Woodstock, NY: The Bimonthly Magazine for Book Collectors, 1963. First Edition. Stapled Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Issues No. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8/9. A fabulous group of bibliographies (Twain, Joyce, Emerson, Saroyan) and advertise old, rare books. A wonderful mid-century window to the world of book..... More
. A fascinating small letter to Mr. William Gowans (1803-1870) the legendary bookseller in old New York whose obituary in the New York Times described him as "the antiquarian bookseller of Nassau Street" who in forty years of bookselling had acquired over 250,000 books from Caxtons and an extensive group..... More
Tokyo: Keiogijuku Library, 1929. First Edition. Thick Octavo. 701pp. with an index of an additional 215 pages. A huge printed catalogue of the holdings of the library in 1929. A remarkable way to see the extent of the best Western scholarship present in the library's holdings. a good copy bound..... More
Mansfield, CT: Maurizio Maritno Publisher. Limited Edition. Quarto. 204pp. This Facsimile of the 1918-1920 First Edition is strictly limited to 150 copies. 2 vols in 1. part 1 contains:Explanation of abbreviations and signs, author catalogue, additions, futher additions. 372 p part 2 contains: Table of subjects, subject catalogue,corrections and index..... More
Unknown. 78 unnumbered pages, circa 1940's. A curious item from either a serious bookseller or collector of American authors' first books. Neither is the author identified nor is there a date in this carefully typed list. Since the latest item we noted is Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind, we..... More
Palais Galliera Paris 1973. 1st a very fine copy in original blue cloth Invitation to 18th century book exhibit in 1973 is laid in. More
1979. folded sheet on stiff paper on the Louis C. Ilfeld Law Office and how it became La Galeria de los Artesanos, a fine Las Vegas, New Mexico bookstore that specialized in Western Americana. A picture of the restoration which was completed by Joseph and Diana Stein is on the..... More
Harrisburg, PA: State Library of Pennsylvania. Stapled Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 48pp. Library descriptions, in 3 columns per page. In light brown wraps, with facsimile artwork. More
Watertown, New York: Knowleton Bros. Octavo. 24 unnumbered pages, fan folded with rich color examples. While Knowleton Brothers can trace their work to 1824, it was in the mid-1920's, they began creating the richest preparatory covers for the top designers. This volume is exquisite both in its materials used and..... More
Rochester, NY: Rochester Institute of Technology, 1960. Charles E. Pont. First Edition. Stapled Wrap. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 51pp. Personal trbutes. Examples of type. Essay by Frederic Goudy. In pale grey paper wraps, with black letters and blue type device. ex-lib. More
Cambridge: Hilliard and Metcalf, 1823. Octavo. 67p. In 1894 the Adams Library of 2,756 volumes was transferred from the Thomas Crane Public Library of Quincy, Mass. where it had been lodged since 1882 to the Boston Public Library. The Library of John Adams was built at great expense (as is..... More
Santa Monica, CA: Kenneth Karmiole, 1990. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo., un-paginated (~100 pages). Bookplates, with notes of provenance. List of names. In decorated paper boards, with gold lettered black cloth spine. Signed by Ward Ritchie on half title page... More
Los Angeles: Primavera Press, 1935. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 102pp. Printed by Ward Ritchie. Black spine over pictorial boards. Some wear to top and bottom of spine. More
Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society and The Corner Bookshop, 1947. First Edition. Quarto. In two volumes. 757pp. and [758]-1508pp. The author began his work in the early part of 1913. At the time, he believed though it was a monumental task and there was a need it should only take..... More
Firenza: Giuseppe Molini, Printer, 1803. Octavo. [4], 195pp. Includes index. A bibliographical listing of those books published by the Aldine family from 1494 to 1588. The Aldine press was one of the most significant presses in European history. Aldus Manutius, its' founder, was the first major printer to insist on..... More
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1971. First American Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 376pp. A massive treatise on private presses, including 72 figures in text, and 72 plates in suite. Biblio. Index. In orange cloth (shelf worn), with gold spine letters. Illustrated dust jacket (price clipped..... More
Nendeln/Lichtenstein: Klaus, 1979. Buckram. A Very Good Set Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 576 pp. v. I; 887 pp. v. II; 601 pp. v. III; 496 pp. v.IV. Originals of the congresses of 1878, 1888, 1898. More
Provo, UT. (1997, 2005 and 2012): Righam Young University. First Editions. Quarto. In three volumes; Volume I covers books produced by the Mormons in support of the Church 1830-1857; 477pp. Volume II, covers the years 1848-1852, 501pp. and volume III covers the years 1853-1857, 467pp. Each volume contains a descriptive..... More
Jersey City, NJ: The Davey Company, 1992. First Edition. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 4to., 146pp. Illustrated history of small scale industry in Eastern North America, and also a key business in the making of books. In two-tone blue cloth boards, printed silver on the spine, with..... More
Np/1989: (Joseph J. D'Ambrosio. Limited Edition. Octavo. Limited to only 75 copies of which ten copies art artist's proofs, signed and numbered. 128pp. printed with Della Robbia type on Johannot paper with a Vandercook No. 4 proof press, illustrated with mounted color illustrations of the books listed. Uniquely bound in..... More
Baltimore: R.H. Woodward Company, 1896. This Salesman's prospectus (or salesman's dummy) is complete with two volumes in one, each with sheets for the prospective buyer information. The note is that the finished volume would be four times thicker. Depending upon the kind of binding the price would be in the..... More
Hartford, CN: M. A. Winter & Co., 1885. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 739pp. A literary feast of books and book publishing in the 19th century. Many long forgotten authors, book publishers, and Civil War Generals that became authors. In cinnamon cloth, with gilt letters and..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Book Arts Programs, Occidental College, 1990. Octavo. 37pp. illustrated. Laid in is (4)pp of Saul Marks, printer 1905-1974, a separate story of the deceased printer who was the founder of Plantin Press of Los Angeles. Bound in beige printed wraps illustrated with photographs and books. The Saul..... More
London: Antiquarian Booksellers Association, 1962. Oblong Octavo. 9pp. Durrell's 3 page introduction to the 1962 Bookfair's handlist of exhibitors. Printed black on grey papers. Near Fine copy. More
New York: Tudor Press, 1928. Original Wraps. 54p.; fragile iwth wear along original covers; nevertheless, an important record of an important copy of the Gutenberg bible. More