New York: The Angelica Press, 1979. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (iv), 9+(1) pages. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Designed by Dennis J. Grastorf with printing by Gary R. Wightman at the Amity Press. A fine copy. READ MORE about FORM & CONTENT, THE BOOKS OF THE AMERICAN PRIVATE PRESSES TODAY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 32655
Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 1968. 8vo. paper wrappers. (iv), 44 pages. Contains "The Private Press: Its Essence and Recrudescence" by Archer and "Tradition and the Printers of Southern California" by Ritche. Covers faded. READ MORE about MODERN FINE PRINTING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 108091
North Hills: W. Thomas Taylor and Bird & Bull Press, 1980. large 8vo. leather spine, paper-covered boards. 108+(1) pages. Limited to 350 numbered copies and oversubscribed on publication (Heaney 27). A well produced guide to the printing of one of the finest of private presses in operation today. Some soiling and shelf wear. READ MORE about TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF BIRD & BULL A BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1958-1979
Price: $115.00 Order nr. 468
4 1/4" x 3 3/4" Single sheet. Finely printed bookplate for the Wormser Collection of Graphic Satire at Fairleigh Dickinson University Library, with comic engraving. Printed by John Anderson at his Pickering Press. READ MORE about RICHARD S. WORMSER COLLECTION OF GRAPHIC SATIRE BOOKPLATE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 48621
4" x 2 7/8" Single sheet. Finely printed bookplate for the William W. Weinstone Collection at the Fairleigh Dickinson University Library. Interesting engraving depicts hammer-and-sickle device above an anvil. Printed by John Anderson at his Pickering Press. READ MORE about WILLIAM W. WEINSTONE COLLECTION BOOKPLATE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 48617
Boston, MA: The National Economic League, 1931. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 45+(1) pages. Volume XVI, No. 2. Includes articles "The Causes of the Present Economic Depression" and "The Desirability of an International Economic Conference." Table of contents, and membership list of a committee studying the matter. Wrappers tanned and chipped at edges. READ MORE about THE CONSENSUS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 129338
London: Dawsons, (1974). 8vo. cloth. viii, 198, 12 pages and 15 plates. Reprint of the 1921-1922 Oxford University Press edition. Part of the addenda is a complete descriptive bibliography of the press. READ MORE about THE DANIEL PRESS, MEMORIALS OF C.H.O. DANIEL WITH ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 15176
N.P. Privately printed (by Lester Douglas), 1934. 8vo. paper-covered boards, paper cover label. (30) pages. Printed by hand on fine paper with decorative ornaments in blue ink. READ MORE about AFTER THE PASSAGE OF WINTER, IN COMMEMORATION OF THE LIFE AND PASSING OF JENNIE THERESA DOUGLAS,...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 42675
N.P. Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1965. 8vo. cloth. xiii, 119 pages. First edition. Printed by Alfred and Lawton Kennedy. Various articles about this librarian including one by Howell on Hammond as a bibliophile. READ MORE about GPH, AN INFORMAL RECORD OF GEORGE P. HAMMOND AND HIS ERA IN THE BANCROFT LIBRARY
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 17344
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1999. thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 471-1062 pages. Volume IX in the Index to The Index to British Literary Bibliography series, providing a comprehensive record of writings on the history of the printed book in Britain and of bibliography and textual criticism of British literature. READ MORE about BRITISH LITERARY BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1980-1989, A BIBLIOGRAPHY. AUTHORS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 75993
N.P. Incline Press, 1997. tall thin 8vo. paper wrappers. (iv), 10 pages. Printed in an edition limited to 200 numbered copies signed by the author. This is the first of occasional series of short stories by modern authors, this one including 14 stories by Robert Graham. It is illustrated with hand-coloured lino-cuts by Peter Allen. READ MORE about PLAYING GERSHWIN
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 60786
Introduction by John T. Winterich and Illustrated with Woodcuts by Robert M. Quackenbush.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1968. small 4to. two-toned cloth, slipcase. xvi, 357, (3) pages. Introduction by John T. Winterich and Illustrated with Woodcuts by Robert M. Quackenbush. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator (LEC 410). Six page introduction by Winterich. READ MORE about THE PILOT
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 12305
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1966. 4to. quarter leather with red decorated cloth, slipcase. xxxiv, 215, (2) pages. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Him (LEC 381). Printed at the Sign of the Stone Brook to the typographic plans of George Him who was also the illustrator. Hand colored at the studio of Walter Fischer. The two plays are "The Devil's Disciple" and "Caesar and Cleopatra" with a long preface by George Bernard..... READ MORE about TWO PLAYS FOR PURITANS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 23286
With an Introduction by J.C. Furnas and illustrations by Millard Sheets.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1956. 4to. cloth-backed boards, slipcase. xviii, 113, (3) pages. With an Introduction by J.C. Furnas and illustrations by Millard Sheets. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Sheets (LEC 271). Printed by The Ward Ritchie Press in Los Angeles. Slipcase is not original, however it is well made and in fine condition with a skilled cutout exposing the cover of the book. Some spotting to the spine, READ MORE about THE BEACH OF FALESA
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 23495
Mainz: Gutenberg Gesellschaft, 1968. 8vo. paper wrappers. 16 pages. Tribute to this fine printer. Kleiner Druck no.83 issued by this printing museum. Covers faded. READ MORE about BEISPIELHAFTES LEBENSWERK, LAUDATIO AUF GIOVANNI MARDERSTEIG
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 9917
Mainz: Gutenberg Gesellschaft, 1968. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 15+(1) pages. Kleiner Druck no.83 issued by this printing museum. READ MORE about EIN BEISPIELHAFTES LEBENSWERK, LAUDATIO AUF GIOVANNI MARDERSTEIG
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 38249
New York: Reinhold Publishing Co., (1967). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 83 pages of text followed by 90 illustrations. First U.S. edition. Many illustrations, including some in color. Some shelfwear. READ MORE about WILLIAM MORRIS AS DESIGNER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 13391
Stamford, CT: Overbrook Press, The, 1965. 8vo. paper wrappers, paper cover label. (8) pages. Printed in an edition of 400 copies and includes an illustrated two-color title page. READ MORE about A LOVE AFFAIR
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 42482
3 volumes.
New Castle, Delaware and Los Angeles: Oak Knoll Press & Heritage Book Shop Inc., 1997. small 4to. cloth. 1350 pages. 3 volumes. Limited to 700 copies. Originally printed and limited to only 150 copies, this legendary three-volume work describes over 1,300 English literary rare books and manuscripts in the Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, one of the foremost American collections of early English literature, now housed at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center. The original catalogue..... READ MORE about CARL H. PFORZHEIMER LIBRARY, ENGLISH LITERATURE, 1475-1700
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 129308
N.P. Pickering Press, n.d. 6 1/8" x 8 1/8" Single sheet. Broadside with wood engraving. Text is a quotation from The Book of the Ordre of Chyvalre, or Knyghtehode, originally translated and printed by William Caxton in 1552. READ MORE about ALAS, WHAT DOO YE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 48600
N.P. Pickering Press, n.d. single folded leaf, 4 1/8 x 5ΒΌ inches. Humorous announcement of the Pickering Press's vacation closing, finely printed by John Anderson at the Press. READ MORE about ANNOUNCEMENT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 48622
N.P. Pickering Press, 1983. 6 1/4" x 3 1/8" Single folded leaf. John and Ruthmae Anderson's Christmas card for 1983, finely printed with a handsome engraving on the front of the card. READ MORE about CHRISTMAS GREETINGS 1983
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 48625
N.P. Pickering Press, n.d. Christmas card, 7 x 4 7/8 inches folded. Christmas greeting card, from John and Ruthmae Anderson, printed at the Pickering Press. Snowflake decorations. READ MORE about CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 48604
N.P. Pickering Press, n.d. 8.5" x 11" Single sheet. Advertisment for an event at Fairleigh-Dickinson University, printed in Western style by John Anderson at the Pickering Press. READ MORE about AN EVENING OF WESTERN SONG
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 48612
N.P. Pickering Press, 1987. single folded leaf, 9 x 4 inches. Invitation to a reception for the opening of an exhibition of works by Hugo Steiner-Prag at Fairleigh Dickinson University, finely printed at the Pickering Press by John Anderson. Bottom right corner slightly creased. Small spot in bottom right corner. READ MORE about HUGO STEINER-PRAG RECEPTION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 48615
