Bristol, England: Artline Editions, (1989). 4to. paper over boards, dust jacket. 211 pages. First edition. An historical survey of the development of the woodcut. Includes a comprehensive selection of reproductions of colored woodcuts. Contains full biographical details of each artist and is well illustrated. READ MORE about WOODCUTS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 28406
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 120 pages. Catalogue 157 is dedicated to bookbinding and includes black-and-white illustrations of select books. READ MORE about CATALOGUE 157 BOOKBINDING
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 87530
Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, 2010. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 528 pages, 374 illustrations. Books Will Speak Plain is published at a time when the historical book is at risk of being ignored, put away, and forgotten. This handbook combines an overview of the history of the codex with basic information about many of the materials and structures found on historical bindings. The book also includes description-survey guidelines and is supported by a variety of..... READ MORE about BOOKS WILL SPEAK PLAIN: A HANDBOOK FOR IDENTIFYING AND DESCRIBING HISTORICAL BINDINGS
Price: $80.00 Order nr. 106900
N.P. National Geographic Society, 1935. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp.367-398. B1-415. In The National Geographic Magazine, Volume LXVIII, Number Three, September 1935. Many illustrations. READ MORE about " DIAMOND DELAWARE, COLONIAL STILL " WITH "DELAWARE, FIRST IN STATEHOOD" BY...
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 67191
Dover: Everett D. Bryan, 1990. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 28 pages. A biographical sketch of Bryan who grew up in Lewes, Delaware, and operated a pharmcy. Filled with reproductions of photographs. Signed by Bryan on title page. READ MORE about EVERETT'S STORY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 73044
New York: Garland Publications, 1975. 8vo. cloth. 96 pages. First edition. An annotated bibliography of the author of NAKED LUNCH and an important figure in the beat movement. Designed for students of his writings rather than for the collector. Minor age darkening to the spine. READ MORE about WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS AND CRITICISM
Price: $21.00 Order nr. 1068
Princeton: Princeton University Library, 2000-2003. 9.4 x 12.6 inches. cloth, with gilt-stamped decoration on upper covers, title labels on spines. 656, 818 pages. In fall 1996, the Cotsen staff began compiling a multi-volume book catalogue of the research collection, with support from the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections and the Technical Services Department of the Princeton University Library. When complete, this catalogue will describe that portion of the non-circulating collection of printed books..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (VOLS I & II
Price: $180.00 Order nr. 130129
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New York: The Anderson Galleries, 1926. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 524; 402 lots. Two volumes. McKay 8938 and 8940. This magnificent library averaged over $700 a book and brought the highest total of an auction that had occured since the Hoe sale. Very good copies. READ MORE about SPLENDID ELIZABETHAN & EARLY STUART LIBRARY OF MR. JOHN L. CLAWSON, BUFFALO, N.Y
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 1789
(Pasadena, CA): Clinker Press, The, n.d. small folio. Broadside. Privately printed by Andre Chaves of The Clinker Press. This features an engraving and quote by William Blake. READ MORE about NO BIRD SOARS TOO HIGH, IF HE SOARS WITH HIS OWN WINGS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 134759
(Pasadena, CA): Clinker Press, The, (2017). small 8vo. self paper wrappers. 5 pages. One of 150 unnumbered copies printed by Andre Chaves of The Clinker Press for The Double Crown Club. The text is an exerpt taken from The Glasgow Mechanics' Magazine, No. XXXV, Saturday, 28th Autust, 1824. READ MORE about HOW TO CHOOSE A SCIENTIFIC LECTURER
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 134756
Tualatin, OR: Clinker Press, The, 2019. Limited to one of 30 unumbered copies. Printed by Andre Chaves at The Clinker Press. Set in 11 Linotype Jenson on handmade paper. Bound by Sam Ellenport. A biography of William Morris written within six years after his death. READ MORE about WILLIAM MORRIS IN THE MAKING
Price: $135.00 Order nr. 134224
(Pasadena, CA): Clinker Press, The, 2003. 8vo. paper covered boards. (8) pages. First edition printed by Andre Chaves of The Clinker Press, of which this is one of an undertermined limitation in paper covered boards. This book focuses on the originality of various styles of vine leaf ornamentation which was used by so many prominent printers in 16th century Europe. READ MORE about THE ALDINE LEAF
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 134755
N.P. n.p., n.d. broadside (10 by 10 inches). Cedar in Color broadside illustration by Andre Chaves of the Clinker Press. Signed by Chaves. READ MORE about Broadside Illustration
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 132584
(Pasadena, CA): The Clinker Press, 2013. broadside (9 by 14 inches). Printed for the Zamorano Club by Andre Chaves. READ MORE about BOOKS DON'T ALWAYS PLEASE
Price: $165.00 Order nr. 129877
(Pasadena, CA): The Clinker Press, (2013). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. ii, 20, (4) pages. Limited to 70 copies. Foreword by printer Andre Chaves. Originally printed by Charles Whittingham at the Chiswick Press. Illustration of the logo of the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society. READ MORE about THE ARTS & CRAFTS MOVEMENT
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 129858
(Pasadena, CA): The Clinker Press, (2008). 4to. cloth, front cover gilt-stamped. (vi), 19, (3) pages. Limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by printer Andre Chaves on colophon. Translated from the Russian by Boris Dralyuk. Illustration by Vladimir Zimakov. From The Brothers Karamazov. Bound by Mariana Blau. READ MORE about THE GRAND INQUISITOR
Price: $80.00 Order nr. 129837
Pasadena, CA: The Clinker Press, (2000). 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, gilt-stamped spine and front cover, bottom edge uncut. iv, 7, (3) pages. Limited to 50 numbered copies. Introduction by Andre Chaves. Reprint of an article in The International Studio LIX:233 (July 1916). Bound by David Weinstein tipped-in specimen precedes text. READ MORE about PRINTING WITH WOOD BLOCKS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 129846
n.p. (but Pasadena, CA): (Clinker Press), 2004. large 4to. broadside. Privately designed and printed by hand by artist Andre Chaves for his wife, Ann Chaves and her workshop on embroidering which took place at the Inglenook Textiles Needlework Studio on October 24, 2004. READ MORE about EMBROIDERY WORKSHOP
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 135592
Pasadena, CA: The Clinker Press, 2011. 8vo. leather, spine and front cover gilt-stamped. (viii), 37, (3) pages. Limited to 50 numbered copies. Introduction by the author. By a leader of the American Transcendentalist movement. Bound by Marianna Blau. READ MORE about NATURE
Price: $135.00 Order nr. 129836
(Pasadena, MD): The Clinker Press, (2008). 8vo. decorated paper-covered boards, bottom edge uncut. vi, 15, (3) pages. Limited to 100 numbered copies. Introduction by Susan Futterman. Bound by Mariana Blau. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE YELLOW WALL-PAPER
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 129843
(Pasadena, CA): The Clinker Press, 2016. broadside (12 1/4 by 7 inches). Printed by Andre Chaves. READ MORE about SIMPLICITY LIES IN SYNTHESIS, NOT OMISSION
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 129875
(Pasadena, CA: The Clinker Press, 2010). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. Limited to 200 copies. Hunter's work in pouch on the back of a broadside (10 1/2 by 7 3/4 inches) with illustration of the Hunter papermill, 1912-1918. Includes a poem by Hans Sachs (1568) and endnotes. READ MORE about ANCIENT HANDMADE PAPER
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 129831
(Pasadena, CA: The Clinker Press, (2012). 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (viii), 18, (4) pages. Limited to 55 copies. Introduction by AndreChaves, introductory comment about the author, prologue by the author. Bound by Mariana Blau. READ MORE about FRIENDS BEARING TORCHES
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 129849
(Pasadena, CA): The Clinker Press, (2016). 4to. quarter cloth, marbled paper-covered boards, paper front cover label. (iv), 52, (6) pages. Limited to 50 numbered copies, signed by printer Andre Chaves on colophon. Postscript by the printer follows text. Bound by Mariana Blau. A poetic tribute to printing. Illustrations in text, two with quotatioins by William Caxton and Thomas Jefferson. READ MORE about THE PRESS: A POEM IN TWO PARTS
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 129860
(Pasadena, CA): The Clinker Press, 2015. broadside (12 by 6 inches). Printed and designed by Andre Chaves for the Zamorano Club. READ MORE about WHERE LIES THE FINAL HARBOR
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 129864
