Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1927. thick 8vo. original blue cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. xvi, 406 pages. First edition, limited to 2000 copies. Lacking the dust jacket. Spine age darkened. READ MORE about THE GOLDEN BOOK, THE STORY OF FINE BOOKS AND BOOKMAKING - PAST AND PRESENT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 5310
Being the entire issue of Artes de Mexico, No.131, 1970,
4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 114 pages. Being the entire issue of Artes de Mexico, No.131, 1970, Text in Spanish, French and English. Illustrated history of the Mexican book. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about LIBROS MEXICANOS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138337
Newark, DE: The Curtis Paper Company, 1967. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Printed by the Spiral Press with design by Joseph Blumenthal. READ MORE about DROWNED RIVER, THE STORY OF CHESAPEAKE BAY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 66339
Pittsburgh: School of Printing Management, 1956. tall 8vo. spiral bound stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 64 pages. Covers tanned. READ MORE about GUIDE TO FILMS, PERIODICALS, AND BOOKS IN PRINTING, PAPER, PUBLISHING PRINTED ADVERTISING, AND...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 16416
(St. Louis, MO: The Hobbyhorse Press, 1999). oblong miniature book (7.5 x 11.5 cm.). thick handmade paper covers, string bound in Japanese fashion. 8 leaves. Limited to 20 numbered copies and signed by the author. Printed on handmade paper with handpainted covers. Ornaments and illustrations. READ MORE about THE MAGICAL LAND OF DAFFAND, AN ORIGINAL POEM
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 117884
San Diego: Ash Ranch Press, 1987. miniature book (5.5 x 8.1 cm). stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 12, (2) pages. (Bradbury, Ash Ranch Press 5). Published for the Miniature Book Society Grand Conclave V, 1987. Contains a brief history of the press with a descriiptive catalogue of its offerings at that time. Illustrations. Don Hildreth's business card and specimen of handmade paper laid in. READ MORE about THE PRIVATE PRESS OF DON HILDRETH: THE STORY: CATALOGUE NO. 1
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 116597
Tübingen: Jäckle-Sönmez, 1991. miniature (7.5 x 5.5 cm). marbled paper-covered boards, leather spine label. 75+(1) pages, 10 plates. Limited to 150 copies. 0A history of marbled flowers by Sönmez in both English and German, with ten samples of marbled flowers in the back. READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF MARBLED FLOWERS / DIE GESCHICHTE DER MARMORIERTEN BLUMEN
Price: $475.00 Order nr. 97761
(Izmir, Turkey): (Nedim Sönmez), 2017). miniature book (6.8 by 7.7 cm.). cloth, front cover gilt-stamped, marbled endpapers. 57+(1) pages. Limited to 99 numbered copies, signed and numbered by the author. From the "Sönmez on Stamps" series, of which this is volume one. Table of contents, a history of the art of marbled flowers. Includes six tipped-in Turkish postage stamps featuring the marbled flowers of Sönmez. READ MORE about MARBLED FLOWERS
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 132182
Izmir, Turkey: (Nedim Sönmez), 2017. miniature book (6.8 by 7.7 cm.). cloth, front cover gilt-stamped, marbled endpapers. 57+(1) pages. Limited to 99 numbered copies, signed and numbered by the author. "Sönmez on Stamps II." Table of contents, a history of the art of marbled landscapes. Includes six tipped-in Turkish postage stamps featuring the marbled landscapes of Sönmez. READ MORE about MARBLED LANDSCAPES
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 132183
Tubingen: Jäckle-Sönmez, 1995. miniature (7.5 x 5.5 cm). Leather strip on spine, marbled paper boards. (viii),75+(1) pages. Limited to an edition of 210, of which this is one of the 140 bound in marbled paper boards. Signed by the marbler on the colophon. Hand-bound with 10 marbled specimens following the text which is in English and German. The appreciation of Turkish marbled papers in Europe dates back to the late 1500s when Istanbul became a...... READ MORE about TURCKISCH PAPIR. A SHORT HISTORY OF MARBLING IN THE ORIENT AND IN GERMANY
Price: $400.00 Order nr. 86842
A SHORT HISTORY OF MARBLING IN THE ORIENT AND IN GERMANY
Tubingen: Jäckle-Sönmez, 1995. miniature. full leather with gilt decorations in the wallet style. (viii), 75+(1) pages. A SHORT HISTORY OF MARBLING IN THE ORIENT AND IN GERMANY. Limited to an edition of 210, this is one of the 70 copies bound in full leather with marbled endpapers. A fine copy. Signed by the marbler on the colophon. Hand-bound with 10 marbled specimens following the text which is in English and German. The appreciation of Turkish..... READ MORE about TURCKISCH PAPIR: A SHORT HISTORY OF MARBLING IN THE ORIENT AND IN GERMANY
Price: $650.00 Order nr. 86843
Kasama, Japan: Cannabis Press, n.d., but 1981. miniature book (7.5 by 5.0 cm.). handmade paper wrappers, cord-tied. unpaginated. Limited to 200 numbered copies (University of Iowa Library Special Collections website, Charlotte F. Smith collection). Printed on mitaumata paper. With illustrations and paper specimens, with list of specimens included. The book has been creased down the middle, effecting the entire book. Else a fine copy. A very scarce miniature book on papermaking. READ MORE about MITNAAN PAPER IN ISRAEL
Price: $150.00 save 30% $105.00 Order nr. 127864
(Santa Cruz, CA: The Good Book Press, n.d. miniature book (8.0 by 5.5 cm.). self paper wrappers, in envelope. (4) pages. Untitled work with a quotation about papermaking. READ MORE about UNTITLED
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 133368
Philadelphia: T.K. Collins, Jr., 1851. 8vo. original cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Israel Acrelius; xii, 7-367 pages. B1-488. First edition. History of the settlement of Wilmington followed by the author's recollections of the town. With a lengthy section on the Gilpins and their papermill and some notes on printers and booksellers. Illustrated. This copy has been recased with original spine laid down on new cloth; new enedpapers. Old ink inscription on first blank leaf followed by..... READ MORE about REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NE W
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 39629
Philadelphia: T.K. Collins, Jr., 1851. 8vo. original cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Israel Acrelius; xii, 7-367 pages. B1-488. First edition. History of the settlement of Wilmington followed by the author's recollections of the town. With a lengthy section on the Gilpins and their papermill and some notes on printers and booksellers. With a bookseller's ticket mounted on front pastedown "J.T. Heald, Bookseller, Stationer & Binder, 127 Market St., Wilmington, Del." Covers faded along spine. Foxed. READ MORE about REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NE W
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 65777
B1-488.
Wilmington: Johnston & Bogia, 1872. 8vo. original cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Israel Acrelius; xvi, 17-310, (2) pages. B1-488. B1-488. Second edition, actually a second printing with a two page preface by the new publishers. History of the settlement of Wilmington, De., followed by the author's recollections of the town. With a lengthy section on the Gilpins and their papermill and some notes on printers and booksellers. Contains a full-page advertisement for Johnston & Bogia as..... READ MORE about REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NEW
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 28663
B1-488.
Wilmington: Johnston & Bogia, 1872. 8vo. original cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Israel Acrelius; xvi, 17-310 pages. B1-488. B1-488. Second edition, actually a second printing with a two page preface by the new publishers. History of the settlement of Wilmington, De., followed by the author's recollections of the town. With a lengthy section on the Gilpins and their papermill and some notes on printers and booksellers. With the bookplate of the Bradford family. Also contains the..... READ MORE about REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NEW
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 39630
Philadelphia: T.K. Collins, Jr., 1851. 8vo. original brown cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Israel Acrelius; xii, 7-367 pages. B1-488. First edition. History of the settlement of Wilmington followed by the author's recollections of the town. With a lengthy section on the Gilpins and their papermill and some notes on printers and booksellers. Covers worn with parts of hinge covering cracked partially detached. Old ink inscription at top of title page. READ MORE about REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NEW
Price: $115.00 Order nr. 68103
B1-488.
Wilmington: Johnston & Bogia, 1872. 8vo. original green cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Israel Acrelius; xvi, 17-310, (2) pages. B1-488. B1-488. Second edition, actually a second printing with a two page preface by the new publishers. History of the settlement of Wilmington, De., followed by the author's recollections of the town. With a lengthy section on the Gilpins and their papermill and some notes on printers and booksellers. Contains a full-page advertisement for Johnston & Bogia..... READ MORE about REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NEW
Price: $135.00 Order nr. 126879
XII
Amsterdam: The Paper Publications Society, 1973. 4to. cloth. xxxvi, 135 pages followed by reproductions of 2847 watermarks. XII. First edition, limited to 500 copies. XIII in the Series issued by the Society. Edited and translated by J.S.G. Simmons and B.J. van Ginneken-van de Kasteele. Indices of the watermarks and facts on their producers when known coupled with 367 plates showing 2847 specimens make this a valuable tool in the dating of manuscripts. READ MORE about ANCHOR WATERMARKS
Price: $145.00 Order nr. 70706
Bonn: Buchgemeinde Bonn, (1950). tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 348 pages. Over 150 illustrations in the text. Jacket tape repaired. Some offset of frontispiece onto title page. READ MORE about BUCHERN UND BIBLIOTHEKEN
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 34166
New York: n.p., 1955. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers - hand bound. no pagination. This title was dedicated to Ray Nash by his students on his birthday in 1955. Each page is hand printed by individual students. The book has a variety of wood cuts and prose in crisp black ink. Some wear exists at the heel of the cover and at both ends of the spine. READ MORE about RN. A FRESH APPROACH
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 91537
With Biographical Sketches of Printers, an Account of the Manufacture of Paper, and a Bibliography of the issues
Brooklyn, NY: Historical Printing Club, 1891. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 80 pages. With Biographical Sketches of Printers, an Account of the Manufacture of Paper, and a Bibliography of the issues. Limited to 250 copies, of which this is number 17. A historical account of the introduction and development of printing in North Carolina in the eighteenth-century. Some pages unopened. Paper wrappers torn and creased near edges, with three small holes on the back cover and..... READ MORE about THE PRESS OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 96632
Volume I, no. 1 to Volume II, no. 3. The first 9 issues.
Seattle, WA: TR Publishers, 1980-1982. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Volume I, no. 1 to Volume II, no. 3. The first 9 issues. The first number is present in photocopy. Illustrated. READ MORE about NORTH WEST BOOK ARTS, A BIMONTHLY JOURNAL OF THE BOOK ARTS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 38379
Liverpool: Liverpool Bibliographical Society, 1992. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, plastic spiral binding. xv, 85 pages. Historical introduction followed by the directory. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson on the front inside cover. READ MORE about BOOK TRADE IN THE NORTH WEST PROJECT. OCCASIONAL PUBLICATIONS NO. 3. THE BOOK TRADE IN CHESIRE TO...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 99217
