Washington, DC: National Museum of American History, 1996. oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 71+(1) pages. Chronology of the Smithsonian, listing of other Smithsonian print collections, introduction by Alan Fern. Checklist of the exhibition follows text. Black and white friotispiece, illustrations throughout.text. READ MORE about PRINTS AT THE SMITHSONIAN: THE ORIGINS OF A NATIONAL COLLECTION
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 129198
N.P. American Antiquarian Society, n.d. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. An original print of a portrait of Isaiah Thomas from the steel plate engraved by Stephen A. Schoff, drawn by Hammatt Billings. First used in Little and Brown's issue of Buckingham's Reminiscences (Boston, 1850). Thomas was the founder of the Society. Includes a biographical sketch of Thomas. READ MORE about PRESENTATION FOR DAVID A. FRASER FROM THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133995
(Philadelphia, PA): The American Bar Association, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 23+(1) pages. List of the ABA's Exhibitions Committee, table of contents. A directory of exhibitions held in connection with the ABA's 91st annual meeting in Philadelphia. READ MORE about A CATALOG OF EXHIBITIONS PREPARED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 91ST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133981
(Philadelphia, PA: The American Philosophical Society), n.d. oblong 32mo. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. A brief account of the history and the collections of the American Philosophical Society. Illustrations of Philosophical Hall and the Society's library building. READ MORE about THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133980
(Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Libraries, 1960). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 15, (3) pages. Commentary by Albert J. George. Annotated bibliography of items in the exhibition. Illustratioins of Balzac and Royce. READ MORE about HONORÉ BALZAC: AN EXHIBIT OF SELECTIONS FROM THE WILLIAM HOBART ROYCE BALZAC COLLECTION OF TH...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134000
Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, 2017. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 350 pages. The six essays in this volume are: Ashley Cataldo: Catalog of the Finishing Tools of the Eighteenth-Century Binder Henry Bilson Legge Jana Dambrogio: Tricketts Tickets Gary Frost: Book Interventions: Books Remade by Use Marieka Kaye: Diamond in the Rough: A Study of Kelmscott Quarter-Holland Bindings Emily Martin and Alice Austin: Book Theater: The History of the Tunnel Book Roger Williams: Scaleboard Wood and... READ MORE about SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 4
Price: $80.00 Order nr. 132192
N.P. Beta Phi Mu, 1956. 8vo. cloth. (viii), 45 pages of text with 7 plates showing Club Bindery examples. S-K 5637. Scarce book on this turn of the century fine binding firm. The Club Bindery was founded by some of the richest book collectors in America in 1895. They brought many of Europe's best craftsman to America to work in the firm. This book discusses the Club Bindery, the Rowfant Bindery of Cleveland which was... READ MORE about FINE BINDING IN AMERICA, THE STORY OF THE CLUB BINDERY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 6016
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
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
Washington: Library of Congress, 1972. oblong 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 84 pages. Illustrated catalog of 130 children's books from various countries. READ MORE about WIDE WORLD OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS AN EXHIBITION FOR INTERNATIONAL BOOK YEAR
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 1780
Westport, CT: The Georgian Press, 1931. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 31 pages. Limited to 200 copies designed and printed by Richard Ellis. One of the Christmas books. Covers sunned. READ MORE about THE. AFFAIR AT THE INN, AS SEEN BY PHILO THE INNKEEPER & TAXGATHERER OF ROME
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134046
N.P. The Clinker Press, n.d. broadside (10 by 9 1/2 inches). Broadside with a poetic descriiptioin of a bookbinder's mission. Illustrations and decorations. READ MORE about THE BOOKBINDER
Price: $15.00 save 20% $12.00 Order nr. 132589
Pasadena, CA: Clinker Press, (2001). folio. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, cloth tie. unpaginated. Limited to 50 numbered copies, signed by printer Andre Chaves on colophon. A collection of twenty prints of this influential Mexican atelier. Includes an illustrated booklet with introductions by Andre Chaves and Dermot Begley. The TGP was an artists' print collective founded in Mexico in 1937. The subjects of the prints vary from the mystical to the political. READ MORE about TGP EL TALLER DE GRÁFICA POPULAR (THE WORKSHOP FOR POPULAR GRAPHIC ART
Price: $200.00 save 20% $160.00 Order nr. 129880
(Pasadena, CA): The Clinker Press, n.d. broadside (13 by 9 inches). Broadside by the Clinker Press, with color illustration. READ MORE about WEAVE FROM ART A GARMENT FOR YOUR SOUL
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 129874
(Pasadena, CA): Clinker Press, The, 2003. 8vo. Stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. First edition printed by Andre Chaves of The Clinker Press. This book focuses on the originality of various styles of vine leaf ornamentation which was used by so many prominant printers in 16th century Europe. READ MORE about THE ALDINE LEAF
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 134036
(Portland, OR): The Clinker Press, (2017). 8vo. cloth. (vi), 13, (3) pages. Limited to 50 numbered copies. Foreword by the author. Designed and printed by André Chavez.16 color and black and white illustrations. Based on the life of C.R. Ashbee (born 1863), and Arts and Crafts architect and designer. READ MORE about THE BLESSINGS OF BIOGRAPHY: MY LIFE WITH C.R. ASHBEE
Price: $60.00 save 20% $48.00 Order nr. 132492
(Pasadena, CA: Clinker Press, The, 2007). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 6 pages. First edition printed by Andre Chaves of The Clinker Press. Reprint of The Pacific Printer and Publisher article which Grabhorn explains the uses and functions of ornamentation in printing. READ MORE about ORNAMENTION IN PRINTING
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 134037
(Pasadena, CA: The Clinker Press, 2011). broadside (15 by 10 1/2 inches). Broadside advertising a lecture by Andre Chaves at the Grove Park Arts and Crafts Conference, with a quote of Gropius, a founder of the German Bauhaus. READ MORE about BAUHAUS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 129881
(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). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 16, iii, (iii) pages. An account of Winifred Mayo (1870-1967), imprisoned for her involvement in the women's suffrage movement. Postscript by Romy Wyllie. Printed for the combined meeting of the Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs, October 2012. READ MORE about PRISON EXPERIENCES OF A SUFRAGETTE
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 129192
(Tualatin, OR): Clinker Press, The, 2019. oblong 4to. braodside. This lovely broadside featuring a quote from John Ruskin is hand printed in two colors by Andre Chaves of Clinker Press. READ MORE about LIFE IS A PROGRESSIVE SERIES OF EFFORTS
Price: $15.00 save 20% $12.00 Order nr. 134032
(Pasadena, CA: The Clinker Press, 2007). oblong 12mo. embossed leather, decorated endpapers, bottom edge uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 60 numbered copies. Printed on recto only. Bound by Marianna Blau. Minor shelf-wear. READ MORE about THE RAVEN
Price: $80.00 Order nr. 129830
(Tualatin, OR): Clinker Press, The, (2019). oblong 4to. braodside. This lovely broadside featuring a quote from William Morris is hand printed and hand colored by Andre Chaves of Clinker Press. READ MORE about PARTIAL KNOWLEDGE
Price: $15.00 save 20% $12.00 Order nr. 134033
