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1952Best.-Nr. biblio918120 pages plus 12 color plates. Bookplate on front pastedown Amilcare Pizzi S. A. hardcover
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1892Best.-Nr. 0005616London: George Bell & Sons 1892. First Limited edition. Hardcover. Good. Abundantly illustrated. 12mo xiii 249 ii pp. green silk cloth edgeworn newly rebacked with paper label. This is one of the 935 regular copies. Comprehensive coverage of particularly English bookplates from the age of Shakespeare to late Victoria. Abundantly illustrated. Printed by The Chiswick Press. George Bell & Sons hardcover
1834Best.-Nr. 0008265London: Richard Glynn 1834. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo xxviii 424 pages clothbacked original boards lacking most of the spine early signatures disbound John Landseer was the father of famed painter Edwin Landseer. John was himself a member of the Royal Academy of Arts a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and Engraver to the King; however there are no engravings in this work. Landseer anticipated further volumes but they never appeared. Printed by Charles Whittingham at Chiswick. Note: three of the Landseers were employed by Charles Sr. to work on engravings for his publications. Richard Glynn hardcover
1976Best.-Nr. 5591London: Officyna Stanislaw Gliwa 1976. First Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine/issued without. Oblong 8vo 29 pages brown cloth deckle-edged. Rare. Copy no. 100 of 275 only being publication no. 37 by the Gliwa Press. Handset by Maria Gliwa with presswork and linocuts by Stanislaw Gliwa. Printed on mould-made Italian paper 'Della Robbia' . Stankiewicz was a prominent political philosopher having lectured on politics history economics history and jurisprudence at over 40 universities. Both he and Stanislaw fought with the Polish forces in exile during WWII. This is an aphoristic dictionary e.g. " ELITISM: A now-derogatory terms revealing democracy's essentially anti-intellectual mood and its fear of 'meritocracy'. " Officyna Stanislaw Gliwa hardcover
1979Best.-Nr. DEMO015265ILondon: New English Library 1979 . First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. photos. Oblong 4to 141 pages cloth white dj. Out-of-print and uncommon. Extra shipping due to weight of this volume. Pages & pictures of folding revolving dissolving mechanical scenic panoramic dimensional changing Pop-up & novelty books. Illustrated from photographs. Illustrated lavishly from the collection of David and Briar Philips. An invaluable reference tool. New English Library hardcover
1885Best.-Nr. 5156Leiden: P. Somerwil 1885. Hardcover. Fair. Oblong portfolio 7 pages embossed blue cloth broken ties text block detached. Contains 31 of 36 panels of this chromolithographed panorama 27 x 35 cm. Note: WorldCat cites no copy in the Americas . Offered "as is" with some nicks with panels separating or separated. Note: this is the portfolio only which has a description of the panels but does not have the supplemental historical volume. Ex libris Albert Paul Marin Adrien Storm de Grave 1878-1952 lieutenant de cavalerie ritmestre. This is one of several panoramic costume cavalcades which depict the Leidsche Studenten Corps re-enacting historical sights. In this case it is a parade of personages from the foundation of Leyden University in 1574 to its 310th anniversary in 1884 in 223 figures by Gerardus J. Bos. P. Somerwil hardcover
1901Best.-Nr. 5016East Aurora NY: Roycrofters 1901. First edition thus. Softcover. Fine. 8vo brown suede satin endpapers: remarkably fresh condition Hand-colored title-page and initial letters. Separate appearance from the English Men of Letters series. McKenna 62. Roycrofters paperback
1915Best.-Nr. DEMO005562IEast Aurora: Roycrofters 1915. Author's. Hardcover. half light brown morocco . portrait gravures. 4to 312 pages half brown embossed pigskin marbled boards raised bands lacks lowest panel of spine. Limited to 378 numbered copies signed by Elbert Hubbard II in the aftermath of his parents' deaths on "The Lusitania". McKenna 230 . The Old Philistine's selected essays including "The Titanic" -how ironic! "John Burroughs" "The Ex-Libris Collector" "A Message to Garcia" "The Book of Job" "The Journal of Koheleth" etc. With portrait gravures. Roycrofters hardcover
1859Best.-Nr. 4841Cincinnati OH : Cincinnati Type-Foundry 1859. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo contemporary clothy X-library Mt. St. Mary's Seminary with perforated title-page some water-stains. Bigmore & Wyman I 448; St. Bridge p.576; ATF Library p.1508. De Vinne owned a copy of this. Cincinnati Type-Foundry hardcover
1958Best.-Nr. 4687Cleveland OH: World Publishing 1958. First edition American issue. Hardcover. Good/good. 4to 454 pages cloth; dj not chipped but worn. With more than 400 illustrations twenty in full color some tipped-in. Covers both Western and Eastern books and codices. World Publishing hardcover
1900Best.-Nr. DEMO014234IPortland ME: Thomas B. Mosher 1900. First Limited. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Ex libris Herbert Carlton Wright. 12mo 4 xxii 85 pages. An unusual production with both boards in decorative French wrappers with a plain thin dust jacket with only the title on the spine chipped; dec French wraps unopened; dj chipped flap separated The 100th book from this press. Limited to only 400 copies. As a poet who died young Gray has been compared to Keats. Thomas B. Mosher hardcover
1988Best.-Nr. DEMO016035ILos Angeles: Arundel Press 1988. First Limited edition. Hardcover. fine/issued without. Quarto 33 1 pages cloth paper labels issued w/o dj No. 56 of 250 numbered copies. Romantic previously unpublished poems dating from circa. 1912 or earlier. Printed by Patrick Reagh. Arundel Press hardcover
1945Best.-Nr. DEMO009380IChicago: Silver Quoin Press 1945. First Limited. Hardcover. pink boards head torn splitting at joints. Octavo 15 pages pink boards thin spine repaired. One of 150 copies. The Silver Quoin Press was a hobby press by James Madison Dille a medical student. This copy is inscribed by Dr. Kampmeier to Dr. William F. Petersen. Tipped-in is an ALS from Kampmeier to Petersen: "I am sending you one of my poems entitled 'Curriculum Vitae'. You are the first one to get a copy." CV is part of his magnum opus a long poem "Madonna of the Rockies". Laid in is another ALS asking Dr. Petersen to consider critically reading the 175 typewritten pages of the poem. Silver Quoin Press hardcover
1812Best.-Nr. DEMO016656ILondon: J. Carpenter J. Booker 1812. New edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 69 woodcuts. 16mo modern speckled calf extra gilt by Bayntun a.e.g. some closed splits in the leather on the covers. Classic and handsome treatment of Gay's first collection and his posthumous collection of fables. "Printed at The Chiswick Press by Mr. Whittingham whose taste and skill in fine typography have conspired to enter his name pre-eminent in the literary annals of the country. . the typographical connoisseur sees much to delight his eye and to gratify his mind. He perceives the most careful display and arrangement of type; the most pleasing tone of ink on every page; and the woodcuts brought out in all their brightness clearness and richness of colour -"The Gentleman's Magazine." The first fable in part 2 "The Dog and the Fox" is dedicated to a lawyer. "I know you Lawyers can with ease / Twist words and meanings as you please;". 69 woodcuts. J. Carpenter, J. Booker hardcover
1981Best.-Nr. 0007965San Francisco: The Scowrers & Molly Maguires 1981. First Limited edition. Fine. Small folio iv pages One of only 150 copies done at the occasion of John Bennett Shaw's Sherlockian Seminar at Stanford University. Merrill's sonnet "A Requiem for 221B" is excellent and truer with each passing day. A keepsake limited to 150 copies hand-set and printed by John Ruyle at the Pequod Press. The Scowrers & Molly Maguires unknown
1989Best.-Nr. DEMO013090INo place: Joseph J. D'Ambrosio 1989. First Limited edition. Hardcover. As New/as new. photographs. Octavo 129pp. leather copper and marbled paper; Italian linen & paper dj D'Ambrosio's second bibliography of his work bringing it up-to-date. This one gives a much fuller account of the genesis and processes of each of his works with laser-printed color photographs of the books some of which are limited to only one copy! Indispensable to the appreciation of the artistry and the artist. Laid in is the original announcement for this work. Joseph J. D'Ambrosio hardcover
1992Best.-Nr. DEMO012900ISherman Oaks CA: D'Ambrosio 1992. First Limited edition. hardcover. Fine. Josephp D'AMBROSIO's serigraphs. Octavo 24pp. crenellated spine paper label aqua spine floral boards. A Livre d'Artiste by D'Ambrosio. Introd. by Patrick Magarick. Limited to 85 copies on handmade papers by Madeleine Pestiaux. Villiers de L'Isle Adam a French contemporary to de Maupassant and Huysmans is best known for his CONTES CRUELS. D'Ambrosio designed hand-set printed and bound this work. "D'Ambrosio is a book artist of individual books. As his aim is not to break tradition in and of itself heis not avant-garde. His goal is to make beautiful books and there is never any doubt that the object he creates is just that. His work is so outstanding that I have never seen anything like it in a lifetime of book collecting -Magarick." In this work he has set most of the text pages into three-dimensional framed borders in a self-boxed format. D'Ambrosio hardcover
1952Best.-Nr. biblio918120 pages plus 12 color plates. Bookplate on front pastedown Amilcare Pizzi S. A. hardcover
1924Best.-Nr. 163BIONew York: William Edwin Rudge 1924. 14 pp. Original green paper covered boards w/ gilt title on front cover. Binding very bright and clean. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. One of 500 copies. TYPOGRAPHY BY BRUCE ROGERS WHO SIGNS. Comes in original glassine DJ which is lightly chipped at the edges. Contents very nice. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Limited Edition. William Edwin Rudge Hardcover
1998Best.-Nr. AR-80Tokyo Japan: Graphic-sha Publishing 1998. Comprehensive text presents a complete collection of the the 1304 works entered and 347 works selected in the annual Applied Topography awards for 1998. Categories include: visual identity; logotypes symbols marks; typefaces; pictograms; diagrams; graphics; editorial; packaging; display & environment; visual & digital media; research & investigation; special feature; grand prix; and best work. 303 pgs. Illustrated. Dustjacket in mylar. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Graphic-sha Publishing Hardcover
Best.-Nr. a54354NY 1929 1st Country Life. 160p. Every couple of pages is printed in a different font--each font is labelled and indexed. 8vo. Hardcover. Near VG number stamp on Table of Contents page and slight paperclip residue--no other ownership markings. Spine lettering faded away. no dj. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 214Parisiis : apud Lefèvre, 1822. ÉDITION IMPRIMÉE SUR GRAND RAISIN VÉLIN SATINÉ DANS UNE FINE RELIURE SIGNÉE HERING & MULLER
Best.-Nr. 489Aurelianis (Orléans) : Couret De Villeneuve, 1767. ÉDITION EN CARACTÈRES MINUSCULES EN RARE MAROQUIN SOUPLE DE L'ÉPOQUE
Best.-Nr. 994Paris ; id. : Société de Linotype française ; id., 1911 ; 1913. RARE ENSEMBLE DE 20 NUMÉROS D'UN PÉRIODIQUE POUR LES PROFESSIONNELS DE L'IMPRIMERIE
Best.-Nr. 1001Paris : Aux dépens des auteurs, 1934. ABONDAMMENT ILLUSTRÉ DE SPÉCIMENS DIDACTIQUES
1897Best.-Nr. 8655Paris et Niort, Claudin et Clouzot, 1897. 1950 g 3 parties en 2 volumes in-8 brochés, 192 pp., [2] ff., lxxvi pp., [4] ff., figures; [2] ff., xix pp., 258 figures de fac-similés.. Ouvrage tiré à 200 exemplaires. Exemplaire avec envoi de l'auteur dans chacun des volumes à Mr. F. Daudet, avocat et bibliophile à Nîmes, et contenant deux lettres autographes de Claudin : - La première lettre est écrite de Grenoble en 1897, pendant la semaine où l'auteur assistait à la vente de la Bibliothèque Salvaing de Boissieu, il sollicite ''un petit renseignement confidentiel'' concernant une bibliothèque que désire vendre une dame de Nîmes. - La seconde est écrite de Charenton en 1900, l'auteur vient de terminer sa grande ''Histoire de l'Imprimerie en France'' et a enfin le temps de s'occuper de sa correspondance; Claudin évoque les déboires de madame Sury qui a quitté son mari, et demande quelques conseils, il se propose également, d'offrir un exemplaire de son ouvrage sur l'imprimerie à Poitiers, dont il offre les derniers exemplaires à ses amis. Taches claires sur le dos, légères traces d'humidité marginales, quelques usures. . (Catégories : Bibliographie, Poitou, Typographie, )
