Mainz: Gutenberg Gesellschaft, 1968. 8vo. paper wrappers. 16 pages. Tribute to this fine printer. Kleiner Druck no.83 issued by this printing museum. Covers faded. READ MORE about BEISPIELHAFTES LEBENSWERK, LAUDATIO AUF GIOVANNI MARDERSTEIG
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 9917
New York: Philip C. Duschnes, 1960. 8vo. decorated boards, dust jacket. 42 pages. First edition, limited to 1250 copies. Talk by Strouse on fine printing given at the opening of an exhibition at the Grolier Club. READ MORE about THE LENGTHENED SHADOW
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 10538
Washington: Library of Congress, 1986. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 123+(1) pages. A directory of selected organizations and programs that promote books and reading, administer literacy projects, and encourage the study of books. Edited with an introduction by John Y. Cole. READ MORE about THE COMMUNITY OF THE BOOK
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 70447
N.P. Alliance for Contemporary Book Arts, 1989. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. With a two page introductory essay by Gerald W. Lange. READ MORE about A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DECADE: AN EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY BOOKS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 94953
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1986. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 87, (7) pages. First edition. Prologue. Biographical sketch of author, with photograph, follows text. READ MORE about A EUROPEAN EDUCATION
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 127135
Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1989. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 224, (4) pages. First edition. Biographical sketch of the author, with portrait, follows colophon. READ MORE about THE STONE BABY
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 127150
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 111, (5) pages. First edition (Morrow and Cooney, 215a). Typography by Graham Mackintosh. Designed by Barbara Martin. Poetry and short essays by the former publisher of Caterpillar magazine. READ MORE about THE GULL WALL
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 127161
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 90, (8) pages. First edition. Illustrations by Ken Price. Biographical sketch of the author, with photograph, follows colophon. READ MORE about THE PLAIN OF SMOKES
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 127202
Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1990. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 69, (5) pages. First edition. Author's note, table of contents, portrait and biographical sketch of the author. Book I, Cantos I-IV. READ MORE about THE ENGENDERING FLOOD
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 127233
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1976. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 283, (3) pages. First edition (Morrow and Cooney 238a). Edited by Gerald M. Lacy. Table of contents, introduction by the editor, chronological list of Seltzer publications by Lawrence, acknowledgments, bibliography, biographical sketch of Lawrence. Frontispiece photograph of Lawrence. READ MORE about D.H. LAWRENCE, LETTERS TO THOMAS AND ADELE SELTZER
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 127433
Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 2002. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 219, (5) pages. First edition. Table of contents. Biographical sketch of the author, with photograph, follows colophon. A collection of poetry. READ MORE about ROLLERDROME AND THE MILLIOINAIRE POEMS
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Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1981. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 114, (3) pages. First editon. Table of contents, preface. Biographical sketch of the author, with photograph, follows colophon. A collection of poetry. READ MORE about HADES IN MANGANESE
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Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1987. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 176, (4) pages. First edition. Table of contents. Biographical sketch of the author, with photograph, follows colophon. A collection of short stories. READ MORE about THE MUSICIAN
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 127501
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 145, (5) pages. First edition. Table of contents, introduction, endnotes. Biographical sketch of the author, with photograph, follows colophon. A collection of poetry. READ MORE about FRACTURE
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Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1985. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 271, (5) pages. First edition. Afterword by Taylor Stoehr. Frontispiece. Illustrations by Percival Goodman. Biographical sketch of the author, with photograph, follows text. READ MORE about PARENT'S DAY
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 127540
Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1999. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 239, (5) pages. First edition. Table of contents. Biographical sketch of the author, with photograph, follows colophon. A collection of poetry. READ MORE about BEFORE IT'S LIGHT: NEW POEMS
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Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1978. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 179, (5) pages. First edition (Morrow and Cooney 310a). Dedication, table of contents. Biographical sketch of the author, with photograph, follows colophon. A collection of poetry. READ MORE about WHEN THINGS GET TOUGH ON EASY STREET: SELECTED POEMS 1963-1978
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Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1988. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 215, (5) pages. First edition. Biographical sketch of the author, with photograph, follows colophon. READ MORE about THE FACES REAPPEAR
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 127589
Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1998. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 190, (4) pages. First edition. Table of contents, endnotes. Biograhical sketch of the author, with photograph, follows text. A collection of poetry. READ MORE about FROM SCRATCH
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 127610
Mainz: Gutenberg Gesellschaft, 1968. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 15+(1) pages. Kleiner Druck no.83 issued by this printing museum. READ MORE about EIN BEISPIELHAFTES LEBENSWERK, LAUDATIO AUF GIOVANNI MARDERSTEIG
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 38249
Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 2001. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 356, (2) pages. First edition. Prefatory comments by the author. Black and white illustrations. Biographical sketch of author, with photograph, follows colophon. READ MORE about AN INVOLUNTARY GENIUS IN AMERICA'S SHOEW (AND WHAT HAPPENED AFTERWORDS
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 127136
Bronxville: Nicholas T. Smith, (1980). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (xi), 96, (3) pages. Reprint of the first edition, originally printed in 1927 and limited to 390 copies. The history of this press with bibliographical information on the first twenty books issued. With much on book production. Dust jacket is faded. READ MORE about THE FIRST SCORE
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 96945
Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 81, (5) pages. First edition (Morrow and Cooney 152a). Table of contents. READ MORE about HERE IS EINBAUM
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 127471
Catalogue 111.
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. 89 pages. Catalogue 111. Catalogue no.111, including 85 books from the Limited Editions Club. READ MORE about OAK KNOLL BOOKS
Price: $7.50 Order nr. 49238
Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1954. 12mo. self paper wrappers. 12 pages. A biographical sketch of this noted private pressman. READ MORE about VICTOR HAMMER, CALLIGRAPHER, PUNCH-CUTTER, & PRINTER
Price: $7.50 Order nr. 53911
Stamford: Overbrook Press, The, 1950. 8vo. paper wrappers. 32 pages. Second edition. Printed by the Overbrook Press in an edition of 1000 copies in 1950. READ MORE about PROGRESS IN THE GRAPHIC ARTS AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY IN CHICAGO ... ON THE...
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 1454
New York: The Typophiles, 1976. tall 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 26 pages. One of 850 copies of this Typophile Monograph. A semi- biographical talk about the Morris' many activities besides printing. It was given at the Annual Typophiles Christmas luncheon in 1974. READ MORE about ON THE HERITAGE OF WILLIAM MORRIS, SOME CONSIDERATIONS TYPOGRAPHIC & OTHERWISE
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 20827
Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Library, 1981. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Catalogue prepared for exhibition "Typography and the Private Press," prepared by Russell Maylone, Special Collections Department at Northwestern. Foreword and essay by Adrian Frutiger. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about EXHIBIT OF 84 BOOKS THAT INFLUENCE TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 115546
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1985. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 244, (4) pages. First edition. Table of contents, introduction, endnotes, index of persons named in the letters, index of works by Olson and Creeley cited in the text. Black and white illustrations. Biographical sketch of the editor follows colophon. READ MORE about CHARLES OLSON & ROBERT CREELEY: THE COMPLETE CORRESPONDENCE VOLUME 6
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 127304
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1981. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 9-172, (4) pages. First edition. Table of contents, editor's introduction, endnotes, index of persons named in the letters, index of works by Olson and Creeley cited in the text. Black and white illustrations. Biographical sketch of the editor folows colophon. READ MORE about CHARLES OLSON & ROBERT CREELEY: THE COMPLETE CORRESPONDENCE VOLUME 3
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Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 9-153, (5) pages. First edition. Table of contents, editor's introduction, endnotes, index of persons named in the letters, index of works by Olson and Creeley cited in the text. Black and white illustrations. Biographical sketch of editor follows colophon. READ MORE about CHARLES OLSON & ROBERT CREELEY: THE COMPLETE CORRESPONDENCE VOLUME 4
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Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1971. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 101, (5) pages. First edition, one of 1000 paperbound copies (Morrow and Cooney 98a). Table of contents. Photograph of author follows colophon. A collection of poetry. READ MORE about THREADS
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 127478
Paris: Harrison of Paris, 1932. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages printed French fold. Announces A CALENDAR OF SAINTS and A TYPOGRAPHICAL COMMONPLACE-BOOK. The four page of the prospectus lists other titles available and gives reprints of reviews and critical notices. READ MORE about HARRISON OF PARIS PRESENTS FOR THE AUTUMN OF 1932 TWO EXCEPTIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Price: $8.50 Order nr. 41194
Ashland: The October Press, 1975. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, paper spine label. 34, (3) pages. First edition, limited to 900 numbered copies. Short biographies of important printers. Mailed to founding members of APHA. READ MORE about A PRIDE OF PRINTERS
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 4733
various dates. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Includes the following years in the series: 1. 1960 (3); 2. 1961 (4); 3. 1962 (3); 4. 1963 (6), 5. 1964; 8. 1967 (8); 8. 1976 (6); 9. 1982 (6). The 9th volume was the last one done. A register of the private press names in use with date started. Price is per issue. READ MORE about THE CHECK-LOG OF PRIVATE PRESS NAMES
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 6798
[Aldington, Kent: The Hand and Flower Press, 1952]. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 251-284 pages. Author's first book. In later books used the form of name Gabriel Fielding. Poems in pamphlet IX. Printed at the Ditchling Press in Sussex. Near fine in lightly darkened printed wrappers. Lightly foxed. READ MORE about THE FROG PRINCE AND OTHER POEMS
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 112357
Bronxville: Nicholas T. Smith, (1980). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (xi), 96, (3) pages. Reprint of the first edition, originally printed in 1927 and limited to 390 copies. The history of this press with bibliographical information on the first twenty books issued. With much on book production. Some fading of jacket spine. READ MORE about THE FIRST SCORE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 555
Burlington: The University of Vermont, 1975. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 43 pages. Originally published by the Private Library Associations, this edition contains new material. It was published in conjunction with an exhibition at the University. READ MORE about THE JANUS PRESS 1955-75 CATALOGUE RAISONNE
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Grosse Pointe Park: Adagio Press, 1960. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 24 pages. Limited to 550 copies. Tanner and Alstrom 4. Surveys by Levenson and Lieberman, notes on the colophons of various private presses, an article by Steve Watts on 19th century typefaces, and a discussion of work in progress. Handprinted. READ MORE about PRINTING IN PRIVACY: A REVIEW OF RECENT ACTIVITY AMONG AMERICAN PRIVATE PRESSES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 8177
New York: Reinhold Publishing Co., (1967). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 83 pages of text followed by 90 illustrations. First U.S. edition. Many illustrations, including some in color. Some shelfwear. READ MORE about WILLIAM MORRIS AS DESIGNER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 13391
Pinner: Cuckoo Hill Press, 1962. 12mo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Monograph 70. Grandson of Plantin. READ MORE about ACTA CHRISTOPHORI BEISII
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 18493
Orinda: The Planten Press, 1958. 12mo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Monograph 57. READ MORE about A GUIDE TO CONFIDENTIAL LIVING
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 18496
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
Rochester, NY: Rochester institute of Technology School of Printing, n.d. (but 1977). thin 8vo. paper wrappers. 15+(1) pages. A brief description of the important holdings of the Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection in the graphic arts complex of the Rochester Institute of Technology. In addition to works of historical interest, many important private presses are represented, including the Press of the Woolly Whale, which Mr. Cary founded. READ MORE about THE MELBERT B. CARY, JR. GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 45822
New York: Marble Hill Press, 1962. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 12, (4) pages. This keepsake from George Sas is a reprint of the original version first published in "Harper's Weekly" for September 3, 1998. Printed on cream Strathmore Roma paper, deckle edge, from handset Solemnis and American Uncial types. Tied into a dark blue paper cover, title in pale blue, using blue silk cord. READ MORE about THE LOUNSBURY WILL
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 47135
Catalogue 175.
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. 136 pages. Catalogue 175. Catalogue no.175, devoted to fine printing and private press books. Includes 70 general books about fine printing and over 900 individual private press books. READ MORE about OAK KNOLL BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 49248
Catalogue 188.
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, n.d. (circa 1996). 8vo. paper wrappers. 129 pages. Catalogue 188. Catalogue no.188, featuring over 200 books from the 1996 Oak Knoll Fest. Includes a note on the festival and sketches of each of the 16 private presses featured. READ MORE about OAK KNOLL BOOKS
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New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 1995. 8vo. paper wrappers. 29 pages. A separately issued catalogue of the books present at the 1995 Oak Knoll Books private press fair. Includes a program of events and histories of the participating presses. READ MORE about OAK KNOLL FEST 1995 A DAY OF BOOK ARTS
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Verona, Italy: Biblioteca Civica di Verona, 1996. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. First edition. An exhibition catalogue devoted to the history of fine printing with a large number of English and American examples. Annotated descriptions describe 31 items. Lists works by Plain Wrapper Press and Doves Press. Illustrated. READ MORE about STAMPATORI TORCHI LIBRI, 1895-1996
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 55386
Exeter, NH: The Colophon Book Shop, 1996. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers with cloth taped-spine. 143+(1) pages. Well printed sales catalogue describing the collection of John J. Walsdorf. With a one page preface by Walsdorf. READ MORE about KELMSCOTT PRESS, WILLIAM MORRIS & HIS CIRCLE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 56267
London: Turret Books-Publishers, 1968. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (32) pages. First edition. catalogue for a Little Press exhibition held at The American Embassy in April and May, 1968. Lists 73 items printed by small presses after World War II, with four black-and-white plates of reproductions from the works. READ MORE about THE LITTLE PRESS MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA
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New York: The Frick Art Reference Library, 1949. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 12, (4), pages. Reprinted from the catalogue by Robert Haas at The Ram Press. An introductory essay to the catalogue of the Henry Clay Frick collection. READ MORE about INTRODUCTION TO THE CATALOGUE OF THE FRICK COLLECTION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 57183
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
N.P. Privately Printed by A. R. Tommasini, (1972). small 12mo. paper-covered boards. 60 pages. Limited to 950 numbered copies issued as Tommasini's 25th Christmas keepsake. In 1972, he printed this review of all the prior keepsake books with black-and-white photographs of each of the titles. READ MORE about TOMMY'S TWENTY-FIVE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 62492
New York: (Century Club), 1944. small 8vo. cloth. 93+(1) pages. Printed for the Century Club by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press, Boston (Smith 957). Brief eulogies of club members who died in 1943, including Steven Vincent Benet, Pierpont Morgan, and Lt. Tom La Farge, whose cutter foundered in an ice storm off the coast of Newfoundland while returning from a "difficult and very valuable work in the North Atlantic area." READ MORE about CENTURY MEMORIALS, 1943
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 63627
San Raphael, CA: Mt. Tam Press, 1988. 8vo. paper wrappers, dust jacket, paper cover label, loosely inserted in printed mailing envelope. xii, 21, (3) pages. One of an edition of four hundred copies printed for friends of Mt. Tam Press, collectors and libraries. A reprint of the Taylor & Taylor Imprint for 1916-17, redesigned in a stylistically compatible piece to serve as a keepsake for those interested in fine printing. Two pages of the original..... READ MORE about A REPRINT OF THE TAYLOR & TAYLOR IMPRINT FOR THE WINTER MCMXVI-VII
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 93408
(New York: Center for Book Arts, 1997). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (24) pages. A survey of contemporary implementations of the Coptic structure from an historical perspective, the exhibition was curated by Zahra Partovi at the Center for Book Arts from April 12 to June 14, 1997. The illustrations are drawings of Coptic cover designs by Theodore C. Petersen for the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York, and were printed onto vellum. Two hundred copies..... READ MORE about COPTIC AND COLLAGE: ANCIENT TECHNIQUE, MODERN APPLICATION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 103174
New York: Center for Book Arts, 1996. large 12mo. paperback pamphlet, hand sewn. (36) pages. This exhibition, held in New York from September 28 to December 7, 1996, reveals the innovative ways artists utilize paper to express ideas conveyed in books and broadsides. Rather than viewing paper as merely a neutral substrate, many of these works employ unusual or evocative papers that integrate the medium's physical components, fiber, watermark, decorative elements, weight and texture with..... READ MORE about PAPER, ART AND THE BOOK
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New York: Center for Book Arts, 1987. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 28 pages. An exhibition of 45 works by innovative French bookbinder de Gonet was held in New York from May 16 to June 16, 1987. According to Jan van der Marck in the introduction, innovation is a radical attack on the continuity of thought and action that distinguishes culture and informs tradition. There are two ways in which to detect it: by deduction and..... READ MORE about AN EXHIBITION OF BOOKBINDINGS BY JEAN DE GONET
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New York: Center for Book Arts, 1993. 4to. stiff paper wrappers with paper structure in center. 8 pages. An exhibition was held in New York from October 1 to November 27, 1993 featuring works by Kyle and twenty contemporary book artists that have been inspired by Ms. Kyle's unique and creative bindings. The essay by Brian Hannon maintains that "All the works in the exhibition in some way challenge established notions about this cultural icon..... READ MORE about HEDI KYLE & HER INFLUENCE: 1977 - 1993
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(Chicago, IL): (Typomania Press, 1969). oblong 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. Reprinted from the Southtown Economist by Joseph Hillis. Nicely printed in black and red ink. Describes the travelling Gutenberg exhibition. READ MORE about THE GUTENBERG EXHIBIT
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 105637
Lincoln, MA: The Penmaen Press, 1978. 8vo. cloth. ix, (iii), 34, (2), xiii [sic], (4) pages, with 16 additional pages of plates. Edition limited to 500 unnumbered copies. Descriptive bibliography of the productions of the Penmaen Press. With an introduction by Peich, an afterword by the wood engraver and owner of the Press, Michael McCurdy, and four chapters: Books (12 entries), Broadsides (8 entries), Ephemera (14), and Plates (16 pages with 25 illustrations, including 4..... READ MORE about THE FIRST TEN: A PENMAEN BIBLIOGRAPHY
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(Columbia, MO: Soundpost Press), 1995. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 19+(1) pages. Signed by the author. Poems reflecting a life growing up on a farm. READ MORE about RICKETY ANGELS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 124585
N.P. Yellow Barn Press, 2003. broadside (12 by 9 inches). Commemorates Oak Knoll Fest X, New Castle, Delaware. Reproduces the text from a dunning letter dated June 3, 1908, from The Roycrofters, from the Jack Walsdorf Collection. With Roycrofter designs printed in red. READ MORE about HOW TO DUN A DEADBEAT BOOK CUSTOMER
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N.P. Shanty Bay Press, n.d., but 2003. broadside (12 by 9 inches). Commemorates Oak Knoll Fest X, New Castle, Delaware. Color illustration. Printed by Walter Bachinski and Janis Butler at their Canadian private press. READ MORE about OAK KNOLL BOOK FEST CELEBRATES TEN YEARS
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Guenrouët, France: Pré Nian Editions, 2003. broadside (12 by 8 5/8 inches). Text in French. Commemorates Oak Knoll Fest X, New Castle, Delaware. Woodcut illustration by Bertrand Bracaval. READ MORE about Broadside
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 127083
Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1999. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 256, (4) pages. First edition.Table of contents. Biographical sketch, with portrait, of author follows colophon. Signed by the author on the title page. READ MORE about IT'S NOT NOSTALGIA: POETRY & PROSE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 127132
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 361, (5) pages. First edition. Table of contents, preface, six appendices, index. Biographical sketch, with photography, of the editor follows colophon. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about YOUNG ROBERT DUNCAN: PORTRAIT OF THE POET AS HOMOSEXUAL IN SOCIETY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 127154
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1976. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 97, (5) pages. First edition (Morrow and Cooney 241a). Table of contents. Biographical sketch of the author, with photograph, follows colophon. READ MORE about POEMS FOR THE BLUE SKY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 127192
Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 134, (4) pages. First edition limited to 1500 copies (Morrow and Cooney 170a). This copy is signed by the author. Author's introduction, table of contents. Biogaphical sketch of author, with photograph, follows colophon. Cover collage by the author. READ MORE about SUN RISES INTO THE SKY AND OTHER STORIES 1952-1966
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Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1989. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 161, (3) pages. First edition. Table of contents, prologue. Biographical sketch of the author, with photograph, follows text. READ MORE about HOTEL CRO-MAGNON
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 127353
Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 25, (3) pages. One of 200 paperbound copies (Morrow and Cooney 217). READ MORE about THE CAT'S MEOW
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 127363
Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 111, (5) pages. First edition (Morrow and Cooney, 215a). Typography by Graham Mackintosh. Designed by Barbara Martin. Poetry and short essays by the former publisher of Caterpillar magazine. Biographical sketch of the author, with photograph, follows colophon. READ MORE about THE GULL WALL
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 127494
Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 2001. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 380, (2) pages. First edition. Table of contents, introduction, list of abbreviations, two appendices, index. Black and white illustrations. Biographical sketches of the editor, Bukowski, and Martinelli follow colophon. READ MORE about BEERSPIT NIGHT AND CURSING: THE CORRESPONDENCE OF CHARLES BUKOWSKI AND SHERI MARTINELLI 1960-1967
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 127531
Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1992. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. Published as a New Year's Greeting by the Black Sparrow Press. A collection of poetry. READ MORE about NOW
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Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1999. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (14) pages. Published as a New Year's greeting by the Black Sparrow Press. A collection of poetry. READ MORE about THE SINGER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 127752
Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 2002. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (14) pages. Published as a New Year's greeting by the Black Sparrow Press. A collection of poetry. READ MORE about THE SIMPLE TRUTH
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 127753
Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (14) pages. A New Year's greeting from the Black Sparrow Press. A collection of poetry. READ MORE about POPCORN IN THE DARK
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 127755
Lunenburg, VT: The Stinehour Press, 1995. 4to. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Publication announcement and prospectus for John F. Peckham, Adventures in Printing: A Talk on the Career of Harold Hugo, with a black and white photograph of Hugo. READ MORE about Prospectus released by Stinehour Press
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 129646
Ossining, NY: Bev Chaney Jr. Books, 1988. small 4to. self paper wrappers. (8) pages. Announcement of the publication of The Stinehour Press: A Bibliographical Checklist of the First Thirty Years. Includes specimen pages from the then-forthcoming book. READ MORE about Publication Announcement by The Stinehour Press
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 129966
(New York, NY: The Scribner Bookstore), n.d. 4to. cloth. unpaginated. Scribner catalogue 123. Introductory comments. 124 entries. Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges. Inside hinges cracked. READ MORE about THE SCRIBNER BOOKSTORE; THE LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB IN FIRST EDITIONS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 130470
Lisbon, IA: The Penumbra Press, n.d. broadside (12 by 6 inches). Prospectus for Laura Jensen, Anxiety and Ashes. Illustration by Francis Lerner..Folded. READ MORE about Publication Announcement by the Penumbra Press
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133091
Portland, ME: The Mosher Press, 1932. 12mo. paper-covered boards, paper spine and front cover labels, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (viii), 29, (3) pages. Bishop FL31. Limited to 500 copies. Table of contents. A collection of poetry. READ MORE about UNENDING QUEST
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133523
(New York, NY): The Davidson Press, n.d. 4to. self paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (4) pages. Announcement of Richard Ellis's affiliation with the Davidson Press, noting his previous affiliation with the Georgian Press of Westport, Connecticut. Pages French fold. READ MORE about Announcement by the Davidson Press
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133596
New York, NY: Davidson Printing Corporation, n.d., but circa 1955. 12mo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. An announcement of the publication of Fifty Years, to commemorate Davidson's 50th anniversary. Engraved illustration. Printed by Richard Ellis. READ MORE about IN HORSE-CAR DAYS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133636
Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 2001. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xxviii, 598, (4) pages. First edition. Preface by Taylor Stoehr, table of contents. Biographical sketch of the author, with photograph, follows colophon. READ MORE about THE EMPIRE CITY: A NOVEL OF NEW YORK CITY
Price: $11.00 Order nr. 127167
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 14, (2) pages. Second printing. Illustrations by R. Crumb. READ MORE about BRING ME YOUR LOVE
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 127261
New York: Marble Hill Press, l964. 4to. paper wrappers, cord-tied. Unpaginated. Limited to 140 presentation copies. A reprint of the famous conversation between Washington Irving's fictional diarist and books in the library at Westminster Abbey. Printed in brown on cream stock, uncut edges, sewn into a dark brown cover using brown cord. READ MORE about THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE. A COLLOQUY IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY AS RECORDED IN THE SKETCH BOOK OF...
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 47120
Lincoln (MA): Penmaen Press, 1978. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. ix, (iii), 34, (2), xiii [sic], (4) pages, with 16 additional pages of plates. Edition limited to 500 unnumbered copies. Descriptive bibliography of the productions of the Penmaen Press. With an introduction by Peich, an afterword by the wood engraver and owner of the Press, Michael McCurdy, and four chapters: Books (12 entries), Broadsides (8 entries), Ephemera (14), and Plates (16 pages with 25 illustrations, including..... READ MORE about THE FIRST TEN: A PENMAEN BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 50228
New York: The Typophiles, 1999. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (ii), 17, (5) pages. Limited to 500 copies. Typophile Monograph, New Series - Number 15. Printed at the Woodside Press in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Preface by Theo Rehak giving a history of the publishing program followed by a tribute to Morris Gelfand. With a woodengraving by John DePol on the title page. READ MORE about THE TYPOPHILES PUBLISHING PROGRAM
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 63528
Oyster Bay, NY: Binnacle Press, 1962. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. (ii), 18, (4) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 600 copies printed for friends of the Binnacle Press. Designed and illustrated by John DePol. The text type is Linotype Times Roman with Bulmer display on Strathmore Text and Ivory Wove Paper. With centerfold chart of the route of the schooner "Stephen Taber" 10 to 15 July, 1961. READ MORE about LOG: FIVE DAYS ABOARD THE SCHOONER "STEPHEN TABER."
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 63708
Westport: The Redcoat Press, 1965. 12mo. cord-tied wrappers. (ii), 10+(1) pages. A Christmas greeting printed by the Redcoat Press. Wrappers faded. Head and tail of spine bumped. Crease to the wrappers and text. Small ink star on last page. READ MORE about LOOK AT THE WORLD!
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 105180
Illustrated by Jon Vlakos.
(Amherst, MA): Swamp Press, 1981. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (10) pages. Illustrated by Jon Vlakos. Limited to 200 copies. Illustrations in either black, red, or blue. READ MORE about THE AERIAL TIDE COMING IN
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 106279
N.P. (Three Birds Press, 1970). oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrapper portfolio with cameo cutout showing the print. A woodcut mounted in a portfolio with the title in pencil. Limited to 36 numbered copies and signed and dated by the illustrator, Lee Hunt. Printed at this private press for the meeting of the Goudy Chappel at the Powers Private Press, February 21, 1970. READ MORE about SAN JACINTO
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 107330
Translated by David Jenkins.
N.P. Welsh Arts Council, 1976. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 39 pages. Translated by David Jenkins. Well-illustrated guide to the exhibition. With text in Galic and English. READ MORE about PRINTING AT GREGYNOG, ASPECTS OF A GREAT PRIVATE PRESS
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 11673
With a Foreword by Harry Duncan.
San Francisco: Fine Print, 1982. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 46 pages. With a Foreword by Harry Duncan. Describes the presses and the equipment they have. READ MORE about COLLEGIATE BOOK ARTS PRESSES, A NEW CENSUS OF PRINTING PRESSES IN AMERICAN COLLEGES &...
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 16314
Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 56, (4) pages. First edition, one of 750 paperbound copies (Morrow and Cooney 51a). Prefatory comments by Sherril Jaffe, table of contents. READ MORE about THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 127470
London: The British Library, (1978). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 96 pages. First edition. Illustrated with some in color. READ MORE about THE OFFICINA BODONI, MONTAGNOLA, VERONA; BOOKS PRINTED BY GIOVANNI MARDERSTEIG ON THE HAND PRESS...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 3228
Engravings by John De Pol.
New York: The Privy Council Press, 1952. small 8vo. paper wrappers. (18) pages. Engravings by John De Pol. First edition, limited to 1200 copies of which this is one of the 350 numbered copies printed for the Typophiles. READ MORE about A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE BETWEEN-HOURS PRESS, BEN GRAUER PROPRIETOR
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 8424
Number of prospectuses and yearly announcements issued by the Golden Cockerel Press of England. Per item:
various dates. Number of prospectuses and yearly announcements issued by the Golden Cockerel Press of England. Per item:. Have the following years: 1952 (worn spot along front corner), Autumn 1954, 1955-1956 (2), 1956-1957 . Price is per volume. READ MORE about NUMBER OF PROSPECTUSES AND YEARLY ANNOUNCEMENTS OF BOOKS ISSUED
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 8912
