(Bird & Bull Press). Wolfe, Richard J. and Paul McKenna.

LOUIS HERMAN KINDER AND FINE BOOKBINDING IN AMERICA, A CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE ROYCROFT SHOP.

Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1985. small 4to. quarter morocco with tips and leather spine-label, gold-decorated paper sides. 161 pages. Limited to 325 copies (Heaney A40; S-K 7047). A history of this German born binder that worked for the Roycrofters from 1897 to 1911. The authors have included much unpublished material relating to Kinder and Hubbard, a rather complete Catalogue of impressions of Kinder's bookbinding hand tools and illustrated 14 bindings in full color. Another..... READ MORE about LOUIS HERMAN KINDER AND FINE BOOKBINDING IN AMERICA, A CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE ROYCROFT SHOP

Price: $200.00  other currencies  Order nr. 7113

(Bird & Bull Press). Sumner, James.

THE MYSTERIOUS MARBLER WITH AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION, NOTES AND 11 ORIGINAL MARBLED SAMPLES BY RICHARD J. WOLFE.

North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1976. 8vo. quarter blue leather over marbled paper-covered boards. 71 pages. First edition, one of about 250 numbered copies (Taylor A18). A reprint of this manual on marbling which first appeared in 1854. Marbling had been practiced as a "secret art" until the 1850s. This little manual supplemented an earlier manual by Charles Woolnough published in 1851. This particular copy displays the exlibris bookplates of E. Harold Hugo..... READ MORE about THE MYSTERIOUS MARBLER WITH AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION, NOTES AND 11 ORIGINAL MARBLED SAMPLES BY...

Price: $400.00  other currencies  Order nr. 120869

(Birmingham School of Printing). Browning, Robert.

RABBI BEN EZRA.

(Birmingham, England): Birmingham School of Printing, 1930. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, blue cord-tied. 9+(1) pages. Arranged and printed under the direction of Leonard Jay. Compositors work by G. Pym. Wrappers slightly bent at edges. READ MORE about RABBI BEN EZRA

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 121753

(Black Sparrow Press). Eshleman, Clayton and Norman Glass (translators).

TO HAVE DONE WITH THE JUDGMENT OF GOD BY ANTONIN ARNAUD. SPARROW 34.

(Los Angeles, CA): Black Sparrow Press, 1975. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. First printing. July 1975. Monthly periodical of the Black Sparrow Press. Covers printed in red and black indicating first printing. READ MORE about TO HAVE DONE WITH THE JUDGMENT OF GOD BY ANTONIN ARNAUD. SPARROW 34

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 127676

(Book Club of California). Chalmers, Claudine (editor).

SPLENDIDE CALIFORNIE!

San Francisco, CA: Book Club of California, The, 2001. Folio. cloth, pictorial cover label and paper spine label, paper slipcase. xiv, 144, (2) pages. Published in an edition limited to 450 copies. Text subtitled "Impressions of the Golden State by French Artists, 1789-1900." A unique perspective on the history of California, and specifically San Francisco, from immigrants arriving from a country undergoing nearly a century of violence. Foreword by James McClatchy. Book designed by Yolla..... READ MORE about SPLENDIDE CALIFORNIE!

Price: $400.00  other currencies  Order nr. 76199

(Book Club of California). Nicolson, John and David K. Strate (editors).

BY HORSE, STAGE & PACKET, THE FAR WEST LETTERS OF JOSEPH PRATT ALLYN.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1988. 4to. cloth, paper spine label. plain paper jacket. xxiii, 192, (4) pages. Limited to 450 copies (Harlan 187). With an introduction, bibliography, and index. Contains 11 black-and-white photographic plates throughout, and letters 3-19, as well as a "Brief Biography of Joseph Pratt Allyn". Fine condition. READ MORE about BY HORSE, STAGE & PACKET, THE FAR WEST LETTERS OF JOSEPH PRATT ALLYN

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 101150

(Book Club of California). Kurutz, Gary F.

THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH. A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS COVERING THE YEARS 1848-1853.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1997. large 8to. blue cloth with title on spine and gold design on front cover, plain paper dust jacket. xxvii, 771 pages, with 33 additional pages of plates. Limited to 1,000 unnumbered copies. A descriptive bibliography of publications in book or pamphlet form of a) accounts by eyewitnesses of the Gold Rush in the years 1848-1853, for example, diaries (actual date of publication irrelevant), and b) "contemporary" publications from..... READ MORE about THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH. A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS COVERING THE YEARS...

Price: $165.00  other currencies  Order nr. 49759

(Caughey, John Walton). Hundley, Norris, Jr.

JOHN WALTON CAUGHEY, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS WRITINGS.

Los Angeles: Glen Dawson, 1961. large 12mo. cloth. vii, (i), 22, (2) pages. Printed by Grant Dahlstrom at the Castle Press in an edition limited to 200 copies. Dr. Caughey was a history professor at UCLA and the author of many books on California and civil liberties. READ MORE about JOHN WALTON CAUGHEY, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS WRITINGS

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 70545

(Center for Book Arts).

CELEBRATING ARTIST MEMBERS: 30TH ANNIVERSARY BROADSIDE PORTFOLIO.

(New York: Center for Book Arts, 2005). rectangular 4to. binders board storage box covered with black cloth and blue Zerkall paper with black ribbon tie closure, tag with black and red lettering. not paginated. This special limited edition portfolio features the work of the artist members of The Center for Book Arts. Each participating artist submitted a broadside in an edition of 100. The theme of the project was the celebration of the contributions of..... READ MORE about CELEBRATING ARTIST MEMBERS: 30TH ANNIVERSARY BROADSIDE PORTFOLIO

Price: $1,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 103042

(Center for Book Arts).

CELEBRATING ARTIST MEMBERS: 30TH ANNIVERSARY BROADSIDE PORTFOLIO.

(New York: Center for Book Arts, 2005). oblong 4to. Canford cardstock folding portfolio in multiple colors with overlapping closure, separate pocket for exhibition catalogue. not paginated. This limited edition portfolio features the work of the artist members of the Center for Book Arts. Each artist submitted a broadside in an edition of 100, the theme of which is a celebration of the contributions of artist members to the growth of the CBA and the field..... READ MORE about CELEBRATING ARTIST MEMBERS: 30TH ANNIVERSARY BROADSIDE PORTFOLIO

Price: $1,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 103044

(Clinker Press). Henley, William Ernest.

ECHOES VIII.

(Tualatin, OR): The Clinker Press, n.d. broadside ( by 6 1/2 inches). A poetic work by Henley with ornaments. Right and bottom edges uncut. READ MORE about ECHOES VIII

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134498

(Clinker Press). Morris, William.

PRAISE OF WINE.

n.p. (but Pasadena, CA): Clinker Press, 2012. 8vo. self paper wrappers, housed in an envelope. (4) pages. Privately designed and printed by hand by artist Andre Chaves. Features a poem by William Morris, the founder of the Kelmscott Press, which was presented by Chaves to the Zamorano Club in March of 2012. READ MORE about PRAISE OF WINE

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134791

(Clinker Press). Rossetti, Dante Gabriel.

PRE-RAPHAELITE POETRY.

(Pasadena, CA: The Clinker Press, 2014). 8vo. quarter cloth, illustrated paper-covered boards. unpaginated. Limited to 55 copies. Introductory comments by Andre Chaves. Illustrated. Works of poetry by an individual better know for his painting. READ MORE about PRE-RAPHAELITE POETRY

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 129842