1970. San Francisco: Printed by Andrew Hoyem, 1977. Royal 8vo, [11]pp. Printed in black and red. Original orange printed wrappers, thread bound. Very light staining and creasing to wrappers, very good. § One of 125 copies. Presented to members of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco on the occasion of..... More
1968. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1968. Folio, (8), 81 pp. Printed in red and black, illustrated with woodcuts from the original edition. Original quarter gray-colored cloth over decorated boards. Stuart B. Schimmel bookplate. A touch of sunning to the upper board, very good. Original prospectus, announcement and other..... More
2015. The Grolier Club, 2015. 4to (11 x 8.25 inches), 318 [1] pp. numerous color illustrations. Hightower and Koch Antiquarian types. Design and typography by Jerry Kelly. Stiff paper wraps, illustrated in full color on upper cover. New. § Trade edition. Detailed descriptions of one hundred famous children’s books and..... More
1644. Paris: Rolet le Duc, 1644. Two books in one: 8vo, 4 leaves, 164 pp; 1 leaf, [Extraict du Privilege du Roy]; 10 leaves, 717, 71 [Appendix, Table] pp. Contemporary limp vellum with hand lettered label on backstrip. Very early illegible ownership inscription on the rear pastedown. Unfortunate bookplate of..... More
1738. London: Printed for T. Osborne..., 1738. 8vo, [ii], vii [xii, contents], 402 pp. Contemporary calf, backstrip consolidated and upper hinge with slight splitting but quite firm, a good sound copy. § First edition of the first Library Manual in English and one of the earliest (if not the earliest)..... More
2009. Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2009. Large 4to, 521 pp. profusely illustrated in colour. Beige cloth, illustrated dust jacket. New. § “An important and fascinating work. Jill Shefrin already has a reputation for original research and meticulous scholarship. In this marvelous volume she has given us more, providing evidence..... More
1834. London, England: John Wilson, October 1834. Folio, 9 3/4"" x 6 3/4 inches, 16 pp. Thread binding, some toning. § A catalogue of 16 pages and almost 800 books sold by John Wilson, in what was most likely his going out of business sale. On the first page of..... More
1938. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1938. 4to, 507 pp. Black cloth boards with gilt-lettered backstrip. Very good; boards very faintly stained and scuffed, a clean copy within. § Still one of the best histories of printing ever published. 1800 copies were issued as Number 3 of..... More
