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
London: Noel Douglas, (1927). small 4to. boards. (ii) pages followed by the facsimile. Facsimile of the first edition, printed in 1770. Part of a series entitled "The Noel Douglas Replicas." Some foxing of covers. READ MORE about THE DESERTED VILLAGE, A POEM
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 17845
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
(Weihnachten: Zerkall, Renker & Söhne, (1965). oblong 16mo. paper wrappers. not paginated. A poem about the landscape and coast of north Brittany, with illustrations by Ernst Ohst. READ MORE about MALOUINISCHES GESTADE
Price: $11.00 Order nr. 49095
N.P. Privately printed, 1965. 12mo. paper wrappers. 30, (2) pages. Privately printed as a gift for colleagues involved with bookselling and publishing. Essays by Hans Ferdinand Schulz, Else Sommer, and Herbert Triebel. READ MORE about DAS BUCH ALS MITTELPUNKT
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 49453
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
West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 1990. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, bottom edge uncut, cord-tied. unpaginated. Printed in an edition limited to 125 copies printed on Frankfurt White paper. Finely printed in two colors. Cover and title page decorated with a bar of music. READ MORE about MUSICIANS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 46327
West Chester: Aralia Press, 1994. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, bottom edge uncut, cord-tied. Unpaginated. Printed in an edition limited to 130 copies. Finely printed in two colors on Johannot paper. Bound in Fabriano. A collection of poetry. READ MORE about UNHOLY SONNETS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 46325
N.P. (West Chester, PA): Aralia Press, 1997. oblong small 12mo. embossed cloth, paper spine label, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (16) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 170 copies. Two-color Spectrum types on dampened Rives Heavy paper. READ MORE about THE BALLAD OF CHARLES STARKWEATHER
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 75877
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
Toronto: Basilike, 1976. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 31 pages. First edition, one of 175 numbered copies. (Taylor B5). Designed and printed by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press. READ MORE about A TOWER IN ITALY A LEGEND, BEING A ROMANTIC PLAY IN ONE ACT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 467
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
New York: The Grolier Club, (1982). 8vo. cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards, slipcase. viii, 153, (3) pages. First edition, one of 300 numbered copies signed by Blumenthal and issued thus for the Grolier Club (Asaf 142). Illustrated autobiography by this book designer. With information on The Spiral Press. Printed by the Stinehour Press. Presentation on half-title from Blumenthal "for Clifford Awald Joseph Blumenthal." READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIC YEARS, A PRINTER'S JOURNEY THROUGH A HALF-CENTURY
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 76583
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
Marlborough, UK: Libanus Press, 1999. 8vo. hand-sewn stiff-paper wrapper. (16) pages. Published in a limited edition of 500 copies for the Society of Wood Engravers. Longo is a professor of Cybernetics and Information Theory at the University of Trieste. He has written novels, short stories, dramas, and several works of translation. This is the first of his works to be offered in English. Translation by David Mendel. Wood engravings by Peter Forster. READ MORE about IN ZENOBURG
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 76252
2 volumes.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1930. 4to. cloth, leather spine labels. xiv,200; 201- 382,(4) pages. 2 volumes. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator, T.M. Cleland (LEC 07). Printed at the Press of A. Colish. This is the seventh production of the Club. The slipcase is worn and lacks the back. READ MORE about THE DECAMERON, NEWLY TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY FRANCES WINWAR WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BURTON...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 23493
