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See More... Hart, James D. FINE PRINTING, THE SAN FRANCISCO TRADITION.
Washington Library of Congress 1985 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 56, (2) pages.
Text of a lecture at the Library of Congress on the history of the fine press in California. Designed by Andrew Hoyem, printed at the Arion Press in an edition of 1000 copies, type designed by Frederic Goudy, binding by Cardoza-James. Illustrated with thirteen plates. Presentation on free endpaper "To Waring Jones with warm regards, James Hart, Aug. 2, 1985."
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 97110

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See More... Hart, James D. NEW ENGLANDERS IN NOVA ALBION: SOME 19TH CENTURY VIEWS OF CALIFORNIA.
Boston Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston 1976 8vo. stiff paper wrappers viii, 34 pages
The 3rd annual Bromsen lecture in humanistic bibliography, May 3, 1975. Accounts of New Englanders' visits to California soon after its incorporation into the United States. Black and white frontispiece and illustrations. Foreword by Philip J. McNiff, director and librarian. Tanning along spine.
Price: $ 8.00 other currencies Order nr. 116098

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See More... (Hartmann, Sadakichi) Batchelor, John (compiler) and Clifford Wurfel (editor) THE SADAKICHI HARTMANN PAPERS: A DESCRIPTIVE INVENTORY OF THE COLLECTION IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE, LIBRARY.
Riverside, CA University of California, Riverside 1980 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers xiv, 140 pages
An inventory of the papers of poet and critic Sadakichi Hartmann (1867-1944). Of mixed German-Japanese background, Hartmann arrived in the United States in 1882 and wrote for literary and artistic periodicals. He was influenced by the Symbolists and is noted for writing some of the first haiku in the English language. Frontispiece illustration. Acknowledgments. Introduction by Henry Lawton, table of contents, explanation of symbols. Organized by autobiographies, manuscripts, correspondence, periodical articles, scrapbooks, biographical materials, background material, photographs, posthumous publications, Lillian Bonham's diaries, and miscellaneous research material. Bibliography and index. Complimentary note from the UCR library laid in. Wrappers soiled.
Price: $ 175.00 other currencies Order nr. 114628

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See More... Heist, E.M. OH! IF THERE WERE NO PRINTERS
N.P. n.p. (1950) oblong 12mo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages.
Song reprinted from the California Star of January 8, 1848.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 4539

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See More... Held, Ray E. THE RISE OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IN CALIFORNIA.
Chicago American Library Association 1973 8vo. cloth. xiv, 203 pages.
First edition. With statistics.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 105696

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See More... (Herity Press) Moxon, Joseph ANCIENT CUSTOMS USED IN A PRINTING-HOUSE
Menlo Park, CA The Herity Press 1957 small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (12) pages.
Limited to 50 copies. An excerpt from Moxon's MECHANICK EXERCISES, London, 1683, the first manual in English on printing. Printed by Ben Lieberman at the Herity Press.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 116516

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See More... (Heyeck Press) Rich, Adrienne SOURCES
Woodside, CA The Heyeck Press 1983 8vo. quarter cloth, marbled paper-covered boards. 35, (5) pages.
One of an edition of 300 copies, numbered and signed by the author. A fine first edition of an important work by a major American author, in which she discusses, for the first time, her Jewish heritage and her husband's suicide. Designed and printed by Robin Heyeck, using handmade Fabriano paper with fore and foot edges uncut, and Centaur and Arrighi type. The frontispiece was created by Carole Romans, the book bound by The Schuberth Bookbindery, with quarter cloth in navy blue, and paper hand marbled by Robin Heyeck in cream and navy blue on a background of dark tan.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 45856

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  (Hoffman, Richard J.) CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF RICHARD J. HOFFMAN, A BOOKMAN'S BOOKMAN, THE PRINTER, A PRACTICAL PRINTER, A BRIEF HISTORY.
N.P. n.p. n.d. 8vo. cloth. (iv), 57, (3) pages.
Limited to 400 copies printed letterpress. With contributions by Reverend Richard J. Bower, Ethan B. Lipton, Doyce B. Nunis, Ward Ritchie, Richard Docter and Clifford G. Dobson. A memorial to this noted printer and private pressman.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 43685

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See More... Hoffman, Richard J. A DECORATIVE DIVERTISSEMENT.
Van Nuys, CA Richard J. Hoffman 1980 8vo. cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards. 103, (3) pages.
Limited to 150 copies. A book of typographic ornaments, some printed in color, with a supplement to an earlier printed book owned by Hoffman demonstrating type specimens. Each ornament and specimen is identified. Also contains a six page introduction by this excellent California pressman.
Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 20867

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See More... Hoffman, Richard J. FLORILEGIUM TYPOGRAPHIA, A CULLING OF MATRIX FONTS FOR LINE-CASTING MACHINE SETTING: A PRINTER'S BOUQUET OF TYPES FROM THE PRINTING OFFICE OF RICHARD HOFFMAN.
Van Nuys, CA Richard Hoffman 1985 8vo. cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards. 154, (2) pages.
First edition, limited to 250 copies. Explanatory text followed by sections of Matrix Fonts Arranged in Alphabetical Order, Fonts Arranged by Width of Alphabets, One-Line Showings, Fonts Arranged According to Type Sizes and One-Letter Display Matrices. With occasional use of color.
Price: $ 115.00 other currencies Order nr. 20868

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See More... (Hoffman, Richard J.) Petko, Edward AT SEVENTY: RICHARD J. HOFFMAN
Los Angeles Columbian Press 1982 oblong 8vo. linen, paper spine and cover label (ii), 35, (3) pages
Printed in an edition limited to 50 copies. Issued to celebrate the seventieth birthday of Richard J. Hoffman, printer, and author of " A Gathering of Types" and its sequel "A Decorative Divertissement." On Urabec-Hoffman all-rag handmade paper, from the Brooks. Bros. Shirts and old linens of his friend, Dr. John Urabec. Designed and printed by Ethan B. Lipton, typesetting by Jack M. Conway, and signed by them. Illustrated with tipped-in photographs of Hoffman at work in his shop. With laid-in invitations to Hoffman's seventieth birthday in 1982.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 62215

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See More... (Hoffman, Richard J.) Petko, Edward AT SEVENTY: RICHARD J. HOFFMAN
Los Angeles Columbian Press 1982 oblong 8vo. linen, paper spine and cover label (ii), 35, (3) pages
Printed in an edition limited to 100 copies. Issued to celebrate the seventieth birthday of Richard J. Hoffman, printer, and author of "A Gathering of Types" and its sequel "A Decorative Divertissement." Designed and printed by Ethan B. Lipton with typesetting by Jack M. Conway. Illustrated with photographs of Hoffman at work in his shop.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 62442

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See More... (Hoffman, Richard J.) Powell, Gertrude Eliza Clark LOOKING BACK AND REMEMBERING.
Tucson Privately Printed 1987 small 8vo. cloth 85+(1) pages
Printed by Richard J. Hoffman, Van Nuys, California, and bound by Roswell Bookbinding, Phoenix, Arizona. An Autobiographical Sketch by the author (1870-1957) with a Prologue and an Epilogue by Lawrence Clark Powell. Photographs.
Price: $ 12.00 other currencies Order nr. 63072

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See More... Hoffman, Richard J SOME OBSERVATIONS ON BOOK DESIGN.
Van Nuys, CA Richard J. Hoffman 1986 small 4to. cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards. 18, (2) pages.
First edition. Printed letterpress and with a three color title pages. Illustrated.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 20869

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See More... (Hoffman, Richard J.) Todd, Edwin M. THROUGH A TINY APERTURE.
Van Nuys, CA Richard J. Hoffman 1987 4to. quarter cloth with printed paper-covered boards. 78, (2) pages.
Printed in an edition limited to 500 copies by Richard J. Hoffman. Text includes three essays, "Remembrance of Pain Past," "Legacy of a Legend," "John Locke and the Concept of Matter as Energy," and one poem, "Ode to an Odious Bird." Essays include bibliography and some footnotes. Prefatory note by the printer and introduction by Dolce B. Nunis, Jr. of the Department of History of the University of Southern California. Five full-page illustrations by J. Arlington Todd accompany the text. Decorative head-pieces and boarders are printed in green, initial letters are printed in red and blue.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 42667

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See More... Holmes, Harold C. SOME RANDOM REMINISCENCES OF AN ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLER
Oakland The Holmes Book Co. 1967 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxiv, 257 pages
First edition. Bookselling in California.
Price: $ 18.00 other currencies Order nr. 69795

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  HORN'S, THE MAGAZINE FOR BOOKLOVERS (name change to HORN'S MAGAZINE in last issue)
Santa Ana, CA Charles Horn 1947-1948 8vo. self paper wrappers.
This magazine lasted a total of nine numbers. Have the following: 4, 5. Price is per piece.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 90658

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See More... (Howell) 100 RARE BOOKS, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS, MAPS AND THE HERBERT M. EVANS COLLECTION OF MEDICAL & SCIENTIFIC CLASSICS. CATALOGUE 40.
San Francisco John Howell Books 1970 4to. paper wrappers. (66) pages.
Illustrated.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 994

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See More... Howell, Antoinette JOHN HOWELL-BOOKS, ESTABLISHED IN 1912
Warren Richardson Howell, President, 1956-1984, Fine and Rare Books and Manuscripts, Western Americana, Fine Arts. N.P. n.p. n.d. (circa 1984) 12mo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages.
A four-page pamphlet with five black-and-white photographs of the bookstore. Minor wear.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 102135

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See More... (Howell) CATALOGUE 42. BOOKS, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS & MAPS IN A VARIETY OF FIELDS WITH SEVERAL COLLECTIONS.
San Francisco John Howell - Books 1972 tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. Detailed descriptions of 587 items followed by descriptions of manuscript collections for sale.
Issued on the 60th anniversary of the firm and showing a picture of the shop on the front cover. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Smudge mark on front cover.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 40334

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See More... (Howell, John) Howell, John ENGLISH LITERATURE
From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuries, Catalogue 54 San Francisco John Howell Books 1982 4to. stiff paper wrappers (vi), 128, (2) pages
Catalogue 54 of John Howell Books containing 378 items of English literature from the sixteenth through twentieth centuries.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 97412

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See More... (Howell, John) RARE BOOKS, FINE PRINTING, BIBLES, LITERATURE ... THE INVENTORY OF JOHN HOWELL - BOOKS. PART II.
New York Swann Galleries 1985 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated.
Sale Number 1370. The second of three parts of the inventory sale of his noted California bookseller. Loosely inserted are the prices realized.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 100993

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See More... Hulbert, Linda Ray CALIFORNIA HOURS.
Los Angeles Hulbert & Barrett Books 1982 small 4to. quarter cloth with label pasted on spine and paper-covered boards (iv), 8 (2) pages
Printed by offset lithography in an edition limited to 500 copies and signed by the author. Designed by Bonnie Ruth Barrett and set in Trump Medieval by RS Typographics. Bound by hand at Hulbert & Barrett Books. Poetry.
Price: $ 12.00 other currencies Order nr. 62870

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See More... (Humor) Langpaap, Frances CATALOG OF THE SCHMULOWITZ COLLECTION OF WIT AND HUMOR (SCOWAH)
(San Francisco) San Francisco Public Library (1962) small 8vo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 370 pages.
The SCOWAH was built up at the San Francisco Public Library over the years with donations from Nat Schmulowitz, a San Francisco attorney. This catalogue (Besterman 2939) lists over 9,000 entries, by language and then alphabetically (author/title), beginning with English. A brief list of periodicals is also included. Most items are books from the 19th and 20th century, including anthologies of cartoons and the like. Most are not children's publications. No index. Wrappers soiled, backing creased.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 52177

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See More... (Huntington, Henry Edwards) Thorpe, James HENRY EDWARDS HUNTINGTON, A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY.
San Marino The Huntington Library (1996) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 47, (1) pages
A chronological biography liberally illustrated with family photographs and other items. Presentation from the author on the title page.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 98905

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