2.

(Midnight Paper Sales). Schanilec, Gaylord.

LAC DES PLEURS: REPORT FROM LAKE PEPIN.

(Stockholm, WI): Midnight Paper Sales, 2015. folio. quarter leather marbled paper-covered boards in quarter leather, red cloth clamshell box; top edge cut, other edges uncut. (76) pages. Limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by Gaylord Schanilec on colophon. A fine copy of prestigious book art seven years in the making, winner of the 2015 Judges Choice Award at the Oxford Fine Press Book Fair in Oxford, England. Introduction by Patrick K. Coleman, Senior Curator of..... READ MORE about LAC DES PLEURS: REPORT FROM LAKE PEPIN

Price: $7,800.00  other currencies  Order nr. 123994

24.

THE FLEURON, A JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY.

Vol. V. Edited by Stanley Morison.
Cambridge: The University Press, 1926. 4to. cloth. xvi, 205, (21) pages. Vol. V. Edited by Stanley Morison. Limited to 1370 copies. Article on Karl Klingspor by Julius Rodenberg including a list of books printed at the Private Press of the Gebr. Klingspor, articles on Laboureur, Bulmer, and "Towards an Ideal Italick" by Stanley Morison. Covers worn at head of spine; covers soiled. Bookplate on front free endpaper. READ MORE about THE FLEURON, A JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY

Price: $185.00  other currencies  Order nr. 121488

26.

(FLEURON). Morison, Stanley (editor).

FLEURON, A JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY.

Vol. VI. Edited by Stanley Morison.
Cambridge: University Press, 1928. 4to. cloth. xiii, 254, (3) pages. Vol. VI. Edited by Stanley Morison. Limited to 1310 copies. Articles on Rudolf Koch, Geofroy Tory by A.F. Johnson, On Decorative Printing in America by Paul Beaujon (Beatrice Warde), Decorated Types by Stanley Morison and others. Only minor cover rubbing. Faint paperclip mark on front free endpaper. Usual foxing of endpapers. READ MORE about FLEURON, A JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY

Price: $160.00  other currencies  Order nr. 69905

31.

Zapf, Hermann.

TYPOGRAPHIC VARIATIONS DESIGNED BY HERMANN ZAPF ON THEMES IN CONTEMPORARY BOOK DESIGN AND TYPOGRAPHY IN 78 BOOK AND TITLE PAGES.

New York: Museum Books, 1964. oblong 4to. parchment - backed boards with parchment tips. not paginated. Limited to 500 numbered copies produced by this American publisher, and signed by Zapf on the colophon page. A fine copy in fine jacket. Set in 16 languages with the types of D. Stempel "taken from the foundry's archives" and printed by Heinrich Egenolf. A magnificent display of typography and type specimens printed in black with some part printed..... READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIC VARIATIONS DESIGNED BY HERMANN ZAPF ON THEMES IN CONTEMPORARY BOOK DESIGN AND...

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 17095

41.

(Fraser, Claud Lovat). Millard, Christopher.

PRINTED WORK OF CLAUD LOVAT FRASER.

London: Henry Danielson, 1923. tall 8vo. half-cloth cover patterned boards, paper spine label. xii, 108 pages followed by 4 plates. First edition, limited to only 275 numbered and signed copies. Label chipped (spare label present in back) and corners bumped. Bookplate. Very scarce bibliography. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about PRINTED WORK OF CLAUD LOVAT FRASER

Price: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 3890

49.

(Jones, David). Gray, Nicolete.

THE PAINTINGS OF DAVID JONES.

London, England: John Taylor/Lund Humphries in association with the Tate Museum, (1989). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 184 pages. First edition. Table of contents, list of illustrations, chronology, foreword, color plates, index. Arranged chronologically. Black and white illustrations in text. 68 color plates follow text. READ MORE about THE PAINTINGS OF DAVID JONES

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 123972

56.

Pingrenon, Renee.

LES LIVRES ORNÉS ET ILLUSTRÉS EN COULEUR, DEPUIS LE XVE SIÈCLE EN FRANCE EN ANGLETERRE AVEC UNE BIBLIOGRAPHIE, GUIDE DU BIBLIOPHILE ET DU BIBLIOSCOPE.

Paris: H. Daragon, 1903. 8vo. later half green leather, green cloth, paper spine label. 162 pages. First edition. (Besterman p.3010). Biographical information on color illustrated books and their producers and bibliographical information on about 500 books. Spine scuffed. READ MORE about LES LIVRES ORNÉS ET ILLUSTRÉS EN COULEUR, DEPUIS LE XVE SIÈCLE EN FRANCE EN ANGLETERRE AVEC...

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 123690

82.

(Arif Press). Arouet de Voltaire, J.F.M.

MEMNON OR HUMAN WISDOM.

Berkeley, CA: The Arif Press, 1981. 12mo. cloth, label on spine. 16, (2) pages. Limited to 150 copies. Translated from the French by P.H. Hanson. Frontispiece, facsimile of 1784 engraving. READ MORE about MEMNON OR HUMAN WISDOM

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 123982

92.

(Bird & Bull Press). Wolfe, Richard J. and Paul McKenna.

LOUIS HERMAN KINDER AND FINE BOOKBINDING IN AMERICA, A CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE ROYCROFT SHOP.

Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1985. small 4to. quarter morocco with tips and leather spine-label, gold-decorated paper sides. 161 pages. Limited to 325 copies (Heaney A40; S-K 7047). A history of this German born binder who worked for the Roycrofters from 1897 to 1911. The authors have included much unpublished material relating to Kinder and Hubbard, a rather complete catalogue of impressions of Kinder's bookbinding hand tools and illustrated fourteen bindings in full color..... READ MORE about LOUIS HERMAN KINDER AND FINE BOOKBINDING IN AMERICA, A CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE ROYCROFT SHOP

Price: $165.00  other currencies  Order nr. 60469

106.

(Cranium Press). Everson, William.

TENDRIL IN THE MESH.

(N.P.): Cayucos Books, 1973. tall 4to. quarter leather with decorated paper-covered boards. unpaginated. Printed in an edition limited to 250 numbered copies. Signed by Everson. Printed in Goudy Thirty on hand-made paper from the English Wookey Hole Mill. Titles and section numbers finely printed in tan and brown. A very lovely edition--the Goudy font is a most appropriate choice for the work. Prospectus loosely inserted. READ MORE about TENDRIL IN THE MESH

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 46335

110.

(Oyez Press). Everson, William.

RIVER-ROOT, A SYZGY FOR THE BICENTENNIAL OF THESE STATES.

Berkely: Oyez Press, 1976. 4to. quarter leather with decorated paper-covered boards. 50, (3) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 250 numbered and signed copies. A collection of poems by William Everson. Illustrations are by Patrick Kennedy and the design is by Thomas Whitridge. Includes an afterword by the author. Minor rubbing along hinges. READ MORE about RIVER-ROOT, A SYZGY FOR THE BICENTENNIAL OF THESE STATES

Price: $120.00  other currencies  Order nr. 57921

112.

(Fleece Press). Sutton, Emily.

TRANSFERWARE TREASURES.

(Upper Denby, Huddersfield, England): The Fleece Press, 2014. square 8vo. illustrated paper-covered boards, cloth slipcase with illustration. unpaginated. Limited to 250 copies, signed by artist on colophon. A collection of 25 watercolor paintings by Emily Sutton, showing transferware patterns from her own collection of Victorian pottery. In a slipcase made by Smith Settle of Yeadon. Accordion fold pages measure 8 meters when fully extended. A fine copy. READ MORE about TRANSFERWARE TREASURES

Price: $225.00  other currencies  Order nr. 123488

115.

Franklin, Colin.

EXPLORING JAPANESE BOOKS AND SCROLLS.

(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. Fine in fine slipcase. 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..... READ MORE about EXPLORING JAPANESE BOOKS AND SCROLLS

Price: $175.00  other currencies  Order nr. 73778