Kentfield: The Allen Press, 1972. Limited edition. Wraps. Folio. One of 140 copies finely printed on handmade paper from the Wookey Hole mill in England. The paper was made to the specifications of the Allen Press, with the watermark of the Press, and the book was printed damp on an..... More
Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. Engravings by Robert Gibbings. Limited edition. Hardcover. Thin tall 4to. Finely printed. One of 500 numbered copies of which this is No. 284. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in quarter maroon sharkskin, gilt, buckram boards. Buckram a trifle discolored by age else this is a...... More
East Aurora: Roycroft, 1899. Limited edition. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. One of 920 numbered copies signed by Elbert Hubbard; this is copy No. 755. Nicely bound in full orange morocco, title in blind on the spine, and the binding signed 'Denny'. In a custom clamshell case of buckram with the embossed..... More
(Oakland): Peter Koch, 1984. Limited edition. Stiff card. Tall thin folio, 9½ by 19½ inches. Title and vignette on the first page. The back page is an essay by Glenn E. Humphreys. The inner pages contain the text of a letter from Ellery ordering books in 1856, and a list describing..... More
Kalamazoo: Aliquando Press, c. 1976. Wraps. Oblng 4to. 8pp. sewn into printed wraps. Three pages are printed in color plus black. A fine copy. This is the prospectus for the limited edition book. With ordering materials laid in. More
Lexington, KY: Gravesend Press, 1957. Illustrated by Fritz Kredel. Limited edition. Hardcover. 12mo. (82)pp. Blue cloth, gilt spine, Finely printed by Jacob Hammer on dampened Hayle handmade paper. One of 200 unnumbered copies. Many copes are signed; this is not. A fine copy in publisher's slipcase. More
New Castle: Cheap Street, 1982. Alicia Austin. Limited edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, 8vo. Both signed by the author and the illustrator. Bound in gold-colored cloth, printed paper labels. Housed in the publisher's clamshell slipcase covered in tan-colored cloth, with a printed spine label. Each volume is No. 64 of 200..... More
New Castle: Cheap Street, 1982. Limited edition. Fine. Two volumes, 8vo. Both signed by the author and the illustrator. Bound in gold-colored cloth, printed paper labels. Housed in the publisher's clamshell slipcase covered in tan-colored cloth, with a printed spine label. Each volume is No. 94 of 200 copies (from..... More
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1981. Limited edition. Fine. Publisher's cloth binding, black leather lettering label, gilt, on the upper board. This edition of Le Guin's short story was finely printed at the Lord John Press in an edition of 300 copies in wraps, and 50 signed deluxe copies specially..... More
Santa Fé: The Press at the Palace of the Governors, 2012. First edition. Wraps. 8vo. Unpaginated. (12pp.) One of 200 copies. Finely printed by letterpress at the Palace Press on Hahnmuhle paper. "Santa" s a local nickname for Santa Fé, which itself is a short form of "La Villa Real..... More
New Castle: Cheap Street, (1983). Illustrated by Alicia Austin. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Bound in quarter morocco, handmade paper boards and silver spine titles. Housed in the publisher's slipcase. A fine copy. One of 44 copies of the Publisher's Edition, from a total edition of 177 copies. Signed by both..... More
St. Petersburg: Dmitry Sayenko; Nikodim, 2018. Limited edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, folio. Slipcased. One of 20 copies signed by Owens and Sayenko in the colophon. Prospectus laid in. The volumes are in fine, as new condition; the slipcase has a tiny bump on one corner else is fine. The main..... More
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1964. Wraps. Single sheet folded to make four pages 9 by 12 inches. Illustration tipped onto the first page shows a 1684 frontispiece. One page of text announcing the move of the David Magee Book Shop from Post Street to Cow Hollow, "once a rural and..... More
Birmingham: Birmingham School of Printing, 1934. First edition. Stiff card wraps. 4to. (43),(1)pp. Finely printed in black, red and blue under the direction of Leonard Jay at the City of Birmingham School of Printing. Printed by students in the Letterpress Machine classes. Set in Garamond. Illustrated with wood engravings by..... More
Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press and published by the Press for Basil Blackwell, 1934. Limited edition. Fine. 4to. Two volumes. (4),xxviii,316;(4)273,(3)pp. One of 370 copies on handmade paper (of which 350 are for sale), this being copy number 268. One of the few copies bound in full brick-red morocco. Printed in..... More
Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press and published by the Press for Basil Blackwell, 1933. Limited edition. Fine. 4to. Two volumes. (4),xxviii,316;(4)273,(3)pp. One of 370 copies on handmade paper (of which 350 are for sale), this being copy number 56. One of the few copies bound in full brick-red morocco. Printed..... More
(Tacámbaro, Michoacán): Juan Pascoe/Taller Martín Pescador, 2002. Limited edition. Broadside. A proof of a new typeface, Enciro, inspired by the fonts cut by Enrico Martínez, a printer of New Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries. The upper third of the broadside discuss and illustrated the font. The remainder..... More
n.p. Printed by the author, c. 1987. Limited edition. Hardcover. 2¼ by 3 inches. Blue leather blocked in gilt on the upper board with the title and a drawing of a flower. Unpaginated. Each page of text is faced with an illustration handcolored by the author-printer. One of 100 numbered..... More
Leeds: The Elmete Press, 1978. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. 104pp. Illustrated index. Finely printed on rag-made paper from St. Cuthbert's Mill. Full brown leather, gilt spine title, gilt vignette on the upper board. Top edge gilt. Dark brown endpapers. Printed letterpress, with many pages in two colors. Number 8..... More
Tacámbaro de Codallos: Taller Martín Pescador, 2017. Limited edition. Broadside. Broadside, 80 x 100 cm. Engraving by Artemio Rodriguez. Finely printed by Juan Pascoe on Tamayo de Ponte paper with a Vandercook Press. One of 84 copies. A fine copy. In Spanish. The engraving by Rodriguez is particularly striking, showing..... More
n.p. The Bird & Bull Press, 1967. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 121pp. Quarter morocco, gilt spine title, decorated paper boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Finely printed on Green's hand-made 'Bird & Bull' paper. Bound in are paper samples made at the press and at other places, as well as a...... More
Long Credon: Seven Acres Press, (19297). Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Title page printed in red, blue and green. Illustrations and versal letters engraved on wood by the printer, Loyd Haberly. Printed in three colors throughout on handmade paper. One of 125 copies of which this is No. 26. Full brown..... More
n.p. The Turkey Press, (1984). Limited edition. Stiff card wraps. Unpaginated. Thin 8vo. Perinted blue self-wrappers over card. One of 175 copies, from a total edition of 215 copies. Set in 12 pt. Goudy and printed by Sandra Liddell Reese. A fine copy. More
Oak Grove, MN: MIchael E. Coughlin, 2019. Limited edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 32pp. Black cloth spine, red cloth boards, printed label on the upper board, deep red endpapers. Finely printed by Michael E. Coughlin on a Kluge platen press on Mohawsk Superfine Eggshell paper. The typeface is Garamond, and the..... More
Oak Grove, MN: Michael E. Coughlin, 2019. Limited edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 32pp. Frontispiece of the Glasonbury Cross. Finely printed by Michael E. Coughlin on a Kluge platen press on Biblio paper. The typeface is Garamond, and the drop caps are Trueheart. One of 10 special copies hand-colored, bound..... More
