1973. Lithographic print, 22 inches tall by 16 inches wide, printed on Arches paper. One of fifty, signed by the artist. Leonard Baskin was an American artist, sculptor, and printmaker. He founded the Gehenna Press while still a student at Yale, and he taught at Smith College in Massachusetts from..... More
Chicago: (Stone & Kimball, 1894-95). Octavo. (22)ff. loose sheets. The four illustrations by Beardsley are printed on Japan vellum and fully embrace his Decadent style to depict the eeriness of Poe's tales, starkly contrasting with the eighteen other engravings, which adopt a more traditional mid-19th-century approach. Among these latter illustrations..... More
Newcastle: Printed by S. Hodgson, for Emerson Charnley, and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, London, 1820. Large paper edition. xl,332pp. Imperial octavo issue, with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Thomas Bewick by Charlton Nesbit, one of Bewick's students, after a portrait painted by Bewick's friend, William Nicholson, whose Bewick-designed bookplate is..... More
London: Bickers & Son, 1886. Octavo. xl, 312pp. Bewick's engravings, with their classic compositions and sharp details, here adorn an impressive swath of fables. Prefixed is Oliver Goldsmith's Life of Aesop, and an Essay upon Fable. A reprinting of the Newcastle Edition, originally issued by Thomas Saint in 1784. Bound..... More
Edinburgh: Ballantyne, Hanson & Co, 1879. Octavo. xl, 384pp. One of 100 copies. A deluxe reprinting of the Newcastle Edition by Thomas Saint in 1784. Bewick's engravings, with their classic compositions and sharp details, here adorn an array of fables. This edition included more of Bewick's illustrations, gathered from his..... More
London: Bickers & Son, 1871. Quarto. xl, 312pp. A large paper reprinting of the Newcastle Edition by Thomas Saint in 1784. Bewick's engravings, with their classic compositions and sharp details, here adorn an array of fables. Text pages bordered in red rules. Bound in half blue leather with gilt tooling..... More
Newcastle upon Tyne: S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick, 1791. Octavo. x, 483pp. Second edition. 212 figures and 108 tailpieces engraved on wood by Bewick. The most notable addition to this edition over the first was the inclusion of bats. Bound in leather over boards with red leather spine..... More
London: Longman and Co., 1849. (282)pp. A reissue of the third edition. Each book of the Bible is summarized in rhyme. Bound in printed wrappers. General exterior cosmetic wear and soiling, but interior remains remarkably bright. Near fine. (Adomeit B58; Welsh 1218). (2 1/8 by 2; 55x50mm). More
Minneapolis: Bieler Press, 1985. Octavo. (13)ff. One of 200 copies. Signed by the author. Drawing of a pine tree on the title page. Evocative poetry from Hart, bound in gray wrappers. Fine. Prospectus laid in. More
Minneapolis: Bieler Press, 1985. Octavo. 67pp. One of 150 copies, signed by the author. Trace rubbing to corners, else near fine in patterned blue paper backed in navy cloth. Prospectus laid in. More
(Torrance): Labyrinth Editions, 1977. Translated by Enrique Sacerio-Gari. Tall quarto. (15)ff., frenchfold. One of 100 copies. Neruda's long poem celebrating the joys of the printed letter arranged in concrete typography by Bigus, who learned the craft of printing under the tutelage of William Everson and Jack Stauffacher at U.C. Santa..... More
Richard Bigus, 1978. Broadside measuring 21 3/8 by 14 3/4 inches. From an edition of 200 copies, this is a proof copy signed by Richard Bigus. Designed and printed by Bigus in two colors. Fine. More
Paris: Gumuchian, (c. 1930s). Quarto. (181)pp. + 135ff. of plates. One of 1000 copies. A catalogue of fine bindings from this famed Parisian bookseller, profusely illustrated with full-page black and white illustrations including XX color plates. In original dust wrapper, with the English titling: "Fine Bindings." This title also appears..... More
(N.p. c. 1886). A signed original drawing in ink over pencil by Birch, who is best known for illustrating Burnett’s classic work for children, Little Lord Fauntleroy, published in 1886. Fauntleroy is immediately recognizable in his plumed hat and lace-trimmed velvet suit, standing near a little girl in a costume..... More
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1972. Oblong 16mo. 70pp. One of 140 copies. An early title, containing six articles on printing, papermaking, etc. Bound in vellum-backed pastepaper boards. Little rubbing to corners, else near fine. Prospectus laid-in. More
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1982. 16mo. 16ff. One of 375 copies. Illustrated with a fold-out drawing of a balloon bomb tipped into a separate folder. The Japanese lanched these bombs after their defeat at Midway in an attempt at retaliation. This effort met with little success. This is..... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 1984. Scroll measuring 122 by 3 1/4 inches. One of 300 copies, printed in black with blue cherubim as ornament. This speech by Adelman was read at a meeting of the Friends of the Bryn Mawr College Library on April 3, 1981. In his..... More
(N.p.): San Serriffe Publishing Company, 2001. Octavo. 95pp. One of 200 copies, printed by the Foolscap Press. A roundup of the booksellers associated with the press, including Ki-flongian Booksellers, Cloacina Books, and Exterminator Books. Replete with tipped-in samples and photographs, bound-in title pages and keepsakes, a large fold-out title page..... More
New Castle, DE: Bird & Bull Press, 1980. Octavo. (13)pp. One of 250 copies. An amusing recounting of an encounter between a savvy bookseller and a clumsy customer. Minor fading to spine, else fine in tan wrappers. More
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1982. One of 350 copies printed at the Bird & Bull Press and bound by Gray Parrot in morocco-backed Japanese paper. Edited, and with a Prologue by Colin Franklin. Extremely fine. Prospectus laid-in. More
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1971. Quarto. 67pp. One of 255 copies. Contains some amusing essays on paper-making, and some paper samples, including two made "with the cooperation of certain local wasps." A brief history of printing gives credit to "a man named Gutenberg, probably a foreigner," who "wanted..... More
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1987. Oblong octavo. 77pp.(25) ff. One of 325 copies. The first third of this handsome book consists of correspondence between Hans Schmoller and Morris dealing with the problems of the book itself. The second part by Tanya Schmoller is text about the Chinese tea chest..... More
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1984. Quarto. x, 49, 24 pp. + (31)ff. One of 500 copies. Contains three foldout plates, nineteen color reproductions of Japanese watercolors, and 30 illustrated facsimile pages of an eighteenth century Japanese papermaking manual. These woodcut facsimiles are printed on handmade Japanese gampi paper..... More
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1985. Octavo. 161pp. One of 325 copies. Illustrated with eighteen black & white photographs and drawings, fourteen full-color photographs of Kinder's bindings, and thirteen pages of black & white impressions of Kinder's bookbinding stamps. A thorough examination of one of America's finest binders and of..... More
Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1963. (59)pp. One of 400 copies. This is one of the smallest and most sought after Black Cat Press books. A delightful, light-hearted ABC of proverbs with illustrations facing each letter. The introduction by Norman W. Forgue details the events surrounding the first edition of 1938..... More
