A portion of a recently acquired collection of fine press, bibliography, and books about books.
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Cambridge: Privately Printed, 1970. 8vo. 44pp. Original cloth-backed boards. Fine. FIRST EDITION, one of 500 copies. This was Cambridge University Press's Christmas book of the year. The two leaves of illustration were printed by the Officina Bodoni. More
North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1981. 8vo (229 x 150 mm). Numerous facsimiles, over twenty original samples of Japanese papers. Original Oasis-backed patterned-paper boards, deckle edges preserved, by Gray Parrot. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 63 of 250 copies. Printed on Frankfurt paper. More
Newton, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 2011. 8vo (228 x 152 mm). 143, [1]pp. 24 double-page specimens of Japanese paper, other smaller samples in text; black-and-white illustrations. Original quarter African goatskin, cloth sides with Japanese letters in gilt, untrimmed. Fine. LIMITED EDITION, number 56 of 120 copies. More
North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1979. 4to (277 x 193 mm). 120, [1]pp. 24 black-and-white illustrations of which eighteen are full page by Richard Flavin, Fourteen tipped-in paper samples some made by Timothy Barrett and some by well known Japanese craftsmen. Original Oasis-backed floral-patterned boards, deckle edges preserved... More
Pasadena: Grant Dahlstrom, 1970. 8vo. [iv], 39pp. Original wrappers. Bookplate of George B. Allen. Fine. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, translated by Ruth Frey from the original German of 1931. More
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... More
Verona: Plain Wrapper Press, 1976. Folio (335 x 240 mm). Etching by Fulvio Testa. 8pp. Sewn into dark brown Guido Reni Fabriano Roma paper wrappers and bound in stiff marbled covers made by Marcello Fornaro. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 33 of 71 copies signed by the author and artist... More
Carrollton, OH: Press on Scroll Road, 2002. 4to. [24]pp. Engravings by Abigail Rorer, initials by Myrlin von Glahn. Original fine-grained quarter cloth, patterned boards, printed paper labels on covers. Fine. FIRST EDITION, one of 102 copies. More
Carrollton, OH: Press on Scroll Road, 2002. 4to. [24]pp. Engravings by Abigail Rorer, initials by Myrlin von Glahn. Original fine-grained quarter cloth, patterned boards, printed paper labels on covers. Fine. FIRST EDITION, one of 102 copies. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Colin Franklin to Lew Reines. More
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. More
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... More
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 12 of 145 copies printed by Bob and Bonnie Baris at the Ondine Press. Compliments slip of Decherd Turner laid-in. More
New York: H. P. Kraus, [1971]. Folio. 14 color plates, 86 halftones and line cuts. 167, [4]pp. Original fine-grained cloth, printed paper label on cover. A near-fine copy with slightest sunning to cloth. FIRST EDITION, one of 1200 copies of Kraus's "culmination of many years of planning and working. Never... More
London: The Curwen Press for The Rampant Lion Press, 1972. Tall 8vo (294 x 200 mm). Original patterned paper wrappers, glassine, deckle edges preserved. FIRST EDITION, limited to 100 copies. Published on January 8, 1972 on the occasion of Mardersteig's eightieth birthday, the work was conceived by Hans Schmoller and... More
London: The Curwen Press for The Rampant Lion Press, 1972. Tall 8vo (294 x 200 mm). Original patterned paper wrappers, glassine, deckle edges preserved. FIRST EDITION, limited to 100 copies. Published on January 8, 1972 on the occasion of Mardersteig's eightieth birthday, the work was conceived by Hans Schmoller and... More
[Stockholm, WI]: Midnight Paper Sales, 2001. Folio (360 x 228 mm). Four color wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec. Text hand-set in Pholiphilus with Blado italic. Original cloth-backed boards, printed paper spine label; slipcase. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 47 of 200 copies signed by Gaylord Schanilec, who... More
London: The British Library, 1978. Folded sheet (240 x 165). Portrait of Mardersteig. Original printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION, printing Mardersteig's dictum: "A book consists of five elements: the text, the type, the ink, the paper, and the binding. To create a unity from these five elements in such a way... More
London: The British Library, 1978. Four pages on one folded sheet (240 x 165 mm). Photographic portrait of Mardersteig. Original printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION, Brooke Crutchley's copy, signed by him on title. Printing Mardersteig's dictum: "A book consists of five elements: the text, the type, the ink, the paper, and... More
Verona: 1989. A collection of materials given and gathered by a participant in the ceremonies in honor of the Felice Feliciano International Award, held in Verona 2-3 June 1989. Included are: leaf printed on vellum (see below) given to participants in the ceremonies; TLS from Roberta Bianconi, secretariat of the... More
London: 1930. Folio. Pp. 121-131. Four specimen leaves tipped-in as issued. Half cloth, marbled boards, typed labels on spine and pastedown. The specimen leaves show the press's Vicenza type, pages from d'Annunzio's Francesca da Rimini, the title of Thomas and Morison's Andres Brun for the Pegasus Press, and the title... More
Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1966. 8vo. [32]pp. Original printed wrappers. Slight fading to spine, generally fine. FIRST EDITION, one of 135 copies. A keepsake printed for Gallery 303 to accompany Dreyfus's lecture delivered on 5 October 1966. Mardersteig 147. More
[Milan]: Libreria Antiquaria Mediolanum, 2012. 8vo. 118pp. Original printed wrappers, separate folded sheet summarizing the collection in English laid-in. A beautifully prepared and illustrated catalogue of the Lombi collection of editions printed by the Officina Bodoni, comprising 194 works in hundreds of volumes. More
New York: [Verona: Stamperia Valdonega for] The Limited Editions CLub, 1965. Folio (310 x 205 mm). 369, [3]pp. Illustrated by Aldo Salvadori. Original blue leather-backed boards; dust jacket; slipcase. Light wear to slipcase, a fine copy. LIMITED EDITION, number 955 of 1500 copies signed by Mardersteig and Salvadori. More
Milan: Stamperia Valdonega for Carlo Alberto Chiesa, 1967. 8vo. 35pp. Text in Latin, Italian, and English. Original printed wrappers; slipcase. A fine copy. More