IMAGES.
London, England: The Poetry Bookshop, n.d., but 1915. 12mo. self paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. A collection of poetry, with color-illustrated front cover. Wrappers separated from text. READ MORE about IMAGES
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 133630
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THE PRINTED BOOK.
Cambridge: University Press, 1941. 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 141+(1) pages and 14 illustrations. Second edition, revised by John Carter and E.A. Crutchley. Excellent short guide to the history of printing. Jacket is tape repaired with red fabric tape at spine ends. READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 126848
ALEMBIC PRESS BIBLIOGRAPHY 1978-1988.
Oxford: The Alembic Press, 1989. 8vo. quarter cloth with marbled paper over boards. 57+(1) pages. First edition, limited to 100 numbered copies. Set in Bembo and printed by letterpress on Hahnemuhle paper by Claire Bolton. Contains a history of the press and then lists all its publications to date. Bibliographical details are given along with comments on how the books were produced, problems encountered, etc. Many original samples are included and it is also illustrated..... READ MORE about ALEMBIC PRESS BIBLIOGRAPHY 1978-1988
Price: $325.00 Order nr. 24582
THE COMPTON MARBLING PATTERN BOOK.
Winchester: The Alembic Press, 1986. small 4to. cloth. (46) pages. Limited to 96 numbered copies, handprinted. Illustrated with Twenty Seven Samples of their Specially hand marbled Papers. The samples of marbled paper are tipped-in. READ MORE about THE COMPTON MARBLING PATTERN BOOK
Price: $190.00 Order nr. 13556
COMPTON MARBLING PORTFOLIO OF PATTERNS.
Oxford: The Alembic Press, 1992. small 4to. portfolio tied with ribbon. 18 sections loosely inserted. First edition, limited to 150 numbered copies. Contains 17 examples of Compton Marbling's paper, each developed especially for an individual customer, or for themselves for a particular market. Each sample is tipped into a folded leaf with descriptive text. Some of the sheets contain other samples, such as an original that was used by the company for matching. Portfolio is..... READ MORE about COMPTON MARBLING PORTFOLIO OF PATTERNS
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 35097
OAK KNOLL BOOK FEST, TEN YEARS FOSTERING THE FLOWERING OF FINE BOOKS.
Oxford, England: The Alembic Press, n.d., but 2003. broadside (11 3/4 by 8 3/4 inches). Commemorates Oak Knoll Fest X, New Castle, Delaware. Minor creasing at bottom. READ MORE about OAK KNOLL BOOK FEST, TEN YEARS FOSTERING THE FLOWERING OF FINE BOOKS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 127074
MIKOLÁS ALES A KNIHA.
(Prague): Kniha N.P. Antikvariát, 1956. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 141, (3) pages. Text in Czech. Catalogue of the works of Czech painter Mikolás Ales (1852-1913). Includes listings of magazines, books and exhibitions featuring Ales's works, and a list of addenda. 1246 entries. Final remarks by the compiler. 16 black and white plates. Wrappers lightly soiled and bent at corners. READ MORE about MIKOLÁS ALES A KNIHA
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 107578
KNÍZKA O ALSOVI: VÝBOR OBRAZU A KRESEB Z JEHO DÍLA.
Prague: Dêdictvi Komenskeho, 1927. 4to. quarter leather, cloth boards. 91, (4) pages. Text in Czech. Paintings and illustrations of Czech artist and illustrator Mikolas Ales (1852-1913), whose works decorate the National Theatre in Prague. Black and white illustrations throughout. 52 black and white plates. Illustration of Ales with facsimile signature. Index of illustrations and plates. READ MORE about KNÍZKA O ALSOVI: VÝBOR OBRAZU A KRESEB Z JEHO DÍLA
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 107546
BODY OF LIFE.
Chicago, IL: The Chucha Press, (1996). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 85 pages. Presentation from author on title page. Table of contents. A collection of poems of various fun and creative topics, "Cleaning out your apartment", and "Butter", for example, and others are touching and reminiscent in manner. READ MORE about BODY OF LIFE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 124086
PETRUS ALFONSI AND HIS MEDIEVAL READERS.
Gainseville, FL: University Press of Florida, (1993). 8vo. cloth. xvi, 288 pages. A study of Alfonsi (1062-1110?), who brought learning from Al-Andalus (Spain) into Europe. Table of contents, list of illustrations and tables, acknowledgments, explanation of apparatus, introduction. Four appendices, endnotes, bibliography, index. Frontispiece and black and white illustrations. Front pastedown torn with damaged spot. READ MORE about PETRUS ALFONSI AND HIS MEDIEVAL READERS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 119794
THE INTEGRITY OF PRINTING.
(Toronto, ON, Canada): The Aliquando Press, (1983). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (10) pages. Limited to 300 copies. Published for distribution at the 8th Annual Conference of the American Printing History Association. READ MORE about THE INTEGRITY OF PRINTING
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 124904
A GARLAND OF LOVE.
(Toronto, ON, Canada: The Aliquando Press, 1980). 8vo. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards, paper spine label. (24) pages. Limited to 100 numbered copies. Designed, printed, and bound by William Rueter. Selected Shakespearean sonnets. READ MORE about A GARLAND OF LOVE
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 125029
VICTOR HUGO'S ALPHABET CHARACTER & SYMBOL.
Toronto, ON, Canada: The Aliquando Press, 1972. square 32mo. leaves loosely inserted in paper envelope. (62) pages. Limited to 100 copies. An extract from Hugo's Voyages de 1839, translated by Jean Wilson, designed and printed by William Rueter, with wood types. Letter 'W' missing however a number of the bibliographical descriptions in Worldcat have similar copies missing this letter so we wonder if the letter M was also used as the letter W in this..... READ MORE about VICTOR HUGO'S ALPHABET CHARACTER & SYMBOL
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 124246
THE ART AND PRACTICE OF ETCHING; WITH DIRECTIONS FOR OTHER METHODS OF LIGHT AND ENTERTAINING ENGRAVING.
London: S. & J. Fuller, 1849. square 8vo. original cloth with new spine covering. Frontispiece; 58, (6) pages, 8 plates. First edition (Bridson & Wakeman B17 - for second edition of 1851). A treatise on the technique of etching by one of Britain's greatest ever sporting artists. An avid sportsman himself, Alken specialized in depicting hunting, coaching, racing, shooting and fishing scenes. British sporting periodicals frequently carried his illustrations. In this book, he distills some..... READ MORE about THE ART AND PRACTICE OF ETCHING; WITH DIRECTIONS FOR OTHER METHODS OF LIGHT AND ENTERTAINING...
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 65235
MEMORIAL OF JOHN ALLAN.
New York: The Bradford Club, 1864. large 8vo. unbound, top edge gilt. Frontispiece; (ii), 39 pages. Limited to 250 numbered copies. A private printing by the Bradford Club of New York commemorating the life and death, and the sale of the library of the book collector John Allan (1777-1863). Allan specialized in works of R. Burns and Dibdin, American history, and extra-illustrated works. The 1860 work, Private Libraries of New York, by James Wynne mentions..... READ MORE about MEMORIAL OF JOHN ALLAN
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 128318
THE BOOK-HUNTER AT HOME.
New York: G.P. Putnam, (1922). tall 8vo. cloth-backed boards. xii, 275 pages. Second U.S. edition, revised, limited to 500 copies. The second edition contains new information and three new illustrations. Has two chapters on the care of books. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about THE BOOK-HUNTER AT HOME
Price: $43.00 Order nr. 73677
U.S. NAVAL HISTORY SOURCES IN THE UNITED STATES.
Washington, DC: Naval History Division, Department of the Navy, 1979. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 235+(1) pages. Table of contents, introduction by the Director of Naval History, editorial note, Organized by state. Wrappers lightly soiled. READ MORE about U.S. NAVAL HISTORY SOURCES IN THE UNITED STATES
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 121637
THE ALLEE HOUSE, DUTCH NECK ROAD, KENT COUNTY, DELAWARE.
N.P. n.p., n.d. small 8vo. self paper wrappers. (8) pages. Brochure describing this 18th century house built by Abraham Allee in the 18th century on Duck Creek Road at Bombay Hook. "An historic house on Delaware's Heritage Trail." Artistic sketch of house by A. Florio on front cover. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE ALLEE HOUSE, DUTCH NECK ROAD, KENT COUNTY, DELAWARE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 103961
THE ORESTIAN TRILOGY.
(Greenbrae, CA): The Allen Press, 1982. small 4to. cloth, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. NOTE: This is for Volume One only. Limited to 140 copies. Volume One, Drama One, Agamemnon. The first drama of The Orestian Trilogy, the author's masterpiece. The first of a two volume set, the second published in 1983. A comprehensive introduction by Mark Livingston. Prospectus laid in. READ MORE about THE ORESTIAN TRILOGY
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 129071
Four letters from Lewis Allen to Richard Schimmelpfeng.
Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press, 1965-70. various sizes. Four A.L.s. from Lewis Allen to collector and librarian Richard Schimmelpfeng. The letters are dated September 13, 1965, March 24, 1968, July 8, 1969, and Octobe 27, 1970. They discuss the availability of Allen Press publications, fulfillment of orders, letters of regret concerning sold-out items, and comments on Schimmelpfeng's works. Also included is a historical sketch and a check list of works published by the Allen Press..... READ MORE about Four letters from Lewis Allen to Richard Schimmelpfeng
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 132834
PICTURES FROM ITALY.
Greenbrae, CA: The Allen Press, 1982. small 4to. decorated cloth, top edge cut, other edges uncut, paper spine label. 121+(1) pages. Limited to 140 copies. Introductory note. Decorations from C. Contardus, Comentarii, Rome (1573). The travels of Dickens through Genoa, Venice, Naples, Rome, and Florence. Running headings on each page in two colors, varying with the area of Italy considered. Prospectus laid in. READ MORE about PICTURES FROM ITALY
Price: $400.00 Order nr. 129072
JEALOUSY.
(Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press, 1971). 4to. decorated paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 140 copies. Translated from the French by Richard Howard. Introduction by Francis Carmody. Illustrations by Michèle Forgeois. Originally published in 1957 by Les Editions de Minuit, Paris. Designed, hand printed, and bound by Lewis and Dorothy Allen. Prospectus laid in. READ MORE about JEALOUSY
Price: $375.00 Order nr. 131194
ALL I KNOW ABOUT BOOK DESIGN I LEARNED AT THE RACE TRACK.
(Charlottesville, VA: Rare Book School of the University of Virginia, 2005). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 29, (3) pages. Foreword by Terry Belanger, professor at the University of Virginia. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of Greer's work. Color illustrations. READ MORE about ALL I KNOW ABOUT BOOK DESIGN I LEARNED AT THE RACE TRACK
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134510
THE FRIAR AS CRITIC: LITERARY ATTITUDES IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES.
Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, (1971). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 176 pages. Preface, table of contents, three appendices, bibliography, index. A study of interpretation of literature by late medieval friars. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. READ MORE about THE FRIAR AS CRITIC: LITERARY ATTITUDES IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 126437
SOME SIXTEENTH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT LETTER-BOOKS.
London: Blades, East & Blades, 1914. 8vo. paper wrappers. 25 pages. Notes read before the Bibliographical Society, October 21, 1912. Information on Erasmus. Reprinted from the Society'sTransactions. Nicely printed; deckled edges. READ MORE about SOME SIXTEENTH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT LETTER-BOOKS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 64902