Chicago, Ill. Cuneo Press, Inc., 1948-1972. Hardcover. 4to. 22 vols. 1948-49, 1951-54, 1956-1960, 1961-72. Gold - and blind stamped red leather with gilt top edge. partially uncut pages. Some vols. include original illustrations especially prepared for the publications. 1948 vol. - Charles Dickens: Famous Christmas Stories. 1949 vol.- Charles Dickens..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2016. First edition thus. Hardcover. 1/600. Quarto (12-1/2" x 9'). Cream leather elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt. A.e.g. Housed in the publisher's matching gilt decorated beige cloth clamshell box. This full-size facsimile of the Kelmscott Press' 1882 edition has hand-marbled endsheets and is "one..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd., 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XI, 224, XII-XXIII, [1]pp. Uncut. Original illustrated dust-jacket over burgundy cloth, with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Front free endpaper signed by the author, as well as Temple Press managing director, Roland E. Dangerfield, and 9 other Temple..... More
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London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot. 1928-1929. Hardcover. All 6 volumes are octavos and are bound in decorated papercovered boards in original dj's. Each copy is printed on hand made rag paper and signed by author. Decorated endpapers. All limited editions of 500 for sale. Dust jackets are slightly discolored and..... More
Surrey, England: Circle Press Publications, (1978). Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio (16-1/4" X 11-1/4"). xi, (1), 57, (3)pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering to spine, housed in a dark blue cloth slipcase. Illustrated title page vignette and 14 multicolored silk screen prints. Edition limited to 250 numbered copies, signed and numbered..... More
Surrey, England: Circle Press Publications, (1978). Ronald King. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/250. xi. 58pp. Elephant folio. Blue cloth with silver lettering to spine in original blue cloth slipcase. Minor discoloration to slipcase. Illustrated title page. Signed by Ronald King. A wonderful edition with original full page color screen images designed..... More
San Francisco: Printed by C. and J. Johnson at the Windsor Press, 1928. First edition thus. Hardcover. 12mo. (6-1/2" x 4-1/2"). ix, (1), 146, (2)pp. Text set in a semblance of a Gothic typeface. Vellum covered boards, spine lettered in red. Illustrated with 2 hand colored miniatures and illuminated initials..... More
New York: Pleiades Club, 1919. Limited ed. Hardcover. 1/600. Numbered Deluxe-edition. 12mo. 138 pp. Gilt embossed maroon cloth in original glassin jacket. Dj severely torn. Head and tail of spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Magnificent collection of some of the finest works of poetry and prose by some..... More
NP: The Press of the Good Mountain, 1987. Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/5000. Quarto. XIX, [3], 592pp. Original green cloth with gold lettering on spine and blind-stamped lettering on front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Laid in 4 letters (3 handwritten, 1 typed) by Alexander Lawson to author Frank E. Comparato, dated..... More
New York & London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, (1936). Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. Beige cloth, gold stamped leather cover plate, leather title label in gold on spine. In original orange dust wrapper, top edge gilt, pages untrimmed as issued. Title vignette and in text reproductions of b/w illustrations by Alba..... More
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1930. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1185/1600 hand numbered. Octavo. 96 (2)pp. Natural quarter cloth over yellow cloth boards with gilt lettering on black label of spine. Publisher's device on title page. "The stories and sketches in this book were among the things written by Lawrence in July..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1981. (Limited ed). Hardcover. Small 4to. 152 pp. Tan cloth spine over decorated boards with dj. Ptinted by the Grace Hoper Press in Aptos, California. With b&w illustrations, numerous facsimiles. Dj worn at edges and with a one-inch tear at bottom right. 1/750..... More
New York and London: R. R. Bowker Company, 1967. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. XIX, [1], 293, [1]pp. Original black and green cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. This important sourcebook, first published in 1941, traces the the history of bookbinding in America. The numerous illustrations bring together the..... More
NP: Penmaen Press, 1983. Michael McCurdy. Limited ed. Hardcover. 8vo. Unpaginated. Black cloth over marbled boards. Wood engraving on title page by Michael McCurdy. Poem originally appeared in Poetry magazine. One of 50 copies designated for casebinding (case missing) signed by author and artist. Number 1 oin the Penmaen Chapbook..... More
New York: Pleiades Club, 1918. Various. Hardcover. 12mo. 110 pp. Decorated paper boards. Fading to spine. Corners bumped. Boards showing wear near spine as though they might be detaching, but are holding soundly. Light browning around cover edges. This edition features works by contributors such as Frank L. Norris, Clement..... More
New York: Lithographic Technical Foundation, 1948. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. Unpaginated. Original printed wrappers. Remarkable exploratory study on the reproduction of tone values in photography, platemaking, and printing on the press. This illustrated with 15 figures. Very minor rubbing along edges of wrappers. Wraps in overall good+, interior in very..... More
Rochester, NY: The Press of the Good Mountain - Rochester Institute of Technology, 1950. Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/50. 12mo. Unpaginated (16pp). Original bi-color paper covered boards with black lettering on spine. Decorative endpapers. One of fifty (unnumbered) copies prepared to prove a point by Don Thurau and Harry Bollinger..... More
NP: NP, (1958). Hardcover. 8vo. 14 pp. Decorated ivory boards with paper dj. Pages untrimmed. With frontis engraving. Funeral remarks for Sara Halle Schaffner (April 1, 1862 - May 8, 1957) by John C. Weigel. Sarah Schaffner's was the wife of Josef Schaffner , who establsihed the Hart Schaffner and..... More
New York: House of Books, Ltd., 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. 1/300 copies. 8vo. Unpaginated. Olive cloth binding with gold lettering to cover and spine in original glassine jacket. Limited first edition of 300 copies signed by the author. Binding and text in near fine condition. More
NP (Toronto): Basilike, (1974). Limited ed. Hardcover. 8vo. Unpaginated. Tan cloth over marbled boards. Pages untrimmed. One of 250 copies, signed by author. Designed, handset and printed at the Dreadnought Press, Toronto. Corners very lightly bumped. Otherwise, in very good condition. More
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1923. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 104 pp. Tan cloth spine over brown boards with paper dj. Pages untrimmed. Corners bumped. Dj chipped at corners. One of 850 copies, of which 780 were sold. A clean and tight copy , in very good condition. More