Loney, Alan (ed.).

VERSO NEW SERIES: A MAGAZINE FOR THE BOOK AS A WORK OF ART (COMPLETE RUN).

Malvern East, Australia: Verso Magazine, 2017-2018. 8.25 x 11.75 inches. self cover, saddle stitched. 28, 24, 28 pages. Largely based in Australia and New Zealand, every issue also featured works from the international scene. Verso New Series was the successor to the first five issues of Verso, based on the idea that a book may reach the level of art from any origin, impulse, technology, or cultural location. Largely based in Australia and New Zealand..... READ MORE about VERSO NEW SERIES: A MAGAZINE FOR THE BOOK AS A WORK OF ART (COMPLETE RUN

Price: $78.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133353

Moritz, Karl Phillipp.

CONCERNING THE CREATIVE IMITATION OF THE BEAUTIFUL.

(Providence: n.p., 1961-62). 12mo. paper covered boards. 24+(1) pages. Inscribed to Bernard Brussel-Smith from Alexander Nesbitt. Goethe's excerpt from the Moritz essay, printed in his Italian Journey. Printed and bound by Ilse Buchert and Alexander Nesbitt at the Rhode Island School of Design. Signed in pencil by both. Covers and edges are rubbed, spine is slightly faded. READ MORE about CONCERNING THE CREATIVE IMITATION OF THE BEAUTIFUL

Price: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 104371

Morley, Christopher.

FRIENDS, ROMANS.

Minneapolis: The Ampersand Club, 1940. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 21+(1) pages. Limited to 535 copies. Lyle, pp.48-50. The first book published by the Ampersand Club of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Text of an address by Morley at the 50th Anniversary dinner of the Minneapolis Public Library, on Dec. 16, 1939. Jacket spine faded. READ MORE about FRIENDS, ROMANS

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 52681

Morris, William.

A NOTE BY WILLIAM MORRIS ON HIS AIMS IN FOUNDING THE KELMSCOTT PRESS.

Edited by Willam S. Peterson.
New York: The Grolier Club, 1996. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover. 78 pages. Edited by Willam S. Peterson. To celebrate the Morris centenary year, the Grolier Club and the William Morris Society in the United States published this enlarged and corrected version of the very last book published by the Kelmscott Press. This autobiographical history of Morris and his Kelmscott Press includes passages related to Morris's approaches to paper, type design, ink, page design and..... READ MORE about A NOTE BY WILLIAM MORRIS ON HIS AIMS IN FOUNDING THE KELMSCOTT PRESS

Price: $45.00 save 20% $36.00  other currencies  Order nr. 106615

Oppen, Monica and Peter Lyssiotis (editors).

THE SILENT SCREAM: POLITICAL AND SOCIAL COMMENT IN BOOKS BY ARTISTS.

Petersham: Ant Press, 2011. 8 x 9.5 inches. paperback. 190 pages. The Silent Scream: Political and Social Comment in Books by Artists presents not only a companion catalogue to an exhibition held at the Monash University Rare Books Library, but also a journey through some of humanity's most inhumane and hypocritical moments. The catalogue provides insights into 77 influential books and works presented in book form in the past 90 years. Monica Oppen and Peter..... READ MORE about THE SILENT SCREAM: POLITICAL AND SOCIAL COMMENT IN BOOKS BY ARTISTS

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 108927

Palivec, Josef and Jan Soucek.

NASLOUCHÁNÍ.

(Praha): Edice Sladké jádro srdce, (1992). 4to. quarter leather with marbled paper covered boards in a slipcase with matching marbled paper. 28, (2) pages. Limited to only 100 numbered copies. The full color illustrations are each signed by the artist in pencil. A stunning production. READ MORE about NASLOUCHÁNÍ

Price: $375.00  other currencies  Order nr. 102976

Pissarro, Lucien.

NOTES ON THE ERAGNY PRESS.

N.P. Heritage Series, n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. 8 pages. Reprinted from an edition published by The Cambridge University Press. Illustrated. READ MORE about NOTES ON THE ERAGNY PRESS

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 8056

Powell, Lawrence Clark.

FAY, TWO COMMEMORATIONS OF THE DEATH AND LIFE OF FAY ELLEN POWELL.

(Tucson, AZ: n.p., 1993). 8vo. quarter cloth with decorated paper-covered boards, slipcase. 73, (3) pages. Limited to fifty numbered copies signed by Powell and Ward Ritchie who designed the book. This is copy number 1. Printed by Premier Printing, Brea, CA. Bound by Roswell Book Binding, Phoenix, AZ. Lawrence Clark Powell, who died at the age of 94, was best known as the UCLA Librarian from 1944-1961 and the author of 50 books. He also..... READ MORE about FAY, TWO COMMEMORATIONS OF THE DEATH AND LIFE OF FAY ELLEN POWELL

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 70479

Powell, Lawrence Clark.

SAMUEL PEPYS: A PEPYSIAN PASTORALE.

N.P. (but Los Angeles): n.p., 1945. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 6+(1) pages. Limited to 50 copies printed for members of the Zamorano Club by Richard Hoffman. July 14, 1667 diary entry. READ MORE about SAMUEL PEPYS: A PEPYSIAN PASTORALE

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 102288

Ransom, Will.

PRIVATE PRESSES AND THEIR BOOKS.

New York: Philip C. Duschnes, 1963. 8vo. cloth. 493 pages. Reprint of the 1929 first edition. 193 page history of private presses followed by bibliographies and biographies of many of the private presses. Rubbed along hinges. Bookplate. READ MORE about PRIVATE PRESSES AND THEIR BOOKS

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 108296

Richardson, Ernest Cushing.

SOME OLD EGYPTIAN LIBRARIANS.

Berkeley: Peacock Press, 1964. 12mo. paper wrappers. (x), 94 pages. Reissue of the 1911 first edition. The author sites various sources in Egyptian writings to describe the library as it existed in ancient Egypt. READ MORE about SOME OLD EGYPTIAN LIBRARIANS

Price: $14.00  other currencies  Order nr. 10264

Rindl, Deb.

REQUIEM FOR MY SISTER.

(London): Deb Rindl, 1997). small 4to. black stiff paper wrappers with four metal screws, cameo cut-out exposing part of the title on front cover, housed in a box. 33 leaves. Limited to 40 numbered and initialed copies.Rindl. Rindl started making Artists' Books in 1992 and has works in library and museum collections around the world. She likes to use cut-outs and paste-ins to create three dimentional works. READ MORE about REQUIEM FOR MY SISTER

Price: $350.00  other currencies  Order nr. 124196

Ritchie, Ward.

YEARS TOUCHED WITH MEMORIES.

With a Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell.
Clifton: Bookman Publications, Inc., (1992). 6 x 9.5 inches. hardcover. (viii), 171 pages. With a Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. First edition. 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: $38.00  other currencies  Order nr. 60949