(Brooklyn, NY: The Angelica Press, 1973). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. Introduction by Marilyn and Dennis Grastorf. Black and white illustrations. A bibliography of the press's publications. READ MORE about BOOKS AND EPHEMERA OF THE ANGELICA PRESS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 131780
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. READ MORE about TRAGIC FUGUE, A PLAY IN THREE EPISODES
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 18114
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: $25.00 Order nr. 131827
New York, NY: New York Public Library, 1946. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 47+(1) pages. Tenth of the R.R. Bowker Memorial Lectures sponsored by the library. Listing of previous lectures. A disucssion of the publication of children's books. Edges of covers tanned. READ MORE about BOOKS IN SEARCH OF CHILDREN
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131840
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: $35.00 Order nr. 16648
Buenos Aires, Argentina: n.p., 1940. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xlviii, 275+(1) pages. Text in Spanish. Presentation by the author on front free endpaper. Table of contents, introduction, appendices. Indices of incunabula, authors, editors and presses, cities of publication, artists. Color facsimile of Gutenberg's work. Published to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Gutenberg's invention of movable type. Frontispiece color portrait of Gutenberg. Carbon copy of letter of thanks to the author laid in. Covers tanned and..... READ MORE about CATALOGO DE LA EXPOSICION DEL LIBRO
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 131845
N.P. Privately printed, 1953. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Unpaginated. Reprinted, no souce attributed, as a tribute to Paul A. Bennett by the American Type Founders, Inc. A parable by Bruce Barton likening the two seas in Palestine to two kinds of people in the world. READ MORE about THERE ARE TWO SEAS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 48476
New York, NY: Pierre Beres, 1941-2. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 56 pages. Beres catalogue No. 6, 171 items. Introductory note, index of illustrations, general index. Black and white illustrations. Pencil notations on front cover. READ MORE about ILLUSTRATED BOOKS FROM THE 16TH TO THE 20TH CENTURY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131753
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: $10.00 Order nr. 131752
Chicago, IL: The Black Cat Press, 1930. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. 36, (2) pages. Foreword by Norman W. Forgue. Frontispiece and illustrations in text by Dale Nichols. READ MORE about THE "DUDE" RETIRES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131779
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: $10.00 Order nr. 733
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: $10.00 Order nr. 131833
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: $10.00 Order nr. 131834
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: $15.00 Order nr. 1207
(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: $15.00 Order nr. 115573
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: $15.00 Order nr. 58702
(Pasadena, CA: The Castle Press), n.d. 12mo. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. A short catalogue of Dahlstrom's works with brief descriptive text. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about BOOKS DESIGNED AND PRINTED BY GRANT DAHLSTROM
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131820
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: $125.00 Order nr. 131750
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: $15.00 Order nr. 58697
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 tanned at edges. READ MORE about NUEVOS DOCUMENTOS PARA LA HISTORIA DE LA IMPRENTA EN MORELIA
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 131846
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. 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
Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1923. 12mo. cloth. xxiv, 524, (2) pages. Preface by Alban Dobson, table of contents, endnotes, index to first lines, index to titles, biographical index. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Spine sunned. Endpapers tanned. READ MORE about THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133298
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: $10.00 Order nr. 133299
(New York, NY: The Eakins Press), n.d., but circa 1974. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. An illustrated catalogue with a list of authors. "Interim listing," dated 1974, laid in. READ MORE about THE BOOKS OF THE EAKINS PRESS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131835
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: $25.00 Order nr. 131769
