Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 1992. Tall 4to, pp. 43, [1]; color photographic illustrations throughout; pictorial staplebound self wrappers, light wear, else very good. At head of cover title: "Tradition & Innovation" More
Watertown, N.Y. Kamargo Mills, Knowlton Brothers, [ca. 1920]. 8vo, unpaginated; original green pictorial wrappers printed; very light toning to edges, else fine. Catalogue of nine color paper samples. "McClellan Paper Company, Duluth, Minneapolis, St. Paul" printed on back wrapper. Not in OCLC. More
New York: [Wiley & Putnam], 1845. Small 8vo, pp. [20]; removed from binding, mild dampstain to fore-edge throughout, light spotting and foxing. Whether this is a stand-alone publication or not is not known but with such a title page it's likely some of the edition was distributed as is, likely..... More
Andoversford, Gloucestershire: Whittington Press, 1989. Edition limited to 950 copies, this one of 900 not signed by the artists; 8vo, pp. [16]; illustrated; original pink pictorial wrappers; fine. With a complimentary slip signed by the proprietor John Randle laid in. More
[Oakland, CA]: Mills College, 1938. First edition, 4to, pp. xviii, [2], 240; facsimile frontispiece, title-page vignette, and one plate; very good in the dustjacket with a few tears and pieces out along extremities. More
Lunenburg, MA: Ecological Fibers, Inc, 1990. Sample portfolio of 101 samples of book cloth, gray cloth covers, pictorial onlay on upper cover; fine, accompanied by bifolium price list. More
New York: Kende Galleries, 1949. 8vo., pp. 88; original light blue wrappers printed in red; wrappers a bit darkened, especially the spine, else very good. 844 lots including a fine copy of Alken's National Sports of Great Britain, a first edition of James Fenimore Cooper's The Spy, and important first..... More
Bruxelles: A. Mertens et fils, 1864. 8vo, pp. [4], 149; pink paper wrappers; upper wrapper separated, lower wrapper torn, edges curled, textblock clean and sound. A catalogue of all of the exhibits and plants along with participants. 20,000 plants were exhibited in Brussels during the 1864 exposition. Not found in..... More
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 1993. Edition limited to 210 copies, 8vo, pp. [8], 320; original calf-backed decorative paper-covered boards, gilt lettered direct on spine; fine. This is the copy from the binder, Greg Campbell, Campbell-Logan Bindery, and is out of series. More
New York: Henry Lindenmeyr and Sons, [ca. 1900]. Oblong 8vo, unpaginated; illustrated; original green pictorial wrappers, bound with yellow string; edges toned and slightly bumped, two minor ink stains, else very good. Samples are designed to show "how these stylish cover papers may be used for very elaborate work or..... More
Boston: Alfred Mudge, 1872. 8vo, pp. xviii, 336; spine ends chipped, rear joint cracked, else good and sound in orig. brown cloth; ex-MHS. More
New York: Charles S. Boesen, n.d. Four volumes bound together, 8vo; illus.; very good in original blue cloth stamped in gilt (a bit faded) with original wrappers bound in at the end. More
Tokyo: Tokyo National Museum, 1991. 4to, pp. 354; colored plates, text in Japanese and English; fine in original green and white pictorial wrappers; The exhibition contained approx. 250 items relating to artistic writing, paintings and applied art objects ranging from the Heian to Edo periods. More
New York: American Art Association, Inc., 1924. Reprint of price catalogue; 8vo, pp. [258]; facsimiles throughout; original green cloth over boards, paper label on spine, some shelf wear, mostly fine. Manuscript notes in margins providing prices realized in auction. 1280 items, a very good reference book. More
West Springfield, Massachusetts: Strathmore Paper Company, [ca. 1940]. 4to pictorial portfolio, corners lightly bumped, else fine. 8 loose leaf swatches of sample paper, each printed with different exemplary letterhead. List of distributors on back of portfolio, "printed by Letterpress in 3 Impressions on Strathmore Beau Brilliant, Mentone Ivory". Not located..... More
West Springfield, Massachusetts: Strathmore Paper Company, [ca. 1950]. 4to, unpaginated; 12 mounted illustrated swatches of paper samples; original decorative wrappers, edges a bit sunned, minor tears to edges, very good; interior fine. One copy in OCLC, forming part of a larger collection at the University of Connecticut. More
New York: C. Bischoff & Co., ca. 1890s. 8vo (227 x 140 mm.), accordion fold with 11 panels, each displaying 3 or 4 dye-cloth samples numbered 1-36, 2-leaf pamphlet describing the treatment of each sample tipped in to first panel; original white printed wrappers (stained); cloth samples a bit wrinkled..... More
London: Trübner & Co., 1882. 8vo, pp. vii, 170, [96] ads for linguistic publications by Trubner; later red cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Title leaf loose, likewise 1 internal gathering, ex-Mercantile Library with a modicum of rubberstamps; good. To this day, a useful reference. The 96 pages of ads provide another useful..... More
Racine: Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Art, 1991. Large 8vo, pp. 22; illustrated throughout; fine in original pictorial wrappers. "This monograph was published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Walter Hamady: Handmade Books, Collages and Sculptures' organized by the Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin March 17..... More
San Marino, Ca. The Huntington Library, 1942. 8vo, pp. [2], 32, [2]; 3 illus. on rectos and versos of 2 plates, 2 facsimiles in text; fine in orig. printed orange wrappers. Attractive exhibition catalogue printed at the Ward Ritchie Press, Los Angeles. More
[Taipei]: Jiao tong bu you zheng zong ju, 1991. Fifth edition, large 8vo, [18], xxv, [1], 468; text in Chinese, with a summary and index to the stamps in English; color illustrations throughout; red and tan cloth; stamp on title page and colophon, top edge a little spotted, text clean..... More
Houston, TX: Museum of Fine Arts, 1980. Oblong 4to, (approx. 9" x 12"), pp, 48; photographic text illustrations; original tan paper covers, bookplate of John Howell - Books, original printed wrappers; generally fine. In a brown cloth clamshell box lettered in gilt on spine. A catalogue for an exhibition of..... More
Houston, TX: Museum of Fine Arts, 1980. Oblong 4to, (approx. 9" x 12"), pp. 48; photographic text illustrations; original tan paper covers, original printed wrappers; generally fine. A catalogue for an exhibition of the same name featuring 139 items, 29 of them with full descriptions and biographies of the artists..... More
Charlottesville, Virginia: The Bibliographic Society of the University of Virginia, 1963. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 82, [2]; frontispiece and 34 illustrations in the text, many being full-page facsimiles of printed or manuscript materials; Inscribed by Allen to Herbert Cahoon, with compiler's insciption on front free endpaper, typed letter from..... More
Charlottesville, VA: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1963. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 82, [2]; frontispiece and 34 illustrations in the text, many being full-page facsimiles of printed or manuscript materials; near fine in original red cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Descriptive entries and biographical essays to..... More
