(San Fernando, CA): Junipero Serra Press, 1993. miniature book (6.6 x 5.5 cm). cloth. 26, (2) pages. Limited to 125 numbered copies (Bradbury, Serra 57). Frontispiece. A brief biography of Wilbur Macy Stone (1862-1941), an early collector of and expert on miniature books. Spine lightly sunned and boards lightly soiled. READ MORE about DEAN OF MICROBIBLIOPHILES
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 118323
Los Angeles, CA: MarMichel Press, 1997. miniature book (7.2 x 5.5 cm.). cloth-backed boards. (vi), 9, (5) pages. Limited to 504 copies (Bradbury, MarMichel 2). Designed and printed letterpress for Michele McGarry Crahan by Regis Graden at Nut Quad Press and bound by Marianna (sic) Blau. Illustrated including an actual postage stamp from Jordan. READ MORE about VIA CRUCIS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 117600
Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, (1979). miniature book (4.3 x 5.8 cm). cloth, title gilt-stamped on spine, decoration gilt-stamped on front board, marbled endpapers. 33, (3) pages. Limited to 249 copies. (Bradbury, Black Cat Press 55). Publisher's note by Norman Forque. Printed French-fold. With the miniature bookplate of Kathryn Rickard on the front pastedown. READ MORE about AUTHOR'S PROOF
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 120914
N.P. Macdonald Orbis, (1988). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 328 pages. First edition. A study of Morris's life through his own words and work. Contains extracts from his letters, poems, etc. Lavishly illustrated throughout with over 200 color plates. Many of the illustrations have never been reproduced before. A nice book. READ MORE about WILLIAM MORRIS BY HIMSELF, DESIGNS AND WRITINGS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 61086
Newcastle upon Tyne, England: Northern Arts Gallery, 1971. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. Foreword, table of contents, acknowledgments introduction by George Wingfield Digby, scholarly article by Andrew Causey, bibliography, catalogue, biographical sketch. 42 black and white plates. READ MORE about PAUL NASH 1889-1946
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 120901
(London, England): Tate Gallery, 1975. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 116 pages. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Tate. Foreword by Sir Norman Reid. Frontispiece photography of Nash. Table of contents, list of plates, bibliography, list of lenders. Essays by Andrew Causey and Margot Eates. 14 color plates, black and white illustrations throughout. Chip out of top edge of dust jacket. READ MORE about PAUL NASH: PAINTINGS AND WATERCOLOURS
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 121029
(London, England): John Murray, (1973). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 156 pages. First edition (Horne 332-3). Nash's work in a biographical context with emphasis on his paintings of the 20th century world wars. Foreword, essay by C. Day Lewis, preface. Catalogue of plates, 144 plates, both color and black and white, Chronology of Nash's life, list of public collectioins, index of paintings, watercolors and drawings, general index. 12 plates in text. Dust jacket and endpapes..... READ MORE about PAUL NASH: THE MASTER OF THE IMAGE 1889-1946
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 121030
London, England: Lund Humphries, (1948). 4to. cloth. xii, 80 pages, plates. First edition (Bertram 315). Frontispiece portrait of Nash in his Hampstead studio, 1937. Table of contents, preface, chronology, introduction by the editor, catalogue of exhibitions held by Nash, list of Nash's works in public collections, select bibliography, catalogue of plates. With 132 plates, many color tipped-in. With essays by Herbert Read, John Rothenstein, E.H. Ramsden, and Philip James. Notes on Nash's technique by Richard..... READ MORE about PAUL NASH: PAINTINGS DRAWINGS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 121205
(Edinburgh, Scotland): National Library of Scotland, 1956. small 4to. later quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. 15+(1) pages. A description of the library, which opened in 1956. Tipped in is A Brief Account of the National Library. Black and white illustratioins. Laid in are the Full Order of Proceedings and J.H. Loudon, "The New Building of the National Library of Scotland" reprinted from The Library Association Record 61:9 (September 1959). Boards soiled around edges. READ MORE about THE OPENING OF THE NEW LIBRARY BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 120956
Austin: Humanities Research Center, (1973). 8vo. cloth, clear plastic wrappers. First edition, limited to 800 copies. The 4th Feldman Lectureship in Bibliography. READ MORE about NEO-PHILOBIBLON: RUMINATIONS ON MANUSCRIPT COLLECTING
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 9859
Edited by Randolph W. Church.
Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1960. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. Edited by Randolph W. Church. First edition. With many tables and charts. READ MORE about THE MANUFACTURE AND TESTING OF DURABLE BOOK PAPERS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 639
Revere, PA and Winchester, England: Woolmer/Brotherson Ltd and St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1988. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxxii, 186 pages. With an introduction by Penelope Fitzgerald. This publishing venture was founded by Harold Monro in 1912 in London and continued in business until 1935. Contains a bibliography of the books, rhyme sheets, broadsides, Christmas cards, periodicals etc issued by the press. Well illustrated. Spine of jacket slightly faded. READ MORE about THE POETRY BOOKSHOP, 1912-1935, A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 14225
Washington: Library of Congress, 1987. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 95+(1) pages. Foreword by John Y. Cole. With James Madison's List of Books for Congress. Contains over 300 titles. READ MORE about " WELL AQUAINTED WITH BOOKS", THE FOUNDING FRAMERS OF 1787
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 101952
London, England: Oresko Books, (1979). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 101, (3) pages. The liffe of English poet Edith Sitwell (1887-1964). Black and white illustrations throughout. Six color plates. READ MORE about EDITH SITWELL
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 121612
Folkestone & London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1973. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxxiv, 300 pages. New, enlarged edition. With facsimiles of title pages. Jacket spine faded. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE STRAWBERRY HILL PRESS; WITH A RECORD OF THE PRICES AT WHICH COPIES HAVE...
Price: $22.00 Order nr. 53044
(Market Drayton, England): Tern Press, (1989). 32mo. cloth, label on front cover, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by illustrator and printer Nicholas Parry on colophon. Illustrated by Nicholas and Mary Parry. Quotation from Ogden Nash precedes text. A collection of poetic works. READ MORE about CROPPER
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 120993
Washington: Library of Congress, 1985. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 23+(1) pages. With an preface by John Y. Cole. Center for the Book, Viewpoint Series, No.13. READ MORE about BORN TO TROUBLE, ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 33535
(New Haven: Yale University), 1980. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Catalogue of an exhibition of some of the gifts of Van Vechten (1880-1964) to Yale, which include many African-American items. Introductory essay. Listing of 112 items included in exhibition. Frontispiece. READ MORE about CARL VAN VECHTEN 17 JUNE 1880:17 JUNE 1980: A CENTENARY EXHIBITION OF SOME OF HIS GIFTS TO YALE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 108726
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1910. 8vo. original cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut. 267, (5) pages. Second edition. Twelve chapters on the history of the print and its production. Illustrated. With two postscripts not in the original edition. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about FINE PRINTS
Price: $11.00 Order nr. 71623
London, England: Country Life Limited, ((1963). small 4to. cloth. 153+(1) pages. Table of contents, list of illustrations, prefatory note, introduction, index. Six color plates including frontispiece, 58 monochrome plates, 11 black and white illustrations in text. Light scuffing at edges of covers. READ MORE about NOCTURN: THE ART OF JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 121022
Manor Farm: Whittington Press, 1987. small 4to. quarter bound in leather with pattern paper-covered sides. (viii), 166, (2) pages. Accompanied by a separate case in which is mounted a cassette recording a talk by Stanley Morison on Eric Gill. Both pieces are inserted in a slipcase. Limited to 960 copies of which this is one of the 110 special copies done in this manner. (Butcher 92). Filled with tipped-in plates and other illustrations. Articles by..... READ MORE about MATRIX 07
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 20959
