Washington, D.C. Blair and Rives, 1843. 1st edition, Senate version. Bound in publisher's original aqua colored wrapper with chipping at extremities and spine and edges reinforced with paper tape. Octavo, 6 1/2 x 10 inches. 170 pp. Entirely uncut and partially unopened. The superior and larger Senate version of the..... More
Original hand-coloured engraving drawn by Georg Ehret and executed by J. M. Seligmann. Leaf measures 19.9 x 14.2 inches (50.5 x 36 cm). Fine condition. Matted and ready for framing. From Christoph Trew's magnificent HORTUS NITIDISSIMIS OMNEM PER ANNUM SUPERBIENS FLORIBUS published in three volumes over a 36 year period..... More
1993. Original color lithograph. One of 50 numbered lithographs signed by Baskin. 23 x 20 inches. Fine condition. Matted and framed to 28 x 28 inches. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. 1st. Hardcover. Over 170 pages of Sorel's artwork. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Color illustrated dustjacket. More
Council Bluffs: Yellow Barn Press, [1989]. John DePol. Hardcover. One of 155 numbered copies illustrated by John DePol. Bound in publisher's original tan cloth with printed label on spine and inlaid printed Morris design on front cover. Duplicate spine label on rear pastedown endpaper. Publisher's promotional material laid in. More
New York: HarperCollins, [3004]. 1st. Hardcover. Profusely illustrated; most illustrations in color. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine lettered in irredescent red, and with an irredescent red publisher's logo above heel of spine. Color printed dustjacket. 10 1/4 x 9 inches. More
Cincinnati: Ye Olde Printery, [1978]. 1st. Hardcover. Over 260 illustrations. Bound in publisher's original red cloth with spine and cover stamped in gilt, and tan endpapers. More
Davenport: Catich Press, St. Ambrose College, [1968]. 1st. Hardcover. Author's signed presentation to Carroll Coleman, publisher of The Prairie Press, on the blank leaf before the half title. One of 1,400 copies. Over two-hundred illustrations. Bound in publisher's original navy cloth with spine and cover stamped in gilt, and color..... More
Cincinnati: Ye Olde Printery, [1978]. 1st. Hardcover. Over 350 illustrations. Bound in publisher's original red cloth with spine and cover stamped in gilt. More
Berkeley: Book Arts Club of The University of California, 1938. Hardcover. One of 750 copies. Bound in publisher's original red cloth with spine stamped in gilt on spine and cover. Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. Light wear at head and heel of spine and at lower extremities. More
New York: Covici Friede, 1938. 2nd. Hardcover. Over 170i illustrations. Bound in publisher's original navy cloth with spine stamped in gilt. More
New York: Benziger Brothers, [1942]. Hardcover. Complete Roman Catholic altar missal, up to and including the reforms of Benedict XV. Light overall wear with some light discolorations on covers. Bound in publisher's original black full grain leather with red endpapers. More
Berkeley: Okeanos Press, 1988. Eric A. Johnson. Hardcover. One of two-hundred copies. Preface by Henry miller. Frontispiece by Eric A. Johnson. Originally published in 1936. Bound in publisher's original quarter red cloth with brown paper on boards and grey endpapers. More
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1953. 1st. Hardcover. Profusely illustrated with photographs and drawings. Bound in publisher's original navy cloth with spine stamped in gilt. More
Boston: David R. Goodine, [1975]. 1st. Hardcover. An impressive chronicla of Tschichold's work and influence. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine lettered in yellow, and black endpapers. Dustjacket illustrated in color with examples of Tschichold's work. More
Nappanee, IN: Private Press of the Indiana Kid, 1956. Hardcover. One of 165 copies printed from handset Caslon type. Illustrated. Bound in publisher's original yellow cloth with printed paper label on spine. More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard College Library / David R. Godine, 1972. 1st. Hardcover. A facsimile reproduction with an intoduction and commentary by John Dreyfus. One of 2,000 copies. More
London: Faber and Faber, [1952]. Hardcover. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Ninety-five illustrations plus frontispiece engraving of an interior view of the Caslon Foundry in 1750. Dustjacket has several small chips and closed tears at edges, otherwise fine. More
London: Frederick Muller, 1975. 1st. Hardcover. Bound in publisher's original grey cloth with spine stamped in gilt. A volume of the Ars Typographica LIbrary. General Editor: James Moran. 13 illustrations inicluding frontispice color portrait of Jphn Baskerville. More
Davenport: Catich Gallery, St. Ambrose University, [1991]. Wraps. Second edition. Edited by Mary W. Gilroy. Over two-hundred illustrations. 10 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches. Bound in publisher's original color illustrated stiff paper wraps. More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1994. Hardcover. Signed presentation by Stephen O. Saxe on the half title page. Introduction and additions by Stephen O. Saxe and index by Elizabeth K. Lieberman. Profusely illustrated with examples of the type founder's art. Bound in publisher's original ivory cloth with spine lettered..... More
London: Grafton, 1924. 1st. Hardcover. One of 500 copies. 284 numbered illustrations of printers' ornaments frpm the fifteenth through the nineteenth century. Bound in publisher's original quarter grey cloth with grey paper on boards.with spine stamped in gilt and marbled endpapers..Moderate wear at extremities. Text block and hinges are tight..... More
Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickenson University, [1991]. John DePol. Hardcover. One of 180 numbered copies signed by the author and the illustrator, printed at the Yellow Barn Press in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Wood engravings by John DePol. Bound in publisher's original tan cloth with brown leather label stamped in gilt on..... More
High Wycombe: Limited Editions Club, 1936. Denis Tegetmeir. Hardcover. One of 1,500 numbered ocpies signed by the book designer, Eric Gill, and the illustrator, Denis Tegetmeir, whose etchings appear throughout the book. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth with red and blue ruling on the front and rear covers with..... More
New York: The American Bible Society, 1938. 1st. Hardcover. Bound in publisher's original rust colored coth with spine stamped in gilt. Title lettered in gilt on the front cover. Illustrated with photographs of translators. More