California Library Association, 1950. 1st Printing. [134] - 195, [1] pp. Adverts trhoughout. One b/w halftone photographic portrait of Mr Joy Lichtenstein, Member No. 4 of the C.L.A. 8vo. Bound in period flexible brown cloth covers, gilt stamping to front cover, original Bulletin wrappers retained/. While I started this catalogue..... More
Winchester / New Castle: St. Paul's Bibliographies / Oak Knoll Press, 1994. 1st printing of this later edition of the 1928 text. xxxviii, 359, [3 (blank)] pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. White glossy paper covers printed in blue. Classic work on the subject. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1944. 1st Edition. Limited to 400 cc. xiii, [1 (blank)], 121, [7] pp. Printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. Tall 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Light blue dust jacket. Useful reference for Beerbohm first editions, lists of contributed writings, uncollected & unpublished works, caricatures..... More
Lake Sherwood, California: Casa della Madonna. Done into type and privately printed by Dorothy and Frank Shields, San Francisco, 1951. 1st Printing. [10], 8, [2 (blank)] pp. Deckle edges. "Come let us build a little kirk," a poem by Thomas Lennon: p. [iv - v]. 9-1/4" x 6-3/8". Green paper..... More
Berkeley, California: Bernard M. Rosenthal, Inc., 1990. 1st Edition in English. [6], iii, [2 (blank)], 209, [5 (blank)] pp. Index at rear. 10" x 7". Buff paper covers pritned in brown & red. Image of Balsamo to front cover. More
London: Oxford University Press, 2018. 1st Printing. 127, [17] pp. Adverts at rear. 8vo. Printed blue paper covers. More
Parma, Ohio: Booksby Press, 2021. First Book Edition. #78 / 200 cc. SIGNED by the Author on the t.p., and the Printer [Todd Sommerfeld] on the colophon page. ix, [3], 13 - 33, [3] pp. 2-5/8" x 1-3/4". Quarter bound with black cloth spine over marbled paper boards. Titled "Book..... More
Glendale, California: Printed by Patrick Reagh, 1988. 1st Edition, limited to 300 cc. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by the author. Unpaginated. Illustrated by J. Todd. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-3/4". Maroon leather spine, gilt stamped lettering, over patterned-paper boards. Bound by Bela Blau, Los Angeles. "Presented to members of the Roxburghe..... More
Van Nuys, California: Printed by Richard J. Hoffman, 1987. 1st Edition, limited to 500 cc. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by the author. 78, [2] pp. Illustrated by J. Arlington Todd. 4to. 11-1/4" x 8". Brown cloth spine over brown patterned-paper boards. Bound by Bela Blau, Los Angeles... More
Malibu, California: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1995. 1st US printing. 64 pp. Illustrated, including color frontis. 8vo. 9-5/8" x 7-1/2". White glossy paper covers printed in red & black. More
London: Bradbury & Evans, [1848]. 1st printing thus. Unpaginated, though 8 pages. "Goldsmith" with a bust of the subject; p. 2 with wood engraving from "Goldsmith"; p. 4 with cut from "Comic History of England"; other cuts pp 5 - 7. 8-13/16" x 5-5/8". Printed self-wrappers, off-white paper. Now housed..... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, (1998). 3rd edition. 510 pp (including index). Profusely Illustrated. 4to. Green cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1996). 1st edition. 287 ppg (including index). Illustrated, with much in color. Sq royal 8vo. Green composition binding. Issued without dj. More
New York: The Grolier Club, 2013. 1st Edition. xxii, 176, [2] pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Printed blue paper covers. "Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja was an Italian count and mathematician, who became known for his love and subsequent theft of ancient and precious manuscripts. Appointed the Inspector of Libraries..... More
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (1969). 1st edition. vi, [4], 306 pp (including Index). Bibliography at rear. Map. 8vo. Burnt orange cloth binding. Pale yellow dust jacket printed in black. More
London / Dobbs Ferry, New York: Dawsons of Pall Mall / Oceana Publications, Inc., 1968. Reprint of the 2nd revised edition. xv, [1 (blank)], 349, [1 (blank)] pp. Main text double column. 8vo. Red cloth binding. Pale yellow dust jacket printed in red. More
Vancouver: Pulp Press, printed for William Hoffer, 1980. 1st Printing. Limited to 326 cc. Bifolium, so 4 pages, albeit unpaginated. Musgrave's poem printed on pp 2 - 3. 11-1/8" x 7-1/2". Self-wrappers, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Issued as a keepsake for the 11th Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair..... More
London: The Bibliographical Society in Conjunction with the Modern Humanities Research Association, 1983. 1st edition thus. 221, [5 (blank)] pp. B/w photographic reproductions throughout. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". Blue cloth binding, gilt stamped lettering to spine. More
London: Printed Privately. At Stevens's Bibliographical Nuggetory No. 4 Trafalgar Square, 1873. 1st Printing. Unpaginated, though 40 pp of text. In this volume, Stevens details materials obtained for the British Museum [et al]. Head & tailpieces. 5-1/8" x 4-1/4". Original blue cloth binding with gilt stamped ornament to front cover..... More
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1932. 1st edition. xii, 359. [1 (blank) pp (including index). Illustrated. Royal 8vo. Green cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Dust jacket [with MacMillan imprint at base of spine panel]. Essential background reading for those wishing to know the early publication history of childrens'..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1970. 1st edition (Olmsted 134). Limited to 450 cc. 145, [3] pp. T.p. printed in red & black. Illustrations by Peggy Conahan. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 5-7/8". Yellow cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Selections from printer interviews by Teiser, conducted..... More
Berkeley: Printed for the Wednesday Table, 2017. 1st Edition. Limited to 400 cc. 11, [3] pp. Printed letterpress by Richard Seibert, Berkeley, California. Frontis photograph of Barney, taken by Elvira Piedra on 23 July 2008 in his Berkeley shop. Folio. 17-5/8" x 11-1/2". Grey paper wrappers, printed in silver, sewn..... More
Dorking, Surrey: Mastercraft Papers Ltd, (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed). Unpaginated, though ~50 leaves of sample paper, with density specs at top, & each style's section preceded with an introductory spec leaf. 10 styles of paper are featured herein, presented in divers colors & finishes. Front cover with an image..... More
Los Angeles: The Plantin Press, 1971. 1st edition. Limited to 350 cc. 42 pp (including Index). Frontispiece of Lamb, reproducing a drawing by Thomas Wageman (about 1825), engraved by Finden, reputedly a favorite of American publishers, ca 1850s - 1860s. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5-1/4". Rough weave burlap cloth spine over..... More
Los Angeles: Friends of the UCLA Libarary, University of California, 1967. 1st printing. 68 pp. Has several photographic images and facsimilies. 9-1/4" x 6". Grey paper wrappers with dark blue title lettering printed to front wrapper and spine. More
