CREDO.
Berkeley: Arif Press, 1978. 12mo. printed paper wrappers. (7) pages. Limited to 350 copies. A fine copy. Cobden-Sanderson's personal philosophy toward the private press printing. READ MORE about CREDO
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 25366
Berkeley: Arif Press, 1978. 12mo. printed paper wrappers. (7) pages. Limited to 350 copies. A fine copy. Cobden-Sanderson's personal philosophy toward the private press printing. READ MORE about CREDO
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 25366
Berkeley, CA: The Arif Press, 1972. small 8vo. cord-tied paper wrappers. (16) pages. Limited to 500 copies printed by Wesley Tanner at his private press; this is one of 350 copies bound thus. Faint fading to spine, else a fine copy. Printed on handmade paper. READ MORE about THE IDEAL BOOK OF BOOK BEAUTIFUL: A TRACT ON CALLIGRAPHY, PRINTING, AND ILLUSTRATION AND ON THE...
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 101002
Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1897. tall 12mo. later half calf over marbled paper covered boards, gilt ornamentation on spine, five raised bands, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, original paper wrapper cover bound in. 88 pages. Not in the standard bibliographies of bookbinding. Shelfwear, with the front hinge worn. Worn at spine ends. Gilt leather bookplate of Charles Bain Hoyr and paper bookplate of A. J. Cox on the front pastedown. Contains a seven page extract of..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF NINETEENTH CENTURY BOOKBINDINGS
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 64308
(Pasadena, CA): The Clinker Press, (2013). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. ii, 20, (4) pages. Limited to 70 copies. Foreword by printer Andre Chaves. Originally printed by Charles Whittingham at the Chiswick Press. Illustration of the logo of the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society. READ MORE about THE ARTS & CRAFTS MOVEMENT
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 129858
(Pasadena, CA: The Clinker Press, 2011). 8vo. cloth, silver-stamped spine and front cover, marbled endpapers. iv, 48, (4) pages. Limited to 70 numbered copies. Introduction by printer Andre Chaves. Cobden-Sanderson was the founder of the Doves Press. Journal entries from 1899 to 1922. Bound by Marianna Blau. READ MORE about THE DOVES PRESS IN THE JOURNALS OF T.J. COBDEN-SANDERSON
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 129834
Pisgah Forest, NC: The Ecusta Paper Corporation, n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. 10 pages. With a one page preface by the paper company. Reprint of this classic essay. Slightly toned along edges. READ MORE about THE IDEAL BOOK
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 17824
Basel: Bucherer, Kurrus, 1963. large 8vo. cord-tied stiff paper wrappers. 14 pages. Privately printed in an edition of 1200 copies. With a loose 4-page commentary by Tschichold. A fine copy. A treatise on calligraphy, printing, and illustration, and on the beautiful book as a whole. READ MORE about DAS IDEALE BUCH ODER SCHÖNE BUCH EINE ABHANDLUNG ÜBER KALLIGRAPHIE DRUCK UND ILLUSTRATION UND...
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 142961
Wormerveer, Netherlands: In Usum Bibliophili, n.d. (circa 1964). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (30) pages. First edition, limited to 325 numbered copies. Minor wear along the edges of the jacket, else a near fine copy. With a two page introduction by Ruari McLean. Contains reproductions of various pages of 13 Doves Press books; with some of the printing in red. READ MORE about COBDEN-SANDERSON AND THE DOVES PRESS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 1625
Hammersmith, England: Doves Press, 1907. 8vo. publisher's vellum binding, stamped THE DOVES BINDERY on rear pastedown, later cloth slipcase. (iv), 341, (1) pages. One of 300 copies on paper of an edition of 315 copies (Tidcombe, DP13). Very minor bumped corners to the head of the spine and the top corner of the front board. Discoloration to the very bottom edge of the rear board. Glue marks / reminisce of a bookplate which has been..... READ MORE about SARTOR RESARTUS: THE LIFE & OPINIONS OF HERR TEUFELSDROECKH
Price: $2,000.00 Order nr. 134847
New Castle, DE: The British Library & Oak Knoll Press, 2002. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 272 pages. First edition. Fine in near fine jacket. This highly-researched work is the most authoritative account of the first and most famous private press of the 20th century - The Doves Press. Starting its operation in the wake of William Morris, the Doves Press became a major influence in the development of modern book design. Marianne Tidcombe reveals..... READ MORE about THE DOVES PRESS
Price: $450.00 Order nr. 72642
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 7.125 x 9.25 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 216 pages. "This new study offers an insight into his work, the personality that drove his long career, and the fascinating, highly-charged social and political backgrounds against which that career was played out." - William Morris Society Magazine, Spring 2020 "Correspondence forms forms the backbone of Loxley's recent book Emery Walker: Arts, crafts and a world in motion, and builds a...... READ MORE about EMERY WALKER: ARTS, CRAFTS, AND A WORLD IN MOTION
Price: $47.50 Order nr. 133470
London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1930. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label, dust jacket. 88 pages. First edition. Includes commendatory verses by W. Force Stead, L. Aaronson, Richard Church, J. Isaacs, and E. Blunden. Opened somewhat roughly on the top edge, corners bumped, otherwise very good in unevenly darkened, rubbed dust jacket missing small pieces. READ MORE about THE SIGNATURE OF PAIN AND OTHER POEMS
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 113648