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Borck, Jim Springer (Editor).

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY A CURRENT BIBLIOGRAPHY n.s. 18 FOR 1992.

New York: AMS Press, 1999. large 8vo. cloth. (viii), 502 pages. First edition. Annual bibliography of "significant books, articles and reviews published during 1992 together with some from preceeding years." Covering all aspects of life in the eighteenth century, the volume is organized into sections, arranged by author, which cover printing and bibliographic studies; historical, social and economic studies; philosophy, science and religion; the fine arts; literary studies and individual authors. Selected entries feature extensive..... READ MORE about EIGHTEENTH CENTURY A CURRENT BIBLIOGRAPHY n.s. 18 FOR 1992

Price: $159.50 Order nr. 63165

(Bookbinding).

DANISH EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BINDINGS, 1730-1780.

With an Introduction by Sofus Larsen and Anker Kyster, Med et Resume par Dansk. 102 Plates.
Copenhagen: Levin & Munksgaard Publishers, 1930. 4to. cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards, paper spine label. 53 pages followed by the plates. With an Introduction by Sofus Larsen and Anker Kyster, Med et Resume par Dansk. 102 Plates. First edition. (Brenni no.482). Reproductions of well over 100 bindings with many in full color. Some rubbing along extremities. Text in English with summary in Danish. Spine label partially chipped away. Corners bumped. READ MORE about DANISH EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BINDINGS, 1730-1780

Price: $225.00 Order nr. 76387

Byers, Reid.

THE PRIVATE LIBRARY: THE HISTORY OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND FURNISHING OF THE DOMESTIC BOOKROOM.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2021. 7 x 10 inches. cloth with dust jacket. xii, 540 pages. "...hefty, fully illustrated, and beautifully designed volume..." -Rebecca Rego Barry, Fine Books & Collection, Summer 2021 "[The Private Library] is not meant for nerds. It is meant for TLS readers... this beautifully produced book is designed for any general reader who wants to read a bibliocentric history of the world." -A.N. Wilson, TLS _____________________________________________________ "The nuts and..... READ MORE about THE PRIVATE LIBRARY: THE HISTORY OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND FURNISHING OF THE DOMESTIC BOOKROOM

Price: $85.00 Order nr. 134228

(Canada). Gagnon, Phileas.

ESSAI DE BIBLIOGRAPHIE CANADIENNE, INVENTAIRE D'UNE BIBLIOTHEQUE.

2 volumes.
Québec ; Montréal: Imprimé pour L'Auteur, 1895; 1913. 8vo.; 8vo. remnants of half leather, stiff paper wrappers (disbound). (iv),x,711; (iv),xiv,462 pages. 2 volumes. First editions. (Besterman p.1101). Over 7,000 books and pamphlets on Canada described in this bibliography. Difficult to find as a set because of the time span between publication dates. Needs to be rebound. Front cover detached, back cover partially detached, spine missing. Pages 301-340 top right corners folded, missing on some pages..... READ MORE about ESSAI DE BIBLIOGRAPHIE CANADIENNE, INVENTAIRE D'UNE BIBLIOTHEQUE

Price: $150.00 Order nr. 41126

A CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: COMPREHENSIVE INDEX.

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Library, 2021. 12.375 x 9 inches. light gray Japanese cloth with front covers stamped in gold, with illustrated endpapers. 2 vol.: [xiii], 622, [2]; [6], 623-1252, [2]. The Comprehensive Index volumes cover all 20,082 descriptive entries published in the previous six volumes, all well illustrated: Twentieth Century (2 vol.: 12,403 entries, v.1 issued in 2000 and v.2 issued in 2003), Nineteenth Century (2 vol.: 6,370 entries, issued in 2019) and..... READ MORE about A CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: COMPREHENSIVE INDEX

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 136109

Clark, Tom.

THE GREAT NAROPA POETRY WARS.

Santa Barbara, CA: Cadmus Editions, 1980. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper spine label, acetate dust jacket. 87, (9) pages. First edition, one of the 100 numbered hardbound copies, signed by the author on colophon. Appendix includes a "copious collection of germane documents assembled by the author. Prospectus for the Jataka Tales laid in. READ MORE about THE GREAT NAROPA POETRY WARS

Price: $250.00 Order nr. 127186

(Clinker Press). Reed, Cleota.

IRENE SARGENT: A LEGEND IN HER OWN TIME.

(Pasadena, CA): The Clinker Press, (2013). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. iv, 63+(1) pages. Limited to 145 numbered copies. Table of contents, introduction by the author, afterword, chronology of Sargent's life, bibliography. Bound by Mariana Blau. READ MORE about IRENE SARGENT: A LEGEND IN HER OWN TIME

Price: $120.00 Order nr. 129848

Cloud, Gerald W. and Peter Rutledge Koch, (eds.).

THE CODEX PAPERS: VOLUME 2.

Berkeley, CA: CODEX Foundation, The, 2020. 6.75 x 8.5 inches. Smythe sewn, letterpress printed wrapper. 144 pages. This issue features reviews of books and exhibitions, a profile on the French bookbinder Louise Bescond, a photo essay on the Bixler Typefoundry, book shopping in Paris, an artists insights to her own process, a curators favorite artists books, and a booksellers perspective on book collecting. With contributions from: Megan Adie, Tatjana Bergelt, Michael Bixler, Deirdre Brollo, Carolee..... READ MORE about THE CODEX PAPERS: VOLUME 2

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 134848

Gehl, Paul F.

CHICAGO MODERNISM AND THE LUDLOW TYPOGRAPH: DOUGLAS C MCMURTRIE AND ROBERT HUNTER MIDDLETON AT WORK.

Australia: Opifex, 2020. 6 × 9 inches. Paperback. 144 pages. "At the core of Gehl's fascinating account of a most improbable yet successful typographic partnership is America's tentative steps toward Modernism at a time when revivalism remained prevalent and the modern spirit was considered to be culturally of dubious intent. Gehl chronicles in engrossing detail and with admirable clarity the subversive energies of McMurtrie, a modernist who would tell anyone willing to listen, and Middleton..... READ MORE about CHICAGO MODERNISM AND THE LUDLOW TYPOGRAPH: DOUGLAS C MCMURTRIE AND ROBERT HUNTER MIDDLETON AT WORK

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 135039

(Golden Cockerel Press). Cynwal, Wiliam.

IN DEFENCE OF WOMAN, A WELSH POEM TRANSLATED BY GWYN WILLIAMS.

(London, England): Golden Cockerel Press, (n.d. but 1959). narrow 8vo. leather, gilt on cover, paper slipcase. 28 pages, with extra print. Printed in an edition limited to 500 numbered copies, of which this is one of 100 bound in full leather by Hiscox (Cave and Manson, History of The Golden Cockerel Press 210). Designed by Christopher Sandford in Golden Cockerel type on mould-made paper. Composition and presswork by The Chiswick Press . The 210th of..... READ MORE about IN DEFENCE OF WOMAN, A WELSH POEM TRANSLATED BY GWYN WILLIAMS

Price: $550.00 Order nr. 128201

(Har-Ma Press). Smith, Harold and Alma.

MESSAGES IN WOOD.

N.P. Har-Ma Press, (1979). 8vo. cloth. 54 pages. Printed in an edition limited to 103 numbered copies, this being a presentation copy to an unidentified printer with the ink signature of Harold and Alma Smith. Text includes wood engravings by Harold Smith that are accompanied by prose descriptions of the origin of each piece. Ephemera loosely inserted. READ MORE about MESSAGES IN WOOD

Price: $225.00 Order nr. 75910

(Lewis & Clarke Expedition).

DOCUMENTS ACCOMPANYING A BILL MAKING COMPENSATION TO MESSIEURS LEWIS AND CLARKE, AND THEIR COMPANIONS, PRESENTED THE 23RD JANUARY, 1807.

Washington, DC: National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser, Printed by Samuel Harrison Smith, Pennsylvania Avenue, Monday, February 2, 1807, 1807. folio. self paper wrappers. front page, column 3-5. First public printing, after having been published as a congressional/government document by A. & G. Way (for it, see, The Literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, A Bibliography and Essays (Lewis & Clark College2003), no. 2c.4 (containing letter from Willis Alston, January 12, 1807; letter from H...... READ MORE about DOCUMENTS ACCOMPANYING A BILL MAKING COMPENSATION TO MESSIEURS LEWIS AND CLARKE, AND THEIR...

Price: $2,500.00 Order nr. 134696

Lomazow, Steven.

MAGAZINES AND THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF STEVEN LOMAZOW, M.D.

New York: Grolier Club, The, 2021. 9 x 12 inches. Hardcover with jacket. 325 pages. "...if you want to understand magazines erstwhile power, schedule a visit to the Grolier Club by April 24 to see Magazines and the American Experience: Highlights From the Collection of Steven Lomazow, M.D.... Dr. Lomazow describes the exhibition (which he curated with a librarian, Julie Carlsen, while also creating a richly detailed catalog) as an "epitaph" for the printed magazine."..... READ MORE about MAGAZINES AND THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF STEVEN LOMAZOW, M.D

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 135333

Loxley, Simon.

EMERY WALKER: ARTS, CRAFTS, AND A WORLD IN MOTION.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 7.125 x 9.25 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 216 pages. "This new study offers an insight into his work, the personality that drove his long career, and the fascinating, highly-charged social and political backgrounds against which that career was played out." - William Morris Society Magazine, Spring 2020 "Correspondence forms forms the backbone of Loxley's recent book Emery Walker: Arts, crafts and a world in motion, and builds a...... READ MORE about EMERY WALKER: ARTS, CRAFTS, AND A WORLD IN MOTION

Price: $95.00 Order nr. 133470

(Marbling). Heyeck, Robin.

MARBLING AT THE HEYECK PRESS.

Woodside, Ca. Heyeck Press, 1986. 4to. quarter morocco with marbled paper-covered sides, slipcase. 65, (3) pages. Limited to 150 numbered copies signed by the author. A descriptive bibliography of marbling projects by the press with samples of each of the 15 items described. Also has five chapters on the many variables which determine success in Turkish marbling with some samples and a chapter on problems and cures with seven samples, six of which demonstrate a...... READ MORE about MARBLING AT THE HEYECK PRESS

Price: $1,500.00 Order nr. 124199

(Miniature Books).

CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF MINIATURE BOOKS COLLECTED BY PERCY EDWIN SPIELMANN. TOGETHER WITH SOME DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARIES.

London: Edward Arnold, (1961). 8vo. cloth-backed, patterned paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xv, 289 pages. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Introduction by Spielmann followed by descriptions of over 500 miniature books. Well-indexed. Scarce book. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF MINIATURE BOOKS COLLECTED BY PERCY EDWIN SPIELMANN. TOGETHER WITH...

Price: $325.00 Order nr. 41596

Munsell, A.H.

A GRAMMAR OF COLOR, ARRANGEMENTS OF STRATHMORE PAPERS IN A VARIETY OF PRINTED COLOR COMBINATION ACCORDING TO THE MUNSELL COLOR SYSTEM.

Mittineague: Strathmore Paper Company, 1921. tall 4to. cloth-backed boards. 28, (4) pages. With text illustrating the application of the system by T.M. Cleland who also designed the book and provided the decorations. Rudolph Ruzicka provided the decorative designs on the color sheets. Accompanied by the 19 specimen sheets with folded flaps bound in at the end. Lacking the accompaning folder with additional specimens. Aside from a bump to the foredge of both the front and..... READ MORE about A GRAMMAR OF COLOR, ARRANGEMENTS OF STRATHMORE PAPERS IN A VARIETY OF PRINTED COLOR COMBINATION...

Price: $150.00 Order nr. 30762

(Parrish, Maxfield). Coussens, Penrhyn W.

THE SAPPHIRE STORY BOOK: STORIES OF THE SEA.

New York, NY: Duffield & Company, 1917. 8vo. original embossed cloth. (x), 418. (2) pages. First edition. Not cited in Ludwig's bibliography of Parrish. A volume in the "Jewel Series." Table of contents, preface by the author, listing of sources of the tales. A collection of thirty-six sea stories. Color frontispiece by Maxfield Parrish. Slightly bumped at corners. Tanning near edges of endpapers. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Reputed to be a scarce item..... READ MORE about THE SAPPHIRE STORY BOOK: STORIES OF THE SEA

Price: $325.00 Order nr. 128549

(Perishable Press). Hamady, W.S.

SINCE MARY.

Springdale Township, WI: The Perishable Press, 1969. square 32mo. stiff paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 167 copies (Hamady 26). Palatino type. Presentation from the author on front free endpaper. READ MORE about SINCE MARY

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 129794

Tanselle, G. Thomas.

DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 2020. 6.125 x 9.25 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 630 pages plus 8 pages of illustrations. "A masterwork. ...Tanselle has gathered his own fact-rich essays from a lifetime's worth of reflection on the physical nature of books. The result is a true summa of bibliographical insight, information and guidance. There are, for example, chapters about paper, typography and layout, typesetting and presswork, bindings, endpapers and dust jackets. Throughout..... READ MORE about DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Price: $60.00 Order nr. 134700

(Type Specimens).

MONOTYPE BASKERVILLE LATINKA BASKERVILLE KURSIVA.

Praha (Prague), Czechoslovakia: Prumyslová Tiskárna, n.d. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. unpaginated. Text in Czech. A catalogue of type specimens by a Czech firm. Includes Roman and italic type faces, as well as ornaments and borders. Spine detached, covers rubbed and scuffed, mainly at edges. Front cover stained. READ MORE about MONOTYPE BASKERVILLE LATINKA BASKERVILLE KURSIVA

Price: $500.00 Order nr. 132250

(Typography). Kelly, Jerry.

ONE HUNDRED BOOKS FAMOUS IN TYPOGRAPHY.

New York: Grolier Club, The, 2021. 8.5 x 11 inches. cloth. 336 pages. Companion catalogue to the Grolier Club exhibition on view May 12, 2021 through July 31, 2021 Any English student knows the name Gutenberg and the words moveable type go together. That same student may have encountered Garamond, Baskerville, and Bodoni only in Word's dropdown font menu, not realizing that they were named for punchcutters and type designers, who raised the essential work..... READ MORE about ONE HUNDRED BOOKS FAMOUS IN TYPOGRAPHY

Price: $95.00 Order nr. 135653

(Whittington Press).

MATRIX 02, A REVIEW FOR PRINTERS & BIBLIOPHILES.

Andoversford: The Whittington Press, 1982. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 112 pages. First edition, limited to 450 numbered copies. Twenty-one chapters on various aspects of printing, private press, illustration and papermaking. Includes articles by Adrian Cunningham on Eric Gill, John Biggs on wood-engraving in Russia, James Mosely on Gill and the Golden Cockerel Type, John Randle on the Rampant Lions Press and many others. READ MORE about MATRIX 02, A REVIEW FOR PRINTERS & BIBLIOPHILES

Price: $725.00 Order nr. 45950

(Whittington Press).

MATRIX 15.

Herefordshire: Whittington Press, 1995. 4to. quarter oasis leather with marbled paper-covered boards , with paper wrapper and cord tied addition, both gathered in a slipcase. (vi),234,(2); (12) pages. Special edition limited to only 95 copies in a special binding by the Fine Bindery with marbled paper covered boards by Colleen Gryspeerdt. Filled with tipped in plates, photographs and samples of private press items. Some of the articles in this issue are "Letters are Things: The..... READ MORE about MATRIX 15

Price: $500.00 Order nr. 43732

Yarnell, Jim.

SPECIMENS: FROM RAGS TO RUSHES.

Wichita: Oak Park Press, 1983. miniature book (6.8 x 5.0 cm). leather, title gilt-stamped on spine and front cover, edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by author on colophon (Bradbury, Oak Park 3). Twelve handmade paper specimens, with explanatory comments on each. Gilt on spine worn away, else near fine. READ MORE about SPECIMENS: FROM RAGS TO RUSHES

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 117777

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