Bronxville, NY; New Castle, DE: Nicholas T. Smith Publisher and Oak Knoll Books, 1981. Reprint. Hardcover. 270pp. Octavo [22 cm] Rust-colored cloth over boards. From the Publisher- "Reprint of the 1943 first edition which was printed in a very small number. Frank E. Hopkins set up a press in the..... More
Shavertown, PA: Sligo Press, 2000. 1/26 lettered copies. Leather bound. 280pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Green leather with gilt title and author on front board and backstrip. Fine. This is one of twenty-six lettered copies signed by the authors and Mailer on the half-title. This is copy 'S'. Preface by Norman..... More
White Plains, NY: The Herity Press, 1961. Second edition. Paperback. 20pp. Very slim octavo [24 cm] Stapled spring green wraps printed in black and red. Very good condition. The edges of the wraps are lightly creased. A register printed for the purpose of avoiding duplication of private press names. More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. 117pp. Small Quarto [23.5cm]; illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards. A comprehensive study of Carroll's work for the periodical press, including notes from the author regarding Carroll's life and times. More
Roger Beacham, Publisher, 1975. Barbara Holman. First edition, limited. Hardcover. 107pp. Folio [35 cm] Mustard yellow cloth over boards, with a paper title label on the spine, and a decorative circular paper title label on the front board. Top edge trimmed; other edges rough trimmed. Illustrations by Barbara Holman. Design..... More
Sacramento: Sacramento Book Collectors Club, 1989. First edition, limited. Paperback. SIGNED. 68pp. Octavo [21 cm] Printed wraps. With a bibliography of the club's publications compiled by Vincent J. Lozito. One in an edition of about 250 copies. Signed by the compiler on the title page. More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2015. First English-language edition. Hardcover. 336pp. Small quarto [25 cm] Red paper over boards. From the Publisher- "Bound to Be Modern is the most comprehensive study to date on the emergence and function of publishers' cloth bindings. It brings together issues of aesthetics, technique..... More
Albuquerque, NM: New Mexico Book League, 1993. Marilyn Luther. Limited edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 90pp. Oblong octavo [15 cm x 23 cm] Pictorial case bound wraps. With light soiling on the rear wrap. Illustrations by Marilyn Luther. One of 400 paperbound copies. Signed by T. L. Luther on the title page..... More
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press; The British Library, 2010. Reprint. Hardcover. 205pp. Small quarto [26 cm] Navy blue cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Fine in a fine dust jacket. As new. "Letterpress Printing is a long-overdue manual, written for the contemporary letterpress printer..... More
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press; The British Library, 2010. Reprint. Hardcover. 205pp. Small quarto [26 cm] Navy blue cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. With the pictorial dust jacket. "Letterpress Printing is a long-overdue manual, written for the contemporary letterpress printer using knowledge gleaned..... More
Boston: Manufacturers' Advertising Company, 1918. Salesman's Dummy. Hardcover. Small quarto [24 cm] Red cloth over boards with gilt and black lettering and ornamental stamping on the front cover. Good only. The covers are subtly darkened and rubbed, and the spine ends are gently bumped. There are a handful of small..... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2018. First edition. Paperback. 77pp. Octavo [23 cm] Blue printed wraps with a gray and blue printed dust wrapper. From the Publisher- "This history of the International League of International Booksellers is written in the form of an annotated index of important subjects, services..... More
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 York: George Braziller, 2010. First paperback edition. Paperback. 134 pp. [24 cm]; illustrated wraps. At the turn of the 20th century, book covers were revered as works of art. This entertaining and educational retrospective presents key artists, their signature designs and flourishes, the works that inspired them, and the..... 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 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
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1929. First issue of this fine press edition. Hardcover. Thin folio [40 cm] Marbled paper over boards. The majority of the backstrip is missing from the spine. There is a prior owner's engraved bookplate, designed by Timothy Cole, on the front pastedown. Else, internally clean..... 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