(N.p.): Richard J. Wolfe, 1981. Octavo. (xiv), 145pp. One of 500 copies, of which 450 were for sale. Four textual illustrations and eight color plates that reproduce the Mann family's decorative papers. Bound in marbled paper boards backed with black cloth. Near fine. More about The Role of the Mann Family of Dedham, Massachusetts in the Marbling of Paper in...

Somerville, MA: Firefly Press, 1991. Octavo. xix, (39)pp., + (6)ff. of samples, four of marbling and four of gilding on paper, silk, velvet, and leather. One of 250 copies. Signed by Wolfe and the printer, John Kristensen. A reproduction of a Dutch bookbinding manual, with translation, Introduction, and notes by... More about Geheimen der Boekbinderij. Secrets of Bookbinding. An Anonymous 19th Century Dutch Bookbinding...

Denby Dale, Huddersfield: Fleece Press, 1996. Octavo. 51pp. One of 300 copies. Introduced by Barry McKay with new marbled samples tipped in by Ann Muir. Extremely fine in quarter cloth and marbled-paper boards. Housed in a cloth-covered dropback box. More about A Pretty Mysterious Art. A Lecture by C.W. Woolnough to the Royal Society of Arts

(Northampton: Pennyroyal Press), 1978. 16mo. (38)ff. One of thirty-five copies, signed by the illustrator, Barry Moser, on both the colophon and on each individual plate. Printed in three colors by Harold McGrath at the Pennyroyal Press, who also signed the book. A tour-de-force of wood engraving, the fourteen tiny cuts... More about Twelve Woodengravings of Cirsia & Various Thistles with Sundry Notes Gathered, Engraved &...

London: Petersburg Press, 1974. Folio. (53)pp. One of 150 copies printed and bound as edition (A) for Europe. Moore's lithographs illustrate each of the thirteen poems, as well as the dedication and the frontispiece. They dominate the landscape of the page, setting off Auden's complex verses with introspective and psychological... More about Selections from Poems

1951. Quarto. 2ff. A portion of Milton's masterpiece, beautifully calligraphed on vellum in blue, gold, black, and red by Joan Pilsbury. The passage describes God's crafting of light on the fourth day of creation. Pilsbury was an exquisite calligrapher, known for her steady hand and her work as a Scribe... More about A Passage from Paradise Lost Book VII

Nappanee, IN: Press of the Indiana Kid, 1972. 19ff. One of 100 copies. Printed on handmade paper. With examples of the papermaker's own labels for the papers he creates. Save a faint stain to lower cover, fine in handmade paper over boards, backed in gilt-stamped red leather. (Bradbury, p. 103). (2 11/16 by 1 7/8; 68x47mm). More about One Day in the Life of a Paper Maker

Middletown, CT: Robin Price, 1998. Quarto. (36)pp. One of 150 copies. Signed by the illustrator, Keiji Shinohara, below the colophon. Decorated throughout with woodcuts in soft grays, greens, browns, and reds. The woodcuts interplay with the text itself, recreating in a visual way the experience of sitting in person for... More about Ravaged with Joy. A Record of the Poetry Reading at the University of California, Davis, on May...

Saint Paul, MN: Blinc Publishing, 2008. Broadside measuring 19 by 12 1/2 inches. One of 150 numbered copies, signed by the printer, Bill Moran. Printed on the occasion of APHA's 33rd Annual Conference, October 10-12, 2008, this broadside is decorated with wood type printed in various fonts, sizes, and colors to form an abstract design. Fine. More about "Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum"

Nappanee: Private Press of the Indiana Kid, 1982. Octavo. 71pp. One of 65 copies written, printed, and bound by James Lamar Weygand. Hagreen, who worked between 1918 and 1959, was a fine wood engraver who studied with Eric Gill. Illustrated with 118 bookplates designed by Hagreen and printed in a.... More about The Bookplates of Philip Hagreen

London: Bertram Rota, (1983). Folio. 50pp. One of 80 copies signed by Lubbock. Designed and printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press. Lubbock's text is illustrated with eight full-page plates by him, six of which are double-page. Printed from copper-plates worked by aquatint, etching, and engraving, these colored... More about The Sphere of Rocks and Water

NY: Abrams, 1996. First edition. Contains an interview with Gorey, analysis by art critic Karen Wilkin, and 200 illustrations. Very fine in illustrated dust wrapper. More about The World of Edward Gorey

Oxford: University Press, 1935. Two folio volumes. xix, 1216pp., continuous pagination. One of 200 copies printed on Batchelor's handmade paper in modified Centaur type. This copy includes the limitation leaf, which is often missing. Morison and Day note that "every book designed by Rogers was an individual accomplishment... The monument... More about The Holy Bible. Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out of the Original Tongues and...