New York: 1972. Original edition. Paperback. 52pp. Slim octavo [21.5 cm] Stapled white wraps, printed in black ink. Very good. The wraps are just a little age-toned and soiled. A catalogue featuring books, daguerreotypes, plastic cases, ambrotypes, and stereo views. 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
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. Second edition. Hardcover. 350pp. Octavo [22 cm] Beige cloth over boards. From the Publisher- "The Typographic Desk Reference (aka TDR) is an encyclopedic reference guide of typographic terms and classification with definitions of form and usage for Latin based writing systems. The second..... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. Later printing of the second edition. Paperback. 350pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Beige and white printed wraps. From the Publisher- "The Typographic Desk Reference (aka TDR) is an encyclopedic reference guide of typographic terms and classification with definitions of form and usage for Latin..... More
San Francisco: Johnck & Seeger, Printers, 1931. First edition. Leather bound. 38pp. Slender duodecimo [21 cm] 1/4 red leather with green paper over boards. The spine is sunned, otherwise a very fine copy. One in an edition of 150 copies. Includes the story of the founding of the club in..... More
Paperback. 46pp. Very slim square quarto [24 cm] Illustrated wraps, with moderate rubbing and wear to the wraps. Lavishly illustrated. The text is in Russian and English. A review tracing the history of the Museum's book treasures, and dwelling on certain aspects of the development of book printing in the..... More
New York: Press of Joel Munsell, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. 471pp. Large octavo [24.5 cm] Rebound in plain red cloth with marbled endpapers and new endleaves. Contemporary numerical notations in the margins of the pages. Sabin points out at the beginning of this work that he has had the privilege..... More
London: Souvenir Press, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 124pp. Quarto [30.5 cm] Brown paper covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Near fine. The edges of the covers are lightly bumped and rubbed. The dust jacket is in very good condition. Slightly rubbed and darkened. Includes humorously illustrated..... More
Berkeley: Serendipity Books. Original printing. Paperback. Quarto [28 cm] Xeroxed pages in a velo binding. A massive interim catalogue offering the Faulkner collection amassed by his bibliographer, Carl Petersen. From the cover page- "An interim catalogue- the individual items are not yet fully described or priced. Based on Petersen's descriptions..... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. 241pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] in dark red cloth with gilt-stamped spine. Faint shelfwear to jacket, else As New. From the jacket: "This book establishes for the first time the full bibliographic record of [this long-neglected work]." More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. 556pp. Quarto [29 cm] Green cloth over boards. From the Publisher- "Since the day in 1791 when The Life of Johnson was published, James Boswell has ranked among our greatest authors. With the discovery of Boswell's journals and other papers..... More
Privately printed by A. R. Tommasini, Christmas, 1957. Limited edition. Hardcover. 17pp. Twenty-fourmo [13.5 cm] Yellow, white, red and black illustrated paper covered boards. Very good. The rear cover is lightly soiled. The edges of the half title page are mildly darkened. This is the tenth in a series of..... More
Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith, 2018. Later printing. Hardcover. 152pp. Duodecimo [19cm]; illustrated boards. A visual feast celebrating the alluring power of bookstores—68 paintings by illustrator Gibbs M. Smith. The local bookstore, a place of wonder, refuge, and rejuvenation for book lovers the world over. Books & Mortar is a celebration of..... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2017. Hardcover. 345pp. Small quarto [26 cm] Black cloth over boards. From the Publisher- "An Actor's Library is the first major academic study of the library of David Garrick, the celebrated eighteenth-century actor and theatre manager, and its publication coincides with the 300th anniversary..... More
New Castle, Delaware; Athens, Greece: Oak Knoll Press; ATON Publications, 2017. First English Edition. Hardcover. 453pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Pictorial paper over boards. May require extra postage due to weight. From the publisher- "'The Architecture of Western Libraries, from the Minoan era to Michelangelo' deals with the architectural evolution of..... More
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press; Hes & De Graaf Publishers; Kotinos, 2012. First English Edition. Hardcover. 588pp. Quarto [29.5 cm] Light gray cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine and front cover, and an applied illustration on the front cover. Gray and white pictorial endpapers. In a...... More
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press; Hes & De Graaf Publishers BV; Kotinos, 2005. Hardcover. 428pp. Quarto [30 cm] Light gray cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine and front cover, and an applied illustration on the front cover. Gray and white illustrated endpapers. In a pictorial dust..... More
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press; Hes & De Graaf Publishers; Kotinos, 2010. First English Edition. Hardcover. 500pp. Quarto [30 cm] Light gray cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine and front cover, and an applied illustration on the front cover. Gray and white pictorial endpapers. In a...... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. 176pp. Large octavo [26 cm] Black cloth over boards. From the Publisher- "This study is a fascinating inside look at digital type design, the rather mysterious career of one of its most important practitioners, and the history and culture of..... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. 365pp. Octavo [25 cm] Blue cloth over boards. There is a brief embossed trace of a notation on the front panel. From the Publisher- "This remarkable and entertaining study examines perhaps the most notorious example of a book whose enormous..... More
Santa Cruz, CA: Peter & Donna Thomas, 1999. Donna Thomas. Limited Edition, #66/150. Leather bound. Quarto [28.5 cm] 1/2 green leather over green boards with title on backstrip and on a paper label attached to front board. Housed in a ribbon-tied folding paper case. An impressive presentation with an unusual..... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. 177pp. Small quarto [26 cm] Slate gray cloth over boards. From the Publisher- "In the late nineteenth century, writers, artists, and bibliophiles expended great thought and energy on books as a category of things that might be made to express..... More
Berkeley: 2000. First edition. Paperback. 89 pp. [21.5 cm]; perfect bound, purple illustrated wraps. Written on the front free endpaper of this copy is the single word, "mine" -- denoting Peter B. Howard's personal ownership of this particular volume, in the late legendary bookseller's own hand. More
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. 434pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Teal cloth over boards. The foot of the spine is gently bumped, and there are periodic light check marks in pencil in the margins. In the Introduction, Tuska states that what, "Vicki..... More