(Bird & Bull Press).

ERNIE THE CAVE KING AND SHERLOCK THE SMART PERSON IN THE INVENTION OF PAPER.

N.P. Western Publishing Co., 1971 (1975). square 12mo. pictorial paper-covered boards. (26) pages. In 1979, Henry Morris published a book by Timothy Barrett on Japanese papermaking entitled Nagashizuki. Morris decided to add an additional title to the list of reference books to see if anyone ever really consulted these lists. Thus the last entry was "Wilcox, Daniel. The Invention of Paper. New York: Western Publishing Co., 1971" and was a direct reference to a little..... READ MORE about ERNIE THE CAVE KING AND SHERLOCK THE SMART PERSON IN THE INVENTION OF PAPER

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 39600

(Clinker Press).

THE EROTIC DRAWINGS OF SAM CLAYBERGER.

Pasadena, CA: The Clinker Press, (2000). folio. cloth portfolio with paper spine and front cover labels. unpaginated. Limited to 80 numbered copies, signed by printer Andre Chaves on colophon. This set includes Eros in the Studio, by Paul Karlstrom of the Smithsonian Institution, hand printed and bound with cloth boards. It also includes sixteen loosely-inserted prints individually signed by Clayberger, printed by hand letterpress on Lana gravure paper. READ MORE about THE EROTIC DRAWINGS OF SAM CLAYBERGER

Price: $300.00  other currencies  Order nr. 129882

(Miniature Books).

EULOGIES TO THE LATE PRESIDENT, JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY, DELIVERED IN THE ROTUNDA OF THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL, NOVEMBER 24, 1963.

New Britain, CT: J.L. Kapica, 1964. miniature book (6.5 x 5 cm.). limp black leather stamped in gilt, all edges gilt. 30, (2) pages. "A limited edition of this book has been printed from hand set Garamond Old Style type on Stratmore Text paper." Not in Bradbury. Contributions by Mike Mansfield, Earl Warren, and John McCormack. READ MORE about EULOGIES TO THE LATE PRESIDENT, JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY, DELIVERED IN THE ROTUNDA OF THE UNITED...

Price: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 117197

(Bombshelter Press).

EVEN 1.

Hermosa Beach , CA: Bombshelter Press, 2003. broadside (12 by 9 inches). Commemorates Oak Knoll Fest X, New Castle, Delaware. Color illustration. Printed by Michael Andrews at his private press on heavy stock. READ MORE about EVEN 1

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 127086

(Limited Editions Club).

EVERGREEN TALES; OR, TALES FOR THE AGELESS: DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT / THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD / THE UGLY DUCKLING.

3 Volumes.
New York, NY: The Limited Editions Club, 1949. 4to. decorated cloth, all in paper-covered slipcases with paper spine label. 37+(1); 43, (3); 44, (4) pages. 3 Volumes. Limited to 2500 numbered copies printed of each volume (LEC 228). Box 5: The Ugly Duckling (Everett Gee Jackson) unsigned and The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood (Sylvain Sauvage) and The Story of Dick Whittington and His Cat (Robert Lawson). All volumes with prefatory comments. Signed by the..... READ MORE about EVERGREEN TALES; OR, TALES FOR THE AGELESS: DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT / THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN...

Price: $120.00  other currencies  Order nr. 129276

(Pterodactyl Press).

EX LIBRIS, CARL VAN VECHTEN.

San Francisco: Pterodactyl Press, (1980). 8vo. marbled stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied, paper cover label. unpaginated. Limited to 150 copies, 100 of which are numbered and presented by the printer, the other 50 were retained by the printer. This edition is one of the numbered copies, presented to David Belch, the former owner. With a tipped-in illustration as the frontispiece. Contains 18 entries, with descriptions of the content of the book, not bibliographical descriptions. READ MORE about EX LIBRIS, CARL VAN VECHTEN

Price: $55.00  other currencies  Order nr. 101143

EXHIBIT OF 84 BOOKS THAT INFLUENCE TYPOGRAPHY.

Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Library, 1981. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Catalogue prepared for exhibition "Typography and the Private Press," prepared by Russell Maylone, Special Collections Department at Northwestern. Foreword and essay by Adrian Frutiger. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about EXHIBIT OF 84 BOOKS THAT INFLUENCE TYPOGRAPHY

Price: $8.00  other currencies  Order nr. 115546

(Center for Book Arts).

AN EXHIBITION OF BOOKBINDINGS BY JEAN DE GONET.

New York: Center for Book Arts, 1987. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 28 pages. An exhibition of 45 works by innovative French bookbinder de Gonet was held in New York from May 16 to June 16, 1987. According to Jan van der Marck in the introduction, innovation is a radical attack on the continuity of thought and action that distinguishes culture and informs tradition. There are two ways in which to detect it: by deduction and..... READ MORE about AN EXHIBITION OF BOOKBINDINGS BY JEAN DE GONET

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 103926

(Limited Editions Club).

AN EXHIBITION OF THE GEORGE MACY MEMORIAL COLLECTION OF BOOKS PUBLISHED BY THE LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. PART TWO 1957-1968.

New York: Columbia Univ. 1969. small 8vo. paper wrappers, paper cover label. 23 pages. Includes a note on the exhibition. From the Twenty-Fifth to the Thirty-Sixth series. READ MORE about AN EXHIBITION OF THE GEORGE MACY MEMORIAL COLLECTION OF BOOKS PUBLISHED BY THE LIMITED EDITIONS...

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FACE TO FACE. TWELVE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ARTISTS INTERPRET THEMSELVES IN A LIMITED EDITION OF ORIGINAL WOOD ENGRAVINGS.

Great Barrington, MA: Penmaen Busyhaus Publications, (1985). 4to. 13 loose hand printed broadsides on white paper & 13 loose hand printed broadsides on cream-colored paper (26 total prints). Originally printed in a run of 250 numbered sets, the two sets of prints included in this "Out of Series" set are printed on two different types of paper. The original 12 self portraits are engraved by the artist and are signed, but not numbered. With an..... READ MORE about FACE TO FACE. TWELVE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ARTISTS INTERPRET THEMSELVES IN A LIMITED EDITION OF...

Price: $112.50  other currencies  Order nr. 109349

(Esslemont, David).

THE FALL OF XENOPHON.

Montgomery: David Esslemont, n.d. (circa 2000). large 8vo. paper-covered boards, with a paper spine label. 12, (3) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 300 numbered copies. This story was originally published in The Hive of Ancient and Modern Literature, (Solomon Hodgson, Newcastle, 1799). This amusing eighteenth-century tale recounts the disasters and misfortunes that befall a modest man when he dines with his neighbor. The illustrations are adaptations and enlargements of four contemporary wood engravings..... READ MORE about THE FALL OF XENOPHON

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 58969

(Robbins Jr., Irving W.).

FINE PRESS BOOKS, BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF IRVING W. ROBBINS JR. (WITH ADDITIONS).

San Francisco: Pacific Book Auction Galleries, 1995. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. An auction catalogue with 640 entries. Section I: Book Club of California...Lots 1-206; Section II: Fine Press Books...Lots 206-459; Section III: Books About Books...Lots 460-end. Laid-in is the post-auction sheet with prices realized. Minor wear, small tear at bottom corner of front cover. READ MORE about FINE PRESS BOOKS, BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF IRVING W. ROBBINS JR. (WITH ADDITIONS

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 101822