Morris, WilliamMareMagnum
The Ideal Book: Essays and Lectures on the Arts of the Book
1985A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 134 pages. Photographs and illustrations.
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ref. 2080202105600598Hyundai Shichosha N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Hyundai Shichosha paperback
1985A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 134 pages. Photographs and illustrations.
1928pp. v, 235. Uncut and unopened. Top edge gilt 8vo. 210 mm. Original blue cloth over marbled boards binding. Edges of board slightly soiled. Spine lettered in gilt. Limited Edition. Number 38 of only 200 copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. PRESS/W33
1908pp. ix, 109. Title page printed in red and black. Printed by Smith & Sale on Van Gelder paper. Uncut. Inked manuscript poem "The Garden of Eros" by Oscar Wilde on front end paper. Stamped ownership number on end paper. Small 8vo. Original stiff wraps, decorated and lettered. Yapp fore edges. Binding slightly soiled. Limited Edition of only 925 copies. Third Edition. Old World Series. Nice copy. PRESS/W39.
1970ref. 33051ABNew York, George Braziller, ca. 1970. 8°. 359 Seiten. Original-Kunstlederband. Illustrierter Pappschuber. Goldgeprägter Rückentitel.
1917pp. ix, 16. Title page decorated with large red initial. Printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper. Inked ownership of J. F. Oller, 1924, on end paper and slip case. Square 12mo. Original stiff blue wraps, decorated and lettered in green. Original slip case. Fifth edition. Limited Edition of only 925 copies. Nice copy. PRESS/W39
2005ref. ABE-6982096487Harvill Secker London 2005 FIRST printing and RARE as a signed first edition even rarer in this new unread state. Stored in a book room after publication this is a supreme quality first edition SIGNED. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Harvill Secker London hardcover
1882ref. 57197London: Macmillan and Co. R.ichard Clay Sons & Taylor Printers 1882. 4to. 48 pp. Colour frontisp. colour-illustrated title colour-printed and illustrated throughout. Quarter-brown cloth over colour-illustrated boards cover art by Cruikshank dustsoiling edgewear minor scuffing & wear to corners slightly shaken still good copy w/ very bright interior. First edition of this satirical and humorous series of vignettes surrounding the Suffolk Harvest Festival featuring dancing eating libations and pursuit of the fetching Judie Twitchett as reminiscences told to a group of young children. Macmillan and Co., [R.[ichard] Clay, Sons & Taylor, Printers], hardcover
192937p. Printed from type on Gracian Laid paper made by the Worthy Paper Company and the type destroyed. Set in Caslon Old Face by W. K. Grauer. Designed by A. W. Rushmore. Large 12mo. Original full marbled paper binding with green printed paper label on spine and front cover. Very cute dog story issued as a Christmas Keepsake by Harper & Brothers for private distribution only. No copies are for sale. Beautiful copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70.
ref. 63-9346New York: New York School Of Printing 1939. Invitation: 5-3/4 x 4-3/8 inches. Presentation of bronze bust of Frederic W. Goudy The New York School of Printing. ND. Very Good. Scarce.From the collection of San Franciscan Albert Sperisen. New York: New York School Of Printing, [1939]. unknown
1791ref. 000015094Worcester Massachusetts: Isaiah Thomas 1791. First Thomas edition. Hardcover. Good or better. 4to. 2 3-1310 pp. Contemporary paneled sheep with the spine in six compartments. Illustrated with two engraved frontispieces. Completing the title page: And with the former translations diligently compared and revised by the special command of King James I of England. With marginal notes and references. To which are added an index and an alphabetical table of the names in the Old and New Testaments with their significations. American Antiquarian Society "Isaiah Thomas’s Printing Press: "Old Number One". Darlow and Moule 1353. Isaiah Thomas' printing press first operated out of Boston: producing a newspaper and materials that encouraged American colonists to rebel against the British imperial government. Thomas moved his press to Worcester at the behest of his friends who suspected that it would be impounded by the British authorities. Thomas' Bible was produced in several quarto octavo and duodecimo editions. Darlow and Moule note that Thomas enlisted the help of clergymen and others to compare nearly thirty different editions of the scripture. The Thomas Bible is one of the more attractive productions of early American printing. The clasps largely perished quite a bit of rubbing to the leather's edges. Lacks leaves K3 and K4 the final verses of Maccabees also lacks the endpapers. An armorial bookplate that states "Williams" on the front pastedown an inscription reading Thomas Williams Jr. 1792 on the verso of the Apocrypha title page. Isaiah Thomas hardcover
1979pp. xvii, 780 + Plus color frontis. Full page color illustrations by T. M. Kronenberger. Pale orange silk moire endpapers. All edges gold. Original pale orange page ribbon. Original bookplate from the Easton Press, not filled in. 4to. Original full maroon deep morocco grain leather binding with gold Gothic like designs through out. Gilt decorated and lettered spine with raised bands. Hardbound. Very beautiful, crisp copy. This Collector's Edition is published in advanced for the subscribers of the Easton Press collection of "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written". PRESS/W75.
1840Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, with half-title and title in red and black; original brown ribbed cloth, very neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, new paper label and laid endpapers to style, a very good, clean copy. CRISP COPY OF THE FIRST MODERN ACCOUNT OF THE CRUSADES IN ENGLISH. Based on the third edition of 1647 and printed by Whittingham at the Chiswick Press, this is a beautiful edition from Pickering at the height of his powers. Morison: Four Centuries of Fine Printing, 297; NCBEL I, p.2233.
1850Six Volumes. Portrait frontis in Volume One. Bookseller's label in Volume Three. All volumes age stained. Inked ownership of Joseph V. Diehl all volumes. Large 12mo. Original full publisher's cloth bindings, embossed in blind and lettered in gold. Volumes worn with loss at head of spines. Hardbound. Though some wear, this is a nice set of Gibbon's Decline and Fall. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SET/W46
8vo, xlii, 308pp., frontis., numerous coloured illustrs., orig. buckram, printed paper label on spine and upper cover, uncut. Jemmy Catnach, the printer, son of John Catnach, printer in Northumberland, and who founded the press, justly earned the distinction of being one of the great pioneers in the cause of promoting cheap literature.
1953pp. xviii, 304. Wood engravings by Derrick Harris. Title page ornately ruled in black. Endpapers beginning to brown. 8vo. Original full patterned cloth binding. Spine darkened and worn. Original leather spine label chipped. Hardbound. PRESS/W74
1970650pp. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
4 Vols., 4to, over 2740pp., orig. cloth. Reproduces the catalogue cards of the ca. 16,000 items in this very important collection. Some of the many subjects include: incunabula, curiosities of bookmaking (such as chained books), modern fine printing, history of paper, type specimen books, printing manuals, graphic design, trade catalogues, binding, and much more.
4 Vols., 4to, over 2740pp., orig. cloth. Reproduces the catalogue cards of the ca. 16,000 items in this very important collection. Some of the many subjects include: incunabula, curiosities of bookmaking (such as chained books), modern fine printing, history of paper, type specimen books, printing manuals, graphic design, trade catalogues, binding, and much more.
190228p. + Frontis. Intricately decorated frontis, title page and text illustrations by Louis Rhead. Title page printed in red and black. Square 8vo. Original vellum like paper binding decorated in green and red. Lacks spine and front edge ties. Binding worn. Hardbound. PRESS/W34
First edition, 4to, [2],90pp., lithographed throughout wove paper watermarked "Whatman 1820", inscribed "E. H. Grimston from his affectionate aunt Harriot Grimston Oct 13th 1840", Edward H. Grimston was the second son of the author, and Harriot her sister-in-law, lithographed portrait frontispiece of the author on india-proof paper, title within decorative border, 9 lithographed plates and plans, one etched plate, 11 lithographed armorials in the margins, some light spotting, contemporary half morocco,upper joint split. "Probably the earliest [British] topographical book with its text lithographed... the most striking feature of the book is the discrepancy between the assurance of the writing of the main text and the naivety of the drawings..."?Twyman, Early Lithographed Books, pp. 179-180. Twyman suggests that Charlotte Grimston (wife of the first earl of Verulam who owned Gorhambury) was responsible for the views and plans, but employed a professional lithographic writer for the text. Martin, Privately Printed Books, pp.342-43.
First edition, 8vo (220 x 140 mm), [4], 66pp., orig. red cloth, gilt, spine faded.
1835ref. 28300Peekskill NY: Samuel Huestis 1835. Hardcover. Good overall. An early Peekskill imprint of this story which originated in the 8th and 9th centuries A.D. 32mo 118pp blue stiff paper cover stitch bound spine lacking with b&w woodcut illustrations. Light foxing throughout spine tender but holding. OCLC 701787336 shows 1 copy at Yale. Samuel Huestis hardcover
ref. 220917London: The London Printing and Publishing Company. Fair with no dust jacket. N.D. Hardcover. Covers and spines are worn and stained. Cracking and chipping of edges of spines. Large stain on front cover of fourth volume. Cracking on some hinges. A page loose in volume 7. Foxing and damp staining on front and back blanks and some throughout pages. Sixth volume is missing from set. ; Six of seven volumes present: 1 - 5 and 7. . The London Printing and Publishing Company hardcover
2008ref. ABE-1960869228Faber London 2008 Handsome paperback original from Faber. This wonderful novel is signed on the title page. Perfect unread first printing first edition. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New. Faber London paperback
