Chicago: The Charles T. Powner Co., 1946. Soft cover. 9.25" x 5.75" Oblong soft cover. 64 ff. Printed to recto only. Some creasing to covers, rubber ownership stamps. More
New York: The Colophon Ltd., 1931. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (imperial). Limited edition, printed for 3000 subscribers. Printed geometric paper covered boards. Unpaginated. Deckled edges. Boards are age toned. Some light rubbing to covers and extremities. Offsetting from illustrations to interior. Each section is designed and printed in a distinctive..... More
New York: The Colophon Ltd., 1931. Hardcover. 8vo (imperial). Printed paper covered boards, with Art Nouveau-style design. Unpaginated. Deckled edges. Some light rubbing to covers and extremities. Offsetting from illustrations to interior. Laid-in pamphlet of Recent Accessions to the Collection of Graphic Arts, Prints, December 1931. A beautiful collection of..... More
Jersey City: American Type Founders Company, 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (tall). Burgundy red cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down, 1301 pp. Illustrated. Interior clean, bright, but boards and corners somewhat worn. A very good copy. More
Jersey City, NJ: American Type Founders, 1923. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. navy cloth, dated by hand to spine. Speckled edges. 1148 pp. Rubbed to extremities, worn to corners and spine head, spine tilted, damp staining and scuffing to boards. Front hinge cracked. Interior soiled. More
Chicago: Barnhart Brothers & Spindler, 1925. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (super). Black textured cloth. 532 pp., 7 pp. index. Rebacked, orig. backstrip laid down. Spine tilted, rubbing to extremities. Scuffing to edges of text block. More
Chicago: Barnhart Brothers & Spindler. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (super). N.d., [ca. 1907?]. Orig. brown cloth. A.E.R. xx, 1022 pp. Rebacked, new spine with black lettering. Spine tilted, rubbing and some wear to extremities, damp staining to boards and top edge of text block. Scuffing to edges of text block..... More
Philadelphia: Uriah, Hunt & Son, 1854. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown boards, 33pp. Illustrated with lavish fonts, including "Egyptian block letters, ornamental German and Old English text, Italian print or Stump Writing and Gothic Figures." Rebacked spine, otherwise very good. More
San Francisco: Fine Print, Bedford Arts, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Full grey cloth. 147 pp. Illustrated. Some bumping to extremities of dust jacket. About fine. More
London: Cassell and Company, 1899. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. russet cloth. 228 pp., ads. Chafed to extremities. Front hinge cracked. Interior very clean. Browning to advertisements. More
London & Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. Decorative green and blue paperboards, 51pp. Light wear to spine and edges o/w fine. More
Boston: A. Williams and Company, 1878. 4th Edition. Hardcover. 15" x 9" Fourth edition. Green blindstamped cloth, gilt lettering to front board, beveled edges. 29 ff., [13 ff.]. Previously rebacked. Damp staining to cloth, chafing to extremities. Ink ownership stamp of John W. Keene to every leaf and endpapers. Numerous..... More
Hitchin, Hertfordshire: G.W. Russell and Son Limited Educational Handicrafts. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. 16mo. N.d., [ca. 19--?] Bookbinding as a School Subject, Pamphlet No. 5. Orig. tan card wrappers, staple bound. 16 pp. B&W illustrations. Two samples of marbled paper tipped in. Sticker ghost to foot of front cover. Booklet..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. red cloth. xv, 831 pp. Small black scuff to foot of front board, else fine. More
London: E. & F.N. Spon, 1859. Hardcover. 10" x 8.5" Oblong. Brown cloth boards, gilt titles. 48 pp. Spine rebacked, usual wear to boards, browning and soiling to interior, former ownership rubber stampes, otherwise very good. Designs include samples of "Saxon, Greek, Hebrew, Court hand, engrossing, arabesque, Tuscan" and other..... More
Haarlem: De Erven F. Bohn, 1908. Hardcover. Folio. Tan cloth, gilt titles and ornate borders and panels. xxxiv, 404 pp. Illustrated. Boards lightly soiled, damp stained, and edge worn. Some edge toning to text block. More
New Haven: Yale Center for British Art, 1978. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo (imperial). Soft cover. 72 pp., LXXII plates. Light chafing to extremities, creasing to front joint. Else fine. More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2006. Hardcover. 8vo. xvi, 367 p.p. with extensive bibliography and notes, [12] p.p. illustrations and photographs. Light rubbing to jacket, extremities. Stiff boards. A fine copy. This book discusses the work of two scholars from Roman Caesaria, Origin and Eusebius and..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1976. Hardcover. 4to. Orig. yellow cloth. 238 pp. Dust jacket rubbed to spine, a few short tears, some light soiling. About fine in very good jacket. More
Grimsby: Grimsby Public Art Gallery, 1998. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Limited edition. The 20th Annual gathering of Private Press Printers, Hand Bookbinders, Hand Paper Makers & Marblers. #44/130 copies. Three quarters blue cloth, grey paper front board, unlettered spine, silver lettering to front board. Marbled endpapers by Jan Suk. Bound..... More
Toronto: Caxton Type Foundry, 1903. Soft cover. 5.25" x 8.5" 4th Canadian edition, No. 1. Blue cloth, bound at top edge. Unpaged, [~200 pp.]. Recently professionally rebacked. Cloth stained, worn, creased. Very good. More
New York: Macmillan, 1893. First Edition. Soft cover. 32mo. Green cloth, 163pp. Light wear to spine and edges, o/w near fine. Advice on how to read, select literature and authors. More
Toronto: Viking Canada, 2009. 1st Canadian Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Quarter burgundy paper, russet paper boards. 274 pp. Patch of sunning to top edge of text block, else fine. What would you do for the love of a good book? For John Charles Gilkey, the..... More
New York: Dover Publications, 1956. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Typographical and Ornamental Volume. Third edition. Orig. orange cloth. Light chafing to extremities, wear to corners, fraying to spine foot, owner stamp to front pastedown, else fine. Expanded with a new collection of initials and alphabets selected by Alexander Nesbitt. More
Edinburgh: Privately Printed, 1888. Soft cover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Collectanea Adamantaea.--III.1. Limited edition, 275 small paper copies for subscribers. Orig. wrappers. 46 pp. Unopened at head. Chips and soiling to covers. More