Chicago: H.S. Stone & Company, 1898. 8vo. original creme colored cloth stamped with designs in brown ink and lettering in orange ink, top edge gilt, others uncut. (viii), 193, (3) pages. Printed and designed by Will Bradley at the University Press. (Metropolitan Cat. no.112). Boards lightly soiled, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about LOVE'S DILEMMAS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 30418
London: Sign of the Dolphin, 1931. 4to. half cloth over boards. (20) pages. First edition thus, with an unpublished photograph of Bridges, reproductions of manuscript inscriptions by Bridges and an introduction by George W. Jones. Originally published by Rudge as THE TESTAMENT OF BEAUTY. Covers slightly age darkened along upper half. Bookplate on front pastedown. READ MORE about THE MESSAGE OF ONE OF ENGLAND'S GREATEST POETS TO A PRINTER AND PRINTERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 22439
Berkeley: Editions Koch, 2004. 6 x 9 inches. Paperback. 138 pages. First edition. This companion piece to The Fragments of Parmenides reveals the "blood, sweat and tears" the creators put into their original book. Carving the Elements tells the detailed story of the making of The Fragments of Parmenides, a grandiose book project meticulously crafted by: master letterpress printer Peter Koch; poet, translator and typographer Robert Bringhurst; punchcutter, type designer, typefounder and poet Dan Carr;..... READ MORE about CARVING THE ELEMENTS: A COMPANION TO THE FRAGMENTS OF PARMENIDES
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 78258
Number eleven of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series
Berkeley, California: CODEX Foundation, 2015. 5.5 x 7.75 inches. paperback pamphlet. 28 pages. Number eleven of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. Number eleven of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. The Timeless Art of Allowing Books to Thrive is a dialogue between two theoretically and existentially divergent proponents of reading-executed in the manner of a conversation. Ulises Carrion's ground-breaking 1975 manifesto "The new art of making books" is here presented with interleaved remarks composed 40 years later by..... READ MORE about THE TIMELESS ART OF ALLOWING BOOKS TO THRIVE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 126795
PHYINV
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1947. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. PHYINV. Introduction by Robert Benaway Brown. Illustrated exhibition catalogue. Presentation on free endpaper "For Edward Eberstadt with the respect of the author, Robert B. Brown, 21 Nov. 47." Note in ink on front cover "Put in Bibliography." READ MORE about THE NETHERLANDS AND AMERICA, A CLEMENTS LIBRARY BULLETIN PREPARED ON THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF...
Price: $17.00 Order nr. 66723
London, England: Smith, Elder & Co., 1879. 12mo. original cloth, spine gilt-stamped. 143, (3) pages. A collection of six of Browning's works. Two pages of advertisements follow text. Illustration of Browning laid in. Spine faded, Front hinge cracked. READ MORE about DRAMATIC IDYLS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 120462
Waco, TX: Armstrong Browning Library, 1992. oblong 4to. paper wrappers. 12, (2) pages. Sesquicentennial edition limited to 3000 copies. Fine condition. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 135864
Laramie, WY: University of Wyoming, 1956. 8vo. paper wrappers. 236 pages. University of Wyoming Publications, vol. XX, No. 1. Minor toning around the edges, else near fine.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about STUDIES IN LITERATURE OF THE WEST
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 136327
Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2005. large 8vo. cloth. (iv), 336 pages followed by 32 plates. Reprint of the 1930 first edition (Besterman 3010). Brun provides ten chapters followed by an annotated bibliographical catalogue of the principal books illustrated in France during the sixteenth century. Illustrated and indexed. In all, 1250 books are described. Never reprinted, this remains a difficult title to find. Includes 32 illustrations, mostly of title pages. READ MORE about LE LIVRE ILLUSTRÉ EN FRANCE AU XVIe SIECLE
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 87551
London: Longmans, Green, 1894. 12mo. Later full morocco, raised bands, gilt-tooled turn-ins, gilt-stamped lettering on spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, slipcase. xxix+(i), 426 pages. A selection of poetry by the first Earl of Lytton (1831-1891), who wrote under the pseudonym Owen Meredith, here arranged chronologically from 1855-1887, and including unpublished works as well. Introduction by Betty Balfour, the author's daughter. Bulwer-Lytton also had a distinguished career as a diplomat, appointed Viceroy of India by..... READ MORE about SELECTED POEMS
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 72662
Two volumes bound in one.
Glasgow, Scotland: Blackie & Son, 1840. 4to. contemporary gilt-tooled and stamped leather, all edges gilt. vi, 105, clviii, 72 pages. Two volumes bound in one. First edition. Table of contents which includes list of plates. With engraved landscapes by D.O. Hill (House 340). Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Foxing and tanning on plates. READ MORE about LAND OF BURNS, A SERIES OF LANDSCAPES AND PORTRAITS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THE...
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 127465
Wilmington: Historical Society of Delaware, (1946). 8vo. cloth. 251 pages. B1-2764. With a foreword by J.P. Shalloo. The appendices give various reprints of important documents. With bibliography and index. READ MORE about THE PENITENTIARY MOVEMENT IN DELAWARE, 1776 TO 1829
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 28756
Los Angeles: (Torrez Press), 1962. 8vo. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards. 139+(1) pages. (Besterman 1086). Bibliography of the Congressional debate over the admission of California to the Union, ultimately resolved by the Compromise of 1850. Foreword, list of speakers. Organized chronologically with notations about each speech given or bill/amendment offered by a member of Congress. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about THE ADMISSION OF THE 31ST STATE BY THE CONGRESS: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONGRESSIONAL...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 107922
N.P. Ohio State University Press, (1968). 8vo. cloth-backed decorated paper covered boards, dust jacket. 106 pages. First edition. Fine in very lightly chipped dust jacket. READ MORE about WATCH US PASS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 112510
Chicago: American Library Association, 1970. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 250 pages. Second printing. With a large bibliography section. Jacket rubbed and chipped around edges. READ MORE about GERMAN EXILE LITERATURE IN AMERICA 1933-1950 A HISTORY OF THE FREE GERMAN PRESS AND BOOK TRADE
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 96131
(New York: Center for Book Arts, 2005). 17" x 17", four 8.5 x 11 books. black cloth with paper label. three 28 pages, one at 20 pages. Edition limited to 75 signed and numbered copies, including five artist proofs, with only 25 copies for sale. This innovative interdisciplinary work intersects at the pinnacle of creative writing, graphic design, book art, and performance. This is a poem for three voices, meant to be read by three..... READ MORE about NEW WORLD SUITE NUMBER THREE
Price: $3,500.00 Order nr. 103052
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2008. large 8vo. dark blue stiff paper wrappers, page bottoms uncut, title and author printed in dull silver, hand sewn with navy string. (12), 26, (6) pages. Limited to an edition of 100 numbered and signed copies. This collection was the winner of the Center's 2008 Poetry Chapbook Competition judged by Tomaz Salamun and Sharon Dolin. Selections include " How Do You Teach a Girl the Things She Should..... READ MORE about TO SHOW THE LIVING
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 103171
A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time Connected by a Critical and Biographical History, in Two Volumes.
Boston: Published by Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1847. 8vo. Rebound in cloth over marbled paper covered boards, all edges stained red. xvi, 672; xvi, 717 pages. A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time Connected by a Critical and Biographical History, in Two Volumes. Assumed 1st American edition. Some age-darkening to the spines of each volume, with volume two having a large moisture stain on the spine..... READ MORE about CYCLOPEDIA OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 137234
New & Improved Edition. Volume II
Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers, 1842. large 8vo. half-calf. cloth, protective modern dust jacket with paper spine label. [ii], 800 pages. New & Improved Edition. Volume II. Volume two only.Contains No. 90: Printing-Engraving-Lithography, pp. 625-640. Illustrated. Worn and boards faded, pages tanning, scattered foxing. Signature "Sedgwick," on front pastedown. HInges reparied. With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about CHAMBERS'S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 98569
20 volumes, complete.
Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers, 1844-1854. 4to. contemporary quarter leather, marbled paper-covered boards, title, volume, and ornamentation gilt-stamped on spine. variously paginated. 20 volumes, complete. (Union List of Serials 2, 975; New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature 3, 1813). New Series began publication in 1844. Topics included essays, poetry, tales, biographical sketches, "instruction and entertainment," and anecdotes. A weekly 16 page magazine, first series commenced publication in 1832. Jointly edited by brothers William and Robert..... READ MORE about CHAMBERS'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL: NEW SERIES
Price: $450.00 Order nr. 108931
New York: Privately printed (for George A. Nelson), (1928). 8vo. boards, boxed. 23, (3) pages. Limited to 245 copies and issued as a Christmas greeting by Nelson. Covers lightly soiled, else near fine. READ MORE about A CHRISTMAS SERMON
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Spokane, WA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 2002. 8vo. cloth, gilt lettering. 300 pages. First trade edition, limited to 1000 copies. A century of publishing and bookselling; over 700 books published in the field of Americana, many of them quite scarce and collectible; an international reputation for academic excellence and the publication of source works in American history. For three generations the company has been a leader in its field, and has received numerous awards..... READ MORE about THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY: AN AMERICANA CENTURY 1902-2002
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 129106
N.P. Princeton University and the Art Institute of Chicago, (1972). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 190, (2) pages. With texts by the editor, Martin Eidelberg, David A. Hanks, Susan Otis Thompson and others. Illustrated. Rubbed around edges. READ MORE about THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT IN AMERICA 1876-1916
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 41549
Los Angeles: The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, 1985. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xx, 52, (2) pages. Papers read at a Clark Library Seminar in 1981, "Books, Bricks and Copper: Clark and His Library," and "William Andrews Clark, Jr., Founder of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra." Illustrated. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about WILLIAM ANDREWS CLARK, JR: HIS CULTURAL LEGACY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 46612
4 volumes.
Westmead, Farnborough, Hants., England: Gregg Press, 1965. 4to. cloth. (vi), 32; (vi), 119+(1); (vi), 191+(1); (vi), 127+(1) pages. 4 volumes. Nos. 3-6 in the publisher's English Bibliographical Sources Series 2: Catalogues of Books in Circulation. Reprints of originals (London: S. Simmons, 1673-96. Original editions in Besterman 2007-8. Each volume with a prefatory note to the reader by Clavel. No. 3 includes books from the "dreadful fire of London" to Michaelmas 1672. No. 4 from the..... READ MORE about A CATALOGUE OF ALL THE BOOKS PRINTED IN ENGLAND
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 119861
