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 about The Song=Story of Aucassin & Nicolette
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 about The Adventures in Kroy: Solomon Leviathan's Nine Hundred and Thirty-First Trip Around the World...
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 about The Adventures in Kroy: Solomon Leviathan's Nine Hundred and Thirty-First Trip Around the World...
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 about Gwilan's Harp (Signed
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 about April in Santa
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 about The Red Hawk
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 about The Wedding of Sir Gawain
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 about The Magees Slip Quietly Away from Post Street
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 about The Noble & Joyous Boke Entytled le Morte Darthur
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 about Pleasurable Venice
Tilton, NH: Hilside Pres, 1972. Limited edition. Hardcover. Miniature: 1-7/8 by 2¼ inches. Peach colored cloth boards blocked with an illustration of an elf beneath a mushroom on the upper boards and with the spine title in black. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Herford. Nine full page full... More about The Miser Elf
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 about Heraldic Influence on Early Printers' Devices
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 about Sentimientos de la Nación
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 about Omnibus: Instructions for Amateur Papermakers with Notes and Observations on Private Presses,...
Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1892. Limited edition. Limp Vellum. 8vo. [1] 2-169 [170] pp. Decorative borders & other wood engraved devices designed by Morris, & several blanks to front & rear. One of 300 copies printed in Golden type on Flower paper, with shoulder titles & notes, speakers' names, & some... More about The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems
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 about A New Balade or Songe of the Lambes Feast
Michoacán: Taller Martín Pescador, 2018. Limited edition. Broadside. Broadside. 50 by 65 cms (19 by 26 inches), finely printed in red and black by Juan Pascoe on heavy Del Ponte stock on his Washington 1639 press in Castellar type with titles in Centaur Bembo. This superb example of fine... More about Las Cartas de Frida Kahlo al Doctor Leo Eloesser en la Bóveda del Museo de Filatelia de Oaxaca
Michoacán: Taller Martín Pescador, 2019. Illustrated by Artemio Rodriguez. Limited edition. Broadside. Broadside. (12 by 18 inches), finely printed letterpress by Juan Pascoe on heavy stock. This superb example of fine printing features a linocut by Artemio Rodriguez showing the famed Mexican singer Isabel Vargas Lizano (known as Chavela)... More about In Memoriam en el Centenario de Chavela Vargas
Michoacán: Taller Martín Pescador, (2017). Limited edition. Broadside. Broadside. 50 by 65 cms (19 by 26 inches), finely printed by Juan Pascoe on light blue Del Ponte stock on his Washington 1639 press in Castellar type with titles in Bembo. This lettepress sheet features an affixed full color reproduction... More about Cartel para Celebrar los XX Años del Museo de Filatelica de Oaxaca
Yellow Springs, Ohio: Kahoe & Company, 1929. Limited edition. Hardcover. One of 25 numbered copies. Thin 12mo. (5 by 8 inches.) Cream-colored cloth spine, printed lettering label, brown paper with flecks of dark and gold over boards. Title page in red and black. Unpaginated (32pp.) A fine copy with only... More about Eighteen Sonnets of Francis Petrarch Done Into English By Various Translators
Santa Fé: Press at the Palace of the Governors, 1995. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio: 9½ by 15 inches. Twenty-five hand-colored prints of saints, each mounted onto a die-cut paper triptych with letterpress text and with embossed and curved upper margin. The artwork is by Catherine Ferguson, and Spanish Colonial Arts... More about New World Saints
Spring Valley, NY: Town House Press, 1979. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 20pp. followed by the plates. Facsimile of the 1900 catalogue published by Prideaux and Adams in 1900. One of 300 numbered copies. This is number 59. Nicely bound in full green morocco. Spine in six compartments, gilt, with raised... More about A Catalogue of Books Bound by S. T. Prideaux Between MDCCCXC and MDCCCC With Twenty-Six...
Manhasset, NY: Stone Stable Press, 1940. Limited edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 8pp. Publisher's green paper boards, printed label on upper board. Three pages of "Saint Nicholas Nonsense" signed "Q.E.F." Printed in red and black. One of 222 copies printed in Goudy mediaeval, of which none were for sale. A fine copy... More about Dot Leetle Fur Cap: A Christmas Poem from the Pennsylvania Dutch
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1958. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. (81)pp. Linen spine, printed paper label, blue paper over boards. One of 400 copies finely printed letterpress on Tweedweave laid paper. A fine copy. Inscribed on the front free endpaper by Anges Tobin's niece. More about Phaedra
Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1932. Limited edition. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. 59, (5)pp. Cased in white buckram heavily blocked in gilt with designs by Rickets. Top edge gilt in the rough. Finely printed by George W. Jones at the Dolphin Press on Van Gelder paper with the Nonesuch watermark, One of... More about Oscar Wilde: Recollections
