Basic typography
New York: Watson-Guptill, 1968. First American edition, square 8vo, pp. 176; illustrated throughout; spine a little discolored, else very good in original black cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine. More
Printing
A bibliography of printing with notes and illustrations.
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
A bibliography of printing.
[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
The world of sex: a sampler
[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
Rarities of numismata typographica. Four examples of early Dutch printers' bookbinders' & booksellers' guild medals cast in sterling silver from original specimens... Introduction by Henry Morris
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1996. Edition limited to 120 copies, 8vo, pp. 32, [4]; with a separate paper-covered portfolio containing 4 actual silver specimens; original brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine; publisher's brown cloth slipcase; fine. The bookbinder Greg Campbell's copy, Campbell-Logan Bindery, and out-of-series. Forty-Four A58. More
The Pentateuch of printing, with a chapter on Judges. With a memoir of the author, and list of his works, by Talbot B. Reed.
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
A cradle song
Iowa City: The Roberta Press, June, 1959. Edition limited to 90 copies handset in Arrighi Italic type, "printed on Okawara and Venezia papers, with covers of Omi, by N.R.K., at the Typographic Laboratory in the School of Journalism, State University of Iowa." 8vo, pp. [4]; mounted etching printed in sepia..... More
A history of the book illustration. The illuminated manuscript and the printed book
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
An inquiry into the rights of the British colonies, intended as an answer to the regulations lately made concerning the colonies, and the taxes imposed upon them considered.
Richmond, VA: Appeals Press, Inc, 1922. Edition limited to 190 copies (this, no. 36); 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 37, [1]; brown cloth with paper label on cover; lower edge of cover bumped, edges of text just starting to tone, bookplate residue on upper pastedown. A facimile for the William Parks..... More
Ole #7: the Godzilla review issue of small press publications, comprehensively encompassing books published over the last half-decade
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
From stripper to publisher: or, how printing changed my life. Two lectures
[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
On becoming three & thirty: being a brief history & description of Warwick Press from inception to its three year anniversary & also a celebration of Carol J. Blinn's thirtieth year of life.
[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
On the fritz: living with hot flashes...With explanatory mouse drawings by the author
[Easthampton]: Warwick Press, 2010. First edition, 8vo, pp. 36, [6]; 15 color illustrations; original pictorial wrappers; fine. "Illustrated, designed, typeset, and hand sewn into paper wrappers" by Blinn. "The line drawings were originally drawn pen & ink, the watercolored, scanned into an iMac, & carefully cleaned up in photoshop so..... More
One woman's work at the Warwick Press [as printed in The private library, fifth series. Vol. 4:2]
[Middlesex: Private Libraries Association], 2001. 8vo, pp. 49-95, [1]; photo portrait, title page and illustration facsimiles; peach printed paper wrappers, fine. Signed by Blinn under her portrait, with a compliments card laid in. A short account of her career, followed by a checklist of material from 1973-2001. This text was..... More
Remembering Sherwood Grover, California type man. With an introduction by Carol Blinn
Easthampton: Warwick Press, 2010. Edition limited to 164 copies signed by Blinn, 114 of which were donated for inclusion in the deluxe copies of Parenthesis 19; 8vo, pp. [20]; 4 tipped-in illustrations; original handmade paper covers, printed paper label on upper cover; fine. Sherrwood Grover and his partner Katherine Carruth..... More
A pair on printing. Atkyn's The Original and Growth of Printing. William Caslon and the first English type specimen book.
North Hills, PA: 1982. Edition limited to 500 copies, 8vo, 137-[141]pp., facsimile of Atkyn's Original (London, 1664) (36pp.), and numerous type facsimiles after Caslon's Specimen of 1764; fine copy in original beige buckram, paper label on spine. More
Bruce Rogers. A life in letters, 1870-1957. Foreword by John Dreyfus
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1989. Edition ltd. to 2125 copies, this 1/125 bound in quarter black Niger; large 8vo, pp. 215, [3]; photograph portrait frontis & 57 plates; very fine. Designed and produced by W. Thomas Taylor; plates produced at The Press of A. Colish. The definitive correspondence of arguably..... More
The Spiral Press through four decades: an exhibition of books and ephemera with a commentary
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1966. Edition limited to 1900 copies, this one of 400 in cloth, large 8vo, pp. 66, [34] (facsimiles); blue and gray cloth, gilt title direct on spine, gilt printer's mark on upper cover, touch of spotting to endpapers, near fine. From the library of..... More
The Spiral Press through four decades: an exhibition of books and ephemera, with a commentary.
New York: Morgan Library, 1966. Edition limited to 1950 copies, this 1/1500 in wrappers, large 8vo, 66 & [32]pp., a number of reproductions at the back including some in color. More
The Spiral Press: an exhibition of selected books and ephemera designed and printed at the Spiral Press in New York from 1926 to 1968
New York: Spiral Press, 1968. Edition limited to 1000 copies, large 8vo, pp. 38, [34]; 26 pages of facsimile pages, some in color; brown printed paper wrappers, fine. A catalog accompanying an exhibit at the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels, May-June and the Meermanno-Westreenianum in the Hague, 1968. More
Typographic years : a printer's journey through a half century, 1925-1975
New York: Grolier Club, 1982. First edition limited to 300 copies (this, no. 236) signed by the author; 8vo, pp. [12], 153, [3]; 26 pages of facsimiles; original red cloth-backed paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine, publisher's slipcase; previous ownership signature on flyleaf, else fine. The Club's first centennial publication. Grolier 1884-1984..... More
Typographic years: a printer's journey through a half century, 1925-1975
New York: Frederic C. Beil, [1982]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [8], 153, [3]; 23 illustrations of Blumenthal's designs on the rectos and versos of 8 plates; fine copy in the jacket. Blumenthal was founder of and was long associated with The Spiral Press in New York. More
Typographic years: a printer's journey through a half century, 1925-1975.
New York: Grolier Club, [1982]. Edition limited to 300 copies signed by the author, 8vo, pp. [12], 153-[155]; 26 pp. of facsimiles; very fine in orig. cloth-backed dec. paper-covered boards, publisher's slipcase. The Club's first centennial publication. Grolier 1884-1984, no. 142, p. 154. More
Dear Joe: a brief correspondence
Easthampton: Warwick Press, 2004. Edition limited to 75 copies signed by Blinn, approx. 7" x 5", pp. [28], [8]; 5 facsimile plates of letters and ephemera, facsimile of Blumenthal's obituary; original yellow cloth-backed dyed paper-covered boards; fine. Original prospectus laid in. A tribute to their friendship and the man himself..... More
Art of the printed book, 1455-1955. Masterpieces of typography through five centuries from the collection of the Pierpont Morgan Library.
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library; Boston: David R. Godine, [1973]. First edition, 4to, pp. xiv, 192; 125 plates in text, plus one folding facsimile; covers bowing with some dampstaining; dust jacket soiled and waterstained with creasing and small tears at edges; text and illustrations unmarred. More
