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(Adagio Press). Ruskin, John.

THE TEXT OF JOHN RUSKIN'S LETTER TO 'MY DEAR TINIE ' WRITTEN FROM THE BRIDGE OF ALLAN ON 31 AUGUST 1857. WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY BY NORMAN H. STROUSE AND FIVE PEN-AND-INK ILLUSTRATIONS BY ADELE BICHAN. CONTEMPTIBLE HORSE.

Harper Woods, MI: Adagio: the Private Press of Leonard F. Bahr, 1962. 8vo. quarter cloth with marbled paper-covered boards. xix, 23-43, (3) pages. First edition, limited to 365 copies. (Tanner and Alstrom 7.) Second production of this private press. The text of John Ruskin's letter to "My Dear Tinie." Sharp satire on British industrialization. READ MORE about THE TEXT OF JOHN RUSKIN'S LETTER TO 'MY DEAR TINIE ' WRITTEN FROM THE BRIDGE OF ALLAN ON 31...

Price: $50.00 Order nr. 63479

(American Newspapers Publishers Association).

TO STRENGTHEN A FREE PRESS IN AMERICA.

(New York, NY: American Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation), n.d, (but circa 1970). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 20, (2) pages. Booklet to promote increased confidence and trust in the American press and freedom of the press, especially among youth. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about TO STRENGTHEN A FREE PRESS IN AMERICA

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 119083

(Angelo, Valenti).

THE SONG OF SONGS WHICH IS SOLOMON'S.

Illustrated and Illuminated by Valenti Angelo.
New York: Heritage Press, 1935. tall 8vo. full red leather stamped in blind, slipcase. (32) pages printed French fold. Illustrated and Illuminated by Valenti Angelo. The variant bound in full leather. Illustrations heightened in gold by Angelo. Leather spine rubbed. Slipcase worn along edges with small pieces missing. READ MORE about THE SONG OF SONGS WHICH IS SOLOMON'S

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 16537

APA WAYZGOOSE GEM BOX.

(New York, NY): Amalgamated Printers Association, 1978. 16mo. loose broadsides inserted in box with printed cover label. unpaginated. A set of 17 privately printed keepsakes from the APA's Wayzgoose meeting of 1979. READ MORE about APA WAYZGOOSE GEM BOX

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 121886

(Armstrong, Helen Maitland). Bouvet, Marguerite.

TALES OF AN OLD CHÂTEAU.

Chicago, IL: A.C. McClurg and Co., 1899. 16mo. cloth, spine and front cover gilt-stamped. 235, (3) pages. First edition. Illustrated by Helen Maitland Armstrong. Author's note, table of contents, list of illustrations, list of other works by the author. Frontispiece and eleven black and white plates. Ex library copy. Boards soiled and scuffed and rubbed at edges. Bookplate on front pastedown. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. READ MORE about TALES OF AN OLD CHÂTEAU

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 119125

Artzybasheff, Boris.

LET GEORGE DO IT ! A TALK DELIVERED AT A MEETING OF THE TRADE BOOK CLINIC IN NEW YORK CITY, DECEMBER 5, 1940.

New York: The American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1941. small 8vo. cloth-backed boards. 32 pages. On book design and the graphic arts. READ MORE about LET GEORGE DO IT ! A TALK DELIVERED AT A MEETING OF THE TRADE BOOK CLINIC IN NEW YORK CITY,...

Price: $17.50 Order nr. 127

(At the Sign of the Gargoyle). Templeton, Richard H.

THE QUICK BROWN FOX, A CHAP BOOK With an Introduction by R. Hunter Middleton. Cover Engraved on Wood by Philip Reed.

Chicago: At the Sign of the Gargoyle, 1945. tall 12mo. cloth-backed boards. (46) pages printed French fold. Limited to 450 copies. Being the second Chap Book issued by this press. Robert Middleton engraved the decorations. Cloth spine rubbed at spine extremities. With the small private ownership stamp of Elizabeth and Ben Lieberman in corner of front pastedown. READ MORE about THE QUICK BROWN FOX, A CHAP BOOK With an Introduction by R. Hunter Middleton. Cover Engraved on...

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 13036

(Attic Press).

ARS TYPOGRAPHICA.

(Omaha, NE): The Attic Press, 1963-5. 32mo. self paper wrappers. (4), (4), (4) pages. Three issues of the press's brief newsletter. READ MORE about ARS TYPOGRAPHICA

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 119002

(Bean Creek Press).

MINUTES OF MOXON ON THE HILLTOP.

N.P. Bean Creek Press, (1981). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Folder broadside. Foldout broadside tipped in wrappers. READ MORE about MINUTES OF MOXON ON THE HILLTOP

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 119090

(Bennett, Paul A.).

PAUL A. BENNETT MEMORIAL LECTURES.

N.P. House of Graphic Arts, 1967. oblong 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. Prefatory note by Robert A. Leslie. Biographical sketches with photograph of the lecturers in a series held in the fall of 1967. READ MORE about PAUL A. BENNETT MEMORIAL LECTURES

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 118894

BETTMANN PANOPTICON.

(New York, NY: The Bettmann Archive, 1963). square 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Bettmann Archive. Conceived as a "forum where young designers could express their views, unhampered by commercial strictures." Black and white illustrations throughout. Introductory comments by the publisher. READ MORE about BETTMANN PANOPTICON

Price: $70.00 Order nr. 119234

(Between-Hours Press). White, Lewis F.

A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE BETWEEN-HOURS PRESS, BEN GRAUER PROPRIETOR.

Engravings by John De Pol.
New York: The Privy Council Press, 1952. small 8vo. paper wrappers, cord-tied. (18) pages. Engravings by John De Pol. First edition, limited to 1200 copies of which this is one of the 350 numbered copies printed for the Typophiles. Presentation from Ben Grauer to Dick Dickman on half-title. READ MORE about A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE BETWEEN-HOURS PRESS, BEN GRAUER PROPRIETOR

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 116514

(Bewick, Thomas).

Collection of Thomas Bewick Prints.

N.P. n.p., 1970. 4to. cloth portfolio, label on front cover. unpaginated. A collection of 38 of Thomas Bewick's (1753-1828) prints, many labelled "Cherryburn Edition 1970" with numbers ranging from 3 to 89. The Cherryburn Press was operated by Robert Hunter Middleton. According to the Libraries and Culture Bookplate Archive of the University of Texas Austin, Middleton printed two portfolio editions of Bewick engravings, in 1945 and 1970. The complete 1970 portfolio included 100 engravings. Label..... READ MORE about Collection of Thomas Bewick Prints

Price: $450.00 Order nr. 118525

(Binnacle Press). Levy, Robert E.

LOG: FIVE DAYS ABOARD THE SCHOONER "STEPHEN TABER."

Oyster Bay, NY: Binnacle Press, 1962. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. (ii), 18, (4) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 600 copies printed for friends of the Binnacle Press. Designed and illustrated by John DePol. The text type is Linotype Times Roman with Bulmer display on Strathmore Text and Ivory Wove Paper. With centerfold chart of the route of the schooner "Stephen Taber" 10 to 15 July, 1961. READ MORE about LOG: FIVE DAYS ABOARD THE SCHOONER "STEPHEN TABER."

Price: $12.50 Order nr. 63708

Birnbaum, Martin.

VANISHING EDEN: WANDERINGS IN THE TROPICS.

New York, NY: William E. Rudge's Sons, 1942. 4to. cloth, fore-edge uncut. (xviii), 201+(1) pages. A travel narrative with illustrations from photographs and drawings by the author. Prefatory note, table of contents, list of illustrarions. Prospectus laid in. Covers soiled and spotted. READ MORE about VANISHING EDEN: WANDERINGS IN THE TROPICS

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 119203

(Blackwood Press).

A COLLECTION OF PITHY, ERUDITE, AND INSPIRATIONAL MAXIMS AND APHORISMS AND OTHER SIMILAR STUFF SUITABLE FOR LEISURELY OR RAPID EXAMINATION AS SUITS THE FANCY OF THE READER.

N.P. The Blackwood Press, (1958). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Limited to 50 copies. Introductory note by printer Edmund E. Simpson. Wrappers show some curling along spine, and lightly soiled. READ MORE about A COLLECTION OF PITHY, ERUDITE, AND INSPIRATIONAL MAXIMS AND APHORISMS AND OTHER SIMILAR STUFF...

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 120994

Boesebeck, Ernst.

DER WEIN IN DER BIBEL.

Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Collegium Vini, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 21, (3) pages. Text in German. Black and white illustrations. Biblical references to wine. READ MORE about DER WEIN IN DER BIBEL

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 119097

(Book Design).

THE TRIAL OF 6 DESIGNERS, DESIGNS FOR KAFKA'S THE TRIAL BY GEORGE SALTER P.J. CONKWRIGHT, MERLE ARMITAGE, CARL ZAHN, JOSEPH BLUMENTHAL, AND MARSHALL LEE.

Lock Haven: Hammermill Paper Co., 1968. 12mo. cloth-backed boards. 216 pages. Limited to 2500 numbered copies. Illustrated. Edited by Lee and with an essay by Kenneth Rexroth. READ MORE about THE TRIAL OF 6 DESIGNERS, DESIGNS FOR KAFKA'S THE TRIAL BY GEORGE SALTER P.J. CONKWRIGHT, MERLE...

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 13829

(Bookhunter).

BRUCE ROGERS, DANIEL BERKELEY UPDIKE & OTHER IMPRINTS.

New York, NY: The Bookhunter, (1927). 12mo. self paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. Limited to 2000 copies. Catalogue features the works of Bruce Rogers and Daniel Berkeley Updike, but includes other works designed after 1900. Also offers a selection of first editions.Small tear at top of front wrapper. READ MORE about BRUCE ROGERS, DANIEL BERKELEY UPDIKE & OTHER IMPRINTS

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 118959

Bradley, Will.

AMERICAN CHAP-BOOK, I,1.

Jersey City: American Type Founders Co., 1904. 12mo. printed paper-covered boards, paper cover label. 16 pages. Contains "Eighteenth-Century Chap-Books and Broadsides" by Bradley. (Huntington Exhibition no.36). Bradley was hired by the ATF to design ornaments and figures. He did a total of 12 issues of the American Chap-Book. Lacks the separately issued supplement. The hardbound version of these chapbooks were sold at a premium. Cracked along back hinge and wear at spine ends. READ MORE about AMERICAN CHAP-BOOK, I,1

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 116223

Bradley, Will.

AMERICAN CHAP-BOOK, I,4.

Jersey City: American Type Founders Co., Christmas 1904. 12mo. decorative paper-covered boards, paper cover label. (32) pages. Contains "Appropriateness" by Bradley with many illustrations. The hardbound version of these chapbooks are more difficult to find than the paperbound. Only minor wear. READ MORE about AMERICAN CHAP-BOOK, I,4

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 35589

Bradley, Will.

HAPPENINGS HERE AND THERE ALONG THE TRAIL, OR "THE WORLD WENT VERY WELL THEN."

A Victorian Tale Gleaned from Memories and Told for the Edification of Fellow Typophiles by WB.
Pasadena: The Typophiles, 1949. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 21+(1) pages. A Victorian Tale Gleaned from Memories and Told for the Edification of Fellow Typophiles by WB. First edition, limited to 500 copies (Bambace A78). Contains a number of designs by Bradley. Loosely inserted is a four page supplement. Minor chipping around edges and slightly age yellowed. READ MORE about HAPPENINGS HERE AND THERE ALONG THE TRAIL, OR "THE WORLD WENT VERY WELL THEN."

Price: $22.50 Order nr. 35407

Bryson, Lyman.

THE TEXTBOOK OF THE FUTURE.

(New York: H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Co., 1936). 8vo. cloth. 17, (3) pages. First edition. An address given by Bryson at the National Arts Club of New York. 52nd Keepsake of the A.I.G.A. READ MORE about THE TEXTBOOK OF THE FUTURE

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 945

Bühler, Curt F.

NEUE KUNST UND NEUE WELT: DER BUCHDRUCK UND AMERIKA.

Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1962. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 37, (3) pages. An examination of some of the famous book collections in America. With a number of plates. Kleiner Druck nr. 71. READ MORE about NEUE KUNST UND NEUE WELT: DER BUCHDRUCK UND AMERIKA

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 26064

(Cave, Roderick).

FROM A QUIET EVENING AT THE HERITY PRESS.

N.P. The Herity Press, 1962. 4to. portfolio with various sized broadsides loosely inserted. unpaginated. Keepsake announcing a joint meeting of the six chappels of the New York area, the first American meeting of the Private Libraries Association, and the annual meeting of the William Morris Society. An array of thirty broadsides, pamphlets, and keepsakes printed by members of the chappels. Observed the anniversary of the publication of the Kelmscott Chaucer. Engraved illustration. READ MORE about FROM A QUIET EVENING AT THE HERITY PRESS

Price: $95.00 Order nr. 121775

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