(N.p. c. 1890). 24mo. (42)pp. With copious illustrations in both color and monochrome. Blow books are classic magic tricks, most popular through the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. The magician presents the book and riffles through it, showing a set of like illustrations. Then with the book closed, he or she..... More
Seattle: Claudia Cohen, 1999. Small oblong quarto. (23)ff. One of thirty copies, this being copy number one. A sample book containing 97 different tipped-in examples of paste papers made by Cohen from 1989 to 1999. The samples are pleasingly arranged so that similar designs are next to each other. Many..... More
(N.P. n.d.). Square 12mo. One of thirty copies. An accordion-fold book of fourteen double-sided panels colorfully adorned with tipped-in specimens of bookbinding materials, including cloth, various types of handmade papers, labels, leather, headbands, and more. Bound in light blue boards, each bearing a black morocco label, gilt lettered "PAPER" on..... More
London: Albert Schloss, (1837). 64pp. "Poetically illustrated" by L.E.L. (Letitia Landon), with portraits of Landon, Queen Victoria, King William IV, Sir Walter Scott, Giulia Grisi, and Mozart. Also contains a calendar and lists of royal birthdays, European sovereigns, Queen's Ministers, the Royal Household, and Scientific Institutions. Tinier and more finely..... More
Amsterdam: J. B. Elwe, (1793). (31)ff. Thirteen engravings, showing cherubs exercising their musical gifts on a variety of instruments, including pipes, flutes, and various horns and strings. Beneath each lies a rhyming caption in Dutch, lauding the benefits of music and the specific advantages of each cherub's respective instrument. These..... More
Paris: Louis Janet, (c. 1820). Sixteen volumes bound in four. 32pp. each. Sixteen hand-colored engravings, each as an introduction for the following text. The illustrations hail the creatures with appropriate familiarity or exoticism, showing the turkey with the cockatoo, the hyena with the kangaroo, and the dog with the boar..... More
Hage: A. de Groot en Zoonen, 1750. 80pp. First edition. Illustrated with seven full-page engravings. Title, headers, and tailpieces printed in red. This miniature Dutch thumb bible, a fine example of the skilled craftsmanship of the de Groot family of printers, consists of a selection of six short Bible stories..... More
Amsterdam: T. Crajenschot, 1753. Two volumes. 266pp., + 37ff. plates. The history of the Netherlands, arranged for children, with introduction, index, and 37 copper-engraved plates, including frontispiece and two foldouts. The finely executed engravings are historical scenes and oval portraits. Bondy, praising it highly, calls it "of considerable rarity." Particularly..... More
Winterport, ME: Borrower's Press, 1980. 32pp. One of 350 copies signed by Jane Bernier, the printer. With charming hand-colored illustrations. Fine in gilt-titled red leather, with gold foil endpapers. (Bradbury, p. 33). (3/4 by 5/8; 19x14mm). More
San Francisco: Arion Press for John Windle, Bookseller, 1994. Folio. (4), (2)pp, (1)ff. From an edition of 100 copies, this is one of five copies that includes an opening leaf with one full-page illustration and a border on the reverse. The illustration was designed by Edward Burne-Jones and depicts a...... More
San Francisco: Arion Press for John Windle, Bookseller, 1994. Folio. (4), (2)pp, (1)ff. From an edition of 100 copies, this is one of twenty-eight copies that includes an opening leaf with one full-page illustration, initials, and border, with plain text on the reverse. The illustration was designed by Edward Burne-Jones..... More
Joppe, the Netherlands: Karli Frigge, (1996). Oblong small quarto. (76)pp. One of 100 copies, signed by the author. Contains twenty-eight tipped in marbled paper samples, thirteen in color and fifteen in black & white, showing experimental designs by renowned paper marbler Karli Frigge. The accompanying text gives recipes for each..... More
(Buren, Netherlands): Frits Knuf, (1989). Tall quarto. (15)pp., (6)ff. Limited to 55 copies signed by Frigge. With a foreword by the artist in both Dutch and English. These six marbled papers were made by Frigge in 1979 with paints contaminated with dead mayflies. The structure of the paint was so..... More
Tampa, FL: Tampa Book Arts Studio, 2009. (viii), 56pp. Of an edition of 275, this is one of 75 copies bound in a deluxe binding. A tidly produced compendium of Lankes' miniature woodcuts, gathered here as plates with accompanying notes. Bound in full leather with gilt cover and spine titles..... More
Tampa, FL: Tampa Book Arts Studio, 2009. (viii), 56pp. One of 200 copies. A tidly produced compendium of Lankes' miniature woodcuts, gathered here as plates with accompanying notes. Bound in full Japan paper originally purchased by Lankes for folios to contain his miniature prints. Fine. More
London: Dean & Munday, (c. 1820). 32mo. 31pp. Eight engravings, all hand-colored, illustrate first the story of Little William learning the value of obedience, and then a poem, "Good Children," which urges young readers to be helpful to their parents and caregivers, and to make the best of impoverished situations..... More
NY: Henry Holt, (1947). First edition. One of 751 copies signed by the author. Frost's second long verse drama is set in a bookstore after closing. Printed at The Spiral Press. A fine copy in cloth-backed boards with original glassine dust wrapper, slightly chipped, and slipcase, minorly soiled. (Crane A31)..... More
NY: Henry Holt, (1945). First edition. One of 751 copies, signed by the author. Frost's one-act play in verse, with a cast of three characters: God, Job, and Job's wife. Fine in quarter cloth with brown paper over boards and inset titles to upper cover and spine. Housed in black..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1957. First edition of Gorey's third book. Signed by Gorey on the title page. Fine in pictorial boards with original dust wrapper that shows some general soiling, along with toning to spine. (Toledano A3a). More
NY: Doubleday, 1958. First edition. Gorey's fourth book, "A Moral Tale about Nothing-at-All." Signed by Gorey. Near fine, showing trace edgewear to pictorial boards. In original dust wrapper, very good, soiled and with some tears along edges. (Toledano A4a). More
(N.p.): Fantod Press, 1995. First edition. One of twenty-six lettered copies, signed by Gorey. "There is a moral to this fable of an unknown vegetáble." Fine in illustrated wrappers. (Toledano A114a). More
NY: Fantod Press, 1966. First edition. One of 500 sets of three books: The Inanimate Tragedy, The Evil Garden, and The Pious Infant. Each volume signed, two as Mrs Regera Dowdy, one of Gorey's anagrams. All three volumes are near fine with only trace bumps to few corners, and housed..... More
Buffalo: Breed & Lent, (c. 1866). 64pp. The fourth book in Frances Elizabeth Barrow's smallest and rarest series of Aunt Fanny books, focused on the adventures of two cats, Daisy and Dot, and their owners. Because of their size and popularity, the books in this series are the most difficult..... More
Buffalo: Breed & Lent, (c. 1866). 64pp. The sixth and final book in Frances Elizabeth Barrow's smallest and rarest series of Aunt Fanny books, focused on the adventures of two cats, Daisy and Dot, and their owners. Here Barrow follows the depressing departure of Daisy's kittens at the conclusion of..... More
Buffalo: Breed & Lent, (c. 1866). 64pp. The fifth book in Frances Elizabeth Barrow's smallest and rarest series of Aunt Fanny books, focused on the adventures of two cats, Daisy and Dot, and their owners. In bibliographic research on this set, specifically by Doris Welsh, there was an appearance of..... More
