Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1998. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 143-407; xxviii pages. Volume 98, Part 2. Table of contents, proceedings of the annual meeting, reports, index, historical information. Includes "American History in Image and Text," by John Bidwell. READ MORE about PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134663
N.P. American Printing History Association, 2006. 8vo. contributions loosely inserted in cloth clamshell box, paper spine label. Limited to 200 copies for sale (of 225 copies). Seventeen typographic arrangements of poems, contributed by 15 presses in a variety of typefaces, colors, formats, papers, some illustrated, all printed letterpress. The designers/printers are: Mindy Beloff, Michael and Winifred Bixler, Carolee Campbell, Ed Colker, Sandy Connors, Ron Gordon, Barbara Henry, Jerry Kelly, Kay Michael Kramer, David Pankow, Michael..... READ MORE about VERSE INTO TYPE, THE APHA POETRY PORTFOLIO
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 92033
Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019. 8vo. cloth. vi, (ii), 401, (2) pages. First edition. A collection of twelve essays by various authors related to the history of written communication. READ MORE about BOOK HISTORY, VOLUME 22
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 134306
Aberdeen, SD: Alexander Mitchell Library, 1997. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 56 pages. Edited by Nancy Tystad Koupal. Table of contents, list of illustrations, introduction. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about OZ IN ABERDEEN: A CATALOGUE OF THE L. FRANK BAUM COLLECTION OF THE ALEXANDER MITCHELL LIBRARY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 134614
North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1982. oblong 4to. two-sided broadside. Please note this is for the prospectus only. Limited to 350 numbered copies. Acknowledgments, prologue by Colin Franklin, endnotes. Includes facsimiles of the cover and pages from the diary. Commences on November 16, 1932, and ends on November 11, 1933. Recounts difficult times in Craig's life. READ MORE about Prospectus for GORDON CRAIG'S PARIS DIARY 1932-1933
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134680
Chicago, IL: Chicago Public Library, 2006. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. 38, (2) pages. Letter from Commissioner Mary A. Dempsey, curator's introduction, index of binders. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Chicago Public Library. Color illustrations. A.L.s. from special collections director Lesa Dowd to Monique Lallier. READ MORE about ONE BOOK MANY INTERPRETATIONS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134651
Treadwell, NY: Bright Hill Press, 2010. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 136 pages. Table of contents, notes from the curators, pictures from the exhibition, ordering instructions. One page of color illustrations, black and white illustrations throughout text. READ MORE about BOOK ARTS 2010: THE WORD & IMAGE GALLERY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134660
1924-2013. variouos. hard cover and soft cover. A collection of ten titles to do with book-collecting, all in fine, near-fine, or good condition. The titles are: Books, by Gerald Donaldson (Reinhold, NY, 1981); Official Guide to Old Books, by William Rodger (House of Collectibles, Florence, 1976); Cargoes for Crusoes, by Grant Overton (Appleton & Co, NY, 1924); The Lengthened Shadow, by Norman H. Strouse (Duschnes, NY, 1960); More Gold in Your Attic, by Van Allen..... READ MORE about Group of ten books on Book-Collecting
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 134616
Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, 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 collections..... READ MORE about MEETING BY ACCIDENT: SELECTED HISTORICAL BINDINGS
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 132198
Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, 2017. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 464 pages. The eight authors in this volume are: Lydia Aitkenhead; Ruth Bardenstein; Jim Bloxam and Shaun Thompson; Bexx Caswell and Patrick Olson; Peter Geraty; Kathleen Kiefer, Barbara Korbel, and Eva-Maria Schuchardt; Todd Pattison and Graham Patten; and Karin Scheper. Two canvas samples are also included. READ MORE about SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 5
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 133683
London: Maggs Bros. Ltd., 1982. 8vo. cloth. 159 pages. S-K 3527. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. With three colored plates and sixty-eight half-tone illustrations of bindings. All seventy-one bindings are described in detail and are accompanied by an illustration. Includes the work of Harding, Mearne, Bartlett, Edwards of Halifax, Guild of Women-Binders, and others including McLeish and Cockerell. Lightly soiled on the front / rear covers and spine, which were bound upside down. READ MORE about BRITISH BOOKBINDINGS PRESENTED BY KENNETH H. OLDAKER TO THE CHAPTER LIBRARY OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 134201
London: Maggs Bros. Ltd., 1982. 8vo. cloth. 159 pages. S-K 3527. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. With three colored plates and sixty-eight half-tone illustrations of bindings. All seventy-one bindings are described in detail and are accompanied by an illustration. Includes the work of Harding, Mearne, Bartlett, Edwards of Halifax, Guild of Women-Binders, and others, including McLeish and Cockerell. With the very rare prospectus loosely inserted. Fine condition. READ MORE about BRITISH BOOKBINDINGS PRESENTED BY KENNETH H. OLDAKER TO THE CHAPTER LIBRARY OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 134217
(New York, NY: Guild of Book Workers, 2005). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 44 pages. Introduction by Amy LeePard, curator's statement, jurors' remarks. Color illustrations throughout. Catalogue of a travelling exhibition. READ MORE about VESSEL: GUILD OF BOOK WORKERS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134659
(Montreal, QC, Canada): Galerie Orange, 2007. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 35+(1) pages. Text in French and English. Presentation by Bougie. A catalogue of Bougie's works exhibited at the Galerie Orange, Montreal. Color illustrations. READ MORE about LOUIS-PIERRE BOUGIE: DÉSERT VERT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134613
(Dinan, QC, Canada: Lacerte Art Contemporain, 2005). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 35+(1) pages. Text in French. Presentation by the author on title. Catalogue of an exhibition at Lacerte and the Galerie Orange. READ MORE about LOUIS-PIERRE BOUGIE: ABSENCE DE BRUIT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134607
(New York, NY: School of Visual Arts, 1976. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 77, (3) pages. 4th printing, revised edition. Table of contents, preface by Placement Director Eileen McClash. A guide to careers in the visual arts. READ MORE about CAREERS IN THE VISUAL ARTS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134650
(Allegany, NY): Friedsam Memorial Library, n.d., but 1998. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 26 pages. Foreword by university president Robert J. Wickenheiser, list of trustees and university officers, acknowledgments. Color illustrations and descriptive text about highlights of the library's special collections. READ MORE about A CENTURY OF GATHERING: THE RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION OF ST. BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134658
N.P. Cheloniidae Press, n.d. small 8vo. paper wrappers. (16) pages. A catalogue of books offered by Cheloniidae Press in which all of the books are illustrated and designed by Alan Robinson. Signed by Robinson on the front cover. READ MORE about CHELONIIDAE PRESS BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 59404
(Easthampton, MA): Cheloniidae Press, 1990. folio. quarter leather, full cloth tray-case. 116 pages. Limited to 155 numbered copies of which this is one of 50 copies of the regular edition signed by Alan James Robinson. The text addresses the natural history, folklore, and mythology of the birds and beasts in Shakespeare's plays. This large format book, designed by Alan James Robinson, is the exact untrimmed size of the First Folio of 1623. It is Illustrated..... READ MORE about BIRDS AND BEASTS OF SHAKESPEARE
Price: $3,000.00 Order nr. 40453
Vancouver, BC, Canada: The University of British Columbia Library, 1998. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 304 pages. Table of contents, preface, introduction, sources, list of illustrators and engravers, index of publishers and printers, author-title-series index. 16 color plates. A bibliography of the Arkley Collection of Early and Historical Children's Literature in the Special Collections of the University of British Columbia Library. READ MORE about BOOKS THAT SHAPED OUR MINDS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134618
N.P. Etherington Conversation Center, 1997. 4to. cloth. variously paginated. Facsimile of original edition (London: for J. Taylor, 1802). Preface to this English translation, table of contents. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about A TREATISE ON PAINTING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134661
Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company, 1900. 12mo. half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. variously paginated. Nine volumes of this popular set on Alphonse Daudet. Titles include: MEMORIES OF A MAN OF LETTERS ARTISTS' WIVES ETC. FROMONT AND RISLER (FROMONT JEUNE ET RISLER AINÉ). LETTERS FROM MY MILL TO WHICH ARE ADDED LETTERS TO AN ABSENT ONE. THE IMMORTAL TO WHICH IS ADDED THE STRUGGLE LIFE PORT-TARASCON TO..... READ MORE about WORKS OF ALPHONSE DAUDET
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 134670
London, England: The Folio Society, 2007. 4to. cloth, paper-covered slipcase. xxviii, 266 pages. Third printing. Table of contents, introduction by John Hemming, preface, acknowledgments, maps and plans, suggested further readings, index. Illustrations in text, frontispiece, and on endpapers. READ MORE about LOST CITY OF THE INCAS: THE STORY OF MACHU PICCHU AND ITS BUILDERS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134654
London, England: The Folio Society, 1963. 8vo. cloth, leather spine label, cloth slipcase. 254 pages. Introduction and postscript by Kenneth Fenwick. Table of contents, list of illustrations. Black and white frontispiece and illustrations in text. Maps on endpapers. READ MORE about MY LIFE ON THE PLAINS OR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH INDIANS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134657
London, England: The Folio Society, 2006. 4to. illustrated cloth, paper-covered slipcase. xxxii, 415+(1) pages. Table of contents, list of illustrations, introduction by Richard Keynes, introduction to the first edition, glossary, index. Color frontispiece and illustrations in text. READ MORE about ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134668
