8vo, softcovers rebound in gray cloth. Classic reference on the art of the woodcut, with emphasis on the revival of the art in Western Europe during the first quarter of the 20th century. 239 woodblocks, 9 in color. 177 original illustrations. No. 18 of 1000 copies; a prior owner has neatly written in pencil which woodcuts are originals and which previously published; owner's inked name on front flyleaf, otherwise a fine copy in original paper wraps, subsequently rebound in gray cloth. View More...
Première Année 1925, Deuxième Année 1926-1927, Troisième Année 1928-1929. First editions. All three years published. 4to [10”x12.5”], paper wrappers in printed dust-jackets. Unpaginated, but approx.. 200 pp. each volume. The first volume is limited to printing of 2000 copies and the third volume 1800; the second volume has no designation. Plain sewn wrappers, with volume 1 in library binding with original wrappers bound in. A remarkable publication consisting of announcements of limited edition illustrated books to appear between 1925-29, accompanied by samples from the works. More than 20 ... View More...
1st ed. thus, small 4to, 57 pp. One of 390 copies with a tipped in original leaf from the 1914 First Edition of Cowan's work. The Book Club of California, publication 201. Gray cloth boards and paper cover, printed title label on front cover. Pristine copy; gray cloth backed boards with black titles in a fine mylar jacket. This copy inscribed by Kurutz on the front end paper. Prospectus laid in. View More...
1st ed; Limited to 1000 unnumbered copies. 12mo, Marble boards in acetate d/w and slipcase. Ribbon bookmarker. The book is virtually pristine with just some light toning to front and back flyleaves; slipcase also fine; acetate d/w is near fine but with several small open tears. View More...
Quarter vellum, gilt, 4to., vii, 186 pages. Illustrated with one and two color facsimiles and tipped-in color plates and samples. Printed at the Curwen Press. Includes essays on book design in a variety of countries by a variety of authors. Profusely illustrated with samples. Good+. A clean, tight copy overall but with some were to edges and corners and a 1" closed tear in the vellum on spine. Prior owner's signature inside front hinge; bookseller label inside back cover View More...
Small 8vo. First printing. With original contributions by Willa Cather "On Writing Fiction", H. L. Mencken on Cather, selection of poetry by Eliot, Pound and other Borzoi authors with a number of illustrations and photos; and a complete bibliography of the imprint. Fine; light sunning and small stain to back cover; otherwise a pristine copy. View More...
Avigon et Lyon, Seguin et chez l’auteur, 1777. 12mo, full vellum. 207 pp. An early guide to rare-book collecting; a priced-catalog of books sold by Jean-François de Los Rios, with annotations. de Los Rios (1727-1820) was a noted bookseller in Lyon, famously taking advantage of the dispersion of Jesuit libraries after the order was expelled from France in 1764. The Bibliographie instructive was one of his early works, published after more than 17 years as a bookseller in Lyon. The bilbiografía is organized as a directory with 639 entries briefly discussed and 190 references in the included supp... View More...
Brooklyn: Gryphon Books, 1994. 8vo, wrappers. 84 pp. Pristine copy; 1st edition of this indispensable reference for Hammett and Chandler collectors. limited to only 500 copies. As-new. View More...
First edition. 12mo stapled slate blue wrappers. Simultaneously published in hardcover. 32 pp. biographical and bibliographic study by the noted critic. Published for free distribution to promote the Kalki Edition of Cabell's works. View More...
12mo. One of 400 copies printed in Linotype Granjon on Kelmscott hand-made paper. Quarter parchment with marbled paper-covered boards." Reprint of the original which was published in Frankfort in 1568. Six engraved illustrations representing the printing trades: the printer, bookbinder, type-founder, papermaker, draughtsman and woodcutter as well as the original verses by Hans Sachs, a popular Nuremberg poet. With an additional leaf loosely laid in showing the text of two short letters to the publisher explaining the disposition of two copies of this book to the Bodley library. Pristine copy. View More...
1st ed., 8vo. A Very Good- near fine copy but in a dulled and lightly soiled dustjacket with several small edge nicks, darkened spine; not price-clipped. View More...
1st Edition. 64 pp. each, several full-page illustrations.#####12mo [4-3/4”x6-1/2”]The Rollo to Rebecca [Spring]Juvenile Temptations [Summer]A Paper Menagerie [Autumn]The Children’s Hour [Winter]#####Selections of classic and modern children’s literature, table and board games, card games, jig-saws and picture cubes, optical toys, and mechanical and novelty books. 491 items in all. Limited to 500 copies issued to annual subscribers.#####CONDITION: The first three are very good-near fine -- clean, tight copies with only very minor edge-wear. The fourth is similar internally, but covers are lig... View More...
Complete run [12 issues] for the first year of the monthly miscellany of fine books, bibliography, typography and kindred literary matters. Laid in marbled paper-covered portfolio. 12-1/2" x 9-1/2" with a total of 64 pp including index. Several b/w woodcuts. Articles on book publishing, typography and more, including articles featuring Bruce Rogers, Rockwell Kent & major presses of the era. Five subscriber announcements, advts. Laid in.CONDITION: VERY GOOD. Cover of issue 1 lightly toned, as is last page of issue 12, all others clean and bright with some minor toning to top edges. Substantial... View More...
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