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(Adagio Press).

PRINTING IN PRIVACY: A REVIEW OF RECENT ACTIVITY AMONG AMERICAN PRIVATE PRESSES.

Grosse Pointe Park: Adagio Press, 1960. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 24 pages. Limited to 550 copies. Tanner and Alstrom 4. Surveys by Levenson and Lieberman, notes on the colophons of various private presses, an article by Steve Watts on 19th century typefaces, and a discussion of work in progress. Handprinted. READ MORE about PRINTING IN PRIVACY: A REVIEW OF RECENT ACTIVITY AMONG AMERICAN PRIVATE PRESSES

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 8177

(Adagio Press). Weeks, Donald.

AN INTRUSION UPON ETERNITY.

Grosse Point, Michigan: Adagio: The Private Press of Leonard Bahr, n.d.(but 1961). 12mo. stiff paper wrapper, paper cover label. unpaginated. Limited to an edition of 175 (Tanner and Alstrom 6). A story of Christmas, signed by the author. Set in Weiss (roman and italic) and Legend, on white Strathmore Alexandra Japan, in three colors. Printed for Weeks. READ MORE about AN INTRUSION UPON ETERNITY

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 94054

(Bradley, Will).

STRATHMORE LUNCHEON HONORING WILL BRADLEY.

New York, NY: Strathmore Paper, 1954. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (4) pages. Program for a luncheon commemorating the nearly 60 year business relationship between Bradley and the Strathmore Paper Company. With a black and white portrait of Bradley. READ MORE about STRATHMORE LUNCHEON HONORING WILL BRADLEY

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 133780

Cleland, TM.

PROGRESS IN THE GRAPHIC ARTS AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY IN CHICAGO ... ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF AN EXHIBITION OF THE AUTHOR'S WORKS.

Stamford: Overbrook Press, The, 1950. 8vo. paper wrappers. 32 pages. Second edition. Printed by the Overbrook Press in an edition of 1000 copies in 1950. READ MORE about PROGRESS IN THE GRAPHIC ARTS AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY IN CHICAGO ... ON THE...

Price: $8.00 Order nr. 1454

(Color). All Purpose Roll Leaf.

COLOR CHART.

Paramus, NJ: All Purpose Roll Leaf Corporation, n.d. oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, spiral bound. 10 pages. Introduction, Specimens of colors for foils. Covers lightly soiled. READ MORE about COLOR CHART

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 133970

(Gehenna Press). Browne, Thomas.

OF GARLANDS AND CORONARY OR GARLAND PLANTS, THOMAS BROWNE TO JOHN EVEL YN ESQ, F.R.S.

Northampton: Printed for the Smith College Museum of Art at the Gehenna Press, 1962. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 8 leaves. Limited to 500 copies. (Baskin no.30). With title and colophon printed in black and red and surrounded by a wreath printed in green. Keepsake No.5 printed by the press. READ MORE about OF GARLANDS AND CORONARY OR GARLAND PLANTS, THOMAS BROWNE TO JOHN EVEL YN ESQ, F.R.S

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 40473

(Golden Cockerel Press). Gill, Eric.

ART & PRUDENCE.

An Essay by Eric Gill
N.P. Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. 12mo. orange cloth. (vi), 18, (2) pages, 2 plates. An Essay by Eric Gill. Limited to 500 copies (Cave 61; Chanticleer: 61). The essay was originally a lecture at Manchester University on 7 February 1928. Two engravings on copper by the author accompany the text. Printed on Kelmscott hand-made paper, using Caslon O.F. type. (Wolfe 31). Spine slightly faded. With previous owners stamp on front pastedown. READ MORE about ART & PRUDENCE

Price: $120.00 Order nr. 124160

(Gravesend Press). Powys, Llewelyn.

THOMAS BEWICK, 1753-1828, AN ESSAY. TO WHICH IS NOW ADDED: A LETTER FROM ENGLAND FROM ALYSE POWYS.

Lexington, KY: The Gravesend Press, 1951. 12mo. pastepaper-covered boards, paper cover label. x, 16 pages. Limited to 500 copies. Designed by Joseph C. Graves and printed in the Printing Office of Philip Reed. With reproductions of woodcuts in brown ink taken from the collection of R. Hunter Middleton. Middleton made the paper for this book. Rubbed along edges. READ MORE about THOMAS BEWICK, 1753-1828, AN ESSAY. TO WHICH IS NOW ADDED: A LETTER FROM ENGLAND FROM ALYSE POWYS

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 128734

(Green Leaf Press). Stowell, Robert F.

OUTLINES OF POVERTY.

Cabot, VT: The Green Leaf Press, 1959. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. The first in a series by this press "to include representative countries of the world" beset by poverty. Introduction, bibliography, endnotes. Tipped-in illustrations. READ MORE about OUTLINES OF POVERTY

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133770

(Marble Hill Press). Eisenhower, Dwight D.

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, CHAMPION OF FREEDOM.

New York: The Marble Hill Press, 1965. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Unpaginated. Limited to about 200 copies. A keepsake printed by George Sas at the Marble Hill Press from handset Codex types, being Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower's tribute to Sir Winston Churchill, delivered at St. Paul's Cathedral, London, January 30, 1965. Tied with black cord into a gray cover, black verso, title in black surrounded by a narrow purple border. Light discoloration on..... READ MORE about SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, CHAMPION OF FREEDOM

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 47125

(Marble Hill Press). Fish, Williston.

THE LOUNSBURY WILL.

New York: Marble Hill Press, 1962. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 12, (4) pages. This keepsake from George Sas is a reprint of the original version first published in "Harper's Weekly" for September 3, 1998. Printed on cream Strathmore Roma paper, deckle edge, from handset Solemnis and American Uncial types. Tied into a dark blue paper cover, title in pale blue, using blue silk cord. READ MORE about THE LOUNSBURY WILL

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 47135

(Marble Hill Press). Hind, Arthur M.

GENERAL NOTES ON THE HAND-COLOURING OF FIFTEENTH CENTURY WOODCUTS.

from "An Introduction to a History of Woodcut" - Vol 1.
New York: Marble Hill Press, (1968). 4to. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. not paginated. from "An Introduction to a History of Woodcut" - Vol 1. Limited to an edition of about 100 copies, printed as a keepsake for private distribution. Hand-set in Jessen types with Rhapsodies as the display type and printed on Strathmore papers. The woodcuts on the title page and the first page of text are reproductions of fifteenth century woodcuts. There are two..... READ MORE about GENERAL NOTES ON THE HAND-COLOURING OF FIFTEENTH CENTURY WOODCUTS

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 93954

(Marble Hill Press). Holmes, Oliver Wendell.

FOUR POEMS FROM THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST-TABLE BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. Drawing by Mary Stickney.

New York: Marble Hill Press, 1963. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers deckled edge, paper cover label, cord-tied. (20) pages. Limited to 100 copies printed by George Sas at his private press. Beautifully printed with use of red and green ink in addition to the black text. READ MORE about FOUR POEMS FROM THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST-TABLE BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. Drawing by Mary...

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 18121

(Marble Hill Press). Hubbard, William Preston.

THE ANT PLANK.

New York: Marble Hill Press, 1965. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 9, (3) pages. Limited to 215 copies. Printed from handset Caslon 540 and Lydian types with frontispiece drawn by the author. READ MORE about THE ANT PLANK

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 9606

(Marble Hill Press). Irving, Washington.

THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE. A COLLOQUY IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY AS RECORDED IN THE SKETCH BOOK OF GEOFFREY CRAYON, GENT.

New York: Marble Hill Press, l964. 4to. paper wrappers, cord-tied. Unpaginated. Limited to 140 presentation copies. A reprint of the famous conversation between Washington Irving's fictional diarist and books in the library at Westminster Abbey. Printed in brown on cream stock, uncut edges, sewn into a dark brown cover using brown cord. READ MORE about THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE. A COLLOQUY IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY AS RECORDED IN THE SKETCH BOOK OF...

Price: $12.50 Order nr. 47120

(Marble Hill Press). Reed, Talbot Baines.

OLD & NEW FASHIONS IN TYPOGRAPHY.

New York: Marble Hill Press, (1965). 4to. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 22, (2) pages. A keepsake edition, limited to 100 copies for private distribution. A reprint of a paper read before The Society of Arts in London, April 16, 1890, taken from the Vol. I, No. 3, 1920 issue of "Ars Tyographica." Printed by George Sas from handset De Roos and Jessen types in black, with margin titles in ochre. Sewn into a pale green..... READ MORE about OLD & NEW FASHIONS IN TYPOGRAPHY

Price: $65.00 Order nr. 47122

(Marble Hill Press). Tennyson, Alfred.

THE REVENGE.

New York: Marble Hill Press, 1966. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. Unpaginated. Limited to about 125 copies. Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem about a British naval vessel's brave stand against the Spanish fleet was first published in 1878. It has been reprinted here on Strathmore Artlaid Natural by George Sas at The Marble Hill Press from Verona types. The display type is American Uncial and a Goudy Text initial. The sheets are sewn into a Curtis..... READ MORE about THE REVENGE

Price: $27.50 Order nr. 47119

(Marble Hill Press). Tennyson, Lord.

THE LADY OF SHALOTT.

New York: The Marble Hill Press, (1967). large 8vo. cord-tied stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Limited to an edition of 100. Printed for private distribution in black, red, and purple Goudy Thirty with Goudy Text Shaded display type on variegated papers by George Sas at the Marble Hill Press. Includes an illustration on the upper wrapper and one at the end of Part Three reproduced from 15th century woodcuts. Edges slightly sunned. READ MORE about THE LADY OF SHALOTT

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 95412

(Meridian Press). Badenhop, Alvin.

OUARZAZATE THE KASBAH IN THE DESERT.

Hauula, HI: The Meridian Press, 1959. 8vo. cloth, paper spine and cover labels, dust jacket. 31, (7) pages. Meridian Press Monograph no. 1, printed in an edition limited to 240 numbered copies. Linoleum cut illustrations made from photographs taken by the author at the kasbah in Morocco. Original dust jacket present. Minor foxing to pastedowns and free endpapers, else fine. READ MORE about OUARZAZATE THE KASBAH IN THE DESERT

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 49098

(Paper Specimens). Beckett Paper Company.

BECKETT OFFSET.

Hamilton, OH: Beckett Paper Company, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Advertisement for Beckett Offset, with list of colors and finishes offered. READ MORE about BECKETT OFFSET

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133957

(Paper Specimens). Beckett.

BUCKEYE TEXT PAPERS.

Hamilton: The Beckett Paper Company, n.d. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Various printed examples of the four items constituting the Buckeye Text line are found in this advertisement. The printed specimens are examples of the kinds of work printers most likely will be asked to do. READ MORE about BUCKEYE TEXT PAPERS

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 57361

(Paper Specimens). Diamond International Corporation.

FAIRMOUNT COLORS.

Canton, MA: Diamond International Corporation, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. A selection of pastel colors, with table of sizes and weights. READ MORE about FAIRMOUNT COLORS

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133962

(Paper Specimens). Goudy, Frederic W.

OLD STRATFORD BOOK PAPERS: A FEW SPECIMEN PAGES AND AN INTRODUCTORY NOTE ON FINE PRINTING.

Mittineague, MA: Mittineague Mills, Strathmore Paper Company, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. Introductory comments by Goudy. A selection of Old Stratford Book Papers. Covers tanned at edges and lightly soiled. READ MORE about OLD STRATFORD BOOK PAPERS: A FEW SPECIMEN PAGES AND AN INTRODUCTORY NOTE ON FINE PRINTING

Price: $50.00 Order nr. 133961

(Paper Specimens). Hammermill Papers.

HAMMERMILL BOND.

Erie, PA: Hammermill Papers Group, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. A selection of papers offered by Hammermill, with table of weights. Includes bond and linen finiahes. READ MORE about HAMMERMILL BOND

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133963

(Paper Specimens). Hammermill Papers.

HAMMERMILL OFFSET OPAQUE.

Erie, PA: Hammermill Papers Group, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. A selection of papers offered by Hammermill, with table of weights, finishes, and colors. Covers soiled. READ MORE about HAMMERMILL OFFSET OPAQUE

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133964

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