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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
[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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Verona: Stamperia Valdonega, 1979. 8vo. 15pp. Original printed wrappers. Near-fine. FIRST EDITION, printed on occasion of the celebration of Mardersteig's life and work at the Biblioteca Trivulziana.
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.
[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.
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.
Milan: Stamperia Valdonega for Carlo Alberto Chiesa, 1967. 8vo. 35pp. Text in Latin, Italian, and English. Original printed wrappers; slipcase. A fine copy.
Milan: [Verona: Officina Bodoni for] Cento Amici del Libro, 1991. 8vo (257 x 177 mm). 67, [3]pp. Eight etchings by Iza Pizzoni, each signed in pencil. Original boards; glassine; slipcase. Fine. FIRST EDITION, one of 100 copies designated for a recipient from an edition of 130.
New York: The Grolier Club, 1982. 8vo. 41, [2]pp. Original cloth. Near-fine with one small bump to front board. FIRST EDITION, one of 450 copies designed by Bert Clarke and printed at The Press of A. Colish, on the 25th anniversary of Rogers's death.
New York: [San Francisco: John Henry Nash for] Mitchell Kennerley, 1924. 8vo. 9, [2]pp. Original cloth, printed paper label on spine. Light soiling and wear to spine. FIRST EDITION, number 123 of 250 copies.
Jenkintown, PA: The Alverthorpe Gallery, 1976. 8vo. [10], 148, [1]pp. Original black quarter morocco, cloth sides; slipcase. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION, one of 250 copies designed by Joseph Blumenthal and printed by The Stinehour Press. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed to "Tea" Richardson, 1976.
Harper Woods, MI: Adagio Press, 1962. Introduction by Norman H. Strouse. 8vo. Illustrations by Adele Bichan. Original quarter vellum, marbled boards, untrimmed. Fine. LIMITED EDITION, one of approximately 280 copies on Fabriano from an edition of approximately 360. This is the second book published by Leonard Bahr's private press.
Milan: Cento Amici del Libro, 1999. Folio (330 x 253 mm). Etchings and lithographs by Sandro Martini. Original printed wrappers; blue printed paper chemise; slipcase. A few soft creases to slipcase, otherwise a fine copy. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 100 COPIES for designated recipients from an edition of 130, signed by the artist.