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  (Miniature Books) Wells, H.G. THE DOOR IN THE WALL.
Sacramento Press of Arden Park (1985) miniature book (5.8 x 7.2 cm) cloth, title gilt-stamped on spine, dust jacket (vi), 84, (6) pages
Limited to 120 numbered copies, signed by publisher Budd Westreich. (Bradbury, Press of Arden Park 6). Illustrated by Edward Douglas Leche. With miniature bookplate of Kathryn Rickard.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 116580

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See More... Moes, Robert J THE ZAMORANO PRESS AND THE BOTICA, CALIFORNIA'S FIRST MEDICAL BOOK.
Los Angeles The Zamorano Club 1988 small 4to. dark brown cloth spine with lighter woven cloth-covered boards on which is printed a reproduction of the Ramage Press 23, (3) pages.
Limited to 300 copies. A history of the first medical book printed in California, the Botica General De Los Remedios Esperimentados. This book was printed by California's first printer, Agustín Vicente Zamorano on a Ramage wooden press imported from Boston in 1834. With a woodcut showing a Ramage Press, a facsimile of Zamorano's signature and printing and design by Richard J. Hoffman. With a facsimile of the pamphlet reproduced from one of two known copies loosely inserted in a pocket in the front.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 62379

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See More... (Morris, William) Lilienthal, Theodore M. A WILLIAM MORRIS PRESS GOES WEST.
Berkeley Tamalpais Press 1961 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 8 pages.
Limited to 99 copies. Tells of the acquisition of William Morris' Albion proof press by the Huntington Library. With a photograph of the press.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 17723

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See More... (Morris, William) Peterson, William S. (editor) THE IDEAL BOOK, ESSAYS AND LECTURES ON THE ARTS OF THE BOOK BY WILLIAM MORRIS.
Edited by William S. Peterson. Berkeley University of California Press 1982 4to. cloth-backed boards, slipcase. xlii,134 pages.
Long introduction followed by reprints of most of Morris's important essays on the book. Contains 33 illustrations. Printed in black and red. Slipcase faded.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 1478

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See More... (Mt. Tam Press) A REPRINT OF THE TAYLOR & TAYLOR IMPRINT FOR THE WINTER MCMXVI-VII.
San Raphael, CA Mt. Tam Press 1988 8vo. paper wrappers, dust jacket, paper cover label, loosely inserted in printed mailing envelope. xii, 21, (3) pages.
One of an edition of four hundred copies printed for friends of Mt. Tam Press, collectors and libraries. A reprint of the Taylor & Taylor Imprint for 1916-17, redesigned in a stylistically compatible piece to serve as a keepsake for those interested in fine printing. Two pages of the original are reproduced in facsimile and to size. Printed on Mohawk Letterpress Text, with Fabriano cover stock.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 93408

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See More... (Nash, John Henry) Eichenberg, Eduard WHAT THE BIRDS DID AT HAZEL'S ORCHARD.
San Francisco John J. Newbegin 1916 large 12mo. quarter linen with decorated paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (viii), 76 pages.
Printed by John Henry Nash in an edition of two thousand copies in Caslon type on Manila paper (O'Day, p.2). Pen and ink drawing and ornamental borders by Ray F. Coyle as frontispiece.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 70533

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See More... (Nash, John Henry) Goldsmith, Oliver THE DESERTED VILLAGE.
San Francisco n.p. 1926 4to., facsimile small 8vo. Both volumes quarter white vellum and paper-covered boards, with green leather label ruled and lettered in gilt on spine, in compartment slipcase 4to., (viii), xli, (i), 24, (2) pages; facsimile, (viii), 23, (5) pages
Printed for William Andrews Clark, Jr., by John Henry Nash, in an edition limited to 200 numbered copies, with an accompanying facsimile edition (O'Day, pp.48-9). Introduction by William Andrews Clark, Jr. (1877-1934), the book collector who constructed a fireproof building for his collection that became the library named for him at UCLA. Printed in Caslon Oldstyle Roman and Italic type on VanGelder paper. Frontispiece, title and text within ornamental green borders and green rule designs. Frontispiece portrait of Goldsmith by William H. Wilke done in drypoint after a bas-relief by Helen Hall Culver. In his introduction Clark makes a spirited defense of Goldsmith against the charges of some of his contemporaries--notably Boswell and Walpole. With a facsimile of the first edition of The Deserted Village, published on May 26, 1770. Offset to endpapers, minor wear to slipcase, with some chipping to spine, a few small pieces flaked off, and light stains on one side.
Price: $ 350.00 other currencies Order nr. 69939

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See More... (Nash, John Henry) Hewlett, Maurice QUATTROCENTISTERIA, HOW SANDRO BOTTICELLI SAW SIMONETTA IN THE SPIRIT.
New York The Grolier Club 1921 4to. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. vi, 19 pages.
Limited to 300 copies printed by John Henry Nash of California (Asaf 74) for the Grolier Club. The Grolier Club commissioned six famous American printers to design and print a book for them to be used as a demonstration of the best of American work. This is Nash's contribution. Printed on Van Gelder paper. Covers show wear at tips. Bookplate.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 24842

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See More... (Nash, John Henry) Magee, David (editor) THE BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA QUARTERLY NEWS-LETTER.
Volume xxxvi, Fall 1971, Number Four. San Francisco Book Club of California 1971 8vo. stiff paper wrappers p. 75-95
An issue of the BCC's quarterly News-Letter, dedicated to John Henry Nash, with two contributions pertaining to him.
Price: $ 17.50 other currencies Order nr. 101819

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See More... (Nash, John Henry) Priestley, Herbert Ingram EXPOSITION ADDRESSED TO THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNION BY SENOR DON CARLOS ANTONIO CARRILLA, DEPUTY FOR ALTA, CALIFORNIA, CONCERNING THE REGULATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE PIOUS FUND.
San Francisco n.p. 1938 small 4to. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards and spine label, dust jacket xx, 15+(1) pages
Printed by John Henry Nash on Van Gelder hand-made paper in an edition limited to 650 copies. Translated from the original 1831 pamphlet, and with an introduction by Herbert Ingram Priestly, Librarian of the Bancroft Library, University of Calilfornia, Berkeley. Head-piece illustrations by William F. Rauschnabel. This is one of four books of Californiana, prepared with the assistance of Priestley, and issued by Nash before he closed his San Francsico shop permanently in 1938. Bookplate of previous owner on front pastedown endpaper. Dust jacket shows wear to extremties, with some small tears.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 70023

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See More... (Newton, A. Edward) CATALOGUE LXXX, RARE BOOKS OLD & MODERN
With a Foreword by A. Edward Newton. Los Angeles Dawson's Book Shop 1931 8vo. paper wrappers. iv, 42 pages with a frontispiece photo of Newton with Kelly and Dawson.
Four page introduction to this bookseller's catalogue (Fleck D.27). Printed at the Grabhorn Press. With a note in ink on the front cover "Specially priced copy". This catalogue has had each sold item marked "sold" in red ink and all unsold items have a lower price written through the old price. Must not have sold that well.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 11506

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See More... (Newton, A. Edward) CATALOGUE LXXX, RARE BOOKS OLD & MODERN
With a Foreword by A. Edward Newton. Los Angeles Dawson's Book Shop 1931 8vo. paper wrappers. iv, 42 pages with a frontispiece photo of Newton with Miss Kelly and Ernest Dawson.
Four page introduction to this bookseller's catalogue (Fleck D.27). Printed at the Grahborn Press. Presentation from Ernest Dawson on front inside cover "Leonard H. Wells with regards of Ernest Dawson.".
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 60746

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  (Newton, A. Edward) CATALOGUE LXXX, RARE BOOKS OLD & MODERN
With a Foreword by A. Edward Newton. Los Angeles Dawson's Book Shop 1931 8vo. paper wrappers. iv, 42 pages with a frontispiece photo of Newton with Kelly and Dawson.
Four page introduction to this bookseller's catalogue (Fleck D.27). Printed at the Grabhorn Press. Some soiling along edges.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 116206

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See More... Newton, A. Edward MR. STRAHAN'S DINNER PARTY, A COMEDY IN ONE ACT WITH PROLOGUE AND EPILOGUE BY A. EDWARD NEWTON AND A NOTE BY EDWARD F. O'DAY.
San Francisco Printed for the Book Club of California by John Henry Nash 1930 folio cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. (vi), ix, 43 pages.
First edition, limited to 350 numbered and signed copies (Fleck A.26). Newton's play describes a mythical meeting between Dr. Franklin and Dr. Johnson at the printer Strahan's house. As might be imagined, the lines are fiery at times. In real life the two never met. One of the more spectacularly produced Nash books. Covers slightly rubbed with front corner bumped.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 40672

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See More... (Oyez Press) Everson, William IN THE FICTIVE WISH
N.P. Oyez Press (1967) 4to. brown cloth with title on spine in gold letters on black ground, original plain dust jacket. 23 pages.
Printed in an edition limited to 200 numbered copies signed by the author. A lovely edition of Everson's poem, designed, hand-set and printed in two colors on hand-made Fabriano paper by Graham Mackintosh. Illustrated with a woodcut of a woman wading in water by Mary Fabilli.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 48089

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See More... (Peacock Press) Thompson, Lawrence S THE INCURABLE MANIA.
Berkeley Peacock Press 1966 12mo. paper wrappers. 24 pages.
First edition. Autobiography of a book collector.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 10605

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See More... (Peregrine Press) Evans, Patricia HOPSCOTCH
With Illustrations by the Author. San Francisco The Porpoise Bookshop 1995 large 16mo quarter cloth, paper-covered boards 32 pages
One of 150 copies. Hopscotch is the eleventh book of The Peregrine Press, printed by Henry Evans in San Francisco. This text serves as a history and explanation of the game of Hopscotch, which originated in Athens. Twenty hopscotch laysouts as black-and-white illustrations. Sunned at edges.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 99479

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See More... (Peregrine Press) Kleitman, Esther POEMS.
With pictures by Mel Fowler. San Francisco The Porpoise Bookshop 1958 8vo. paper wrappers, cord-tied. Not paginated.
Limited to 120 copies printed by Henry Evans at the Peregrine Press. Wrappers chipped around edges.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 100521

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See More... (Plantin Press) Marks, Saul and Lillian PLANTIN PRESS, LOS ANGELES, CHECK LIST OF AN EXHIBITION, BOOKS, CATALOGUE, ETC.
New York The Grolier Club 1971 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (26) pages.
Introduction by Jake Zeitlin. Lists 53 items printed by the press.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 36202

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See More... (Plantin Press) Nethery, Wallace ELIANA AMERICANA.
Los Angeles The Plantin Press 1971 large 12mo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, gold-stamped label. (ii), 42 pages.
Printed in an edition of 350 copies. An account of Charles Lamb's transatlantic reputation and publishing history, from the pirates' earliest raids, to the appearance of Final Memorials with its revelation, fourteen years after his death. Indexed.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 57297

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See More... (Plantin Press) Serra, Fray Junípero TURNING THE TIDE, A LETTER WRITTEN BY FRAY JUNÍPERO SERRA, O.F.M. THAT SUSTAINED SPANISH COLONIZATION OF ALTA CALIFORNIA.
Los Angeles The Zamorano Club 1970 large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers (viii), 6, 11, (3) pages
Limited to an edition of 150 copies. Reproduced for the first time in facsimile, this letter from Father Junípero Serra strongly encouraged the continuing support of the Mexican viceroy for the port of San Blas in 1773. Translated by Antonine Tibesar, O.F.M., this keepsake was printed by Saul and Lillian Marks at the Plantin Press to commemorate the 1970 joint meeting in Los Angeles of the Roxburghe Club and the Zamorano Club.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 63838

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See More... (Plantin Press) Vogler, Richard A. (editor) GRAPHIC ARTS RENTAL PROGRAM.
Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles 1970 8vo. stiff wrappers viii (ii), (30) pages
Printed by Saul & Lillian Marks at the Plantin Press, Los Angeles. A catalogue of 161 prints, with introduction describing the principal graphic processes and a few of the practices of printmaking. Cover by Roy Lichtenstein, with frontispiece and two illustrations in text.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 63179

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See More... (Plantin Press) Zamorano, Don Agustín Vicente THE HAND OF ZAMORANO, A FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION OF A MANUSCRIPT ON THE CALIFORNIAS IN 1829, WRITTEN BY DON AGUSTÍN VICENTE ZAMORANO, AS SECRETARY TO GOVERNOR JOSÉ MARÍA DE ECHEANDIA, TRANSLATED BY ARNULFO D. TREJO AND ROLAND D. HUSSEY, WITH A PREFACE BY GEORGE L. HARDING.
Los Angeles The Zamorano Club 1956 4to. stiff paper wrappers (iv), 5, (11) pages
Printed in an edition limited to 250 copies published as a memento of the third joint meeting of the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles and the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco. Facsimile reproduction of a document prepared and written by provincial secretary Zamorano and signed by Governor Echeandia stating the organization of the military and civil governments of Baja and Alta California as of September 22, 1829. Introduction by Lawrence Clark Powell, University of California librarian, who discovered the original in a Clark Memorial Library vault. Contents first listed in English, then followed by Spanish facsimiles. Printed on simulated parchment by Saul and Lillian Marks of the Plantin Press. Covers detached and chipped around edges.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 63609

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See More... (Platen Press) Collection of material printed by The Platen Press of Orinda, California with letter
Orinda, CA Platen Press
A.L.s. from Ted Freedman, proprietor of the Platen Press, to Elizabeth Lieberman, about private press matters. Accompanied by a long foldout Christmas greeting from the Freedman's printed in 1962, a Christmas greeting from 1960, a Christmas greeting from 1959, a notice of the opening of the Platen Press, and a four page printing from the press in 1958 done for the Typophiles.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 107325

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See More... (Platen Press) Lewis, Oscar. FINE PRINTING IN THE FAR WEST.
Orinda, CA The Platen Press 1946 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 13+(1) pages.
Limited to 100 copies. Reprinted from The Publishers' Weekly, March 20, 1926. A brief history and critique of three early San Francisco private presses: Taylor & Taylor, John Henry Nash, and the Grabhorn Press. Printed from Nash's Waldbaum type on Nash paper.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 48063

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