(Paris, France): La Maison Française, n.d., but circa 1948. 4to. self paper wrappers. (8) pages. Text in English and French. Announcement of publications by the Maison Française. Comments by André Maurois. Color illustration. READ MORE about Publication Announcement by Éditions de la Maison Française
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133059
(Cambridge, MA: The Abbey Press, 1925). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, fore-edge uncut, in envelope. xvii+(i) pages. An announcement of the association of Eugene H. Gordon and G. Gehman Taylor as Gordon-Taylor, Inc., operating the Abbey Press. Reproduces the first advertisement printed in English by William Caxton. Envelope tearing along crease. READ MORE about CONCERNYNGE THE RESOUN WE SAVE EGGS: A TREWE HISTORYE AS MORE PLAYNLY SHAL FOLOW HERAFTER
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 130988
Amsterdam, Netherlands: Exlibriskring der W.B-Vereniging, 1956. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Text in Dutch. Table of contents, introduction by Joh. J. Hanrath. A collection of nineteen wood engravings by Acket and Bulder, loosely inserted in portfolio. READ MORE about DRIE SUITES IN HOUTGRAVURES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 132163
London and Dulverton, England: The Acorn Press and The Exmoor Predd, (1983). 12mo. cloth, paper front cover label. 126, (2) pages. Limited to 350 numbered copies, signed by the author on colophon. Reprint of 1946 edition. Illustrated with wood engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn. Table of contents, introductory essay by the author. Descriptions of numerous flowes found in English literary works with excerpts of poems that mention them. "Sentimental vocabulary" of the flowers follows text. Acknowledgments..... READ MORE about A POSY OF WILD FLOWERS GATHERED IN THE COUNTRYSIDE OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 130907
(Harper Woods, MI: Adagio Press), 1983. 4to. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Comments on the travails of the Adagio Press. Prospectus for William Blake Proverbs of Hell, laid in. Also laid in is a quote from Horace Walpole. READ MORE about STATUS REPORT 1983
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133069
Contents: "An Introduction to the Adagio Press;" "A Tribute to Anton Bohm and his work and the Sans Souci Press;" "The Spirit of Liberty," by Judge Learned Hand; "Tribute, as if from a dead author," by Donald Weeks; "The Spring of the Year," by Samuel Johnson; "Interpretations and Insinuations, or, the image of the Adagio Press as seen graphically by its friends."
Harper Woods, Michigan: Adagio Press, (1963, 1964, 1964, n.d., 1965, 1965). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers; loose leaf; envelope. 12; 7+(1) pages; remainder unpaginated. Contents: "An Introduction to the Adagio Press;" "A Tribute to Anton Bohm and his work and the Sans Souci Press;" "The Spirit of Liberty," by Judge Learned Hand; "Tribute, as if from a dead author," by Donald Weeks; "The Spring of the Year," by Samuel Johnson; "Interpretations and Insinuations, or, the image..... READ MORE about A TYPOGRAPHIC PASTICCIO
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 93931
London, England: Coptic Press, 1965. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 48 pages. "Nineteenth Century Initials, Ornaments, and Borders: Part Two." Note on contents by the editor, Black and white illustrations of numerous initials and title pages. READ MORE about TITLE PAGES AND INITIALS
Price: $18.00 Order nr. 132137
Portland, OR: The Alcuin Press, n.d. broadside (12 1/4 by 8 inches). Prospectus announcing publication of Seven Psalms of Praise. A collection of seven selections from the Psalter. Italics by Charles Lehman. Folded. READ MORE about Prospectus for SEVEN PSALMS OF PRAISE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 132629
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (2000). 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. xii, 250, (2) pages. Table of contents, foreword by Jeffrey Burton Russell, introduction, endnotes, bibliographic essay, acknowledgments. A history of the significance of dust based on modern scientific discoveries. READ MORE about DUST: A HISTORY OF THE SMALL AND THE INVISIBLE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 130955
2 Volumes.
London, England: Eugrammia Press, (1971). 16mo. paper-covered boards, slipcase. 32 pages; unpaginated. 2 Volumes. Notes and introduction by Eric Quayle. A translation of Amman's work. Select bibliography, Biographies of Amman and his publisher Sigmund Feyerabend. With a companion volume with facsimile illustrations. Slipcase lightly tanned. READ MORE about JOST AMMAN'S KUNST UND LEHRBÜCHEN
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 131325
N.P. n.p., n.d. broadside (10 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches). Etching by American architect and artist Frank Anderson (1890-1947). READ MORE about Etching of a woman reading
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 132878
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xxviii, 78, (2) pages. First edition, limited to 152 copies. With engravings by Sidney L. Smith and other illustrations, rubricated initials and an illuminated copy of a page from a 15th century musical manuscript. Tanning to the endpapers which is common. Else fine. READ MORE about HEAVENLY JERUSALEM, A MEDIAEVAL SONG OF THE JOYS OF THE CHURCH TRIUMPH ANT, WITH ANNOTATIONS BY...
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 39458
(New York, NY: APHA, 1983). 4to. Folder, front cover label. unpaginated. A collection of keepsakes to commemorate the Eights APHA Annual Conference at Columbia University in 1983. Keepsake items loosely inserted in folder. READ MORE about EIGHTH APHA ANNUAL CONFERENCE KEEPSAKE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 129669
Boston, MA: Boston Public Library, 1982. 4to. cloth. x, 67, (3) pages. Limited to 1000 copies. Table of contents, foreword by Philip J. McNiff, preface by Sinclair Hitchings, chronology by Marilee Wheeler. Black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about ARMSTRONG & COMPANY ARTISTIC LITHOGRAPHERS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 131073
Middletown, CT: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, (1960). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Introductory comments by Russell T. Limbach. A study of the laboratory's privately printed publications since 1943. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about ART LABORATORY IMPRESSIONIS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 128573
(New London, CT): Connecticut College, 2002. broadside (13 by 9 1/2 inches). Announcement of Artists' Books Symposium at the Shain Library, Connecticut College, held on March 29, 2007. With illustrations from some of the works (including Robin Price) in the accompanying exhibition. READ MORE about Announcement of Artists' Books Symposium
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 132562
Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts in association with Harry N. Abrams, (1992). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 469+(1) pages. Table of contents, foreword, lists of committees and lenders, acknowledgments, introduction, select bibliography, index. With essays by William H. Gerdts, Erica E. Hershler, Fred S. Licht, and William L. Vance. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Prospectus laid in. READ MORE about THE LURE OF ITALY: AMERICAN ARTISTS AND THE ITALIAN EXPERIENCE 1760-1914
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 131013
Portland, ME: (Ascensius Press), n.d. broadside (7 1/2 by 5 3/4 inches). Advertisement by Elizabeth Baird's Ephemera and Books of Portland, Maine. READ MORE about Advertisement by the Ascensius Press
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133205
New York: The Grolier Club, 2005. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 22 pages followed by plates. Limited to 500 copies. With a three page biographical sketch of Ken by his wife, Lee. Gaylord Shanilec contributed the design and printing of wood engravings, Bradley Hutchinson printed the cover and Jerry Kelly contributed the design and typography. READ MORE about FINE PRINTING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, SELECTIONS FROM THE COLLECTION OF KENNETH AUCHINCLOSS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 94477
New York, NY: The Heritage Press, (1944). 4to. quarter cloth, gilt-stamped paper-covered boards, slipcase. xii, 190 pages. Introduction by Christopher Morley, with postscript by A.S.W.Rosenbach. Table of contents. Heritage Club Sandglass newsletter and description of this work laid in. Slipcase torn along edges and spine. Tanning at edges of endpapers. Previous owner's stamp on title. READ MORE about ESSAYES OR COUNSELS CIVILL & MORALL
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 127620
(New York, NY): New York City Ballet, (1974). 16mo. accordion fold bound in stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Foldout book with an illustrated synopsis of the ballet Coppélia. Text by Nancy Goldner and Lincoln Kerstein, photographs by Richard Benson. A brochure for Eakins books laid in. READ MORE about COPPÉLIA
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 131429
N.P. (Handpresse der Officina Serpentis, 1931). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 29, (3) pages. Text in German. Biographical sketch and diary entries of Leopold Zunz, from the early 19th century. Zunz (1794-1886) is regarded as the founder of academic Jewish studies, known for his critical studies of Jewish literature, hymnology, and ritual. READ MORE about BUCH ZUNZ: KÜNFTIGEN EHRLICHEN LEUTEN GEWIDMET
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 132291
N.P. Printed for the Typophiles by the Spiral Press, (1965). 12mo. paper wrappers. (10) pages. Typophile Monograph no.78. READ MORE about LEONARD BASKIN'S SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE ON RECEIVING THE MEDAL OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF GRAPHIC...
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 19956
Leiden: The Sir Thomas Browne Institute, 1961. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 126 pages. Basson was an English printer established in Leiden. With a bibliography of his imprints. Jacket slightly wrinkled and chipped. READ MORE about THOMAS BASSON, 1555-1613, ENGLISH PRINTER AT LEIDEN
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 30395
New York: The Typophiles, 1997. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (ii), 18, (4) pages. Typophile Monograph New Series - Number 14. Limited to 500 copies designed, printed and bound by Dan Carr & Julia Ferrari at Golgonooza Letter Foundry & Press. Preface by Theo Rehak. READ MORE about FROM MECHANICAL TO CYBERNETIC EXERCISES
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 63526
