[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
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
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
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
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, 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
[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
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
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
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, [1973]. First edition, 4to, pp. xiv, 192; title page printed in brown and black; 125 plates in text, plus one folding facsimile; original cloth in tan dust jacket printed in brown and black; a few shallow chips and tears along top edges of jacket, small..... More
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
Austin, TX: W. Thomas Taylor, 1985. Edition limited to 1000 copies, tall 8vo, pp. [2], xi, [1], 105, [1]; woodblock vignette on title page, 31 facsimile plates; original tan buckram, spine stamped, fine in fine paper-covered slipcase. More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1989. Edition ltd. to 2000 copies, large 8vo, pp. 215, [3]; photograph portrait frontis & 57 plates; fine in original red cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Designed and produced by W. Thomas Taylor; plates produced at The Press of A. Colish. The definitive correspondence of arguably the most..... More
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1989. Edition limited to 2000 copies, large 8vo, pp. 215, [3]; photograph portrait frontispiece and 57 plates; fine in original red cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Designed and produced by W. Thomas Taylor; plates produced at The Press of A. Colish. The definitive correspondence of arguably the most..... More
London: Scolar Press, in association with the Dartmouth College Library, [c1977]. First British edition, 4to, pp. xvi, 250, [1]; 70 full-page illustrations; bottom spine end bumped, with resulting creases in cloth and dust jacket, else very good. More
[Iowa City]: privately printed {Prairie Press}, 1964. Edition limited to 100 copies, 8vo, pp. 18, [1]; fine in orig. blue printed wrappers. The author's addressograph imprint is on the rear wrapper, as is true with at least one other copy we know. Query: Are other copies so issued? Cheever 142..... More
