San Francisco: Bullnettle Press, 1998. Broadside. A Broadside, finely printed by Asa Peavy in red and black on a Legion Letterpress in an edition of 208 copies. Wood engravings by George Walker. The text is from 'A Crowne-Garland of Goulden Roses', London, 1612. This is the first printing of the... More
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1946. John Petts. Limited edition. Hardcover. Of a total edition of 500 copies, this is no. 462 of 400 copies on Arnold's mould-made paper and bound in green & brown cloth, gilt title and gilt cockerel on board. This is an innovative binding executed by Douglas... More
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 fine copy. 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
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
Wolfville, Nova Scotia: The Wombat Press, (1978). Limited edition. Hardcover. 8VO. XI,(1),26,(2) pp. Grey cloth spine, gilt; paper over boards with a gilt vignette on the upper board. Color frontispiece; 16 full page plates of which 2 are in full color. One of 500 numbered copies of which this... 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
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
Worcester: Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1965. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. xvii,(5),81,(7)pp, Preface by Robert Speaight. Handset in Jan van Krimpen's Romanée type and printed by hand in black, red and green at the Abbey on Barcham Green's 'Eltham' handmade paper. Original quarter morocco, gilt spine title, Japanese paper patterned boards by..... More
Bloomfield Hills: Yhe Silverado Press, 1953. Limited edition. Wraps. 12mo pamphlet in stiff wraps. 12pp, including blanks. Finely printed letterpress by The Silverado Press. Title page in black and blue. Printed on a Chandler & Price pilot press. One of 190 unnumbered copies. A fine copy. 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
