Santa Ana, CA: Charles Horn, 1947-1948. 8vo. self paper wrappers. This magazine lasted a total of nine numbers. Have the following: 4, 5. Price is per piece. READ MORE about HORN'S, THE MAGAZINE FOR BOOKLOVERS (name change to HORN'S MAGAZINE in last issue
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 90658
Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 1968. 8vo. paper wrappers. (iv), 44 pages. Contains "The Private Press: Its Essence and Recrudescence" by Archer and "Tradition and the Printers of Southern California" by Ritche. READ MORE about MODERN FINE PRINTING
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 108
Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 1968. 8vo. paper wrappers. (iv), 44 pages. Contains "The Private Press: Its Essence and Recrudescence" by Archer and "Tradition and the Printers of Southern California" by Ritche. Covers faded. READ MORE about MODERN FINE PRINTING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 108091
San Francisco: Fine Print, 1989. 4to. cloth, dust-jacket. (viii), 148 pages. First edition. An anthology of the most interesting and informative articles published in Fine Print under the title "On Type." Covers a wide range of topics from the sixteenth century to the present day. Review copy with material inserted. READ MORE about FINE PRINT ON TYPE. THE BEST OF FINE PRINT MAGAZINE ON TYPE AND TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 23196
Napa, CA: Gordon Williams, 1983. small 12mo. cloth. vi, 60, (4) pages. Second edition corrected, limited to an unspecified number of copies. Handset in 10 and 12 pt. Bembo types and printed on Warren's Olde Style paper with a Washington hand press. Foreword by Gordon Williams, with 2 line drawings as illustrations. READ MORE about POCKET KNIVES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 62395
Santa Barbara, CA: Cadmus Editions, 1980. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper spine label, acetate dust jacket. 87, (9) pages. First edition, one of the 100 numbered hardbound copies, signed by the author on colophon. Appendix includes a "copious collection of germane documents assembled by the author. Prospectus for the Jataka Tales laid in. READ MORE about THE GREAT NAROPA POETRY WARS
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 127186
Berkeley: Wingbow Press, 1978. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, original glassine wrapper. 92, (4) pages. Limited to 100 copies numbered and signed by the author. Minimal shelf wear. READ MORE about HELLO, LA JOLLA
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 97899
(San Francisco): Book Club of California, (1999). large 4to. half cloth with pictorial paper-covered boards, paper label on spine, slipcase. xi, (i), 156+(2) pages. Limited edition of 450 copies were printed for members of the Book Club of California, San Francisco. Elegantly designed by Jonathan Clark at The Artichoke Press. Antiquarian Colin Franklin explores the rich history of calligraphy, printing, and bookmaking in Japan; supplemented by examples from his extensive collection of Japenese books and..... READ MORE about EXPLORING JAPANESE BOOKS AND SCROLLS
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 73778
(Saratoga, CA): Instress, 1998. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. A collection of poetry. Color illustration on title. READ MORE about EX-FINITE: DANGER'S DANCER
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 133547
Washington: Library of Congress, 1985. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 56, (2) pages. Text of a lecture at the Library of Congress on the history of the fine press in California. Designed by Andrew Hoyem, printed at the Arion Press in an edition of 1000 copies, type designed by Frederic Goudy, binding by Cardoza-James. Illustrated with thirteen plates. READ MORE about FINE PRINTING, THE SAN FRANCISCO TRADITION
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 45769
Van Nuys, CA: Richard Hoffman, 1985. 8vo. cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards. 154, (2) pages. First edition, limited to 250 copies. Table of contents and explanatory text. In five sections: Matrix fonts in alphabetic order, fonts arranged by width of alphabet, one line showings in all available sizes, fonts arranged according to type sizes, and one-letter display matrices. Includes "some notes on the initial letters." With occasional use of color. READ MORE about FLORILEGIUM TYPOGRAPHIA, A CULLING OF MATRIX FONTS FOR LINE-CASTING MACHINE SETTING: A PRINTER'S...
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 20868
Los Angeles: Hulbert & Barrett Books, 1982. small 4to. quarter cloth with label pasted on spine and paper-covered boards. (iv), 8 (2) pages. Printed by offset lithography in an edition limited to 500 copies and signed by the author. Designed by Bonnie Ruth Barrett and set in Trump Medieval by RS Typographics. Bound by hand at Hulbert & Barrett Books. Poetry. READ MORE about CALIFORNIA HOURS
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 62870
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. 10.5 x 8 inches. Cloth, dust jacket. 232 pages. "Alastair Johnston's engaging and all-embracing survey of California printing takes us from its early beginnings in the 1870s (San Francisco's first type foundry opened in 1874), and covers all the printers we encountered in California, including himself, and a great many others besides." - John Randle, Matrix "Through the lens of Johnson¡¦s expertise, we again see how fine art..... READ MORE about DREAMING ON THE EDGE: POETS AND BOOK ARTISTS IN CALIFORNIA
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 128359
Los Angeles: University of California, (1986). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 44 pages. Many illustrations in color. READ MORE about CONTEMPORARY DANISH BOOK ART. HELGE ERNST - ILLUSTRATOR; POUL KRISTENSEN - PRINTER; OLE OLSEN -...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 33489
Cleveland: Rowfant Club, 1951. large 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, paper spine label, fore and bottom pages deckled, slipcase. frontispiece, xvi, 70, (2) pages. Printed at the Grabhorn Press in an edition limited to 178 copies. (Schubert pp.42-43, Magee no.510). Preface by Nathan van Patten. Special presentation label from the Rowfant Club to Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Hyde. Title page and head pieces printed in red, black and gold. Titles with red rules..... READ MORE about BRIDLES AND SPURS
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 76773
Los Angeles: The Zamorano Club, 1988. small 4to. dark brown cloth spine with lighter woven cloth-covered boards on which is printed a reproduction of the Ramage Press. 23, (3) pages. Limited to 300 copies. A history of the first medical book printed in California, the Botica General De Los Remedios Esperimentados. This book was printed by California's first printer, Agustín Vicente Zamorano on a Ramage wooden press imported from Boston in 1834. With a woodcut..... READ MORE about THE ZAMORANO PRESS AND THE BOTICA, CALIFORNIA'S FIRST MEDICAL BOOK
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 62379
Tucson: El Signo de los Arboles Caidos, 1982. tall 12mo. cloth-backed boards. 21, (3) pages. Printed by Richard Hoffman and issued for the friends of Fay and Larry Powell at New Year's. READ MORE about FAREWELL TO THE ENCINAL
Price: $18.00 Order nr. 44116
Van Nuys, CA: Lawrence Clark Powell, 1983. small 8vo. cloth. 81, (3) pages. Privately printed for Lawrence Clark Powell by Richard J. Hoffman, Van Nuys, CA, and bound in Phoenix, AZ by Roswell Bookbinding. A memoir and commentary on Duncan Brent's correspondence with the author, who was University Librarian at UCLA from 1944 to 1961. Photographs. With a Best Wishes card from the author laid-in. READ MORE about LE MONDE PASSE, LA FIGURE DE LE MONDE PASSE, A REMEMBRANCE OF DUNCAN BRENT
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 63103
Berkeley: Peacock Press, 1964. 12mo. paper wrappers. (x), 94 pages. Reissue of the 1911 first edition. The author sites various sources in Egyptian writings to describe the library as it existed in ancient Egypt. READ MORE about SOME OLD EGYPTIAN LIBRARIANS
Price: $14.00 Order nr. 10264
Washington: Library of Congress, 1987. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 65, (3) pages. A lecture by Ward Ritchie, pioneer bookman and printer of southern California, sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. Designed by Scott Freutel, printed by Patrick Reagh in an edition of 1500 copies, bound by Cardoza-James. Illustrated. READ MORE about FINE PRINTING, THE LOS ANGELES TRADITION
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 45770
N.P. n.p., n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, stapled. 91-100 pages (chapter v). An offprint of Ritchie's essay from A Bibliophile's Los Angeles. Ritchie's memories of the golden years of printing in Southern California. READ MORE about A RUSH OF MEMORIES OF PRINTERS PAST
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 114232
With a Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell.
Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, 1961. small 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. x, 156, (2) pages. With a Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. First edition, limited to 1300 copies of which this is one of 1000 of the trade edition. A bibliography of books designed and printed by Ritchie. With a number of title page reproductions. Name in ink at top of free endpaper. Minor foxing to the edges of the textblock. READ MORE about WARD RITCHIE PRESS AND ANDERSON, RITCHIE, AND SIMON
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 7468
With a Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell.
Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, 1961. small 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. x, 156, (2) pages. With a Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. First edition, limited to 1300 copies of which this is one of 1000 of the trade edition. A bibliography of books designed and printed by Ritchie. With a number of title page reproductions. Spine label has been partially chipped away. READ MORE about WARD RITCHIE PRESS AND ANDERSON, RITCHIE, AND SIMON
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 96750
With a Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell.
Clifton: Bookman Publications, Inc., (1992). 8vo. cloth-backed boards. (viii), 171 pages. With a Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. First edition. The autobiography of this legendary California bookman. He recalls his private press work, his friends Lawrence Clark Powell, Jake Zeitlin, Paul Landacre, Robinson Jeffers, W.A. Dwiggins and many others. Illustrated. READ MORE about YEARS TOUCHED WITH MEMORIES
Price: $38.00 Order nr. 40361
With a Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell.
Clifton: Bookman Publications, Inc., (1992). 6 x 9.5 inches. hardcover. (viii), 171 pages. With a Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. First edition. The autobiography of this legendary California bookman. He recalls his private press work, his friends Lawrence Clark Powell, Jake Zeitlin, Paul Landacre, Robinson Jeffers, W.A. Dwiggins and many others. Illustrated. READ MORE about YEARS TOUCHED WITH MEMORIES
Price: $38.00 Order nr. 60949
