N.P. (West Chester, PA): Aralia Press, 1997. small 12mo. embossed cloth, paper spine label, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated (16) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 170 copies. This copy is signed by the authors. Introduction by Robert Mezey. Two-color Spectrum types on dampened Rives Heavy paper. A poem previously published in Antæus. READ MORE
Price: $200.00 other currencies Order nr. 129625
5 volumes, being 1-5.
Kansas City: Alden Galleries, (circa 1931-6). 12mo. cloth. variously paginated. 5 volumes, being 1-5. Fine Prints was a periodical published monthly, except for June-August, for which there are no publication. Vols. I-IV include the covers of each issue as subdividers; Vol. V has no divisions. Vol. I resets the page count for each issue; Vols. II-V do not and contain (iv),219+(1); (vi),223+(1); (vi),215+(1); (vi),223+(1) pages. Each issue contains a table of contents and a list... READ MORE
Price: $250.00 other currencies Order nr. 100469
East Aurora: The Roycrofters, 1905. 4to. modern quarter morocco over marbled paper covered boards, five raised bands. (xii), x, 115+(1) pages. Xerox, in binding, of the very scarce first edition. (Appleton p.81; Brenni no.236; Mejer no.1882). Chapters on finishing and stamping, edge gilding and metal edges, book-edge-marbling and colored edges, miscellaneous formulas. READ MORE
Price: $200.00 other currencies Order nr. 38723
Plains, PA: Boss Dog Press, 2003. large 12mo. patterned yellow paper covered boards, drawing of binder on front cover. 24 pages. The first book printed by the Boss Dog Press of Don Rash, issued in a limited edition of 100 numbered copies printed for distribution; this copy is not numbered and has the following written in place of a number "Special Binding B, Don Rash, 2006." A poem in sixteen stanzas (with two notes) written... READ MORE
Price: $145.00 other currencies Order nr. 124157
2 volumes.
Berlin: Mann, 1965. 4to. cloth. xix, (iii), 593+(1); ix, (iii), 595-1166, (2) pages with 221 plates. 2 volumes. Second, completely revised from the first edition. Includes 60 years more of collecting activities of Lipperheide'schen Costume Library in Berlin, which "has remained unique as a specialized library in the world." A catalogue of the collection of the costume library, with illustrations taken from illustrated books on costume. Includes a bibliography of all books in the collection. READ MORE
Price: $399.00 other currencies Order nr. 76144
Washington, D.C. Dov Press, 1996. 4to. gray cloth with darker gray morocco spine printed in palladium, publisher's slipcase. (iv), 31, (3) pages. Limited to 55 numbered copies, this is one of 25 regular signed copies. With ten original lithographs by Elaine Kurtz. Eight full-page lithographs handpulled by Judith Solodkin in collaboration with the artist at Solo Impressions, New York, with two double-page images of approximately 14" x 20"; many images required multiple plates and the... READ MORE
Price: $1,250.00 other currencies Order nr. 61409
2 volumes bound in 1.
New York: Bangs, Merwin & Co. 1875. 8vo. half red leather with marbled paper covered boards, later cloth slipcase with chemise. viii,376; (ii),59 pages. 2 volumes bound in 1. McKay 1985 and 1988, completely priced in the margin of the main catalogue and the supplement. Field (1821-1881) was a Brooklyn teacher who made his fortune in real estate. The largest portion of his library was devoted to the history and culture of the North American... READ MORE
Price: $251.00 other currencies Order nr. 3737
Wichita, KS: Four Ducks Press, 1991. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 33, (3) pages. Limited to 350 copies. This copy not numbered but with presentation by illustrator Bill Jackson on colophon, noting this copy is "slightly imperfect." Foreword, acknowledgments, table of contents, references. Color illustrations. List of subscribers on front flyleaf. About herbaceous plants growing in native habitats. Letter from Jackson laid in. READ MORE
Price: $125.00 other currencies Order nr. 128475
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2017. 7.375 x 10.5 inches. Cloth with dust jacket. 208 pages. "Throughout its nearly century-long history, no company printed black and white reproductions better than the Meriden Gravure Company.... William Glick's book is an excellently written, comprehensive account of this important chapter in the history of 'the black art'." - Jerry Kelly, Parenthesis 34 "In his article in Print Quarterly, Ruari McLean wrote, 'Meriden's work in their chosen field... READ MORE
Price: $75.00 other currencies Order nr. 128978
London: Gogmagog Press, 1967. tall 12mo. Japanese Hana-asa paper-covered boards, paper spine label. 28 traditional french-fold leaves. Printed in an edition limited to 100 numbered copies, of which 60 were bound in Rakusuki paper covered boards. (Chambers, Franklin, & Tucker no.18.) Text printed on dampened Japanese Hoso-shi paper. The illustrations--black-on-blue prints--are printed on blue Mingei paper. A beautiful and delicate book. READ MORE
Price: $300.00 other currencies Order nr. 124445
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2017. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, cloth spine over paper-covered boards. xii, 276 pages. "This handsome volume is long overdue. ... lively, well illustrated, honest and informative: Macy and Schiff may not have been Cobden-Sanderson or Mardersteig, but they deserve study nonetheless, and it is hard to see how the task could have been done better." - Angus O'Neill, The Library "Designed in the spirit of the LEC with... READ MORE
Price: $125.00 other currencies Order nr. 114346
2 volumes bound in 1 as issued.
Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Co. 1962. 4to. cloth. xxvii, 253 pages. 2 volumes bound in 1 as issued. A study of the book in the Netherlands from the 15th century to the 20th century. Includes information on the book and culture, the book trade and the form of the book. With 219 plates showing pages of books followed by long descriptions of all the items pictured. Presentation from the author on verso of half-title. With the... READ MORE
Price: $325.00 other currencies Order nr. 30735
Leipzig, Germany: Verlag von E.A. Seemann, (1902-1904). folio. half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, marbled endpapers with original paper wrappers bound-in at the end. unpaginated. First published in 1902. Text in German. Foreword by E.A. Seemann, table of illustrations. One hundred masters of contemporary art. Tipped in color illustrations. Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges. Marbling on covers worn. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown and also the ink stamp of a library stating that this... READ MORE
Price: $500.00 other currencies Order nr. 127415
Paris: (Imprimerie Nationale), 1973. 4to. leather. (xiv), 295, (7) pages. Limited to 5000 numbered copies. Text in French. Preface by Julien Cain, honorary administrator of the French National Library. A collection of scholarly essays on the history of the state printer of France, focusing on book arts. Essays cover the origins of L'Imprimerie in the 15th century, its changing role under monarchical and republican governments, its responses to French global exploration, and its response to... READ MORE
Price: $125.00 other currencies Order nr. 114203
(Oldham, England): The Incline Prress, 2009. 4to. quarter cloth, marbled paper-covered boards, paper spine label, top edge cut, other edges uncut. 21, (3) pages. Limited to 200 numbered copies, of which this is one of 45 copies bound in marbled paper covered boards. Separate suite accompanied in the rear pastedown. Accompanied by An Alphabet for Jonah. Limited to 200 numbered copies, 45 hardbound with paper marbled by Jemma Lewis. This copy thus bound. Published for... READ MORE
Price: $250.00 other currencies Order nr. 131119
N.P. n.p. circa 1827. folio. leather, marbled endpapers. unpaginated. A selection of proof engravings. Bookplate of Mr. Chas. T. Tallent Bateman on front pastedown. Written inscription on that bookplate notes that this volume includes 140 steel plate impressions. An apparently later notation notes that this volume is "unique," with "no copy in the British Museum." Consecutive dated engravings range from 1827 to 1835, showing title pages and illustrations of The Keepsake, (1828-1835) an illustrated anthology... READ MORE
Price: $350.00 other currencies Order nr. 118515
London: Privately printed, 1928. small 4to. red polished cloth with beveled edges, top edge gilt, others uncut. xxiv, 103+(1) pages in addition to approximately 100 plates. "Printed for private circulation only" in an edition of 170 copies on antique paper (Todd 179b). A catalogue raisonné. Divided into the writings of Landor, and Landoriana, with an introduction by Stephen Wheeler. Plates between most of the leaves contain facsimiles of title pages, autograph manuscript material, illustrations, etc.... READ MORE
Price: $135.00 other currencies Order nr. 71424
N.P. Dansk Litografisk Principalforening, 1922. 4to. patterned paper-covered boards, leather spine label, all edges speckled green. 62, (2), 25 leaves, 92, 72 pages. Three separately numbered sections. The first section is on lithography techniques, includes diagrams and illustrations of printing equipment, The second section describes the twenty five year history of the printing company, Dansk Litografisk Principalforening. The last section provides biographies of notable Danish lithographers. Twenty five different examples of lithographic processes are included... READ MORE
Price: $150.00 other currencies Order nr. 73834
Worcester, MA: Dorr, Howland & Co. n.d., but 1835. miniature book (6.1 by 5.0 cm.). original cloth. 192 pages. Bradbury, Dorr 5; Rinderknecht 30400. Table of contents, list of illustrations. Frontispiece and black and white engraved illustrations in text. Covers slightly scuffed at corners. Inside front hinge cracked. Light tanning and foxing. READ MORE
Price: $250.00 other currencies Order nr. 127938
Paris, France: Pairault & Co. 1895. miniature book (3.8 by 3.0 cm.). original stiff paper wrappers. 98, (4) pages. Spielmann 67A; Bondy 80. Text in French. An account of the life of the French patron saint. Four woodcut illustrations, including frontispiece, by G. Maire. Small vignettes at the end of each chapter. Unopened. READ MORE
Price: $300.00 other currencies Order nr. 130874
Atlanta, GA: Nexus Press, 1993. 4to. pink illustrated thin card wrappers with title in black on front; black spine. Unpaginated. Limited to "hopefully" 600 copies, presentation from the author on colophon page. Pop-up illustrations in color throughout the book along with instructions for making them. Printed on a Heidelberg KORD on Mohawk Poseidon 80 lb. Cover stock. In her colophon Barton thanks Nexus Press for the Residency Award that made this book possible. READ MORE
Price: $150.00 other currencies Order nr. 124143
New York, NY: Kelly-Winterton Press, (2001). 4to. stiff paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (8) pages. Limited to 26 lettered copies. Presentation by the author to Michael Peich on colophon. Printed by Martino Mardersteig at Officina Bodoni, Verona, Italy, commemorating the friendship between the author and Mardersteig. READ MORE
Price: $150.00 other currencies Order nr. 130244
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2017. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, cloth spine over paper-covered boards. 264 pages. The Privately Printed Bible is the first book to offer a broad survey of the history of private and fine press printings of biblical texts. Author Ronald Patkus focuses on English-language examples from the United Kingdom, Ireland, and North America, and includes more than 500 works in his study. He begins with the late nineteenth century... READ MORE
Price: $95.00 other currencies Order nr. 129283
Harrisburg: G.S. Peters, n.d. (circa 1839). Broadside, 15.5 by 12.5 inches framed and matted under glass. Text in German. The framed birth and baptismal certificate has pictures of angels, birds, flowers, the American Eagle, and a border that have been crudely printed in yellow and red. Also poetry in German script. This copy was filled in by hand in 1839, documenting the birth and baptism of Cyrus, son of John Bomberger, in Lebanon Township, Lebanon... READ MORE
Price: $350.00 other currencies Order nr. 110062
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2018. 9 x 12 inches. stiff paper covers with French flaps. xx, 245 p., 37 color plates. Subtitle: with special reference to the relationship of marbling to bookbinding in Europe and the Western world. Second edition with corrections, from the original edition published in 1990 by the University of Pennsylvania Press (a publication of the A.S.W. Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography). With over 350 color and 80 black-and-white illustrations, and... READ MORE
Price: $95.00 other currencies Order nr. 128896
