San Francisco: [Grabhorn Press], 1961. Edition limited to 200 copies "printed at the Grabhorn Press for Carroll T. Harris, presented to members of the Grolier Club on the occasion of their visit to San Francisco," 4to, pp. 35, [1]; title-page printed in red and black, printers' devices printed in red..... More
Des Moines: Xerox & LBS Bookbinding Components, 1994. Three ring binder of conference materials for the Des Moines Bookbinding Symposium, June 11-12, 1994. 50-odd leaves printed on rectos only under 5 tabs ("Industry Trends," "Emerging Technologies," etc.). Black cloth binder lettered in gilt on upper cover, later leather label lettered..... More
New York: The Grolier Club, 1914. 12mo, pp. 74; original cream printed wrappers, very light foxing, small loss to bottom of spine. A very good copy. More
New York: Pitman Publishing, 1951. First edition, 8vo, pp. [xiv], 140, [50], 1-52, [2]; frontis.; heavily illus.; fine in jacket. Includes articles by Beatrice Ward, Harry Cater, and others. More
New York: Pelligrini and Cudahy, 1953. First edition, 4to, pp. [16], 140, [57], 1-52, [2]; frontis., heavily illus. throughout in many forms; jacket, some chipping at head and tail of spine; else near fine and remarkably bright. Published in the year of Elizabeth II's coronation, this edition contains "The House..... More
London: Lund Humphries, 1956. First edition, 4to, pp. [16], 154, [77], 54, [2]; frontis.; many illus. throughout featuring a variety of reproductions; jacket, only slightly worn, some brown spotting on half-title, bookplate pasted to front paste-down, library pocket pasted to rear paste-down; very good or better. This golden anniversary volume..... More
New York: Hastings House, 1955. First edition, 8vo, pp. [16], 131, [81], 1-58, [2]; frontis.; heavily illus. throughout; original gray cloth, spine faded; else near fine. This volume contains "Buring Engraving on Metal and Wood," by John Buckland-Wright and "Monotype Spectrum," by Will Carter. More
New York: Hastings House, 1957. First edition, 4to, pp. [24], 164, [76], 1-54, [2]; frontis.; extensively illus. throughout incl. photographs, photogravures, and other reproduction examples; jacket, slightly nicked and worn; else very good or better. This volume contains "The Influence of Reproductive Techniques on Book Illustration," by David Bland and..... More
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London: at the Office of the Fleuron, 1923-25; Cambridge: University Press; New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1926-, 1930. 7 volumes (all published), folio; original cloth and cloth over boards, a good set or better, with moderate wear, staining (as below), and some light foxing to the prelims and terminals..... More
London: Percy Lund, Humphries, & Co., 1916. First edition, 4to, pp. i-iii, 112, [69], 1-43, [1]; frontis.; heavily illustrated; original brown cloth, gilt stamped cover and spine, joints cracked and spine beginning to separate, corners bumped, some soiling, rubbed and worn; else good. Contains "India Paper Prints," by Harry Gow..... More
London: Percy Lund, Humphries & Co., 1913-14. First edition, large 8vo, pp. iii, [6], i-xiv, 224, [4], 1-48, [6], 1-79, [1], iv-vi; frontis.; many types of illus.; original brown cloth, hinges very slightly cracked; else near fine. This edition contains articles by A. E. Astington and Major-General J. Waterhouse discussing..... More
London: Simms & Reed Ltd, 1979. Reprint edition after the original editions of 1902 and 1909; 2 volumes in 1, small folio, pp. 135; 128; fine in original green cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine. More
Leipzig: Verlag von Karl W. Hiersemann, 1925. Folio, pp. lxiii, 682; original blue cloth, red and gilt decorated spine, minor shelf wear; ex-Aquinas Institute of Theology Library with usual markings, else fine. "Beilage zu Band I" laid in. The first volume of ten, published over the course of 75 years..... More
New York: 35 W. 32nd St. [1925]. 4to, pp. [24]; self wrappers. With a form letter from OED educational department on company stationery laid in. Offers deluxe bindings on Shakespeare, Milton, the OEV, Keats, Browning, Wordsworth, etc., the three-volume Oxford Library and the Oxford Teachers' Bible. More
Dallas: Bridwell Library, 1994. Edition limited to 750 copies, 4to, pp. iii, 105; illustrations and facsimiles throughout; original printed pictorial wrappers, fine. An exhibition catalogue at the Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, on the life of the religious and political reformer, whom Pope Alexander VI would denounce as..... More
[London]: 1954. 12mo, pp. 39, [1]; pictorial yellow wrappers printed in red; with an order form, with 25 illustrations throughout of books coming to press in 1954, about half of which are reproductions of illustrations in the books themselves. More
Council Bluffs: Yellow Barn Press, 1987. Edition limited to 150 copies, this one of 75 on Mohawk Letterpress and marked "binder's copy" on the colophon; 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 42, [4]; portrait frontispiece, 1 wood-engraved plate and various text illustrations by John DePol, facsimile of LeBonheur, printed with Goudy's own..... More
Council Bluffs: Yellow Barn Press, 1987. Edition limited to 150 copies (this being copy no. 46) and one of 75 on dampened Rives paper, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 42, [4]; portrait frontispiece, 1 wood-engraved plate and various text illustrations by John DePol, facsimile of LeBonheur, printed with Goudy's own Albion..... More
Council Bluffs: Yellow Barn Press, 1987. Edition limited to 150 copies, this one of 75 on Mohawk Letterpress (this, copy no. 89); 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 42, [4]; portrait frontispiece, 1 wood-engraved plate and various text illustrations by John DePol, folding facsimile of LeBonheur, printed with Goudy's own Albion press..... More
Council Bluffs: Yellow Barn Press, 1987. Edition limited to 150 copies, this one of 75 on Mohawk Letterpress (this, copy no. 126); 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 42, [4]; portrait frontispiece, 1 wood-engraved plate and various text illustrations by John DePol, folding facsimile of LeBonheur, printed with Goudy's own Albion press..... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1947-1954. 9 volumes, 4to, each 16 pages or less, each in original printed wrappers or self-wrappers, each ex-Minnesota Historical Society with a small rubberstamp on the front covers; overall in very good condition. Includes Bindery Series nos. 1-9: The Process of Marbling Paper; Bookbinding Pastes;..... More
[Cambridge, MA]: Harvard University Press, 1949. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 128, 40 plates; bottom corners bumped, without dust jacket, else fine in two-toned black & gray cloth, gilt-lettered spine. A collection of illustrated essays on Function, Form, Style, and Prospect by Dwiggins, Rollins, Paul Rand, Lynd Ward, and Merle..... More
Rochester, Minnesota: The Doomsday Press, 1976. Limited to 300 copies, square 8vo, pp. 21; fine in original stiff paper wrappers, printed in green and black. A keepsake from an exhibition at the University of Minnesota. More
New York: The Grolier Club, 2000. Edition limited to 750 copies, 8vo, pp. xix, [3], 424, [2]; publisher's full blue cloth, gilt title on spine; colophon leaf adhered and separated from endpaper causing blemish; all else fine. Biographical sketches of 116 prominent past members of the club. More
Chicago & Cedar Rapids: 1920-50. All slim 8vo, orig. cloth-backed paper-covered boards, paper labels, occasionally illustrated, etc. Includes 3 titles printed for the Chicago Bookfellows, and 7 privately printed for the friends of the Torch Press, and 1 duplicate, many by J. Christian Bay of the John Crerar Library. Very..... More
