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
1846. New York: Herald Book and Job Office, 97 Nassau Street, 1846. Single sheet, folio, 492 x 628 mm. Printed on recto only, title and three columns of verse surrounded by a highly elaborate border composed of printer's ornaments. Very good with old folds, slightly toned, two 30 mm closed..... More
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1906. Berkeley: California Bookplate Society (Sheldon Cheney), 1906-1907. 4 vols, 12mo, (16); (16); (18); (16) pp. First issue of this booklet with 9 facsimile bookplates; the 3 remaining volumes each with at least 1 bookplate tipped in, the remaining examples in line-drawn facsimile. Wrappers of Vol. 1 No. 1 with..... More
1860. New York: Thaddeus Davids & Co., 1860. Sm. 8vo, 72, 4,[6]pp., with an elaborate chromolithographic titlepage, and 16 lithographic plates (1 colored). Original brown boards lettered in gilt, rebacked and hinges strengthened. § First Edition, a scarce and interesting book on the subject. An early and handsome history..... More
1930. London: Seeley & Service & Co. Ltd., 1930. 4to, 336 pp. Original white buckram, gilt lettering to backstrip. Signed by Hewitt on the colophon. Binding a little spotted, gilt faded but legible, internally clean and bright. § Number 297 from the deluxe edition of 380 copies, signed by..... More
1986. Woodside, CA: Heyeck Press, 1986. 4to, 63 pp. with 28 marbled paper samples tipped in. Quarter grey morocco, grey & white boards, gilt titling, grey slipcase, mint. § 150 copies on handmade paper. Samples of papers with different flaws are included, and chapters are devoted to many variables that..... More
1991. Woodside, CA: Heyeck Press, 1991. Royal 8vo, 57 pp. With 3 wood engravings and 13 hand-marbled samples. Original hand-marbled silk broadcloth, grey slipcase, new. § Limited to 200 copies. “Dictated in 1913 by Kyoto marbler [Yagi] this historically important account of his marbling secrets covers colors, tools, water, chemicals..... More
2019. The Book Club of California, 2019. Large 4to (9 x 12.25 inches), 192 pp. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs. Publisher's brown boards with gray linen backstrip, photo portrait of Mora mounted on upper board, backstrip lettered in brown, slipcase. As new. § Copy number 68 of..... More
1936. New York: Pynson Printers, 1936. Quarto, 148, (4)pp., plus 51 paper specimens. With frontispiece, three woodcut and 65 photogravure illustrations. Quarter leather with paper over boards printed in gilt from 18th century wood blocks acquired by Hunter in Korea, backstrip tooled in red and lettered in gilt, insignificant wear..... More
1928. Cambridge and New York: 1928. Thick 4to, xiii, 264, (1) pp. With 10 plates, 60 line blocks in the text, 6 typographical insets, 3 broadsides, and an 8pp. type specimen printed on pale green paper; many in two or more colors; two original prints by David Jones including one..... More
1900. London: 1900. 8vo, 20pp. With 26 photographic plates of Prideaux’s bindings. Original blue boards, upper cover titled in black, cloth backstrip, a fine copy. § Limited to 200 copies but very scarce and rarely found is acceptable condition. It was printed by the author and her friend and colleague..... More
2012. Herefordshire: Whittington Press, 2012. Roy. 8vo, 144 pp. of which 127 are numbered. Letterpress printed. Tip-ins and fold outs. Set in Bell, Bodoni, Goudy Modern, Arrighi, Romulus, Poliphilus. Fournier and Caslon types. Printed on Somerville Laid & Zerkall mould made paper. Case bound in light boards. Printed dust wrapper..... More
