Santa Fe: Press at the Palace of the Governors, 2020. Limited edition. Wraps. Square 8vo. Unpaginated (28pp). Woodcut text by Baumann is followed by fifteen woodcut examples of Indian pottery. Finely printed letterpress from the original blocks at the Palace Press by Tom Leech and James Bourland. One of 145..... More
China: n.p., n.d., ca 1920's. Near fine. 8vo. Accordion book bound in Asian style. Brown silk cloth boards, lettering panel on the upper board. Title page in Chinese and English. This is followed by 10 sets of two pages, the right hand page with the story of Mu Lan in..... More
(Tacámbaro), México: Martín Pescador, 1992. Limited edition. Hardcover. Large folio: 12 by 17 inches. 104pp. Finely printed letterpress by Juan Pascoe with the Washington hand press on Castilla Gvarro paper. One of 100 copies for sale, from a total edition of 135 copies. This copy is numbered 87. Signed by..... More
Tacámbaro, Michoacán: Taller Martín Pescador, 2014. Illustrated by Artemio Rodriguez. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio. 88,(2)pp. Vellum spine blocked in a decoration by the artist, vellum corners, raw silk cloth boards, title label printed in red and black on the upper board. Black and dark green end papers. Finely printed letterpress..... More
n.p. D. K. Taylor, 1926. First edition. Wraps. 8vo. 93pp. Printed stiff wraps. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Spine sunned, label removed from upper wrap and bookplate from the inner upper wrap. A good copy. With an inscription on the first blank: "Presented to my friend Francis Caldwell By Capt..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv, 384pp. Blue cloth decorated in gilt on the spine and upper board in a design by H. J. Ford and with Ford's initials at the lower right of the upper board. Decorated endpapers. All edges gilt. Illustrated with eight..... 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
Pittsburg: Cramer and Spear, 1818. Small 8vo. 792pp. Original publisher's sheep. Signatures sprung from use, but attached; pages generally very soiled and with some contemporary markings; old repair to the spine else the binding is in good condition. Ownership name of Dan Smith dated 1828, and, later, 'Dan Smith, His..... More
London: W. S. Orr & Co., 1838. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xii, 280pp. Contemporary half leather; spine gilt with titles and floral ornaments; marbles paper boards. With 49 engraved plates. 4 plates are or garden designs or ornaments; three of them are colored and all are moderately foxed. The remaininng..... More
St. Petersburg: (Nikodim), 2020. Illustrations by Dmitry Sayenko. Limited edition. Hardcover. Artist book. Folio. 50pp. Half leather in a tan color, gilt spine title. The paper over boards has been etched by the artist, with an onlay engraving of Gogol in a recess and his signature reproduced in gilt. Illustrated..... More
(Tacámbaro): (Taller Martín Pescador), 2020. Limited edition. Broadside. Broadside on heavy paper, 10 by 13 inches. Finely printed letterpress in red and black by Juan Pascoe at his Taller Martín Pescador. A central illustration by Artemio Rodrguez depicts an early printing office. The Premio Juan Pablos (Award) recognizes noteworthy publishers..... More
(Tacámbaro): Taller Martín Pescador, 2020. Limited edition. Broadside. Broadside, 10 by 13 inches, printed on heavy paper. One of an unspecified number printed in red and black by letterpress by Juan Pascoe at the Taller Martín Pescador. The title is in red, and a central illustration by Artemio Rodríguez is..... More
(Tacámbaro): Juan Pascoe, 2020. Limited edition. Broadside. Broadside finely printed letterpress on heavy paper by Juan Pascoe at the Taller Martín Pescador in black and red. The vignette of the mono blanco heads the sheet, and there is a large vignette in the center. Fine condition. In Spanish. A commemoration..... More
Tacámbaro: Taller Martín Pescador, 2020. Limited edition. Wraps. 8vo. 40pp. Finely printed by Juan Pascoe and Martín Urbana on Tamayo de Ponte paper. Self wraps of stiff brown paper; bound with vellum strips. Printed labels on the upper wrap and on the spine. One of 100 copies. A fine copy..... More
Tacámbaro y México: Cuadernos del Armadillo, 2020. Limited edition. Wraps. Square thin 8vo. Unpaginated (8pp.) Finely printed by letterpress on Deponte handmade paper. Sewn into dark brown self wraps. One of 120 copies printed by Juan Pascoe at the Taller Martín Pescador in Tacámbaro, Michoacán. And with a cut of..... More
New York, et al: Th A. N. Palmer Co., n.d. Stiff card. A complete set of fifteen cards, 8 by 17 inches, printed in black with letters and numbers in white showing the capital and lower case alphabet, numbers and symbols in the Palmer handwriting method. These cards were..... More
Cambridge: Harvard Univertsity Press, 1928-1929. First edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. Small 4to. xviii, (2), 344,(2); ix,(1),385,(1)pp. Rust colored buckram, tooled in gilt on the spines and upper boards. A fine, bright set with the gilt essentially as new, and partially unopened. In the scarce dustwrappers, which are unclipped, They show..... More
New York: Derby, & Jackson, 1856. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 425pp. Publisher's ribbed brown cloth embossed in blind on the boards and with gilt title on spine. Yellow coated papers. Wear at edges and spine tips, occasional light soiling, else a very good copy. Alice Cary, with her sister Phoebe..... More
Evanston: The Shori Private Press, 1960. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 49,(3)pp. Hand printed on Ticonderoga Laid Text paper using types after Garamont. Bound in full marbled sheep. spine gilt with a red leather lettering label, gilt. Marbled endpapers. Housed in a slipcase covered in decorated paper. The binding is like..... More
Brussels: Éditions du Nord, 1925. Illustrated by S. Sauvage. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (296)pp. Half blue-green morocco. Gilt rules on the boards; decorated paper panels, marbled paper endpapers. Spine intricately gilt with onlays of red leather in the decorations, and of brown and flesh colored in a representation of the..... More
Paris: Georges Servant, 1924. Illustrated by Jean Droit. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (150)pp. Finely bound in half deep blue morocco. Spine in six compartments with title in gilt. Marbled paper boards and endpapers. Top edge gilt. Original wrappers bound in. A fine copy. Illustrated with brilliantly colored aquarelles of Jean..... More
Paris: Le Musée du Livre, 1927. Illustrated by Ramiro Arrue.`. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 339, (3) pp. Half deep blue morocco, brightly decorative paper and endpapers. Spinetooled simply but effectively in gilt, with a small beige onlay. Top edge gilt. Original wrappers bound in. Trace of wear else a fine..... More
Chester River Press, 2011. Illustrated by Avery Lawrence. Hardcover. Two volumes, folio. 550pp. Black cloth, gilt spine titles. Homer's Greek is faced with Pope's English. Illustrated with fifty color plates showing scenes inspired by the text and in the style of Greek vases, A fine copy in fine dustwrappers and..... More
Paris: l'Édition d'Art H. Piazza, 1932. Illustrations by Charles Guérin. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 169, (11)pp. Half green morocco binding signed by Flammarion. Spine intricately gilt with red and green onlays, gilt rules on the boards, marbled paper panels and endpapers, top edge gilt. Spine lightly sunned else a fine..... More
Roma: Imprimerie Polyglotte, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xvi, 323pp. Illustrated. Full scarlet morocco intricately tooled in gilt on the boards, spine in sic compartments, gilt, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt. Deep blue-green endpapers. Upper hinge nearly invisibly strengthened else this is a fine copy of a lovely binding by..... More
