Stevens Point, WI: The Arcadian Press, 2004. 4to. Three individual books of handmade paper, housed in a clamshell cloth covered box. unpaginated. Privately printed artist book limited to 50 numbered copies. All three volumes are fine in a fine clamshell box. This powerful, exquisitely rendered 3-volume collaboration between Caren Heft of Arcadian Press and Jeffrey Morin of sailorBOYpress is done in the spirit of the ars moriendi (the art of dying), 15th-century Christian texts with..... READ MORE about MARTYR MERCURY ROOSTER

Price: $2,000.00  other currencies  Order nr. 141957

2 volumes bound in 1.
Paris: n.p., 1877. tall 8vo. contemporary half leather, five raised bands, marbled paper-covered boards, top edge gilt. (viii),xxxi,541; 31+(1) pages. 2 volumes bound in 1. Text in French. Auction catalogue with 5,790 lots. Prices realized bound in. In a signed binding by Alfred Matthews. With the bookplate stating that this book was one of 120 books, relating chiefly to engraving, from the library of Edward Bement left by him to The Grolier Club on the..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE DES DESSINS ET ESTAMPES COMPOSANT LA COLLECTION DE M. AMBROISE FIRMIN-DIDOT, DE...

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Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge, 1960. miniature, 6 x 4.2 cm. full leather with gilt lettering on front cover. 45+(1) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 1000 copies (Bradbury, St. Onge 17). Bound by Proost and Brandt, Amsterdam and printed letterpress by Enschede. Originally published in 1751, the Elegy was immediately popular and still remains one of the best known English lyric poems. The ode to a humble grave employed a high form of..... READ MORE about ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD

Price: $55.00  other currencies  Order nr. 126568

n.p. (but Chatham, NY): Editions, 2009. 6" x 9" cloth, dust jacket. 96 pages. Part autobiography, part book description, and part behind-the-scenes intrigue, Book Dynamics! presents detailed information on 38 handmade books, along with colorful production photos, commentary, and a dash of gossip. 184 color photos. Essays by William J. Dane, Bertha Rogers, and C.J. Grossman. Designed by Joe Freedman and edited by Joan Alden. READ MORE about BOOK DYNAMICS! ED HUTCHINGS TURNS, TWISTS, & TOPPLES TRADITION

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138620

London: Sotheby, Parke Bernet & Co., 1977. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 67 pages. Auction, December 8, 1975, mostly 15th century manuscripts, but includes some earlier items. 109 lots. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Estimated prices loosely inserted. Ownership inscription on title page. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136625

London: Sotheby's, 1989. large 8vo. paper wrappers. (ii), 244, (9) pages. Illustrated catalogue of the auction sale held December 5th. 136 lots.Ink ownership stamp in corner of free endpaper. READ MORE about WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 106030

London: Sotheby's, 1990. large 8vo. paper wrappers. (ii), 354, (9) pages. Illustrated catalogue of 166 lots. Sale took place 29 November 1990. A fine copy. READ MORE about WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136733

Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, 1855-73. 8vo. contemporary quarter calf over marbled paper-covered boards. x, 440 pages. First edition. (Bigmore & Wyman I, 428). Has two folding plates and numerous figures in the text. Detailed descriptions of composition and includes work on the printing press, functions of the overseer, stereotype, electrotype and setting type in foreign languages. With 26 wood-engravings and various tables. Ex-library with markings. Covers worn with covers detached. The "Table Synoptique" between pages..... READ MORE about GUIDE PRATIQUE DU COMPOSITEUR D'IMPRIMERIE TYPOGRAPHE

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 40529

Warren, PA: E.T. Hazeltine, circa 1891. miniature book (5.0 x 3.5 cm). original self paper wrappers. unpaginated. (Bradbury, E.T. Hazeltine 15). 14th Series. Includes information on postal rates, calendars, lunar phases, etc. Minor rubbing. READ MORE about HAZELTINE' S POCKET BOOK ALMANAC 1892

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 127871

(San Francisco): Juniper Von Phitzer Press, (1994). miniature book (7.5 x 6.3 cm). cloth spine, paper-covered boards with wooden windmill model on front board, decorated endpapers. unpaginated. Limited to 55 numbered copies, signed by the author and publisher. (Bradbury, Juniper Von Phitzer 18). Based on the author's Dutch ancestry and the Dutch windmill. Hand-tinted illustrations. READ MORE about STAR MOLEN

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(Stuttgart, Germany: Heinz Müller), 1993. miniature book (6.5 x 5.5 cm). cloth, dust jacket. 80, (4) pages. Text in German. Limited to 100 numbered copies, signed on colophon. Remarks first delivered in Munich on January 30, 1983, the 50th anniversary of Hitler's appointment as German Chancellor. Presents an account of the National Socialist machtergreifung, or seizure of power. READ MORE about 50 JAHRE NATIONAL-SOZIALISTISCHE MACHTERGREIFUNG

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(Stuttgart, Germany: Heinz Müller), 1992. miniature book (4.9 x 4.0 cm). cloth, title gilt-stamped on front cover. 28, (4) pages. Text in German. Limited to 100 numbered, signed copies. Signposts , directions for writing and library science. READ MORE about WEGMARKIERUNGEN

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(Los Angeles: William M. Cheney for Gatehouse Press, 1968). miniature book (6.5 x 5.2 cm). stiff paper wrappers. 18, (2) pages. Limited to 25 copies. (Bradbury, William M. Cheney 8). Letter from the Center for Advanced Studies, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, dated April 1, 1968. Wrappers very lightly soiled. READ MORE about TO D.C. SUBJECT: L.C. FROM: L.C.P

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 116957