Amazonia Brasileria Catalogo da Exposiçao
Rio de Janeiro: Biblioteca Nacional, 1969. 8vo. Plates. Original printed wrappers. Minor shelfwear. FIRST EDITION.
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"Dennis J. Grastorf is the president of The Angelica Press" [pamphlet business card]
New York: The Angelica Press, ca. 1974. 32mo (2.75 x 2.25 inches). Small woodcut of an angel printed in red on the first leaf. [8] pages, unopened. Sewn in plain purple wrappers. Number 59 of 450 copies, providing the address and telephone number of Dennis J. Grastorf at The Angelica.....
A Handlist of English Language Editions printed on the hand-press of the Officina Bodoni 1923-1975
Brighton: Privately printed for Tony Appleton, 1975. 8vo. [20] pages. Original printed wrappers. Number 27 of 100 copies signed by Tony Appleton, who printed this as a Christmas keepsake in 1975. Includes a supplement of books designed and printed by Giovanni Mardersteig for the Limited Editions Club.
Bibliotheca Lindesiana: The Lives and Collections of Alexander William, 25th Earl of Crawford and 8th Earl of Balcarres, and James Ludovic, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1978. 11.5 x 7.5 inches. 415 pages. Illustrated in black-and-white. Original blue cloth, top edges gilt. Printed for presentation to the Roxburghe Club.
In Memory of Richard Blackwell, 1918 - 1980
New York: Oxford University Press, 1984. 8vo (8.75 x 5.5 inches). 29 pages. Original cloth-backed boards with gilt monograph on upper cover. First edition.
Art of the Printed Book, 1455-1955: Masterpieces of Typography Through Five Centuries from the Collections of the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
New York and Boston: Pierpoint Morgan Library/David R. Godine, 1973. Folio. 192 pages. Black-and-white illustrations and photographs. Pictorial boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Pierpont Morgan Library from 11 September to 2 December 1973.
The Czech Book and the World
Prague: Artia, General Management of the Printing Industry in Prague, 1972. 13 x 6.25 inches. 85, [3] inches. Profusely illustrated. Original plain red wrappers; green outer wrapper; plain white slipcase. This was issued as an anniversary publication for Artaria, in collaboration with the General Management of the Printing Industry in.....
Diccionario Geographico e Historico da Bahia
Bahia: Imprensa Official, 1923. 8vo. 389pp. Contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards. Some pale browning, light wear to binding. FIRST EDITION.
The Book: Printers, Illustrators, and Binders, from Gutenberg to the Present Time
London: Grevel, 1890. First of this expanded version. 4to. 383 pages, including 172 illustrations. Brown blind-tooled leather, morocco spine labels.
Early Books and Manuscripts. Forty Years of Research
New York: The Grolier Club & The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973. 8vo (9 x 6 inches). 655 pages. Original blue cloth. First edition, one of 510 copies, inscribed by the author.
Philobiblion. Excellent traité sur l'amour des livres
Paris: A. Aubry, 1856. 8vo. xlvii, 287, [1] pages. Later cloth, original printed wrappers bound in. FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH, and the first edition to furnish adequate critical apparatus and explanatory notes. Limited to 500 copies.
Gogmagog: Morris Cox & the Gogmagog Press
Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1991. 4to. Color and black-and-white plates. Original orange cloth. As new. FIRST EDITION. Published on the occasion of Cox's 88th birthday "as a tribute to the brilliance of his work at the Gogmagog Press - as author, artist, and printer, creator of some of the most.....
Fruit Among the Leaves: An Anniversary Anthology
New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1950. 8vo (9.5 x 6.5 inches). 335 pages. Original green cloth; blue slipcase. First edition. This volume was issued to celebrate the one hundred and twenty fifth anniversary of the foundation of D. Appleton and Company, and The Century Company's eightieth anniversary.
The Avant-Garde in Print 4
New York: AGP Matthews Inc., 1981. First edition. One tri-folded sheet text and 10 color plates. Loose as issued in original black paper portfolio with mounted title label on front. The fourth volume in the series Typography/Master Designers in Print 1, documenting Twentieth Century design and typography. The ten plates.....
The Avant-Garde in Print 5
New York: AGP Matthews Inc., 1981. First edition. One tri-folded sheet text and 10 color plates. Loose as issued in original black paper portfolio with mounted title label on front. The fourth volume in the series Typography/Master Designers in Print 2, documenting Twentieth Century design and typography. The ten plates.....
Calls, Sounds & Merchandise of the Peking Street Peddlers
Newton, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1993. 4to (10 x 8 in.). 25 wood engravings by Rosemary Covey, each tipped to mount. Original quarter red goatskin, blue floral-patterned cloth. A fine, fresh copy. FIRST EDITION, number 121 of 200 copies. Printed on Arches mouldmade paper. Bound by Campbell-Logan Bindery. Laid-in.....
The Book that Never Was
New York: Oriole Editions, 1971. 8vo. 86 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Original blue cloth-backed boards; dust jacket; slipcase. FIRST EDITION.
The Advent of Printing and the Problem of the Renaissance; Offprint from: Past & Present, A Journal of Historical Studies, No. 45
Oxford: Past & Present, November 1969. 8vo (8.5 x 5.5 inches). 89 pages. Original printed wrappers; acetate. First edition, offprint issue, with a handwritten note by the author laid in.
Catalogue of a Collection of Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts
N.p. Privately printed by John C. Wilkins, 1879. 4to. x, 352, [1] pages. Sectional titles within ornamental borders, one printed in red and black, ornamental initial letters throughout, 65 reproductions. Original hard-grained morocco-backed cloth boards, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Copies of the catalogue were never offered for sale. Fisher.....
Ian Fleming The Bibliography
London: Queen Anne Press, 2012. Preface by Fergus Fleming, Foreword by Michael J. Vanblaricum; edited by Brad Frank. Folio. Errata slip tipped in on page v of the prelims. 692pp, with index. Profusely illustrated. Original red cloth; acetate; publisher's cardboard mailing box. As-new. FIRST TRADE EDITION, signed by Jon Gilbert.....
Fond of Printing: Gordon Craig as Typographer & Illustrator
London: Hurtwood Publications, 1980. 8vo (7.25 x 4.75 inches). 91 pages. Red cloth; original glassine; slipcase. Limited edition, one of 125 copies with two unique woodcuts by Gordon Craig signed on the colophon by the author, from an edition of 1350.
The Pied Piper. A Tale of Two Ditties
Austin: The Armstrong Browning Library, Baylor University, 1993. 8vo. 21, [1] pages. Original cloth, printed label on cover. One of 50 copies so bound, signed by the author, from an edition of 600. A lecture celebrating the sesquicentennial publication of "The Pied Piper of Hamelin."
The Private Presses
London: Studio Vista, 1970. 8vo. 240 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. Reprint from the original 1969 edition. Colin Franklin provides a full account of the English Private Press Movement. Franklin writes about not only the presses and their owners, but also the books they printed.
Themes in Aquatint
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1978. Folio. viii, 104pp. 16 color reproductions. Original cloth-backed marbled boards. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION, one of 500 copies.
The Triple Crown: Kelmscott, Doves, and Ashendene
Dallas, TX: Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University, 1977. 4to. 19, [1]pp. Original cloth, printed paper label on spine. Light toning to cloth. FIRST EDITION, number 92 of 145 copies printed by Bob and Bonnie Baris at the Ondine Press. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed to a collector "in admiration of his 'Triple.....