Specimen type pages. National Library Editions [cover title].
[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
[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
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
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
[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
[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
New York & London: Garland Publishing Inc., 1985. 8vo, pp. x, [2], 227, [1]; full green cloth; ex-library, with spine label, stamps and card pocket, else very good. From the library of Allan Kornblum, poet, fine press printer, and publisher who founded Coffee House Press. More
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
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
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
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
Hanover and London: University Press of New England for Dartmouth College Library, 1989. 4to, pp. xvi, 250, [2]; 70 full-page illustrations; fine in original red cloth, in a near fine dust jacket with small break at the top of the spine. More
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
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