New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1969. 8vo. cloth. (xii), 242 pages. First edition. Edited by Young and with 21 chapters by different people in the field. Ex library copy with marks.READ MORE about LIBRARY TRUSTEE, A PRACTICAL GUIDEBOOK
Cambridge, MA: William Young and Co., (1968). 8vo. cloth. 515+(1) pages. A comprehensive one-volume guide to American artists from the colonial period to the early years of the twentieth century. Omitted are foreign artists who worked here for a time but ultimately returned to their native countries and those who stayed but maintained their original citizenship. Covers rubbed with wear along hinges.READ MORE about A DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN ARTISTS, SCULPTORS AND ENGRAVERS
Illustrative of the history of engraving...with introductory remarks and a catalogue of the plates by William Young Ottley, F.A.S., member of the Society of Arts and Sciences at Utrecht.
London: Published for the Proprietor, Printed by J. M'Creery, 1828. Large folio (365 x 264 mm). full contemporary morocco, five raised bands, decorated headbands. [iv], xxxvi, xxv pages. Illustrative of the history of engraving...with introductory remarks and a catalogue of the plates by William Young Ottley, F.A.S., member of the Society of Arts and Sciences at Utrecht. This incredibly scarce large paper copy has an engraved additional title, 129 engraved plates on India paper all..... READ MORE about A COLLECTION OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE FACSIMILES OF SCARCE AND CURIOUS PRINTS, BY THE EARLY...
Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 1999. 9 x 7.5 (landscape). cloth. 40 pages. John Spilsbury, who styled himself an "Engraver and Map Dissector in Wood, in Order to Facilitate the Teaching of Geography," is credited with the invention of "dissected maps", hand-colored maps, printed from copper plates, which were mounted on thin sheets of mahogany and cut into pieces according to the political borders of the region mapped. The discovery of an extraordinary set of..... READ MORE about NEATLY DISSECTED FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF YOUNG LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GEOGRAPHY:...
Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 1999. 9 x 7.5 (landscape). paperback. 40 pages. John Spilsbury, who styled himself an "Engraver and Map Dissector in Wood, in Order to Facilitate the Teaching of Geography," is credited with the invention of "dissected maps", hand-colored maps, printed from copper plates, which were mounted on thin sheets of mahogany and cut into pieces according to the political borders of the region mapped. The discovery of an extraordinary set of..... READ MORE about NEATLY DISSECTED FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF YOUNG LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GEOGRAPHY:...
Millwood, NY: Belvedere Press, n.d. (c. 1967). 10 3/4" x 14" quarter leather over cloth-covered boards. 50 pages. Facsimile edition limited to 300 copies, of which this copy is not signed or numbered. Spine faded, inside gutter of front board lightly worn. Bookstamp on front pastedown. Else a near fine copy. Sometime during the fifteenth century, Frederick of Hohenloke, Dean of the Bamberg Cathedral, commissioned this Biblia Pauperum, or "Poor Man's Bible", to educate his..... READ MORE about BIBLIA PAUPERUM
Eugene, OR: Aster Publishing Corporation, 1998. 4to. paper wrappers. 80 pages. VOLUME 3, NO.6, JUNE 1998. IN THIS ISSUE: D. Lobban on Aldus Manutius, P. Cuneo on Johnson and Garrick, D. Porter on the Hogarth Press and its proprietors, Virginia and Leonard Woolf, R. Meador on bookstores in Ann Arbor, N. Basbanes on the Archive of the Indies and the Biblioteca Columbina in Seville, R. Young on miniature books, AND MUCH MORE.READ MORE about BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS
Boston, MA: Published by Oliver Ditson, 115 Washington Street, 1849. folio. self paper wrappers. [2] pages, on two leaves; leaves separated at spine. Melody Used by Permission of Mr. W. C. Peters, Proprietor of the Copyright. Entered according to Act of Congress AD. 1849 by Oliver Ditson in the clerk's Office of the District Court of Mass. Only the slightest hint of foxing / soiling, else a fine copy. OCLC locates eight copies under two..... READ MORE about CALIFORNIA QUICK STEP. INTRODUCING THE POPULAR AIR OF UNCLE NED. ARRANGED BY EDWARD L. WHITE
Boston, MA: John Wilson and Son, 1854. 8vo. original stiff paper wrappers. xxiv, 298 pages. List of officers, preface, historical sketch, lists of by-laws and regulations. Organized in 1830, the Library was incorporated by the General Court of Massachusetts in 1845 for the purpose of "the better intellectual and moral condition of young men engaged as merchants' clerks. Organized alphabetically by title. Wrappers soiled, stained, and chipped at edges. Text on back wrapper faded. Spine..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY OF BOSTON
Los Angeles & Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press. A collection of forty-five (45) Black Sparrow Press publications, four New Year's Greeting cards, and a nearly complete set of Sparrow, the monthly newsletter of the Black Sparrow Press from October 1972 to September 1978. All volumes are the paperback editions and unsigned. A complete list of items are below. Black Sparrow Press was founded in 1966 by John Martin as a way to help promote..... READ MORE about A collection of Black Sparrow Press publications
New Haven, CT: L h Young, 1838. small 8vo. leather. 516 pages. Over 60 accounts of world events of significance. Leather boards rubbed. Head of the spine worn. Ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Minor foxing throughout. Pen b/w etching of "Entry of Gen. LaFayette into Paris, 1830 on frontispiece. Includes: Account of Great Plague in fourteenth Centruy; Joan of Arc; Discovery of Pacific by Balboa; Pizaro; Inquisition-William Lithgow; Great Plague and Fire of London;..... READ MORE about THE HISTORICAL CABINET CONTAINING AUTHENTIC ACCOUNTS OF MANY REMARKABLE AND INTERESTING EVENTS...
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London: Favil Press, The, 1950-1951. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (6) pages each. No. 12-15. Four issues (Summer 1950, Autumn 1950, Spring 1951, Summer 1951). Authors include: Douglas Young, Peter Paterson, Alexander Buist, Edith Anne Robertson, Dorothy Margaret Paulin, Lewis Spence, James B. Caird, Diana Leatham, Nan Shepherd, E. N. Adam, Deric Bolton, Bernard Fergusson, Elizabeth T. Dawson, A. V. Stuart, Wilfrid Gibson, Anthony Richardson, John Purves, David Winser, Barbara Bingley, John Pudney, Bessie J. B...... READ MORE about NEW ATHENIAN BROADSHEET (THE
N.P. Fine Press Book Association, 2017. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. Autumn 2017 issue printed in an edition of 895 copies. Table of contents, feature articles, book reviews, biographical sketches of contributors. Color and black and white illustrations. Fall 2017 / Number 33 / Robert McCamant, Editor Chairmans Letter | Jason Dewinetz Colophon Obituary: Jill Mason | Tom Taylor Features An Interview with Mark Cochram | Abby Schoolman Lost in Moisty Cloisters | Alastair..... READ MORE about PARENTHESIS 33. THE JOURNAL OF THE FINE PRESS BOOK ASSOCIATION
New York, NY: New York Public Library by the Aralia Press, 1996. 8vo. folded sheets in a clamshell box, paper cover label. unpaginated. Printed in an edition limited to 210 copies. This copy is signed by all of the contributors (Rodney Phillips, Cooper Esteban, Nick Flynn, Caroline Fraser, Deborah Garrison, H. L. Hix, Timothy Liu, Gabriella Mirollo, Greg Williams, David Woo, and Cynthia Zarin). Printed from Lutetia and Romulus Open types on dampened Zerkall paper..... READ MORE about POEMS FOR THE NEW CENTURY
New York, NY: New York Public Library by the Aralia Press, 1996. 8vo. folded sheets in a clamshell box, paper cover label. unpaginated. Printed in an edition limited to 210 copies. Printed from Lutetia and Romulus Open types on dampened Zerkall paper. Text printed in black, with individual titles in various colors. Enclosed in a clamshell box covered in black cloth with gold threads made by Judy Conant. Commissioned to celebrate the NYPL's centenary and..... READ MORE about POEMS FOR THE NEW CENTURY
[Santa Barbara: Community Council to End the War in Vietnam, 1967]. small 8vo. self paper wrappers. 20 pages. First edition. Cover-title. Includes Philip Levine poem. Printed by Noel Young. One of the sponsors was the Unicorn Press / Unicorn Book Shop. Distributed by the Unicorn Press.READ MORE about POETRY READING FOR PEACE IN VIETNAM (A
New Brunswick: Boy Scouts of America, (1965). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 58 pages. Revised edition. Manual on how to operate a printing press. Covers rubbed. Young scout's name and Troop number in ink at top of half-title.READ MORE about PRINTING
Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Center for the Book, n.d. 8vo. brochure. (2) pagse. Prospectus announcing publication of Dean Young, Original Monkey, a collection of poetry published by the University's Empyrean Press. Includes specimen of one of Young's illustrations.READ MORE about Prospectus for ORIGINAL MONKEY
(San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Chronicle, 1880). broadside, 7 by 10 inches. A memorial tribute to Charles de Young, founder of the San Francisco Chronicle, after his assassination on April 23, 1880. A miniature version of the April 24 edition of the newspaper, with all columns bordered in black. With an engraving of de Young and facsimile signature. Tanned.READ MORE about SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE