East Aurora: The Roycrofters, 1908. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (vi), 27-49, xvii pages. With front cover, title page and others designed by Dard Hunter. READ MORE about LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF GREAT TEACHERS. THOMAS ARNOLD. VOL. 23, NO.2
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 116570
New York, NY: (The Hispanic Society of America), 1955. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, label on front cover. xii, 100, (2) pages. A collection of poetry. Frontispiece illustration of The Torch Bearers by Anna Hyatt Huntington. Dedication and table of contents. Covers lightly soiled. Marks on endpapers. READ MORE about THE TORCH BEARERS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 119198
Norfolk, VA: Vincent Torre at the Ink-Well Press, 1956. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. (vi), 38, (4) pages. Limited to 100 numbered copies (NYPL Catalogue of Private Press Books, p.528). With illustrations cut from the wood and printed in red. READ MORE about EMBROIDERED IS THE MANTLE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 116743
N.P. The Ink-Well Press, 1954. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 26, (2) pages. Limited to 50 copies. Includes Gray's famous Elegy, and other poems. READ MORE about AN ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD & OTHER POEMS
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 119357
Grosse Pointe: Junto: a Private Press, 1961. 12mo. cloth. (iv), 18, (4) pages. Limited to 75 numbered copies printed by Julius Goodman Jr at his private press. With some decorations printed in red ink. READ MORE about MARKS AND MANIACS, BEING, IN FACT, EXCERPTS FROM THE AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRINTING EDITED AT...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 36706
N.P. (but England): The Keepsake Press, 1975. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. unpaginated. A historical essay about the press. Illustrations from the press's publications. Includes a listing of poets, essayists, and artists whose works appeared in those publications. READ MORE about PRACTICE OF PARLOUR PRINTING CONSIDERED AS A SPECIFIC AGAINST INSOMNIA & LIKE DISORDERS WITH...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 118867
London, England: The Keepsake Press, 1965. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. Limited to 180 numbered copies, signed by author on colophon. A collection of poetry. Other publications by the poet listed on verso of title page. Complimentary card from publisher laid in. READ MORE about NEW POEMS
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 119137
New York: The Composing Room, 1965. 12mo. self paper wrappers. 4 pages printed French-fold. With illustrations by Ismar David. Issued on Knopf's 50th anniversary. READ MORE about A SALUTE TO ALFRED A. KNOPF
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 24026
Mit Zeichnungen und Knittelversen von Fritz Kredel
(Offenbach a.M.): (Chemigraphische Anstalt Gebr. Klingspor), n.d. large 12mo. printed pattern paper-covered boards with paper spine and cover labels. Unpaginated. Mit Zeichnungen und Knittelversen von Fritz Kredel. This ABC features paired figures from different periods (each dated, from 1700 B.C. to 1956), dressed in a variety of clothing, with doggerel text appropriate to the multicolor images and featured letter. An appendix indicates the author's sources for the clothing designs. Published as a gift to friends..... READ MORE about EIN LUSTIGES ABC: DER MODEN, TRACHTEN UND KOSTÜME
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 90817
Evanston, IL: Borderland, 1976. large 8vo. stiff paper folder. (viii), 416 loose leaves. A collection of thousands of borders, ornaments, corners, embellishments, combination borders, frames, and grounds; some classically inspired, most delightfully rococo. Originally published with 400 pages and intended to add more plates from time to time. This copy has the first 400 pages still shrinkwrapped, plus pages 401-416 laid in along with fold-out preface, acknowledgements page, homage page, and copyright page. All loosely..... READ MORE about HERITAGE OF BORDERS, THE TYPE COLLECTION OF WENDELL KRIEG
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 48246
Jameston: John C. Kunzog, 1917. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. Discussion of how to print stamped stationery. Includes 5 examples printed in color. READ MORE about STAMPED STATIONERY, A BOOK OF VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS POINTING THE WAY TO BETTER PROFITS FROM THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4392
(Dedham, MA: The Lantern Press, 1954). oblong 32mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. A collection of quotations on the need for tolerance and social unity. Privately printed by Carl Masson at his printing shop. READ MORE about COMING TOGETHER
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 118862
N.P. Goudy Chappel, 1980. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers, label on front cover. unpaginated. Privately printed contributions produced to honor Leslie on his 95th birthday. Includes a woodcut engraving of Leslie, and his monogram on the front cover, by John and Thelma DePol. Signed by Leslie. READ MORE about A CHAPPELL BOOK FOR DR. ROBERT L. LESLIE ON HIS NINETY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY DECEMBER 18, 1980
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 119176
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. (1961). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. x, 66 pages. Preface, foreword by Brendan Byrne, table of contents. Includes text, comments and a facsimile reproduction of each document. READ MORE about LET FREEDOM RING: TWENTY-SIX FAMOUS AMERICAN DOCUMENTS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 119255
Portland, ME: The Anthoensen Press, 1961. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 78 pages. Biography of a 19th century New Orleans printer. Table of contents, list of illustrations. 8 black and white plates. Includes a bibliography of Levy imprints 1817-41. Appendix lists Alexander Levy imprints. Presentation from the author on title page to J. Ben Lieberman. Wrappers tanned at edges. READ MORE about BENJAMIN LEVY: NEW ORLEANS PRINTER AND PUBLISHER
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 119247
N.P. Charles Antin, 1972. 12mo. printed envelope containing various private press keepsakes. Twelve keepsakes by different presses. Envelope soiled. READ MORE about THIS PACKET BEING ITEMS FROM THE PAUL A. BENNETT TYPOPHILES MEMORIAL KEEPSAKE, 1968, PRESENTED BY...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 44500
New York: Lathrop C. Harper, 1930. 8vo. cloth, slipcase. xiv, 73 pages. First edition, limited to 450 numbered copies signed by the author; this copy is not numbered. Lists first books: countries, types, colophons, illustrations, medicine, law, arts and science. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about SOME NOTEWORTHY FIRSTS IN EUROPE DURING THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 6818
Kansas City, MO: The Lowell Press, 1923. 12mo. cloth, label on front cover, bottom edge uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 75 numbered copies, signed by publisher on colophon. Written by the author of "A Book of Werse" and "other works." Author's note. Dedicated to D. Frank Sullivan of the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Front joint and hinges cracked. READ MORE about AN ACCOUNT OF THE EXPERIENCES OF A TRAVELLER
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 119134
Kansas City, MO: Harold A Shertzer, 1925. 8vo. cloth, label on front cover, fore-edge uncut. (18) pages. Limited to 110 numbered copies, signed by publisher on colophon. A whimsical look at modern technology. Frontispiece. Publisher's note, table of contents. Gilt initials throughout text. Boards soiled. READ MORE about NO CHARGE: A BRIEF, SOUL-INSPIRING COLLECTION OF PRACTICAL HINTS FOR THIS AND THAT
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 119160
New York: The Peter Pauper Press, n.d. 8vo. cloth-backed boards. 21 pages. Limited to 310 copies. The address was delivered at the annual banquet of the American Booksellers Association. Prints a Franklin D. Roosevelt letter. A special printing of this talk. Covers toned around edges. READ MORE about A FREE MAN'S BOOKS' AN ADDRESS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 9692
New York: The Maverick Press, 1937. 12mo. self paper wrappers. Folds out to six pages. Ransom no.x-6. Limited to 600 copies privately printed by Earl H. Emmons. READ MORE about CHECK LIST OF THE MAVERICK PRESS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 18171
San Mateo, CA: Wilmac Press, 1966. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 64, (2) pages. Volume 1, Number 1, Fall 1966. A guide to points of interest in California. Subscription information laid in. Wrappers very lightly tanned. READ MORE about OUT WEST
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 119265
(New Britain, CT: REM Miniatures, 1999. miniature book (6.7 x 5.7 cm.). cloth, paper cover label, slide-on paper slipcase, all enclosed in a box decorated in gilt and with a cover label with the limitation added in red ink. (44) pages. Limited to only 99 numbered copies (Bradbury, REM, 100). A tribute to this publisher of miniature books and broadsides. With a short-title list of all his publications. Six page prospectus loosely inserted as is..... READ MORE about EXQUISITRY OF WILLIAM LEWIS WASHBURN
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 116642
N.P. REM Miniatures, 1968. miniature book (6.3 x 5.2 cm.). pictorial red stiff paper wrappers. (44) pages. No limitation given but Bradbury, REM, 24, states 225 copies produced. READ MORE about RECOGNITION DINNER IN HONOR OF GERTRUDE S. BRIDGE, EDUCATOR
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 116646
various locations: Moiteret, 1945-60. 16mo. self paper wrappers. variously paginated. A collection of small newsletters printed by Carol, Dora, Victor, and Rowena Moiteret. Affiliated with the Natiional Amateur Press Association. Most items were published in Washington, DC, or its Maryland suburbs. Includes 4 issues of Two Ems, 29 issues of The Cemetery Rabbit,, 13 issues of Capitol Columns, 1 issue of The Cape Crier, Pages 3-6 missing from August 1947 issue of The Cemetery Rabbit..... READ MORE about TWO EMS; CAPITOL COLUMNS; THE CAPE CRIER; THE CEMETERY RABBIT
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 118951
