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New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2009. First trade edition. Hardcover. 252pp. Quarto [31 cm] Black cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Black matte endpapers. With a pictorial dust jacket. Photography by Dan Gregory. Design by John Malloy. Following up on his well-received bibliography of..... More
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2008. Dan Gregory. Second printing. Hardcover. 378pp. Quarto [31.5 cm] Black cloth over boards, with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Black endpapers. Reprinted, with corrections. Photography by Dan Gregory. Design by John Malloy. From the Publisher- The literary origins of the American..... More
New York: R. R. Bowker, 1942. Fourth edition. Hardcover. 553pp. Octavo [24 cm] Red cloth over boards. Top edge gilt. Good, ex-library with the usual marks on the endpapers and title page. The spine has been painted over with a dark varnish, and there are library numbers at the foot..... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. 230pp. Oblong quarto [21 cm x 27 cm] Red cloth over boards. In a dust jacket, with a couple of scratches to the front panel, the longer scratch measuring 2" "Generously illustrated throughout, for some the book may be an..... More
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. 368pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Gray cloth over boards with silver lettering on the spine and front cover. From the Publisher- "This book serves as a short-title catalogue of all the early printed editions of the Roman poet Virgil, from the..... More
Fresno, CA: Panorama West Books, 1986. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Hardcover. 179pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Ivory and tan paper covered boards with a brown ink stamped title on the spine, and a brown ink stamped natural vignette on the front cover. Very good. The head of the spine is..... More
London and New Castle, Delaware: The British Library and Oak Knoll Press, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. 324pp. Quarto [28 cm] Blue cloth over boards with gilt stamped titles and ornamentation in gilt and blind on the spine and front cover. From the Publisher - "This ground-breaking study deals with the..... More
London and New Castle, Delaware: The British Library; Oak Knoll Press, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. 576pp. Octavo [25 cm] Black cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. In a pictorial dust jacket. From the publisher- "This book tells, for the first time, the full history of..... More
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. 103pp. Quarto [31 cm] Maroon cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Matching endpapers. With the pictorial dust jacket. From the publisher- "The text of the book provides an excellent historical background to the study of..... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. 481pp. Quarto [29 cm] Bluish-gray cloth over boards. From the Publisher- "Steamer Stories is an annotated bibliography of fiction in English that involves steamships and the men and women who sailed in them. A catalog of novels, novellas, and short..... More
New Castle (DE), London and New York: Oak Knoll Press; The British Library; The Bibliographical Society of America, 2008. First edition. Paperback. 92pp. Octavo [22 cm]; green illustrated wraps with gold stamp. "This volume offers a new edition of Andrea Krupp's groundbreaking article, which first appeared in the Papers of..... More
Toronto and New Castle, Delaware: The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library; Oak Knoll Press, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. 440pp. Octavo [23 cm] Blue cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. In a pictorial dust jacket. From the Publisher- "In 1967 Richard Landon (1942 - 2011) joined..... More
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
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
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