San Francisco: Printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn and James McDonald, 1922. 1st edition thus (Heller & Magee 49). Unpaginated, though 20 pp. Cover, t.p. & initials by Joseph Sinel. 10-1/4" x 7-1/4". Bound in brown paper boards with fleur-de-lis decorations & lettering in burnt orange, parchment back. More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2020. 1st Printing. 10" x 8-1/8". Mustard colored portfolio, with green & black printing. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Buffalo: State University of New York, [1970]. 1st Printing. [4], i, [1], 26 pp. 8vo. 8-7/16" x 5-3/8". Pale green & blue paper covers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "This catalogue is issued in connection with the Dickens Centennary Exhibit in the Lockwood Library, State University of..... More
London: Ward Lock & Co., 1954. 1st Edition. 108 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Dust jacket. More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, (1984). 1st printing of the 2nd edition. 271, [1 (blank)] pp. Index at rear. Fully illustrated with much in color. 11-3/8" x 3-1/2". Brown glossy stock paper covers, with front cover printed in color. More
Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1972. 1st edition. Limited to 200cc. 47, [1] pp. 8vo. Brown cloth binding. Grey paper dust jacket, printed in orange & black. More
New York: The Grolier Club, (1990). 1st Edition. Unpaginated. Useful "Index to Binders" at rear, with short bio for each individual. Profusely illustrated, with much in color. Square 8vo, 8" x 8". Maroon wrappers printed in white. More
Wylam: Allenholme Press, 1965. 1st Printing. 12 pp. Fold-out illustration. 7-1/2" x 5". Grey paper covers printed in black & orange, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
New York: Grolier Club, [2008]. 1st Printing. 20 pp. Intratextual color illustrations. 7-1/8" x 4-1/2". Color printed paper wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A printed version of a talk delivered by Ms Allen as the 2007 J. Ben Lieberman Memorial Lecture of the American Printing History Association..... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Austin: University of Texas Press, (1963). 1st Edition. 230 pp (including index). Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1960. 1st edition. x, 154 pp (including Index). 8vo. Gunmetal blue cloth binding. Printed buff paper dust jacket. More
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
[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
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
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
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
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
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
