Oak Knoll

(Adagio Press). Bahr, Leonard F.

THE ADAGIO PRESS.

N.P. Adagio Press, n.d. 4to. unbound. 131 broadside specimen sheets enclosed by heavy paper covers. Ornaments and type faces offered by the Adagio Press. Includes designs by Will Bradley (American Type Founders), D. Stempel, Imre Reiner and Jose Mendoza y Almeida (Typefoundry Amsterdam), Alessandro Butti and Aldo Novarese, G.C. Lange (H. Berthold), American Type Founders, Monotype, Georg Trump, Konrad Bauer and Walter Baum, designers for Bauersche Giesserei, Hermann Zapf, Jan van Krimpen and others. Illustrations..... READ MORE about THE ADAGIO PRESS

Price: $250.00 Order nr. 109160

(Adagio Press). Cobden-Sanderson, T.J.

A LETTER FROM STELLA.

AN EPILOGUE TO THE PUBLICATION OF C-S: THE MASTER CRAFTSMAN.
Harper Woods, MI: The Adagio Press, 1971. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (20) pages. AN EPILOGUE TO THE PUBLICATION OF C-S: THE MASTER CRAFTSMAN. First edition, limited to 432 numbered copies. Tanner and Alstrom 24. Concerns a letter from Cobden- Sanderson's daughter and additional information by John Dreyfus. Hand-printed by Leonard Bahr at his private press. READ MORE about A LETTER FROM STELLA

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 15428

(Adagio Press). Johnson, Samuel.

THE SPRING OF THE YEAR.

N.P: (The Adagio Press, 1965). large 12mo. paper wrappers. (16) pages. Privately printed and limited to 240 copies. An essay from "The Rambler" from 1750. READ MORE about THE SPRING OF THE YEAR

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 57120

(Adagio Press).

Publication Announcement by Bruccoli-Clark.

Bloomfield Hills, MI: Bruccoli-Clard, 1971. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Prospectus for James Dickey, Exchanges. Designed and printed for Bruccoli-Clark by Leonard F. Bahr at his Adagio Press. READ MORE about Publication Announcement by Bruccoli-Clark

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 132844

(Adagio Press).

Publication Announcement by the Adagio Press.

Harper Woods, MI: The Adagio Press, 1977. broadside (10 3/4 by 7 1/4 inches). Announcement of the publication of James Dickey, The Strength of Fields. Distributed by Bruccoli Clark of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. READ MORE about Publication Announcement by the Adagio Press

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 132892

(Adagio Press).

RLS, A FEW SENTENCES FROM THE WRITINGS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.

Harper Woods, MI: Privately printed, 1970. tall 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 13+(1) pages. Limited to 300 copies. Printed by Leonard Bahr at his Adagio Press; text in black, ornamental initials and page ornaments in ochre on tan stock. Tied into light brown wrappers with a dark brown over-wrapper, using tan thread. READ MORE about RLS, A FEW SENTENCES FROM THE WRITINGS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

Price: $7.00 Order nr. 48321

(Adagio Press). Ruskin, John.

THE TEXT OF JOHN RUSKIN'S LETTER TO 'MY DEAR TINIE ' WRITTEN FROM THE BRIDGE OF ALLAN ON 31 AUGUST 1857. WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY BY NORMAN H. STROUSE AND FIVE PEN-AND-INK ILLUSTRATIONS BY ADELE BICHAN. CONTEMPTIBLE HORSE.

Harper Woods, MI: Adagio: the Private Press of Leonard F. Bahr, 1962. 8vo. quarter parchment with marbled paper-covered boards. xix, 23-43, (3) pages. First edition, limited to 365 copies of which this is one of the 280 copies printed by hand on handmade Fabriano paper. Second production of this private press. The text of John Ruskin's letter to `My Dear Tinie'. Sharp satire on British industrialization. Presentation from Norman Strouse on front free endpaper. Well..... READ MORE about THE TEXT OF JOHN RUSKIN'S LETTER TO 'MY DEAR TINIE ' WRITTEN FROM THE BRIDGE OF ALLAN ON 31...

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 20288

(Adagio Press). Ruskin, John.

THE TEXT OF JOHN RUSKIN'S LETTER TO 'MY DEAR TINIE ' WRITTEN FROM THE BRIDGE OF ALLAN ON 31 AUGUST 1857. WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY BY NORMAN H. STROUSE AND FIVE PEN-AND-INK ILLUSTRATIONS BY ADELE BICHAN. CONTEMPTIBLE HORSE.

Harper Woods, MI: Adagio: the Private Press of Leonard F. Bahr, 1962. 8vo. quarter cloth with marbled paper-covered boards. xix, 23-43, (3) pages. First edition, limited to 365 copies. (Tanner and Alstrom 7.) Second production of this private press. The text of John Ruskin's letter to "My Dear Tinie." Sharp satire on British industrialization. READ MORE about THE TEXT OF JOHN RUSKIN'S LETTER TO 'MY DEAR TINIE ' WRITTEN FROM THE BRIDGE OF ALLAN ON 31...

Price: $50.00 Order nr. 63479

(Adagio Press).

STATUS REPORT 1983.

(Harper Woods, MI: Adagio Press), 1983. 4to. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Comments on the travails of the Adagio Press. Prospectus for William Blake Proverbs of Hell, laid in. Also laid in is a quote from Horace Walpole. READ MORE about STATUS REPORT 1983

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133069

(Adagio Press).

TYPOGRAPHIA I.

Harper Woods, MI: The Adagio Press, 1976. 8vo. paper wrappers, mailing envelope. 27 pages. Printed in an edition limited to 325 numbered and signed copies. Tanner and Alstrom 34. This is a commonplace book of typographic exercises interspersed with notes on printing, typography and the private press. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIA I

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 6

(Adagio Press).

TYPOGRAPHIA TWO.

Harper Woods, MI: The Adagio Press, 1979. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, mailing envelope. pp.29-60. Printed in an edition limited to 325 numbered copies. Tanner and Alstrom 37. A continuation of the work presented as Typographia 1. This copy is signed by the private press owner, Leonard Bahr. This is a commonplace book of typographic exercises interspersed with notes on printing, typography and the private press. Signed by Bahr next to limitation statement. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIA TWO

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 18

(Adagio Press).

A TYPOGRAPHIC PASTICCIO.

Contents: "An Introduction to the Adagio Press;" "A Tribute to Anton Bohm and his work and the Sans Souci Press;" "The Spirit of Liberty," by Judge Learned Hand; "Tribute, as if from a dead author," by Donald Weeks; "The Spring of the Year," by Samuel Johnson; "Interpretations and Insinuations, or, the image of the Adagio Press as seen graphically by its friends."
Harper Woods, Michigan: Adagio Press, (1963, 1964, 1964, n.d., 1965, 1965). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers; loose leaf; envelope. 12; 7+(1) pages; remainder unpaginated. Contents: "An Introduction to the Adagio Press;" "A Tribute to Anton Bohm and his work and the Sans Souci Press;" "The Spirit of Liberty," by Judge Learned Hand; "Tribute, as if from a dead author," by Donald Weeks; "The Spring of the Year," by Samuel Johnson; "Interpretations and Insinuations, or, the image..... READ MORE about A TYPOGRAPHIC PASTICCIO

Price: $100.00 Order nr. 93931

(Adagio Press). Zaun, Rev. Allan A.

BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE.

The text of the Sermonette delivered by The Reverend Allan A. Zaun at the wedding of Ann and Leonard Bahr Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church
Detroit: n.p., 1960. 8vo. stiff paper wrapper. unpaginated. The text of the Sermonette delivered by The Reverend Allan A. Zaun at the wedding of Ann and Leonard Bahr Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church. Limited to an edition of 210. Not in Tanner and Alstrom, but printed by Ann and Leonard Bahr of Adagio Press for presentation to their friends. A very attractive printing of the text read at the Bahr's wedding. READ MORE about BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 94183

Adam, Paul.

UEBER GESCHNITTENES LEDER, MIT LICHTDRUCK (TAFEL XIII) UND 4 ABBILDUNGEN.

1889. small 4to. contemporary half red calf with pastepaper-covered boards. p. 274-283. An article removed from Zeitschrift für Christliche Kunst, No. 9, 1889. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company. READ MORE about UEBER GESCHNITTENES LEDER, MIT LICHTDRUCK (TAFEL XIII) UND 4 ABBILDUNGEN

Price: $95.00 Order nr. 102481

Adam, Robert and Carol Robertson.

SCREEN PRINTING: THE COMPLETE WATER-BASED SYSTEM.

(London, England): Thames & Hudson, (2003). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 208 pages. Table of contents, historical background of water-based screen printing, list of suppliers of materials, glossary, index. With 265 illustrations, 228 in color. READ MORE about SCREEN PRINTING: THE COMPLETE WATER-BASED SYSTEM

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134020

(Adamic, Louis). Christian, Henry A.

LOUIS ADAMIC, A CHECKLIST.

Kent State: Kent State Univ. Press, (1971). 8vo. cloth. xlvii, 164 pages. First edition. Lengthy introduction followed by checklist. READ MORE about LOUIS ADAMIC, A CHECKLIST

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 177

Adams II, Richard M. and Joshua B. Weisberg.

THE GATF PRACTICAL GUIDE TO COLOR MANAGEMENT.

Pittsburgh: GATFPress, (1998). large 8vo. pictorial paper covered boards. (xiv), 221, (5) pages. Illustrated in color throughout. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about THE GATF PRACTICAL GUIDE TO COLOR MANAGEMENT

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 99823

(Adams Jr., Frederick B.).

LIBRARY OF FREDERICK B. ADAMS, JR. PART I: ENGLISH & AMERICAN LITERATURE.

London: Sotheby's, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 218, (2) pages. Catalogue of the auction held 6 November 2001. Contains a biography of Adams by Anthony Hobson, a general description of the library, and individual descriptions for each of the 369 items, including photographs, books, letters, and other ephemera. Illustrated in color throughout. Interior of wrappers decorated with Adams' bookplates. The results of the auction of all 601 items in the first and second part laid-in..... READ MORE about LIBRARY OF FREDERICK B. ADAMS, JR. PART I: ENGLISH & AMERICAN LITERATURE

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 92551

(Adams, Edward Dean). Bartlett, Edward Everett.

EDWARD DEAN ADAMS.

New York, NY: privately printed, 1926. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, title gilt-stamped on front cover, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. 38 pages. A tribute to the life and accomplishments of Edward Dean Adams, business executive and philanthropist. Biographical record follows text. Frontispiece portrait of Adams. Complimentary card from the author laid in. READ MORE about EDWARD DEAN ADAMS

Price: $70.00 Order nr. 134241

(Adams, Fred).

F.B.A. JR.

N.P. n.p., 1963. 4to. cord-tied stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. This keepsake consists of a menu for a luncheon in honor of Frederick B. Adams given on December 2, 1963, a chronology of "Some notable events at the Pierpont Morgan Library as seen by the Poets and Chroniclers," and a list of attendees. READ MORE about F.B.A. JR

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 95482

(Adams, George Matthew).

FIRST EDITIONS AND MANUSCRIPTS OF AMERICAN BRITISH AUTHORS.

From the Library of the Late George Matthew Adams
New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., 1963. 8vo. stiff paper wrapper. (iv), 52, (4) pages. From the Library of the Late George Matthew Adams. George Matthew Adams was a popular columnist at the turn of the 19th century. He was also an avid bookcollector. This auction catalogue includes 258 items in his library that pertain to American and British authors. Contains blank auction sheet laid-. Edgewear and lightly soiled. READ MORE about FIRST EDITIONS AND MANUSCRIPTS OF AMERICAN BRITISH AUTHORS

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 97461

(Adams, James Truslow). Nevins, Allan.

JAMES TRUSLOW ADAMS: HISTORIAN OF THE AMERICAN DREAM.

Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1968. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (vi)315+(1) pages. First edition. Table of contents, bibliography of Adams's works, index. In two parts: a personal memoir by the author (who was acquainted with Adams), and select correspondence of Adams. READ MORE about JAMES TRUSLOW ADAMS: HISTORIAN OF THE AMERICAN DREAM

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 122273

(Adams, John Couch).

CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED AND OTHER BOOKS BEQUEATHED TO THE LIBRARY BY JOHN COUCH ADAMS.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Library, 1902. small 8vo. cloth-backed paper covered boards. (vi), 203 pages. With a one page introduction by "F.J." (Francis Jenkinson). Very scarce. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED AND OTHER BOOKS BEQUEATHED TO THE LIBRARY BY JOHN...

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 114996

Adams, Ramon R.

SIX-GUNS AND SADDLE LEATHER, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS ON WESTERN OUTLAWS AND GUNMEN.

Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, (1954). thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiii, 426, (2) pages. First edition. 1132 entries with annotations. Presentation on front free endpaper "Inscribed to W.H. Edwars with very best wishes. May you find this book of some interest as well as a working tool. Cordially yours, Ramon R. Adams." Jacket chipped along edges with spots on back cover. READ MORE about SIX-GUNS AND SADDLE LEATHER, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS ON WESTERN OUTLAWS AND GUNMEN

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 28112

Adams, Randolph G.

PAPERS OF LORD GEORGE GERMAIN, A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE STOPFORD-SACKVILLE PAPERS NOW IN THE WILLIAM L. CLEMENTS LIBRARY.

Ann Arbor: The William L. Clements Library, 1928. tall 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 46 pages. Limited to 750 copies. Illustrated. Some spotting of front cover. READ MORE about PAPERS OF LORD GEORGE GERMAIN, A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE STOPFORD-SACKVILLE PAPERS NOW IN THE...

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 31874

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