Best British Short Stories 2011 published by Salt. This is its first publication together with Steffi Puschs photographs. Photographs by Steffi Pusch.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 109794

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(Old Stile Press) Verstegan, Richard PYED PYPER, A PASSAGE EXTRACTED FROM A RESTITUTION OF DECAYED INTELLIGENCE IN ANTIQUITIES, BY THE STUDIE & TRAUAILE OF RICHARD VERSTEGAN.
(Llandogo, UK) The Old Stile Press 2002 4to. full limp calf, blindtooled with rosettes and an image on front cover not paginated, but (24) pages
Designed and printed by Nicolas McDowall in an edition limited to 175 copies, each numbered and signed by the artist. The text was set in Hiroshige Book type and was printed from polymer plates on Fabriano Ingres paper, with binding by The Fine Bindery. Hiroshige was designed in 1986 by Cynthia Hollandsworth of AlphaOmega Typography; it was originally commissioned for a book of woodblock prints by the 19th-century Japanese artist Ando Hiroshige, whose work influenced many Impressionist artists. Illustrated with linocuts and wood engravings by Angela Lemaire, printed from the original blocks in a variety of ink colors. The text (London, John Norton, 1634) is the earliest known version in English of the extraordinary tale of the children of Hamelin. In her images for this book, Angela Lemaire uses rich color and the differing textures of wood and linocut, shown in the swirl of the river moving through the landscape, in the walls around a medieval town, and the dancing line of children disappearing into the hillside.
Price: $ 315.00 other currencies Order nr. 73324

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(Papermaking) Coleman, Matt TRAINS, TRACKS & TALL TIMBER: THE HISTORY, MAKING AND MODELING OF LUMBER AND PAPER.
(Milwaukee Wm. K. Walthers 1996) 4to. cloth, dust jacket 121+(1) pages
An account of the role of rail transportation in papermaking, including perspectives of model railroading. Foreword by the author. Glossary, bibliography and product index. Color illustrations throughout. Small tear in dust jacket at top fore-edge corner.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 115697

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(Pentagram Press) Wakoski, Diane THE FABLE OF THE LION & THE SCORPION.
(Milwaukee WI Pentagram Press 1975) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, hand sewn not paginated
A chapbook of which 100 are hand-sewn, numbered and signed by the author. Title-page drawing by Tom Montag.
Price: $ 50.00 other currencies Order nr. 91255

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(Previous Parrot Press) Brown, Christopher AN ANAMORPHIC ALPHABET.
(Oxford, UK) The Previous Parrot Press 1999 4to. paper-covered boards. (32) pages
Published in a limited edition of 136 numbered copies signed by the author, this is one of the 98 standard copies. A humorous and creative alphabet book, with representations of each letter done in lino blocks. Printed by Phil Abel in black ink on Zerkall paper. Design on front and back covers illustrated in the style of the prints.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 76352

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Pritchard, Jane and Brian Riddle (editors) BEATRIX POTTER STUDIES I
(Budleigh, Salterton, UK) The Beatrix Potter Society 1984 large oblong 12mo. stiff paper wrappers 56 pages.
Papers from The Beatrix Potter Lake District Study Conference, July 1984. Introduction by Christopher Hanson-Smith along with his article, Beatrix Potter and the National Trust; Beatrix Potter--The Writer--Brian Alderson; Beatrix Potter--The Writer--Irene Whalley, with four more articles. Illustrated with photographs and drawings.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 70843

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Schwartz, Harry W. FIFTY YEARS IN MY BOOKSTORE OR A LIFE WITH BOOKS
Milwaukee privately printed 1977 8vo. cloth. xviii, 147, (10) pages.
First edition, limited to 500 copies. By the author of This Book-Collecting Racket. Presentation from the author on front free endpaper and accompanied by a T.L.s. from Schwartz to the recipient of the presentation commenting on these memoirs.
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 64654

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Schwartz, Harry W. FIFTY YEARS IN MY BOOKSTORE OR A LIFE WITH BOOKS
Milwaukee privately printed 1977 8vo. cloth. xviii, 147, (10) pages.
First edition, limited to 500 copies. By the author of This Book-Collecting Racket. Presentation from the author on front free endpaper.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 114660

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Tomlinson, William. BOOKCLOTH, 1823-1980.
(Stockport, UK Dorothy Tomlinson 1996) 8vo. cloth. xvi, 144, (24), with 19 illustrations and 66 samples.
First edition; made up of the original sheets and samples and placed in a cloth binding similar to the original. The first and arguably the only comprehensive study of the science and history of manufacturing bookcloth. Offers "a study of early use and the rise of manufacture/ Winterbottom's dominance of the trade in Britain and America/ production methods and costs/ and the identification of qualities and designs" (subtitle). Focuses on the development and use of starch-filled bookcloth in particular, from building factories to the formation of the Winterbottom Book Cloth Company in 1891, which dominated the industry for almost a century. Examines the process of producing the various types of bookcloths in the Victoria Mills in Weaste, Salford, enhanced by illustrations of the production machinery such as starch mangles, drying cylinders and spreaders. Lists prices and costs of production. Minutely describes fifty individual qualities of cloth with details of who made them and when they were available. The real treasure of this book is the section at the end containing 36 tipped-in samples of the qualities and 30 examples of designs, which bring the processes and treatments described in the text to life in a way that words alone simply cannot. This volume compels the reader to be "aware of all the processes that cloth goes through, and the potential hazards involved in manufacturing a consistent product in a range of scores of thousands of 'effects' (grains, colours and combinations thereof)...with new eyes and more respect for the people who made them" (Bernard Middleton's Foreword, viii). Includes bibliography and extensive notes and appendices. Color portrait frontispiece of Archibald Winterbottom (1814-1884) and color portrait of George Harold Winterbottom (1860-1934), the founders of the Winterbottom Book Cloth Company (1891-1980). This book was sold for $500 when published; Oak Knoll has recently purchased the remaining copies and can offer them for considerably less.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 47781

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(Type Specimens) Precision Graphics PRECISION GRAPHICS, INC.: PHOTOTYPOGRAPHY.
Pennsauken, NJ Precision Graphics n.d. 8vo stiff paper wrappers, metal spiral bound 169+(1) pages
Type specimens offered by Precision Graphics. Includes table of contents, listing text faces alphabetically. Wrappers slightly worn at edges.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 109159

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VERBAL TEXT/NON-VERBAL CONTEXT: HANDMADE BOOKS BY WISCONSIN ARTISTS.
(Milwaukee Milwaukee Art Museum 1992) oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, spiral bound unpaginated
1992 exhibition at the Cudahy Gallery, Milwaukee Museum of Art of handmade works by Wisconsin book artists Nicala Aiello, Leslie Fedorchuk, Marta Gomez, Caren Hart, Dara Larsen, Leslee Nelson, JoAnna Poehlmannn, and Ivan Soll. Biographical information on each artist, a comment by the artist on tissue, and black and white illustration of each artist's work. Glossary.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 115651

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Villien, Lis Rosenkjær BØRNE- BIBLIOTEKSVIRKSOMHED PÅ GRØNLAND.
(Nuuk) Det Grønland Landsbibliotek 1975 small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 114 pages
First edition. The childrens' library of Greenland is described and explained. This collection has earned an international reputation for excellence. Illustrated in black-and-white. Typescript. In Danish.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 62985

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Waddleton, N. WORLD INDEX OF COLOUR PRINTERS WHOSE WORK OCCURS IN BOOKS PUBLISHED IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
Great Missenden, Bucks, UK N. Waddleton 1988 4to. clear mylar covers with plastic spine; stapled xerox. 16 pages; unpaginated.
Accompanied by an A.L.s. from Waddleton to Gavin (Bridson) meant to accompany this booklet. Also present is xerox of "Books I have with Colour Plates Published mainly in the Nineteenth Century which can be Dated" by Waddleton.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 107357

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