(Americana). Blew, John.

THE LIVES AND WORK OF WRIGHT AND ZOE HOWES AND THE STORY OF U.S.IANA.

Chicago, IL: n.p. (John Blew), 2019. Second edition limited to 150 copies. Self-published by author, John Blew. Introduction by J. Kevin Graffagnino of the William L. Clements Library. Dedications to the booksellers Clarence Wolf of George S. MacManus Co. & posthumously William Reese of William Reese Co. Table of contents & index. An expanded edition of the research devoted to the Americana collector Wright Howes. Color photographs. READ MORE about THE LIVES AND WORK OF WRIGHT AND ZOE HOWES AND THE STORY OF U.S.IANA

Price: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134757

Archer, H. Richard (editor).

RARE BOOK COLLECTIONS, SOME THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR USE BY LIBRARIANS AND STUDENTS.

Chicago: American Library Assoc. 1965. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 128 pages. Articles by Wynne, Wolf, Peckham, Baughman, Alden, Storm, French and others. Near fine. READ MORE about RARE BOOK COLLECTIONS, SOME THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR USE BY LIBRARIANS AND STUDENTS

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 16470

(Baskin, Leonard). Coyle, Heather Campbell (editor).

LEONARD BASKIN: ART FROM THE GIFT OF ALFRED APPEL, JR.

Wilmington, DE: Delaware Art Museum, 2010. 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, marbled label on front cover. (16) pages. Limited to 200 numbered copies. This copy out of series. Statement by Director Danielle Rice, note on Baskin by donor Alfred Appel, Jr. An exhibition catalogue printed at Lead Graffiti, Newark, Delaware, for the Delaware Art Museum to celebrate the donation of about 50 works by Baskin to the museum. Illustrations. READ MORE about LEONARD BASKIN: ART FROM THE GIFT OF ALFRED APPEL, JR

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 129251

(Bieler Press). Lange, Gerald.

PRINTING DIGITAL TYPE ON THE HAND-OPERATED FLATBED CYLINDER PRESS.

Marina del Rey, California: Bieler Press, 1998. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, sewn. 37 pages, A technical guide written and designed by Gerald Lange. Digitally set in Stone Print and laser-printed on recycled acid-free Crescent Crest Writing paper. READ MORE about PRINTING DIGITAL TYPE ON THE HAND-OPERATED FLATBED CYLINDER PRESS

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 55330

(Bookbinding). Miller, Julia.

BOOKS WILL SPEAK PLAIN: A HANDBOOK FOR IDENTIFYING AND DESCRIBING HISTORICAL BINDINGS.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 106900

(Bookbinding). Miller, Julia.

SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 6.

Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, 2020. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 464 pages. The critically aclaimed series on bookbinding edited by Julia Miller continues to turn heads with the release of volume six. This particular volume is dedicated to Bernard C. Middleton, noted binder from England. The authors in this volume are: Olivia Primanis, Morgan Simms Adams, Katherine Beaty, Elise Hochhalter, Giselle Simón, Karen Jutzi, Consuela Metzger, Erin Hammeke, Alexander L. Ames, Julia Miller, Holly Prochaska..... READ MORE about SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 6

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134752

(Calligraphy).

BEAUTIFUL WRITING, AN EXHIBITION IN THE JACK H. & TYBIE DAVIS SATIN RARE BOOK ROOM.

Tulsa, OK: The University of Tulsa, 1991. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 24 pages. Foreword by Sidney F. Huttner. Modern calligraphers. Illustrated in color. READ MORE about BEAUTIFUL WRITING, AN EXHIBITION IN THE JACK H. & TYBIE DAVIS SATIN RARE BOOK ROOM

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 104274

CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: THE PRE-1801 IMPRINTS, (VOLS. I & II).

Princeton: Princeton University Library, 2020. 9.4 x 12.6 inches. Blue Japanese cloth with gilt-stamping, spine labels. 2 vols: xli, 258; xxxvii, 2, [260]. 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. With the publication in 2020 of The Pre-1801 volumes I (A-K) and II (L-Z), the..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: THE PRE-1801 IMPRINTS, (VOLS. I & II

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134761

Cheek, Richard.

SELLING THE DWELLING: THE BOOKS THAT BUILT AMERICA'S HOUSES, 1775-2000.

New York: The Grolier Club, 2013. 9 x 12 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 288 pages. Published to accompany the exhibition "Selling the Dwelling: The Books That Built America's Houses, 1775-2000," on show at the Grolier Club December 11, 2013-February 7, 2014. The evolution of the house design book in the United States is a long and complicated story, filled with architectural creativity and banality, commercial genius and excess, egalitarian and humanitarian ideals, literary and social..... READ MORE about SELLING THE DWELLING: THE BOOKS THAT BUILT AMERICA'S HOUSES, 1775-2000

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 119692

(Children's Books). Rosenbach, A.S.W.

EARLY AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS WITH BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BOOKS IN HIS PRIVATE COLLECTION.

Foreword by A. Edward Newton.
New York: Kraus Reprint Corp. 1966. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. lx, 355 pages. Foreword by A. Edward Newton. Reprint of the 1933 first edition (Fleck D.31.C.1b). Many illustrations. Plates in black and white. Lacking the dust jacket. Exlibris with markings. READ MORE about EARLY AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS WITH BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BOOKS IN HIS PRIVATE...

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 13928

(Clinker Press, The).

CELEBRATING THE 9TH ANNIVERSARY OF BOOK ALLEY.

(Pasadena, CA): Clinker Press, The, n.d. (but c. 1999). slim small folio. broadside. Privately printed by Andre Chaves as a commemorative broadside celebrating the 9th anniversary of Book Alley, a used bookstore in Pasadena, CA. This particular broadside has a quote by John Muir. READ MORE about CELEBRATING THE 9TH ANNIVERSARY OF BOOK ALLEY

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134746

(Clinker Press). Chaves, Andre.

THE ALDINE LEAF.

(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 prominent printers in 16th century Europe. READ MORE about THE ALDINE LEAF

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134036

(Clinker Press).

THE DOVES PRESS IN THE JOURNALS OF T.J. COBDEN-SANDERSON.

(Pasadena, CA: The Clinker Press, 2011). 8vo. cloth, silver-stamped spine and front cover, marbled endpapers. iv, 48, (4) pages. Limited to 70 numbered copies. Introduction by printer Andre Chaves. Cobden-Sanderson was the founder of the Doves Press. Journal entries from 1899 to 1922. Bound by Marianna Blau. READ MORE about THE DOVES PRESS IN THE JOURNALS OF T.J. COBDEN-SANDERSON

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 129834