(Philadelphia, PA: The Philadelphia Gazette Democrat, 1933). 4to. cloth. unpaginated. A study of the German-American population in Philadelphia, funded by the WPA. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about A CITY WITHIN A CITY
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 133571
New York, NY: The Colophon Ltd., (1930). 4to. paper-covered boards. Unpaginated. Part One of the original Colophon series. The idea of The Colophon was first broached in August, 1928, and incorporated the following February. The primary concern of the periodical is with collected and collectable books- first editions, fine printing, incanabula, association books, Americana, bibliography and manuscripts. Book illustrations also receive attention. The original list of Contributing Editors included W.A. Dwiggins, Frederic Goudy, Dard Hunter..... READ MORE about THE COLOPHON, A BOOK COLLECTOR'S QUARTERLY
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 45326
New York, NY: The Colophon Ltd, (1934). 4to. paper-covered boards. not paginated. Part sixteen of the original Colophon series. R.W. Chapman leads off this edition with "Johnsonian Bibliography, 1750-1765." Also included among the ten selections are J.B.Mussey writing on inprint collecting, and "Anthologies of American Literature Before 1861," by Fred Lewis Pattee. With a woodcut by Louis Hechenbleikner, cover and colophon page design by Louis Bouché. Ex-libris, else near fine. READ MORE about THE COLOPHON, A BOOK COLLECTOR'S QUARTERLY
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 45394
London, England: Selwyn & Blount, n.d., but circa 1927. 16mo. paper-covered boards, paper front cover label. 66 pages. A collection of works by English poets. Decorated by C. Lovat Fraser. Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges, and along spine. Gift inscription from previous owner on front free endpaper. READ MORE about THE LUTE OF LOVE
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 133528
London, England: William Pickering, 1835. 16mo. half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, marbled endpapers. x, 342 pages. Sixth edition. Preface, table of contents. Endnote follows text. Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges, and along spine. Poetry based on the works of Horace and Virgil. Previous owners' bookplates on front pastedown and front free endpaper. Endpapers foxed. READ MORE about THE MODERN DUNCIAD VIRGIL IN LONDON AND OTHER POEMS
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 133533
New York, NY: (The New York Society), 1937. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 10 pages. Includes a brief history and a list of benefactors. Black and white frontispiece and illustration in text. READ MORE about NEW YORK SOCIETY LIBRARY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133569
Philadelphia, PA: Collins, 1877. 4to. stiff paper wrappers bound in paper-covered boards. 33+(1) pages. Second edition. Preface. A discussion of industry in Philadelphia, with charts and tables. READ MORE about THE INDUSTRIES OF PHILADELPHIA AS SHOWN IN THE MANUFACTURING CENSUS OF 1870
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 133639
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. 12mo. gilt-stamped cloth, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (iv), 155+(1) pages. List of illustrations. Color frontispiece and illustrations in text by F.C. Yohn. Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges. Text tanned. READ MORE about A DAWN OF A TO-MORROW
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 133527
Boston, MA: L.C. Page & Company, 1905. 12mo. illustrated, gilt-stamped cloth, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. xvi, 258 pages. Author's preface, table of contents. Frontispiece, black and white portrait of the author. A work on poetry. Rubbed and scuffed along spine. READ MORE about THE POETRY OF LIFE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133513
(Philadelphia, PA): Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, 1917. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. A history of Carpenters' Hall, site of the First Continental Congress and home of the Carpenters' Company. Covers stained. READ MORE about THE ORIGINS OF CARPENTERS HALL PHILADELPHIA WITH INCIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 133640
Chicago, IL: Stone and Kimball, 1895. 16mo. gilt-stamped cloth, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. (ii), 237, (3), 13+(1) pages. Fourth edition. A volume in the publisher's Peacock Library. Advertisement of other works by the publisher follows text. READ MORE about A SAWDUST DOLL
Price: $17.00 Order nr. 133526
Volume 1, Number 2
New York: American Book-Stratford Press, Inc., (1967). self paper wrappers. 16 pages. Volume 1, Number 2. Only two issues were published of this periodical. READ MORE about THE SCHOLARLY PRINTER, A QUARTERLY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 106735
Kingsport: Kingsport Press, 1952. tall 8vo. cloth. (xx), 76 pages. First hardbound edition, the original series appeared in Publisher's Weekly. 76 illustrations. READ MORE about BOOK ILLUSTRATION, A SURVEY OF ITS HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT SHOWN BY THE WORK OF VARIOUS ARTISTS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 59775
New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1947. 4to. cloth. 160 pages. First edition. "A detailed, comprehensive handbook on the many varied applications of all the phases of typography. This copy was Richard Ellis' copy, with his ownership signature and date on front free endpaper. Bookplate on front pastedown. READ MORE about TYPE FOR BOOKS AND ADVERTISING
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 133481
(Saratoga, CA): Instress, 1998. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. A collection of poetry. Color illustration on title. READ MORE about EX-FINITE: DANGER'S DANCER
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 133547
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. 12mo. gilt-stamped cloth, top edge cut, other edges uncut. x, 311, (3) pages. Table of contents. Black and white frontispiece. READ MORE about MISTRESS NELL, A MERRY TALE OF A MERRY TIME, ('TWIXT FACT AND FANCY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133512
Boston, MA: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1858. 12mo, embossed cloth. viii, 373, (3) pages. Second state, binding A (BAL 8781). Autobiographical preface by the author. index. Advertisements of other works by the publisher follow text. Engraved black and white illustrations. Covers lightly rubbed and scuffed at edges. Bookplate on front free endpaper. READ MORE about THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST-TABLE
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 133643
New York, NY: Henry Holt & Co., 1934. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket, gilt. 79 pages. READ MORE about LAST POEMS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133489
(San Francisco, CA): San Francisco Club of Printing House Craftsmen, 1940. 32mo. cloth. (viii), 43, (5) pages. Foreword, biographical sketch of the author. Published as a keepsake for those attending the 21st Annual Convention of The International Association of Printing House Craftsmen. READ MORE about THE GOOD NEW DAYS & HOW FEW THE THINGS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133500
Boston, MA: Dana Estes & Company, (1904). 8vo. green cloth, gilt. 193 pages. Inscribed by the author. Shelf-wear, some rubbing to covers. Bookplate on front pastedown. READ MORE about LOVE TRIUMPHANT: A BOOK OF POEMS
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 133488
New York, NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, n.d. 8vo. paper-covered boards, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. xiv, 253+(1) pages. Library of English Prose, Volume Two. Introduction. Covers tanned at edges. READ MORE about LAST ESSAYS OF ELIA
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 133517
(New York: Privately printed for Eva LeGallienne), 1941. 12mo. cord-tied stiff paper wrappers. (12) pages. A poem originally printed by the Daily Chronicle (London) in 1903, it was reprinted here for the author's daughter, Eva, the noted actress, as a means to raise funds for the British War Relief Society. With her signature on the introductory Note. Designed by Richard Ellis and The Haddon Craftsmen of Camden, N.J., and enclosed in original envelope with previous..... READ MORE about THE CRY OF THE LITTLE PEOPLES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 64111
Princeton, NJ: D.A. Borrenstein, 1824. 8vo. self paper wrappers, edges uncut. 52 pages. Shoemaker 16909. A sermon preached to the senior class at the college (now Princeton University). Covers chipped at edges. Final page of text torn at lower fore-edge corner. READ MORE about SERMON, DELIVERED IN THE CHAPEL OF THE COLLEGE OF NEW-JERSEY, AUGUST 12, 1824
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 133641
Boston, MA: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1849. 12mo. embossed cloth. 4, (ii), 188 pages. First edition (Chamberlain and Livingston 51). List of other publications precedes text. Covers rubbed, scuffed, and sunned. Staining around edges of much of the text. READ MORE about KAVANAGH, A TALE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133510
New York, NY: The Century Co., 1923. 12mo. cloth. (iv), 407+(1) pages. Presentation by the author on front free endpaper. Drawing of the author pasted to front pastedown. Endpapers tanned. Previous owner's bookplate on back pastedown. Notecard laid in notes that this copy is a later state with a correction to page 99. READ MORE about BLOWING WEATHER
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 133508
