LOU GEHRIG: AN AMERICAN CLASSIC
Easton Press, 1995. Full Leather. Full leather with decorations in gilt; all edges gilt; silk moire endpapers. There are no marks or bookplates in the book. More
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CATALOGUE OF THE JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY in Brown University Providence, Rhode Island (2 Volume Set); Vol I: To 1599; Vol II: 1701 to 1800. With Notes.
Kraus Reprint Corp. Hard Cover. Sold as a 2 volume set. Volume I published 1961. Volume II published 1963. Both volumes reprinted by permission of the John Carter Brown Library. No pencil or ink markings in volume I. Scant ink... More
A DICTIONARY OF BRITISH STEEL ENGRAVERS
Leigh-on-Sea, England: F. Lewis, 1980. Hard Cover. Dust jacket soiled with slight closed tears to top; dust jacket price-clipped; dust jacket protected in a mylar cover; no markings in text; digital images can be made available upon request. More
HOW THE ART OF PRINTING WAS INVENTED: A BIBLIOFANTASY
New Britain, Connecticut: Robert E. Massmann, 1964. Miniature. Soft Cover. Limited, numbered edition. 2-1/4" x 1-3/4" miniature in pictorial paper wrapper; hand-numbered 276/400; foreward and epilogue by Robert E. Massmann; very slight edgewear and rubbing to the wrapper;. More
WESTERN ENGRAVERS & ARTISTS OF THE 19TH CENTURY.
Galt: The Laurel Hill Press, [1978]. Miniature. Hard Cover. Limited Edition. Miniature book on Western Engravers. Numbered 22 of 110 copies on the colophon. Printed and bound by hand by the Laurel Hill Press. Binding is cocked. Indentation marks on... More
THE UNCOMMON READER (Signed, Limited Edition)
London: London Review Bookshop, 2007. Hard Cover. Limited Edition. Signed. #77/100 copies. Signed by author at top of title page and dated at bottom. No pencil or ink markings in text. One-fourth blue leather and paper covered boards. Light stains... More
ALPHABET BOOK.
Comb Binding. An attractive Alphabet Book, designed by an unknown Bob Holland. Fourteen colored cardstock leaves, with illustrations and their names in black and white against colored backgrounds. Likely risograph or silkscreen printed; a late 20th century creation. Comb binding. More
BOOKPLATES BY RICHARD SHIRLEY SMITH (Slipcase)
Denby Dale: The Fleece Press, 2006. Octavo. Hard Cover. Limited Edition, one of 275 copies. Tiny amount of flaking to wood laminate boards; otherwise would be Fine. No marks of any kind. Over 60 attractive examples of the bookplates of... More
THE CAMP STEELE ALPHABET
New York: Printed for the Portfolio Club at The Marchbanks Press, 1952. Signed. Signed at the top of the first blank leaf: “Compliments of B.R.” In printed stapled wrappers, [12] pages. Printed at The Marchbanks Press and limited to 250... More
BRUCE ROGERS. SELECTED LETTERS, 1915-1918.
[Montclair, NJ]: Caliban Press, 1988. Sixteen letters from Bruce Rogers, selected by the designer and printed Mark McMurry. From the colophon: “The typeface is Frederick Goudy’s Garamont, set by Out of Sorts Letter Foundry and printed on Frankfurt cream paper..... More
TYPOGRAPHICAL PARTNERSHIP: TEN LETTERS BETWEEN BRUCE ROGERS & EMERY WALKER, 1907-31. TOGETHER WITH AN UNPUBLISHED FRAGMENT OF BRUCE ROGERS’ BYE-WAYS OF BOOK-MAKING.
Cambridge: Printed for The Carl & Lily Pforzheimer Library at The University Printing House, 1971. Limited Edition. Comprised of ten letters between two great printers -- the American Bruce Rogers and the Englishman Emery Walker. In the original marbled paper... More
TWENTY BOOKS DESIGNED BY BRUCE ROGERS
[Brooklyn, N.Y.]: [Mergenthaler Linotype Co.], 1935. With commentary on the pricing of Bruce Rogers’ works by Paul Bennett in which, inter alia, dealers are described as “amiable friends and valued middlemen who frequently are helpful yet seldom reticent in charging..... More
IN THE WOODS: A Forest Hymn; When Woods Were Green; Nature
St. Paul, MN: Greenstone Books, 1969. Miniature. Hard Cover. Miniature Book. #161/500. No pencil or ink markings in text. Brown flexible cover. Digital pictures of book available upon request; Not Ex-Library. More
A BOOK OF MODERN BALLADS
London: Hildesheimer & Faulkner, 1890. Hard Cover. A bright copy of a handsome book, illustrated with full page chromolithographic illustrations throughout. More
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[MINIATURE] USEFUL INFORMATION FOR BUSINESS MEN, MECHANICS AND ENGINEERS.
Pittsburgh, PA: Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., 1907. Miniature. Full Leather. Sixteenth Edition. A miniature pocket book of Useful Information, published by the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company. A true miniature, it is small enough to fit in a vest... More
LETTERING OF TODAY
London: The Studio Ltd., 1941. Hard Cover. Revised Edition. A clean copy with no marks; the dustjacket has been price-clipped and has minor loss at the top of the spine; it is bright and is now protected with a new... More
ITALIAN BOOK-ILLUSTRATIONS AND EARLY PRINTING. A CATALOGUE OF EARLY ITALIAN BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY OF C. W. DYSON PERRINS
Austin, Texas: W. Thomas Taylor, 1994. Hard Cover. A clean copy of the Thomas Taylor reprint of this book, first published by Quaritch in 1914. More
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[PRIZE BINDING] MASTERMAN READY: OR, THE WRECK OF THE PACIFIC.
London: Bell & Daldy, 1870. Full Leather. An attractive full leather Prize Binding awarded in 1872 by the Governors of The Horncastle Grammar School to one Frederick Gordon Tweed who passed the Christmas Examinations of 1872 with a First Class... More
CHILDREN’S STORIES. | THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER. PETER RABBIT.
Miniature Book Studio. Carol Wenk, n.d. Full Leather. First Printing. A micro book, measuring 2.3 x 1.8 cm. Contains two children’s stories: “The Elves and the Shoemaker,” and “Peter Rabbit.” A few full page illustrations. Text printed on recto only..... More
THE HOLLY TREE
East Aurora: Roycrofters, 1903. A most attractive copy of this Roycroft Edition, in gray suede with yapp edges, and silk moire pastedowns. There is a previous owner gift inscription from the year of publication. More
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
London: William Heinemann, 1915. Illustrated by: Arthur Rackham. Octavo. Hard Cover. Early British Trade Edition. An early printing of the London edition; all plates present with captioned tissue guards; the frontispiece is not mounted. There is light and scattered foxing... More
EX-LIBRIS ANCIENS. COLLECTION CHARLES LORMIER. PREMIERE PARTIE. VENTE A L’HOTEL DROUOT. LES 17 ET 18 AVRIL 1905.
Paris: Em. Paul et Fils et Guillemin, 1905. Soft Cover. Bookplates from 17th and 18th century France, from the collection of Charles Lormier. Shelfwear to the edges. Printed paper wrappers. More