Boston: The Society of Printers, 1965. Edition limited to 500 copies issued as a Keepsake on the sixtieth anniversary of the Society of Printers, 12mo, pp. 26-[30]; 3 plates; a fine copy in orig. navy blue cloth gilt, marbled endpapers, wrapper (lightly chipped). An ""attempt to throw some light"" on..... More
Boston: The Society of Printers, 1965. Edition limited to 500 copies issued as a Keepsake on the sixtieth anniversary of the Society of Printers, 12mo, pp. 26, [4]; 3 plates; a fine copy in original navy blue cloth gilt, marbled endpapers, glasine wrapper (lightly chipped); else fine. An ""attempt to..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1931. First edition, 8vo, pp. v, [1], 43; original drab printed wrappers, the spine somewhat faded and the edges showing some wear and a few tiny tears, but still overall very good. A guide to the contents of the BSC's Year Book and the BSA's..... More
[Cedar Rapids, IA: Torch Press, 1926]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 74; original paper covered boards, printed paper spine label, boards discolored, else fine and partially unopened in a slipcase with darkened spine and some spotting. More
[Toronto & Buffalo]: University of Toronto Press, [1971]. First edition, 4to, pp. 367, [2]; original tan cloth, spine stamped in black and gilt; near fine, lacks the dust-jacket. More
San Francisco: Bedford Arts, 1988. First edition, folio, pp. [8], 147, [1]; illustrated throughout; fine in a fine dust jacket. Thirty-five of the best articles in Fine Print on type and typography by James Mosley, Walter Tracy, Stephen O. Saxe, Sumner Stone, Fine Print's own editor, Sandra Kirshenbaum, John Dreyfus..... More
New York: Philip C. Duschnes, 1945. 3 volumes in two, facsimile reproduction of the 1884 edition, 8vo, pp. [2], xii, 449; [2], vii, [1], 412, [2], vi, [2], 115, [1]; illustrated throughout; original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, 2 leaves chipped at margins (not affecting text), else very good..... More
[N. p.]: The Holland Press, [1969]. Reprint edition (first published 1880-1884), thick 8vo, 3 vols. in 1; pp. xii, 449, [1]; pp. . [6], 412; pp. [4], 115; frontispiece portrait of Bernard Quaritch, dec. initials and illustrations throughout text; a fine, fresh copy in dust jacket. Remains a standard work..... More
[Ann Arbor]: Roger Jackson, 1995. Edition limited to 26 copies of which this is copy "Q," signed by the artist, 8vo, 9 individual unbound sheets on goldenrod cardstock printed in red; laid into a handcrafted envelope made in Nepal from the bark of the Daphne cannabina tree; erotic charcoal illustrations..... More
Edinburgh: Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 1982. First edition, 4to, pp. xxxii, 297; illus.; near fine in original blue cloth, dust-jacket. About 2,500 items with detailed descriptions. More
[Cambridge: by the Provost & Fellows of Eton, 1970]. 8vo, pp. [2], 80, [2]; plates; fine in original light blue wrappers stamped in black and red. More
San Francisco: [the author], 1930. First edition, large 8vo, pp. xiii, [3], 718; original blue buckram, brown leather label stamped in gilt on spine; very light wear to extremities, the label a little scuffed with a few small chips out at edges, and the hinges a little tender; overall, a...... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston [et al.], 1884. First edition, tall 8vo, pp. x, [2], 181, [3] ads; text partially in double column; original olive cloth, printed paper label on spine (rubbed with loss of a letter or two); hinges cracked; good copy. More
London: Elliot Stock, 1891. First edition, 4to, pp. xxvi, [2], 117, [1]; frontis, 2 folding plates, illustrations and facsimiles throughout; front hinge cracked, edges worn, moderate soiling, else a good copy in orig. gilt-decorated red cloth, t.e.g. The story of printing presented as a parallel to the books of the..... More
Madison: Democrat Printing Company, 1898. First edition; 8vo; pp. xi, [1], 375; good or better copy in quarter straight-grain black morocco over marbled boards lettered in gilt on spine; extremities scuffed and rubbed. More
Bethesda: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1979. First edition, 4to, pp. [6], 501; fine in original grey cloth, spine stamped in gilt and black. Approx. 25,000 items. More
[London]: Andre Deutsch, [1969]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 256; frontispiece, 4 leaves of plates printed on rectos and versos; original cloth in blue dust jacket, about fine. Binding imprint of the American distributor, London House & Maxwell. Forms part of the Language Library, edited by Eric Partridge and Simeon Potter..... More
New York: R. R. Bowker, 1941. First edition limited to 750 copies, 8vo, pp. xvii, [1], 142; frontispiece portrait and 16 plates; near fine in original green cloth, with the remains of the printed dust jacket laid in. This copy inscribed "For Colton Storm - who knows why and how..... More
New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1955-1990. 8 (of 10) volumes, mixed editions, 4to, original black cloth, red labels; spines varyingly faded but overall a very good set. Missing the final volume in the series, Westcott to Wylie, and the index. Essential guide to the bibliography of 19th-century American..... More
London: Faber and Faber Limited, [1969]. Second edition, large 8vo, pp. 459, [1]; illustrated throughout, some in color; fine copy in original red cloth stamped in gilt and black, in a near fine dust jacket. From the library of Kim Merker. This second edition presents a slightly expanded text over..... More
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New York: Employing Bookbinders of America, 1932-40. 8vo, the publisher's 3-ring binder containing a number of pamphlets, offprints, and miscellaneous materials regarding the Research Division of Employing Bookbinders of America, most 8 pages or less, often with tables and/or graphs, including 1) What Research can do for the Bookbinder, by..... More
San Francisco: Open Skull Press, May, 1967. Large 4to, unpaged; text printed from typescript on vari-colored paper; original white pictorial wrappers, minor wear, pages uniformly toned, else very good. Contains hundreds of short reviews of small-press books printed across the United States and Europe, edited by American poet Douglas Blazek..... More
[Easthampton: Warwick Press, 1986]. Edition limited to 125 copies signed by Blinn and the photographer, 12mo, [2], 30, [3]; 1 color photograph by Robert Lyons of the author in her print shop tipped in; fine in original green paste-paper covered boards, gilt-lettered spine. The text consists of two lectures by..... More
[Easthampton]: Warwick Press, 1976. Edition limited to 150 copies (this, no. 142), 8vo, pp. [16]; title-page self-portrait with a dab of hand-coloring, hand-colored colophon vignette; original green paste paper wrappers, printed paper label on upper cover; fine. An interesting copy. Laid in is a note from Carol Blinn to Greg..... More
Easthampton: Warwick Press, 2011. Open edition originally limited to 50 copies signed by Blinn (but she assures me that no others have been printed), 8vo, pp. [20]; color pictorial title page and head-piece, 2 tipped-in illustrations and a tipped-in dyed specimen sheet of paper; original pictorial wrappers; fine, in the..... More
