Philadelphia: Menamin & Ringwalt, 1871. First edition. This remains a major reference for American printing history [Bigmore & Wyman p.259, Appleton p58]. Illustrated with 38 full-page plates including a beautiful colored chromolitho frontis, an example of printing for the blind, and a double-spread color facsimile of a leaf from the..... Item #52565 More

Baltimore: Evergreen House, 1960. First edition. One of 200 copies printed as a keepsake for members in May, 1960. Includes a history of the founding of the group by Dorothy Miner and Elizabeth Baer and highlights from memorable meetings by Kent D. Currie; lists of officers and members, past and..... Item #72026 More

New York: Random House, 1933. First edition. RARE PROOF COPY of the EXTREMELY LIMITED SIGNED EDITION, reportedly being the bibliographer's own copy in his handmade box. SIGNED BY JEFFERS at foot of his introductory "Remembered Verses," p.xvi, and without Jeffers printed name on that page nor Alberts on p. ix..... Item #55504 More

Rockville: Quill & Brush, 1975-1986. Each is a first edition. A collection of the books we published before Putnam started publishing us in 1989. They were INSCRIBED to a bookseller, in some cases to two (one being Bev Cheney, a good friend who died a few years ago). Includes the..... Item #40400 More

Meriden, CT / Woodstock, NY: Crow's Nest / Virginia Fitzwater, 1932-1933. First edition. Eleven of the first twelve numbers of this monthly miscellany of fine books, bibliography, typography and kindred literary matters. Laid in marbled paper-covered portfolio and housed in publisher's paper-covered slipcase with printed spine label. Packets and portfolio..... Item #55465 More

(Norfolk): New Directions, no-date [1952]. First U.S. edition. This publication was a joint venture between New Directions and Peter Owens in London but the sheets, which were printed in Ireland, were held up in U.S. customs resulting in the UK edition preceding this one. Ruminations on key books in his..... Item #54174 More

London: Constable & Co Ltd., 1934 & 1948. First edition. 400 pages, four plates, index. The most famous case of bibliographical investigation to uncover the frauds of Thomas J. Wise. Fine in dust jacket with only minimal wear on edges. Along with "The Firm of Charles Ottley, Landon & Co..... Item #29817 More

New York: American Art Association. 1922. First edition. Auction catalog for items "To Be Sold at Unrestricted Public Sale" on January 26th and 27th, 1922, at the American Art Galleries in Madison Square. 795 items. Hammer prices recorded by hand in margins. 8vo perfectbound paperwraps printed in black and red;..... Item #54538 More

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, (1923). First edition, second printing, January, 1923 (the first was August 1922). Covering typefaces from the invention of printing through the mid-nineteenth century, with type-specimans throughout. Two volume in black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt. Very good or better with name on..... Item #53319 More

Philadelphia: The Rosenbach Company, 1920. First edition. Rare books catalog. Twenty-nine items listed. Features eight reproduction title pages. Near fine in brown stapled paperwraps with minor stain at hinge and light crease to one corner. Item #51283 More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1987). First edition. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of Faulkner's own art work showing "how the painstaking efforts of the young poet, calligrapher, and illustrator foreshadow the verbal art of his great poetic novels" -- from the dust jacket flap. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY HONNIGHAUSEN to the..... Item #71750 More