(Minneapolis): Voyageur Press, (2015). First edition. SIGNED BY BARRY on the tile page. Stories of scarce, rare and collectable books found in dumpsters, barns, trailers, under beds, in attics and more. Introduction by Nicholas Basbanes. Color illustrations. Near fine with edges lightly bumped and rubbed, as often seen. Issued without..... Item #72375 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
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
New York: Putnam's Sons, (1982). Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. SIGNED BY BRADLEY on front endpaper and with AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO PAUL "DR. Z" ZIMMERMAN laid in. Letter on Bradley's half-sheet letterhead from Scottsdale, Arizona, is dated November 27, 1984--just a month before he died--speaks of being surprised and..... Item #55565 More
Noel Rooke. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., (1924). Fourth edition. In the Artistic Crafts Series of Technical Handbooks. Illustrated by Noel Rooke. Previous owner's name on endpaper. Very good or better with some rubbing, especially to lower front corner, and spine slightly tanned but pages bright and binding..... Item #53302 More
London: Privately printed, (1811). Second edition. Greatly expanded from the 1809, 80-page first edition, THIS IS THE VERSION THAT BROUGHT HIM FAME. Two volumes bound in one; this copy with volume II title page (from the large-paper issue) inserted following p.[276], as sometimes seen [Windle A11c]. "...dialogues on books and..... Item #56175 More
Santa Barbara: Joseph The Provider, (1987). First edition. Bookseller catalog by Campbell, with foreword by Sipper and preface by Everson. Number 21 of ONLY 25 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES SIGNED BY EVERSON. The books cataloged herein were drawn in large part from a collection assembled by Everson's friend and publisher, Bob..... Item #55675 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
San Francisco: John Howell-Books, 1977. First edition. Limited edition of 225 copies. Contains a checklist of Grabhorn publications from 1916-1956 and a complete specimen of types. Printed by Andrew Hoyem. Illustrated with 23 tipped-in original printing specimens, including one folding one, and two pages of printer's devices (one for each..... Item #55615 More
London: Longman's Green and Co., 1954. First edition. Writers and Their Works: No. 55; includes bibliographical checklist. Ownership stamp at head of half-title page. About very good in tanned paperwraps. Item #37945 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
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
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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
Chicago: Robert O. Ballou, 1924. First edition. Introduction by Frederic W. Goudy. Previous owner's name on title page otherwise very good or better with cloth frayed at spine ends and base of spine faded but rest of spine and its gilt lettering bright and with the front and back boards..... Item #53303 More
Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1927. First edition. One of only 2000 copies. This one INSCRIBED by author. Intricate, gilt-stamped binding. Spine dulled otherwise would be near fine. Lacking dust jacket. Item #52467 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: Printed for Private Circulation Only, 1931. First edition. One of only 160 copies. Illustrated with numerous full-page facsimile title pages. 4to gilt-stamped red cloth boards; top edge gilt. Good only with hinges starting but still tight; front matter which shows evidence of old glue repair at joints detached and..... Item #55139 More
New York: Random House, (1969). Later printing, INSCRIBED to Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman. Randall was a bookseller, head of rare books at Scribner's, and then head librarian at Indiana University where he helped put together the Lilly Collection. Near fine with light foxing in like dust jacket. From the collection..... Item #54030 More
Cleveland: Bits Press, (1986). First edition. The Essential Shakespeare, Volume I. "Rapid retrieval editions in rhymed hemimeter." Near fine in white, printed paperwraps, bound with string, showing only light tanning along the spine and a bump mark along the bottom edge. THE ESSENTIAL SHAKESPEARE. Item #51293 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