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(Leaf Book). Muscatine, Charles (1920-2010).

Prospectus for THE BOOK OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER.

AN ACCOUNT OF THE PUBLICATION OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER'S WORKS FROM THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY TO MODERN TIMES.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1963. folio. single sheet, folded once. (4) pages. AN ACCOUNT OF THE PUBLICATION OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER'S WORKS FROM THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY TO MODERN TIMES. NOTE: THIS IS FOR THE PROSPECTUS ONLY. The original book was limited to 450 copies (Leaf Book - Chalmers 128 & 140). Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. An account of the publication of Chaucer's works over a period of more than five hundred..... READ MORE about Prospectus for THE BOOK OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 143590

(Solliday, Tim).

STANDING TALL.

n.p. n.p., n.d. folio. broadside. Limited to 41 signed and numbered copies by the artist, Tim Solliday. Reproduced and printed by Andre Chaves of the Clinker Press. READ MORE about STANDING TALL

Price: $150.00 Order nr. 134820

Order Nr. 97950 THE DARTONS: AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS ISSUED BY TWO...

Darton, Lawrence.

THE DARTONS: AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS ISSUED BY TWO PUBLISHING HOUSES 1787-1876.

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2004. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 709 pages. First edition. Spine of jacket lightly faded, as well as having shallow tears to head of spine of jacket. A very good copy. In 1787, William Darton began engraving and printing children's books. Over the next 60 years, his firm printed over 1,000 books for young people. In 1804, a separate firm of Darton was founded by William's oldest son. They published..... READ MORE about THE DARTONS: AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS ISSUED BY TWO PUBLISHING HOUSES...

Price: $40.00 Order nr. 97950

COLOPHON, N.S., A Q FOR BKMEN, V.II N.3.

New York: The Colophon Ltd, 1937. 8vo. cloth. pp. vi, 317-479+(1). McKinley Kantor writing about the publication of his first poem when he was only fourteen, an article on Victorian bookmarkers by Paul McPharlin, an illustrated in color article on Pennsylvania German bookplates, by Henry Borneman, and an autobiographical sketch by publisher B.W. Huebsch are some of the interesting features in this issue. READ MORE about COLOPHON, N.S., A Q FOR BKMEN, V.II N.3

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 45434

(Merrymount Press). Winship, George Parker.

THE MERRYMOUNT PRESS OF BOSTON.

AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORK OF DANIEL BERKELEY UPDIKE. WITH A LIST OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MERRYMOUNT PRESS BOOKS.
Vienna: Herbert Reichner, 1929. 4to. boards, paper spine label, slipcase. 46 pages followed by 60 plates showing the typography of books produced at the Merrymount Press in color. AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORK OF DANIEL BERKELEY UPDIKE. WITH A LIST OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MERRYMOUNT PRESS BOOKS. Limited to 380 copies. Spine detached from the binding but partially present, else a very good copy in near fine slipcase. Bibliotheca Typographica Vol.V. The list of..... READ MORE about THE MERRYMOUNT PRESS OF BOSTON

Price: $40.00 Order nr. 19612

Ritchie, Ward.

YEARS TOUCHED WITH MEMORIES.

With a Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell.
Clifton: Bookman Publications, Inc., (1992). 8vo. cloth-backed boards. (viii), 171 pages. With a Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. First edition. A fine copy. The autobiography of this legendary California bookman. He recalls his private press work, his friends Lawrence Clark Powell, Jake Zeitlin, Paul Landacre, Robinson Jeffers, W.A. Dwiggins and many others. Illustrated. READ MORE about YEARS TOUCHED WITH MEMORIES

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 40361

Order Nr. 71215 PEN, INK, & EVIDENCE: A STUDY OF WRITING AND WRITING MATERIALS FOR THE...

(Forgery). Nickell, Joe.

PEN, INK, & EVIDENCE: A STUDY OF WRITING AND WRITING MATERIALS FOR THE PENMAN, COLLECTOR, AND DOCUMENT DETECTIVE.

New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2003. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. x, 228 pages. First edition, third printing with corrections. An excellent study of writing and writing materials for the penman, collector, and document detective. The author traces the development of writing and writing materials from the ancient cuneiform tablet to today's historical documents. This work is essential for all calligraphers, archivists, literary historians and document examiners. Over one hundred illustrations. READ MORE about PEN, INK, & EVIDENCE: A STUDY OF WRITING AND WRITING MATERIALS FOR THE PENMAN, COLLECTOR, AND...

Price: $29.95 Order nr. 71215

Order Nr. 138596 VISIONARIES & FANATICS: AND OTHER ESSAYS ON TYPE DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY, &...

Maret, Russell.

VISIONARIES & FANATICS: AND OTHER ESSAYS ON TYPE DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY, & THE PRIVATE PRESS.

Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2021. 10 x 7 inches. cloth, sewn, dust jacket. 144 pages. Hardback edition with an additional specimen of type and ornaments, privately printed by Russell Maret loosely inserted. The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw a great flowering of typographic activity, resulting in a corpus of typographic literature that continues to hold sway over contemporary type design and practices. But are the precepts and motivations of late-Industrial typography..... READ MORE about VISIONARIES & FANATICS: AND OTHER ESSAYS ON TYPE DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY, & THE PRIVATE PRESS

Price: $70.00 Order nr. 138596

(Greenaway, Kate). Weatherly, George.

THE "LITTLE FOLKS" NATURE PAINTING BOOK.

A Series of Outline Engravings for Water-Colour Painting, with Stories and Verses.
London, Paris & New York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., n.d. (c.1879). square 8vo. pictorial stiff paper wrappers. colored frontispiece, 80 pages, with 4 pages of advertisements at rear. A Series of Outline Engravings for Water-Colour Painting, with Stories and Verses. A charming Kate Greenaway book with practical instructions for young painters. A variant title not in Schuster & Engen. Some wear to the head of the spine, else a fine copy. Scarce in this..... READ MORE about THE "LITTLE FOLKS" NATURE PAINTING BOOK

Price: $150.00 Order nr. 143567

Greenaway, Kate.

MARIGOLD GARDEN.

Pictures and Rhymes. Printed in Colours by Edmund Evans.
London: George Routledge and Sons, (1885). 4to. green glazed pictorial boards, green cloth spine, black endpapers. 60 pages. Pictures and Rhymes. Printed in Colours by Edmund Evans. Later edition and issue (Schuster & Engen 135.2a). A fine copy, and very scarce in this condition. Colored illustrations in text, a number being full-page. Front and rear covers same, with outer margin having a single yellow border with title and author printed in light cream. Picture in..... READ MORE about MARIGOLD GARDEN

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 143563

(Clinker Press). Hubbard, E. (Elbert).

IF I HAD TWO LOAVES OF BREAD.

(Pasadena, CA): Clinker Press, The, n.d. small folio. broadside. Broadside with a quotation by Hubbard. Designed and printed by Andre Chaves of the Clinker Press in three colors. READ MORE about IF I HAD TWO LOAVES OF BREAD

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 137327

(Barbarian Press). MacLeod, Heather Simeney.

ARTEFACT: POEMS SELECTED AND NEW.

(Mission, B.C., Canada): Barbarian Press, 2026. 8vo. wrappers of Classic Crest Flax handmade paper. unpaginated. Limited to 120 copies. A fine copy. The poems were selected by Crispin and Jan Elsted from My Flesh the Sound of Rain, The Burden of Snow, Intermission, and The Little Yellow House, and from new, unpublished poems. The text was handset by Apollonia Elsted in Joanna with Duensin Titling for display, and printed by Lea Sánchez Milde on Mohawk..... READ MORE about ARTEFACT: POEMS SELECTED AND NEW

Price: $40.00 Order nr. 143383

Howells, William Dean.

A FOREGONE CONCLUSION.

Boston: J. R. Osgood & Co., 1875. 8vo. publisher's cloth. 265 pages. First edition, first printing (BAL 9568). Minor rubbing to edges and hinges, else a near fine copy. Copies of the first printing (in H) presented by Howells Nov. 27, Nov. 28, 1874, respectively, to Mrs. Howells and to Oliver Wendell Holmes. Deposited Dec. 3, 1874. Listed PW Dec. 5, 1874. Advertisted by Low as a new American book PC Dec. 31, 1874 (See..... READ MORE about A FOREGONE CONCLUSION

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 141609

Howells, William Dean.

THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1880. 8vo. publisher's cloth. 419 pages. First edition (BAL 9589a). Private bookplate on the front pastedown. A near fine copy. Printed by The Riverside Press. READ MORE about THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 141606

James, Henry.

THE SACRED FOUNT.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. 8vo. publisher's cloth. (vi), 319, (1) pages. First edition, first issue, with the nail heads in the gutters (BAL 10644; Edel A55). Rubbing to boards, minor wear to spine ends, else a near fine copy. Half-title page present. This tale of sexual energy baffled many of the earlier critics, but now receives more serious scrutiny. The novel sold badly when it was first published in 1901, and was the..... READ MORE about THE SACRED FOUNT

Price: $50.00 Order nr. 141575

(Montana).

CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MONTANA WITH ITS TRANSACTIONS, ACTS OF INCORPORATION, CONSTITUTIO, ORDINANCES, OFFICERS AND MEMBERS.

Boston: J.S.Canner and Company, 1966. 8vo. burgandy cloth with gilt titles on spine. variously paginated. First edition limited to only 250 sets. A complete and near fine set of this valuable resource. Important contribution to the history of Montana, from its earliest period to pre-World War II, with a portion of the edition being damaged and destroyed by water. Fewer than 100 sets survived. READ MORE about CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MONTANA WITH ITS TRANSACTIONS, ACTS OF INCORPORATION,...

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 140925

Nichol, Francis D.

THE MIDNIGHT CRY.

A Defense of the Character and Conduct of William Miller and the Millerites, Who Mistakenly Believed that the Second Coming of Christ Would Take Place in the Year 1844.
Takoma Park, WA: Review & Herald Publishing Association, 1945. 8vo. blue cloth. 560 pages. A Defense of the Character and Conduct of William Miller and the Millerites, Who Mistakenly Believed that the Second Coming of Christ Would Take Place in the Year 1844. First edition. Spine slightly faded, covers very lightly soiled, else a fine copy. READ MORE about THE MIDNIGHT CRY

Price: $40.00 Order nr. 140910

(Russell, George Willaim). A.E. (George Russell).

HOMEWARD SONGS BY THE WAY.

Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, (1895). 12mo. limp paper boards with yapped edges, printing in brown, title page in black and vermilion. 86, (2) pages. Second edition of the authors first book of poetry limited to 925 copies, with designs and headbands by Bruce Rogers (Warde 3). Soiled and rubbed, lacking the spine. The first edition was printed by C. Whaley in Dublin, 1894. Bruce Rogers designed 2 vignettes for the covers, and three headpieces..... READ MORE about HOMEWARD SONGS BY THE WAY

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 140699

Robinson, Clement.

A HANDFUL OF PLEASANT DELIGHTS (1584).

Edited by Hyder E. Rollins.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1924. 8vo. cloth, gilt on front board and spine, top edge gilt. 145 pages. Edited by Hyder E. Rollins. First edition. A near fine copy. Very scarce. Likely designed by Bruce Rogers. READ MORE about A HANDFUL OF PLEASANT DELIGHTS (1584

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 140489

(Rogers, Bruce). Murdock, Harold.

EARL PERCY'S DINNER-TABLE.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1907. large 8vo. cloth, gilt on front cover, paper spine label, slipcase. (xi), 77 pages. Printed in an edition limited to 550 numbered copies signed by the author (Warde, 79). Private bookplate of Herbert H. Johnson on front pastedown. Fine in near fine slipcase. Printed in Caslon type. Frontispiece portrait by Sidney L. Smith on India paper. Handsomely printed by the Riverside Press. From 1896-1911renowned book designer and typographer Bruce Rogers was..... READ MORE about EARL PERCY'S DINNER-TABLE

Price: $80.00 Order nr. 140057

(Rogers, Bruce). Esarey, Logan.

THE INDIANA HOME. WITH PICTURES BY FRANKLIN BOOTH AND BRUCE ROGERS.

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1953. 4to. quarter cloth with printed paper boards, top edge gilt, slipcase. (iv), x, 120, (20) pages. Designed and illustrated by Bruce Rogers and printed in an edition limited to 1550 numbered copies by the Marchbanks Press of New York for the Indiana University Press. (Blumenthal, p.183). A near fine copy. Includes an introduction by R. Carlyle Buley. Many illustrations printed in brown throughout the text. Text followed by seven full..... READ MORE about THE INDIANA HOME. WITH PICTURES BY FRANKLIN BOOTH AND BRUCE ROGERS

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 139956

Order Nr. 1453 PROGRESS IN THE GRAPHIC ARTS AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY IN...

Cleland, T.M.

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, 1949. 8vo. paper wrappers, paper cover label. 32 pages. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. READ MORE about PROGRESS IN THE GRAPHIC ARTS AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY IN CHICAGO ... ON THE...

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 1453

(Bird & Bull Press).

PROSPECTUS FOR EMBLEMATA: THE EMBLEM BOOKS OF ANDREA ALCIATO.

Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 2007. broadside (9 x 12 inches). one edge uncut. Prospectus for Alvan Bregman, Emblemata: The Emblem Books of Andrea Alciato. A leaf book that includes eight new emblems by Henricus de Nova Villa. READ MORE about PROSPECTUS FOR EMBLEMATA: THE EMBLEM BOOKS OF ANDREA ALCIATO

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 126555

(Bird & Bull Press). Heaney, Howell J.

THIRTY YEARS OF BIRD & BULL A BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1958-1988.

With a foreword and commentary by Henry Morris.
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1988. 8vo. three-quarter morocco, Bird & Bull Press paste-paper over boards, morocco spine label. Accompanied by a cloth folder containing various text pages and ephemera; both inserted in a cloth-covered and lined clamshell box with a morocco spine label. 104 pages. With a foreword and commentary by Henry Morris. First edition, limited to 300 numbered copies, of which 275 are for sale (Berger A46; Leaf Book - Chalmers 190)..... READ MORE about THIRTY YEARS OF BIRD & BULL A BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1958-1988

Price: $250.00 Order nr. 23772

Order Nr. 143485 FREDERIC W. GOUDY PROPRIETARY TYPEFACES AND THE "LOST" GOUDY...

(Goudy, Frederic). Washbish, Bruce.

FREDERIC W. GOUDY PROPRIETARY TYPEFACES AND THE "LOST" GOUDY TYPEFACES.

Petaluma, CA: Anchor and Acorn Press, 1992. small 4to. stapled stiff paper wrappers. 8 pages. Limited to 125 copies. Small crease to the top corner, else a fine copy. Features a selection of fonts designed by Frederic W. Goudy (1865-1947). It provides a brief biography on Goudy and his type designing career, how he began producing his own typefaces, and some examples of his work including most of his "lost" typefaces. Printed in celebration of..... READ MORE about FREDERIC W. GOUDY PROPRIETARY TYPEFACES AND THE "LOST" GOUDY TYPEFACES

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 143485

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