Marcham: Alembic Press, 1998. (7)ff., leporello. One of 140 copies. Includes thirteen stitched-in samples of miniature paste papers from Maziarczyk Paperworks, which illustrate an essay about the process of creating paste paper and the challenges of working on a miniature scale. Fine in boards covered with Maziarczyk's luminous "Copper Sponge"..... More
Greenbrae, CA: Allen Press, 1988. Small quarto. 136pp. One of ten copies bound in full vellum by Jenifer Lindsay. Handsomely illustrated with black & white drawings by Michèle Forgeois. Calligraphic variations on the letters "R" and "J" by Mark Livingston are printed in the margins in lush purple, orange, green..... More
London: Company of Stationers, 1779. (26)pp. Opens with an engraving of what were then the New Offices in the Strand, formerly, and again soon after, known as Somerset House, spanning four pages. Someset House has under construction at the time; the image shows the South Wing lacking its dome. The..... More
London: Company of Stationers, 1783. (24)pp. Opens with an engraving of the Ordnance Office at the Old Palace Yard, spanning four pages. The almanac's calendar records the times of sunrise and sunset, as well as various saints' days and term times for academic institutions. The volume also provides a table..... More
London: Company of Stationers, 1783. (24)pp. Opens with an engraving of York House, spanning four pages. The almanac's calendar records the times of sunrise and sunset, as well as various saints' days and term times for academic institutions. The volume also provides a table of the reigns of the kings..... More
London: Company of Stationers, 1783. (24)pp. Opens with an engraving of the Coal Exchange, spanning four pages. The almanac's calendar records the times of sunrise and sunset, as well as various saints' days and term times for academic institutions. The volume also provides a table of the reigns of the..... More
London: Company of Stationers, 1783. (24)pp. Opens with an engraving of a view from the London Docks, spanning four pages. The almanac's calendar records the times of sunrise and sunset, as well as various saints' days and term times for academic institutions. The volume also provides a table of the..... More
London: Company of Stationers, 1820. (24)pp. One engraving of "The London Institution, Moorfields," which spans four pages. The almanac's calendar records the times of sunrise and sunset, as well as various saints' days and term times for academic institutions. The volume also provides a table of the reigns of the..... More
London: Company of Stationers, 1821. (24)pp. Opens with an engraving of a view of the Southwark Bridge, spanning four pages. The almanac's calendar records the times of sunrise and sunset, as well as various saints' days and term times for academic institutions. The volume also provides a table of the..... More
London: Company of Stationers, 1832. (24)pp. Opens with an engraving of a view of St Katherine's Hospital and Chapel at Regent's Park, spanning four pages. The almanac's calendar records the times of sunrise and sunset, as well as various saints' days and term times for academic institutions. The volume also..... More
London: Company of Stationers, 1808. 48mo. 48pp. A remarkably thorough almanac, of a larger format than the usual annual issuance from the Company of Stationers. In addition to the expected calendars, weather forecasts, and dates of eclipses, the almanac also provides a table of British regents from William the Conqueror..... More
(Rheinbach, Germany: John Gerard, 2005). Small quarto. (40)pp. One of twenty copies, signed by the artist. Each letter of this alphabet is scrawled in black over and over to fill the text area defined by Tschichold's canon of page construction, which is printed in red on every page. An interesting..... More
(c. 1970s-80s). Pictorial Arabic alphabet poster, each letter of which is presented beside an image of an object beginning with that letter, with the full word beneath. The full word is written with the harakat or tashkil phonetic aids, which provide the correct pronunciation for children who are learning to..... More
(N.p. c. 1845). Set of twenty-six cards, each of which has been printed with a lithograph of a flower according to each letter of the alphabet. The set encodes an interdisciplinary course of learning, probably for a young girl, teaching her the English alphabet along with the identification of common..... More
NY: B. F. Goodrich Co., (1902). Small quarto. (28)pp. An alphabet, fully illustrated in black, white, and orange, that doubles as an advertising pamphlet for Palmer Tires. Each letter has an illustration, followed by a rhyme and a short promotional statement. For example, "A is for Ape / A dissatisfied..... More
(Los Angeles): Printmaker Press, (1988). Octavo. (57)pp. One of 135 copies. Printed and illustrated by Marion A. Baker with twenty-eight linocuts, printed in red. Each letter of this alphabet is accompanied by an example sentence and an impressive list of alliterative words, divided into three sections: animals, names, and additional..... More
(United Kingdom): Kate Holland, 2017. Octavo. (60)pp. One of 150 copies. Signed by both the artist and the author at the colophon. The reproductions of Martineau's paintings depict the exploration and bravery of girlhood through the alphabet, mirroring Bingham's sweet text with images of girls as musicians, painters, nurses, and..... More
(Mandalay: c. 1920). Small folio. (32)pp. A delightful and informative rhyming alphabet, hailing from the the era in Myanmar (then Burma) when it was a colony of the British Empire. Wheeler Cuffe's twenty-six watercolors, reproduced here as chromolithographs, portray various aspects of Burmese life in sumptuous color and studied detail..... More
Fairfax, CA: Jungle Garden Press, 1991. Oblong 24mo. (14)pp., accordion-fold. One of 55 copies designed, printed, and bound by Marie Dern at the Jungle Garden Press. A tongue-in-cheek printer's alphabet, with large initials in, appropriately, Caslon type. The initials are accompanied by humorous representations of the letters printed using numerous..... More
Rahart, France: Atelier d'Images, 2002. Oblong 24mo. (11)ff. One of 50 copies, signed by the artist, Patrice Goré. An imaginative tale of the discovery of the alphabet, with "A" as the genesis to a typographic, pictorial, and poetic journey through letters. Bound in paper boards with a bold "A" embracing..... More
Two modern posters, with alphabet themes, containing: "Jerry Pallotta's Alphabet Books." Watertown, MA, Charlesbridge Publishing, (early 1990s). An advertising poster for artist Jerry Pallotta's alphabet books, measuring 24 1/2 by 19 1/4 inches (622x489mm) and showing the full cover for "The Extinct Alphabet Book," published in 1993. A list of..... More
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1827. 48mo. 16pp. Engraved frontispiece and title page, as well as several devices in text. A moral tale told through the nature of snow-drop flowers, the lesson providing greater resolve in Christ's provision and righteousness. The final two pages rephrase the lesson into a poem..... More
NY: American Tract Society, (n.d.). 32mo. 16pp. Engraving on the title page and full-page engraving on the title-page verso. A narrative following the persistent purity and faith of Mary Jones throughout her life, with firm encouragements that readers adopt a similar devotion. Crisp in engraved paper wrappers with repair work..... More
Vancouver, BC: Heavenly Monkey, 2009. Octavo. (11)pp. One of twenty-five copies. Frontispiece of a couple on a bench hand-pulled, signed, dated, and numbered by Mariko Ando. Created as a celebration of twenty years of marriage, the book reproduces the fifth "Knee Play" from Philip Glass and Robert Wilson's celebrated opera..... More
(62)pp. A selection of woodcuts and other artwork, most in black and white, completed by Andrusko for various publications in the 1970s. With references in Hungarian on facing pages. Bound in full blue cloth with gilt title and border to upper cover. Tiniest traces of rubbing to corners, else fine..... More
