(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
AN EPILOGUE TO THE PUBLICATION OF C-S: THE MASTER CRAFTSMAN.
Harper Woods, MI: The Adagio Press, 1971. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (20) pages. AN EPILOGUE TO THE PUBLICATION OF C-S: THE MASTER CRAFTSMAN. First edition, limited to 432 numbered copies. Tanner and Alstrom 24. Concerns a letter from Cobden- Sanderson's daughter and additional information by John Dreyfus. Hand-printed by Leonard Bahr at his private press. READ MORE about A LETTER FROM STELLA
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 15428
Harper Woods, MI: Privately printed, 1970. tall 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 13+(1) pages. Limited to 300 copies. Printed by Leonard Bahr at his Adagio Press; text in black, ornamental initials and page ornaments in ochre on tan stock. Tied into light brown wrappers with a dark brown over-wrapper, using tan thread. READ MORE about RLS, A FEW SENTENCES FROM THE WRITINGS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 48321
(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
The text of the Sermonette delivered by The Reverend Allan A. Zaun at the wedding of Ann and Leonard Bahr Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church
Detroit: n.p., 1960. 8vo. stiff paper wrapper. unpaginated. The text of the Sermonette delivered by The Reverend Allan A. Zaun at the wedding of Ann and Leonard Bahr Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church. Limited to an edition of 210. Not in Tanner and Alstrom, but printed by Ann and Leonard Bahr of Adagio Press for presentation to their friends. A very attractive printing of the text read at the Bahr's wedding. READ MORE about BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 94183
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
London, England: Coptic Press, 1965. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 63+(1) pages. "Nineteenth Century Initials, Ornaments, and Borders: Part Three." Note on contents by the editor, Black and white illustrations of numerous pictorial ornaments, borders, and vignettes. READ MORE about DECORATIVE DEVICES
Price: $34.00 Order nr. 132139
New York, NY: Leavitt & Allen, n.d. 8vo. gilt-stamped embossed cloth. unpaginated. Engraved frontispiece and illustrations in text. An album for personal recollections and remembrances. Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges. Some foxing. READ MORE about ALBUM OF REMEMBRANCE
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 131424
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
Campden, Gloucestershire, England: The Alcuin Press, n.d., but circa 1933. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket, paper spine label, top edge cut, other edges uncut. xvi, 38 pages. Inscriptioin by the author on front free endpaper states that this edition for kin and friends only, that "no trade edition will ensue, nor one for sale, nor any for review." Table of contents, brief comments on "The Approach." A collection of poetry. Paper spine label tanned and chipped..... READ MORE about RHYMES OF LURID INNOCENCE
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 130889
N.P. Wesleyan University Art Laboratory, 1960. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (14) pages. Second printing, limited to 130 copies.Introduction, Accompanied an exhibition of Aldine works, published between 1494 and 1576, in the library's collections. READ MORE about A CHECK LIST OF ALDINE EDITIONS IN THE OLIN LIBRARY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 132281
Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press, 1965-70. various sizes. Four A.L.s. from Lewis Allen to collector and librarian Richard Schimmelpfeng. The letters are dated September 13, 1965, March 24, 1968, July 8, 1969, and Octobe 27, 1970. They discuss the availability of Allen Press publications, fulfillment of orders, letters of regret concerning sold-out items, and comments on Schimmelpfeng's works. Also included is a historical sketch and a check list of works published by the Allen Press..... READ MORE about Four letters from Lewis Allen to Richard Schimmelpfeng
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 132834
Greenbrae, CA: The Allen Press, 1982. small 4to. decorated cloth, top edge cut, other edges uncut, paper spine label. 121+(1) pages. Limited to 140 copies. Introductory note. Decorations from C. Contardus, Comentarii, Rome (1573). The travels of Dickens through Genoa, Venice, Naples, Rome, and Florence. Running headings on each page in two colors, varying with the area of Italy considered. Prospectus laid in. READ MORE about PICTURES FROM ITALY
Price: $400.00 Order nr. 129072
(Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press, 1971). 4to. decorated paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 140 copies. Translated from the French by Richard Howard. Introduction by Francis Carmody. Illustrations by Michèle Forgeois. Originally published in 1957 by Les Editions de Minuit, Paris. Designed, hand printed, and bound by Lewis and Dorothy Allen. Prospectus laid in. READ MORE about JEALOUSY
Price: $375.00 Order nr. 131194
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
N.P. American Printing History Association, 1980-2005. various sizes. A collection of twelve items of ephemera, most printed for the Fifth Annual Conference of the American Printing History Association. Includes keepsakes by private presses and a card stating the conference theme "The Permanence of Ephemera." READ MORE about A.P.H.A. Ephemera
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133198
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
N.P. n.p., n.d. broadside (6 1/2 by 5 inches). An etching by American architect, wood engraver, and book deisgner Frank Anderson (1890-1947). Mounted with tape in portfolio. Light foxing. READ MORE about Untitled etching
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 132784
N.P. n.p., n.d. broadside (10 3/4 by 8 1/2 inches). Etching by American architect and artist Frank Anderson (1890-1947), "Wire Mill Pond in 1885." READ MORE about WIRE MILL POND IN 1885
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 132879
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
