Kotin, David B.

READER, LOVER OF BOOKS, LOVER OF HEAVEN, A CATALOGUE BASED ON AN EXHIBITION OF THE BOOK ARTS IN ONTARIO.

2 volumes.
Willowdale: North York Public Library, 1978, 1981. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 109,(3); 79,(3) pages. 2 volumes. With a checklist of Ontario private presses by Marilyn Rueter and an introduction by Douglas Lochhead. Wrappers soiled. READ MORE about READER, LOVER OF BOOKS, LOVER OF HEAVEN, A CATALOGUE BASED ON AN EXHIBITION OF THE BOOK ARTS IN...

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 33545

Lemant, Albert.

BEBETES.

N.P. (Albert Lemant, 1991). 4to. stiff paper portfolio with sheets loosely inserted, wooden slipcase with color image mounted on front. 8 leaves. Limited to 50 numbered copies signed by Lemant. Title page and colophon page hand-lettered. Portfolio containing six engravings, each numbered 24/50 signed by Lemant in pencil. Engraved and printed at the Atelier á Bulan in the Pyreneées. Lemant (1953- ) is noted for his graphic work for children and visual art work. READ MORE about BEBETES

Price: $450.00  other currencies  Order nr. 124431

More, Sir Thomas.

UTOPIA.

New York, NY: privately printed for the Scott-Thaw Company, 1903. small folio. two-toned cloth, paper spine and cover labels, top edge cut, other edges uncut. xii, 265+(1) pages. Limited to 210 numbered copies, signed on behalf of the publisher on verso of half title. Translated from the Latin by Ralph Robynson. Note on publication history, table of contents, translator's note. Includes a biography of More by his son-in-law William Roper. Also includes a collection of..... READ MORE about UTOPIA

Price: $275.00  other currencies  Order nr. 126530

Moritz, Karl Phillipp.

CONCERNING THE CREATIVE IMITATION OF THE BEAUTIFUL.

(Providence: n.p., 1961-62). 12mo. paper covered boards. 24+(1) pages. Inscribed to "Dick" from Alexander Nesbitt on colophon page. 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. READ MORE about CONCERNING THE CREATIVE IMITATION OF THE BEAUTIFUL

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 116275

Morley, Christopher.

OUTWARD BOUND.

Grand Rapids: The Private Press of Oliver A. Wallace, 1924. 8vo. decorated paper-covered boards, label on front cover. 16 pages, with one additional leaf with plate. Limited to 377 numbered copies. Private press reprint of a Morley article which originally appeared in the NY Evening Post in 1923. (Lee no.41). One of Morley's maritime writings: The sailing ship Tusitalia is towed from its berth to the mouth of Lower New York Bay, hoists sails, and..... READ MORE about OUTWARD BOUND

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 55530

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