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(Ashlar Press). Heckscher, Maurice.

TRAGIC FUGUE, A PLAY IN THREE EPISODES.

Glen Head, NY: The Ashlar Press, 1933. small 8vo. cloth-backed decorated boards, paper spine label. (vi), 57, (3) pages. Limited to 200 copies. (Ransom no.11). Printed by the Walpole Printing Office. August Heckscher and his brother founded the Ashlar Press during their prep school days, and had the privilege of a Rockwell Kent-designed pressmark, showing an ashlar stone being hoisted into place. Upon entering Yale, they abandoned the press and eventually donated the type and..... READ MORE about TRAGIC FUGUE, A PLAY IN THREE EPISODES

Price: $24.00 Order nr. 18114

(Aventine Press). Hoover, Herbert.

A BOYHOOD IN IOWA.

New York, NY: Aventine Press, 1931. 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, marbled endpapers. 49+(1) pages. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. Foreword by Will Irwin. READ MORE about A BOYHOOD IN IOWA

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 131827

Becu, Teodoro.

CATALOGO DE LA EXPOSICION DEL LIBRO.

Buenos Aires: Ministerio de Justicia, 1940. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xlvii, 273 pages. Exhibition held in Argentina to celebrate the 500th anniversary of printing. 693 items, a bibliography, and indices. Many books in Spanish listed. Covers detached and worn. READ MORE about CATALOGO DE LA EXPOSICION DEL LIBRO

Price: $28.00 Order nr. 16648

(Beres, Pierre).

MODERN FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS.

New York, NY: Pierre Beres, 1946. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Beres catalog No. 12. Index of authors. A catalogue of French books noted for illstrations. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about MODERN FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS

Price: $8.00 Order nr. 131752

(Book Design).

WESTERN BOOKS.

N.P. Rounce & Coffin Club, various dates. small 8vo. paper wrappers. Includes the exhibition No.6 1947 (piece torn away at corner of cover), No.7 1948 (5), No. 9 1950(4), No.10 1951 (4), No.11 1952, No. 12 1953(3), No.20 1961(3), No.21 1962(3), No.22 1963, 1965, 1966 (3), 1967, 1968(2), 1969 (2), 1997, Limited editions. Some covers spotted. Price is per issue. READ MORE about WESTERN BOOKS

Price: $8.00 Order nr. 733

BOOKS ALIVE: THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY IN 1943.

New York, NY: The New York Public Library, 1944. 12mo. self paper wrappers. 15+(1) pages. An annual report for 1943. Includes statistics and a directory of branch libraries. READ MORE about BOOKS ALIVE: THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY IN 1943

Price: $8.00 Order nr. 131833

BUSY BOOKS: THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY IN 1944.

New York, NY: The New York Public Library, 1945. 12mo. self paper wrappers. 16 pages. An annual report for 1944. Includes statistics and a directory of branch libraries. READ MORE about BUSY BOOKS: THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY IN 1944

Price: $8.00 Order nr. 131834

(Caldecott, Randolph).

ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS, DRAWN BY RANDOLPH CALDECOTT.

Yucaipa: Gail Klemm Books, 1972. 8vo. paper wrappers. (36) pages. Illustrated. Book dealer's catalogue. READ MORE about ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS, DRAWN BY RANDOLPH CALDECOTT

Price: $12.00 Order nr. 1207

(Christmas Boooks). Composing Room.

A COLLECTION OF FIGURES RHETORICAL AND GRAMMATICAL.

(New York: The Composing Room, 1966). 16mo. self paper wrappers. unpaginated. Quotations and illustrations from Dickens's A Christmas Carol, commemorating Christmas 1966. READ MORE about A COLLECTION OF FIGURES RHETORICAL AND GRAMMATICAL

Price: $12.00 Order nr. 115573

Crofts, Frederick.

TEXTBOOKS ARE NOT ABSOLUTELY DEAD THINGS.

New York: The New York Public Library, 1938. large 12mo. paper wrappers. 28 pages. This is Third of the R.R. Bowker Memorial Lectures, in which Frederick S. Crofts talks about American textbooks. READ MORE about TEXTBOOKS ARE NOT ABSOLUTELY DEAD THINGS

Price: $12.00 Order nr. 58702

(Davidson, Karen).

THE GATES: CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE.

N.P. (Karen Davidson), 2005. oblong 12mo. decorated paper-covered boards. unpaginated. Limited to eight numbered copies. Designed by Karen Davidson. Color photographs of an exhibition by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in New York's Central Park. A.L.s. by Davidson laid in. Another laid-in note states this copy presented to the Grolier Library, New York. READ MORE about THE GATES: CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE

Price: $100.00 Order nr. 131750

Davis, Elmer.

SOME ASPECTS OF THE ECONOMICS OF AUTHORSHIP.

New York: The New York Public Library, 1940. large 12mo. paper wrappers. 30, (2) pages. This is fifth of the R.R. Bowker Memorial Lectures. Davis gives a lecture on the problems of the author. READ MORE about SOME ASPECTS OF THE ECONOMICS OF AUTHORSHIP

Price: $12.00 Order nr. 58697

de Córdoba, Joaquín Fernández.

NUEVOS DOCUMENTOS PARA LA HISTORIA DE LA IMPRENTA EN MORELIA.

Mexico City, Mexico: Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin, 1943. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 62, (2) pages. Text in Spanish with English summary. Limited to 1000 copies. Introductory comments. A study of 19th century printing in Morelia, Mexico. Numerous facsimile illustrations. Covers rubbed and worn, internally very good. READ MORE about NUEVOS DOCUMENTOS PARA LA HISTORIA DE LA IMPRENTA EN MORELIA

Price: $16.00 Order nr. 131846

Order Nr. 100517 THE PASTIME PRINTER, IN SONG AND STORY, PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO THE TRUE ORIGINAL...

(DePol, John).

THE PASTIME PRINTER, IN SONG AND STORY, PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO THE TRUE ORIGINAL COPIES.

Adorned with Woodcuts by John DePol.
Front Royal, VA: The Privateer Press, 1960. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. Adorned with Woodcuts by John DePol. Limited to 1000 copies printed for the friends of Steve L. Watts. A near fine copy. Watts has gathered the best stories from his periodical entitled the Pastime Printer and printed them here. READ MORE about THE PASTIME PRINTER, IN SONG AND STORY, PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO THE TRUE ORIGINAL COPIES

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 100517

Dobson, Austin.

MISCELLANIES (SECOND SERIES).

New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1901. 16mo. cloth, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. xii, 277+(1) pages. Preface by the author, table of contents. Endnotes follow text. In two parts: essays and introductions; occasional verses and inscriptions. Frontispiece portrait of Peg Woffington, the subject of the first essay. READ MORE about MISCELLANIES (SECOND SERIES

Price: $8.00 Order nr. 133299

Order Nr. 131769 THE GAME OF WAR: BOOKS, TOYS, AND PROPAGANDA FROM THE MITCHELL WOLFSON, JR.,...

Findlay, James A. (editor and compiler).

THE GAME OF WAR: BOOKS, TOYS, AND PROPAGANDA FROM THE MITCHELL WOLFSON, JR., STUDY CENTER.

Fort Lauderdale, FL: Bienes Center for the Literary Arts, 2006. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 36, (4) pages. Introduction by Findlay, two essays, selected bibliography. Indices of authors and artists, titles, publishers and printers, and formats. Catalogue of an exhibition 2006-7 at the Bienes Center for the Literary Arts, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Color illustrations. READ MORE about THE GAME OF WAR: BOOKS, TOYS, AND PROPAGANDA FROM THE MITCHELL WOLFSON, JR., STUDY CENTER

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 131769

Fisher, Dorothy Canfield.

BOOK-CLUBS.

New York: New York Public Library, 1947. 12mo. paper wrappers. 49+(1) pages. The eleventh R.R. Bowker Memorial Lecture. READ MORE about BOOK-CLUBS

Price: $12.00 Order nr. 50822

(Franklin, Benjamin).

A FRANKLIN CALENDAR 1956.

Philadelphia: The Pickering Press for the Lanston Monotype Machine Company, 1956. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (28) pages. Issued to Commemorate the 250th anniversary of his birth. Printed by John Anderson at his Pickering Press. READ MORE about A FRANKLIN CALENDAR 1956

Price: $12.00 Order nr. 4146

Garrigue, Jean.

CHARTRES & PROSE POEMS. WITH PHOTOGRAPHS BY HENRI LE SECQ.

New York: The Eakins Press, (1970). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 59, (3) pages. First edition. Fine. READ MORE about CHARTRES & PROSE POEMS. WITH PHOTOGRAPHS BY HENRI LE SECQ

Price: $16.00 Order nr. 112828

(Goudy, Frederic W.). Beilenson, Peter.

THE STORY OF FREDERIC W. GOUDY.

N.P. n.p., 1939. 8vo. paper-covered boards, paper labels on spine and front cover. 58, (10) pages. One of 300 copies privately printed to celebrate Goudy's 74th birthday. With 8 photographs of FWG from age 2 through age 35. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about THE STORY OF FREDERIC W. GOUDY

Price: $60.00 Order nr. 4207

(Illuminated Manuscripts).

ANGLO-SAXON ILLUMINATION IN OXFORD LIBRARIES.

Oxford, England: Bodleian Library, (1970). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages, plates. Bodleian Picture Books Special Series No. 1. Preface by J.J.G. Alexander, description of plates, select bibliography, index of manuscripts. 36 black and white plates. READ MORE about ANGLO-SAXON ILLUMINATION IN OXFORD LIBRARIES

Price: $12.00 Order nr. 131766

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Boase, T.S.R. (preface).

ENGLISH ROMANESQUE ILLUMINATION.

Oxford: Bodleian Library, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 12 pages followed by 25 plates. Bodleian Picture Book No. 1. Cover slightly soiled. Minor wear and soiling. Very small black ink mark (?) on title page which leached through the text, but not the plates. READ MORE about ENGLISH ROMANESQUE ILLUMINATION

Price: $16.00 Order nr. 102192

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Plummer, John.

THE GLAZIER COLLECTION OF ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS.

New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1968. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 52 pages followed by 57 plates. With a full color frontispiece. Spine faded. READ MORE about THE GLAZIER COLLECTION OF ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS

Price: $12.00 Order nr. 9981

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Skeat, T.C.

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS EXHIBITED IN THE GRENVILLE LIBRARY.

London: British Museum, 1967. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 56 pages followed by 16 plates. With four plates in color. READ MORE about ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS EXHIBITED IN THE GRENVILLE LIBRARY

Price: $9.60 Order nr. 17087

(Joachim, Leo).

A TRIBUTE TO LEO H. JOACHIM.

New York: Privately printed, 1958. small 8vo. boards. vii, 44 pages. Limited to 1200 copies. A fine copy. Joachim founded many important printing magazines including Production Yearbook. Illustrated. READ MORE about A TRIBUTE TO LEO H. JOACHIM

Price: $16.00 Order nr. 4360

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