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Jones, Herschel V
Catalogue of the library of Herschel V. Jones
New York: Anderson Galleries 1919. 3 volumes in 1 8vo pp. 186 6; 126 2; 2 93 5; facsimile text illustrations; contemporary half brown morocco likely by Allan Campbell green cloth boards gilt title direct on spine t.e.g. prices realized penciled in margins; spine sunned else fine. Herschel Jones was a Minnesota newspaper man and prominent book collector who established and then sold several collections over his lifetime. This catalogue is for his largest and broadest collection -- an attempt at collecting 2000 important western books by the age of 60. Anderson Galleries unknown
Référence libraire : 53362
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ECKEL, JOHN C
The first editions of the writings of Charles Dickens their points and values. A bibliography by. With illustrations and facsimiles
New York: Maurice Inman; London: Maggs Bros 1932. Revised and enlarged edition first published London 1913 limited to 750 copies large 8vo pp. xvi 2 272; photographic frontispiece and 28 plates and facsimiles some printed on colored paper; very good in original maroon morocco-grained cloth with light wear to spine ends t.e.g. dust jacket with faded spine panel chipped at ends and a 1" tear at bottom edge and with publisher's slipcase rather worn and cracked along joints. Laid in are two printed notes from the author one with attached order form present. A detailed and indispensable reference for Dickensians much reprinted. Maggs Bros unknown
Référence libraire : 28505
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Drake, Samuel G
Catalogue of the private library of Samuel G. Drake of Boston chiefly relating to the antiquities history and biography of America and in an especial manner to the Indians collected and used by him in preparing his works upon the Aborigines of America
Boston: Samuel G. Drake 1845. Small 4to pp. 80; wrappers and 3 preliminary leaves wanting see below; this copy inscribed at the top of the title page: "Mr. Josiah Drake of Cincinnati from his brother Sam. G. Drake"; 1517 lots were to be sold over a 4-day period but McKay 395 notes that the library was purchased privately en bloc by George Brinley which perhaps accounts for the three missing preliminary leaves terms of sale; bound with: Catalogue of useful curious and rare books tracts etc. at the prices annexed by Samuel A. Drake. Boston 1866 pp. 91 3 ads; signed at the top of the title page "Josiah Drake box 2178"; bound with 13 other Drake catalogues with the title or approximate title of: Catalogue of rare useful and curious books tracts etc. in American Literature chiefly historical and descriptive of the United States .on sale at the prices affixed.by Samuel G. Drake. as follows: Boston January 1 1868 pp. 72; Boston October 1 1868 pp. 56; Boston April 1 1869 pp. 68; Boston October 15 1869 pp. 70 signed "Josiah Drake San Francisco Cal." at the top of the title page the signature cropped; Boston May 1 1870 pp. 47 1; Boston October 1871 pp. 68 2 the last leaf loose; Boston September 1872 pp. 56; Boston May 1873 pp. 55 1; Boston September 1873 pp. 58; Boston March 1874 pp. 56; Boston September 1874 pp. 56; Boston January 1875 pp. 55 1; Boston June 1875 pp. 48. Wrappers if there were any are wanting in most cases but several wrappers are present; together 15 catalogues bound in contemporary calf-backed marbled boards scuffed and rubbed but sound. Samuel G. Drake unknown
Référence libraire : 53860
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Smith, David Eugene
Rara arithmetica. A catalogue of the arithmetics written before the year MDCI with a description of those in the library of George Arthur Plimpton of New York
Boston and London: Ginn and Company 1908. First edition limited to 150 copies signed by the publisher copy no. 28 2 volumes 8vo pp. xiii 3 252; 10 253-507 1; title pages printed in red and black; 9 plates 246 facsimiles in the text; original full vellum gilt-stamped on upper covers and spines t.e.g. the others uncut; some soiling but a very good sound set of an important bibliography. Ginn and Company unknown
Référence libraire : 53988
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[Hummel Jr, Ray O, editor]
Southeastern broadsides before 1877
Richmond: Virginia State Library 1971. First edition. 8vo pp. xii 2 501 1; photograph frontispiece; original blue cloth lettered in gilt on the front cover and spine; near fine. Organized by state with the end of each section containing an index. The states covered include Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia with a section for broadsides unassociated with a specific state. A comprehensive reference for southern broadsides. Virginia State Library unknown
Référence libraire : 53844
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[Lea, Isaac]
A catalogue of the published works of Isaac Lea LL.D. from 1817 to 1876
Philadelphia: Collins printer 1876. First edition 8vo pp. 22 2; removed from stabbed binding; very good. Based on the imperfect and incomplete list issued in the Royal Society of London's Catalogue of Scientific Papers. Lea 1792-1886 was an American conchologist geologist and publisher Carey & Lea Lea & Blanchard. Collins, printer unknown
Référence libraire : 53982
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Lackington, James, bookseller
Memoirs of the first forty-five years of the life of James Lackington the present bookseller on Chiswell-street Moorfields.
London: printed and sold by the author 1791. First edition 8vo pp. xxxii 344; engraved portrait slightly offset onto title-p. woodcut of the branch on p. 285; contemporary calf-backed marbled boards front joint restored a little rough but effective; a good sound copy. Lackington 1746-1815 was a prosperous and innovative bookseller who according to the Wiki thing "is credited with revolutionizing the British book trade . He is best known for refusing credit at his shop which allowed him to reduce the price of books throughout his store. He printed catalogues of his stock; according to Lackington's biography the first edition contained 12000 titles. He bought whole libraries and published writers' manuscripts. He also saved remaindered books from destruction and resold them at bargain prices firmly believing that books were the key to knowledge reason and happiness and that everyone no matter their economic background social class or gender had the right to access books at cheap prices. printed and sold by the author unknown
Référence libraire : 54094
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Catalogue of theological books for sale by A. Finley . The retail prices are annexed from which a liberal discount will be made
Philadelphia: N.E. corner of Chestnut and Fourth Streets 1822. 12mo pp. 20; removed from binding; fine. "A. Finley has also constantly for sale a large collection of miscellaneous medical classical and school books which he will sell on very reasonable terms." Alphabetical listing of nearly 300 titles. Pages 17 and 18 list recent titles and 19 and 20 "a valuable collection of miscellaneous books. N.E. corner of Chestnut and Fourth Streets unknown
Référence libraire : 54274
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Wood, Arnold
A bibliography of "The Complete Angler" of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton: being a chronologically arranged list of the several editions and reprints from the first edition MDCLIII until the year MCM
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1900. Edition limited to 127 copies this one of 102 on Van Gelder copy no. 95 4to 5 p.l. pp. 204 4; engraved frontispiece portrait from a painting by Jacob Huyman signed in pencil by the engraver T. Johnson engraved title page "illustrated by 86 photo-engraved reproductions of title pages; original quarter parchment over boards gilt-stamped spine and upper cover; boards soiled spine darkened light overall wear; a good sound copy. Printed at the De Vinne Press This copy inscribed "With the sincere regards of Nathl. C. Nash / May 1908" and an ownership label of Dwight Blaney tipped over the inscription and further provenance provided on a slip laid in stating that the book was purchased from the estate of Frank C. Brown in 1932. Also laid in is an envelope addressed to Blaney containing a number of clippings regarding The Compleat Angler and an order form from E. P. Dutton for the John Major edition of the bibliography published in 1927. Blaney is almost certainly the Boston and Ironbound Island Maine painter Dwight Blaney. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
Référence libraire : 54405
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The Nonesuch Dickens: retrospectus and prospectus
Bloomsbury: Nonesuch Press 1937. Large 8vo pp. 128; text illustrations throughout; original blue cloth gilt-stamped on upper cover and spine; fine in fine original glassine dust jacket and the original publisher's box. Prospectus and retrospectus divided into 4 sections sectional titles on orange paper including Arthur Waugh's "Charles Dickens and his Illustrators" and a bibliographical list compiled by Thomas Hatton. Order form bound in at the back. Elaborate prospectus for the famed Nonesuch Dickens. Nonesuch Press unknown
Référence libraire : 54607
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Watson, William
The hope of the world and other poems
London and New York: John Lane; The Bodley Head 1898. First edition small 8vo pp. ix 3 83 1; full maroon crushed levant gilt title on spine gilt board edges and gilt-decorated dentelles t.e.g.; fine in a sun toned paper chemise. Likely a copy owned by Alfred Eddy an associate of Watson's as we have another book of Watson's bound identically to this which includes a letter from Eddy about Watson. John Lane; The Bodley Head unknown
Référence libraire : 54595
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Peirce, Benjamin
Catalogue of the library of Harvard University in Cambridge Massachusetts
Cambridge: E. W. Metcalf and Company printers to the University 1830. First edition 3 volumes 8vo original brown cloth-backed green paper-covered boards leather spine labels a little cracked and discolored; a very good sound set. Inscribed in volume I: "To Lawrence Academy at Groton Mass. from the Corporation of Harvard College Cambridge Mass. By order of the President Thadds. Wm. Harris Librarian. Nov. 19 1849." With Lawrence Academy bookplates in each volume each with the manuscript annotation: "Presented by the Corporation of Harvard College." Volumes I-II: Alphabetical catalogue; volume III. pt. 1: Systematic index pt. 2: A catalogue of the maps and charts in the library of Harvard University. A supplement published in 1834 is not included. E. W. Metcalf and Company, printers to the University unknown
Référence libraire : 55523
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50 ex-libris taurinos de la coleccion del Excmo. Sr. Conde de Colombi
Madrid 1962. Edition limited to 33 copies this no. 30 8vo stiff paper portfolio with title and imprint on one side and containing a bifolium index to the bookplates plus 49 of 50 separate reproductions of bookplates with bullfighting themes the whole contained in a full blue Spanish calf slipcase; some blue from the slipcase offset onto the portfolio else generally fine. Bullfighting bookplate of James J. Nieto. Not in OCLC. unknown
Référence libraire : 55415
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The useful arts and manufactures of Great Britain
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1848. 8vo pp. 4 36 35 1 47 1 40 48 39 1 32 52 56 48 36 24; text illustrations throughout with full-page engravings heading each section; contemporary green cloth gilt title on spine; light wear to extremities edges spotted very good with contemporary inscription reading: "To William Saunders a small present from his friend Lovels." With sections on paper glass leather parchment glue sugar and various textiles. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge unknown
Référence libraire : 54630
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Evans, Sebastian
Brother Fabian's manuscript; and other poems
London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co 1865. Small 8vo pp. vii 1 270; gilt-decorated green morocco with binder's initials BGH; a.e.g. gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments gilt turn-ins; spine faded joints rubbed upper board starting corners bumped textblock shaken endpapers curling. Good condition only but a nice custom design in an arts-and-crafts style. Macmillan and Co unknown
Référence libraire : 53768
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Stevens, Henry N
Lewis Evans: his map of the middle British colonies in America. A comparative account of ten different editions published between 1755 and 1807
London: Henry Stevens Son and Stiles 1905. First edition 8vo pp. vi 2 41 3; inscribed by Stevens to Harold Murdock Esq on front endpaper; original red cloth gilt; touch of fading to top edge small water stain on lower cover text clean very good. According to the preface Stevens intended to publish a single copy to accompany his collection but as the information seemed useful as a general guide to map points "a few copies have been printed for presentation and sale. Henry Stevens, Son, and Stiles unknown
Référence libraire : 55086
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Pollard, Alfred
An essay on colophons with specimens and translations. Introduction by Richard Garnett
Chicago: Caxton Club 1905. Edition limited to 255 copies this being one of 252 copies on French hand-made paper small folio pp. xx 198 1; a number of facsimiles throughout the text; generally a fine copy in original parchment-backed ochre boards stamped in gilt on both covers and spine t.e.g. Handsomely printed in red and black at the De Vinne Press. Caxton Club unknown
Référence libraire : 55734
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Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Men of our times; or leading patriots of the day. Being narratives of the lives and deeds of statesmen generals and orators
Hartford: Hartford Publishing Co 1868. Canvassing book. 8vo pagination varies; original green cloth gilt lettering on upper cover; green cloth spine sample mounted to front pastedown; two leather spine samples mounted to the rear pastedown; illustrations are complete with 18 steel engravings of American historical figures; includes an advertorial broadside and blank subscription leaves; first state of the title page with Frederick Douglass' name misspelled; text partially dampstained; otherwise very good. Arbour 1529-31; see BAL 19449. Hartford Publishing Co unknown
Référence libraire : 56085
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Fennor, William
Cornu-copiae; Pasquil's night-cap or Antidot for the head-ache; Antidot for the head-ache
London: Chiswick Press 1819. 8vo pp. 8 119 1; attractive original printed rose paper-covered boards; edges slightly rubbed else near fine. Written by William Fennor; previously attributed to Nicholas Breton see 2nd edition STC 10782.5 and 10782.7 originally published in 1612 and reprinted in 1623. This edition is based on both versions. Issued as no. II in the publisher's Ancient Humorous Poetry series. Chiswick Press unknown
Référence libraire : 49458
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Stockton-Hough, John, Dr
Incunabula medica prodromus bibliographicus directorium bibliothecarum cum nominibus et locis earum quae viginti vel plura medicorum librorum quinto decimo saeculo typis excusorum exemplaria continent in alphabetico auctorum ordine dispositum
Trentonii in Novo-Caesarea i.e. Trenton NJ 1889. Privately printed in an edition of 110 copies small 4to pp. 60; original pictorial wrappers bound in; consists of tables to be annotated for use in compiling a union list of medical incunabula; bound with: Bibliotheca Medica: a Weekly Periodical devoted to the Bibliography and History of the Literature of Medicine volume I no. 1 "Prospectus Number" Trenton N.J. January 1 1890 pp. 16; original pictorial wrappers bound in; illustrated throughout with facsimiles of early medical works; this was apparently the only issue produced; together 2 volumes in contemporary brown cloth gilt lettering on upper cover. Laid in are 5 typed letters totaling 12 pages between Frank Walter librarian at the University of Minnesota Dr. Charles D. Humberd of Barnard Missouri and E. Bruno the proprietor of the American Autograph Shop in Merion Station Pennsylvania regarding Stockton-Hough's own annotated copy of Incunabula Medica which resides at the University of Minnesota. unknown
Référence libraire : 49465
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Calcografia Nacional (Espana)
Catalogo de las mejores estampas que se hallan de venta en la Calcografia de la Imprenta Nacional
Madrid 1850. Folio pp. 8; fine. A list of the prints in the museum. OCLC locates only an 1857 edition. unknown
Référence libraire : 49643
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Medina, [Jose Toribio]
Bibliografia de la lengua Guarani
Buenos Aires: Talleres S. A. Casa Jacobo Peuser Ltda 1930. First edition large 8vo pp. 93 3; original tan paper wrappers unopened save the first couple pages; covers lightly toned "Gift from Editorial Universitaria" on upper cover with their label on half title a very good clean copy. An Ayer Linguistics duplicate with release stamp on inner cover. Jose Toribio Medina was a prolific translator and bibliographer with over 350 published items many of them bibliographies of Native American languages. Palau 159580. Talleres S. A. Casa Jacobo Peuser, Ltda unknown
Référence libraire : 49670
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Day, Susan
Art Deco and Modernist Carpets
London United Kingdom: Thames & Hudson Ltd 2002. 224 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Small Folio. Thames & Hudson Ltd Hardcover
Référence libraire : 021047 ISBN : 0500510814 9780500510810
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Pilling, James Constantine
Bibliography of the Eskimo languages
Washington: Government Printing Office 1887. First edition 8vo; pp. v 1 116; facsimiles in the text; uncut and unopened in original printed wrappers. An Ayer Linguistics duplicate with a release stamp inside the front wrapper. Standard work on books in Greenland Kadiak Aleut Labrador and Eskimo among other languages. Part of a series of linguistic bibliographies issued by the Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology. Government Printing Office unknown
Référence libraire : 49886
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Pilling, James Constantine
Bibliography of the Muskhogean languages
Washington: Government Printing Office 1889. First edition 8vo; pp. v 1 114; uncut and unopened; fine in original printed wrappers. An Ayer Linguistics duplicate with a small Newberry label on the front pastedown and a Newberry release stamp inside the front wrapper. Standard work on books in Choctaw Seminole Chickasaw Mohawk Seneca Cherokee Muskhogean Iroquois Creek and Huron. Part of a series of linguistic bibliographies issued by the Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology. Government Printing Office unknown
Référence libraire : 49881
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Pilling, James Constantine
Bibliography of the Siouan languages
Washington: Government Printing Office 1887. First edition 8vo; pp. v 1 87 1; uncut and unopened in original printed wrappers. An Ayer Linguistics duplicate with a release stamp inside the front wrapper. Standard work on books in Dakota Teton Iowa Mandan Yankton and Crow among other languages. Part of a series of linguistic bibliographies issued by the Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology. Government Printing Office unknown
Référence libraire : 49887
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Pilling, James Constantine
Bibliography of the Chinookan languages
Washington: Government Printing Office 1893. First edition 8vo; pp. xi 1 81 1; uncut and unopened in original printed wrappers. An Ayer Linguistics duplicate with a release stamp inside the front wrapper. Standard work on books in Chinook Chinook Jargon Clakama and Cathlascon among other languages. Part of a series of linguistic bibliographies issued by the Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology. Government Printing Office unknown
Référence libraire : 49889
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Russell, Richard
A history of the Marlborough College Press 1934-1984
Andoversford Gloucestershire: Whittington Press 1984. Edition limited to 220 copies this being one of 200 copy no. 58 quarter-bound in blue buckram over decorative paper sides gilt-stamped spine; large 8vo pp. 10 51 3; 5 tipped-in sample pages and 2 folding type specimen facsimiles in rear cover pocket; fine throughout. Whittington Press unknown
Référence libraire : 50928
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Novak, David Alan, ed
The first one hundred years 1892-1992. A keepsake volume for the centenary of the Rowfant Club. Wood engravings by John DePol
Cleveland: Rowfant Club 1992. Edition limited to 315 copies of which this is the unnumbered binder's copy of Greg Campbell Campbell-Logan Bindery; 8vo pp. xii 77 1; title page printed in red and black wood-engraved vignette on title page wood-engraved illustrations throughout several full-page; original quarter red cloth over DePol pattern paper over boards paper spine label; without the slipcase else fine. Walsdorf A19: "This is the first and only commission job I have undertaken" the printer Neil Shaver. Rowfant Club unknown
Référence libraire : 50955
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Taylor, W Thomas
Texfake : an account of the theft and forgery of early Texas printed documents.With an introduction by Larry McMurtry
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor 1991. First edition large 8vo pp. xix 1 158 1; 39 illustrations on rectos and versos of 20 leaves; fine in original quarter brown cloth over printed paper-covered boards. Prospectus and postcard advertisement laid in. "Since the first public disclosure of the discovery of forged copies of the Texas Declaration of Independence appeared in the Austin American-Statesman in April 1988 rumors have swirled concerning who printed them how many were printed how many there are and whether or not the dealers involved knew what it was they were selling. Texfake is the result over over three years of investigation." from the prospectus. W. Thomas Taylor unknown
Référence libraire : 50867
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Bibliography of the fine books published by the Limited Editions Club 1929-1985
New York: Limited Editions Club 1985. Edition limited to 800 copies this no. 547 folio pp. 6 182 4; original half brown goat over marbled boards gilt-stamped spine publisher's slipcase. Fine. [Limited Editions Club unknown
Référence libraire : 50629
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A book of alphabets for Douglas Cleverdon drawn by Eric Gill. With a foreword by Douglas Cleverdon and an introduction by John Dreyfus
Wellingborough: Christopher Skelton 1987. First edition limited to 550 copies this no. 139 and one of 450 bound by Woolnough Fine Binding; 8vo pp. 15 1 followed by 28 leaves of letters and colophon; original quarter red cloth over decorative paper boards gilt lettering on spine; fine in a fine blue paper slipcase. Christopher Skelton unknown
Référence libraire : 50824
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Franklin, Colin
Emery Walker: some light on his theories of printing and on his relations with William Morris and Cobden-Sanderson
Cambridge: privately printed 1973. Five hundred copies printed in Great Britain at the University Printing House Cambridge for presentation to friends of the University Printer 4to pp. vii 1 36; 3 illustrations in text and 3 facsimiles 2 printed in color in pocket at end; preface by the printer Brooke Crutchley; fine copy in the original quarter blue morocco over blue paper-covered boards printed after a Morris design. The Cambridge Christmas Book for 1973. Walsdorf 178A. privately printed unknown
Référence libraire : 51573
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Johnson, Herbert H
A collector's choice. An exhibition of books designed and printed at the Riverside Press by Bruce Rogers. Compiled with commentary by the collector.
Aurora N.Y.: Wells College Press 2002. Edition limited to 100 copies large 8vo pp. 46 2; mounted photographic portrait frontispiece; quarter tan cloth over blue paper boards paper spine label by the Campbell-Logan Bindery. Fine. Wells College Press unknown
Référence libraire : 50917
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Mehta, Ved
Three stories of the Raj.Illustrations by Zhid Sardar
Berkeley & London: Scolar Press 1986. Small archive pertaining to the binding of Mehta's Three Stories of the Raj detailing the 10-month process of binding the book by Greg Campbell Campbell-Logan Bindery for the printer Adrian Wilson beginning with specification worksheets cost estimates and working through the design of the binding the selection and ordering of materials progress reports chatty social matters during the process Wilson came to Minneapolis to lecture at the University of Minnesota and Campbell was his chauffer and guide and shipment as contained in the back-and-forth correspondence approx. 45 pages in all between Campbell-Logan and Adrian Wilson. Included are the binder's dummy designs and drawings bookbinder's samples of cloth paper and leathers invoices from both suppliers and Campbell-Logan etc. a prospectus and order form as well as two copies of the finished book both the trade edition and the deluxe the latter without signatures or hand-coloring the former in full curry-colored cloth and the latter in quarter leather. All contained in a quarter curry-colored goat clamshell box lettered in gilt on spine. Campbell's letters are photocopies of his originals and Wilson's 9 in all plus 2 others from the illustrator Zhid Sardar are largely but not entirely typed letters signed on his letterhead. Scolar Press unknown
Référence libraire : 51597
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Zapf, Hermann
Manuale typographicum
Frankfurt am Main: G. K. Schauer 1954. Edition limited to 1000 copies oblong folio consisting of 2 bifolia title page preface and table of contents plus 100 typographic leaves with quotations from the past and present on types and printing in 16 different languages selected and designed by Hermann Zapf and printed by Heinrich Egenolf; plain embossed outer wrapper with title printed in red on spine and contained in the original clamshell box with the title in gilt on spine. The box is a little worn otherwise generally fine throughout. This is a presentation copy from Zapf inscribed by him in German on the inside of the front wrapper to Walter Howe Director of the Lakeside Press's Department of Design and Topography and a Fellow of the Society for Typographic Arts in Chicago of which Hermann Zapf was also a member. Laid in are the original printed complimentary presentation slip from Zapf the 47-page pamphlet Texte und Ubersetzungenin Deutcher Sprach the publisher's printed announcement leaf for a forthcoming English translation supplement to the Manuale and a printed New Year's greeting from Hermann and Gudrun Zapf for the year 1966. The Manuale Typographicum was set in 16 languages with the types of D. Stempel Ag at Frankfurt am Main and historic faces taken from that foundry's archives. Zapf drew 100 examples from the creative genius of such artists as Gill Rogers Baskerville and Bodoni and quotations from the works of such literary minds as Cicero Dickens Hugo and Huxley. [G. K. Schauer] unknown
Référence libraire : 51589
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Catich, Edward M
The origin of the serif. Brush writing & Roman letters
Davenport IA: Catfish Press St. Ambrose College 1968. First edition 4to pp. x 2 310 2; typographgical illustrations throughout some printed in red and green; very handsome book; fine copy in a fine dust jacket t.e.g. "A new approach to the history lineage and development of our alphabet" jacket blurb. The author was a well-known stone-cutter and calligrapher. Philip Hofer of Harvard said the book was "a work of genius." This copy with a presentation from Catich on the flyleaf and a typed letter from him regarding burnishers with a long manuscript addition laid in. Catfish Press, St. Ambrose College unknown
Référence libraire : 51575
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[Schanilec, Gaylord]
Ernest Morgan. Printer of principle
Stockholm WI: Midnight Paper Sales 2001. First edition limited to 226 copies signed by the printer and wood-engraver this one of 200 of the regular edition no. 13; folio pp. 44 5; 4 wood-engravings by Schanilec 2 tipped-in illustrations and several Inkjet illustrations; fine copy in original black cloth-backed gray paper-covered boards morocco label on spine publisher's slipcase. The text is an interview conducted by Schanilec at Ernest Morgan's North Carolina home in 1997. The introduction and afterword are by the late Will Powers who started his career as a printer apprentice at Ernest Morgan's Antioch Bookplate Company in 1968. From there he embarked on an illustrious career as a printer designer of books and a fine typographer. Quarter to Midnight A.208.b. Midnight Paper Sales unknown
Référence libraire : 50663
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Zapf, Hermann
Hermann Zapf & his design philosophy. Selected articles and lectures on calligraphy and contemporary developments in type design with illustrations and bibliographical notes and a complete list of his typefaces. Introduction by Carl Zahn
Chicago: Society of Typographic Arts 1987. First edition large 8vo pp. 6 5-254 2; photographic frontispiece portrait 96 plates in color and illustrations throughout text shoulder notes printed in blue; fine in the dust jacket. A handsome monumental volume documenting the most influential man in modern type design as well as the 175 alphabets he designed since 1948. This copy signed by Zapf on the colophon and in a gray cloth slipcase. Society of Typographic Arts unknown
Référence libraire : 51587
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Frasconi, Antonio
The books of Antonio Frasconi. A selection 1945-1995. With an introduction by Robert D. Graff and an essay by Margaret K. McElderry
New York: Grolier Club 1996. Edition limited to 1000 copies this one of 100 specially bound but without the signed woodblock print by Frasconi which was laid in; b4to pp. 94; illustrated throughout much in color; original full linen over boards with printed label on upper cover and the spine printed in brown. Edited by Abe Lerner and nicely printed at the Stinehour Press. Grolier Club unknown
Référence libraire : 50584
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Zapf, Hermann
Typographic variations designed by Hermann Zapf on themes in contemporary book design and typography in 78 book- and title-pages. With prefaces written by Paul Standard.G.K. Schauer.and Charles Peignot together with commentary notes and specifications
New York: Museum Books 1964. First edition limited to 500 copies this no. 258 for the American market signed by Zapf small folio unpaginated; title page printed in red blue and black numerous facsimiles throughout some tipped-in printed in a variety of colors and in numerous fonts; fine copy in the dust jacket. Set and printed by the printing-office of the Stempel Fioundry Frankfurt. Museum Books unknown
Référence libraire : 51585
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Mayberry, Richard
Handprinting workshops in the USA: a directory
Charlotte: Spirit Square Center for the Arts 1993. 4to unpaginated printed on rectos only; original blue cloth gilt-stamped spine; fine. A detailed listing of over 300 printing operations in 40 states noting addresses dates of establishment owners shop size presses owned and other comments. A photocopy publication issued in sheets; in this copy two leaves of one of the indexes did not reproduce. Spirit Square Center for the Arts unknown
Référence libraire : 51326
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Schanilec, Gaylord, & Robert Rulon-Miller
Emerson G. Wulling printer for pleasure
Stockholm: Midnight Paper Sales 2000. First edition limited to 166 copies this one of 26 lettered copies this the letter 'C' signed by Schanilec on the limitation page and specially bound in quarter leather spine gilt in a clamshell box along with a portfolio containing 45 additional ephemeral pieces printed by Mr. Wulling; folio pp. 71 4; illustrated throughout with 24 facsimiles woodcuts ink-jet reproductions ephemera and 7 color wood-engravings by the artist-printer Gaylord Schanilec. Introduction by Rob Rulon-Miller and with a check-list by him of better than 270 books chapbooks broadsides etc. printed by Emerson Wulling at his Sumac Press in both Minneapolis and La Crosse Wisconsin. The text proper consists of a 2-part interview conducted by Schanilec and Rulon-Miller with Emerson Wulling in 1995 and 1999. Wulling who began printing in 1916 and continued to print into the 21st century printed longer than any printer before him - 87 years in all - a record of sorts which quite probably will never be broken. Quarter to Midnight A.199.a. Midnight Paper Sales unknown
Référence libraire : 50662
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Anderson, John
John Anderson and the Pickering Press. An autobiography. Edited with an introduction by James Fraser. With a Pickering Press bibliography by John Anderson James Fraser and Eleanor Friedl
Council Bluffs Ia.: Yellow Barn Press and Florham-Madison N.J. Campus Library Fairleigh Dickinson University Library 1995. Edition limited to 150 copies this is copy 50 4to pp. x 76 1; title printed in red and black mounted photo portrait frontispiece 21 color facsimiles; as new in publisher's slipcase. Prospectus and order form laid in. Bibliography of the Philadelphia printer 1947-1987. The presswork is by Neil Shaver on Rives paper. Prospectus and order form laid in. From the order form: "John Anderson's Pickering Press was a 'public press' that worked in the Philadelphia area from the 1940s into the 1980s. He was perhaps the last of the great commercial letterpress printers working on the East Coast. Yellow Barn Press and Florham-Madison [N.J.] Campus Library, Fairleigh Dickinson University Library unknown
Référence libraire : 50960
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An anthology of Delaware papermaking With an introduction by Gordon A. Pfeiffer and four wood engravings by John DePol
New Castle: Delaware Bibliophiles Oak Knoll Books 1991. Edition limited to 200 copies this the bookbinder Greg Campbell's copy and out of series; 8vo pp. 81 3; 4 mounted wood engravings other illustrations in the text; original blue cloth-backed printed paper-covered boards; fine. Forty-Four B40. Delaware Bibliophiles, Oak Knoll Books unknown
Référence libraire : 50719
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Murray, John
Practical remarks on modern paper. With an introductory essay by Leonard Schlosser
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press 1981. Edition limited to 300 copies this no. 21; 8vo pp. 120 4; frontispiece 2 facsimiles; printed on Hahnemuhle Ingres-Buttenpapier and bound by Gray Parrot; original brown morocco-backed decorative paper-covered boards gilt-lettered spine; fine. Original prospectus laid in. Thirty A30. Bird & Bull Press unknown
Référence libraire : 50377
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Wulling, Emerson G
J. Johnson Typ. Oddments from his Typographia or The Printer's Instructor with an original leaf therefrom
La Crosse: Sumac Press 1967. Edition limited to 396 copies slim 12mo pp. 24; 10 illustrations and facsimiles in the text plus a leaf from the original edition of 1824; fine copy in original ochre cloth. Press Preterite 112 noting that only half the edition was bound in cloth the other half in wrappers; Disbound and Dispersed 149 citing the wrapper edition; Rulon-Miller Wulling 112. Sumac Press unknown
Référence libraire : 50844
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Dilke, Oswald Ashton Wentworth
Roman books and their impact
Leeds: Elmete Press 1977. First edition limited to 460 copies this no. 69; 8vo pp. ix 1 94 2; facsimilies and illustrations throughout a few in color; original pictorial gray cloth leather label lettered in gilt on spine; original clear plastic acetate dust jacket; fine. "The present volume is an adapted and enlarged version of the Sir D. Owen Evans Memorial Lectures given at the University College of Wales Aberystwyth. Elmete Press unknown
Référence libraire : 50541
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Levy, Newman
Sandy MacPherson: book collector
Council Bluffs IA: Yellow Barn Press 1998. Probably the fifth edition per the colophon limited to 150 copies this the bookbinder Greg Campbell's copy Campbell-Logan Bindery and out-of-series; 12mo pp. 28; linocut frontispiece and 7 text illustrations by Bill Jackson; original brown cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards paper spine label; fine This book was one of two in an intended series of ideal "small books. that fit snugly in the hand that fall open easily. that have clear readable and conventional types and good margins -- books suitable for an extra nice Christmas gift to a man or woman who likes and knows fine printing." Walsdorf A31. Yellow Barn Press unknown
Référence libraire : 50949
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Weygand, James Lamar
The tightwads guide to gold stamping
Nappanee: Private Press of the Indiana Kid 1972. Edition limited to "about 150" copies small 8vo pp. 22 4; original quarter red cloth over decorative paper-covered boards spine lettered in gilt; fine. Private Press of the Indiana Kid unknown
Référence libraire : 50604
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