Philadelphia: Friends of the Free Library of Philadelphia, 1961. small 8vo. parchment-backed marbled paper-covered boards. (viii), 112 pages. First edition, limited to 500 copies finely printed by Joh. Enschedé. Short biographical essays on the authors behind the world's literary classics and rare books. Near fine condition. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 513
(Amstelveen, Netherlands): Nederlandsche Vereeniging van Antiquaren, 1985. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 54 pages. Text in Dutch and English. Published to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Netherlands Association of Antiquarian Booksellers. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 133418
New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and the British Library, 2004. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 176 pages. First edition. This book is the first illustrated guide to this complex and controversial subject. In 1930, in The Evolution of Publishers' Binding Styles, Michael Sadleir declared that "the bookseller-publisher of the decades from 1730 to 1770 issued his books either in loose quires, or stitched, or a most in a plain paper wrapper." This view... READ MORE
Price: $150.00 other currencies Order nr. 93908
Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, The, 2018. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 707 pages. Research into the history of the book and bookbinding makes our historical bindings relevant again and makes them better company. Studying and understanding and identifying and describing give us more information to consider when we must make decisions about our historical books. Accumulating this information most affects our great institutional collections, and to an extent, private collections, because the custodians of those... READ MORE
Price: $125.00 other currencies Order nr. 132198
Boston, MA: (The Ascensius Press), n.d., but 2000. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. 132, (4) pages. Limited to 225 copies. Introduction by Philip G. Maddock. Black and white illustrations. A catalogue of the club's collection. Bottom of front cover stained. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 133415
London, England: John Murray, 1881. 12mo. cloth. xxii, 373+(1), 32 pages. Sixth edition. Preface to this edition, preface to 1865 edition, table of contents, list of illustrations, appendix. Engraved frontispiece, and engraved illustrations throughout text. A compilation of the author's visits to monateries through the Levant Listing of other works by the publisher follows text. Spine sunned. Covers lightly rubbed and scuffed at edges and along spine. Considerable foxing on endpapers. READ MORE
Price: $40.00 other currencies Order nr. 133424
London, England: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1883. 16mo. cloth, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. x, 245, (3) pages. Table of contents. Announcement of work in preparation follows text. Endpapers tanned. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 133322
London, England: Chatto & Windus, 1899. 12mo. cloth, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. (xii), 361+(1) pages. Prefatory note by the author, list of illustrations, table of contents, appendix, index. Frontispiede, one black and white illustration in text. A collection of essays. Spine sunned. Rubbed and scuffed at edges. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 133316
London, England: Henry S. King & Co., 1877. 12mo. cloth. x, 209+(1), 31+(1) pages. Dedication, table of contents, endnotes. A collection of poetry. Advertisement of other works by the publisher follows text. Lightly rubbed and scuffed along spine. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 133320
London, England: Chatto & Windus, 1902. 12mo. cloth, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. (xiv), 294, (2), 32 pages. List of illustrations, table of contents, index. A collection of essays. Frontispiece, black and white illustrations in text. Advertisements follow text. Spine and edges of covers sunned. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 133318
N.P. Double Crown Club, 1970. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Program and menu for the 206th dinner of the Double Crown Club, featuring an address by Rollo Silver. Pages French-fold. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 133414
(London, England): The Institute of Conservation, 2005. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 74 pages. Volume 29 (2005). Table of contents. Includes articles, "shorter notices," and book reviews. Color and black and white illustrations. READ MORE
Price: $30.00 other currencies Order nr. 133327
London, England: Lund Humphries, (1978). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 300 pages. Published for Pentagram Design Partnership. Description of the work of Pentagram partners Theo Crosby, Alan Fletcher, Colin Forbes, Kenneth Grange, Ron Herron, Mervyn Kurlansky, and John McConnell. Color and black and white illustrations throughjout. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 133333
(Austin, TX: Harry Ransom Research Center), 2000. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 24 pages. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Henry Ransom Research Center, February-July 2000. Essay by Thomas E. Staley, photography by Pete Smith. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 133416
(Barcelona, Spain): by the author, n.d., but circa 1990. 8vo. marbled cloth. unpaginated. Text in Spanish. A catalogue of Herrera's book binding. Foldout page of color illustrations. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 133412
New York, NY: American Showcase, (1987). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 215+(1) pages. Table of contents, introduction, chronology, acknowledgments. A study of Dorfsman's role as Vice President and Creative Director of Advertising and Design for CBS. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE
Price: $55.00 other currencies Order nr. 133342
New York: George H. Doran Co., 1920. 8vo. cloth-backed boards. 264 pages. Reprint of the first edition. "Rambling hotchpotch of irresponsible comment was conceived in sin." READ MORE
Price: $7.00 other currencies Order nr. 9129
New York: Random House, 1930. 4to. cloth, silver-stamped. 245, (3) pages. Limited to 900 numbered and signed copies (See Dan Burne Jones, xiv, xvi). Illustrated by the author with electrotypes made from the original woodcuts. Preface by the author. Story of a voyage to Greenland, a shipwreck and "what, if anything, happened afterwards." Printed on special watermarked paper under the supervision of Elmer Adler. Boards and pastedowns stained. Spine soiled. READ MORE
Price: $100.00 other currencies Order nr. 110123
(New York, NY): Texere, (2002). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 247, (3) pages. Presentation on half title. Preface, index. Autobiography of a literary agent with political connections. READ MORE
Price: $30.00 other currencies Order nr. 133336
London: Phoenix House Ltd., (1951). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 208 pages. First edition. Guide to the finances and operations of a bookshop. Jacket chipped with wear at spine ends. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 20329
(Cambridge, MA): The Houghton Library, Harvard University, 1995. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. Introductory comments by Jane M. Rabb. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Houghton Library. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 133422
(Fairfax, CA: Arlen & Clara Louise Philpot), 1982. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. Limited to 200 copies. Keepsake published for the October 1982 meeting of the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles and the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco. An essay by Yolande Shephard about Mallette Dean's influence on the design of Napa Valley, California, wine labels. A label is tipped on on the inside front cover. READ MORE
Price: $30.00 other currencies Order nr. 133420
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1929. 12mo. cloth, dust jacket, fore-edge uncut. x, 164 pages. Dedication, table of contents. A collection of poetry. Dust jacket tanned and torn along spine. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 133323
London, England: Maggs, 1959. 4to. loose items in portfolio. unpaginated. A collection of ephemera, works by John Mason. Includes a prospectus for Some Papers Hand-Made by John Mason, Twelve by Eight (a paper read before the Double Crown Club), two proofs of Twelve by Eight, paper specimens (some hand made by Mason). One specimen with the name Roderick Cave thereon. Portfolio worn and sunned. READ MORE
Price: $100.00 other currencies Order nr. 133427
Philadelphia, PA: Running Press, (1991). miniature book (8.4 by 7.2 cm.). cloth, dust jacket. unpaginated. Introduction. 25 color illustrations by Pierre-Joseph Redouté. Dust jacket designed by Tony Schmidt. An alphabetical list of flowers with brief attributes of each. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 133364
