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(Daniel Press) Madan, Falconer DANIEL PRESS, MEMORIALS OF C.H.O. DANIEL WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PRESS, 1845-1919.
Oxford Daniel Press 1921 square 8vo. cloth-backed boards. viii, 200 pages and 15 full-page plates.
First edition, limited to 550 copies and 100 copies respectively, this being one of 550. The first 36 pages contain a memorial of Dr. Daniel, followed by the bibliography of the press. Each book is thoroughly described with notes. With the bookplate of A.T. Bartholomew and with the original subscriber's receipt for Bartholomew tipped-in the back. Also with the bookplate of J.R. Abbey. Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 114671

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(DePol, John) Fraser, James Howard & Eleanor Friedl (editors) JOHN DEPOL, A CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ OF HIS GRAPHIC WORK, 1935-1998
San Francisco The Book Club of California 2001 4to. quarter cloth with patterned paper-covered boards, slipcase 162+(4) pages
First edition, limited to 400 copies. A survey of renowned printmaker and book illustrator John DePol. DePol made memorable contributions to publications of the Allen Press, Hammer Creek Press, Pickering Press, Red Ozier Press, Stone House Press and Yellow Barn Press. His handsome wood engravings are represented here by 60 single-color and 34 two-color illustrations. Foreword by Donald R. Fleming, preface by John Dreyfus and a biographical essay by Catherine Tyler Brody. Designed and printed by James Wehlage of the Tuscan Press. The text is composed in Adobe Caslon and printed letterpress; illustrations and captions are printed offset. The cover boards are decorated with a pattern adapted from a design engraved by John DePol.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 74027

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(Derrydale Press) Smith, Edmund Ware THE ONE-EYED POACHER OF PRIVILEGE.
Illustrated by A. Lassell Ripley. New York The Derrydale Press (1941) 8vo. cloth. xxv+(i), 187 pages
Limited to 750 numbered copies. The third and last of the Smith titles to be published by The Derrydale Press. (Siegel-Marschalk-Oelgart 166). Inscribed to Graham Cross by Edmund Ware Smith, "may he emulate the 'one eyed poacher' more in the highest sprit than in the dark deed!" Also inscribed by the illustrator A. Lassell Ripley, "What we need is a one eyed grouse hunter." Both inscriptions are on the front free endpaper. Black-and-white frontispiece and illustrations. Small bookseller's ticket on the bottom of the front pastedown. Boards rubbed, spine faded. Wear to the corners and edges. Reback with original spine laid-down on newer cloth.
Price: $ 350.00 other currencies Order nr. 104842

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(Derrydale Press) Smith, Edmund Ware A TOMATO CAN CHRONICLE AND OTHER STORIES OF FISHING & SHOOTING.
New York The Derrydale Press (1937) 8vo. cloth, gilt stamped xx+(i), 189 pages
Limited to 950 numbered copies (Siegel 126). Frontispiece and four black-and-white illustrations by Ralph L. Boyer. Tales of fishing and shooting. Cloth rubbed, spine soiled. Rear hinge slightly cracked.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 104622

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(Dibdin, Thomas Frognall) Rabaiotti, Renato (editor). HORAE BIBLIOGRAPHICAE CANTABRIGIENSES: A FACSIMILE OF DIBDIN'S CAMBRIDGE NOTEBOOK 1823 WITH READINGS FROM THE LIBRARY COMPANION 1824.
With an introduction by Renato Rabaiotti. New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Books 1989 6.5 x 9 inches quarter leather with acetate dust jacket, slipcase. 79, (3) pages.
First edition, limited to 250 copies. Printed by Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega, Verona on Magnani mould-made paper. A hitherto unpublished notebook reproduced in facsimile and accompanied by corresponding readings from the 1824 first edition of the Library Companion. It contains Dibdin's comments on books, manuscripts and prints examined by him in the University, Pepys, St. John's College and Trinity College libraries. The introduction by the editor, Renato Rabaiotti, describes the events surrounding Dibdin's life in the 1820's and places the notebook in the perspective of Dibdin's career. There is also a current finding-list of the books, manuscripts and prints Dibdin examined, compiled by David McKitterick. A fine production of one surviving testament of Dibdin's ambition to publish a Tour of England.
Price: $ 185.00 other currencies Order nr. 24585

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(Dibdin, Thomas Frognall) Rabaiotti, Renato (editor). HORAE BIBLIOGRAPHICAE CANTABRIGIENSES: A FACSIMILE OF DIBDIN'S CAMBRIDGE NOTEBOOK 1823 WITH READINGS FROM THE LIBRARY COMPANION 1824.
With an introduction by Renato Rabaiotti. New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Books 1989 6.5 x 9 inches quarter leather with acetate dust jacket, slipcase. 79, (3) pages.
First edition, limited to 250 copies. Printed by Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega, Verona on Magnani mould-made paper. A hitherto unpublished notebook reproduced in facsimile and accompanied by corresponding readings from the 1824 first edition of the Library Companion. It contains Dibdin's comments on books, manuscripts and prints examined by him in the University, Pepys, St. John's College and Trinity College libraries. The introduction by the editor, Renato Rabaiotti, describes the events surrounding Dibdin's life in the 1820s and places the notebook in the perspective of Dibdin's career. There is also a current finding-list of the books, manuscripts and prints Dibdin examined, compiled by David McKitterick. A fine production of one surviving testament of Dibdin's ambition to publish a Tour of England.
Price: $ 185.00 other currencies Order nr. 104177

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(Dropmore Press) Bryant, Arthur HISTORIAN'S HOLIDAY
London The Dropmore Press 1956 4to. three-quarter vellum with cloth-covered boards, slipcase (vi), 84,(2) pages
Limited to 550 copies of which this is one of twenty-five specially bound, numbered and signed by the author on the limitation page. Historian's Holiday is the third in a series called the Dropmore Essays. Slipcase is missing the rear panel.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 78532

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Duncan, William James (editor) NOTICES AND DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE LITERARY HISTORY OF GLASGOW, DURING THE GREATER PART OF LAST CENTURY
Glasgow Maitland Club 1886 4to original paper covered boards (iv), xii, 156 pages
Reprint of the 1831 edition (Lowndes, 21). Limited to 350 copies. Additional appendix of Foulis Press bibliography. Hinges cracked.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 105565

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(Elston Press) Johnson, Herbert H. NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF THE ELSTON PRESS.
Wilmington, DE Douglas M. Harris 1997 4to. quarter cloth, paper spine label, cloth-covered boards. 127, (2) pages
First edition, printed in a limited edition of 225 numbered copies. Printed letterpress at the Press of Michael and Winifred Bixler. A history of the press in addition to bibliography. Describes 26 books and 26 pieces of ephemera. Illustrated. Includes bibliography and index. The only Elston Press bibliography to date. Front cover has scratches.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 114963

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(Elston Press) Johnson, Herbert H. NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF THE ELSTON PRESS.
Wilmington, DE Douglas M. Harris 1997 4to. quarter cloth, paper spine label, cloth-covered boards. 127, (2) pages
First edition, printed in a limited edition of 225 numbered copies. Printed letterpress at the Press of Michael and Winifred Bixler. A history of the press in addition to bibliography. Describes 26 books and 26 pieces of ephemera. Illustrated. Includes bibliography and index. The only Elston Press bibliography to date.
Price: $ 152.00 other currencies Order nr. 50384

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(Elston Press) Lodge, Thomas ROSALYNDE, OR EUPHUES GOLDEN LEGACIE
Found after his death in his cell at Silexedra, Bequeathed to Philautus, Sonnes, nursed up with their father in England. Fetcht from the Canaries by T.L. Gent (New Rochelle, NY Elston Press 1902) 8vo. cloth, gilt top edge, gilt lettering on spine (iv), 123, (3) pages
Limited to an edition of 160 (Johnson, 12). Part of the series of "Shakespearean Reprints." Rosalynde was thought to have been the basis for some of the themes in 'As You Like It.' From the edition printed by Abel Jeffes for T.G. and John Busbie in 1592 and collated with the 1598 edition. Text in black and red printed on American handmade paper watermarked "Elston" . Bookplate of Frederick Forrest Peabody, founder of the Arrow Shirt company, on back paste-down. Scratching to covers.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 92209

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(Elston Press) Milton, John L' ALLEGRO AND IL PENSEROSO.
(New Rochelle) Elston Press 1903 small 8vo. cloth-backed boards, later slipcase. 28, (4) pages
Limited to 160 copies printed in red and black on English hand-made paper watermarked with the "cat." (Johnson 23). Taken from the 1645 printing of Milton's work. With highly decorative title page and some initial letters and seventeen illustrations cut on wood from designs by H.M. O'Kane. Bookplate. Small ink ownership stamp. Lacks spine label.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 79879

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(Elston Press) Twine, Laurence THE PATTERNE OF PAINEFULL ADVENTURES.
Containing the most excellent, pleasant and variable Historie of the strange accidents that befell unto Prince Apollonius, the Lady Lucina his wife and Tharsia his daughter, Wherein the uncertaintie of this world, and the fickle state of mans life are lively described. (New Rochelle, NY Elston Press 1903) 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper spine label, top edge gilt. 76, (4) pages
Limited to an edition of 170 (Johnson, 18). Third in the series of "Shakespearean reprints" published by Elston Press. The collection of stories about Prince Apollonius influenced Shakespeare's 'Pericles, Prince of Tyre.' Originally imprinted in London by Valentine Simmes for the Widow Newman. Printed in red and black on English handmade paper watermarked with the Elston Press "cat". Possible variant binding. Description given in Johnson states text is "bound in full dark green cloth, stamped in gold on spine." Bookplate on front paste-down. Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 92210

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(Elston Press) Wood, Charles Erskine Scott A MASQUE OF LOVE.
Chicago Walter M. Hill 1904 8vo. quarter cloth, paper spine label (vi), 88, (xiv) pages.
One of five hundred copies printed at the Elston Press of New Rochelle, New York. (Ransom no. 20). Title page decorated with an arabesque bar and a small cherub. Initials of scene openings elaborately wood-engraved. Unopened, spine paper label soiled slightly, paper sides slightly soiled, slight foxing to first and last gatherings. Presentation from the author to Mr. Oswald Garrison Villard on the free endpaper. Mounted on the back pastedown is a small envelope containing a three-leaf letter from the author to Mr. Villard. The last book of the press. Some age darkening of covers around edges. Small ink ownership stamp on front pastedown.
Price: $ 350.00 other currencies Order nr. 44374

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(Essex House) Keats, John THE EVE OF ST. AGNES.
(Strand Essex House Press 1900) 12mo. original full vellum 23+(1) pages
Limited to 125 numbered copies (Modern British and American Private Presses 1850-1965, 63). This copy is the Essex House file copy and signed by the press's founder C.R. Ashbee. Red corrections or directions for the use of color highlight certain letters in the text. Ashbee purchased Kelmscott's Albion presses after the death of William Morris and employed one of the Kelmscott compositors, Thomas Binning. Hand-colored frontispiece and tailpiece (tissue protected), rubricated by hand throughout all on vellum, bound in full vellum. Front board stamped with a rose in blind and the motto "Soul is Form." Boards bowed and very lightly soiled.
Price: $ 2,500.00 other currencies Order nr. 116316

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(Essex House Press) Ashbee, C.R. BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.
New York M. Walter Dunne 1904 folio purple cloth decorated in gilt, blue and pink, top edge gilt, others uncut. (xvi), 386, (2) pages with a laid in supplement of viii pages.
First North American edition published with the express permission of the Essex House Press and printed in America by the Plimpton Press. (see Ashbee p.73). Partially printed in the Endeavour type (as well as in the great primer type) specially designed for this book by Ashbee and also known as the Prayer Book type. Illustrated throughout with designs by Ashbee. A fine production printed in red and black throughout. Covers worn along spine ends and fading of spine and part of back cover. Wear at tips.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 105384

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(Essex House Press) (Penn, William) SOME FRUITS OF SOLITUDE
In Reflections and Maxims, Relating to the Conduct of Human Life (London Essex House Press 1901) 16mo. full vellum xiv, 257+(1) pages
Limited to 250 numbered copies. Frontispiece by T. Sturge Moore, an English poet, author, and artist. Printed in black and red using Caslon type. (Ransom 266). This fascinating, insightful book consists of musings by William Penn on humanity. Bookplate on front pastedown. Vellum bowed as usual and soiled. Some wear at spine ends.
Price: $ 500.00 other currencies Order nr. 97236

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Esslemont, David CHILI: A PICTORIAL RECIPE
Decorah, IA David Esslemont 2013 folio full pigskin, cloth clamshell box 39 full woodcuts
Printed in an edition of 30 copies, of which this is one of 10 deluxe copies. Inspired by winning a chili cook-off at his home in northeast Iowa, David Esslemont presents his prize-winning recipe in thirty-nine woodcuts in this hand-crafted book. Starting from scratch, he toasts ancho chiles, makes vegetable stock, grinds beef from farmer friends, adds homegrown garlic, tomato paste and much more . . . . The final touch is a topping of spicy sour cream garnished with julienned fresh fresno, habanero and jalapeno chiles.

Bound in white alum-tawed pigskin with a design painted in acrylic ink of a bowl of chili on a white linen table cloth, with blind and gold tooling, sewn on linen tapes with hand-sewn headbands and leather jointed paste-paper endleaves, in a felt-lined cloth-covered drop-back box tablecloth. Hand-printed from the original woodblocks on Zerkall mould-made paper 15 x 11 inches (380 x 280 mm).
Price: $ 4,800.00 other currencies Order nr. 115806

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(Esslemont, David) THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF DAVID GENTLEMAN.
Montgomery, Powys, Wales David Esslemont 2000 4to. full black cloth, red paper spine label, cloth slipcase. xviii, (ii), 131, (2) pages.
Printed in an edition limited to 350 numbered copies. The first published collection of David Gentleman's engravings, this book contains over 300 wood engravings. Includes work ranging from book illustrations done while still a student at the Royal College of Art to the well-known engravings for Clare's "The Shepherd's Calendar" to designs for postage stamps, press advertisements, and book covers. The small engravings which were enlarged twenty times for the Charing Cross Underground mural are also featured. With only a few exceptions the engravings are printed directly from the artist's original wood blocks. Fiona MacCarthy's introduction describes Gentleman's upbringing and training and reveals the influences on his work. Acknowledging his unique creative skills and sensitivity, she reviews his work not only as a wood engraver but also as an artist and designer. The foreword by Gentleman describes the evolution of his responses to the medium and his clients. His insightful commentary which details how each was commissioned, conceived and carried out, accompanies each group of engravings. Simon Brett, writing in Multiples Jan. 2001, recognizes Gentleman as "the engraver of light" and praises this volume which allows this aspect of the engravings to leap from the page. In the London Times Jan. 31, 2001, Jim McCue also finds great pleasure in the pages of this homage to a talented and gentle man.
Price: $ 375.00 other currencies Order nr. 60932

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Everson, William RIVER-ROOT, A SYZGY FOR THE BICENTENNIAL OF THESE STATES.
Berkely Oyez Press 1976 4to. quarter leather with decorated paper-covered boards. 50, (3) pages.
Printed in an edition limited to 250 numbered and signed copies. A collection of poems by William Everson. Illustrations are by Patrick Kennedy and the design is by Thomas Whitridge. Includes an afterword by the author. Minor rubbing along hinges.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 57921

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FACE TO FACE. TWELVE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ARTISTS INTERPRET THEMSELVES IN A LIMITED EDITION OF ORIGINAL WOOD ENGRAVINGS.
Great Barrington, MA Penmaen Busyhaus Publications (1985) 4to. 12 printed folders with print loosely inserted, 15 loose hand printed broadsides
One of 250 numbered sets. Twelve signed woodcuts with an introduction by Leonard Baskin and a dedication print by Lynd Ward. Twelve printed folders containing an engraved self-portrait by the artist which are numbered and signed and laid into the printed folder with a page of text about the artist. With an additional suite of the 12 signed (but not numbered) prints on different paper. The twelve artists are: Fred Becker, Jack Coughlin, John DePol, Fritz Eichenberg, Raymond Gloeckler, James Grashow, Judith Jaidinger, Stefan Martin, Michael McCurdy, Barry Moser, Gillian Tyler, and Herbert Waters. Lynd Ward's previously unpublished print is not signed, due to Ward's death before the project was completed. Harold McGrath printed the blocks, which were cancelled at the end of the press run. Originally issued in a box at $1600, but only a few were issued with the box as it was cancelled due to it being too expensive to produce. The wrapper-bound edition was issued at $625. With four page prospectus with insert describing this production in detail. Also included is a printed page showing the birth (and death) dates of the artists. Seven have died since their contribution to this project.
Price: $ 650.00 other currencies Order nr. 109177

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FACE TO FACE. TWELVE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ARTISTS INTERPRET THEMSELVES IN A LIMITED EDITION OF ORIGINAL WOOD ENGRAVINGS.
Great Barrington, MA Penmaen Busyhaus Publications (1985) 4to. 13 loose hand printed broadsides on white paper & 13 loose hand printed broadsides on cream-colored paper
Originally printed in a run of 250 numbered sets, the two sets of prints included in this "Out of Series" set are printed on two different types of paper. Included is the original dedication print by Lynd Ward. The original twelve self portraits are engraved by the artist which signed, but not numbered. With an additional suite of the 12 signed (but not numbered) prints on different paper. The twelve artists are: Fred Becker, Jack Coughlin, John DePol, Fritz Eichenberg, Raymond Gloeckler, James Grashow, Judith Jaidinger, Stefan Martin, Michael McCurdy, Barry Moser, Gillian Tyler, and Herbert Waters. Lynd Ward's previously unpublished print is not signed, due to Ward's death before the project was completed. Harold McGrath printed the blocks, which were cancelled at the end of the press run. Originally issued in a box at $1600, but only a few were issued with the box as it was cancelled due to it being too expensive to produce. The wrapper-bound edition was issued at $625. This is for the two sets of prints that are signed. With four page prospectus with insert describing this production in detail.
Price: $ 400.00 other currencies Order nr. 109349

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FACE TO FACE. TWELVE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ARTISTS INTERPRET THEMSELVES IN A LIMITED EDITION OF ORIGINAL WOOD ENGRAVINGS.
Great Barrington, MA Penmaen Busyhaus Publications (1985) 4to. 15 printed folders loosely inserted in a cloth case with a spine composed of an engraver's maple wood engraved with "Face to Face" on the spine, paper cover label.
One of 250 numbered copies of which this has "OS" on the colophon page. This copy came from the library of Michael McCurdy, one of the participants. With an introduction by Leonard Baskin and a dedication print by Lynd Ward. Fifteen printed folders containing an engraved self-portrait by the artist which are numbered and signed and laid into the printed folder with a page of text about the artist. With an additional suite of the 13 signed (but not numbered) prints on different paper. The twelve artists are: Fred Becker, Jack Coughlin, John DePol, Fritz Eichenberg, Raymond Gloeckler, James Grashow, Judith Jaidinger, Stefan Martin, Michael McCurdy, Barry Moser, Gillian Tyler, and Herbert Waters. Lynd Ward's previously unpublished print is not signed, due to Ward's death before the project was completed. Harold McGrath printed the blocks, which were cancelled at the end of the press run. Originally issued in a box at $1600. The wrapper-bound edition was issued at $625. Seven of the artists have died since their contribution to this project.
Price: $ 1,150.00 other currencies Order nr. 108932

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(Farquhar, Samuel T.) Bacon, Francis OF STUDIES.
San Francisco (Johnck & Seeger) 1928 large 12mo. paper boards, paper cover label (9) pages
Printed in an edition of 50 copies to distribute to friends. Book designed and type hand set by Samuel T. Farquhar, his first work of type composition. Presswork done by well-known printer Lawton Kennedy, and the work completed in the shop of Johnck & Seeger in San Francisco. Bacon's famous brief essay on study and learning, with his famous quotation: "Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. . . ." Minor abrasion to front board.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 62595

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Fine, Ruth E. and William Matheson PRINTERS' CHOICE, CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION HELD AT THE GROLIER CLUB NEW YORK, DECEMBER 19, 1978 - FEBRUARY 3, 1979. A SELECTION OF AMERICAN PRESS BOOKS, 1968-1978.
Bibliographical Descriptions and Notes by W. Thomas Taylor. Austin, TX W. Thomas Taylor 1983 small folio cloth, paper spine label. xviii, 67, (3) pages.
Limited to 325 numbered copies printed and designed by David Holman at the Wind River Press. Includes descriptions of 41 American presses. Many of the presses contributed an example of their printing which has been tipped in. Some of the presses represented are the Adagio Press, the Allen Press, Bird & Bull Press (with an example of their printing), Cummington Press, Gehenna Press, Janus Press, the Press of the Nightowl, etc.
Price: $ 197.00 other currencies Order nr. 39587

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