San Francisco: Bohemian Club, 1937. 1st Edition (Heller/Magee 281). 50, [4] pp. Printed at the Grabhorn Press. T.p. device of the club "owl". 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Stiff tan linen paper wrappers printed in brick red. More
Los Angeles: UCLA, 1991. 2nd edition, revised & enlarged. 135 pp + plates. Illustrated (with many plates in color). 8vo. 9" x 6". Grey printed wrappers. Essential reference to the trade bindings of MA. Reputed print run was only 400cc (per a personal conversation with John Espey). More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1988. Limited Edition of 450 copies. 107, [5] pp. Prospectus laid in. Color reproductions of title pages throughout. 10-3/8" x 7". Blue quarter-cloth over gray paper boards with gilt decoration, gray title label to spine. Dust jacket speckled gray-brown with no lettering. More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2015. Unpaginated, though 4 pp [a bifolium], plus letter and order sheet from the publisher laid in. B/w and one color photographic image and reproductions. 12-1/8" x 9-1/4". Printed self wrappers. Please note, this is the prospectus ONLY. More
Athens, Georgia: The Press of the Nightowl, 1990. 1st Edition. Limited to 33 cc, this # XVIII, SIGNED by the author & printer [total limitation 333 cc]. [4], 33, [3] pp. Text handset in Bulmer, printed on Canterbury handmade paper on a Vandercook 4 press. Illustrated with wood engravings by... More
Los Angeles: Columbian 415 Chappel, Ca. 1980. LIMITED to 100 copies printed on Urabec-Hoffman all-rag handmade paper. 31, [5] pp. 2-7/8" x 2-1/4". Brown and tan marbled boards, grey label with black lettering to spine. "The essay which comprises this miniature book originally appeared in print as the introduction to... More
[San Francisco]: Printed by Lawton R. Kennedy. [1934]. 1st Printing. Unpaginated, though 4 pp. Typography by John J. Hohnck and Harold N. Seeger. First page with color printed graphic of orange poppies, with p. 2 printed note proclaiming "Four color process plates probably among the first ever made in San... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1942. 1st Edition. [12], 146, [2 (blank)] pp including index. Untrimmed, and partially unopened. 8-1/2" x 5-3/4". Red cloth binding with red printed paper title label to spine. Tan dust jacket with red title lettering to front panel and spine. More
Herrin IL: Trovillion Private Press, 1945. 1st edition. #42/496 cc. SIGNED. xii, 53 pp. Printed on Tuscany hand-made paper. Woodcut frontis by James Gutherie. 12mo. Violet paper-wrapper boards, with printed paper title onlay to spine & front board. Pictorial eps, by Margaret Ely Webb. More
Lopez, WA: Self-published, (1980). 1st edition. 112 pp [including index]. Illustrations and design by Martha Furey. 8vo. 21.5 cm x 14cm. Blue printed wrappers. A laymans guide to book repair. More
Laguna Beach: M & P Press, 1995. 1st ed. 295 pp, Color plates. 8vo. Softcover. More
Boston: Little Brown, 1928. 1st trade edition. 410 pp (including index). profusely illustrated, 8vo Paper wrapped boards with blue cloth spine and paper spine label. TEG. Housed in slipcase. More essays from one of the best known 20th century bibliophiles. More
New Castle DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2005. 1st printing. xii, 221 pp (including Index). Illustrated. 4to. Maroon laminated boards. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1947. 1st Edition. 124 ppg (including index). Illustrated. 8vo. Rough weave linen cloth. Dust jacket. More
Bethesda, Maryland: National Library of Medicine, 1967. xii, 698 pp. 4to. Grey cloth binding. More
San Francisco: Paul Elder & Co. 1913. Third Printing. xxi, [1], 171, [3] pp. B/w tipped-in plates. 12mo. 7" x 4-1/4". Terra-cotta cloth binding stamped with black & gilt. Printed buff dust jacket. Essays by author on the comfort found in classics of literature such as Shakespeare and Defoe. Printed... More
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New York and London. Funk & Wagnalls Co. Ca. 1912. Unpaginated. 6 pages on 3 sheets. 6-1/4" x 3-1/2". Loose sheets, black type. Publishers promotional leaflets only, not the books. Books advertised also are: "How to Argue and Win" and "15,000 Useful Phrases," by Kleiser; "The Health-Care of the Growing... More
New York: Published by the Limited Editions Club, 1933. 1st edition. Limited to 2000 copies. 329 pp. Adverts at rear. Illustrated. 4to. Blue-green cloth binding with black & silver spine stamping. More
London: Hurst & Blackett, Publishers. 1885. 1st edition. xii, 363 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. More
London: Collins, 1946. 1st edition. 48 pp. Wtih 8 plates in colour and 21 b/w illustrations. 8vo. Maroon printed boards. More
Berkeley: Friends of the Bancroft Library, (1972). 1st thus. Illustrated. 8vo. 23cm x 15.5cm. Olive-green printed wrappers. More
New York: Published by the Limited Editions Club, 1935. 1st edition. Limited to 2000 copies. 329 pp. Adverts at rear. Illustrated. 4to. Black cloth binding with silver & gold spine stamping. More
San Francisco: The Colt Press, [1943]. One sheet folded. 12.5 x 15 in. More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1954. (c.f. Olmsted 88). One sheet, folded. 28.5 x 22 cm. Self-wrappers. More
Westminister: Published by Chas. J. Sawyer Ltd. 1927. 1st edition. Limited to 2000 copies. 2 volumes: xvi, 367, [1]; viii, 423, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index in Vol II). 100 illustrations. 8vo. Maroon cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. TEG. Printed buff paper dust jackets. Vol I.... More
