PROSPECTUS TO PROCEEDINGS AT A MEETING OF THE VAT PAPERMAKERS IN 1853.
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, n.d. Single sheet. READ MORE about PROSPECTUS TO PROCEEDINGS AT A MEETING OF THE VAT PAPERMAKERS IN 1853
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 466
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BIRD & BULL PRESS, S.S.
Republic of San Serriffe: Bird & Bull Press, 1977. 9 x 10.5 inches. Single sheet. A stock certificate printed by Henry Morris for 1000 shares in the Bird & Bull Press incorporated under the laws of his mythical kingdom (Taylor C11), San Serriffe. Printed by hand at the press in two colors. READ MORE about BIRD & BULL PRESS, S.S
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 36342
REPUBLIC OF SAN SERRIFFE WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND TWENTY-FIVE CORONAS.
Republic of San Serriffe: Bird & Bull Press, 1986. 4.5"x 6" Single small broadside sheet. Another piece of printing ephemera from the Bird & Bull Press of Henry Morris. This is a banknote printed by hand on both sides by Morris for his mythical kingdom of San Serriffe. Printed in two colors with a very interesting calligraphic border. READ MORE about REPUBLIC OF SAN SERRIFFE WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND TWENTY-FIVE CORONAS
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 36343
RICHARD S. WORMSER COLLECTION OF GRAPHIC SATIRE BOOKPLATE.
4 1/4" x 3 3/4" Single sheet. Finely printed bookplate for the Wormser Collection of Graphic Satire at Fairleigh Dickinson University Library, with comic engraving. Printed by John Anderson at his Pickering Press. READ MORE about RICHARD S. WORMSER COLLECTION OF GRAPHIC SATIRE BOOKPLATE
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 48621
WILLIAM W. WEINSTONE COLLECTION BOOKPLATE.
4" x 2 7/8" Single sheet. Finely printed bookplate for the William W. Weinstone Collection at the Fairleigh Dickinson University Library. Interesting engraving depicts hammer-and-sickle device above an anvil. Printed by John Anderson at his Pickering Press. READ MORE about WILLIAM W. WEINSTONE COLLECTION BOOKPLATE
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 48617
POEMS & PICTURES: A RENAISSANCE IN THE ART OF THE BOOK (1946-1981).
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2010. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. paperback. 110 pages. This collection brings together the art and combination of image and language. Poems and Pictures was organized by guest curator Kyle Schlesinger and examines the relationship between seeing and reading, and language and visual art. Featuring 90 artworks from presses in operation between 1945 and 1981, the work is committed to provocative writings with equally inspiring imagery. In order to provide..... READ MORE about POEMS & PICTURES: A RENAISSANCE IN THE ART OF THE BOOK (1946-1981
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 105200
POEMS & PICTURES: A RENAISSANCE IN THE ART OF THE BOOK (1946-1981).
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2010. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. paperback. 110 pages. This collection brings together the art and combination of image and language. Poems and Pictures was organized by guest curator Kyle Schlesinger and examines the relationship between seeing and reading, and language and visual art. Featuring 90 artworks from presses in operation between 1945 and 1981, the work is committed to provocative writings with equally inspiring imagery. In order to provide..... READ MORE about POEMS & PICTURES: A RENAISSANCE IN THE ART OF THE BOOK (1946-1981
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 128319
The Curtis Paper Mill.
N.P. n.p., n.d. (1991). 4.75" x 4.25" single sheet. unpaginated. Wood engraving originally published in An Anthology of Delaware Papermaking. Shows the Curtis Paper Mill in Newark, Delaware. Block signed with a "D" in the right corner. Minor wear. READ MORE about The Curtis Paper Mill
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 95685
DELAWARE ART CENTER (THE).
Wilmington: The Delaware Art Center, n.d. (circa 1956). Single sheet folded three times and printed on both sides. Gives an illustrated view of the Delaware Art Musuem including information on its history. READ MORE about DELAWARE ART CENTER (THE
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 47385
ADVERTISEMENT FOR JOHN DEPOL AND THE PICKERING PRESS.
Maple Shade: Pickering Press, n.d. 7" x 9.75" Single sheet. This small broadside promises satisfaction with high quality work from the engraving block of John DePol and the presswork of John Anderson at the Pickering Press, which combines DePol's engravings with Mother's Day, Father's Day or Valentine's Day greetings. According to this leaf, DePol's "fees are modest in view of the Great Care and Precision exersized and is work is ready, more often than not..... READ MORE about ADVERTISEMENT FOR JOHN DEPOL AND THE PICKERING PRESS
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 79290
TO DR. ROBERT LINCOLN LESLIE ON HIS NINETY-NINTH BIRTHDAY. THE TYPOPHILES. DECEMBER 1984.
N.P. The Typophiles, 1984. small 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. With a full color woodcut by John DePol of Leslie on front cover. READ MORE about TO DR. ROBERT LINCOLN LESLIE ON HIS NINETY-NINTH BIRTHDAY. THE TYPOPHILES. DECEMBER 1984
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 88420
BUCHSTABENFREUDE - THE DELIGHT OF LETTERS.
Kalamazoo, MI and Toronto, Canada: The Private Press & Typefoundry of Paul Hayden Duensing & The Aliquando Press, (1976). large oblong 8vo. consists of three printed leaves and 30 broadsides followed by 2 leaves of production notes loosely inserted in a heavy handmade paper folder and slipcase. Limited to 150 numbered copies. A fine copy. Each broadside is printed in a different type design on varying colors of paper. The work was a joint production..... READ MORE about BUCHSTABENFREUDE - THE DELIGHT OF LETTERS
Price: $700.00 Order nr. 17982
MARCHBANKS PRESS CALENDAR FOR JUNE, 1925.
New York: Marchbanks Press, 1925. 9.25" x 4" Single sheet. With 3 inch square drawing by Dwiggins printed in brown ink at the head of the calendar. READ MORE about MARCHBANKS PRESS CALENDAR FOR JUNE, 1925
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 2274
OFFERINGS FOR THE PERSON OF TASTE WHO HAS EVERYTHING (ELSE).
New York: Harrison of Paris, n.d. (circa 1933). folio. Single sheet. With descriptions of four books available from the press including Katherine Anne Porter's French Song-Book. Printed on gray paper with red ink and containing two illustrations. READ MORE about OFFERINGS FOR THE PERSON OF TASTE WHO HAS EVERYTHING (ELSE
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 41192
Booklet issued by Meriden-Stinehour as a holiday greeting.
N.P. Meriden-Stinehour, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrapper folder with five broadsides loosely inserted. Booklet issued by Meriden-Stinehour as a holiday greeting. Each of the broadsides contains a design in color followed by text explaining the device reproduced. READ MORE about Booklet issued by Meriden-Stinehour as a holiday greeting
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 39176
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT.
Newark: Curtis Paper Company, n.d. 12" x 10" Single sheet. Blank certificate, to be awarded by the "Curtis Paper Company for the exercise of outstanding skill and craftsmanship in the field of the Graphic Arts." Printed with teal, yellow and black. READ MORE about CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 79476
ALAS, WHAT DOO YE.
N.P. Pickering Press, n.d. 6 1/8" x 8 1/8" Single sheet. Broadside with wood engraving. Text is a quotation from The Book of the Ordre of Chyvalre, or Knyghtehode, originally translated and printed by William Caxton in 1552. READ MORE about ALAS, WHAT DOO YE
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 48600
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS 1983.
N.P. Pickering Press, 1983. 6 1/4" x 3 1/8" Single folded leaf. John and Ruthmae Anderson's Christmas card for 1983, finely printed with a handsome engraving on the front of the card. READ MORE about CHRISTMAS GREETINGS 1983
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 48625
CREDO FOR CRAFTSMEN PROSPECTUS.
N.P. Pickering Press, n.d. 7 1/16" x 4 9/16" postcard. Postcard serving as the prospectus for the Pickering Press broadside of reflections on the quality of labor by Porter Garnett. READ MORE about CREDO FOR CRAFTSMEN PROSPECTUS
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 48630
AN EVENING OF WESTERN SONG.
N.P. Pickering Press, n.d. 8.5" x 11" Single sheet. Advertisment for an event at Fairleigh-Dickinson University, printed in Western style by John Anderson at the Pickering Press. READ MORE about AN EVENING OF WESTERN SONG
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 48612
INVITATION.
N.P. Pickering Press, n.d. 4 1/4" x 5 5/16" Single sheet. An invitation to a cocktail party finely printed by John Anderson at the Pickering Press, with a wood engraving by John DePol. READ MORE about INVITATION
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 48603
WHOEVER THOU ART.
N.P. Pickering Press, 1983. 8.25" x 6.25" Single sheet. Set and printed for friends of the engraver and printer in June 1983. A handsome broadside set in Delphin. Wood-engraved initial by John DePol. Text is a statement attributed to Aldus Manutius. READ MORE about WHOEVER THOU ART
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 48595
WILLIAM PICKERING PROSPECTUS.
N.P. Pickering Press, 1984. 6 1/4" x 15 1/8"; folded size 6 1/4" x 7 5/8" Single sheet. Prospectus for the Pickering Press edition of Joseph Blumenthal's essay on the 19th-century English printer William Pickering. Gives some historical background on Pickering as well as a description of the book. Verso has quotation from Blumenthal. Engraved head- and tail-piece reproducing the Pickering Press printer's mark in blue. READ MORE about WILLIAM PICKERING PROSPECTUS
Price: $9.60 Order nr. 48601
NEW POCKET SAMPLE FOLDER NO.1 FROM RAY CARD COMPANY, NORTH HAVEN, CONN.
North Haven: Ray Card Co., n.d. (late 19th century). 16mo. Single long broadside sheet printed on both sides which folds six times. Corresponds exactly to Romaine p.293. With four very colorful printed cards tipped-on as demonstrations of what cards were for sale. Also includes black-and-white illustrations showing other cards, instructions to sales agents and an advertisement for their Sample Book No.4. READ MORE about NEW POCKET SAMPLE FOLDER NO.1 FROM RAY CARD COMPANY, NORTH HAVEN, CONN
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 43239
PERIODE QUANTIQUE.
(Brussels: Les Editions du Sablon), n.d. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. unpaginated. Text in French. Inscribed by Marc, Belgian illustrator. Text and interviews by Anne-Françoise Ries. Color illustrations of insects, by Marc, throughout. English translation of text and invitation to exhibition at Marc Gallery, Brussels, laid in. Small tear in dust jacket on spine and at top edge. READ MORE about PERIODE QUANTIQUE
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 107483