Newark: The Curtis Paper Company, 1954. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (20) pages. The first keepsake booklet issued by Curtis and printed by The Spiral Press. With wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. Foreword by Marshall B. Davidson. READ MORE about GEORGE WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS TO HIS COUNTRYMEN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 67855
Newark: The Curtis Paper Company, 1966. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 26, (2) pages. The 13th booklet issued by Curtis and printed by The Spiral Press with design by Joseph Blumenthal. Cover design by Fritz Kredel and title lettering by Jeanyee Wong. READ MORE about GOLDEN SLIPPERS, THE STORY OF PHILADELPHIA AND ITS MUMMERS' PARADE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 67024
Newark, DE: The Curtis Paper Co., 1961. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 33, (3) pages. The eighth in the series of pamphlets issued by Curtis. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal and printed by the Spiral Press. READ MORE about WASH ROEBLING'S WAR, BEING A SELECTION FROM THE UNPUBLISHED CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF WASHINGTON...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 24560
Boston, MA: Brad Stephens & Co., 1913. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 54 pages, advertisements. Vol. II, No.1. Includes a number of articles relavant to the manufacture of paper.Illustrated. Bottom corner of front cover torn. Covers chipped at edges. READ MORE about DIRECT ADVERTISING
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 133606
Holyoke: Powers Paper Company, n.d. (circa 1930s). 12mo. limp cloth. 72 pages. Price list 51 issued by this company. A number of the pages have another sheet of prices pasted on. READ MORE about ENVELOPE DEPARTMENT. POWERS PAPER COMPANY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 42889
Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1974. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xc, 583 pages. First edition. With many facsimile title pages. An excellent reference book. With information on American papermaking (Bidwell no.76). Dust jacket shows some moisture staining to the spine, as well as having a faded spine. Else fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S PHILADELPHIA PRINTING, 1728-1766 A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 3882
Philadelphia, PA: M. Carey and Son, 1819. 8vo. original paper-covered board back cover only; others missing. xvi, (9)-280 pages. First edition (Shaw and Shoemaker 49094; Sabin 62041; Rink, Technical Americana 3014). Preface, index, Thirteen essays dealing with the question of manufacturing in the United States and the need for protective tariffs. A supplement to the text includes petitions to the U.S. Congress on the subject, with one from the Society for the Promotion of American..... READ MORE about ADDRESSES OF THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF NATIONAL INDUSTRY
Price: $425.00 Order nr. 122168
With a new introduction by Donald Farren.
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2001. small 4to. paperback. 576 pages. With a new introduction by Donald Farren. Paperback edition. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1979. The breadth of this work is remarkable. Encyclopedia contains almost 4,000 terms and definitions used in bookbinding, printing, papermaking and the book trade. Biographical details of printers, authors, bookbinders and bibliophiles are included as well as precise notes on machinery and equipment, famous books, printing societies, book-related organizations..... READ MORE about THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BOOK
Price: $49.95 Order nr. 42510
N.P. n.p., (2012). 8vo. Members' exhibition at the Grolier Club, April 25-June 8, 2012. A collection of 11 cards illustrating etchings in the exhibition, produced by the Dieu Donné Press of New York by various artists including Gosin, the press's founder. A Wisconsin native, Gosin earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1975. Cards wrapped with decorated paper, enclosed in envelope. READ MORE about THROUGH A PAPERMAKER'S EYE: ARTISTS' BOOKS FROM THE DIEU DONNÉ COLLECTION OF SUSAN GOSIN
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 109593
Philadelphia: William Mann Company, 1898. 4to. original cloth. 89 pages. This company specialized in the manufacture of copy paper and blank books. Gives a history of the firm and the different facets of its operation and has drawings in blue ink illustrating the different departments throughout the text. Well-produced and printed. READ MORE about FIFTY YEARS OF PROGRESS, A SKETCH PORTRAYING WITH PEN & BRUSH THE PAST AND PRESENT OF A...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 20073
Philadelphia: William Mann Company, 1898. 4to. original cloth. 89 pages. This company specialized in the manufacture of copy paper and blank books. Gives a history of the firm and the different facets of its operation and has drawings in blue ink illustrating the different departments throughout the text. Well-produced and printed. Covers rubbed with corners bumped. Inner hinges are fabric tape repaired. READ MORE about FIFTY YEARS OF PROGRESS, A SKETCH PORTRAYING WITH PEN & BRUSH THE PAST AND PRESENT OF A...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 121949
Woodside, Ca. Heyeck Press, 1986. 4to. quarter morocco with marbled paper-covered sides, slipcase. 65, (3) pages. Limited to 150 numbered copies signed by the author. A descriptive bibliography of marbling projects by the press with samples of each of the 15 items described. Also has five chapters on the many variables which determine success in Turkish marbling with some samples and a chapter on problems and cures with seven samples, six of which demonstrate a...... READ MORE about MARBLING AT THE HEYECK PRESS
Price: $1,500.00 Order nr. 124199
Newark, DE: The Curtis Paper Company, 1967. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Printed by the Spiral Press with design by Joseph Blumenthal. READ MORE about DROWNED RIVER, THE STORY OF CHESAPEAKE BAY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 66339
(St. Louis, MO: The Hobbyhorse Press, 1999). oblong miniature book (7.5 x 11.5 cm.). thick handmade paper covers, string bound in Japanese fashion. 8 leaves. Limited to 20 numbered copies and signed by the author. Printed on handmade paper with handpainted covers. Ornaments and illustrations. READ MORE about THE MAGICAL LAND OF DAFFAND, AN ORIGINAL POEM
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 117884
San Diego: Ash Ranch Press, 1987. miniature book (5.5 x 8.1 cm). stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 12, (2) pages. (Bradbury, Ash Ranch Press 5). Published for the Miniature Book Society Grand Conclave V, 1987. Contains a brief history of the press with a descriiptive catalogue of its offerings at that time. Illustrations. Don Hildreth's business card and specimen of handmade paper laid in. READ MORE about THE PRIVATE PRESS OF DON HILDRETH: THE STORY: CATALOGUE NO. 1
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 116597
(Santa Cruz, CA: The Good Book Press, n.d. miniature book (8.0 by 5.5 cm.). self paper wrappers, in envelope. (4) pages. Untitled work with a quotation about papermaking. READ MORE about UNTITLED
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 133368
Philadelphia: T.K. Collins, Jr., 1851. 8vo. original cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Israel Acrelius; xii, 7-367 pages. B1-488. First edition. History of the settlement of Wilmington followed by the author's recollections of the town. With a lengthy section on the Gilpins and their papermill and some notes on printers and booksellers. Illustrated. This copy has been recased with original spine laid down on new cloth; new enedpapers. Old ink inscription on first blank leaf followed by..... READ MORE about REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NE W
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 39629
Philadelphia: T.K. Collins, Jr., 1851. 8vo. original cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Israel Acrelius; xii, 7-367 pages. B1-488. First edition. History of the settlement of Wilmington followed by the author's recollections of the town. With a lengthy section on the Gilpins and their papermill and some notes on printers and booksellers. With a bookseller's ticket mounted on front pastedown "J.T. Heald, Bookseller, Stationer & Binder, 127 Market St., Wilmington, Del." Covers faded along spine. Foxed. READ MORE about REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NE W
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 65777
B1-488.
Wilmington: Johnston & Bogia, 1872. 8vo. original cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Israel Acrelius; xvi, 17-310, (2) pages. B1-488. B1-488. Second edition, actually a second printing with a two page preface by the new publishers. History of the settlement of Wilmington, De., followed by the author's recollections of the town. With a lengthy section on the Gilpins and their papermill and some notes on printers and booksellers. Contains a full-page advertisement for Johnston & Bogia as..... READ MORE about REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NEW
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 28663
B1-488.
Wilmington: Johnston & Bogia, 1872. 8vo. original cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Israel Acrelius; xvi, 17-310 pages. B1-488. B1-488. Second edition, actually a second printing with a two page preface by the new publishers. History of the settlement of Wilmington, De., followed by the author's recollections of the town. With a lengthy section on the Gilpins and their papermill and some notes on printers and booksellers. With the bookplate of the Bradford family. Also contains the..... READ MORE about REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NEW
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 39630
Philadelphia: T.K. Collins, Jr., 1851. 8vo. original brown cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Israel Acrelius; xii, 7-367 pages. B1-488. First edition. History of the settlement of Wilmington followed by the author's recollections of the town. With a lengthy section on the Gilpins and their papermill and some notes on printers and booksellers. Covers worn with parts of hinge covering cracked partially detached. Old ink inscription at top of title page. READ MORE about REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NEW
Price: $115.00 Order nr. 68103
B1-488.
Wilmington: Johnston & Bogia, 1872. 8vo. original green cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Israel Acrelius; xvi, 17-310, (2) pages. B1-488. B1-488. Second edition, actually a second printing with a two page preface by the new publishers. History of the settlement of Wilmington, De., followed by the author's recollections of the town. With a lengthy section on the Gilpins and their papermill and some notes on printers and booksellers. Contains a full-page advertisement for Johnston & Bogia..... READ MORE about REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NEW
Price: $135.00 Order nr. 126879
With Biographical Sketches of Printers, an Account of the Manufacture of Paper, and a Bibliography of the issues
Brooklyn, NY: Historical Printing Club, 1891. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 80 pages. With Biographical Sketches of Printers, an Account of the Manufacture of Paper, and a Bibliography of the issues. Limited to 250 copies, of which this is number 17. A historical account of the introduction and development of printing in North Carolina in the eighteenth-century. Some pages unopened. Paper wrappers torn and creased near edges, with three small holes on the back cover and..... READ MORE about THE PRESS OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 96632
Mutineague, MA: Mutineague Mills, n.d. oblong 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Specimens of various paper products produced by Mutineague Mills. Slight stain near spine. READ MORE about ALEXIS BOND
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 133597
Adams, MA: Berkshire Hills Paper Co., n.d. oblong 32mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Products offered for sale by the Berkshire Hills Paper Co. of Adams, Massachusetts. Covers chipped at edges. READ MORE about BELFAST LINEN BOND
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 133605
