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New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, 1940.. Large octavo. Gilt cloth, gilt spine label, t.e.g. Sketches by Fritz Kredel. First edition. One of 660 copies printed. As new in glassine and slipcase. LAWSON & PANKOW 96.

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1927. Hardcover. Fine-/Near Fine-. Two thousand sets of this book have been printed at the Riverside Press . . ." Tall, thick 8vo: xvi,[2],8-368; viii,423,[1]pp, with frontispiece, folding plate and 98 further full-page illustrations (chiefly facsimiles of title pages), many with tissue guards. Vol. I: Caxton to Johnson; voI. II: Gray to Kipling. Publisher's red buckram, spine stamped in gilt, covers framed in blind with double fillet; top edges gilt, others untrimmed; title page in red and black; tan typographic dust jackets lettered in black. About Fine (spine ends bumped), fresh, bright, unmarked and only lightly read; about Near Fine jackets (spine panels tanned, ends of which are lightly chipped). Discusses the high points of collecting English Literature, in an "attempt to show—chronologically, except for some pages on special subjects—which type of English book and, within strict limits, which books are today considered desirable by the book-collector; and, so far… Read More

Middle Hill: Typis Medio Montanis, excudit Eduinus Offer - Edwyn Offer Middle Hill Press, 1828 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. [ii], 16, [4] pages. The final four page section is loosely inserted and titled Manuscript codices Abbatiae Sancti Eligii Circa Ann 1778. Spotting, particularly to the final section. Some creasing. Loosely held in drak blue paper wrappers. Holzenberg 37.

Lunenburg: Stinehour Press, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige linen spine and marbled boards. Fine. 75 pages. 25 x 16.5 cm. One of 500 copies bound by the Harcourt Bindery. A signed presentation copy "For Judge and Mrs. Lune, With all my fond wishes, affection & respects," dated Jan. 69. Written as a result of a Senior Fellowship granted Godine by Dartmouth College.

London: Turret Books, 1971. First edition. Cloth bound in fine condition; Top pages edges modestly rubbed.. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies signed by Beckett; Foreword by A.J. Leventhal; Top page edges dark gold; 123 pages.

Vancouver, B.C., Canada: HM-Van, 2020. cased in thin boards covered with metallic blue paper, paper spine label. Heavenly Monkey. 8vo. cased in thin boards covered with metallic blue paper, paper spine label. (6) pages. Limited to 30 numbered copies printed by Rollin Milroy of Heavenly Monkey. A fine copy. Set in Cancelleresca Bastarda and printed with a Pratt-Albion foolscap handpress on dampened Richard de Bas paper. In 1516 the type cutter Francesco Griffo turned his hand to publishing, issuing an edition of Petrarch in a new and very compact italic. The book included a brief foreword from the printer, laying out the intenions and hopes for his new press. It is the only known text written by him. Fragments & Glimpses included an English translation; this book presents both the original Italian and the translation, on facing pages.

Paris: A la Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Rue hautefeuille, 12, 1856. 12mo. [4], 246 pp. With 3 large folding plates (1 in hand-coloured). Contemporary quarter brown-morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt ruling & lettering on spine (wear, rubbing, edgewear, some scuffing, occasional foxing), still VG- copy, w/ former ownership markings of the noted illustrator Henri Stein (1843-1919), whose illustrations graced the El Mosquito, a “satirical-burlesque with caricatures” newspaper appearing weekly from 1863 to 1893. Revised & expanded edition of this uncommon Roret Manual on colour theory, and providing instructions on use of colour for illuminations, retouching engravings, lithographs, natural history plates, maps, oriental plates, and topographical plans. The authors have specified as well the proper tools, colours, the quality of colours, and even how to mix them.

Katoomba: Wayzgoose Press, 2007. cloth, illustrated endpapers, black and red dust jacket. Wayzgoose Press. small folio. cloth, illustrated endpapers, black and red dust jacket. 177 pages. Limited to 500 copies. A near fine copy. Carolynne Skinner, an Australian-based publisher and arts promoter, in writing about this book states: In compiling The Wayzgoose Affair, Jadwiga Jarvis has used excerpts from her correspondence with friends, colleagues, supporters and, occasionally, detractors, to weave a story both instructive and amusing. She records the setbacks, successes, irritations, and even disasters with a wicked wit and an often sharp and critical tone. No holds are barred. She begins with the setting up of the press, its search for a permanent home, and more-or-less chronologically descries the technical challenges, frustrations and pleasures of each project, complete with illustrations.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2021. First Edition, 1st Printing. Fine/Fine. SIGNED, limited to 500 copies [10.5x7.5in], xxvi, 652 pp., [2] colophon, over 650 entries on books, maps, pamphlets and other ephemera, 17 images and illustrations, abbreviations, location symbols, references consulted and index; Dark orange cloth covers with gilt lettering in black ink field on spine, gilt illustration of snowshoes, boots and pick axe on front, all edges trimmed, speckled beige end papers, with publisher issued plain white dust jacket; Negligible shelf wear, with prospectus. [BCC #241]. Gary F. Kurutz bibliography on the Klondike and Alaska is extensive in entries and the summaries of the contents of many entries. This bibliography is a fitting "bookend" to Kurutz's 1997 'The California Gold Rush'. These bibliographies are important contributions to Western Americana and Alaskan history. This book is an essential reference to the collectors, researchers, librarians, and booksellers on Alaska… Read More

London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc, 1988. First Edition. Near Fine. [8.75x5.5in]; Vol. I - xii, 476 pp., Vol. II - [1], 478-1179 pp., 5,594 entries, appendices and indices; Royal Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, all edges trimmed; Minimal shelf wear, the bookplate of Steve Fossett Collection of Adventure and Exploration is on the front end paper of each volume. From the Preface, "... inclusion are histories, narratives, novels, and humorous works about yachting, boating, canoeing, and surfing, which tell of cruising, canoe tripping, racing, competitions, and just messing about...". A very comprehensive bibliography that also includes books about vessels, building boats, related nautical businesses, children's books, voyages of naval and merchant ships, exploration, and all other things relating to traveling on the seas. Steve Fossett (1944-2007) was a successful commodities trader and an adventurer that set world records in balloons, sailboats, gliders and unique powered… Read More

[Sedro-Woolley, Washington:: Street of Crocodiles Printery,, 1995.. Edition of 195. 6.25 x 8"; 253 unnumbered pages. Front and back matter set in Bodoni Book and printed by Jules Remedios Faye on a Vandercook 4 Proof Press. Type cast by Jim Rimmer at his Pie Tree Press & Type Foundry. Case bound in Japanese cloth over boards. Black pastedowns and endpapers. Some prints signed by the artists. Jules Remedios Faye, Preface: "I sent out an invitation which offered to document present printing history by publishing a sampler of women's work in the relief printing, private press and book arts fields. … Not only was I interested in collecting the work of this disparate group, I also wanted to investigate why they became printers, why they chose letterpress. "The order in which the signatures in this book are placed is entirely a subjective arrangement based on a visual sense of harmony rather than groupings based on thematic content, or arranged alphabetically, for… Read More

Utrecht: Stichting De Roos, 2006. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Illustrator(s). 1st Edition. Acht katernen ingenaad zonder omslag met archivalia van Stichting de Roos waarin de toegepaste technieken van drukken en binden zichtbaar worden gemaakt. In zuurvrije, kartonnen doos met lichte schaafplek aan onderzijde. Nummer 74 van een gelimiteerde oplage van 175 exemplaren. Met een originele prent uit een vroegere uitgave van de Stichting de Roos meegebonden in Zaans Bord. Dit exemplaar bevat een houtsnede van Bert Bouman voor Joseph Roth's 'Die Legende vom heiligen Trinker' (De Roos 74). Met aanbiedingsbrief van de uitgever. 128 pp. Onafgesneden. 33 x 23 cm. Fraai exemplaar. .

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. 1584562633 . ix, 529pp. Indices, reference list, 48 plates. The Junius Spencer Morgan collection at Princeton University consists of over 700 titles (totaling around 900 volumes) of editions of the Roman poet Virgil (70-19 BC), in Latin and in various vernacular languages. Technically the collection includes items ranging from the first printed edition (Rome, 1469) to the present, but the focus is strongly on material published in the early modern period. (from the front jacket flap) ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket; Corners rounded, boards and slipcase . lightly worn.. 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown wood grain-patterned cloth binding, titled in gilt on spine. Housed in maroon leatherette-covered slipcase. Viii, 384pp. "From the publishers" handwritten on verso of front free endpaper, publisher slip advertising large-paper limited edition bound in between front free endpaper and half-title. Bookseller ticket on rear pastedown endpaper (Burn, 37-38 Kirby Street). A collection of bibliophilic essays, covering the subjects of mighty book-hunters, book scholars, rare book librarians, book clubs, and book collecting. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

The Library Companion; or, The Young Man's Guide, and The Old Man's Comfort, in the Choice of a Library. by the Reverend T F Dibdin. Second Edition. London: Printed for Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, Fionsbury-Square; and J Major, Fleet-Street. 1825. W Nicol, Printer, Successor to W Bulmer and Co., Shakspeare Press. Two Volumes in One. 899 pages.
Condition: NOT a library book. Modern 3/4 leather with marble boards. Two volumes in one. Sound binding, Clean interior with almost no foxing. No crimps, stamps, signatures or notes found within. Excellent condition for a book from 1825. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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