THE OLD-BOOK PEDDLER AND OTHER TALES FOR BIBLIOPHILES.
Evanston, IL: Northwestern University, The Charles Deering Library, (1938). Second printing. 12mo. vii, 107p. Bound in pattern paper boards with paper spine and cover labels. More
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BOOKCLOTH 1823-1980:
Cheshire, England: Dorothy Tomlinson, (1996). First edition of 1500 copies. 8vo. xvi, 143p. Illustrated, including 66 actual tipped-in samples. Bound in gilt-titled red ribbed cloth over beveled boards, t.e.g., and housed in a cloth slipcase. More
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Stamford: Paul Watkins, 1988; 1990. Both editions limited to 500 copies signed by the author and illustrator. 127p: 128p. Illustrated by Martin Smith. Both volumes with illustrated glazed board covers. More
PRINTING TYPES, THEIR HISTORY, FORMS, AND USE, A STUDY IN SURVIVALS.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1937, 1966. Mixed edition. Vol I: Second edition; Vol. II: Second printing of the third edition. Two volumes. xl,292p; xix, 326p. Illustrated. Gilt-titled maroon cloth. More
L'ART DANS LA DECORATION EXTERIEURE DES LIVRES EN FRANCE ET A L'ETRANGER.
Paris: Societe Francaise d'Editions d'Art, 1898. 1 of 1000 copies, this an unnumbered copy. Quarto. vi, 275p. Profusely illustrated throughout. Decorative elements on preliminaries by Leon Rudnick. Bound by Durvand in half scarlet morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with citron morocco label gilt and with inlaid..... More
THE VOICE OF THE OLD FRONTIER.
New York: Ocatgon Books, 1970. xii (ii), 492p. Gilt-titled black cloth. Comprises three lectures and the bibliography of 1300 items from 1542-1800 and is "a selection of works written by those living on the frontier..., stories of Indian captivity and promotion tracts by agents for the sale of frontier lands..."..... More
CODICUM NOVI TESTAMENTI SPECIMINA.
Bonnae: Sumptibus P. Hanstein, 1929. 13p., 54 plates. 4to. Brown cloth with gilt titles on spine and upper cover. More
STORYTELLER WITHOUT WORDS, THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF LYND WARD.
New York: Abrams, 1974. First edition. Thick, square 4to. Black and brown cloth with titles in white and decorations in black. Includes the plates from the novels in woodcuts. More
STORYTELLER WITHOUT WORDS, THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF LYND WARD.
New York: Abrams, 1974. First edition. Thick, square 4to. Black and brown cloth with titles in white and decorations in black. Includes the plates from the novels in woodcuts. More
STANLEY MORISON, MAN OF LETTERS.
(West Yorkshire): Fleece Press. Limited to 240 copies. Miniature book (2 9/16" x 1 7/8"). Unpaged. Examples of Morison's type faces printed in colors. Bound in yellow and white striped cloth with paper cover label. Warde's obituary of Morison. More
FORE-EDGE PAINTING: A HISTORICAL SURVEY OF A CURIOUS ART IN BOOK DECORATION.
Irvington-on-Hudson, NY: Harvey House, 1966. First edition. xiii, 223p. Illustrated, including tipped-in color plates. Gilt-titled tan cloth. The standard text. More
THE SCHOLAR PRINTERS.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1966). Second impression. 59p. (68 entries). Illustrated. Small 8vo. Gilt-titled gray-green cloth. Two Exhibitions at the Newberry Library in Honor of the Association of American University Presses on the Occasion of Their Visit to Chicago on May 31, 1964. More
A SECOND BOOK OF PRESSMARKS GATHERED FROM AMERICA'S PRIVATE PRESSES AND FROM OTHERS NOT SO PRIVATE.
Nappanee, IN: Private Press of the Indiana Kid, 1959. "About 250 copies" 102p. Displays 93 pressmarks, one per page, with the appropriate color and a paragraph about the press. Bound in gilt-titled maroon cloth with the mark of the Press of the Indiana Kid on the upper cover. More
GEORGE DU MAURIER, His Life and Work.
New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, n.d. (1947). "English Masters of Black-And-White" 112p. Extensively illustrated. Includes a list of books illustrated by Du Maurier. Gilt-titled blue cloth. More
DANIEL BERKELEY UPDIKE AND THE MERRYMOUNT PRESS OF BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS, 1860 - 1894 - 1941.
Rochester, NY: The Printing House of Leo Hart, 1947. First edition. 8vo. x (iv), 141p. Illustrated. In publisher's black cloth with spine titles in yellow. This copy with prospectus for the Merrymount ALTER BOOK in front pocket. The first volume in The Printers' Valhalla series. More
MODERN METHODS OF ILLUSTRATING BOOKS.
London: Elliot Stock, 1887. 12mo. viii, 247p. (xiii). Bound in half tan crushed morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., gilt spine titles and double ruled [panels. "The Book-Lover's Library series edited by Henry B. Wheatley. More
SURREPTITIOUS PRINTING IN ENGLAND 1550-1640.
New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1973. First edition. ix, 203p. Illustrated. 4to. Gilt-titled blue cloth with gilt device of printing press on upper cover. More