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Boston: Godine, 1969. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 8. Printed wraps. # 232 of 500 copies printed at The Gehenna Press. The type is Monotype Centaur, the paper is handmade Amalfi. A fine copy. More
Boston: Godine, 1969. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 8. Printed wraps. # 232 of 500 copies printed at The Gehenna Press. The type is Monotype Centaur, the paper is handmade Amalfi. A fine copy. More
Oakland CA: Eucalyptus Press, 1940. First Edition. 8vo, pp. Paper over boards. Author's presentation (along with another) on dedication page. Cover worn at corners and spine, interior VG. Poems in Scottish dialect. More
London: Fleuron, [1922]. Paul Nash. First Edition. 4to, pp. 65. Illustrated by Paul Nash. Original quarter cloth, Curwen patterned paper boards designed by Nash. Limited to 310 copies printed on hand-made paper. Paul Nash’s first pochoir book. Cover little worn and yellowed at edges, o/w a VG tight copy. Paul..... More
[Weymouth, Dorset, UK]: Stingy Artist, 1987. First Edition. 12mo, bound in light pink wraps with paper label. One 163 copies, signed by the author. Fine. A small collection by the Mass/VT poet. More
NY: Privately printed, 1976. DePol, John. Small 8vo, pp. 51. Illustrated with wood engravings by John DePol in brown. Olive green paper over boards, stamped in gilt. Cover very slightly faded on spine, and little scuffed, o/w a nice copy. The colophon reads: "This Keepsake represents the cooperative work of..... More
Boston: David Godine, 1973. First Trade edition. 4to, pp. 162. A very nice copy in dj (chipped at the extremities of the spine). set, designed and printed under the supervision of Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona, Italy. The type is Bembo. The calligraphy for the scores is..... More
Boston: Godine, 1969. No. 291 of 700 numbered copies. Small 8vo, pp. not mumbered. Paper wraps, sewn at spine. A nice copy. An early Godine work. More
Berminghamiae: Baskerville, 1772. First Baskerville edition. 4to, pp. 364. Bound in contemporary diced calf with modern rebacking, a very good clean copy. Rothschild 2652, Gaskell 46. Terence (185-159 B.C.) was a Roman playwright. Born in Carthage, he was taken to Rome as a slave. He was later freed and was..... More
[Northampton, MA]: 1992. Includes 4to folding list of works, prospectus and price lists, includes folio Sibyls in full color. Couple of edges wrinkled, excellent. Includes a bibliograpy of the work of the press by Hosea Baskin, a checklist of the exhibition by Lisa Baskin and many wonderul images by Leonard..... More
Northampton: Gehenna Press, 1965. First Edition. One of 500 copies. Tall 8vo, a nice copy in broken publisher's box and original wraps. Brook 44. Contains 17 line cuts from drawings by Baskin, printed on a variety of Fabriano (in various colors) and Japanese papers. More
NY: Spiral Press, 1965. 12mo, pp. not numbered. Paper wraps, stapled at fold. A nice copy. Colophon reads: "This speech has been made into a booklet for the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, for the "Typophiles" (monograph no. 78) and for the friends of Leonard Baskin and the Spiral Press..... More
New Haven: 1967. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 32. Bound in leather backed boards, in publisher's plain box. A fine copy. One of 300 numbered copies. Illustrated. Set in Giovanni Mardersteig's Dante Type and printed on a hand press by Officina Bodoni in Verona, Itlay. The calligraphic half-title has been designed..... More
Mt. Vernon NY: Peter Pauper, 1965. Oberhardt, William. One of 1950 copies. Small 8vo, pp. 68. Small title page portrait. Third printing of an article originally appearing 1933-34. Brown cloth stamped in gilt. Fine. The colophon reads: "This book has been produced 'con amore' by the friends of Frederic W...... More
Pinner UK: Typophiles, 1962. One sheet, 8-7/8 x 14 inches, folded twice. Latin and English on facing pages. Light gray paper, printed in black, with gilt emblem on front. Typophiles Monograph 70. As new. "This leaflet has been printed at the Cuckoo Hill Press, 41 Cuckoo Hill Road, Pinner, England..... More
NY: Heritage Press, (1948). Curry, John Steuart. Large 8vo, pp. xvi, 454. Pale green cloth, stamped in blue and gilt. Spine faded, o/w a nice copy in somewhat faded box. More
NY: Random House, 1930. First Edition. Octavo. Original coloured wrappers with paper labels to spines, top edges trimmed, others uncut. With the black publisher's slipcase with paper label to spine. (broken) Engraved title pages and headpieces, text printed on laid paper. Darkening to the spines of volumes, a very good..... More
NY: Typophiles, 1964. One of 2100 copies. Small 8vo, pp. ix, 114. Illustrated. Black cloth, with brown cloth spine, stamped in gilt. Cover slightly scuffed, o/w near fine. Remeiniscences about Adler by several authors. Colophon reads: "Typophile Chap Books: XXXIX This memoir has been printed by Princeton University Press and..... More
NY: The Typophiles, 1960. First Edition. Small 8vo, pp. xiii, 141, plus 16 color plates. Blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated with several photographs and the color plates of William Addison Dwiggins' work. Cover slightly scuffed at corners, top edges slightly soiled, o/w a nice copy. Contains essays and..... More
NY: The Typophiles, 1960. First Edition. Small 8vo, pp. xiii, 141, plus 16 color plates. Blue cloth backed boards, spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated with several photographs and the color plates of William Addison Dwiggins' work. Cover slightly scuffed at corners, top edges slightly soiled, o/w a nice copy. Contains..... More
NY: Typophiles, 1960. One of 1050 copies. Small 8vo, pp. 145-271. Illustrated with several facsimiles and four photographs. Turquoise cloth stamped in gilt.Corners and ends of spine slightly rubbed, o/w near fine. Colophon reads: "This Memoir, designed by Rudolph Ruzicka, is set in Linotype Electra and printed at The Anthoesen..... More
NY: Typophiles, 1951. One of 640 copies. Small 8vo, pp. 93. Frontis portrait. Short articles by several friends from the printing and publishing business. Illustrated with drawings, several photos, and facsimiles. Tan cloth, stamped in black and gilt. As new. Colophon reads: "Typophile Chap Books: XXV Designed by John S...... More
[Lexington, KY: King Library Press, 1972]. First Edition. Large 8vo, pp. 26, untrimmed. One of only 100 copies (this is number 71), bound in paper covered boards and paper label. A fine copy. Freedman A18. Printed by apprentices at the press of Gravesend. The frontispiece is Joseph Bernard Hoeing's map..... More
NY: George Braziller, 1964. First edn. Limited edition, one of 3013 copies, printed on hand made laid paper by Fabriano. With a tipped in colored illustration by Shahn. Signed by both Berry and Shahn. Housed in the publisher's slip case (little faded as usual) A very nice copy. Freedman A2a..... More
NY: George Braziller, 1964. First edn. Limited edition, one of 3013 copies, printed on hand made laid paper by Fabriano. With a tipped in colored illustration by Shahn. Signed by both Berry and Shahn. Housed in the publisher's slip case (little faded as usual) A very nice copy. Freedman A2a..... More