Bird, Robert Montgomery.

CALAVAR; OR, THE KNIGHT OF THE CONQUEST: A ROMANCE OF MEXICO.

Volume 1 (of two) volumes.
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1834. 8vo. original brown cloth, paper spine label. xxviii, (29)-278, (2), (12) pages. Volume 1 (of two) volumes. First edition of author's first book. (BAL 1152). With a 12 page publisher's catalogue at the end of each volume - being state B in the first volume ("Just Published ... Private Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte"). No priority assigned by BAL. Robert Montgomery Bird was a well-known Delaware author that resided in..... READ MORE about CALAVAR; OR, THE KNIGHT OF THE CONQUEST: A ROMANCE OF MEXICO

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 68523

Birley, Robert.

PRINTING AND DEMOCRACY.

London: Monotype Corp. 1964. 8vo. later cloth with original paper wrappers bound in. 29 pages plus a frontispiece and eight plates. First edition. (Appleton 346 for Morison). Prefatory note by Frank Francis, Stanley Morison and John Carter. Near fine. READ MORE about PRINTING AND DEMOCRACY

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 84577

Bishop, Robert and Patricia Coblentz.

AMERICAN DECORATIVE ARTS: 360 YEARS OF CREATIVE DESIGN.

New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, (1982). small folio. cloth, dust jacket. 405+(1) pages. Table of contents, bibliography, index, photographic credits. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about AMERICAN DECORATIVE ARTS: 360 YEARS OF CREATIVE DESIGN

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 120579

(Black Sparrow Press). Creeley, Robert.

WAS THAT A REAL POEM OR DID YOU JUST MAKE IT UP YOURSELF. SPARROW 40.

(Santa Barbara, CA): Black Sparrow Press, 1976. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. First printing. January 1976. Monthly periodical of the Black Sparrow Press. Covers printed in red and black indicating first printing. READ MORE about WAS THAT A REAL POEM OR DID YOU JUST MAKE IT UP YOURSELF. SPARROW 40

Price: $13.00  other currencies  Order nr. 127682

(Black Sparrow Press). Kelly, Robert.

A LINE OF SIGHT. SPARROW 20.

(Los Angeles, CA): Black Sparrow Press, 1974. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. First printing. May 1974. Monthly periodical of the Black Sparrow Press. Covers printed in red and black indicating first printing. READ MORE about A LINE OF SIGHT. SPARROW 20

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 127660

(Black Sparrow Press). Kelly, Robert.

SIXTEEN ODES. SPARROW 41.

(Santa Barbara, CA): Black Sparrow Press, 1976. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. First printing. February 1976. Monthly periodical of the Black Sparrow Press. Covers printed in red and black indicating first printing. READ MORE about SIXTEEN ODES. SPARROW 41

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 127683

(Blake, William). Essick, Robert N.

WILLIAM BLAKE, PRINTMAKER.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1980). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxii, 283, followed by 236 plates. First edition. Covers the role printmaking played in Blake's development as an artist and poet. Includes information on Blake's apprenticeship, his graphic styles and techniques and his theories of "appropriate form" in the graphic arts. Contains over two hundred illustrations. Important book. Dust jacket toned with tears. READ MORE about WILLIAM BLAKE, PRINTMAKER

Price: $165.00  other currencies  Order nr. 123627

(Book Club of Texas). Wooster, Robert (Editor).

RECOLLECTIONS OF WESTERN TEXAS; DESCRIPTIVE AND NARRATIVE INCLUDING AN INDIAN CAMPAIGN, 1852-55 INTERSPERSED WITH ILLUSTRATIVE ANECDOTES BY TWO OF THE U.S. MOUNTED RIFLES.

Austin: Book Club of Texas, The, 1995. 8vo. Orig. gray cloth covered boards, printed spine paper label. 109 pages. One of 300 unnumbered copies. Spine faded, else fine. Illustrated with Wood Engravings from William H. Emory's Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey. Facsimile of the original title-page and Map of antebellum southwestern Texas, circa 1861. The type is Monotype Walbaum, the paper is Mohawk Letterpress. Designed and printed by Bradley Hutchinson at..... READ MORE about RECOLLECTIONS OF WESTERN TEXAS; DESCRIPTIVE AND NARRATIVE INCLUDING AN INDIAN CAMPAIGN, 1852-55...

Price: $60.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136418

(Bradley, Will H.). Koch, Robert.

WILL H. BRADLEY, AMERICAN ARTIST IN PRINT, A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE.

New York: Hudson Hills Press, (2002). large 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (vii), 205+(1) pages. A lovely illustrated guide to all of Bradley's works. Many full color illustrations and photographs throughout. A passage on illustrating chapbooks is included as well as a short biography and bibliography. Will H. Bradley (1868-1962), a master of American Art Nouveau, was an illustrator, designer, printer, typographer and art director. Like new.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about WILL H. BRADLEY, AMERICAN ARTIST IN PRINT, A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 94229

Bridges, Robert.

THE MESSAGE OF ONE OF ENGLAND'S GREATEST POETS TO A PRINTER AND PRINTERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO POSSESS LOVE OF THE CRAFT.

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...

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Brown, Robert Benaway.

THE NETHERLANDS AND AMERICA, A CLEMENTS LIBRARY BULLETIN PREPARED ON THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CITY OF HOLLAND IN MICHIGAN.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 66723

Browning, Robert.

THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 135864

Brun, Robert.

LE PLUS BEAUX LIVRES DU XVIÈME SIÈCLE.

Paris: Henry Babou, (1931). small 4to. original folding board case with ties. 32 pages and 40 plates. First edition, limited to 650 copies. With 40 full page plates. Spine age darkened. READ MORE about LE PLUS BEAUX LIVRES DU XVIÈME SIÈCLE

Price: $55.00  other currencies  Order nr. 72509