Hoffman, Richard J.

FLORILEGIUM TYPOGRAPHIA, A CULLING OF MATRIX FONTS FOR LINE-CASTING MACHINE SETTING: A PRINTER'S BOUQUET OF TYPES FROM THE PRINTING OFFICE OF RICHARD HOFFMAN.

Van Nuys, CA: Richard Hoffman, 1985. 8vo. cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards. 154, (2) pages. First edition, limited to 250 copies. Table of contents and explanatory text. In five sections: Matrix fonts in alphabetic order, fonts arranged by width of alphabet, one line showings in all available sizes, fonts arranged according to type sizes, and one-letter display matrices. Includes "some notes on the initial letters." With occasional use of color. READ MORE about FLORILEGIUM TYPOGRAPHIA, A CULLING OF MATRIX FONTS FOR LINE-CASTING MACHINE SETTING: A PRINTER'S...

Price: $60.00  other currencies  Order nr. 20868

Hulbert, Linda Ray.

CALIFORNIA HOURS.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 62870

Jenkins, William D. (selector).

GOLDEN NUGGETS.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 94052

Kemble, John.

SPECIMEN OF AN ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN MITCHELL KEMBLE.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 34666

Kenfield, Warren Goeffrey.

THE PROGRAMME FOR TCHAIKOVSKY'S FIFTH SYMPHONY.

(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  other currencies  Order nr. 130371

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