The BINDING Of BOOKS.
Peoria. The Manual Arts Press. (1940). 160 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Off white, cloth wrapped boards, stamped in dark brown. Tan dust jacket, stamped in dark brown. More
Peoria. The Manual Arts Press. (1940). 160 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Off white, cloth wrapped boards, stamped in dark brown. Tan dust jacket, stamped in dark brown. More
New York: George Braziller, (1975). Second Printing. 359 pp (including index). Color reproductions. 8vo. Gilt stamped binding. Slipcase. Reproduced from the Illuminated Manuscript belonging to the Guennol Collection and The Pierpont Morgan Library. More
New York. Lemma Publishing Corporation. 1969. Reprint. Vol. 1: viii, 1-634. Vol. 2: iv, 635-1205, [66] pp. 9-1/4" x 6". Black cloth, stamped in gilt to back strip. More
San Francisco, California. Designed and Printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. 1972. "1000 Copies Printed. This is One of 600 Specifically Printed for Distribution to Members of the Gleeson Library Associates" 21 pp. 10-1/4" x 7". Stiff, gray wrappers, printed in dark pink, stapled. More
New York. The R. R. Bowker Company. 1935. Later Edition. 131 pp. 2 plates showing tools used. 8-3/4" x 5-2/8". Deep maroon cloth, stamped in gilt to backstrip. In a tan dust jacket with dark brown lettering. More
Waltham, Mass. Mark Press. 1969. 2nd Printing, limited to 300 copies. 142 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Brown cloth binding lettered in gilt to spine. More
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (1982). 1st Edition. xxviii, 412 pp. Drawing of Cather at front. 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Printed purple paper dust jacket. More
New York: Thomas Y Crowell Company, (n. d.). Ca 1932. 300, [2] pp (including Index). Bound with the UK sheets. Ilustrated with 32 plates. 8vo. Maroon cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Brown paper dust jacket [Harrap imprint]. Another classic in the genre, along with her work, "The Shaping of..... More
(n. p.): Private Libraries Association, 1977. 1st edition. 75, [3] pp. Contents: Francis Edwards Ltd; Frank Hollings; E. Joseph; Maggs Brothers Ltd; Marks & Co; Henry Sotheran Ltd; Harold T. Storey; Thomas Thorp; Corrigenda to Part One. Illustrated from b/w photographs. Oblong 8vo. 7-1/4" x 9-7/8". Original grey cloth with..... More
Austin: Published by the Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, (1972). 1st Printing, limited to 750 cc. [2 (blank)], 28, [2] pp. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-3/4". Original publisher's mustard colored cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. More
Boston. Philip C. Duschnes. Printed by The Merrymount Press. 1937. Limited Edition of 550 copies. SIGNED by Morley. 43 pp. Frontispiece of Bruce Rogers with facsimile of his signature below. 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Original yellow wrappers, printed in black bound in later marbled paper borads, with title label to upper..... More
[Boston]: 1859. 1st Separate Printing (presumed). 4 pp. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-3/4". Lacks wrappers, disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Smet's unidentified visitior from Boston waxes enthusiastically about Smet's library... "And now this collection has come to be, not the largest, but one of the rarest in the..... More
London. Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1970. Reprint. Divers pages. Both bound in blue cloth, stamped in gilt to back strip with dust jackets. Vol. 1 have an image of Joyce printed in green, Vol. 2 printed in brown. More
Savannah: John M. Cooper & Company, 1860. 1st Printing. [4], 104 pp. 8vo. Lacks wrappers, and becoming disbound. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Oxford: Phaidon, 1987. 1st pb edition. 80 pp. 1990 Barnes & Noble receipt laid-in. 70 illustrations, 28 in color. 11" x 8-3/8". Original publisher's glossy black stiff stock paper covers. More
Forestville, MD: Published by Popular Kinetics Press. Printed by Anaconda Press, (1990). 1st Edition. SIGNED by Barton & Barrow. 73, [3 (blank)] pp. 5 leaves, of which 3 are folding templates, inserted after p. 72. Profusely illustrated, primarily in color on glossy stock. 6" x 6-1/4". Spiral bound, with dark..... More
London: J. Payne, Bookseller, at Pope's-Head in Pater - noster - row. 1754. 1st Printing. Bifolium, 4 pages. 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Printed self-wrappers, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A rare prospectus announcing the advent of Payne's thrice weekly publication, "published Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, in every Week; the..... More
Cambridge: Published for the National Book League by the Cambridge University Press, 1947. 1st printing. 49, [1] pp. 16 plates. 8-1/2" x 5". Black cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to spine. No dust jacket. More
New York: Delacorte Press, 1990. 1st edition. 320 pp (including index). Illustrated (much in color). 4to. Grey cloth binding. White dust jacket. More
New York: Delacorte Press, 1990. 1st edition. 320 pp (including index). Illustrated (much in color). 4to. Grey cloth binding. White dust jacket. More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1993. A single sheet folded once to make a pamphlet. 10-1/2" x 8". White paper with back and red title lettering printed to front panel. Currently housed in a myalr sleeve. With original mailing envelope. Please note: this is just the prospectus for..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1998. A single sheet folded twice to make a pamphlet. One b/w illustration. 10-1/2" x 7-1/4". White paper with red and black title lettering printed to front panel. Currently housed in a mylar sleeve. Please note: this is just the prospectus for this..... More
San Francisco: 1887. A fill-in-the-blanks job-printed receipt for this California publisher, detailing layaway terms. Verso with blanks to record customer's payment record. 3-7/8" x 10". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. One Francis Cutting has deposited One Dollar, as of February 19, 1887, towards purchase of "1 Set Dickens"..... More
San Francisco: 1904. Unsigned. Single sheet, letterhed printed at top. 19 lines, double-spaced. ~ 200 words. Text concludes mid-sentence, implying a second sheet present at one time. Woodcut graphic, to left, depicting the firm's building [which was destroyed in the 1906 fire]. 10-3/4" x 8-1/4". Now housed in an archival..... More
New York: Henry Holt, (1987). 1st edition. 175, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 4to. Hardback. Dust jacket. More