Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1985. Edition limited to 1000 copies, 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 100, [2]; title page printed in red and black, illustrated throughout with type specimens, photographs, and facsimiles; fine in a dust jacket with a tiny break at the top of the spine. From the library of..... More
Chicago: Caxton Club, 1985. Edition limited to 1000 copies, 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 100, [2]; title page printed in red and black, illustrated throughout with type specimens, photographs, and facsimiles; fine, in black cloth-backed brown paper-covered boards, printed red labels on spine and upper cover; fine. The essays are by..... More
n.p. [Pennyroyal Press, 1975]. First edition ltd. to 200 copies, sq. 8vo, pp. [25]; wood-engraved portrait of Beekman by Barry Moser, signed by Moser; this copy marked "printer's copy" and also signed by Beekman; fine in orig. black cloth, gilt lettering on spine. More
n.p. [Pennyroyal Press, 1975]. First edition ltd. to 200 copies, sq. 8vo, pp. [25]; wood-engraved portrait of Beekman by Barry Moser, this is copy no. 94 and is signed by Moser and Beekman; fine in orig. black cloth, red morocco label lettered in gilt on spine. More
[Marlborough, NY]: The Distaff Side, 1939. Edition limited to 300, 8vo, 58, [12]; largely unopened; title-page portrait, 8 full-page litho prints at back; near in blue-green paper-covered boards, paper labels on spine and upper cover. From the library of Kim Merker. Printed in honor of Goudy's 74th birthday. More
Mt. Vernon, N.Y. printed for the Goudy Centennial at the Peter Pauper Press, 1965. Edition limited to 1950 copies, small 8vo, pp. 68, [2]; portrait illustration of Goudy on title page; fine in original terracotta cloth. From the library of Kim Merker. Goudy's "favorite biography," this account was previously published..... More
New York: The Typophiles, 1964. Edition limited to 700 copies, small 8vo, p. 86, [1]; 24pp. of drawings and facsimiles; fine in cloth-backed boards, glassine dust jacket. Seven essays on Beilenson and a checklist of books designed and printed by him under the Peter Pauper and Walpole imprints. Typophile Chapbook..... More
![Item #41869 Type catalog [cover title]. Beissel Inc](https://rulon.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/41869_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1635196686)
Saint Paul, Minnesota: Creative Communications, ca. 1985. Tall 4to, unpaged; original grey spiral bound wrappers printed in red; fine. Lists hundreds of type samples. Not in OCLC. More
New York: School of Library Science, Columbia University, 1983. 4to, pp. ix, [1], 121, [1]; illustrated throughout; near fine in original blue printed wrappers. From the library of Kim Merker, one of the attendees. The conference was held May 19-22, 1982. Others in attendance were Claire Van Vliet, Timothy Barrett..... More
New York: Grolier, 1964. Edition limited to 2100 copies, 12mo, pp. ix-[xi], 114-[118], illus. after photographs and facsimiles on rectos and versos of 12 plates; fine in orig. gray cloth-backed black cloth boards. More
New York: Grolier, 1964. Edition limited to 2100 copies, 12mo, pp. ix-[xi], 114-[118], illus. after photographs and facsimiles on rectos and versos of 12 plates; original gray cloth-backed boards with some water staining on covers and spine. More
v.p. 1964. Boxed set of 4 volumes being each of the four issues of the book: one of 750 for the Princeton University Library; one of 800 for the Grolier Club; one of 400 for the Typophiles; and one of 150 for La Casa del Libro, San Juan, Puerto Rico..... More
New York: Bennett Book Studios, 1949. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [11], 132, [1], portrait of Lillian Bennett; fine in original red cloth. Still a useful reference, with extensive annotations and plate counts, but no collations. More
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 2002. Edition limited to 150 copies, this the bookbinder Greg Campbell's copy, Campbell-Logan Bindery, and out of series; folio, pp. 99, [3]; numerous tip-ins and sample pages; original quarter brown Niger over green cloth, green morocco label on spine; accompanied by a separate portfolio containing..... More
London: printed with the types of John Baskerville for William Pickering [by Thomas White], 1827. Slim 8vo, pp. [4], xiii, [1], 41; woodcut frontis (integral) after the original edition printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1496, 3 inserted woodcut plates; extremities rubbed else a very good copy in original black..... More
London: Blandford Press, 1966. First edition, tall 8vo, pp. xix, [1], 315, [1]; text in double column, illustrated throughout; a fine copy in original red cloth stamped in black and gilt, slightly worn and rubbed dust jacket. From the library of Kim Merker. Important dates and major landmarks in the..... More
![Item #39763 And you thought it was dead? [cover title]. Randolph Bertin](https://rulon.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/noimage.png?auto=webp)
n.p. Cast by Randolph Bertin at the foundry of Bradley Hutcinson, [ca. 1990]. Bifolium, 12mo; fine. A short, entertaining essay on the author's experience at "Monotype University" at the Hill & Dale Private Press and Typefoundry. Not in OCLC. More
Madrid: por D. Joachin Ibarra, 1775. 8vo, pp. 527, [1]; leaf Q2 (pp. 243-244) lacking, but replaced by a neatly executed manuscript facsimile; contemporary full speckled calf, gilt-decorated spine in six compartments, tan leather label in one, edges stained red, marbled end papers; extremites rubbed, one-inch closed tear on leaf..... More
London: privately published by the author, 1947-49. 3 volumes, large 8vo, front hinges cracked in vols. I and II; ex-R.I. State College set with their bookplates and marks; original orange cloth lettered in gilt on spiones; spines fadded; a good set. Bookplates of Jacob Chernofsky. More
London: privately published by the author, 1947-49. Second printing of the fourth and best edition, revised and greatly enlarged throughout; 5 volumes, large, thick 8vo, text in double column and thus paged; very good and sound in original green cloth, gilt lettering direct on spine. 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-[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
Washington, D.C. Judd & Detweiler, 1930. Edition ltd. to 475 copies, tall 8vo, pp. [2], 158; many illus. throughout; orig. cream linen stamped in gilt, a little soiled else very good in publisher's slipcase. Designed and directed by Lester Douglas. This copy marked "designer's copy" on the colophon, and with..... More
![Item #6803 Specimen type pages. National Library Editions [cover title]. BROWN BIGELOW, CO](https://rulon.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6803_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1632237612)
[New York: Bigelow, Brown, 1930]. 8vo, pp. [79]; 4 b/w plates; near fine in the original maroon cloth gilt. With TLS from C.C. Bigelow and a color plate laid in. More
San Francisco: Fine Print, Bedford Arts, 1989. Folio, pp. [10], 147, [3]; text illustrations; paper and dustjacket starting to tone, near fine/near fine. From the library of Allan Kornblum, poet, fine press printer, and publisher who founded Coffee House Press. More
