A DESCRIPTIVE CHECKLIST Of BOOK CATALOGUES Separately Printed in America 1693 - 1800.
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1981. 1st edition. xxxi, [1 (blank)], 207, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Issued without dust jacket. More
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PRINTING & SOCIETY In EARLY AMERICA.
Worcester, American Antiquarian Society, 1983. 1st edition. 322 ppg (including index), 8vo. Navy blue cloth binding, beige printed paper wrapper. More
A RECORD Of The PROCEEDINGS At The LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB'S DINNER TO CELEBRATE The TWENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY Of The CLUB & The FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY Of Its FOUNDER. Together with a Reproduction of the Program and Menu: the Ritz-Carlton, New York, 11 May 1950.
New York: The Limited Editions Club (by Aldus Printers), 1950. 1st edition thus (Newman & Wiche A-22). LIMITED to 3000 copies. 29, [7 (appendix & colophon)] pp. Many b/w intratextual illustrations and photographic images. 13" x 10". Scant. Quarter-bound orange cloth spine (black stamped lettering) over buff paper boards printed in orange. Buff endpapers. More
The ADDRESS By SIR FRANCIS MEYNELL At The DEDICATION Of The GEORGE MACY MEMORIAL COLLECTION Of BOOKS PUBLISHED By The LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. With a List of Titles.
(New York): The Limited Editions Club (at the Rotunda of the Low Memorial Library, Columbia University), 1957. 1st edition thus (presumed). 46, [2 (blank)] pp. Frontis of Macy from an portrait done by Norman Rockwell. 9-3/8" x 6-3/8". Scant. Stiff grey paper wrappers, beige printed title label to front wrapper. More
NUTT'S BOUND FRENCH CLASSICS. A New Departure. March - April, 1907.
(n. p.): D. Nutt, 1907. 1st printing. One printed sheet, folded once vertically, to form 4 pages. List A, and List B: page 2-3. Order blank: p. 4. Floral decoration to p. 1, left side. 8-5/8" x 5-11/16". Self-wrappers. More
PIONEER LETTER SHEETS. A Souvenir for the Members of the American Institute of Accountants Fifty-Second Annual Meeting.
San Francisco: [Grabhorn Press], 1939. 1st edition thus. 9 separate sheets, printed rectos only. 8 leaves of b/w lithograph reproductions. 11-1/2" x 8-15/16". Buff printed paper, housed inside original buff printed publishers envelope. 12 institutional holdings recorded on OCLC. Rare in the trade. More
[Prospectus for] A LONG WALK DOWNTOWN. Photographs of Los Angeles & Southern California, 11936 - 1991.
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2012. 1st edition. Single sheet folded once. Large b/w photograph tipped in to rear of front wrapper. Envelope size: Oblong format. 10" x 13". White printed paper. Housed in original publisher's white envelope. Please note this is the prospectus ONLY, not the book. More
The WORLD From HERE. Treasures of the Great Libraries of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles: Getty Publications, (2001). 1st edition. 464 pp (including index). Profusely illustrated. 4to. 11-1/4" x 8-3/4". Printed grey linen cloth binding. Red paper eps. More
NEW TITLES & THREE NEW PRESSES. Serendipity Books Distribution, Catalogue Supplement 1971 - 1972.
Berkeley: Serendipity Books, (1972). 1st edition. Single sheet folded twice. 8" x 5-1/8". Beige printed paper. More
EDITIONS KOCH & HORMONE DERANGE EDITIONS. Bookseller Catalogue. 2203 Fourth Street, Berkeley, California 94710.
Berkeley: Peter Koch Printers, (n. d.). Ca. early 2000s. Unpaginated, though16 pp. Intratextual color photographic images. 8-3/8" x 5-1/2". Beige printed paper wrappers, tied with a white string. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
A COLLECTION Of AMERICAN HISTORY In MEMORY Of CHARLES ELLIOTT PERKINS Of BURLINGTON IOWA. Harvard College Library Bookplate.
(n. p.): (n. d.). Broadside. Graphic image printed in black surrounding text. 5" x 3". Housed in a clear mylar sleeve. A bookplate designed by Bruce Rogers. More
A. BOURGOIN, ANTIQUARIAN BOOK STORE. Library and Parcels of Books Bought. Also, a Full stock of Photographs Taken From the Best Paintings and From Life.
San Francisco: (1881). Recto with chromolithographed image of Columbia, holding a globe, sitting on a pile of books, with the Boston Daily Globe newspaper as background. Verso with Bourgoin's business stamp. 4-3/4" x 3-1/16" [12 cm x 7.8 cm]. Scarce production trade card used by late 19th C San Francisco... More
VICEREGAL DECREE. Prohibiting the Extraction of Papers, Documents, and Books from Archives and Libraries, and their Sale to Biscuit-makers, Rocket-makers, Apothecaries, Shopkeepers, and the like, for consumption in their trades. Mexico City, December 10 1799.
[San Francisco]: [1960]. 1st edition thus. Single sheet folded once. 4 pp. 18-11/16" x 13-1/8". Beige & white paper printed in black, brown, red & blue. Housed inside large brown publishers envelope. Contains a facsimilie of the decree side-by-side with an English translation by Lesley Byrd Simpson. More
PISCO PARAISO. The Silver Anniversary George Dock Lecture.
(n. p.): (n. d.). 1st edition thus. Single sheet folded twice. 8" x 4-3/4". White printed paper. Green design to front. Deckled edges. More
SAN FRANCISCO SALUTES Its PRINTING INDUSTRY. Silver Anniversary Observance San Francisco Printing Week, January 13-17, 1975.
(San Francisco): (1975). 1st edition. Single sheet folded twice into pamphlet. Many intratextual brown and white photographic images. 8-1/2" x 3-5/8". Beige paper printed with brown lettering. More
To REMEMBER DAVID MAGEE, 1905 - 1977.
Petaluma, CA: Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs, 1988. 1st edition thus. Single sheet folded once. Large b/w photo reproduction of Magee by Ruth Teiser. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Beige printed paper. More
The COLOPHON NEW SERIES. A Quarterly for Bookmen. Autumn 1937. Volume II, Number 4.
New York: The Colophon New Series, 1937. 1st edition. [10], 487 - 628, [4 (blank)] pp. B/w intratextual illustrations. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". Beige cloth binding, light blue stamped design to spine and front board. More
The COLOPHON NEW SERIES. A Quarterly for Bookmen. Autumn 1936. Volume II, Number I.
New York: The Colophon New Series, 1936. 1st edition. [4], 157, [1 (blank)] pp. B/w intratextual illustrations. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". Beige cloth binding, brown stamped design to spine and front board. More
VICTORIA RI. A Collection of Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Original Drawings, etc., by the Lady Herself and her Loyal Subjects, Produced During her Long and Illustrious Reign. Parts I - III.
San Francisco: David Magee, 1970. 1st edition. Limited to 625 cc. 3 volumes. Illustrated with facsimilies, etc. 4to. 11" x 8-1/4". Wrappers. More
FAMOUS, INFAMOUS & FORGOTTEN. Political Cartoons from the Collection of Anthony F. Mourek. Exhibited from 14 November 2013 through 10 January 2014.
New York: The Grolier Club, 2013. 1st edition. 93, [3 (blank)] pp. Many color & b/w illustrations. 11-1/4" x 8-3/4". Red cloth binding, gilt stamped lettering to spine and cover. Issued without DJ. More
ECCE PUER. The Press in Tuscany Alley, to Celebrate the Birth of a Teaching Program.
(n. p.): Zamorano / Roxburghe Clubs, (1990). 1st edition thus. LIMITED to 125 copies. Single sheet folded twice. 10" x 6-1/2". White printed paper. More
The MERRYMOUNT PRESS 1893 - 1993. A Centenary Keepsake. Roger Levenson's Last Printing Project.
Greenbrae: Tamalpais Press, 1993. 1st edition. Two folded sheets. 8-3/8" x 5". White printed paper. More
BEADLE And ADAMS' STANDARD PUBLICATIONS. Dime Library. Pocket Library. Waverly Library. Half-Dime Library. Boy's Library. Sunnyside Library.
New York: Beadle and Adams, 98 William St. (n. d.). Ca 1885. Unpaginated, though 30 pp, including wrappers. Reproduction image of 2 wrapper covers. 7-7/8" x 5-5/8". Printed self-wrappers, stapled. More
ARCHIVAL SOURCES For The HISTORY Of RELIGION In CALIFORNIA. Part I: Catholic Sources.
Historical Society of Southern California, (n. d.). [Reprint from Southern California Quarterly Vol. LXXII, No. 2, Summer 1990]. [2], 157- 172 pp. 9" x 5-3/4". White printed paper wrappers. Stapled. More
And ONCE AGAIN... WHO'S WHO? A Combined Roster - The Roxburghe Club and the Zamorano Club. Fifth Printing.
(n. p.): Roxburghe / Zamorano Clubs, 1982. 5th printing. Unpaginated. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Beige still printed paper wrappers. Roster printed in small booklet held in wrappers. White printed envelope. More