London: Bracken Books, 1996. Softcover. 8vo. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. 375 pp. with illustrations. Original wrappers. First published in 1912, this highly curious, profusely illustrated essay concerns the so-called "occult" symbols that were hidden within early paper watermarks. More
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co., ca. 1915? Square 4to., stapled as issued. 6 leaves (12 pp.) including front cover and back cover, all printed on soft linen. Front and back cover plus 4 other pages printed in color, the rest monochrome (printed in blue/green) allowing for hand-coloring. VERY WORN and..... More
1785. Two vols., 12mo. xxiv, 422, [2]; [2], 400, [2] pp. Both vols. uncut, vol. II partially unopened. Contemporary "temporary" binding of patterned paper over flexible boards, all-over decoration of green and pink leaves, traces of original paper labels on spines lettered in MS, inside all 4 covers are printed..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2003. Hardcover. Quarto, 247 numbered pages, with dustjacket. Profusely illustrated with 200 color photographs. ¶ A photographic tour of twenty-three of the world's most precious libraries, representing twelve countries and ranging from the great national monuments to scholarly, religious, and private libraries. De Laubier..... More
Heidelberg: Richard Weissbach, 1955. Hardcover. Octavo, 315 pages, original cloth with gilt lettering. ¶ The first scientific catalog of the early German lithography, arranged alphabetically by the artist's last name. First published in 1925, this book is still considered an essential reference work. More
London and New York: Verso, 2010. Softcover. Octavo, 378 pages. ¶ Highly important study on the advent of moveable type and its subsequent impact on Western culture. Originally written in French, the present work was translated into English by David Gerard, and edited by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith and David Wootton. More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio, 104 pages, original quarter cloth over marbled boards. Illustrated with 16 colored plates. ¶ Pioneering and still essential history of aquatint illustration, limited to 500 copies, SIGNED by the author on the title page. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 123 pages, original cloth, gilt. With 24 color illustrations. ¶ Bamber Gascoigne offers a broad historical survey of advancements in colour printing from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century. From Marie Korey's review in PBSA: "Gascoigne provides an overview of the..... More
Frankfurt: 1925. Hardcover. Calligraphic manuscript on paper: 10 pages, including an original watercolor by the artist, and bound by her. Written on Flinsche Paper (Frankfurt). Large "modernist" watercolor illustration on first leaf (evidence of deep pencil scratch in outer margin), on the recto a manuscript dedication (dated June 1925) being..... More
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 320 pages, original cloth with gilt letter on spine, no dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in black and white and color. ¶ An authoritative survey of the world's greatest libraries and their holdings, profusely illustrated in black / white and color. Multiple..... More
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New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Original publisher's mustard cloth, stamped in black adorned with a spider's web in which is perched a long-armed spider. ¶ First Edition in English and the First American edition. The first title was translated by Mrs. Sophie M. Butts;..... More
Paris: Vanhymbeeck, 1896. First Edition. Softcover. 12mo. 24 pp. Bound in original printed wrappers as issued (covers a trifle dusty). ¶ Unknown catalogue of an important Parisian manufacturer of special ink and paper for the exclusive use of lithography. Although the firm is now almost completely forgotten, in the late..... More
Paris: Carouge, 1737. Miniature book (128vo). The textblock measures 32 x 18 mm, the binding 35 x 20 mm. 187, [5] pp. Contemporary French beige calf (repaired along front joint), smooth spine divided into four compartments by five gilt double fillets, within each a small gilt ornament, blue pastedowns and..... More
Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 4to (28.5 x 22 cm). 101 pp. 19 b/w illustrations with 1 fold-out plate. Hardcover. In original dustjacket (slightly worn with small tearsk). Needham's discovery at the Library of Congress of an unknown Caxton imprint inside a contemporary English binding..... More
Chicago: Old Dutch Cleanser, 1933 / 1934. First Edition. 8vo. 8.75 x 6" -- 32 pp. Original color-printed wrappers, stapled as issued. Illustrated throughout in green and black. Excellent condition. This is easily the most "Art Deco" of all hygienic promotional materials known to us, with its severe and stylized..... More
Chicago: Rounds-Truman Company, 1915. Hardcover. Quarto (24 x 19 cm). Fine calligraphic manuscript on thick paper (6 leaves): black ink with decorative borders and illuminations in gray and silver, loosely stitched in contemporary black leather folder and matching black leather slipcase (restored). Signed at the rear by eight members of..... More
New York: The Grolier Club, 2004. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. 52 pp. with illustrations. Original printed wrappers. Checklist of an important Grolier Club exhibition held November 17, 2004 - January 14, 2005. More
London: Farrand Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 374 pages, frontispiece and 282 figures illustrating the text. Original cloth, gilt. ¶ The definitive statement on the subject, meticulously researched by the acknowledged authority of book illustration processes. Herein the author seeks to introduce a little-known area of book design and..... More
Unbound. Undated (Late 19th-century). In a large 4to. binder. The condition is clean and quite fresh. A collection of curious Victorian "Cross Writing" examples. "Cross Writing" was usually reserved for love letters or close family members; it was initially a technique to maximize the amount of text that could be..... More
Boston: n.d. (1795). 12mo. Bifolium. Unpaginated but [4] pp., final page blank. Toned, edges a little worn. Preserved in a mylar sleeve. This diminutive advertisement is a remarkable survival, and seems to represent a separate issue of the advertisement that appears in David West's 1795 publication of "Catechism of Nature..... More
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New York: Boo-Hooray Gallery, 2011. FIRST EDITION. Softcover. 4to. (large), original illustrated wrappers, 100 pp., profusely illustrated with color reproductions of Ed Wood paperback book material, each fully and meticulously described. First edition of the indispensible catalogue of the pioneering exhibition of Ed Wood's degenerate paperbacks, tantamount to a bibliography..... More
