(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 other currencies 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 other currencies 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 other currencies Order nr. 132163
Boston, MA: MFA Publications, (2014). 4to. quarter cloth, illustrated paper-covered boards. 255+(1) pages. Table of contents, acknowledgments, glossary of printmaking techniques, list of printers and printmakers, bibliography, list of figure illustrations, index. Research assistance by Katherine Harper. Color illustrations. An exhibitioin at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. READ MORE about HOLLAND ON PAPER IN THE AGE OF ART NOUVEAU.
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 131669
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 other currencies 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. 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 other currencies Order nr. 15428
Bloomfield Hills, MI: Bruccoli-Clard, 1971. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Prospectus for James Dickey, Exchanges. Designed and printed for Bruccoli-Clark by Leonard F. Bahr at his Adagio Press. READ MORE about Publication Announcement by Bruccoli-Clark.
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 132844
Harper Woods, MI: The Adagio Press, 1977. broadside (10 3/4 by 7 1/4 inches). Announcement of the publication of James Dickey, The Strength of Fields. Distributed by Bruccoli Clark of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. READ MORE about Publication Announcement by the Adagio Press.
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 132892
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 other currencies 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.
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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 other currencies 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 other currencies Order nr. 94183
Princeton: Princeton Univ. 1964. tall 12mo. cloth. xii, 118 pages. First edition, one of 750 copies printed for Princeton Univ. out of a total edition of 2100 copies. Essays by Adams, Winterich, Adler and others. READ MORE about ELMER ADLER IN THE WORLD OF BOOKS
Price: $7.00 other currencies Order nr. 21
New York, NY: Rizzoli, (2014). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 304 pages. Table of contents, introduction by Chia. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about MARELLA AGNELLI THE LAST SWAN.
Price: $40.00 other currencies Order nr. 131705
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 other currencies 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 other currencies 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 other currencies 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 other currencies 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 other currencies Order nr. 130889
Translated by Antje Lemke. Introduction by Donald P. Bean.
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, (1958). 12mo. cloth, paper cover label, printed clear plastic dust jacket. (32) pages. Translated by Antje Lemke. Introduction by Donald P. Bean. First edition thus, with the first appearance in English of the Prologue in which Aldus announces his plan to publish printed editions of Aristotle. READ MORE about ALDUS MANUTIUS AND HIS THESAURUS CORNUCOPIAE OF 1496.
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 49
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 other currencies Order nr. 132281
Oxford: The Alembic Press, 1989. 8vo. quarter cloth with marbled paper over boards. 57+(1) pages. First edition, limited to 100 numbered copies. Set in Bembo and printed by letterpress on Hahnemuhle paper by Claire Bolton. Contains a history of the press and then lists all its publications to date. Bibliographical details are given along with comments on how the books were produced, problems encountered, etc. Many original samples are included and it is also illustrated with line blocks. READ MORE about ALEMBIC PRESS BIBLIOGRAPHY 1978-1988.
Price: $325.00 other currencies Order nr. 24582
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 other currencies Order nr. 132834
Kentfield, CA: Allen Press, 1966. folio. tri-color paper-covered boards. unpaginated. Printed in an edition limited to 140 copies (Allen Press Bibliography no.29). A finely produced volume, this book has been hand printed and bound by Dorothy and Lewis Allen. Each page is printed in at least two colors: black and gold, blue, orange, terra cotta, or light aqua for the paragraph marks. Lewis Allen did six almost full page abstract illustrations in the same colors... READ MORE about THE FALL.
Price: $500.00 other currencies Order nr. 44987
Kentfield, CA: Allen Press, 1969. small 4to. cloth. not paginated. One of 140 copies. (Allen no.33). Printed on an 1846 Columbian handpress in hand-set Goudy Thirty on hand-made rag paper with the Allen Press watermark. Decorative initials are reproductions from late fifteenth century work. Canine and other decorations by Mallette Dean. The hand-printed cloth, in the 'El Prado' design made in Europe, has an arabesque gold background design with orange flowers in the foreground. A.... READ MORE about THE DIALOGUE OF THE DOGS.
Price: $400.00 other currencies Order nr. 44380
