CARE And IDENTIFICATION OF 19TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS.
Rochester: 2009. Later printing. SIGNED by the author. 116 pp (including Index). Illustrated. Laid-in chart: IDENTIFICATION FLOW-CHART. 4to. Yellow glossy stock paper covers. More
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OSCAR WEIL LETTERS & PAPERS.
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1923. 1st edition (Heller & Magee 58; Olmsted 19). #334/400 cc. Printed at the Grabhorn Press. [15], 119, [7], [4 (blank)] pp. Untrimmed. Title page design by H. Von Schmidt. Frontispiece photograph by Dorothea Lange from a painting of Oscar Weil by Olga M...... More
CULINARY EPHEMERA. An Illustrated History.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010. 1st Edition. xiii, [2], 299, [3] pp. Profusely illustrated, mostly in color. 8-1/4" x 8-1/4". Black cloth spine over full color glossy composite boards. Issued without dust jacket. More
A BIBLIOGRAPHY Of The BOOK Of COMMON PRAYER 1549 - 1999.
New Castle DE: Oak Knoll Books, 2002. 1st edition. 616 pp (including index). A few illustrations. Royal 8vo. Red cloth binding. Red dust jacket. More
TWO AGAINST The TIDE. A Conscientious Objector in World War II. Selected Letters, 1941 - 1948.; Edited and with commentary by Joyce Lancaster Wilson.
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1990. 1st Printing. Limited to 910 cc. ASSOCIATION COPY. x, [2], 198, [2] pp. With the publication prospectus laid in [4 pp]. Western Books Exhibition submission slip laid-in [submitted by W. Thomas Taylor]. Illustrated with plates. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/8". Green cloth binding with printed paper..... More
HIGH SPOTS Of AMERICAN LITERATURE.
New York: Bennett Book Studios Inc., 1929. 1st edition. #695 / 750cc. [10], 114, [12 (blank, for "Notes")] pp. 8vo. 9-5/8" x 6-1/4". Blue three-quarter Turkey morocco binding with marbled boards & eps. Gilt stamping to spine. TEG. More
The AMERICAN PRINTER 1787 - 1825.
Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia, 1967. 1st Edition. [14], 189, [5] pp including index. Few b/w images. 10" x 7". Grey cloth boards with black cloth binding. Gilt initals stamped to front board and gilt title lettering stapmed to spine. No dust jacket. More
MOSTLY SIGNED. Catalogue Three. Greenwich Books Ltd.
New York: (1978). 1st Printing. Unpaginated, though 20 pp. Rear cover interior with an original [as-in created for this catalogue which, no doubt, was printed in 100s of copies], Tom Bloom comic strip [advertisement] entitled, "Maropa Institute Presents This Winter Ginsberg's Blake" 8-7/16" x 5-3/8" Printed white card stock covers..... More
The MILLERITES And EARLY ADVENTISTS. An Index to the Microfilm Collection of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Ann Arbor: University Microfilms International, 1978. Xerox sheets, bound with a single staple at upper corner. 11" x 8-1/2". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
PRINCE Of PUBLISHERS.
London: Alison & Busby, 1986. 1st edition. 232 pp (including Index). 8vo. Brown cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Dust jacket. Biography of the Victorian George Smith, publisher of Charlotte Bronte. More
SOME RANDOM REMINISCENCES Of An ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLER.
Oakland: The Holmes Book Company, 1967. 1st edition. xxiv, 257, [3 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth binding. Bay area bookseller tickets provide endpaper design. Grey & white printed dust jacket. Fascinating history of one of the 20th C preeminent West Coast booksellers. More
The ART Of LITERARY RESEARCH.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., (1963). 1st Edition. x, [2], 276 pp (including Index). 8vo. Red cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Photographic eps. Dust jacket. More
The BOOKMAN'S LONDON.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1952. 1st Edition. ix, [1 (blank)], 161, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-3/4". Black cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Black pictorial eps. Pale blue dust jacket. More
PIONEER PRINTER. Samuel Bangs in Mexico and Texas.
Austin: University of Texas Press, (1963). 1st Edition. 230 pp (including index). Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
A CHECK LIST Of ENGLISH PROSE FICTION. 1700 - 1739.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1960. 1st edition. x, 154 pp (including Index). 8vo. Gunmetal blue cloth binding. Printed buff paper dust jacket. More
ENITHARMON PRESS.
London: The Enitharmon Press, [1971]. 1st printing. Single sheet of pale grey paper, printed in black, recto only. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "In December 1971 the Enitharmon Press will publish two books by HUGO MANNING." The leaflet then gives publication details for "Encounter in..... More
CASLON BOLD CONDENSED.
[Berkeley, California]: Pequod Press, 1971. 1st printing, 1 / 15 cc. Single sheet of yellow card stock, printed recto only. The top portion with a quote from Anthony and Cleopatra: "Age cannot wither you, nor custom / stale your infinite variety; other wo- / men cloy the appetites they feed..... More
A HANDLIST Of The PUBLIC ADDRESSES Of WILLIAM MORRIS To Be FOUND In GENERALLY ACCESSIBLE PUBLICATIONS.
Dublin, Republic of Ireland: Printed for the William Morris Society at the Dolmen Press, 1961. 1st Printing. 16 pp. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-1/2". Original tan paper covers, printed in red, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
MAKING The LIST. A Cultural History of the American Bestseller 1900 - 1999.
New York: Barnes and Noble, (2001). 1st Edition. xxviii, 228 pp including index. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Tan papered boards with brown cloth spine. Gilt title lettering stamped to spine. Yellow dust jacket with black title lettering to spine. More
MODERN METHODS Of ILLUSTRATING BOOKS.; The Book-Lovers Library.
London: Elliot Stock, 62 Paternoster Row, 1886. 1st Edition. vii, [1], 247, [1 (blank)] pp (Index at rear). 12mo. Tan buckram over brown paper wrapped boards. Bevelled edges. More
BOOKS HAVE THEIR FATES.
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2001. 1st Edition. 199, [1] pp. The occasional illustration. 9-1/4" x 6-1/8" Green cloth binding. Green dust jacket. More
The ART And CRAFT Of PRINTING.; A Note by William Morris on His Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press, Together with a Short Description of the Press by S. C. Cockerell, and An Annotated List of the Books Printed Thereat.
New Rochelle, New York: Printed by Clarke Conwell at the Elston Press, 1902. 1st edition (Walsdorf 93). Limited to 210 cc. [6], 44, [2], 19, [12] pp. Deckle edges. Unpaginated divisional t.p. for "The Ideal Book"; divisional t.p. for "An Essay on Printing". Laid-on are two samples of red-patterned wallpaper..... More
RUSSIAN CLASSICS In SOVIET JACKETS.
New York / London: Coloumbia University Press, 1962. 228 pp. 9-1/4" x 6-1/2". Blue cloth binding with black title lettering stamped to spine. White dust jacket with blue title lettering printed to front cover and spine. More
CAXTON. England's First Publisher.
London: Osprey Publishing, 1976. 1st edition. [12], 220 pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Light green cloth binding. Orange & light green dust jacket. More
OYEZ PRESS. Recent Titles. Forthcoming.
Berkeley: Oyez Press, [1974]. 1st printing. Single sheet of pale yellow paper, printed recto only. 7" x 9-1/2". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More