1982. Greenbrae: The Allen Press, 1982. 2 vols. 8vo, original orange cloth lettered in black in brown cloth slipcase. [134]; [148] pp. Title-pages printed in gilt and orange, textual decorations in orange throughout. As new, virtually perfect as issued, with the prospectus. § One of 140 copies, unnumbered as..... More
1963. Kentfield: The Allen Press, 1963. 4to, 47 ff. with 16 two-color wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Original printed boards. A very good copy, prospectus loosely inserted. § Limited to 130 copies. The two-color wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton are designed to represent the main characters' various emotional states. Likewise..... More
1985. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1985. Folio, 114, (8) pp., with 10 original leaves bound in. Printed in black and red with numerous illustrations. Original cloth, fore-edge untrimmed, a few very light scuffs to the cloth, still a fine copy with the original prospectus. § Limited to..... More
1985. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1985. Folio, 114, (8) pp., with 10 original leaves bound in. Printed in black and red with numerous illustrations. Original cloth, fore-edge untrimmed, a few very light scuffs to the cloth, still a fine copy with the original prospectus. § Limited to..... More
1972. Kentfield: The Allen Press, 1972. Large 4to, unpaginated, with 3 full-page plates. Quarter cloth with wooden boards, cloth slipcase. Fine as issued. § Printed in an edition limited to 130 copies. The three full-page color etchings, one for each of the three acts, are by French artist Michele Forgeois..... More
1934. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1934-1935. Folio, spiral bound printed brown paper wrappers, black label tipped in on front cover with gilt type. § Includes sample pages for the 12 books of 1934-1935. Each sample includes the title page, a page or two of text or illustration..... More
1978. San Francisco: Amaranth Press, 1978. Folio, 10 1/2 x 16 1/2”, color printed calendar, loosely bound at the top-edge with string. § Limited edition. “The material in this calendar has been adapted from original Egyptian antiquities as identified in their captions...”. More
1955. San Francisco: Lewis and Dorothy Allen Press for The Book Club of California, 1955. 8vo, 79 pp. Frontispiece map, running decorative border in red Cyrillic characters. Original gray-blue boards with white parchment back, title in red on back, Russian characters in red on covers. As issued. § Limited to..... More
1929. San Francisco: The Westgate Press, 1929. Slim 8vo, [37]pp. Woodcuts by John Ira Gannon. Quarter black cloth, gilt-stamped backstrip (dulled). § #90 of 500 copies printed by The Grabhorn Press. Signed by the author. More
1976. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1976. Folio, 99 pages. Richly illuminated and illustrated throughout, with 43 specimen leaves. Original quarter red cloth and boards, fine, original plain dust-jacket, age toned and lightly worn. § Limited to 400 copies printed at the Arion Press and signed by Angelo..... More
1996. Oldham, UK: Incline Press, 1996. [8pp.], with 5 wood engravings by Enid Marx. Dark gray soft cover with hand-bound pages. Fine as issued. § One of an unnumbered edition. More
1968. San Francisco: Grabhorn-Hoyem, 1968. Oblong small 8vo, (32)pp. with a decoration on title and opening initial letter of text, in red. Original purple morocco-backed boards lettered in gilt, very good. § 400 copies printed by Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem, this being one of 80 copies in the de..... More
V.p., v.d. -Single leaf, 11 1/2 x 16 1/2, printed on both sides, oval portrait to recto, color facsimile to verso; very good. -Folio, 10 1/4 x 15”, with photographic frontisportrait inlaid, facsimile of a handwritten letter tipped in, printed in black and red, deckled fore- and lower edge; very..... More
3419. [London]: R.A. Walker, 34 Oakley Crescent S.W., 1920. 4to, 7 pp., frontispiece. Original printed wrappers as issued. Unopened. Bookplate of Nina Ranger Herzog. § Limited to 200 copies numbered and signed in purple ink by the author. Derry describes, page by page, the contents of a scrapbook containing sketches..... More
1939. Los Angeles: The Albertson Press in Association with Bunster Creely, 1939. 8vo, 17 pp. Original red boards with gold paper title label on upper cover, frontis. plate present but detached, boards irregularly faded, some paste action to front blanks. § Edition limited to 1000 copies signed by Bennett..... More
1972. London: Trianon Press, 1972. 2 vols., 4to and small 4to, with 20 color plates. Full brown morocco, slipcase, new. § Edition de luxe, #XLIV of 50 copies with additional proof sheets, progressive plates, original stencil, etc. “The text is a clear statement of Blake's beliefs regarding the nature of..... More
1970. London: Trianon Press, 1970. 4to, 10 facsimile leaves and 5 pp. of commentary. Original quarter green morocco, backstrip browned, marbled boards, with slipcase. § 351 of 662 copies including 36 de luxe copies numbered I-XXXVI, 600 regular copies numbered 1-600 and 26 copies lettered A-Z reserved for the trustees..... More
1976. London: Trianon Press, 1976. 4to, 5 color plates and commentary, and progressive states of the plates, and an original copper plate etc.. Full brown morocco, slipcase. As new. § Copy # VII of XXXII de luxe copies, in an edition limited to 512 copies in all. The companion volume..... More
1960. London: Trianon Press, 1960. Folio, 27 plates, 4 pp. text. Quarter green morocco, gilt lettered backstrip lightly faded, slipcase lightly rubbed. § Limited to 526 copies, this is copy #365. “This book is Blake’s Principia, in which he announced a new concept of the universe.” (Damon, Blake Dictionary). One..... More
1975. Designed by Arnold Fawcus and produced by The Trianon Press, Paris. London & New York: Oxford University Press, 1975. 8vo: xxvii [xxviii], [27] pp. Title-page in sepia and 27 plates including title-page in color in double-page spreads alternating with those bearing notes to the plates. Paper covered boards in..... More
1975. London & New York: Oxford University Press, 1975. 8vo: xxvii [xxviii], [27] pp. Title-page in sepia and 27 plates including title-page in color in double-page spreads alternating with those bearing notes to the plates. Original blue cloth, with lettering in silver to backstrip, original blue cloth slip case with..... More
1971. London: Trianon Press, 1971. 4to, xx, 71 pp. With 16 color plates and 116 illustrations. Original wrappers. § Introductory handbook to the facsimile of Blake’s watercolors for Gray’s poems. Bentley, Blake Books, 385. More
1963. London: Trianon Press, 1963. Folio, 18 color facsimile leaves, 8 pages commentary. Quarter blue morocco, slipcase with light shelf wear, otherwise fine. § Limited to 480 copies, this being copy 347. Bentley, Blake Books, A9. “America was the first of Blake’s books to name a place [Lambeth] in..... More
1965. London: Trianon Press, 1965. 4to, 8 plates, (5) pp. text, plus the extra materials. Full brown morocco, marbled paper-covered slipcase, gilt lettering to backstrip. A fine copy. § Edition limited to 426 copies, de luxe issue being copy XII of XX copies with a suite of progressive states of..... More
