2010ref. 739922010. United States Reports Official Edition. Volume 549. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court at October Term 2006. Beginning of Term October 2 2006 Through April 16 2007. Frank D. Wagner Reporter of Decisions. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office 2010. cclxxiv 1510 pp. Publisher's tan cloth hardcover with upper red and lower black gilt spine lettering pieces. New. $150. unknown books
2011ref. 754182011. United States Reports Official Edition. Volume 551. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court at October Term 2006. June 4 Through September 28 2007 End of Term. Frank D. Wagner Reporter of Decisions. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office 2011. lii 1286 pp. Hardcover. New. $150. unknown books
2018ref. 687092018. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court. United States Reports Official Edition. Volume 569. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court at October Term 2012. March 26 2013 Through June 13 2013. Released from the GPO March 2018. Christine Luchok Fallon Reporter of Decisions. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office 2018. Reprint W.S. Hein. lxxxv 1182 pp. Hardcover. New. $150. unknown books
1929ref. 52839London: Linotype & Machinery Ltd 1929. One of 100 copies. Portrait frontispiece. 1 vols. Folio. Vellum-backed patterned boards. A very fine copy with slip bearing compliments of the printer. One of 100 copies. Portrait frontispiece. 1 vols. Folio. Linotype & Machinery Ltd hardcover
2004ref. 76827Claremont CA: Scripps College Press 2004. First edition. One of 100 copies signed by the head of the Press Kitty Marryat and seven of the students involve in the making of this book. Oblong folio 16 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches. 40 pp. with text and poems printed in various inks and 24 woodblock illustrations and 12 original photographs of food tipped in. Publisher's cloth spine over purple and silk covered boards. A very nice copy.Scripps College Press wass founded in 1941 and the commissioned a new typeface from the venerable Frederick W. Goudy. Early instructors were Ward Ritchie Joseph Foster and Christy Bertelson. "In 1986 Kitty Maryatt became the director of the Press and instituted a new program of collaborative class books. Two letterpress books are produced each year by the Typography class. The class supported by the Press is entitled Typography and the Book Arts. Students from all five of the Claremont Colleges are allowed to attend under the premise that all students will learn the highest standards of typography and printing by publishing their own books. These neophyte students are asked to write on a given subject make imagery design the layout hand set the metal type print the book by letterpress and bind the edition of about 100 copies all in one semester" Scripps College. Scripps College Press hardcover
1814ref. 30733Philadelphia: G. und D. Billmeyer 1814. Very Good. Philadelphia: G. und D. Billmeyer 1814. Reprint. 12mo. iv 1 2-148 vii 1 2-585; 9 pp. register; 1 2-26 pp. catechism. Contemporary sheep with two metal clasps; five raised bands. Light wear to edges; minor scuffing; chipped at spine ends. Binding sound. Allentown bookseller's ticket in German to front pastedown; ownership inscription of Mary Deshler of Lehigh Pennsylvania dated 1841 to preliminaries; interior else tone but unmarked; Very Good. Arndt & Eck 2037. G. und D. Billmeyer unknown
ref. 1260New York: Charles Magnus & Co. 12 Frankfort St. . . 4to single fold with a very attractive hand-colored street scene showing a fire company in front of the Eagle Hose Co. there is a water tank on large wheels to the firemen's left but no horses New York: Charles Magnus & Co. 12 Frankfort St., . unknown
1906ref. 56226Colorado Springs CO: Colorado Springs Typographical Union No. 82 The Prompt Printery 1906. 4to. 10 x 12.5 in. Approx. 120 pp unpaginated. colour-tinted decorated borders on most text and advertising leaves numerous colour plates numerous tipped-in colour plates & photochromes tipped-in colour printing samples and photo printing samples most still preserving original printed tissue guards. Contemporary limp burgundy calf covers marbled endpapers preserving the original embossed & decorated front softcovers raised lettering & chromolithograph illust. of the I.T.U. Union Printer’s sanatorium in Colorado Springs slightly shaken minor rubbing some edgewear still a VG copy. First edition thus of this lavishly produced souvenir for the International Typographical Union convention which originally formed in 1852 and who George Childs and Anthony Drexel founded their Union Printers Home for the “Aged and Sanatorium for Tuberculosis” in 1889. Henry Warnack details the circumstances and facilities of the Union Printers Home as well as the wards orderlies nurses doctors treatment and rehabilitation regimen of the Tuberculosis Sanatorium -- principal cause of death among union members at the time. Also included is a well-illustrated article by James Lynch detailing the efforts of the Typographical Union and Typesetters to secure an eight hour work day and the struggle against printers and owners to secure these rights. Colour plates show the observatory on Pike’s Peak The Grand Canyon Royal Gorge & Hanging Bridge by Jackson Seltzer’s bucking Broncho and Hart Purdy’s Cow Girl. Worldcat locates 2 copies Colorado College Univ. of Colorado Denver. [Colorado Springs Typographical Union, No. 82, The Prompt Printery], paperback
1969ref. 9886Los Angeles: Occidental College 1969. First edition. 23x14cm 1 13pp. Staple bound in textured cream paper wraps with blind stamping and black lettering to front cover. Some faint smudging and toning to edges. Clean internally and nearly fine. Very uncommon Grant Dahlstrom / Castle Press printing of this address presented by Ansel Adams to friends at Occidental College on January 22 1969. OCLC cites holdings at Occidental and UC Merced and Santa Cruz. Occidental College unknown
1977ref. 37181Genève: Minkoff Reprint 1977. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 volumes. Octavo. Boards. 1900 pp. Minkoff Reprint hardcover
1908ref. 40636Chicago: Inland Printer Co. 1908. 8vo. 213 3 pp including publisher’s ads. Numerous text illusts. of apparatus & equipment. Burgundy linen white lettrng mnr soilng staining occasional interior soilng still a G copy. Second edition revised & expanded of this exceedingly scarce reference work on electrotyping which was used for making duplicate plates for letterpress printing and especially for finely engraved plates. It was a far superior process to stereotyping. Inland Printer Co., unknown
1981ref. 6617Seattle 1981. Archive of ephemeral printed materials and two typed essays both with hand drawn or colored illustrations. Generally very good or better with the occasional scuff or crease. An attractive and varied set of materials mainly consisting of "copies of jobs done" as labeled on the folder housing the collection. Gregory Francis Robison attended Seattle Prep School and apparently began printing at a fairly early age; we find in newspapers he likely graduated ca. 1972 and the earliest piece in this collection is dated 1967. From small senior prom keepsakes to finely printed party invitations there is a definite sense of progression of artistry and technique in the items. Interestingly this archive also contains two manuscript essays on Pacific Northwest Coast Indians both copyrighted in 1968 and one with a Library of Congress Cat. No. no less. The Archive includes: 1. 9 Small tickets business cards announcements etc. for local events several for clubs at Seattle Prep including Harlequin Club productions. A couple are dated in 1971 and 1972. 2. 2 small Seattle Prep Prom keepsakes from 1967 and 1971 both bound in blue card covers with blue string ties. 3. 9 Larger format finely printed invitations programs advertisements Christmas cards etc. a couple dated from 1971-1981. A couple are from Seattle Prep events and several are for family gatherings. 4. 7 letterheads printed envelopes printed invoices and a notice of various sizes. Most are for Seattle area individuals and businesses. 5. 2 essays: "A Brief Study of the Culture of the Pacific Northwest Coast Indians" 7 typed pages staple bound front cover hand lettered and illustrated with a few interior illustrations copyright 1968 LOC Cat. No L258499. "The Indian Struggle For Survival" 8 mimeographed pages tape bound with tables 3 hand-drawn maps at rear copyright 1968. . unknown
1915ref. 8494Portland Maine: Thomas Bird Mosher 1915. First edition thus number 22 of 25 copies printed on Japan Vellum. 8vo 19x14cm v xvi 3 142 1pp. Two initials printed in red text printed within borders few leaves unopened. Bound in gilt stamped parchment boards and in near fine condition with bumped corners. In original plain paper jacket which shows toning and a few tears and housed in toned paper slipcase with two ownership signatures one being Primrose Rupp Hinton. Very scarce and beautiful Mosher printing on Japanese vellum. Sirenica is a 1913 novel by Leith which explores the myth of the Siren Song and the struggle by man for the unobtainable. This copy with an interesting ownership provenance from journalist Primrose Rupp Hinton who was longtime society editor for the Aberdeen Daily World in Aberdeen WA. . Thomas Bird Mosher unknown
1980ref. 239294Brooklyn Historical Printing Club 1980. Limited Edition. Softcover. Good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Physical description; two volumes: No. 1; 41 unread pages; No. 2: 24 unread pages. Subjects; Virginia Tracts. Revolutionary Narratives. American History. Brooklyn Historical Printing Club. Brooklyn, Historical Printing Club paperback
1918ref. 30961New York: Carey Printing Co. / Dittman Color Printing Company 1918. Very Good. New York: Carey Printing Co. / Dittman Color Printing Company 1918. First Edition. Folio 30cm.; recent orange cloth with gilt-tooled reverse calf onlays from original binding all edges gilt 4611pp.; typographic and decorative designs throughout text printed within orange decorative border. Textblock a bit shaken in binding with both front and rear free endpaper expertly reaffixed along gutter light soil throughout else a Very Good example in a fine new binding. Date of publication provided by the Preface. Monumental type specimen catalog and reference issued by one of the leading print firms in Manhattan during World War I. The Preface provides two reasons for issuing such a massive catalog firstly "to display various faces sizes and styles of types in order to aid the copy-writer to select a type face best adapted to the subject" and secondly as a reference work "to which the expert or the layman may refer and be enlightened." On the facing leaf the Company pleads with the reader "do not mutilate this book. Carey Printing Co. / Dittman Color Printing Company unknown
1914ref. 011443Columbus Ohio: Columbus Lithograph Company. Good. 1914. Hardcover. Linen-backed bound pocket map that unfolds to 32" x 28". Fold splits and light soil with the folds held together by the linen webbing. Brown boards with gilt imprint rubbed corners and edges. A Railroad Map of Ohio Published by the State color-coded and with a detailed train title illustration. ; 8 1/2" x 4" . Columbus Lithograph Company hardcover
1988ref. LD3197United States Government Printing Office 1988-12-28. Hardcover. Very Good. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes title page creased. United States Government Printing Office hardcover
1907ref. 045344Toledo Ohio: Franklin Printing and Engraving Company. A used looking copy in about good minus antiquarian conditon. Has the two large panoramic fold-outs of Toledo and many other illustrations through-out. No markings cover wear - contents very good. Scarce in any condition and a must for a Toldeo collector. . Good Minus. Paperback. 1907. Franklin Printing and Engraving Company paperback
ref. 19-8240Paris: Le Charivari1843. 9.75 x 14.25 inches 25 x 36.5 cm. A&B No. 545. Unbound sheet. Very good with marginal creasing. Original black and white 19th century lithograph by Paul Gavarni. Additional text on bottom reads: “Par Gavarni” “Imp. d’Aubert & Cie” and “Chez Pannier Edit. R. du Croissant 16.” Published in Le Charivari text verso. En Francais. Paris: Le Charivari,1843. unknown
ref. 19-8241Paris: Le Charivari1843. 9.75 x 14.125 inches 25 x 36.5 cm. A&B No. 729. Unbound sheet. Very good with marginal tearing. Original black and white 19th century lithograph by Paul Gavarni. Additional text on bottom reads: “Par Gavarni” “Imp. d’Aubert & Cie” “Chez Aubert & Cie. Place de la Bourse 29” and “Chez Pannier. R. du Croissant 16.” Published in Le Charivari text verso. En Francais. Paris: Le Charivari,1843. unknown
1917ref. 360473Washington: Government Printing Office. Good with no dust jacket. 1917. Softcover. Spine and covers have some creasing and chipping along the edges. ; Has 57 plates that include a few folding ones and folding map that measure 31"X22". . Government Printing Office paperback
1918ref. 14007Fort Sill OK: Infantry School of Arms 1918. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Book condition is Very Good with brown wrappers. Owner name to top of front panel. Wear to spine and glue stain at rear panel. Small hole in end paper at rear. Text is clean and unmarked. Illustrated throughout with photos and diagrams. ; 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 101 pages. Infantry School of Arms unknown
1919ref. 219307Government Printing Office 1919. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in blue cloth boards with a red spine label. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. 748 pages. Government Printing Office hardcover
1941ref. 95614Bethany Connecticut circa 1941. 1941. Good. - Over 400 words typed on 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide onion skin paper consisting of the minutes of the club's "Meeting held September 23 at Ed Rudge's Home in Bethany". The word "COPY" is stamped in red on the verso. Parker Allen Harold Hugo Carl Rollins and Ed Rudge were among those present as well as the club's 2 special guests Bob Dothard and the Austrian-Impressionist artist & printmaker Hugo Steiner-Prag. The minutes mention distribution of the club's "Keepsake No. 50" which was printed by Gregg Anderson in Los Angeles in 1941. That keepsake's subject was "Collecting especially books" written by Henry R. Wagner. Copies of the essay "Of Typecasting" which was published as the Columbiad Club's Keepsake No. 42 were presented to Bob Dothard and Dr. Steiner-Prag. A letter from Rollo G. Silver to Carl Rollins was read to the membership and mention is made that "Keepsake No. 51 will be due from Valenti Angelo" at the next meeting. Dr. Steiner-Prag and Dob Dothard showed "kodachrome and black and white slides of many of the books he designed and told us something about his work". Initialed "E.H.H." by E. Harold Hugo in orange graphite at the bottom and additionally initialed by him in orange at top left. Slightly soiled and folded for mailing with creases and a few small chips to the edges. Good. Together with a 4-5/8 inch high by 6-1/4 inch wide Christmas card designed by Edwin Rudge with a black & white print of a snowy valley scene by Rudge mounted on the front of the green cardstock. We have been unable to decipher the name of the creator of the drawing. The attractively printed text within reads: "Will / Joanna / Abigail / William Edwin Rudge / Greet You from Pomfret Vermont / Christmas 1942". The card is in fine condition. Bethany, Connecticut, circa [1941]. unknown
1936ref. 54194San Francisco: Kohnke Printing Company 1936. 1936. CALIFORNIA. First edition. 7 1/8" x 4 1/8" stiff printed wrappers 44 pp. plus 4 pp. for memorandum map index. Includes a handy guide comprising list of streets alphabetically arranged points of interest and street car and bus service airports air transportation auto ferries banks bus lines churches hospitals etc. etc. Also included is a 26 1/2" x 32" map titled "Map of the City and County of San Francisco." The map is a black-and-white print detailed with various city planning elements. It includes streets city blocks municipal railways bus lines public buildings landmarks and parks. Inset map showing boundaries of the city and county of San Francisco. Folder is in fine condition but the handy guide while in fine condition has detached from the staples. The map has splits at 3 folds as well as two l" splits at top edge of map. Overall a very good copy. Kohnke Printing Company, 1936. unknown
