The TWO FORGERS. A Biography of Harry Buxton Forman & Thomas James Wise.
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, (1992). 1st edition. xiii, [1], 317, [3 (blank)] pp (including index). Illustrated. 8vo. Reddish-orange cloth binding. Red dust jacket. More
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SECOND IMPRESSION. Rural Life with a Rare Bookman.
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, (1995). 1st Edition. x, 350 pp (including Index). The occasional illustration. 8vo. Grey cloth binding with black stamping. Orange dust jacket, with blue spine panel. More
PARNASSUS CORNER.; A Life of James T. Fields Publisher to the Victorians.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1963. 1st Edition. xiv, [2], 445, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index). Illustrated from photographs. 8vo. Brown cloth binding. Green eps. Dust jacket. More
CHAUCER And The FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
New York: Oxford Uviversity Press, 1954. Reprint. 326 pp inculding index. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Blue cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to spine. Cream dust jacket with brown title lettering printed to front panel and spine. Blue topstain. More
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 slick-paper covers. More
The MAKING Of The BOOK; A Sketch of the Book-Binding Art.; Edited, with an Introduction, by Paul S. Koda.
New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, 1986. Reprint of the 1st edition of 1878. 88 pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Green cloth binding. Issued w/o dust jacket. More
A GOLDEN AGE Of AUTHORS. A Publisher's Recollections.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1919. 1st ed. Signed. 305 ppg (including index), illustrated, 8vo. Lt blue library binding; paper spine label. Ellsworth's memories of many well-known19th C. & early 20th C. personalities, including Kate Douglas Wiggin, Harold Bell Wright, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jack London, Mary Mapes Dodge, et al. Signed &... More
SOME NOTES On BOOKS And PRINTING.
London: Whittingham, 1912. 4th edition. 173 pp. (including index), Title-page printed in black and red, headers, initials, several sets of type specimens and paper samples. 8vo. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering. Bookplates of Canadian businessman and philanthropist John W. McConnell (1867-1973), and art historian, antiquarian, and author George Charles Williamson (1858-1942). More
The HOUSE Of BEADLE And ADAMS And Its DIME And NICKEL NOVELS. The Story of a Vanished Literature. Vol III.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1962. 1st edition. [3], 99, [2 (blank)] pp. Some b/w intratextual images. 11-3/8" x 8-1/4". Orange cloth binding with gilt printed lettering to spine. Red and orange DJ. More
BERNARD M. ROSENTHAL. 5 May 1920 - 14 January 2017.; A Biographical and Bibliographical Account by Ian Jackson in the style of the Dictionnaire historique et critique of Pierre Bayle (1647 - 1706).
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
BOOKS And BIDDERS.
New York: Little Brown & Co. 1927. 1st trade edition. xiv, 311 pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Brown cloth binding, gilt stamped lettering. TEG. Fascinating bookish vignettes from the exciting career of that bookseller nonpareil, Dr. Rosenbach! More
CHARLES F. LUMMIS: Editor of the Southwest.
Los Angeles: Huntington Library, (1955). B/w illustrations throughout. 9-1/4" x 6-1/4". Green cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to spine. Plate of lion printed to front cover of dust jacket with brown title lettering printed to front and spine. More
The BOOKS Of A NEW NATION. United States Government Publications 1774 - 1814.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, (1957). 1st edition. 170 pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Black cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
BY-PATHS In HERBRAIC BOOKLAND.
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publications Society of America, 1920. 1st edition. 371 pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. More
R. R. BOWKER: Militant Liberal.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1952). 1st ed. 395 pp. B/w illustrations 8vo. Publisher's terra cotta cloth with initials R.R.B. stamped in blind to upper board, lettering in gilt to backstrip, black title label to backstrip, in original pictorial dust jacket. More
BOOK ILLUSTRATED. Text, Image, and Culture.
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. 1st Edition. xvi, 320 pp inlcuding index. 68 illustrations. 9-1/4" x 6-1/4". Maroon cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to spine. Maroon dust jacket with yellow title lettering to front panel and spine. More
BOOK ROW. An Anecdotal and Pictorial HIstory of the Antiquarian Book Trade.; Foreword by Madeline B. Stern.
New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers. 2004. 2nd Printing. xxi, [3], 405, [3] pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Hardback. Pictorial eps. Dust jacket. More
BETWEEN BOARDS; New Thoughts on Old Books
Montclair, London: Allanheld & Schram, George Prior, 1978. [i-vi] [1-2] 3-209 8vo., 9-1/4" x 6-1/4" Publisher's gray linen covered boards, gilt lettering to backstrip, original dust jacket. More
EVERY BOOK ITS READER; The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005. First Edition. [i-ix] x-xviii [xix-xxii] [1] 2-360 [361] pp. 16 pp. of b/w photos Large 8vo., 9-1/4" x 6-1/4" Publisher's quarter gray cloth and red paper covered boards, lettering in silver foil to backstrip with a red foil flourish, in original pictorial dust jacket. More
PILGRIMS THROUGH SPACE And TIME. A History and Analysisof Scientific Ficiton. Trends and Patterns in Scientific and Utopian Fiction.
New York: Argus Books Inc, (1947). Black cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to spine. Dust jacket. More
BEAUTY And The BOOK. Fine Editions and Cultural Distinction in America.
New Haven: Yale University Press, (2000). 1st edition. xii, 323, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED BOOKS.
London: Collins, 1948. 50 pp. Illustrated (including 4 color plates). 8vo. Pink paper-wrapped boards. Dust wrapper. More
DR. F. J. FURNIVALL. Victorian Scholar Adventurer.
Norman, Oklahoma: Pilgrim Books Inc. (1983). 1st Edition. 302 pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Hardback. Blue dust jacket. More
ENGLISH LITERATURE At The CLOSE Of The MIDDLE AGES.; Edited by F.P. Wilson and Bonamy Dobree.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1947. 2nd printing, with corrections. [8], 247, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index). 21.5 cm x 15 cm. Blue cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
ADVENTURES Of A TRAMP PRINTER 1880 - 1890.
Kansas City: Midamericana Press, (1950). 1st Edition. 285, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More