Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 2007. broadside (10 by 7 1/2 inches). Prospectus for John W. Adams, George Kolbe, Henry Morris, and Pete Smith, The Magnum Opus of Joseph Florimond Loubat. A leaf book that included two full-size original leaves from Loubat's work. READ MORE about PROSPECTUS FOR THE MAGNUM OPUS OF JOSEPH FLOIMOND LOUBAT
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 126553
Montclair, NJ: Caliban Press, 1991. 4to. hand sewn, stiff decorated papers. 63 pages. Limited to 100 signed and numbered copies. In fine condition. A stunning collection of specimen alphabets and display settings of over 24 type faces held by the press, including Garamond, Caslon, Lutetia and Weiss, Sans serifs and Wood type. Gives a brief history of each face and designer, and its adaptation by others. Beautifully printed on 8 different types of paper and..... READ MORE about TYPE SPECIMENS OF CALIBAN PRESS, ON THE OCCASION OF ITS SIXTH ANNIVERSARY
Price: $750.00 Order nr. 34252
A Descriptive Checklist of Books 1996 - 2008. Introduction by Will Rueter
(Vancouver, B.C., Canada): Heavenly Monkey, 2023. 4to. quarter cloth with printed paper sides. 25, (3) pages. A Descriptive Checklist of Books 1996 - 2008. Introduction by Will Rueter. First edition limited to 45 numbered copies signed by Will Rueter on the colophon, of which this is one of 25 standard copies with a linocut frontispiece from Shadow River signed by Jim Rimmer. Prospectus loosely inserted. A fine copy. From the colophon: "This book has been..... READ MORE about JIM RIMMER’S PIE TREE PRESS & TYPE FOUNDRY
Price: $950.00 Order nr. 139337
Introduction by Bernard M. Rosenthal. With an Original Leaf from Hugo Ripelin's COMPENDIUM THEOLOGIAE VERITATIS (c.1478-81).
Los Angeles: Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, 1985. 4to. cloth, paper spine label. ix, 22, (4) pages. Introduction by Bernard M. Rosenthal. With an Original Leaf from Hugo Ripelin's COMPENDIUM THEOLOGIAE VERITATIS (c.1478-81). NOTE: THIS COPY IS LACKING THE LEAF. Limited to 159 copies printed by Patrick Reagh and each containing a leaf. Aside from lacking the leaf, it is in near fine condition. First separate printing of the fullest and most up-to-date study of this early..... READ MORE about PETER AMELUNG'S JOHANN ZAINER, THE ELDER & YOUNGER TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY RUTH...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 11606
(Portland): The Champoeg Press, 1957. 8vo. cloth. frontispiece portrait, (iv), 76 pages. First edition, limited to 804 copies of which 747 contain one original imprint from the St. Ignatius Print of Montana dated 1880 (Leaf Book - Chalmers 115). A fine copy. With a number of illustrations and even a tipped-in facsimile of a printing bill. A history and bibliography of imprints of the Jesuit Mission presses from 1876 to 1899. A fine work designed..... READ MORE about JESUIT MISSION PRESSES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST A HISTORY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF IMPRINTS, 1876-1899
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 14584
Edited by Marcus A. McCorison from the Second Edition.
Barre, MA: Imprint Society, 1970. thick 8vo. cloth, slipcase. xxii, 650, (2) pages. Edited by Marcus A. McCorison from the Second Edition. Reprint, with rearrangements, of the second edition of 1876 (S-K for binding references; Leaf Book - Chalmers 155). Spine lightly faded, else a fine copy in near fine slipcase. Limited to 1950 numbered copies. With an original page from the first edition of 1810 tipped-in. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF PRINTING IN AMERICA, WITH A BIOGRAPHY OF PRINTERS & AN ACCOUNT OF NEWSPAPERS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 5223
N.P. The Delaware Bibliophiles, 2002. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xx, 205, (3), 51+(1) pages. First edition, limited to 250 numbered copies. Issued to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of this book-collecting Club (Leaf Book - Chalmers 226). The first part of the book contains a note on John DePol who has contributed a wood-cut to the book, an article on Benjamin Franklin who printed the first Delaware currency (accompanied by a tipped-in leaf from an early..... READ MORE about THE DELAWARE BIBLIOPHILES, 1977-2002, A HISTORY & ANTHOLOGY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 73751
Union Springs, NY: The Press of Robert LoMascolo, 2016. small folio. quarter vellum, decorated paper covered boards. (xiv), 36 (6) pages. Limited to 200 numbered copies and contains two original leaves (4 pages) printed in 1591 by David Sartorius in Ingolstadt of his Disputationes. A fine copy. Retired Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Professor Herbert H. Johnson has written the foreword as well as provided the leaves from an incomplete volume in his impressive collection..... READ MORE about PEREGRINATIONS OF FRENCH TYPES IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY: PRINTING OF ROBERT BELLAMARINE'S...
Price: $375.00 Order nr. 129183
Union Springs, NY: The Press of Robert LoMascolo, 2016. small folio. illustrated stapled paper wrappers. (xiv), 36 (6) pages. Limited to 200 numbered copies and contains two original leaves (4 pages) printed in 1591 by David Sartorius in Ingolstadt of his Disputationes. This copy is a mock-up (softcover) copy which contains two leaves, but is not numbered. Minor soiling to covers, a couple pencil notations throughout. Retired Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Professor Herbert H...... READ MORE about PEREGRINATIONS OF FRENCH TYPES IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY: PRINTING OF ROBERT BELLAMARINE'S...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 140226
New York: American Printing History Association, 2011. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 63 pages. William Berkson on "Readability and Reval: The Case of Caslon," Betsy Davids on "From Palm Leaf to Book" and Marvin J. Heller on ""Behold, You are Beautiful, My Love: The Use of Ornamental Frames in Hebrew Incunabula." READ MORE about PRINTING HISTORY, THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PRINTING HISTORY ASSOCIATION. NEW SERIES NO.10
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 110230
Lower Marston Farm, Risbury, Herefordshire: The Whittington Press, 2022. folio (15 x 11½ ins). Bound in half Nigerian Goatskin and marbled paper by Christopher Rowlatt, in a slipcase. 153 pages. Printed in an edition limited to 180 copies, of which this copy is one of 40 'B' copies featuring 19 original specimen leaves from the seven Presses. Some of the leaves have wood-engravings, or other illustrations and initials in a second colour, and several are..... READ MORE about PAGES FROM PRESSES VOLUME II: GOLDEN COCKEREL, GREGYNOG, SHAKESPEARE HEAD, CURWEN, NONESUCH,...
Price: $2,250.00 Order nr. 138474
San Francisco: Adrian Wilson, 1957. folio. Bound by Perry G. Davis in full cloth. (vi), 57, (2) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 250 copies. (Wilson no.60). Prospectus loosely inserted. Covers spotted, with a small moisture stain near the bottom corner. Shaken. Internally fine. Programs for forty-one plays are bound in with twelve additional programs, announcement, etc. laid in a pocket on the inside back cover. This is perhaps the first consecutive exploration of..... READ MORE about PRINTING FOR THEATER
Price: $760.00 Order nr. 57803
Edited by Joyce Lancaster Wilson.
Austin, TX: W. Thomas Taylor, 1983. folio. quarter bound in oasis morocco dyed to match the Tuscany Red ink used in the text, Dutch linen sides stamped with Wilson's type-juggler device. 158, (2) pages. Edited by Joyce Lancaster Wilson. Limited to 325 numbered copies (though the bibliography states 350 copies). Prospectus loosely inserted. Small gouge in back cover, else a near fine copy. Adrian Wilson (1923-1988) was internationally known as a designer and printer of..... READ MORE about THE WORK & PLAY OF ADRIAN WILSON, A BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH COMMENTARY
Price: $260.00 Order nr. 72364
Edited by Joyce Lancaster Wilson.
Austin, TX: W. Thomas Taylor, 1983. folio. quarter bound in oasis morocco dyed to match the Tuscany Red ink used in the text, Dutch linen sides stamped with Wilson's type-juggler device. 158, (2) pages. Edited by Joyce Lancaster Wilson. Limited to 325 numbered copies (though the bibliography states 350 copies). A slight soil mark on the front board, else a fine copy. Adrian Wilson (1923-1988) was internationally known as a designer and printer of fine..... READ MORE about THE WORK & PLAY OF ADRIAN WILSON, A BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH COMMENTARY
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 73404
