[Minneapolis: Ampersand Club], 1980. 8vo, pp. 13, [1]; pictorial blue paper wrappers; laid in is an Ampersand Club invitation for the meeting featuring Prof. Rutherford "Gus" Aris and his talk on the ampersand. More
[Minneapolis: Ampersand Club], 1980. 8vo, pp. 13, [1]; pictorial blue paper wrappers; fine. More
Cambridge: The University Press, 1954. First edition, 4to, 308-[310]pp., title-p. in red & black, illus. throughout; original black cloth stamped in blind and gilt; very good. More
Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1981. First edition, 8vo, pp. 421; fine in original blue cloth, dust-jacket. 1,254 items are listed. More
Göttingen: Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, 1989. 2 vols., large 8vo, (pp. xxix, 1245), illustrations and facsimiles throughout; printed for the Pennsylvania German Society, Vols. 21-22. Original cloth stamped in red. As new. Covers the period 1728-1830. More
Antwerpiae: Ex officina Christophori Plantiti, 1582. 8vo, pp. 285, [3]; woodcut device on title page, woodcut initials and decorations throughout; the final leaf is blank; contemporary full limp vellum, turned-in edges, 19th- or 20th-century manuscript titling on spine; while the textblock is sound, the vellum covers are almost loose. At... More
[Green River, VT: Longhouse, 1986.]. Edition limited to 125 copies, consisting of fifteen 11" x 8½" leaves (foliated [2], 13) printed from typescript, folded and inserted into a terracotta printed portfolio; some faded along the edges, else fine. Text of interview by the poet James Koller with Bob Arnold. More
Washington: G.P.O. for the Library of Congress, 1915. First edition, 8vo, pp. 329; portrait frontis; orig. tan morocco-backed boards, gilt lettering direct on spine, t.e.g.; spine scuffed and with one crack at the top, otherwise good and sound. "Notable collection of early printed books … entrusted by Mrs. John Boyd... More
Marina del Rey: Bieler Press, 2000. Edition limited to 146 copies, this one of 26 lettered copies (copy 'I') signed by the author and the printer, Gerald Lange; small folio, pp. 41, [5]; text printed in double column; original green Japanese cloth-backed blue-gray linen-covered boards, the upper cover die-cut to... More
New York: Library of Columbia College, 1895. Edition limited to 1000 copies produced at the De Vinne Press, thick 4to, pp. xii, [2], 1139; engraved frontispiece, title-page within rules printed in black and red, 2 plates, and 1 illus. in the text; contemporary half brown pebble-grained morocco and marbled paper-covered... More
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1994. Edition limited to 150 copies (this, no. 39), small 4to, pp. 100; 10 two-color wood engravings by Schanilec, with an extra suite of engravings, each mounted in a printed dye-cut wrapper, and together with "A Companion to Five Short Stories by Marcel Aymé: Creating... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. 12mo, printed at the Merrymount Press, pp. [10], 29-[30]; title-p. vignette; good in original green cloth-backed gray paper-covered boards, extremities worn, revealing boards at corners, hinges cracking. Smith 225. More
Madison, N.J. Golden Hind Press, 1940. Limited edition of 250 copies, large 8vo, xiv, [4], 11, [3]; frontispiece and two plates; blue paper boards backed in tan cloth in original plastic jacket; with an introduction by Dwiggins' alter ego Hermann Puterschein. A tongue in cheek "translation" of a diary purporting... More
Madison, NJ: Golden Hind Press, 1940. Limited edition of 250 copies, large 8vo, xiv, [4], 11, [3]; frontis and two plates; blue paper boards backed in tan cloth in original plastic jacket; with an introduction by Dwiggins' alter ego Hermann Puterschein. A tongue in cheek "translation" of a diary purporting... More
[Harper Wood, MI]: Adagio Press, 1967. Edition limited to 473 copies (this, no. 59); 8vo, pp. [16]; ornaments throughout printed in blue, brown, black and white on green, blue, brown and ochre paper; original black wrappers printed in ochre; one stitch broken, else near fine. Lundeen 17: "Accepted by the... More
[Harper Woods, MI]: Adagio Press, 1964. Edition limited to "approximately" 450 copies, 16mo, pp. 20; 5 press marks printed in several colors; fine in original ochre printed wrappers. Lundeen 14. More
Harper Woods: Adagio Press, [1972]. Edition limited to "approximately" 300 copies signed by Bahr (this, no. 46); 8vo, pp. [24]; printed in ochre and black; original ochre printed wrappers, publisher's printed mailing envelope with this title on the address panel; fine. Original prospectus laid in. A printer's thoughts on various... More
Harper Woods: Adagio Press, [1972]. Edition limited to "approximately" 300 copies signed by Bahr (this, no. 252); 8vo, pp. [24]; printed in ochre and black; original ochre printed wrappers; fine. A printer's thoughts on various aspects of his craft. Not in Lundeen. More
[Harper Woods, MI]: Adagio Press, 1964. Edition limited to 275 copies, 16mo, pp. 7, [1]; printed in ochre and black; fine in original tan printed wrappers. Lundeen 8. More
Harper Woods, Michigan: Adagio Press, [1976-79]. Editions limited to approximately 325 copies each (these nos. 286 and 219 respectively), signed by Bahr, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. 15, [13]; [2], 31-60; fine in original printed blue paper wrappers and printer's mailing envelope with respective titles printed on the address panels. Original... More
[Harper Woods, MI]: Adagio Press, 1967-68. Edition limited to 248 copies (this, no. 85), 8vo, pp. [24]; ornaments throughout, some printed in colot; original blue printed wrappers; fine. Lundeen 21. More
Harper Woods: Adagio Press, 1963-65. Limited to 96 sets, printed octavo envelope (slightly worn) containing 1) An introduction to the Adagio Press, 1/475, 1963; 2) A Tribute to Anton Bohm and his Work at the Sans Souci Press, 1/275, 1964; 3) The Spirit of Liberty: an Address by Judge Learned... More
Norfolk, Ct. New Directions, 1941. 8vo, 32pp., title-page vignette printed in ochre; fine copy in orig. printed blue paper-covered boards. Printed at Hawthorn House, Windham, Conn., with decorations by R.J. Holden. Not in Ransom, Selective Checklists. More
Easthampton: Warwick Press, 2007. Edition limited to 75 copies signed by Baris and Blinn, this being the issue of 25 special copies in sheep vellum (50 were bound in pastepaper-covered boards); 8vo, pp. [34]; title page printed in green and black, 8 illustrations from drawings by Blinn (7 partially hand-colored);... More
Cambridge: The University Press, 1935. First edition, 8vo, pp. 57, [1]; illustrated title page; original cloth-backed paper-covered boards, spine lettered in black; edges and spine toned, else fine. Author's compliment card laid in; the author has added a manuscript footnote to his Note on p. [5] to "Jake" (almost certainly... More
