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(Press of the Nightowl) William, C.K. HELEN
Washington Orchises Press/The Press of the Nightowl 1991 8vo. quarter leather, blue cloth-covered boards. unpaginated
Limited edition to 250, signed by the author and Dwight Agner. A four part poem on love and mortality.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 93847

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(Press of the Palace of The Governors) Taylor, Maurice. BULLETIN IN BOLD CHARACTERS, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE SETON VILLAGE PRESS WITH COMMENTARY BY THE PROPRIETOR.
(Santa Fe) Press of the Palace of The Governors 1990 large 8vo. quarter leather with decorated paper-covered boards, fore edge uncut 60, (2) pages
First edition, limited to 165 numbered copies, this being one of the copies bound in quarter leather rather than cloth. With an introduction by Clark Kimball of The Great Southwest Books, Santa Fe. History of the Seton Village Press from its foundation in 1938 until it closed five years later. During that time, the owner, Ernest Thompson Seton, with the aid of his wife and Maurice and Marceil Taylor had produced twenty titles, of which fifteen were printed and set entirely by hand. Each title receives a through description and is illustrated throughout by black and white photographs and line drawings reproduced from Seton editions. Signed on colophon page by both Taylors. Prospectus loosely inserted.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 116236

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(Press of The Woolly Whale) Morris, William. SOME THOUGHTS ON THE ORNAMENTED MSS. OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
New York Press of the Woolly Whale 1934 large 8vo. quarter vellum, embossed paper over boards, top edge gilt. (vi), 20, (2) pages.
One of "a modest number of copies (beside four on vellum) have been printed" by this famous press to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Morris's death. Printed on Morris' Albion Hand Press th was used to print his Kelmscott Chaucer (The Press of the Wooly Whale, 27). It also tells of the travels of that press up to 1934. The illustration of the Press used on the embossed covers and as a head ornament on the first page of text, was carefully drawn by Warren Chappell. Melbert Cary wrote an acknowledgement at the beginning of the book. Slight foxing of vellum at spine ends. Still protected with remnants of glassine wrappers.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 20004

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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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One of 12 copies

(Previous Parrot Press) Cook, Olive TRYPHEMA PRUSS: THE GHOST OF A GREAT LODGE.
London Previous Parrot Press 1999 8vo. decorative paper-covered boards, slipcase. 32 Pages.
Published in a limited edition of 148 numbered copies, of which this is one of 12 that are fully hand-colored. Short story by Olive Cook with accompanying drawings by Walter Hoyle. Colophon signed by author and illustrator. Includes an additional drawing signed by Hoyle and inserted in slipcase.
Price: $ 280.00 other currencies Order nr. 76349

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(Printery) Tibbits, Randolph K. BY A VOTE OF CONGRESS
Being the Text of a Letter dated June 18, 1775, from John Adams to Elbridge Gerry containing a facsimile of the original letter in the collection of Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri, and An Account of those Events preceding the Letter. Kirkwood The Printery 1976 large 8vo. quarter leather, marbled paper-covered boards 37, (5) pages
Limited to an edition of 145 copies handset in Caslon and Janson types, hand-printed damp on Arches Text Laid paper. The facsimile of John Adams' letter was reproduced by offset lithography on Warren's Olde Style Laid. There is a little wear at the tips of the corners.
Price: $ 375.00 other currencies Order nr. 99491

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(Private Press) OAK KNOLL FEST 1995.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 1995 cloth portfolio with paper cover label containing 17 10" x 15" letterpress printed posters issued in celebration of Oak Knoll Fest 1995 held in New Castle on October 7th.
Issued in only 65 sets of which 46 are for sale. Each private press printer was given the same text to incorporate in a poster celebrating this private press book fair. They added their own design concepts and illustrations and chose their own type and paper. Posters were included by the following participants: Alembic Press, Ascensius Press, Bird & Bull Press, Bowne & Co., Caliban Press, Endgrain Press, The Hill Press, Larkspur Press, Midnight Paper Sales, The Old Stile Press, Out of the Woods Press, Pentagram Press, Perpetua Press, Previous Parrot Press, Stephen Heaver, Stone House Press, and Whittington Press. With some stunning uses of color. Posters show wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec, John de Pol, and Peter Foster; an engraving by Gwenda Morgan; a woodcut by Stan Dobbin; and a linoleum cut by Gregor Campbell. Also features a quote from Merce Dostale.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 42561

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(Private Press) OAK KNOLL FEST X 2003
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Books 2003 cloth portfolio with paper cover label containing 33 10" x 15" letterpress printed posters issued in celebration of Oak Knoll Fest 2003 held in New Castle on October 3-5.
Issued in only 125 sets of which 94 are for sale. The thirty-three broadsides display a broad range of design and printing methods. Organized by Graham Moss, each private press printer chose their own text and design scheme. The presses include: Aardvark, Alembic, Barbarian, Bird and Bull, Bombshelter, Celtic Cross, Editions du Silence, Fleece, Gwasg Gregynog, Harsimus, Incline, Inky Parrot, Kat Ran, Lark Sparrow, Lone Oak, Midnight Paper Sales, Ninja, Old School, Michael Peich, Perpetua Press, Pre Nian, Robin Price, Rampant Lions, Shanty Bay, Sherwin Beach, Tern, Walking Bird, Warwick, Whittington, Woodside, and Yellow Barn. The portfolio was designed by Campbell-Logan Bindery, and the title page and colophon were printed with type cast by Theo Rehak. Included are "The Apple Orchard" by Dana Gioia, excerpts from Daniel Berekley Updike's "The Practice of Printing," C.P. Cavaky's "Awaiting the Barbarians," Hansard'sTypographia, W.S. Merwin's "To the Book," "Ten Rules for Tea," "How to Dun a Deadbeat Book Customer," and quotes from James Carr and Oliver Goldsmith. Also features the Jane Lydbury engraving "Dr Donne's Devotions Disturb'd."
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 75147

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(Private Press of the Indiana Kid) Weygand, James Lamar THE DEVOUT TIGHTWAD AND THE ISFAHAN COLUMBIAN.
N.P. Private Press of the Indiana Kid 1975 4to paper-covered boards, paper spine label, illustration on top board not paginated
Limited to an edition of about 30 copies. Illustrated with two drawings and a linocut. ( Bibliography, The Private Press of the Indiana Kid, #38 , variant A1). The colophon states about 30 copies, but the bibliography calls for about 38 in several variants. This is an account of the printer's three-week journey through Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon. It includes an encounter with a previously-unrecorded Columbia handpress.
Price: $ 160.00 other currencies Order nr. 93953

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(Quadqpress) Young, Gary. THE. GEOGRAPHY OF HOME.
Santa Cruz, CA Quadqpress (1987) oblong 8vo. gray handmade paper over boards housed in a redwood box with protective lining. (v), 92 pages.
Limited to 60 numbered copies, signed by the author, artist, and designer. 40 original prints were produced using a variety of relief methods at each press. The cover and end sheets were handmade by La Papeterie St-Armand in Montreal. Includes prospectus, illustrated notecard invitation to an exhibition of the prints in the Santa Cruz Art Center, and an original presentation letter and sketch to Muir and Glen Dawson, signed by the publisher, Gene Holtan.
Price: $ 900.00 other currencies Order nr. 62124

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(Rampant Lions Press) Carter, Sebastian MISCELLANY 2. A NEW COLLECTION OF WORK COMPLETED OR PROJECTED, OR DONE TO DISPLAY TYPES AND PICTURES, PRINTED AT THE RAMPANT LIONS PRESS.
Cambridge Rampant Lions Press 1998 large 8vo. quarter cloth with paste paper covered boards by Victoria Hall, paper spine label, slipcase. (100) pages.
Limited to 225 numbered copies of which this is one of the 20 lettered copies bound thus and with the Clare Melinsky and Simon Brett illustrations signed by the artists, and the printer's Swan House drawing coloured by hand and signed. A beautifully executed private press miscellany issued a decade after their initial Miscellany. It presents samples of completed, projected, and at times purely whimsical work by the press with a strong emphasis on experimental typography. Many items are printed in various colors on a variety of papers. Includes a check-list of the work of this press operated by Will and Sebastian Carter that supplements the list published in the first miscellany.
Price: $ 400.00 other currencies Order nr. 109633

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(Rampant Lions Press) THE RAMPANT LIONS PRESS MISCELLANY.
Cambridge Rampant Lions Press 1988 tall 8vo. cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards, paper spine label. (108) pages.
Limited to 185 numbered copies. A beautifully executed private press miscellany with sections on title pages, jobbing printing, Carter's italic, invitations, book labels, etc. Includes a check-list of the work to date of this press operated by Will and Sebastian Carter.
Price: $ 152.00 other currencies Order nr. 22029

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(Red Howler Press) Moyer, David INSECTUM LINGUA.
Lebanon, PA Red Howler Press 1994 4to. stiff paper wrappers, bound in the Japanese fashion. (30) pages.
Printed in an edition limited to only 50 signed and numbered copies. Includes six original engravings made from Swiss pear or maple blocks by David Moyer. Introduction by Gretchen Heinze. A collection of six images of insects each paired with a Latin infinitive.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 42741

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(Riccardi Press) London, O.R. THE KING WHO KNEW NOT FEAR, A TALE OF OTHER DAYS.
London Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society 1912 8vo. half-cloth over boards, dust jacket. 30, (6) pages.
Limited to 530 numbered copies. The first book printed in Riccardi 11-point face. (Tompkinson p.150). The Riccardi Press Booklets, No.1. Jacket is sunned with some chipping around the edges.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 10121

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(Rocket Press) Brough, Robert THE VACANT FRAME Illustrated with Linocuts by John R. Smith.
Stevenson The Rocket Press 1983 loose leaves inserted in a cloth folder. Inserted in a wooden case in the shape of a compositor's case with four compartments one holding the book, two holding metal types and a fourth holding a miniature cloth bound book called Walker's Book.
Limited to 80 numbered copies. This poem was first printed in Tips for Typos, 1890, by Robert Brough, a Glasgow compositor.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 2500

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seven signed wood engravings and a watercolor by John O'Connor

(Rocket Press) O'Connor, John ARIEL AND MIRANDA, SEVEN WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY...INSPIRED BY SHAKESPEARE'S "THE TEMPEST."
Blewbury, Oxfordshire Rocket Press n.d.(1992) folio clamshell case with paper labels, folded sheet, sheets mounted in stiff board folders. (4) pages, 8 folders.
Printed in an edition limited to 65 numbered sets, this is one of 20 which includes an original watercolor. John S. O'Connor (1913-2004) was a student of Eric Ravilious, John Nash and others at the Royal Academy of Art in the mid-30s. His own works began to appear in the late 30's, in the publications of the Golden Cockerell Press. Since that time, Mr. O'Connor has produced paintings, watercolors, lithographs, and engravings in various media. Peppin and Micklethwait (Dictionary of British Book Illustrators, 1983, p.218) describe his wood engravings as "strikingly decorative in the tradition of Eric Ravilious, with tonal and textural contrast achieved through a wide variety of tooling." Hamilton (c1890-1990, 1994, p.150) characterizes O'Connor's landscape work as containing "strong edges, deep shadows and dramatic contrasts of light and dark" which gives "a sense of rhythm and pattern to the image." Garrett (History of British Wood Engraving, 1978, p.222) regards O'Connor's engraving style as in the "Ravilious manner," which he has aptly described (p.221) as "illustrative, decorative and dominated by intricate pattern and texture." In his introduction to this set, Mr. O'Connor discusses his interest in Shakespeare's The Tempest and provides the rationale for these engravings: "I like to consider the years previous to the brief action of the play. The "sprite" close to his master and to Miranda the child: and I suggest the boy and girl would have enjoyed each other's company in the manner of brother and sister. He would be a little wild; she enclosed in that strangely mature innocence that is written into Miranda. Shy at first, the two children would play in streams, collect herbs..." etc. There are nine illustrations: the seven signed and numbered (with regard to copy) engravings, a similarly signed watercolor on the same theme but not precisely copying any of the engravings, and a small (3x4 in.) unsigned engraving affixed to the front of the clamshell case. Figures (Ariel and Miranda, or Ariel alone) are variously posed, each partially outlined by a pure white area roughly approximating their forms. Two prints are in black, yellow, and white; the rest are black-and-white. Sizes (other than the case illustration) are roughly 4x6 or 6x8 inches. Cutouts in the fronts of the folders frame the pictures when the folders are closed. Accompanied by a folded folio sheet with title and Mr. O'Connor's introduction and signed by the artist (verso of the title page), with the annotation "92," presumably the date of publication. The interior lining of the clamshell case is printed with a repeated motif taken from one of the engravings. Printed at the Rocket Press.
Price: $ 1,200.00 other currencies Order nr. 51990

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(Rounce & Coffin) Powell, Lawrence Clark and Jake Zeitlin, Ward Ritchie, Tyrus G. Harmsen R & C GOLDEN JUBILEE
Los Angeles Rounce & Coffin Club 1981 folio stiff paper wrappers 16 pages
Limited to an edition of 135 copies printed as a keepsake for the members of the Rounce & Coffin Club in Oct. 1981 by Richard J. Hoffman. Contains essays by Powell, Zeitlin, and Ritchie with a chronology of meetings by Harmsen. A few light creases at the upper edge of wrapper and a small spot at the lower edge of the title page.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 96299

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(Russell Maret) THE BOOK OF JONAH.
(New York Russell Maret 2012) oblong 4to. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards unpaginated
Limited to 80 numbered copies, signed by Maret. The Old Testament Book of Jonah, King James translation, set in the 24pt Nicolas typeface, designed by Maret, in "migrating shades of blue ink," printed on Twinrocker hand-made paper. Bound by Nancy Loeber. A four page prospectus laid in offers a summary of the book of Jonah with Maret's opinion of its meaning. The prospectus also includes a tipped-in sample of the text.
Price: $ 400.00 other currencies Order nr. 114373

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(Russell Maret) Gehl, Paul F. A MEDITATION IN ROME.
New York Russell Maret 2012 folio quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards 27, (5) pages
Limited to 110 numbered copies of which ten are proofs. Comprises the script from which the author read his address "How Can Type History Be Good History?" to the plenary session of ATypI Roma on September 20, 2002. An exploration of historical honesty in typographic revivalism. Frontispiece foldout color photograph of the Pantheon in Rome. Color illustrations tipped in throughout text. Printed on Hahnemühle Biblio paper by Maret and Nancy Loeber in the digital versions of Rusell's Gremolata and Cancellaresca Milanese typefaces. Covers feature a paper printed from a new metal type ornament designed by Maret, engraved and cast for this book by Micah Currier. Listing of the author's references and credits. Prospectus and card from the publisher laid in.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 114370

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(Ruzicka, Rudolph) Eaton, Walter Prichard. NEWARK, A SERIES OF ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD BY RUDOLPH RUZICKA WITH AN APPRECIATION OF THE PICTORIAL ASPECTS OF THE TOWN.
Newark The Carteret Book Club 1917 4to. quarter cloth with marbled paper-covered boards, original cardboard slipcase. xv, (i), 52, (2) pages, with 5 additional pages of illustrations each with their own half title page.
Printed in an edition limited to 200 numbered copies for the Carteret Book Club of Newark, New Jersey, by D.B. Updike of the Merrymount Press. (Smith no.460). Finely illustrated with 17 wood-engravings by Rudolph Ruzicka. Five of these are large color wood-engravings which have been specially printed by Ruzicka and which bear his signature in pencil. Accompanied by an appreciation of the pictorial aspects of Newark, New Jersey, by Walter Eaton. This book was named one of the 100 most beautiful books produced in the 20th century and shown at the Grolier Club for their exhibition entitled A Century for the Century. Bookplate. Light wear to slipcase; book is well preserved.
Price: $ 1,750.00 other currencies Order nr. 57722

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(Ruzicka, Rudolph) Eaton, Walter Prichard. NEWARK, A SERIES OF ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD BY RUDOLPH RUZICKA WITH AN APPRECIATION OF THE PICTORIAL ASPECTS OF THE TOWN.
Newark The Carteret Book Club 1917 4to. quarter cloth with marbled paper-covered boards, original cardboard slipcase. xv, (i), 52, (2) pages, with 5 additional pages of illustrations each with their own half title page.
Printed in an edition limited to 200 numbered copies for the Carteret Book Club of Newark, New Jersey by D.B. Updike of the Merrymount Press. (Smith no.460). Finely illustrated with 17 wood-engravings by Rudolph Ruzicka. Five of these are large color wood-engravings which have been specially printed by Ruzicka and which bear his signature in pencil. Accompanied by an appreciation of the pictorial aspects of Newark, New Jersey by Walter Eaton. This book was named one of the 100 most beautiful books produced in the 20th century and shown at the Grolier Club for their exhibition entitled A Century for the Century. Some age darkening of spine. Cardboard slipcase is broken along hinges and faded in places.
Price: $ 1,500.00 other currencies Order nr. 109098

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(Saint Nicolas Press) Cornford, Frances ON A CALM SHORE, POEMS BY FRANCES CORNFORD.
Designs by Christopher Cornfield. Cambridge (Saint Nicolas Press 1960) small 8vo. vellum spine with felt covers and a design in vellum mounted on the front cover. 95+(1) pages.
Limited to 150 numbered copies printed by hand at this private press. This is one of the few bound thus and is numbered "2" and has been inscribed on the front endpaper "To Mary Hyde from Johanna & Nicolas Barker, A memorial of a very happy evening, vii. 1. 67." With a preface by Frances C. Cornford in which he thanks Nicolas Barker for seeing this book through production. Illustrated throughout in color. Plastic wrapper missing a piece at the top of the front cover.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 104257

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(Schanilec, Gaylord) Rulon-Miller, Robert QUARTER TO MIDNIGHT. GAYLORD SCHANILEC & MIDNIGHT PAPER SALES. A DISCURSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
Saint Paul, MN Rulon-Miller Books 2011 8vo quarter morocco, paste paper covered boards, clamshell box (8), 134, (1) pages
Edition limited to 450 copies, this one of 50 special copies which are numbered and contain a signed wood engraving by Gaylord Schanilec, plus a suite of 12 trial sheets and proofs, including a broadside depicting Henry Morris which is not in Quarter to Midnight. Original morocco-backed paste-paper-covered boards, together with the suite in a clamshell box. Design and typography by Jerry Kelly.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 115593

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(Seastone, Leonard) THE BOOK AS ART.
New Rochelle Wildcliff Craft Center Fall 1979. Landscape folio (240 x 387 mm) red and black cloth lettered on front cover 10 leaves
Limited to only 35 numbered copies signed by Kathleen Dinan, Leonard Seastone and Alexandra Soteriou. 10 leaves printed rectos only by Leonard Seastone in red and black on rough-edged all cotton, handmade paper by Kathleen Dinan, Wildcliff Paper Studio, joined concertina-style by white cotton tape, woodcut over title by Leonard Seastone. Binding by Alexandra Soteriou. A limited edition catalogue for the eponymous exhibition held at the Wildcliff Craft Center, Fall, 1979. Laid-in is a note regarding the binding "pages were glued to strips by binder on a ladder which she fell from and got a broken leg".
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 80847

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Limited Edition Fine Press Book with Tipped-in Specimens

(Seymour, Edward) Berger, Sidney E. EDWARD SEYMOUR AND THE FANCY PAPER COMPANY: THE STORY OF A BRITISH MARBLED PAPER MANUFACTURER.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2006 6 x 9 inches hardcover, quarter leather binding w/ slipcase 104 pages
This book, limited to an edition of 300 copies, tells the story of Edward Seymour and his firm, The Fancy Paper Company. This British company manufactured marbled and other decorated (fancy) papers for the bookbinding and related industries from about 1919 to 1971. With eighteen illustrations showing their methods and copies of correspondence, and twenty tipped-in, original examples of their many fancy papers, this work is a well-researched text about one of the last English marbled paper manufacturing firms.

Dr. Berger shares with his readers the vicissitudes of the company's fortunes, the personal lives of its owners, and the often touching correspondence he found among its business records. The author also informs us of the salaries, costs of doing business, and the unique demands of bookbinders for the company's products. The work ends with Edward Seymour's valiant efforts to keep the company afloat in the early 1970s.

This edition is published in the best tradition of the fine press book. It was typeset in hot metal, hand printed on 120 gpm, archival paper, and bound in quarter leather with slipcase by the Manoutios Press of Athens, Greece.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 90944

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