(Midnight Paper Sales). Schanilec, Gaylord.

ERNEST MORGAN, PRINTER OF PRINCIPLE.

N.P. Midnight Paper Sales, (2001). large 4to. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, slipcase with cloth edges, leather spine label. 44, (6) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 226 copies, of which this is one of 200 numbered and signed copies. A fine copy in fine slipcase. A history of Ernest Morgan and the Antioch Bookplate Company, the text for the history was transcribed from tapes of a 1997 interview with Morgan conducted by Schanilec..... READ MORE about ERNEST MORGAN, PRINTER OF PRINCIPLE

Price: $200.00  other currencies  Order nr. 64683

(Minnesota Center for Book Arts). Bly, Robert.

SATURDAY NIGHTS IN MARIETTA.

Minnesota: Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1999. 4to. japanese sewn binding of leather and vellum, over pastepaper covered boards with title in gilt on front cover, handmade paper pastedowns and endpapers, metal and wooden constructed clamshell box with cloth-lined interior. (12) pages. Limited to 200 copies, of which this is one of 26 lettered deluxe copies, signed by the author. This edition, featuring hand-made paper by Mary Hark, is bound by Dennis Ruud with leather..... READ MORE about SATURDAY NIGHTS IN MARIETTA

Price: $1,250.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138550

(Officina Bodoni). Barduzzi, Bernardino.

A LETTER IN PRAISE OF VERONA (1489).

In the original Latin text with an English translation by Betty Radice.
Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1974. tall 8vo. quarter vellum with blue Roma paper sides with woodcut pattern in white, top edge gilt, slipcase. 55, (3) pages. In the original Latin text with an English translation by Betty Radice. Limited to 150 numbered copies. (Schmoller 190). Fine in a lightly unevenly faded slipcase. Printed on Pescia mould-made paper by Giovanni Mardersteig at the Officina Bodoni in yellow, red and black. Postscript by Giovanni Mardersteig translated into English..... READ MORE about A LETTER IN PRAISE OF VERONA (1489

Price: $475.00  other currencies  Order nr. 24214

(Officina Bodoni). Da Novara, Francesco Torniello.

ALPHABET OF FRANCESCO TORNIELLO DA NOVARA (1517) FOLLOWED BY A COMPARISON WITH THE ALPHABET OF FRA LUCA PACIOLI.

Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1971. small 4to. quarter leather, paper covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, slipcase. xxxviii, 104, (2) pages. Limited to 160 numbered copies and printed by Giovanni Mardersteig at the Officina Bodoni. (Schmoller no.170). Fine in fine publisher's slipcase. Prospectus loosely inserted. Protected by accetate jacket. An English translation of Torniello's text by Betty Radice with an introduction in English by Mardersteig. The text discusses Torniello, Guillaume Le Signerre who cut "the portrait..... READ MORE about ALPHABET OF FRANCESCO TORNIELLO DA NOVARA (1517) FOLLOWED BY A COMPARISON WITH THE ALPHABET OF...

Price: $1,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 35984

(Old School Press).

PALLADIO'S HOMES.

Bath: Old School Press, 2009. 4to. cloth & paper covered boards, cloth chemise with paper spine label. unpaginated. One of 170 copies. Fine copy is cloth chemise. From the printer: "We have had a keenness for the domestic architecture of Andrea Palladio for some time - if one can refer to the villas he built for, say, the Venetian nobility as just 'domestic'. Anyway, we can say that he designed houses for people to live..... READ MORE about PALLADIO'S HOMES

Price: $400.00  other currencies  Order nr. 102514

(Perishable Press). Blackburn, Paul; Jarolim, Edith (editor).

THE OMITTED JOURNALS.

[Mt. Horeb]: Perishable Press, 1983. 4to. cloth boards. (30) pages. Limited to 200 copies on Shadwell paper. Hamady 106. First edition. A fine copy. These journal pieces were not included in the Black Sparrow edition of the journals. READ MORE about THE OMITTED JOURNALS

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136251

(Perishable Press). Blackburn, Paul.

THE JOURNALS: BLUE MOUNDS ENTRIES.

Mt. Horeb, WI: Prshbl Prss Lmtb., The, 1970. 4to. original cloth backed boards. unpaginated. One of 125 copies. Hamady 50. Fine condition. Illustrated and printed by Walter Hamady. Scarce. READ MORE about THE JOURNALS: BLUE MOUNDS ENTRIES

Price: $350.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136228

(Perishable Press). Eiseley, Loren.

THE BROWN WASPS A COLLECTION OF THREE ESSAYS IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

Mount Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, 1969. 8vo. marbled paper covered boards. unpaginated. Of 256 copies, this is one of 56 copies printed on Shadwell handmade paper by Walter Hamady at his Perishable Press from Palatino type in browns, red, purples and black. This copy is on grey Shadwell. Bound by Douglas Cockerell & Sons in their marbled paper appropriate to the color of the text paper. One of Hamady's favorites. A fine copy. READ MORE about THE BROWN WASPS A COLLECTION OF THREE ESSAYS IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Price: $400.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136222

(Perishable Press). Hamady, Walter.

PLUMFOOT POEMS.

Madison, WI: Perishable Press, 1967. 8vo. Quarter purple calfskin titled in blind with brown cloth-covered boards. (i), 23, (1) pages. One of 200 limited copies on Medway handmade paper. Line-cut of a self-portrait photograph by the author. Palatino type on Barcham Green Medway handmade paper. Bound by Elizabeth Kner. Spine faded, else a fine copy. READ MORE about PLUMFOOT POEMS

Price: $225.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136223

(Perishable Press). McGarrell, Ann.

FLORA.

Mount Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, 1990. Oblong small folio. wood boards with vellum spine, original green cloth clamshell box with decorations in blind. unpaginated. Limited to 125 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator. Printed by Walter Hamady. Fine in fine clamshell box. This particular copy has a warm inscription to noted collector Hugh McMillan from Salisbury Connecticut on the rear blank, nicknamed 'Huge Hart Hugh' by Hamady. Seven blank leaves of different types..... READ MORE about FLORA

Price: $1,750.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136219

(Perishable Press). Petrakis, Harry Mark.

CHAPTER SEVEN: FROM THE HOUR OF THE BELL, A NOVEL CONCERNING THE GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.

(Mt. Horeb, WI): Perishable Press, 1976. 8vo. quarter black morocco over marbled paper covered boards. unpaginated. One of 150 numbered copies signed by the author. A fine copy in a fine clear acetate wrapper. Folding frontispiece by Warrington Colescott. READ MORE about CHAPTER SEVEN: FROM THE HOUR OF THE BELL, A NOVEL CONCERNING THE GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE

Price: $225.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136229

(Perishable Press). Schwerner, Armand.

TRIUMPH OF THE WILL.

Mt. Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, 1976. square 8vo. stiff marbled paper. unpaginated. Limited to 150 numbered copies signed by the author. Hamady 77. A fine copy. Illustrated by Arthur Thrall and printed by Walter Hamady. Bound in beautifully produced marblized paper, with hand made papers, with the typically fine letterpress design customary to the Perishable Press. Walter Hamady (1940-2019) was an American artist, book designer, papermaker, poet and teacher. He is especially known for his..... READ MORE about TRIUMPH OF THE WILL

Price: $2,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136253

Plimpton, Sarah.

BLACK PALETTE.

n.p. (but New York, NY: self published, 2004). 4to. heavy handmade paper portfolio which houses the loose signatures, contained in a silk-covered boards clamshell box with a paper spine label and paper top, bottom, and fore-edges. unpaginated (but five signatures, folded once). Limited to 20 numbered copies signed by the artist. A fine copy in fine clamshell box. Printed on handmade Magnani Pescia paper and set in Walbaum type. Written, illustrated and printed by Sarah..... READ MORE about BLACK PALETTE

Price: $700.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138536