Cummington, Massachusetts: [1949]. Edition limited to 500 copies, 16mo, pp. [12]; with 2 woodcuts by Wightman Williams, from The Hovering Fly; printed in Poliphilus and Blado, hand-set by Harry Duncan and printed on domestic wove paper; fine in original printed gray wrappers. Printed at The Kraushar Press, Northampton, Massachusetts. Richmond..... More
[London: ] printed by order of the trustees, 1889. 8vo, pp. xxv-[xxvi], 475-[476]; folding color frontis of the plan of the reading room (loose), top of spine chipped and cracked, else good or better in orig. brown cloth; ex-MHS. Extensively indexed. More
Milano: Libreria antiquaria Hoepli, 1928. Large 8vo, pp. [6], 132, [2]; folding color frontispiece, 102 plates at the back, one folding (counted as 2), several printed in red and black; original pictorial wrappers printed in red and black; small crack at the top of the spine; very good. More
Boston: Merrymount Press, [1919]. First edition, 4to, pp. 19, [1]; printed on handmade Fabriano paper; original green printed wrappers; bookplate removed from inside upper cover, else fine. While not credited, this is almost certainly designed by Daniel Berkeley Updike. Includes lists of job work, important patrons, some books printed at..... More
London: Monotype Corporation Limited, 1958. 4to, pp. 21, [1]; photo-reproductive plates and text illustrations throughout; printed paper wrappers, near fine. Commemorating the exhibition held at Monotype House of lettering and type designs by Eric Gill. Laid in is a bifolium of photos from the exhibition, a photo of Eric Gill..... More
Paris: 1812. Broadside (approx. 9¾" x 8¾"), 13 lines at the top detailing the illustration, size, price, availability, etc., beneath which a list of the engravings in double column; 2 small manuscript corrections to the text at the top, and two additional engravings listed in manuscript at the bottom. Not..... More
New York: [Wiley & Putnam], 1845. Small 8vo, pp. [20]; removed from binding, mild dampstain to fore-edge throughout, light spotting and foxing. Whether this is a stand-alone publication or not is not known but with such a title page it's likely some of the edition was distributed as is, likely..... More
London: Designer Bookbinders, 1981-85. Small folio, 5 volumes, illustrated throughout, much in color; fine. In a custom tan cloth clamshell box, printed paper label on spine. Articles by Bernard Middleton, James Brockman, Trevor Jones, Marianne Tidcombe, Daniel Kelm, Nicholas Pickwoad, Daniel Knoderer, et al. These early issues are not common..... More
[New York: Book Arts Press, Columbia University, 1980.]. 8vo, pp. 14, [2]; fine in original blue printed wrappers. Prefatory note by Terry Belanger. Hand-set in 14-point Monotype Caslon 337 and printed on Kilmory Text using an 1843 Washington and a Wesel flatbed platen hand-press. More
New York: 1943-1944. 2 volumes, large 4to; illustrations, text printed in double columns; printed staplebound self-wrappers; uniformly toned, shallow chips and tears along edges not affecting text. The earlier issue advertised as the Winter Book Number, and including the first appearance of Henry Miller's "Another Open Letter," a follow-up to..... More
Andoversford, Gloucestershire: Whittington Press, 1989. Edition limited to 950 copies, this one of 900 not signed by the artists; 8vo, pp. [16]; illustrated; original pink pictorial wrappers; fine. With a complimentary slip signed by the proprietor John Randle laid in. More
Bloomsbury: Nonesuch Press, 1937. Large 8vo, pp. 128; text illustrations throughout; original blue cloth, gilt-stamped on upper cover and spine; fine in fine original glassine dust jacket and the original publisher's box. Prospectus and retrospectus divided into 4 sections (sectional titles on orange paper), including Arthur Waugh's "Charles Dickens and..... More
Helsingfors: Finska Litteratursallskapets Tryckeri A. B., 1937. 8vo, pp. [4], 257, [1]; text in Swedish; printed paper wrappers; wrapper starting to detach from spine, head of spine chipped, good and sound. More
New York: Typophiles, 1941. Edition limited to 300 copies (this no. 247), 12mo, pp. [2], 57-[58]; illus. & decorations throughout, very good in original printed paper boards, somewhat darkened, paper label on spine. Typophile Chap Book no. 4. More
Toronto: Public Library, [1975]. Reprint (and best) edition with additional corrections of vol. I; first edition of vol. II; 2 vols., 8vo, pp. xxiv, [2], 561, [1]; xii, [2], 563-1138; generally a fine set in green cloth-backed illustrated boards, gilt lettering directly on spine. More
Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, 1968. Oblong 4to, pp. 96; illustrated throughout; original white embossed wrappers; a little soiled, else near fine. An account derived from the exhibition presented in the Library of Congress and opened on April 21, 1968. Bookplate of Jacob Chernofsky. More
Millwood, New York: The Kraus-Thomson Organization, 1974. Large 4to, pp. 737; text printed in triple columns; contemporary green cloth, gilt spine, fine. From the Introduction: "The Cornell Petrarch Collection, and this catalogue, are the product of the character and purpose of the collector, Willard Fiske". Fiske (1831-1904) began sending his..... More
Boston, New York and Chicago: The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1905-1906. First edition limited to 1000 copies, 8vo, pp. xiv, [2], 267; engraved frontispiece with 6 portrait vignettes showing "The Great Authors" published by Houghton, Mifflin, and portraits in text throughout; original dark blue cloth and drab paper-covered boards, printed paper..... More
N.p. [1948]. 4to, 110-[112]pp., illus. with photographs, maps, & charts, with a printed insert, "To our Friends..." In original purple paper-covered boards, cover a bit faded, else a good copy. More
Paris: Aillaud, [1900]. 8vo, pp. 300; xvi, 418-[420]; contemporary black cloth, morocco label on spine; good and sound; ex-MHS. More
Lincoln, Nebraska: 1942. First edition; 4to; pp. x, [1], 132; near fine copy in original blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine. Not in OCLC. More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Library, 1979. 8vo, pp. 193-275; illustrations and facsimiles throughout; original tan wrappers, fine; publisher's advertisement in the back. Contents include "Voyage to Ithaca: William Carlos Williams in Paris" by Noel Riley Fitch; "A Dandy's Diary: The Manuscripts of Max Beerbohm's Zuleika Dobson" by Robert Viscusi; and..... More
London: Printing Historical Society, 1985-1992. 4 vols, 8vo, approx. 16 pages each; text illustrations; the first three volumes printed self-wrappers, the fourth with gray printed paper wrappers, fine. Book reviews, news, and articles. More
New York: American Printing History Association, 1985-1988. 6 vols, 4to, about pp. 50 each issue; text illustrations; printed paper wrappers; all fine. Topics are international in scope, with print history on Tibet, India, France, the US, New Zealand etc. More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. First edition limited to 2250 copies (this, no. 1967), large 4to, pp. [2], xiii, [3], 295, [3]; illustrated with numerous facsimlies from the press; fine copy in black morocco-backed red cloth, black moerocco medallion on cover; fine copy in a slightly worn slipcase. More
