London, England: Gillian Jason Gallery, (1982). oblong 32mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Brief comments by Monica Bohm Duchen. Chronology of Gill's life. Includes 313 of Gill's works. Catalogue entries reference three books of selected engravings. A few entries with ink notations. READ MORE about MATTER AND SPIRIT: BOTH REAL AND BOTH GOOD: THE GRAPHIC WORK OF ERIC GILL
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 120907
London: Lund Humphries in association with Barbican Art Gallery, 1992. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 127 pages. Foreword by John Hoole of the Barbican followed by the text and the exhibition catalogue describing over 100 examples of Gill's work. Very well illustrated including some in color. READ MORE about ERIC GILL: SCULPTURE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 36965
Chichester, Sussex, England: West Suxxex County Council, 1982. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 37+(1) pages. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Table of contents, description, corrigenda, post script. An inventory of Gill material at the West Sussex Record Office published on the centennary of his birth..Introductory comments by Walter Shewring and John Skelton. READ MORE about THE ERIC GILL COLLECTION AT CHICHESTER
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 121035
(London): Herbert Press, (1994). large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 208 pages. First edition. A critical appraisal of Gill's inscriptional designs, with indices of persons and institutions commemorated as well as the location of the inscriptions. Included are 900 items from his first inscription on stone in 1901 to his design for his own gravestone. Appendices cover Gill's work on war memorials, heraldry, and the design of seals, medals, coins and stamps. It is illustrated with..... READ MORE about ERIC GILL, THE INSCRIPTIONS. A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 120854
London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1963. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (vii), 265+(1) pages. Describes and reproduces 205 of Gill's file copies of his engravings given to the Victoria and Albert Museum by his widow. With note by Trenchard Cox. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about THE ENGRAVED WORK OF ERIC GILL
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 52383
London, England: Frederick Warne and Co., 1921. 4to. cloth, top edge cut, other edges uncut. 11+(1) pages, plates. First edition (Schuster and Engen 229, 1a). Publisher's note, an appreciation, with biographical information, by H.M. Cundall. Frontispiece portrait of Greenaway. 20 mounted color illustrations on glazed paper, all tissue protected. Title and owner/recipient on tissue protector, verso of illustration. Foxing on some of the tissue protectors and at edges of text. READ MORE about KATE GREENAWAY PICTURES FROM ORIGINALS PRESENTED BY HER TO JOHN RUSKIN AND OTHER PERSONAL FRIENDS
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 121611
Berlin: Jürgen Holstein Antiquariat, 1987. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Text in German and English, with preface translated into Japanese. Catalogue of architecture, photography, graphics, illustrated books, artists' autographs, posters, typography and other items, mainly related to the Bauhaus. 358 items. Supplement includes French Studio Ceramics, 1870-1900. Select bibliography and index. READ MORE about KATALOG 105: BAUHAUS, ETC. ARCHITEKTUR, FOTOGRAFIE, GRAFIK, ILLUSTRIERTE BÜCHER,...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 109058
London: Charles Skilton Ltd., (1963). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 138 pages. First edition. Contains a full bibliography of the books produced at the Birmingham School of Printing during this period. Small tear in jacket along top of front hinge. READ MORE about LEONARD JAY, MASTER PRINTER-CRAFTSMAN, FIRST HEAD OF THE BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL OF PRINTING, 1925-1953
Price: $32.50 Order nr. 5112
Austin: The Pemberton Press, 1976. 4to. boards, dust jacket. 120 pages. First edition. The autobiography of this well-known Texas antiquarian bookseller and publisher. READ MORE about AUDUBON AND OTHER CAPERS CONFESSIONS OF A TEXAS BOOKMAKER
Price: $19.00 Order nr. 2478
New York: The Grolier Club, 2007. 8vo. cloth. 62 pages. Design and typography by Jerry Kelly. Filled with illustrations in color. READ MORE about POLITICAL CARTOONS AND CARICATURES FROM THE COLLECTION OF MICHAEL ALEXANDER KAHN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 104301
Cambridge: University Press, 1970. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 228 pages. History of this English trade association of publishers largely founded by Sir Frederick Macmillan. Essential in the study of bookselling in Britain during this period. READ MORE about PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION, 1896-1946, WITH AN EPILOGUE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 9306
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1959. 4to. quarter black calf over red cloth, red leather spine label, black leather cameo device in front cover, slipcase. 295 pages. Limited to 2250 numbered copies (LEC 294). Many illustrations, including quite a few in color. Slipcase has two small damaged spots. Name and date in ink on front pastedown. READ MORE about QUARTO-MILLENARY, THE FIRST 250 PUBLICATIONS AND THE FIRST 25 YEARS 1929 - 1954 OF THE LIMITED...
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 120731
N.P. J.B. Lippincott Company, 1967. 8vo. cloth. 79 pages. A publishing history. Covers soiled. READ MORE about THE AUTHOR AND HIS AUDIENCE WITH A CHRONOLOGY OF MAJOR EVENTS IN THE PUBLISHING HISTORY OF J.B....
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 9487
New York: The Shakespeare Association of America, 1969. small 4to. cloth. xviii, 418 pages. First edition. Has 27 illustrations and 21 articles on Shakespeare and Shakespeare bibliography. Also includes a bibliography of the writings of McManaway. READ MORE about STUDIES IN SHAKESPEARE, BIBLIOGRAPHY AND THEATRE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 9579
London: Oxford University Press, 1948. 8vo. cloth. viii, 160 pages. First edition. A tribute book presented to this publisher to the University of Oxford. With articles by Michael Sadleir, S.C. Roberts, R.W. Chapman, Simon Nowell-smith, A.L.P. Norrington and others. Spine slightly faded. Ink inscription in corner of free endpaper. READ MORE about ESSAYS MAINLY ON THE NINETEENTH CENTURY PRESENTED TO SIR HUMPHREY MILFORD
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 23658
(San Diego: Ash Ranch Press, 1988). oblong miniature book (6.0 x 5.0 cm). cloth, title and author gilt-stamped on front board, marbled endpapers. unpaginated. Limited to 100 copies, signed on colophon by publisher Don Hildreth. (Bradbury, Ash Ranch Press 11). Illustrated title page, bordered text. A Christmas ballad first presented to the St. Nicholas Society of New York on December 6, 1907. With ink ownership stamp of "KIR" (Kathryn Rickard) on verso of free endpaper..... READ MORE about A BALLAD OF SANTA CLAUS
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 120892
(San Diego: Ash Ranch Press, 1988). miniature book (5.1 x 6.6 cm). leather, title and author gilt-stamped on spine, edges uncut; cloth slipcase, title and author gilt-stamped on spine. 78, (2) pages. Limited to 26 numbered copies and 26 lettered and signed by the printer. This copy is lettered and signed. (Bradbury, Ash Ranch Press 9). An essay from Days Off and Other Digressions (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907). Colophon includes a biographical sketch of the..... READ MORE about THE TRAGEDY OF LITTLE RED TOM: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIGHT ABOUT NATURE-BOOKS
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 116620
N.P. Poole Press / Rebecca Press, 1992. oblong miniature book (6.0 x 7.2 cm). stiff paper wrappers. (20) pages. Limited to 201 copies. (Bradbury, Rebecca Press 24). Presentation to Kathryn Rickard on colophon. Published for Conclave 10 of the Miniature Book Society. READ MORE about E-I-E-I-O (EILEEN, EILEEN, OH!
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 120969
Chicago, IL: Doris V. Welsh, 1954. miniature book (5.5 x 4.7 cm). half cloth, decorated paper-covered boards, label on spine and front cover. vi, 7, (5) pages. Limited to 100 copies (Bradbury, Petit Oiseau 3). Frontispiece and preface. The document by which inhabitants of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, declared independence from Britain, over a year before July 4, 1776. READ MORE about THE MECKLENBURG DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, MAY 20, 1775
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 120887
N.P. n.p., n.d. miniature picture frame (5.3 x 4.4 cm). frame. Miniature picture frame with decorative turtle inlaid with two gems. READ MORE about NEIMAN MARCUS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 120983
San Diego: Ash Ranch Press, 1987. miniature book (5.5 x 8.1 cm). leather, title gilt-stamped on spine. (ii), 12, (2) pages. (Bradbury, Ash Ranch Press 5). Published for the Miniature Book Society Grand Conclave V, 1987. Contains a brief history of the press with a descriiptive catalogue of its offerings at that time. Illustrations. With the miniature bookplate of Kathryn Rickard on front inside cover. Presentation from Hildreth "May 1989, To Kathy & Richard, An..... READ MORE about THE PRIVATE PRESS OF DON HILDRETH: THE STORY: CATALOGUE NO. 1
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 120920
(Edinboro, PA: The Private Press of Stephen Bayuzick, 1986). miniature book (6.7 x 5.0 cm). cloth, label on front cover. 7+(1) pages. First edition (Bradbury, Stephen Bayuzick 1). Foldout tipped-in on back wrapper. READ MORE about A DESCRIPTION OF JESUS CHRIST
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 120965
(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. READ MORE about EXQUISITRY OF WILLIAM LEWIS WASHBURN
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 120888
(Duanesburg, NY: Scott's Printing Company, 1989). miniature book (6.4 x 4.6 cm). stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 13, (5) pages. Limited to 250 copies (Bradbury, Rickard 4). Presentation on front inside cover "To Jody & Lois on their buying weekend. June 10-11, 1994. Kathryn I. Rickard." READ MORE about THE ATTACK FLY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 120921
(New Britain, CT: REM Miniatures, 1975). oblong miniature book (7.5 x 8,5 cm). stiff paper wrappers, label on front cover. unpaginated. (Bradbury, REM Miniatures 46). Drawings of various historical landmarks in Boston, Lexington, and Concord. With foldout map. READ MORE about HISTORIC BOSTON LEXINGTON CONCORD IN PEN DRAWINGS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 120966
