A HANDBOOK Of OKLAHOMA WRITERS.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1939. 1st edition. xiii, [1 (blank)], 308, [4] pp (including Index). 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Brown & yellow dust jacket. More
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DICKENS and DICKENSIANA: A Catalogue of the Richard Gimbel Collection in the Yale University Library.
New Haven: Yale University Library, 1980. 1st edition. 570 pp (including Index). Frontis. 8vo. Green cloth binding. Paper spine label. Issued w/o dj. Essential to any collector, or seller, of Dickens works. More
THEY TELL HOW TO DO IT! / NEW PRACTICAL WORKS! William T. Comstock, Publisher and Bookseller. 23 Warren Street, New York.
New York: William T. Comstock, (n. d.). Circa 1910. Bifolium, 4 full pages of text; single sheet, printed both recto and verso. ~9-1/2" x 6"; 9-3/8" x 5-5/8". White/tan paper, black printing. Two promotional lists of Comstock's latest publications of practical/technical works. More
PETER KOCH, PRINTER. A Descriptive Pricelist. October 2000.
Berkeley: Peter Koch, Printer, 2000. 1st Printing. Unpaginated, though 8 pages. Printers device to p. 8. 10-5/8" x 7-1/2". Self-wrappers, nested. Issued while Peter was in the midst of publishing Parmenides, includes a short history of his business as well as the price list for works still in print & available. More
The FIRST KNOWN AUCTION CATALOGUE. Catalogue of the Library of Philips van Marnix van Sint-Aldegonde. Sold by Auction (July 6th) Leiden, Christophorus Guyot, 1599.; Introduction by G. J. Brouwer.
Nieuwkoop: B. de Graaf, 1964. 1st edition thus, a facsimile with introductory text. 15, [3], [60 (facsimile)] pp. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-3/4". Blue paper wrappers with printed white paper title label to front wrapper. More
The PERKINS LIBRARY. A Catalogue of the Very Valuable and Important Library Formed by the Late Henry Perkins, Esq., At the Beginning of the Present Century, and comprising many Splendid Illuminated Manuscripts of the Highest Class, A Remarkable Collection of Ancient Bibles, Examples of Printing on Vellum of the greatest beauty and rarity, and Other Most Choice Specimens of Early Typography; The Four Folio Editions of Shakespeare, Numerous Valuable County Histories, and Fine Books in All Classes of Literature; Which will be sold by Auction by Messrs. Gadsden, Ellis & Co. in the Great Library at Hanworth Park, On Tuesday, June 3rd, and Three following Days. At One O'Clock Precisely.
London: Messrs. Gadsden, Ellis & Co. 1873. 99 pp. + 8 pp. price list. 11 b/w lithograph plates by J. & R. Burt, including one fold-out plate. 11" x 7-1/4". Original stiff grey-green wrappers bound in half straight-grained burgundy morocco over marbled boards, with printed price list in plain blue... More
HUMANISTS And BOOKBINDERS. The Origins and Diffision of the Humanistic Bookbinding 1459 - 1559 with a Census of Historiated Plaquette and Medallion Bindings of the Renaissance.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. 1st Edition. xix, [1 (blank)], 296, [2 (blank)] pp (including Index). Profusely illustrated, with a few in color. Small Folio. 11-7/8" x 8-3/8". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Printed buff paper dust jacket. More
![IT IS OUR PLEASURE To MAKE KNOWN THAT From THIS DATE On ALL ORIGINAL MILLINERY CREATIONS Of LILLY DACHE CHAPEAUX ARE To BE FOUND ONLY At RANSOHOFFS. [An Announcement and an Invitation.]. Grabhorn Press / Ransohoff's, 1898 - 1989, Lilly - Milliner Daché.](/pictures/thumb/42624.jpg?v=1456617475)
IT IS OUR PLEASURE To MAKE KNOWN THAT From THIS DATE On ALL ORIGINAL MILLINERY CREATIONS Of LILLY DACHE CHAPEAUX ARE To BE FOUND ONLY At RANSOHOFFS. [An Announcement and an Invitation.]
[San Francisco]: [Grabhorn Press], (n. d.). Ca 1930. Two-fold announcement printed in black with silver and bronze logo to interior panel, tissue guard laid in. 9-1/4" x 6-1/4" (folded). Offwhite wove paper. Grabhorn Press printed a series of announcements and color advertisements for Ransohoff's luxury women's apparel store, located on... More
WE ANNOUNCE OUR COMPLETE READINESS For AUTUMN, 1934 with Exclusive Apparel and Accessories for Every Occasion. Ransohoff's.
[San Francisco]: [Grabhorn Press], 1934. One-fold announcement printed in black and gold with a decorative pale mauve base. 9-5/16" x 6-3/8" (folded). Pale grey laid paper. Grabhorn Press printed a series of announcements and color advertisements for Ransohoff's luxury women's apparel store, located on Post Street in San Francisco, beginning... More
WE ANNOUNCE OUR COMPLETE READINESS For SPRING, 1935 with Exclusive Apparel and Accessories for Every Occasion. Ransohoff's.
[San Francisco]: [Grabhorn Press], 1935. One-fold announcement printed in bronze with decorative half-border. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4" (folded). Green paper. Grabhorn Press printed a series of announcements and color advertisements for Ransohoff's luxury women's apparel store, located on Post Street in San Francisco, beginning in the mid-1920s (Heller and Magee). This... More
RANSOHOFFS REQUESTS The PLEASURE Of YOUR ATTENDANCE At A PRESENTATION Of The NEW SPRING MODES On Monday, February Eleventh, 1929.
[San Francisco]: [Grabhorn Press], 1929. One-fold invitation with printed color floral illustration to front. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4" (folded). Cream laid paper. Grabhorn Press printed a series of announcements and color advertisements for Ransohoff's luxury women's apparel store, located on Post Street in San Francisco, beginning in the mid-1920s (Heller and... More
![In 1848 FASHION WAS As NEW In ITS WAY . . . As FASHION IS At RANSOHOFFS TODAY! [Fall Fashions, 1948.]. Grabhorn Press / Ransohoff's.](/pictures/thumb/42607.jpg?v=1456617474)
In 1848 FASHION WAS As NEW In ITS WAY . . . As FASHION IS At RANSOHOFFS TODAY! [Fall Fashions, 1948.]
[San Francisco]: [Grabhorn Press], 1948. Two-fold invitation (4 pgs) printed in green and brown. Brown illustration of a Victorian couple, with green text printed on their clothing. 9-3/4" x 6-1/2" (folded). Cream wove paper. Grabhorn Press printed a series of announcements and color advertisements for Ransohoff's luxury women's apparel store... More
ANNALI Della TIPOGRAFIA Volpi - Cominiana colle Notizie Intorno la Vita e Gli Studj De'Fratelli Volpi.
Padova: Nel Seminario, 1809. 1st Edition. xii, 1 - 66, [4], 69 - 275, [1 (colophon)] pp. Copperplate frontis of 'Giannantonio Volpi'. T.p. copperplate vignette. Divisional t.p. with copperplate vignette. Inserted copperplate facing p. 16. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Period half leather binding with marbled paper boards. Speckled edges. Volpi... More
The THREE E'S or The Triple Alliance in Good Printing.
Montague Mass. The Montague Press, 1913. 1st Printing. Not found in Walker. 7, [1 (colophon)] pp. Red typographical headpiece. 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Printed, in red, grey paper wrappers, sewn. Before he started his 30-year career as printer for the Yale University Press, Rollins was an active citizen of the town of... More
![CALIFORNIA PRINTING. A Selected List of Books Which are Significant or Representative of a California Style of Printing. Part One [1838 - 1890]. Part Two [1890 - 1925]. Part Three [1925 - 1970]. Printing.](/pictures/thumb/42558.jpg?v=1455924040)
CALIFORNIA PRINTING. A Selected List of Books Which are Significant or Representative of a California Style of Printing. Part One [1838 - 1890]. Part Two [1890 - 1925]. Part Three [1925 - 1970].
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1980 - 1984 - 1987. 1st printing(s). 33, [7]; 34, [6]; 55, [3] pp. Illustrated. 4to. Printed paper wrappers. More
A HAPPY BIRTHDAY To YOU, BRUCE ROGERS MAY 14, 1955.
(n. p.): Between Hours Press, 1955. 1st printing. Number 39 of 85 copies. 4 pp. Printed by hand at the Bewteen Hours Press One red wood engraving. Oblong format. 3-1/4" x 3-3/4". Blue paper wrappers, sewn, with red book label to front wrapper. This copy of Happy Birthday Bruce Rogers... More
NEW LIFE Of GOLDSMITH. DOMBEY And SON.
London: Bradbury & Evans, [1848]. 1st printing thus. Unpaginated, though 8 pages. Printed on green paper. "Goldsmith" with a bust of the subject; p. 2 with wood engraving from "Goldsmith"; p. 4 with cut from "Comic History of England"; other cuts pp 5 - 7. 8-13/16" x 5-5/8". Printed self-wrappers... More
CATALOGUE Of The MILFORD FREE LIBRARY, Milford, N. H.
Milford: 1881. 1st Edition. xiii, [3], 84, [2 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to front board. Rare 19th C. catalogue from this small town free library, which was formed in 1868; OCLC records no holdings of this edition, noting... More
POETRY By AMERICAN WOMEN, 1900 - 1975: A Bibliography.
Metuchen, N.J. & London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 1979. 1st edition. 674, [6 (blank)] pp. 8-3/4" x 5-7/8". Pale yellow cloth binding, brown lettering stamped to spine and front board. More
ANNOUNCING The ENLARGEMENT Of OUR SHOP.
San Francisco: Gelber, Lilienthal Inc. (n. d.). 1st Printing. Broadside, printed in red & black ink. Wood engraving of a scribe at top. "In 1924, antiquarian Leon Gelber joined with businessman Theodore Max Lilienthal to establish the Gelber-Lilienthal Book Shop at 336 Sutter Street in San Francisco. As recalled by... More
A BRIEF CATALOG Of The PUBLISHED WORKS Of BOHEMIAN CLUB AUTHORS.
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
FINE PRINTING And The '80's.
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
The DETECTIVE SHORT STORY. A Bibliography.
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
The SUNDIAL In Our GARDEN.
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
CLEANING And REPAIRING BOOKS: A Practical Home Manual.
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