Bristol: Frank E. Guy & Co. Ld. The plate depicts 3 scenes with underneath a plug for the bakery: "Everything manufactured with the most modern & approved machinery insuring perfect purity and cleanliness to the consumer." Guy's imprint in lower left, just under the ornamental border. 8" x 7". Now..... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 1st Edition. Limited to 425 cc. xx, 139, [1] pp. Illustrated. 4to. Green cloth binding, with gilt stamped spine lettering. Dust jacket. More
San Francisco: John Howell, 1921. 1st Edition, 2nd issue with errata corrected (Flake 9500; Rittenhouse 610n). One of 50 copies issued illustrated with tipped-in facsimile title pages. [8], 193, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated with 40 facsimile [photostat] title pages tipped-in blank leaves interleaved within the volume. 8vo. Later tan fine-weave..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, (n. d.). 1st printing thus, ca 1971. Single sheet of blue heavy stock paper, printed in black & red, folded twice to form a 6-panel brochure. 8-1/2" x 4". Printed self-wrappers, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Dated from the 4 "Signature Books" listed..... More
Silversted, Westerham, Kent: Published by Hurtwood Press Limited, 1990. 1st Edition. 47, [1] pp. Illustrated. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-7/8". Dark blue paper-wrapped boards with printed title label to front board. Light blue dust jacket lettered in white. Reminiscences about the trade, as recorded by Mr Coffin. More
Metuchen, N. J. The Scarecrow Press Inc., 1979. 1st edition. 229, [1] pp (including Index). 8vo. Red cloth with white lettering. No dust jacket. More
New York City: Street & Smith Corporation, 1926. 1st Printing thus (i.e., of this catalogue). [3] - 33, [1] pp. 7-1/8" x 4-7/8" Off-white paper covers printed in red & black. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Francis Scott Street and Francis Shubael Smith began their publishing partnership in..... More
New York City: Street & Smith Corporation, 1926. 1st Printing thus (i.e., of this catalogue). 32 pp. 6-7/8" x 4-3/4" White paper covers printed in red & black. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Francis Scott Street and Francis Shubael Smith began their publishing partnership in 1855 when they..... More
Boston: 1807. Bifolium, with manuscript sales receipt to p. 1 [19 lines]; mss address to p. 4 [Charles H. Atherton Esq / Amherst. N.H.]. 9-7/8" x 7-3/4". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Parker was a prominent publisher and bookseller in 19th C Boston. He published musical scores as..... More
Winchester, Massachusetts: The Lucky Dog Press, (1945). 1st Edition. Limited to 225 cc. [4], 38, [6] pp. Illustrated with 7 tipped-in marbled paper samples. 7-3/4" x 5-1/4". Blue cloth spine over blue marbled paper boards. Marbled paper eps (different designs used for front & rear). "This book has been written..... More
San Francisco: Printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn and James McDonald, 1922. 1st edition thus (Heller & Magee 49). Unpaginated, though 20 pp. Cover, t.p. & initials by Joseph Sinel. 10-1/4" x 7-1/4". Bound in brown paper boards with fleur-de-lis decorations & lettering in burnt orange, parchment back. More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2020. 1st Printing. 10" x 8-1/8". Mustard colored portfolio, with green & black printing. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Buffalo: State University of New York, [1970]. 1st Printing. [4], i, [1], 26 pp. 8vo. 8-7/16" x 5-3/8". Pale green & blue paper covers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "This catalogue is issued in connection with the Dickens Centennary Exhibit in the Lockwood Library, State University of..... More
London: Ward Lock & Co., 1954. 1st Edition. 108 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Dust jacket. More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, (1984). 1st printing of the 2nd edition. 271, [1 (blank)] pp. Index at rear. Fully illustrated with much in color. 11-3/8" x 3-1/2". Brown glossy stock paper covers, with front cover printed in color. More
Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1972. 1st edition. Limited to 200cc. 47, [1] pp. 8vo. Brown cloth binding. Grey paper dust jacket, printed in orange & black. More
New York: The Grolier Club, (1990). 1st Edition. Unpaginated. Useful "Index to Binders" at rear, with short bio for each individual. Profusely illustrated, with much in color. Square 8vo, 8" x 8". Maroon wrappers printed in white. More
Wylam: Allenholme Press, 1965. 1st Printing. 12 pp. Fold-out illustration. 7-1/2" x 5". Grey paper covers printed in black & orange, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
New York: Grolier Club, [2008]. 1st Printing. 20 pp. Intratextual color illustrations. 7-1/8" x 4-1/2". Color printed paper wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A printed version of a talk delivered by Ms Allen as the 2007 J. Ben Lieberman Memorial Lecture of the American Printing History Association..... More
Rochester: 2009. Later printing. SIGNED by the author. 116 pp (including Index). Illustrated. Laid-in chart: IDENTIFICATION FLOW-CHART. 4to. Yellow glossy stock paper covers. More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1923. 1st edition (Heller & Magee 58; Olmsted 19). #334/400 cc. Printed at the Grabhorn Press. [15], 119, [7], [4 (blank)] pp. Untrimmed. Title page design by H. Von Schmidt. Frontispiece photograph by Dorothea Lange from a painting of Oscar Weil by Olga M...... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010. 1st Edition. xiii, [2], 299, [3] pp. Profusely illustrated, mostly in color. 8-1/4" x 8-1/4". Black cloth spine over full color glossy composite boards. Issued without dust jacket. More
New Castle DE: Oak Knoll Books, 2002. 1st edition. 616 pp (including index). A few illustrations. Royal 8vo. Red cloth binding. Red dust jacket. More
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1990. 1st Printing. Limited to 910 cc. ASSOCIATION COPY. x, [2], 198, [2] pp. With the publication prospectus laid in [4 pp]. Western Books Exhibition submission slip laid-in [submitted by W. Thomas Taylor]. Illustrated with plates. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/8". Green cloth binding with printed paper..... More
New York: Bennett Book Studios Inc., 1929. 1st edition. #695 / 750cc. [10], 114, [12 (blank, for "Notes")] pp. 8vo. 9-5/8" x 6-1/4". Blue three-quarter Turkey morocco binding with marbled boards & eps. Gilt stamping to spine. TEG. More
