Mouche & Lancers
by Preskawiec, T.
Paris: L'Ancre d'Or, 1947. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Very good in beige paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper and to spine. Illustrations to front wrapper. Front hinge has been repaired. Minor browning and wear to edges and spine. Minor browning to margins of pages. Text remains bright. Illustrations throughout. 247 pages. IN FRENCH. Hunting and Fishing.... Read More
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Brucke an Dr. Rosa Schapire
by Presler, Gerd
Staditsche Kunsthalle Mannheim, 1990. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper govered boards with white title to front board and to spine. Illustrated in both black and white and color throughout with German text. Art. ART307021.
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Intelligence There with Passion. A Festschrift in Honor of Frederick Morgan's Fiftieth Anniversary at The Hudson Review
by [Aralia Press]
West Chester University: Aralia Press, 1998. LIMITED EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. LIMITED EDITION. Hardcover. 8vo. 1 of 230 copies. Blue cloth boards with light blue paper title label. Beautifully printed interior with tight binding. Pristine. PRI/091605.
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A Riverside Walk: An Easy-Going Essay by a Peripatetic Philosopher
by [Bedford Press]
London: Bedford Press, 1898. Paperback. Very Good in Wraps. Paperback. Number 120 of 250 copies printed for members. Read at a meeting of the Sette held at Limmer's Hotel on Friday, January 14th, 1898 and presented to the Sette by John Todhunter, playwright. The Sette of Odd Volumes was a British bibliophile club. In original pale blue wraps,... Read More
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La Chancun de Willame
by [Chiswick Press]
[London]: Chiswick Press, 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. One of 200 copies. From the colophon: "The unknown 'Chanson de Geste' here transcribed belongs to the cycle of William Of Orange. There has been no attempt to edit the text, or even to correct not a few very obvious minor errors. The two reproductions are of the same size... Read More
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Panther! and Bear Fight
by [Deeply Game Productions] Sara Press
Pasadena, CA: Deeply Game Productions, 2012. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. Number 1 of 7 copies. Signed and numbered by the book artist. Sara Press is a photographer, printer, and book artist whose work addresses science, nature, and the intricacies of our culture. This is a suite of four etchings by Ms. Press that depict contemporary mixed-martial-arts fighters. The... Read More
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A Leaf from Francisco Palou's Noticias de la Nueva California, Mexico 1857
by [Press of the Golden Key] Palou, Francisco, Rik Olson, cover wood engraving; Jennifer Larson, bibliographical commentary
Orinda CA: Press of the Golden Key, 1990. Softcover. Fine. Softcover. One of 150 copies that were printed at the Press of the Golden Key as a keepsake for a joint meeting of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs in October 1990. Padre Francisco Palou (1721T-1789), a Franciscan priest, missionary, and close colleague and friend of Fr. Junipero Serra,... Read More
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Collection of Prospectuses
by [Golden Cockerel Press]
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1937. Very Good. This is a collection of prospectuses for five of the books issued by the famed Golden Cockerel Press in 1937. There are six prospectuses, with two copies for one of the titles. They are held in a green folder with a stylized illustration of a cock in a cocked hat and... Read More
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A Rod for the Back of the Binder. Some Considerations of Binding With Reference to the Ideals of The Lakeside Press
by [Lakeside Press]
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. "The subject matter of this book treats binding from a new angle, describing those book binding details concerning which mistaken ideas exist or in which bad binding practices are prevalent. These notes were written from the standpoint of the causes of defects developed in... Read More
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Larkspur Press Ephemera - 10 items
by [Larkspur Press]
Monterey, KY: Larkspur Press. Paperback. Fine. Paperback. Includes prospectuses for: Guest House, Fondelle, Stone Eye, A Sense of Time Left, Sonata at Payne Hollow, Heart's Hornbook, What You Know, Science in Your Own Back Yard, and 2 price lists. Each prospectus is either two pages (a single leaf printed front and back) or four pages (two leaves printed... Read More
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Printing as Art
by [Press of Appletree Alley] Stratton, Mary Chenoweth, editor; Linda Holmes, illustrator; Charles Mann, introduction
Pennsylvania: The Press of Appletree Alley, 1994. Hardcover. Fine. Holmes, Linda. Holmes, Linda. Hardcover. Number 33 of 150 copies. This is a delightful book that draws together letters and writings of Morris, Elizabeth Yeats, and George Bernard Shaw, taken from a collection at the Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library at Bucknell University. In his introduction, Dr. Charles W. Mann... Read More
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Three Little Ghostesses: A Child's Guide to Food and Drink
by [Perdix Press]
Sutton Mandeville, England: Perdix Press, 1978. Softcover. Fine. Softcover. One of 100 copies printed. Seventy were for the fourth exchange of the Society of Private Printers and thirty for private circulation. A charming small collection of 16 verses that were taken from the Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book of 1955, compiled by the nursery rhyme scholars Iona and Peter... Read More
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Song of Songs Which is Solomon's
by [Plandome Press]
New York: Payson and Clarke Ltd, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Printed from the King James version. Letterpress printed in Blado italic type. Arabesque ornaments reproduced from designs credited to Salomon Bernard and printed by Jean de Tournes in 1558 at Lyons. Bound in tan paper covered boards with gilt title to spine and gilt decoration to front... Read More
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2013: Life As We Know It. (datebook for 2013)
by [Purgatory Pie Press]
New York: Purgatory Pie Press, 2012. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 18 of 60 copies. A beautifully crafted datebook for 2013. Each binding is unique with different colors of leather and threads. Bound in full orange leather with a black leather tie. The interior is printed in week-at-a-glance format on repurposed nautical charts with wood type that is over... Read More
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Christmas Lyrics. Fifteenth Century
by [Stanbrook Abbey Press]
Worcester: Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1957. Fine. A finely printed collection of 15 poems printed for Christmas. First printed in 1956, this is a reissue from the following year. The lyrics are edited and modernized from the original versions by the Benedictines of Stanbrook & printed in England at the Stanbrook Abbey Press. The poems within "span the whole... Read More
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Matrix 8
by [Whittington Press]
Risbury, England: Whittington Press, 1988. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. One of 800 copies of the regular edition. There were also 100 copies of the deluxe edition. The annual editions of Matrix were some of the foremost publications on the book arts during its 36 year existence. Sadly, Matrix 36, published in 2020, was the last annual edition of the... Read More
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Matrix 14
by [Whittington Press]
Risbury, England: Whittington Press, 1994. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. One of 880 copies of the regular edition. There were also 95 copies in the deluxe edition. The annual publication of Matrix was one of the foremost publications on the book arts during its 36 year existence. Sadly, Matrix 36, published in 2020, was the last annual edition of the... Read More
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Matrix 6
by [Whittington Press]
Risbury, England: Whittington Press, 1986. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. One of 800 copies of the regular edition. There were also 100 copies of the deluxe edition. The annual editions of Matrix were some of the foremost publications on the book arts during its 36 year existence. Sadly, Matrix 36, published in 2020, was the last annual edition of the... Read More
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Matrix 23
by [Whittington Press]
Risbury, England: Whittington Press, 2003. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 8 of 85 copies of the deluxe edition. There were 800 total copies printed including 715 copies of the regular edition. This is one of the special copies of the annual publication of Matrix, one of the foremost publications on the book arts during its 36 year existence. Sadly,... Read More
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Matrix 14
by [Whittington Press]
Risbury, England: Whittington Press, 1994. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 23 of 95 copies of the deluxe edition. There were 975 total copies printed including the regular edition. This is one of the special copies of the annual publication of Matrix, one of the foremost publications on the book arts during its 36 year existence. Sadly, Matrix 36, published... Read More
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Matrix 27
by [Whittington Press]
Risbury, England: Whittington Press, 2007. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 21 of 70 copies of the deluxe edition. There were 750 total copies printed including 680 copies of the regular edition. This is one of the special copies of the annual publication of Matrix, one of the foremost publications on the book arts during its 36 year existence. Sadly,... Read More
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Matrix 17
by [Whittington Press]
Risbury, England: Whittington Press, 1997. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. Number 76 of 80 copies of the deluxe edition. There were 850 total copies printed including the regular edition. This is one of the special copies of the annual publication of Matrix, one of the foremost publications on the book arts during its 36 year existence. Sadly, Matrix 36,... Read More
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Matrix 16
by [Whittington Press]
Risbury, England: Whittington Press, 1996. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. One of 830 copies of the regular edition. There were also 95 copies in the deluxe edition. The annual editions of Matrix were some of the foremost publications on the book arts during its 36 year existence. Sadly, Matrix 36, published in 2020, was the last annual edition of the... Read More
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Matrix 24: A Review for Printers and Bibliophiles
by [Whittington Press]
England: The Whittington Press, 2004. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. The Whittington Press was founded in 1971 by John and Rosalind Randle to print and publish books by letterpress. Since its beginnings, they have printed some 200 books, included the renowned Matrix, an annual review for printers and bibliophiles. The Press has received numerous awards for its printing and publishing,... Read More
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Matrix 13
by [Whittington Press]
Risbury, England: Whittington Press, 1993. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. One of 835 copies of the regular edition. There were also 90 copies in the deluxe edition. The annual editions of Matrix were some of the foremost publications on the book arts during its 36 year existence. Sadly, Matrix 36, published in 2020, was the last annual edition of the... Read More
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