N.P. Alliance for Contemporary Book Arts, 1989. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. With a two page introductory essay by Gerald W. Lange. READ MORE about A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DECADE: AN EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY BOOKS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 94953
various dates. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Includes the following years in the series: 1. 1960 (3); 2. 1961 (4); 3. 1962 (3); 4. 1963 (6), 5. 1964; 7. 1967 (8); 8. 1976 (6); 9. 1982 (6). The 9th volume was the last one done. A register of the private press names in use with date started. Price is per issue. READ MORE about THE CHECK-LOG OF PRIVATE PRESS NAMES
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 6798
Introduction by Will Ransom.
Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1935. 8vo. cloth, paper cover label. 95, (7) pages. Introduction by Will Ransom. First edition, limited to 300 numbered copies. Largerly an update of Ransom's work on private presses listing new presses and books published after that 1929 work. With four page prospectus loosely inserted. Fine copy. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MODERN AMERICAN PRESSES
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 6683
N.P. Putah Creek Press, 1977. 16mo. text loosely inserted in stiff paper wrappers, in paper envelope. unpaginated. Limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by author and artist on colophon. Acknowledgments, explanatory notes on the fraxiom form of poetry. Illustration by Herbert L. Kornfeld. Printed by the Doe Press for Putah Creek. READ MORE about 15 FRAXIOMS
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 125084
New York: AMS Press, 1976. 8vo. cloth. 493 pages. Reprint of the 1929 first edition of this standard reference work on private presses. READ MORE about PRIVATE PRESSES AND THEIR BOOKS
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 7432
(Cinncinati, OH): David Robert Books, (2010). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 105 pages. Presentation from the author on the title page. Acknowledgements, table of contents, notes, and a short biography. A collection of poems of various topics, with each having a distinct feminine tone to them. READ MORE about THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ROOM IN THE WORLD
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 124345
N.P. Red Hydra Press, 1993. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. unpaginated. A poem by Richard Foerster, printed by Steve Miller, inviting friends to celebrate the New Year. Initialed by the author on back. READ MORE about NEW YEAR 1993
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 124521
With a foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell.
Los Angeles: Dawsons, (1989). 8vo. cloth backed boards. 189 pages. With a foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. Limited to 500 copies. Designed by Ward Ritchie. A marvelous account by this great printer. Includes chapters on the Ashendene Press, Jake Zeitlin, Lawrence Clark Powell, the Grabhorn's Press, Paul Landacre, etc. Presentation on free endpaper from Ritche. READ MORE about OF BOOKMEN & PRINTERS, A GATHERING OF MEMORIES
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 123406
With a foreword by John Dreyfus.
Austin, TX: W. Thomas Taylor, (1989). small 4to. cloth. xvii, 215 pages. With a foreword by John Dreyfus. First edition, limited to 2000 copies. A biography of Rogers by an acknowledged expert in the field. Designed and printed at the press of W. Thomas Taylor with plates produced at The Press of A. Colish. Has 57 plates printed with a number in two colors. READ MORE about BRUCE ROGERS, A LIFE IN LETTERS 1870-1957
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 26096
Philadelphia: Lanston Monotype Machine Co., n.d. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 15 pages. A first hand account of this specially designed Bible. Accompanied by a notice that this was being sent out as a gift. READ MORE about AN ACCOUNT OF THE MAKING OF THE OXFORD LECTERN BIBLE
Price: $18.00 Order nr. 10153
2 volumes, XII and XIII.
East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1903. small 8vo. limp suede, leather spine and cover labels, top edges gilt, others uncut. Frontispiece; (x), 182, (4) pages. 2 volumes, XII and XIII. First edition. (McKenna no.91). Some of those discussed are Pericles, Mark Antony, Savonarola, and Martin Luther. Green covers faded to brown on spine and rubbed around edges. READ MORE about LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF EMINENT ORATORS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 123569
East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1903. 8vo. full green suede, title and author gilt-stamped on front cover, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. (iv), 77+(1) pages. McKenna 96. A five-part essay. Covers rubbed and scuffed. READ MORE about VIRGINIBUS PUERISQUE: AN ESSAY IN FOUR PARTS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 125465
4 Volumes.
Los Angeles, CA: Richard-Gabriel Price-Rummonds, 1986-97. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. 4 Volumes. Collection includes relocation notice, catalogue of Ex Opidia limited editions, prospectus for A Sampler of Leaves, and Rummonds, "Confessions of a Lapsed Handpress Printer," in The Book Club of California Quarterly News-letter LXII 2 (Spring 1997). READ MORE about Collection of Richard-Gabriel Rummonds material
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 124465
the Robert L. Nikirk Lectures 2003
New York: The Grolier Club, 2004. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 20 pages. the Robert L. Nikirk Lectures 2003. Lecture delivered at the Grolier Club in memory of Robert Nikirk by Charles Ryskamp. READ MORE about OF CABBAGES AND KINGS: RECOLLECTIONS OF COLLECTORS AND COLLECTING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 105514
(Madison, WI): Salient Seedling Press, 1982. 12mo. stiff paper wrapper, dust jacket, title stamped on front cover, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 175 copies. With graph paper illustrations, including pop-up on title. Also with one foldout page. Dedicated to Morris Smith. Printed on hand made paper. A collection of poetry. READ MORE about TWO STANDARDS
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 123609
New York: The Grolier Club, 2002. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 23+(1) pages. First edition, the Robert L. Nikirk L. Nikirk Lecture. Designed by Jerry Kelly. READ MORE about SIEGFRIED SASSOON: A POET AND HIS LIBRARY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 73531
Tucson: University of Arizona, (1976). small 8vo. cloth with original front paper wrapper laid-down. vi, 41 pages. Limited to 750 copies. Ritchie was apprenticed to Schmied in Paris in 1930. The hardbound version of this catalogue. READ MORE about FRANCOIS-LOUIS SCHMIED; ARTIST, ENGRAVER, PRINTER SOME MEMORIES AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 73619
(Iowa City, IA): The Seamark Press, 1975. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut, paper cover label. (vi), 17+(1) pages. First edition. Table of contents. A collection of poetry. READ MORE about ALTERNATE ENTRIES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 123725
Iowa City, IA: The Seamark Press, 1975. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 41+(1) pages. First edition. A collection of poems. Acknowledgments, table of contents. READ MORE about THE SALAD BUSHES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 123716
Iowa City, IA: The Seamark Press, 1975. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. First edition. A collection of poems. Quotation from Ralph Waldo Emerson, table of contents. READ MORE about RANDOM
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 123723
London: Peter Davies Limited and New York: Harper and Brothers, 1928. large 4to. cloth-backed boards. xix, 83 pages with 122 reproductions of various examples of typography. First edition. The facsimiles are often in two colors. . Printed at The Curwen Press. Light cover soiling with wear along edges. READ MORE about PRINTING OF TO-DAY, AN ILLUSTRATED SURVEY OF POST-WAR TYPOGRAPHY IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES....
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 123183
N.P. Soundpost Press, 1999. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (vi), 20 pages. Acknowledgments, table of contents. A collection of farm-related poetry. READ MORE about THE COW CAUGHT IN THE ICE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 124531
(Columbia, MO: Soundpost Press), 1995. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, unbound. (iv), 19+(1) pages. Poems reflecting a life growing up on a farm. READ MORE about RICKETY ANGELS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 124526
New York: Printed for The Royal Library and the Meermanno-Westreenianum Museum, 1968. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 28, (34) pages. Limited to 1000 copies. An exhibition catalogue showing the work of this fine American printer. Illustrated. Presentation from the author on the half-title. READ MORE about THE SPIRAL PRESS, AN EXHIBITION OF SELECTED BOOKS AND EPHEMERA
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 123555
2 Volumes.
Madison, NJ: The Library, Florham-Madison Campus, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1987. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 13+(1) pages; second volume unpaginated. 2 Volumes. Limited to 200 copies. First volume with introductory text by then-library director James Fraser, with endnotes. Second volume a facsimile of a manuscript book presented to Eleanor Feisenberger by Steiner-Prag Christmas 1935, Feisenberger later married Steiner-Prag. READ MORE about INTRODUCTORY COMMENT TO THE PUBLICATION OF A FACSIMILE EDITION OF HUGO STEINER-PRAG'S MANUSCRIPT...
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 123797
