The Lives & work of Richard Austin, type-cutter, & Richard Turner Austin, wood-engraver
Berkeley: Poltroon Press, 2013. Hardcover. Cloth. Limited facsimile of specimen sheet laid in. New book. More
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Bookplates for Beginners
Alfred Fowler, 1922. Hardcover. Covers shelfworn, with light bumping to corners. More
Old Picture Books: With Other Essays on Bookish Subjects
Methuen and Co, 1902. Hard cover. Corners and edges of covers rubbed, gilt stamps bright and clean. Light spotting on end leaves only, otherwise clean inside. One small sticker from previous seller on inside back cover. Weak front and back hinges but boards still well attached. Spine cracked in one..... More
Hymn to Proserpine
Golden Cockerel Press, 1944. John Buckland-Wright. Hardcover. long case. #346/350cc. Wood engravings by John Buckland-Wright. Bookplate of Kenneth Bloomfield inside the front cover. Bloomfield was the husband of Diana Bloomfield, a well known engraver in the mid-20th century. More
Ali Kaaf: Paper and Glass
Moontower Foundation, 2013. Softcover. Inscribed by the artist. Limited to 700cc. More
Woman's Work: Being an Inquiry and an Assumption
Roycroft Shop, 1908. Softcover. Soft suede covers. Designed by Dard Hunter. More
Alice: A Survey of the Calligraphy of Alice
The Kelly Winterton Press, 2016. Hardcover. More
Allen Press Bibliography, produced by hand with art work, sample pages from previous editions.
Book Club of California, 1985. Hardcover. Cloth. very good copy. More
My Dear Mac: Three Letters by Ambrose Bierce
The Bancroft Library Press, 2006. Softcover. Angeline Baecker, Lisa Noel Chrisman, Jonathan Gerken, Tiffany Poovaiah, Christian Speer, and Jenny Thai under the direction of Peter Koch. Limited to 30 copies. More
The Makers of Hebrew Books in Italy
The Holland Press, 1963. Cloth. Ex-libris, with standard marks. Withdrawn stamp on endpapers. More
The Massacre at Sand Creek
The Bancroft Library Press, 2010. Soft cover. 46 copies printed on the Berkeley Albion handpress at The Bancroft Library under the direction of Peter Koch. Copy #38. More
The Wood Block Prints of Charles Greene
Clinker Press, 2000. Hardcover. #30/100cc. Signed by the author. More
Jean Hugues, libraire-éditeur: Le Point Cardinal
Editions des Cendres, 2004. Soft cover. 117 pages. In French. One of 100 copies with an original print by Max Ernst laid in a special folder. Bookplate in front initialed by Andre Jammes who wrote one of the essays. Colophon states one hundred accompanied by a color etching by Max..... More
la Californie: Une merveilleuse aventure
Self published, 1953. Soft cover. Copy 117 out of 250. In French. clean, bright condition inside, parchment jacket chipping on edges. Paper covers clean and bright aside from small blemish on front. More
Old French Title Pages
Grabhorn Press, 1924. Hard cover. Published for the Book Club of California. Includes tipped in page from the publisher. Cover is tanned and worn along edges. Outer paper layer is slightly peeling off back cover board. Binding is secure. Pages are lightly tanned, but text and images are..... More
The First Five Years: An Exhibition of the Kaldewey Press at Harvard University
Harvard University Press, 1990. Hard cover. Covers rubbed, clean inside. More
123 W. Longitude 38 N. Latitude: Anne W. Booth's 1849 Journal
The Bancroft Library Press, 2005. Softcover. "... An account ofthe events occurring on board the ship Andalusia while on route from Baltimore to San Francisco together with a brief notice of circumstance, connects with her stay in the harbor of San Francisco." 35cc. Printed by Donald E. Blackman, Sasha Boronsky-Flynn..... More
Die Argonauten
Ivorypress, 2009. Softcover. From the LiberArs series. 12mo. More
Women in Parliament
The Fanfrolico Press, 1929. Norman Lindsay. Hardcover. #427/500cc. Oversized. Illustrated by Norman Lindsay.Covers edgeworn, with the bottom portion of the spine missing. Pages edges have some browning. More
Ars Typographica, 2 vol.
Greenwood Reprint, 1970. Hardcover. Facsimile reprints of Ars Typographica Magazine. In 2 volumes. Numbers 1-3 from 1918-1920, Number 4 from 1934, and volumes 2 and 3 from 1925-1926 in the second volume. Light stain on top edge of volume 2. More
The Roman Alphabet
Art Direction Book Co., 1976. Hardcover. More
Rags: Being an explanation of why they are used in the making of paper
Hard cover. Undated book with no publisher attributed, at latest early 1930s. Produced through sponsorship by a list of "manufacturers of quality paper," listed at back to explain and advertise the benefits and durability of paper made from rags. Spotted all over, both on covers and lightly throughout. Amusingly..... More
Islamic Painting and the Arts of the Book
Faber and Faber Limited, 1976. Hardcover. Dust jacket is shelf worn. Book covers have mild sunning along top and bottom edge. Spine and top corners are lightly bumped. Binding is tight. Name of previous owner written in ink on front end-paper. Pages are clean and unmarked. More
Paradise Printed & Bound: Book Arts in Northampton and Beyond
Northampton 300th Anniversary, 2004. Soft Cover. More