6.

(Deep Wood Press). Traver, Robert.

THE INTRUDER.

(Mancelona, MI): Deep Wood Press, 2012. 4to. full contemporary leather with leather panels in the form of fish. unpaginated. Limited to 150 numbered copies, signed by designer and printer Chad Pastonik. This copy has been specially bound by Don Etherington. Reflections of quiet days trout fishing in rural Michigan, originally published as a chapter in the book Trout Madness (St. Martin's Press, 1960). Wood engravings by Jim Westergard from original maple blocks. Foreword by Richard..... READ MORE about THE INTRUDER

Price: $2,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 122880

21.

(Bookbinding). Gottlieb, Theodor.

BUCHEINBANDE, AUSWAHL VON TECHNISCH UND GESCHICHTLICH BEMERKENSWERTEN STÜCKEN.

Auswahl von technisch und geschichtlich bemerkenswerten Stücken, 100 Tafeln in Licht- und Steindruck, mit Einleitung von T... (Book bindings. Selection of technically and historically noteworthy items, 100 plates in photo- and lithographic prints, with introduction by Theodor Gottlieb)
Wien: Anton Schroll & Co., (1910). folio. bound text of cloth over limp boards followed by loose plates, all inside a stiff-backed portfolio (cloth over boards) with decorated front pastedown, flaps (cloth and paper) and ties, with double gilt fillets, gilt lettering and the Hapsburg Double Eagle gilt-stamped on the front. (iv) pages, 80 columns, 81-84 pages; 100 loose sheets. Auswahl von technisch und geschichtlich bemerkenswerten Stücken, 100 Tafeln in Licht- und Steindruck, mit Einleitung..... READ MORE about BUCHEINBANDE, AUSWAHL VON TECHNISCH UND GESCHICHTLICH BEMERKENSWERTEN STÜCKEN

Price: $462.50  other currencies  Order nr. 71317

30.

(Bookbinding). Wolfe, Richard J.

GEHEIMEN DER BOEKBINDERIJ, SECRETS OF BOOKBINDING, AN ANONYMOUS 19TH CENTURY DUTCH BOOKBINDING MANUAL, REPRODUCED IN FACSIMILE WITH TRANSLATION, INTRODUCTION AND NOTES.

Boston: Richard J. Wolfe, 1991. 8vo. marbled paper over cloth-backed boards. xix, 15, 23, (7) pages, one folded plate. Limited to 250 signed copies, 200 for sale. Text is a facsimile of original Dutch text with translation on facing page. Gives information on gilding of leather, paper, and silk, velvet and fore edge, marbling on edges of calf and sheepskin, and dyeing of calf and sheepskin. Four tipped in specimens of gilt stamping and four..... READ MORE about GEHEIMEN DER BOEKBINDERIJ, SECRETS OF BOOKBINDING, AN ANONYMOUS 19TH CENTURY DUTCH BOOKBINDING...

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 34250

37.

(Fraser, Claude Lovat). Drinkwater, John and Albert Rutherston.

CLAUDE LOVAT FRASER.

With representative examples of his work reproduced in collotype and line.
London: William Heinemann, 1923. 4to. cloth, top edge gilt. (xiv), 39 pages followed by 39 full color plates protected by tissue. With representative examples of his work reproduced in collotype and line. Limited to 450 numbered copies signed by Drinkwater and Rutherston. A memoir of Fraser by Drinkwater followed by appendices describing letters and poems and an essay on the art of Fraser by Rutherston. Covers show minor rubbing. Beautifully produced book. READ MORE about CLAUDE LOVAT FRASER

Price: $225.00  other currencies  Order nr. 44841

62.

McGrath, Daniel (Editor).

BOOKMAN'S PRICE INDEX AN ANNUAL GUIDE TO THE VALUES OF RARE AND OTHER OUT-OF-PRINT BOOKS.

Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1964-1985. thick 4to. cloth. Have the following volumes in the run: Volume 1-27, 29-31. A massive compilation of bookseller descriptions. READ MORE about BOOKMAN'S PRICE INDEX AN ANNUAL GUIDE TO THE VALUES OF RARE AND OTHER OUT-OF-PRINT BOOKS

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 1004

68.

(Neugebauer, Friedrich). Pietzner, Carlo.

A LAST ODE TO VENICE/EINE LETZTE ODE AN VENEDIG.

N.P. n.p., 1977. folio. stiff paper wrappers, later archival paper slipcase. unpaginated. Text in English and German. Signed by Friedrich Neugebauer on front free endpaper. Poetry by Pietzner, calligraphy by Neugebauer. READ MORE about A LAST ODE TO VENICE/EINE LETZTE ODE AN VENEDIG

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 125303

82.

(Papermaking).

WATERMARKS IN HANDMADE PAPER: MODERN AND HISTORIC.

(Washington D.C.): Hand Papermaking, 2001. 4to. booklet handsewn in stiff paper wrapper, loose sheet each in a protective folder, all housed in a custom-made clamshell box which is in the original cardboard box. (iv), 42+(2) pages. Limited to an edition of 150 copies. This is the fifth portfolio in the ongoing series of portfolios of handmade papers. The juried collection features seventeen watermarked sheets of handmade paper using many techniques. Five were formed on historic..... READ MORE about WATERMARKS IN HANDMADE PAPER: MODERN AND HISTORIC

Price: $495.00 save 50% $247.50  other currencies  Order nr. 93004

86.

De Vinne, Theodore Low.

THE INVENTION OF PRINTING, A COLLECTION OF FACTS AND OPINIONS DESCRIPTIVE OF EARLY PRINTS AND PLAYING CARDS, THE BLOCK-BOOKS OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, THE LEGEND OF LOURENS JANSZOON COSTER, OF HAARLEM AND THE WORK OF JOHN GUTENBERG AND HIS ASSOCIATES.

New York: Francis Hart and Co., 1878. thick 8vo. original cloth. (iv), 557 pages. Second edition. (Bigmore & Wyman I, 167). Illustrated with many facsimiles of early types and woodcuts. Some of the illustrations are in color. A very important book in the study of early printing. Very light wear at spine ends. Inside hinges cracked. Exlibris bookplate of John Muntinga Shaw. Well-preserved copy. READ MORE about THE INVENTION OF PRINTING, A COLLECTION OF FACTS AND OPINIONS DESCRIPTIVE OF EARLY PRINTS AND...

Price: $175.00  other currencies  Order nr. 14617

94.

(Italian Fine Printing).

AL FAUSTO RITORNO DALLA GERMANIA DI PIO VI PONTEFICE MASSIMO.

Perugia: Presso Carlo Baduel, 1782. small 4to. contemporary patterned paper wrappers. (ii), xxii, (ii), 154 pages. An attractive festival book commemorating the return of Pius VI from a visit to Germany. The engraved title page was beautifully designed by Antonio Stefanucci and engraved by Raimondo Fauci, and the engraved frontispiece was designed by Petrus Labruzzi and engraved by Camillus Tinti. The decorative tail-piece is also by Stefanucci and Faucci. Carlo Baduel of Perugia printed the..... READ MORE about AL FAUSTO RITORNO DALLA GERMANIA DI PIO VI PONTEFICE MASSIMO

Price: $425.00  other currencies  Order nr. 58718

102.

Müller, J. and M. Dethleffs.

PRAKTISCHER LEITFADEN FÜR BUNTBUCHDRUCK.

Ein wirkliches Hilfsbuch für den Farbendruck und die Farbenmischung im Buchdruck nach jahrelangen praktischen Erfahrungen und Versuchen bearbeitet und herausgegeben von J... [Practical Guide for Color Book Printing...]
Berlin: Verlag von J. Müller, 1900. 4to. original cloth, boards with rounded edges, decorated endpapers. x, 48, (38), with 3 additional leaves. Ein wirkliches Hilfsbuch für den Farbendruck und die Farbenmischung im Buchdruck nach jahrelangen praktischen Erfahrungen und Versuchen bearbeitet und herausgegeben von J... [Practical Guide for Color Book Printing...]. A book meant to give "those printers and pressmen who have little opportunity for on-the-job training in this branch [i.e. color printing] a way of..... READ MORE about PRAKTISCHER LEITFADEN FÜR BUNTBUCHDRUCK

Price: $225.00  other currencies  Order nr. 53857

134.

(Bird & Bull Press). Sumner, James.

THE MYSTERIOUS MARBLER WITH AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION, NOTES AND 11 ORIGINAL MARBLED SAMPLES BY RICHARD J. WOLFE.

North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1976. 8vo. quarter blue leather over marbled paper-covered boards. 71 pages. First edition, one of about 250 numbered copies (Taylor A18). A reprint of this manual on marbling which first appeared in 1854. Marbling had been practiced as a "secret art" until the 1850s. This little manual supplemented an earlier manual by Charles Woolnough published in 1851. READ MORE about THE MYSTERIOUS MARBLER WITH AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION, NOTES AND 11 ORIGINAL MARBLED SAMPLES BY...

Price: $400.00  other currencies  Order nr. 125381

142.

(FlugBlatt-Presse). Rosei, Peter.

UNSER LANDSCHAFTSBERICHT.

(Llahnstein: FlugBlatt-Presse, 1996). small 4to. accordion fold with stiff paper boards. 42, (2) pages. First edition, limited to 60 signed and numbered copies. The text, by Peter Posei, is printed over 22 original black-and-white photographs by Ines v. Ketelhodt. The photographs feature a nude body, framed and lit to evoke a day landscape when the accordion-folded book is read from one direction and a night landscape when read from the other. Printed over the "landscapes"..... READ MORE about UNSER LANDSCHAFTSBERICHT

Price: $480.00  other currencies  Order nr. 62819

156.

Kemble, John.

SPECIMEN OF AN ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN MITCHELL KEMBLE.

St. Paul: Rulon-Miller Books, 1990. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label, slipcase. 61 pages. Limited to 100 copies. Kemble was the foremost philologist of his day, and this text is taken from the recently discovered eight-page manuscript which was dated 1830, three years before his edition of Beowulf. No trace of the actual dictionary itself is known, but this specimen is a fitting tribute to Kemble's work in etymology. Printed by hand under the direction of..... READ MORE about SPECIMEN OF AN ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN MITCHELL KEMBLE

Price: $225.00  other currencies  Order nr. 34666