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. 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
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
(Clarence Center, NY): Textile Bridge Press, (1983). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (20) pages. Textile Bridge Little Book No. 2. A collection of poetry. Biographical sketch of the author follows text. Black and white photograph of author on back cover. READ MORE about THE JUNGLE BOOK
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 132755
(Meriden, CT: for The Crow's Nest), 1932-1933, 1938-1939, 1945-1946. 4to. issues loosely inserted in quarter leather, cloth clamshell box. variously paginated. A monthly review of fine books, bibliography, and typography published monthly. This set includes all 41 issues from March 1932 to June 1946, Volumes 1 through 3. Includes March-September, November-December 1932; February-June/July 1933; April-July 1938; September 1938-December 1939. Volume 4 includes issues 1-10. Some issues tanned at edges. READ MORE about THE BOOK COLLECTOR'S PACKET
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 130104
Washington: Library of Congress, 1986. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 123+(1) pages. A directory of selected organizations and programs that promote books and reading, administer literacy projects, and encourage the study of books. Edited with an introduction by John Y. Cole. READ MORE about THE COMMUNITY OF THE BOOK
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 70447
St. Paul: Rulon-Miller Books, 1990. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label, slipcase. 61 pages. Limited to 100 copies. Kemble was the foremost philologist of his day, and this text is taken from the recently discovered eight-page manuscript which was dated 1830, three years before his edition of Beowulf. No trace of the actual dictionary itself is known, but this specimen is a fitting tribute to Kemble's work in etymology. Printed by hand under the direction of..... READ MORE about SPECIMEN OF AN ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN MITCHELL KEMBLE
Price: $450.00 Order nr. 34666
(Iowa City, IA: The Prairie Press, 1970). 8vo. quarter cloth, marbled paper-covered boards, dust jacket, top edge cut, other edges uncut. 31, (5) pages. Limited to 300 numbered copies, signed by Frank E. Egler. A manuscript by Kenfield written early 1888 in Kenfield, Paris. With a history of the manuscript by Egler. Cloth portion of boards stained near front top. READ MORE about THE PROGRAMME FOR TCHAIKOVSKY'S FIFTH SYMPHONY
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 130370
(Iowa City, IA: The Prairie Press, 1970). 8vo. quarter cloth, marbled paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut. 31, (5) pages. Limited to 300 copies, unsigned and not numbered. A manuscript by Kenfield written early 1888 in Kenfield, Paris. With a history of the manuscript by Egler. Cloth portion of boards stained near front top. READ MORE about THE PROGRAMME FOR TCHAIKOVSKY'S FIFTH SYMPHONY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 130371
N.P. The Encino Press, (1981). oblong 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper front cover label. (vi), 29, (5) pages. Revised slightly from appearance in The Washington Post. Signed by the author and illustrator Patrick Oliphant on front free endpaper. Biographical sketches of author and illustrator follow text. Spine lightly sunned. READ MORE about THE TERRIBLE NIGHT SANTA GOT LOST IN THE WOODS
Price: $22.00 Order nr. 129010
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 Order nr. 33545
(London, Englanc): Sowula, (1983). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 16, (4) pages. 2nd edition. Two tipped-in black and white illustrations. List of other publications follows text. READ MORE about A CALENDAR
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 133911
