Baltimore: Norman T.A. Munder & Co., 1923. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the publisher "To Frank McCaffrey, a real printer and gentleman and friend too. Norman August, '36". Frank McCaffrey was a prominent publisher and letterpress printer in the Pacific Northwest. 8vo. 21 pp. Title-page printed in red and black; frontispiece..... More
Bremen: Temmen, 2010. 1st. Hardcover /. 1st edition thus. Quarto; 229 pages. Near Fine copy (dent to fore-edge of boards). Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request. More
Washington, D. C. The Bruin Press, 1938. 1st. Paperback. Tall 8vo. 48 pp. Stiff tan wrappers, stab-stitched. A fine copy. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 17th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request. More
Oxford: Voltaire Foundation, 2014. 1st. Paperback. Octavio; xxi, 305pp. Bibliography; Index. Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment. Illustrations. Stiff illustrated wrappers in fine condition. In the eighteenth century, booksellers enjoyed an unparalleled monopoly on the Parisian book world, leaving little room for authors who wanted to enjoy the fruits of..... More
Oxford, England and Santa Barbara, CA: Clio Press, 1987. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. (xxxvi) 468pp. Index; double-page map. Color printed boards. More
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1974. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 240pp. Index. Frontispiece photo-illustration of Steinbeck. Publisher's tan cloth. John Payne’s copy with his handsome bookplate and INSCRIBED “August 15, 1974. Second copy from the Press. Sent copy one to Adrian this morning. John R. Payne.” A fine copy in..... More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Library, 1964. 1st. Cloth. Quarto. (xv) 51pp. 321 items listed. Original red cloth with gilt lettering in original glassine dust jacket. INSCRIBED "To one who until/recently didn't know/about us - Bill Fitzhugh,'with best wishes from/the author/Walter Goldwater." With a geneological chart and a concise lexicon..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1936. First Edition. Tall 8vo. 20, [1] pp. With 25 plates drawn & engraved by the author. Grey cloth spine over gilt lettered grey paper coverd boards. Minor wear to extremities else a fine copy. Frederic W. Goudy was the third most prolific designer of..... More
Council Bluffs, Iowa: Yellow Barn Press, 1987. 1st. Hardcover. Limited Edition #96 of 150 copies. Small 4to. 42, (4) pp. printed on Mohawk Letterpress paper. Wood engravings by John DePol, including a SIGNED two-color engraving titled "Falls at Deepdene." Single-sheet (folded) prospectus laid in. Pale grey cloth over blue patterend..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2007. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. 383pp. Bibliography; Index. Black & white photo-illustrations. INSCRIBED by the author. Dark green cloth in publisher's cream dustjacket. A fine copy. The biography of Robert Greenwood and, to a lesser extent, of his long-time partner, Newton Baird. "The Talisman..... More
Detroit: Thomson Gale, 1997. 1st. Hardcover. Quarto;xvi, 926 pages. More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1982. 1st. Hardcover. Of a total edition of 1000 copies printed at the Bird & Bull Press, this is one of 500 for the Book Club of California, designed and printed by Abe Lerner. 12 mo. [6], 9-76, [3] pp. Illustrated with six samples..... More
London: Shenval Press, 1946. 1st. Hardcover. Square 8vo. 91, (1) pp. Color and black & white illustrations; 4 color lithographs by Edward Bawden. Color printed card covers, spiral bound. A very good copy ( although flat now, the book was previously folded in half; light wear). Includes articles on Times..... More
London: Shenval Press, 1946. 1st. Hardcover. Square 8vo. 91, (1) pp. Color and black & white illustrations (including 4 fold-outs). Color printed card covers, spiral bound. A near fine copy with a hint of wear. Includes articles on the gothic title-piece and the English newspaper; the engravings and book decorations..... More
London: Shenval Press, 1947. 1st. Hardcover. Square 8vo. 98 pp. Color and black & white illustrations. Color printed card covers, spiral bound. A near fine copy with a hint of wear. Includes articles on The Posters of the Beggarstaff Brother (with striking color lithographs; newspaper printing in the n ineteenth..... More
London: Art & Technics, 1947. 1st. Hardcover. Square 8vo. 99, (1) pp. Color and black & white illustrations. Card covers in tan illustrated dustjacket. A near fine copy (short, tape repaired tear to upper rear dustjacket). This issue contains articles on: Drawings by Lynton Lamb & by George Du Maurier;..... More
London: Art & Technics, 1948. 1st. Hardcover. Square 8vo. 95, (1) pp. Color and black & white illustrations. Card covers in tan illustrated dustjacket. A near fine copy with a hint of wear & age toning. This issue contains articles on 'artistic' Victorian printing; the type designs of Eric Gill;..... More
London: Art & Technics, 1948. 1st. Hardcover. Square 8vo. 87, (1) pp. Color and black & white illustrations. Card covers in tan illustrated dustjacket. A very good plus copy (small chip to spine end; price-clipped; llight wear). This issue contains articles on Reynolds Stone's engraved letter-forms; watchpapers; drawings by Robin..... More
London: Art & Technics, 1948. 1st. Hardcover. Square 8vo. 99, (1) pp. Color and black & white illustrations; 4 color plates. Card covers in tan illustrated dustjacket. Near fine in good dustjacket (spine torn & reinforced with Japanese tape; tape reinforcement to verso; wear to extremities). This issue contains articles..... More
Washington DC: The National Museum of American History, 1996. 1st. Paperback. Square 8vo. 77 pp. Illustrations. SIGNED compliments slip from the author laid in. Stiff pale green wrappers in fine condition. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 17th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images..... More
Durham, NC: University of Durham, 1959. 1st. Softcover. Small 4to. 100pp. Light green printed wraps in very good condition (small red marks to lower front cover; minor foxing). Sections include Bibliographis, Periodicals and Maps; General Studies; Enviromental Studies; Historical and Political Studies; and Human and Economic Studies. More
New York: Privately Printed, 1939. 1st. Hardcover. First Limited Edition. Inscribed on ffep "For Vincent Starrett/a dyed in the wool/Stevensonian, with/regards from/Edwin J, Benecke". Starrett's bookplate to front pastedown and name to ffep. 12mo; [iv], 12pp (printed recto only). A Near Fine copy in original burgundy cloth with printed and..... More
Wakefield: Fleece Press, 1989. 1st. Hardcover. Limited Edition to 340 copies. 8vo. 43 pp. Bibliography. Introduction by Richard Knowles. Tipped in frontispiece portrait of Herbert Hodgson. Tan cloth spine over color paste paper boards made by Claire Maziarczyk. A fine copy. "...a unique and personal account of the printing of..... More
New York: Glen Horowitz Booksellers, 2006. 1st. Hardcover. Limited edition to 750 copies. 4to. 63pp. Bibliography. Price list laid in. Rust cloth with gilt lettering in fine condition. More
Haworth, NJ: The Walrus Press, 1984. 1st. Paperback. Limited Edition #69 of 300 copies. 8vo. 6, (2). SIGNED by Johnson on colophon. Set in 18-point Kennerly and printed on Mohawk Artemis with a Vandercook 4. Stiff cream wrappers with paper title label to front cover; string tie. A fine copy..... More