Berkshire: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1924. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Vellum spine, paper over boards. One of 325 copies of which this is No. 239. Vellum a little rough in places, paper worn at corners and a small chip on the reverse, else this is a very good copy. The... More about Moral Maxims by the Duke de la Rochefoucault
North Hills, PA. Bird & Bull Press, 1970. Limited edition. Hardcover. 9-1/2 by 12 inches. 13 pages plus catalogue facsimile in pocket at rear board. Cloth spine with marbled paper boards. Typical slight discoloration in gutters which continues into text, but fades as it gets away from boards, appears to... More about The Fortsas Catalogue, A Facsimile, With an introduction
Boston; Lexington: David R. Godine; The Anvil Press; Stamperia Valdonega, 1978, Limited editions. Hardcover. Two volumes, 4to. Both finely printed at the Stamperia Voldonega by Martino Mardersteig. The first volume is limited to 500 copies, this copy unnumbered. the second volume is numbered 550 copies, of which this is No... More about Victor Hammer: Artist and Craftsman; Victor Hammer, Artist and Printer
Hanover, NH: Friends of the Dartmouth Library, (1968). First edition. Softcover. Folio. Paper folios laid into chemise and slipcase. Ten literary quotations from a wide variety of authors, each set in a different typeface and printed in two colors on heavy stock. Presentation copy inscribed, signed and dated by Ruszcka... More about Studies in Type Design. Alphabets with Random Quotations
St Petersburg: Nikodim, (2019). Limited edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. (48p). Text and linocut illustrations taken directly form the blocks by Sayenko. Grey linen boards with a linocut recessed in the upper board. Illustrated throughout with over 80 of Dmitry's linocuts printed directly on dampened handmade paper from the blocks. The... More about King, Queen, Knight and Pawn
New Castle: Oak Knoll Books ;BIrd & Bull Press, 1990. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. 55(5)pp. Deep red quarter cloth, leather label, gilt; side papers based on an original Remondidi pattern printed over a paste-colored background. With woodblocks and engravings. A fine copy. One of 250 numbered copies of which this... More about Remondidi and Rizzi: A Chapter in Italian Decorated Paper History
Santa Fe: The Press of the Palace of the Governors, 2013. Softcover. Accordion style book, 5 inches high by about 8 inches long. Printed in silver on black paper. An excerpt from 'Macbeth': "Tomorrow & tomorrow & tomorrow...." he text is bound into black boards, with the upper board simply... More about M
Santa Fe: The Press of the Palace of the Governors, 2013. Limited edition. Softcover. Accordion style book, 7 inches high by about five feet long. Printed in silver on Arches Cover Black paper on the Press' Vandercook 4. The typography is properly labeled in the Colophon as iconoclastic 'Shishkabob' which... More about The Scottish Play, Act IV, Scene I
Provo: Friends of the Brigham Young University Library, 1975. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio. (xi), 59pp. Includes the essays by Spartano, "Dante Alighieri, Universal Poet", and Flake, "Boninus de Boninis in the History of Printing". Red cloth spine, white buckram printed in a design taken from a woodcut. Finely printed at... More about The Brescia Dante with a Leaf from the Illustrated Edition of 1487 Printed by Boninus de Boninis
Oxford: Oxford University Press for the Limited Editions Club, 1953. Decorations by John Austen and Illustrations Engraved in Wood by Agnes Miller Parker. Limited edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. Full green buckram stamped in gilt. Printed in monotrype Garamond on William Nash rag paper. A fine set. The dustwrappers are present... More about The Faerie Queen
Flemington, N.J. St Teresa's Press, (1966). Limited edition. Hardcover. Thin quarto. Unpaginated. Finely printed on handmade paper, handset in Solemnis Uncial with handpainted capitals derived from the Book of Kells. Quarter calf, Japanese paper boards, the upper board blocked in gilt with the title. Hand-coloring throughout. A fantastically beautiful... More about The Dream of the Rood
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1928. Limited edition. Stiff card. One large sheet folded to make four pages, folio. Title printed on obverse of page one, the text of the Sermon on the inner two-page spread, and the final page blank. Beautifully printed letterpress in a Gothic font. Each of... More about A Christmas Sermon
Waltham Saint Lawrence: The Golkden Cockerel Press, 1925. Wood engravings by John Nash. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. 35, (3) pp. Vellum spine, decorated paper over boards. One of 380 numbered copies of which this is no. 361. Light wear to edges and corners else a near fine copy, finely printed... More about Directions to Servants
Santa Fé: The Press at the Palace of the Governors, (2008). Limited edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio. Five finely printed broadsides in a portfolio. The portfolio has a blue cloth spine, brown paper over boards,title printed on marbled paper and inset onto the upper board, linen ties. The broadsides are printed..... More about Santa Fé Poet Laureate Arthur Sze (Signed
East Aurora, New York: The Roycrofters, 1903. Grace Fournier. Hardcover. Thin folio. 36pp. One of a few 'tall' copies printed on Roycroft handmade paper. Roycrofter records for this period are scant so the total print run of tall copies is unknown but is believed to be fairly limited. The 1905... More about Here Then is that Helpful as well as Ennobling Discourse Entitled the Essay on Friendship
Newtown: Gregynog Press, 1932. Frontispiece by William MacCance. 4to. Unbound sheets in 19 signatures. One of 250 copies of which this is No. 224. Uncut and unopened. In fine condition. More about The Singing Caravan: A Sufi Tale
Guadalajara: Gráfica de Comala, 2019. Illustrated with original engravings by Nacho Gómez Arriola. Limited edition. Stiff card. 4to. Text is 18pp letterpress, plus covers, illustrated with Nacho's linocuts in colors, and bound into a blue paper portfolio with a printed label on the upper board, printed titles on spine and..... More about Tequila: El Vuelo del Mezcal Azul por el Paisaje Agavero Patromonio Mundial Unesco
Warwick: The Greville Press, 1980. Limited edition. Hardcover. Thin 8vo. (12)pp. Black cloth, simple gilt title on the upper board. One of 25 copies on Strathmore paper, out o a total edition of 275 copies. But for a trace of wear on the rear board, a fine, bright copy. Signed... More about The Seafarer
Beaverton, Oregon: Beaverdam Press, 1981. Woodcut Frontispiece by Barry Moser. First edition. Hardcover. Miniature Book, 2¼ by 3 inches. From of total edition of 326 copies, this is one of 26 lettered copies finely printed letterpress on handmade paper and bound in full leather. Morris designed "Brother Rabbit" endpapers. It... More about Printers on Morris
Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1929. Illustrations by Thomas Poulton and Charles Sigrist. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (6),x,631,(5) pp. plus 6 inserts. Full morocco. Spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt spine title. Gilt "I.W." within oval frame on the upper board. Inner dentelles wit simple gilt lines, Marbled endpapers... More about The Compleat Angler; The Lives of Donne; Wooton Hooker Herbert & Sanderson
London: Lanston Monotype Corpn Ltd, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 114pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt spine titles and ornaments, title and ornaments on upper board, gilt. Decorated endpapers in designs made up of monotype ornaments. Includes a large section of monotype ornaments printed in color on decorative papers. "All ornaments... More about Printers Ornaments Applied to the Composition of Decorative Borders, Panels and Patterns
Monmouthshire: The Old Stile Press, 2004. Illustrations by Glenys Cour. Limited edition. Hardcover. Square folio. Unpaginated. Blue and white covers incorporating imagery by the artist. Black endpapers. Finely printed on Fabriano Tiziano with Omega typeface. Illustrated with collage images made from blocks made at the press. With a dedication by... More about Taliesin and the Mockers
London: Lion and Unicorn Press, 1958. Illustrated by Leslie Jones. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. Unpaginated. Suede spine, cover of offset printing on linen after a watercolor by Denton Welch, with gilt title. Pictorial endpapers .Illustrations in both black and white and color. Frontispiece portrait. One of 200 numbered copies of... More about I Left My Grandfather's House
Seattle: Montford Press, n.d. Broadside. Single sheet 7½ by 13 inches, finely printed in red and black on heavy stock by Carl Montford on an iron handpress. The poem is set in an uncial-style type, headed by the title in red and captioned with an original woodblock print by Montford... More about Troubadour
London: Sylvan Press, 1930. With Wood Engravings by Norman Janes. Limited edition. Folio. Unpaginated. Finely printed on Barcham Green hand-made paper. Bound in coarsely woven red cloth blocked in gilt with a design by the illustrator on both the upper an lower boards. Top edge gilt. Contains twelve of William's... More about Heroes & Kings
