Berkeley: Wingbow Press, 1978. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, original glassine wrapper. 92, (4) pages. Limited to 100 copies numbered and signed by the author. Minimal shelf wear. READ MORE about HELLO, LA JOLLA
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 97899
Austin, TX: W. Thomas Taylor, 1987. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 99, (3) pages. Second printing, reprinted from the first edition which was limited to only 325 copies. Five provocative essays describe Duncan's ideal in his own life and explores its implications for today's hand-printer and for future generations interested in typography and printing. This popular book contains essays on the Cummington Press, The Technology of Hand Printing, The Art of the Printed Book, My..... READ MORE about DOORS OF PERCEPTION, ESSAYS IN BOOK TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $16.50 Order nr. 63597
With a Foreword by Harry Duncan.
San Francisco: Fine Print, 1982. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 46 pages. With a Foreword by Harry Duncan. Describes the presses and the equipment they have. READ MORE about COLLEGIATE BOOK ARTS PRESSES, A NEW CENSUS OF PRINTING PRESSES IN AMERICAN COLLEGES &...
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 16314
(Boston: The Bibliophile Society), 1914. small 8vo. half vellum with paper-covered boards and gilt-stamped lettering on cover. 15+(1) pages. Privately printed for The Bibliophile Society in an unstated number of copies. Previously printed in Hoosier Lyrics, 1905, and My Book, 1905 (Blanck,p.136). Prefaced with a letter to the legendary book collector William K. Bixby (1857-1931) from the previous owner of the manuscript,, the original model of Penn-Yan Bill, who mentions that Field wrote the poem..... READ MORE about PENN-YAN BILL'S WOOING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 70844
New York: At the Sign of the Blue-Behinded Ape, 1929. large 12mo. paper-covered boards. xv, (2) pages. First edition. A letter credited to Benjamin Franklin in which he rebukes the Brussels Academy for having rejected his discovery by writing of a more "practical" discovery--a cure for flatulence. With an illustration by Bewick. An introduction from the press is given. Printed on oinon skin paper French fold. READ MORE about A LETTER BY DR. FRANKLIN TO THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF BRUSSELS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 63113
New Brunswick: Graduate School of Library Service, 1976. 4to. self paper wrappers. iv, 16 pages. Rutgers University GSLS Occasional Papers No. 76-3. Introduction by Benjamin Weintraub. Offers a personal perspective on small press publishing. READ MORE about THE PSYCHOLOGIQUE OF SMALL PRESS PUBLISHING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 116063
(Saratoga, CA): Instress, 1998. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. A collection of poetry. Color illustration on title. READ MORE about EX-FINITE: DANGER'S DANCER
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 133547
N.P. Privately Printed (n.p.), 1983. 8vo. stiff sewn paper wrappers. 9 pages. One of 200 copies. This is an exerpt from the novel Elizabeth and James. Fine in sewn wrappers. READ MORE about FIRE AMONG THE THORNS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 109287
N.P. Privately Printed (n.p.), 1983. 8vo. stiff sewn paper wrappers. 9 pages. One of 200 numbered copies and SIGNED by Garrett on the colophon page. This is an exerpt from the novel Elizabeth and James. Fine in sewn wrappers. READ MORE about FIRE AMONG THE THORNS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 109288
New York: Sterling Publishing Co., (1998). 4to. illustrated paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 160 pages. First edition. Guide to the art of handmade books. Table of contents, preface and introduction. Acknowledgements, index and a biographical sketch of the author. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about CREATING HANDMADE BOOKS
Price: $14.00 Order nr. 108456
New York: Sterling Publishing Co., (1998). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 160 pages. First edition. Guide to the art of handmade books. Table of contents, preface and introduction. Acknowledgements, index and a biographical sketch of the author. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about CREATING HANDMADE BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134160
New York: Sterling Publishing Co., 2003. 4to. handcover, dust jacket. 160 pages. First paperback edition. Guidebook to creating hand made books. Preface, acknowledgements, introduction, Listing of contributosss. Listing of contributors, index and metric conversion chart. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about UNIQUE HANDMADE BOOKS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134163
London: Noel Douglas, (1927). small 4to. boards. (ii) pages followed by the facsimile. Facsimile of the first edition, printed in 1770. Part of a series entitled "The Noel Douglas Replicas." Some foxing of covers. READ MORE about THE DESERTED VILLAGE, A POEM
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 17845
(New York: Press of the Whooly Whale, 1938). 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Facsimile printed in black and red of a type specimen circular, the first piece of printing issued by The Village Press. Prepared for participants in the Pilgrimage to Deepdene, July 23, 1938, in celebration of the thirty-fifth anniversary of the press. "This is the first showing of a new type designed by Mr. Goudy for the exclusive use of the Village..... READ MORE about VILLAGE PRESS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 63881
Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1937. 8vo. cloth. xvi, 57 pages. Limited to 250 copies. Introduction by Will Ransom. An important book. Minor cover rubbing. Bookplate of Frederic Melcher. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MATERIAL RELATING TO PRIVATE PRESSES
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 63620
Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1937. 8vo. cloth. xvi, 57 pages. Xerox copy of original 1937 printing which was limited to 250 copies. Introduction by Will Ransom. An important book. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MATERIAL RELATING TO PRIVATE PRESSES
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 126593
Long Crendon: Seven Acres Press, 1927. 8vo. modern quarter calf, decorated paper-covered boards. (ii), 10, (2) pages. Limited to 125 copies of which this one is out of series. First two words of text in red, rest in black. Woodcut illustrations throughout. Some capitals are woodcuts made to look like illuminated letters although in black only. Author is also illustrator and printer. READ MORE about JOHN APOSTATE AN IDYL OF THE QUAYS
Price: $185.00 Order nr. 78529
Drawings by Zdenek Guth. Vytiskl Stiebling.
Praha: (Alois Chvála), 1935. small 8vo. cloth, embossed on front board. (20) pages. Drawings by Zdenek Guth. Vytiskl Stiebling. Number one in an edition limited to 250 numbered copies. Illustrations throughout. Finely printed in blue and black, wide margins, deckle edge. Slim volume of poetry ("The Poet Sings"), printed on the centenary of Hálka's birth. READ MORE about PET BASNI
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 74318
(Gravesend, England): Woodlands Press, (1900). 4to. original stiff paper wrappers, edges uncut, ribbon tied. unpaginated. No. VI in a series of six works published under the heading Vox Humana (Rare Books Club website). Author (1858-1948) was a painter, stained glass artist, illustrator and designer (Houfe 330). Script lettering and drawings throughout text, some in color. Two tipped-in plates. Extra plate loosely inserted. Wrappers slightly bent at edges. Light foxing on loosely inserted plate. READ MORE about THE VOX HUMANA. LITTLE COPSE WOOD AND OTHER VERSES
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 123050
London: Joiner and Steele, 1932. 8vo. cloth, gilt lettering on spine and gilt signature on front cover, top edge gilt. 38 pages. Printed by The Alcuin Press, Gloustershire, in an edition limited to 350 numbered copies, signed by the author (Gibbs A7a). James Hanley (1901-1985) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, and playwright, who ran away from home at the age of thirteen to become a merchant seaman, returning ten years later. He was..... READ MORE about STOKER HASLETT
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 70159
Barnstable, MA: Harrison C. Kerr, 1964. 12mo. paper wrappers. 10 leaves. Third edition. Short article on Harrison C. Kerr's Clam Flat Press. Illustrated with artwork by Marsden Lore. READ MORE about UNIQUE PRINT SHOP IS FOUND ON CAPE COD
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 51095
(Bow, Nr. Crediton, Devonshire, England: Richard Gilbertson, 1968). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 9+(1) pages. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Number 4 in the publisher's manuscript series. READ MORE about FIVE AUTUMN SONGS FOR CHILDREN'S VOICES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 118828
Los Angeles: Hulbert & Barrett Books, 1982. small 4to. quarter cloth with label pasted on spine and paper-covered boards. (iv), 8 (2) pages. Printed by offset lithography in an edition limited to 500 copies and signed by the author. Designed by Bonnie Ruth Barrett and set in Trump Medieval by RS Typographics. Bound by hand at Hulbert & Barrett Books. Poetry. READ MORE about CALIFORNIA HOURS
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 62870
Port Angeles, WA: Printery Farm, (1990). 12mo. decorated cloth, paper cover label. (64) pages. Alternating Mother Goose rhymes with blockprints by Humfleet. READ MORE about MOTHER GOOSE WITH BLOCK PRINTS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 105630
Ottawa: n.p., 1993. 8vo. stiff paper wrapper. (vii), 180-186+(1) pages. Limited to an edition of 50. A facsimile of one clever tongue-in-cheek letter from POST BAG OF THE GREAT WESTERN by Samuel Slick (1840). Presented to Donn W. Sanford from Jenkins: "Donn, With sincere regards. Bill." READ MORE about GOLDEN NUGGETS
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 94052
