New York: The Angelica Studio, 1979. 8vo. paper wrappers. (iv), 14, (2) pages. A book of holiday recipes contributed by designers, and compiled by Paul Chevannes and Dennis Grastorf. Printed in an edition of 250 copies, illustrated by Paul Chevannes. READ MORE about THE DESIGNER'S GOURMET
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 45629
New Castle: Oak Knoll Books and Delaware Bibliophiles, 1991. 8vo. quarter cloth, printed paper over boards, leather spine label. 81, (3) pages. Limited to 200 numbered copies (Berger B40). This work is based on an original article written by Barbara Benson about the general history of papermaking in Delaware. To this has been added two previously published articles - "The Gilpins and their Endless Papermaking Machine" by H.B. Hancock and N.B. Wilkinson; and "Papermaker Joshua..... READ MORE about AN ANTHOLOGY OF DELAWARE PAPERMAKING
Price: $195.00 Order nr. 67230
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1970. 4to. hand-sewn paper wrappers. 54 pages. Taylor A10. Printed in an edition limited to 300 copies. Second issue lacking the protective box because the publisher's supply ran out. This fact is not mentioned in the bibliography. READ MORE about PROCEEDINGS AT A MEETING OF THE VAT PAPER MAKERS HELD AT THE BELL HOTEL, MAIDSTONE ON TUESDAY...
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 1352
Yellow Springs, OH: Kahoe & Company, 1928. small 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. (vi), 28 pages. Printed and bound at The Antioch Press. Twenty-one poems by the eighteenth-nineteenth century English artist/poet. Cover rubbed at edges, soiled. Covers rubbed with wear along spine. Name in ink on free endpaper. READ MORE about SONGS OF INNOCENCE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 44887
San Francisco: Book Club of California, The, 1978. small 4to. ten 4 page folders enclosed in publisher's protective slipcase with leather spine label. Limited to 1200 copies and designed and printed at the Feathered Serpent Press. Keepsake no.41 printed by the club. READ MORE about EARLY CALIFORNIA STOCK CERTIFICATES
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 76001
London: Connoisseur Ltd., 1902. 4to. half-leather with marbled paper-covered boards. Bound volume IV of this periodical. This periodical for collectors of art and decorative arts features illustrations in monochrome and in color, including some that are tipped-in and some that fold out. Beyond the articles that it published, the magazine is also noteworthy for its stylish design. Spine faded; rubbed along hinges. Foxing. READ MORE about THE CONNOISSEUR: AN ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE FOR COLLECTORS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 108108
London: Methuen and Company, (1927). 8vo. cloth, fore edge deckled. vii, 78, (2) pages plus 6 plates with tissue guards. First edition. Translation by Charles Godfrey Leland. Tipped-in color illustrations by Felix de Gray. Title page printed in blue and black. Initial letters printed in blue. READ MORE about FLORENTINE NIGHTS
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 76788
Twelve Woodcuts by Albert Delstranche with Notes by the Artist and a Prefatory Letter from Emile Verhaeren.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, (1915). small 4to. cloth-backed boards. (ii), 56, (4) pages. Twelve Woodcuts by Albert Delstranche with Notes by the Artist and a Prefatory Letter from Emile Verhaeren. First U.S. edition, limited to 525 numbered copies. Printed at the Florence Press in England. Spine worn and partially split. READ MORE about THE LITTLE TOWNS OF FLANDERS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 108107
With an introduction by Renato Rabaiotti.
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 1989. 6.5 x 9 inches. quarter leather with acetate dust jacket, slipcase. 79, (3) pages. With an introduction by Renato Rabaiotti. First edition, limited to 250 copies. Printed by Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega, Verona on Magnani mould-made paper. A hitherto unpublished notebook reproduced in facsimile and accompanied by corresponding readings from the 1824 first edition of the Library Companion. It contains Dibdin's comments on books, manuscripts and..... READ MORE about HORAE BIBLIOGRAPHICAE CANTABRIGIENSES: A FACSIMILE OF DIBDIN'S CAMBRIDGE NOTEBOOK 1823 WITH...
Price: $185.00 Order nr. 104177
Mindelheim: Drei König Presse, n.d. narrow 8vo. paper wrappers, paper cover label. (vi), 17+(1) pages, with tipped-in frontispiece. A collection of aphorisms on the "fairer sex," printed by M.W. Mittl. Zusammengestellt von Dr. Theodor Langenmaier. Prospectus and handwritten note from Mittl loosely inserted. Spine yellowed. Wrappers spotted. READ MORE about DAS SCHONE GESCHLECHT, EINE SAMMLUNG VON JEAN PAUL APHORISMEN
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 49021
Frankfurt: Joseph Baer & Co., n.d. (circa 1906). large 8vo. paper wrappers, paper cover label, cord-tied binding. 16 pages. Privately printed in an edition limited to 100 numbered copies. (Rodenberg 14.) A collection of proverbs and witty sayings related to books. Pages framed in red rules. Corners bumped. Wrappers rubbed. READ MORE about NEUNUNDNEUNZIG SCHONE WEISE SPRICHWORTER UND KLUGREDEN
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 49359
Darmstadt: Gesellschaft Hessischer Bücherfreunde, 1928. large 8vo. paper wrappers. 33, (3) pages. (Rodenberg 151.) The yearly report of this German book society. Wrappers yellowed and soiled. READ MORE about SUMMARISCHER JAHRES-BERICHT DER GESELLSCHAFT HESSISCHER BUCHERFREUNDE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 49354
N.P. Har-Ma Press, (1979). 8vo. cloth. 54 pages. Printed in an edition limited to 103 numbered copies, this being a presentation copy to an unidentified printer with the ink signature of Harold and Alma Smith. Text includes wood engravings by Harold Smith that are accompanied by prose descriptions of the origin of each piece. Ephemera loosely inserted. READ MORE about MESSAGES IN WOOD
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 75910
Dedham, MA: Lantern Press, 1969. square 16mo. paper wrappers. 12 leaves. A collection of quotations on peace and tolerance, using the square as a decorative motive. Christmas greetings from Carl and Evelyn Masson loosely inserted. READ MORE about ACCORD
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 49109
Newly Translated, with an Introduction, by Jacques LeClercq and Illustrated by Bernard Lamotte.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1949. 4to. woven cloth. xvi, 69, (3) pages. Newly Translated, with an Introduction, by Jacques LeClercq and Illustrated by Bernard Lamotte. Limited to 1500 numbered copies and signed by the illustrator (LEC 200). No slipcase. Wear at head of spine. READ MORE about CRAINQUEBILLE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 12084
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1964. small 4to. cloth, leather spine label, slipcase. xi, 121+(1) pages. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Thomas Maitland Cleland (LEC 358). With full color illustrations by Cleland throughout text. The cover is blind stamped with a Cleland design. With an introduction by Louis Kronenberg and printed by Clarke & Way. READ MORE about SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER OR THE MISTAKES OF A NIGHT
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 16220
Selected and Translated, with an Introduction, by Louis Untermeyer and Illustrated by Fritz Kredel.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1957. 8vo. leather-backed paste paper-covered boards, slipcase. liv, 297+(1) pages. Selected and Translated, with an Introduction, by Louis Untermeyer and Illustrated by Fritz Kredel. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Kredel (LEC 273). Designed by Georg Salter and printed by Clarke & Way at the Thistle Press. The color illustrations were produced in the studio of Walter Fischer. Leather rubbed along hinges. Slipcase cracked at top. READ MORE about POEMS OF HEINRICH HEINE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 36481
Selected and Translated, with an Introduction, by Louis Untermeyer and Illustrated by Fritz Kredel.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1957. 8vo. leather-backed paste paper-covered boards, slipcase. liv, 297+(1) pages. Selected and Translated, with an Introduction, by Louis Untermeyer and Illustrated by Fritz Kredel. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Kredel (LEC 273). Designed by Georg Salter and printed by Clarke & Way at the Thistle Press. The color illustrations were produced in the studio of Walter Fischer. Spine faded and spotted with leather very worn along hinges..... READ MORE about POEMS OF HEINRICH HEINE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 53891
Selected & Introduced by R.H. Boothroyd.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1936. tall 8vo. cloth, slipcase. xiv, 303, (3) pages. Selected & Introduced by R.H. Boothroyd. Limited to 1500 numbered copies and signed by the printer, Hans Mardersteig (LEC 76). Printed at his Officina Bodoni in Verona. Spine slightly age darkened. Slipcase rubbed along edges and partially split at bottom. Lacks dust jacket. READ MORE about IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 12345
With a Preface by Sir Francis Meredith Meynell and Illustrations by Honore Guilbeau. Designed and Decorated by W.A. Dwiggins.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1955. 8vo. quarter leather over marbled boards, slipcase. XIV, 314, (2) pages. With a Preface by Sir Francis Meredith Meynell and Illustrations by Honore Guilbeau. Designed and Decorated by W.A. Dwiggins. Limited to 1500 copies signed by Guilbeau. Slipcase worn along edges. Leather on hinges rubbed with some loss at bottom of spine. READ MORE about THE SHAVING OF SHAGPAT
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 126508
Illustrated by Lima de Freitas. Edited by C. Harvey Gardiner.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1967. tall 8vo. full calf, slipcase. xxiv, 294, (2) pages. Illustrated by Lima de Freitas. Edited by C. Harvey Gardiner. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator (LEC 399). Printed at the Garamond Press. Monthly Letter loosely inserted. Front hinge broken. Covers rubbed and slipcase rubbed. READ MORE about HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 97176
London: Magpie Press, (1967). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 70, (2) pages. Limited to 155 copies, 130 thus bound. A book of verse, printed and published by Derek Maggs; text is in 11 pt Monotype Baskerville, all handset save the title poem. READ MORE about SIRMIO UNVISITED AND OTHER POEMS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 47128
Karichi, West Pakistan: Meridian Press, February 1962. small 8vo. folded folio leaf. 4 pages. Limited to 1000 copies. In this second issue of Sand Script, the publishers, Alvin and Patty Badenhop, describe their move from Hawaii to Karachi, life in that city, and the difficulties they encountered in trying to get this issue published. READ MORE about SAND SCRIPT NUMBER TWO
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 47151
London: The Merrythought Press, 1961. small 8vo. paper wrappers, dust jacket. 21, (3) pages. Limited to 250 copies. The fourth of a series of six short stories to be published separately in this form, and then together in a portfolio. Illustrated by Maureen Roffey. Jacket faded at spine. READ MORE about TOAD IN THE STALLS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 47486
New Burnswick: Rutgers Univ. Press, 1942. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 148 pages. First edition, limited to 1500 copies. Includes a chapter by Gomme on bookselling. Jacket tape repaired and spotted. READ MORE about BOOKMAKING & KINDRED AMENITIES, BEING A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS BY BEATRICE WARDE, RICHARD...
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 41420
