(Bognor, England: The Pear Tree Press, n.d., but 1922. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, label on front cover. (xii), 23+(1) pages. Limited to 80 numbered copies. Mentioned in "The Living Age" 315:4095 (December 30, 1922). Table of contents, introductory comments by the editor. Poetry by V. Locke-Ellis, Eleanor Farjeon, James Guthrie, Reginald Hall Ward, M.M. Johnstone, Lewis Townsend, and Stuart Guthrie. Frontispiece. Hand-printed on Antiwue Laid paper. Bookplate of Clinton K. Judy, Memorial Library, California..... READ MORE about A LITTLE ANTHOLOGY OF HITHERTO UNCOLLECTED POEMS

Price: $250.00  other currencies  Order nr. 123073

N.P. Pickering Press, 1983. various loose sheets, booklets, and brochures loosely inserted in a portfolio with a label pasted on front cover. Issued in an unknown but obviously small number. A portfolio of more than 50 examples of commercial letterpress work from John Anderson (1915-1997), who began the Pickering Press in 1946, operating it until 1995 from Philadelphia or his Maple Shade, NJ home, except for two years in California and Arizona. For years he..... READ MORE about A PICKERING POTPOURRI

Price: $250.00  other currencies  Order nr. 72555

London: Covent Garden Press, 1971. 8vo. quarter morocco over cloth, top edge gilt. xvi, 310 pages. First edition, one of 100 numbered copies bound thus and containing a tipped-in limitation notice on verso of title page. Ridler has listed hundreds of titles which are not listed in any other individual press bibliographies. Tips of pages at beginning and end are darkened from offset of leather used. READ MORE about BRITISH MODERN PRESS BOOKS, A DESCRIPTIVE CHECK LIST

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 35952

St. Paul, MN: Bookslinger Editions, 1983. small folio. 21 broadsides in cloth clamshell box with label on front cover. A collection of 21 broadsides with poetry or prose, each signed by the author. Most limited to 70 or 90 numbered copies. Many illustrated. Brochure on the Writer's Reading Series laid in. Printed by the Toothpaste Press. Clamshell box sunned at edges. READ MORE about TWENTY-ONE BROADSIDES: POEMS & PROSE FROM THE 1982-1983 WALKER ART CENTER READING SERIES

Price: $500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 124054

Manor Farm: The Whittington Press, 1986. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, custom clamshell box with gilt lettering on spine. (vi), 182 pages. First edition, limited to 900 numbered copies; this is "contributor's copy. John Depol 1987." (Butcher 88). Articles by Roderick Cave on the Chiswick and Golden Cockerel Presses, paper-chasing by Tanya Schmoller, Geoffrey Wakeman on letterpress printing, John DePol and his woodcut pattern papers, etc. READ MORE about MATRIX 06

Price: $225.00  other currencies  Order nr. 124978

Manor Farm: The Whittington Press, 1990. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, custom clamshell box with gilt lettering on spine. (viii), 237 pages. Limited to 925 copies of which this is one of the 820 copies of the trade edition bound thus. (Butcher 106). Table of contents. Filled with tipped in plates and other illustrations. This year's articles include "Berthold Wolpe, 1905-89" by Montague Shaw, "Gerard Meynell and the Westminster Press" by John Dreyfus, "Stanley Morison..... READ MORE about MATRIX 10

Price: $200.00  other currencies  Order nr. 124985

Council Bluffs, IA: The Yellow Barn Press, 2001. large 4to. quarter goat skin with John DePol pattern paper-covered boards, leather spine label, cloth-covered clamshell box with paper spine label. xvii, (ii), 122, (2) pages with 22 color plates and two pages of black and white photographs. First edition, limited to 175 numbered copies. This volume was lovingly compiled by Jack Walsdorf and includes a bibliography, history and comments on each title printed by Neil Shaver..... READ MORE about THE YELLOW BARN PRESS A HISTORY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Paris, France: (Bethune et Plon), 1845. 4to. original stiff paper wrappers. 7+(1); 19+(1) pages. Text in French. A scarce study of the creation of Arabic numerals, with some plates signed by the author. With 19 plates, 10 hand-colored. An absolutely beautiful example of calligraphy. Light chipping to spine and rear corner. Near fine, and very scarce in this condition. READ MORE about ÉTUDES DE CHIFFRES ARABES

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N.P. n.p., n.d. (but circa 1910). 4to. half leather, cloth. unpaginated. A collection of engraved illustrations, most unidentified. Some are identified though and are the work of Stephen Sly, (British, fl. 1836-46), noted in Rodney Engen, Dictionary of Victorian Wood Engravers (Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, 1985), 239-40. Engen notes that Sly contributed to Charles Knight's Penny Magazine, Old England, and Old England Worthies.. He also illustrated some of the early issues of the Illustrated London News. Sly..... READ MORE about Collection of engraved illustrations

Price: $800.00  other currencies  Order nr. 124039

Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press, (1992). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxii, 889+(1) pages. Table of contents, introduction, acknowledgments, bibliographical note, list of contributors, staff writers, and research assistants, list of major exhibitions, list of abbreviations. Biographies of artists arranged in alphabetically. Frontispiece and black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about THE DICTIONARY OF AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS

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London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., (1928). tall 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. xxxvi, 405 pages and 61 plates. First edition. The definitive study of the subject with chapters devoted to Baxter, Charles Knight, Vizetelly, Leighton Brothers, Edmund Evans, Benjamin Fawcett and others. Recased. Ex-library, with card catalogue on rear pastedown still present under the new endpapers. Original covers stained. The recasing made this an incredibly solid book. READ MORE about THE STORY OF PICTURE PRINTING IN ENGLAND DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; OR, FORTY YEARS OF WOOD...

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New London, CT: Wm. Bolles & Co., 1850. miniature book (5.2 x 4.5 cm). original leather. x, 11-192 pages. Bradbury (Bolles 4). Preface. With engraved frontispiece and illustrations. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Spine repaired. Tanning at edges of text. READ MORE about HISTORY OF THE BIBLE

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 124649

Philadelphia, PA: W.N. Wiatt, n.d., but 1851. miniature book (6.8 x 5.2 cm). cloth. 201+(1) pages. Bradbury (Wiatt 1). Preface. With engraved frontispiece and illustrations. One of two thumb Bibles published by Wiatt. Covers lightly scuffed near corners. Front inside hinge cracked. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. READ MORE about MINIATURE BIBLE

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 124643