London and New Castle, DE: The British Library; Oak Knoll Press, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. 192pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Dark plum-colored cloth-effect paper over boards. Decorative floral endpapers. In the pictorial dust jacket. From the Publisher- "As a craft of more than 2,000 years, the art of bookbinding has been..... More
Paris and New York: Editiones Officinae Bodoni, At the Sign of Pegasus, 1929. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 80pp. Quarto [30.5 cm] Tan cloth over boards with gilt titling to the spine and gilt Bodoni logo on the front cover. No dust jacket. The spine is a bit darkened, and there is..... More
London: Faber & Faber, 1959. Rigby Graham. First Edition. Hardcover. 95pp. Octavo [22 cm] Red and white illustrated boards with title gilt stamped on backstrip. Very good in a good only dust jacket. Slight spine roll. The endsheets are darkened and discolored. Small bookplate from 'The Bird in Hand Press'..... More
Beauvoir Community, MS: The Book Farm, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. 168pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Red cloth over boards. The backstrip is sunned. Heartman's Historical Series No. 69. More
Cheyenne: Privately Printed, 1933. Reprint. Paperback. 16pp. Very slender octavo [22.5 cm] White and black printed self wrappers. There is a chip in the paper at the head of the spine, there is a 1" closed tear at the foot of the spine, along the fold, and there is a...... More
London and New Castle, Delaware: The British Library and Oak Knoll Press, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. 452pp. Small quarto [25 cm] Glossy pictorial paper over boards. From the publisher- "Documenting thousands of British poetry magazines from the last century, British Poetry Magazines 1914-2000 records the remarkable world of the 'little..... More
Morongo Valley, CA: Sagebrush Press, 1984. First edition, limited. Hardcover. SIGNED. 102pp. Octavo [24 cm] Brown cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Near fine. The spine ends and corners of the covers are lightly rubbed. The top edge of the text block is a little..... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. 165pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Black cloth over boards with the title stamped in gilt on the backstrip. In a pictorial dust jacket. From the Publisher - "Prepared for the bicentennial celebration of The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, Athenaeum Profiles consists of..... More
New York: Knopf, 2022. First edition. hardcover. 208pp. Octavo. [21cm] Black paper over boards with the title stamped in silver gilt on the spine. Silver gilt decorations stamped on front boards. Illustrated dust jacket. Text block has deckled foreedge. "Aspiring writers and readers who have long wondered where the mysterious..... More
New Castle, Delaware; London: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. 191pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Black cloth over boards. From the Publisher- "Advertising and promotion have always underpinned the business of bookselling but are often difficult for the historian to reconstruct. Once books were being produced..... More
London and New Castle, Delaware: The British Library & Oak Knoll Press, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. 194pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Black cloth over boards with the title stamped in gilt on the backstrip. With the pictorial dust jacket. From the Publisher- "Next in the Publishing Pathways series, Publishing the Fine..... More
Middlesex, England; New Castle, Delaware: Private Libraries Association; Oak Knoll Press, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. 325pp. Small quarto [28 cm] Navy blue cloth over boards. From the Publisher- "The Book and Periodical Illustrations of Arthur Hughes is the first detailed account of the work of this somewhat neglected Pre-Raphaelite artist..... More
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Berkeley: Serendipity Books, 1989. Original edition. Paperback. 112pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] White, black, and pink printed wraps. Very good. There a numerous notations in pencil on the front cover, and there are very sporadic markings in the text. From the Introduction- "Oil has fueled many a machine and lubricated every..... More
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Berkeley: Serendipity Books, 1989. Original edition. Paperback. 112pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] White, black, and pink printed wraps. Near fine condition. From the Introduction- "Oil has fueled many a machine and lubricated every industry. Clearly it has lubricated a few imaginations as well, and Mrs. Watson has gone to some effort..... More
Tucson, AZ: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 49pp. Octavo [21 cm] Tan cloth covered boards with dark brown ink stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Near fine. The top edge of the text block is ever so slightly soiled. After Krutch moved to Arizona in 1952..... More
London and New York: Academy Editions; St. Martin's Press, 1972. First American edition. Hardcover. 101pp. Slim quarto [30 cm] Black paper over boards, with only minor edgewear to the spine and covers. In a dust jacket, with fading to the spine and surrounding areas of the panels, as well as..... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2017. First edition. Hardcover. 260pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] 1/4 red cloth with light gray printed paper over boards, and a gilt stamped title on the spine. From the Publisher- "The Privately Printed Bible is the first book to offer a broad survey of the..... More
Kansas City, Missouri: R.F. Perotti, 1967. First edition, limited printing. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Quarto. [25 cm]. Red cloth over boards with gilt title stamped on front board and spine. Deckled edges. Previous seller's catologing sticker on front board. Ex libris sticker on front paste down. Previous owner's ex libris stamp and..... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. 227pp. Octavo [23 cm] Blue cloth over boards. From the Publisher- "This account focuses especially on The Garland of Rachel (1881), by far the best-known publication of the Daniel Press. The Garland consists of a series of poetic tributes to..... More
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. 272pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Brown cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine. With an illustrated dust jacket. From the publisher - "When William Morris founded the Kelmscott Press, his celebrated private press, in 1891, one of the books..... More
New Castle (Delaware) and Portland (Oregon): Oak Knoll Press and Lewis & Clark College, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. 542pp. Octavo [24 cm] Black cloth over boards with a silver stamped title on the spine. With a dust jacket. From the publisher- "William Stafford (1914-1993) was one of the most prolific..... More
Los Angeles: Lawrence Clark Powell, 1991. Hardcover. [SIGNED]. Unpaginated. Sextodecimo. [19 cm]. Red cloth over boards with gilt title stamped on spine. Some minor stains on front cover, corners sharp. Powell, a lifelong resident of Southern California, assembles this bibiographical collections of stories which feature the area; his book is..... More
Brockton, MA: John William Pye Rare Books, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 112pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Blue cloth over boards. Signed by John William Pye on the title page. More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1991. 1/400. Hardcover. 45pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Burnt orange cloth with paper labels on the spine and the front board. Beautiful, illustrated endsheets. More
Oxford, UK; New Castle, DE: The Bodleian Library, 2010. 2010. Hardcover. 148pp. Octavo [22 cm] Gray paper over boards. From the Publisher- "Set up in 1968, John Fuller's Sycamore Press published some of the most influential and critically acclaimed writers of the past half-century. Operating from a garage, the press..... More