Abercrombie, Lascelles.

A Tower in Italy.

Toronto: Basilike, 1976. 1976. - Small quarto, 9-3/4 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in cream stitched wrappers titled in black with maroon devices on the front cover. The top front corner of the rear cover is creased. 32 pages, printed in black and maroon. Near fine.

"Published by Paul James Davies under the imprint of Basilike, in Toronto, Canada, March, 1976. 175 copies were printed by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press." - from the colophon. Fine .

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Book number: 98122

Catalogue: Fine Press

Keywords: LITERATURE; LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE; A TOWER IN ITALY; HENRY MORRIS; BIRD AND BULL PRESS; TORONTO IMPRINT; BASILIKE IMPRINT; POETRY; LITERATURE; ITALIAN LITERATURE; LIMITED EDITION; PAUL JAMES DAVIES; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY.

Ames, Lilian

Lilian Ames Fables

Fleetwood, NY: The Golden Eagle Press, 1935. 1935. Fleetwood, NY: The Golden Eagle Press, 1935. 1935. Fine. - Folio, white parchment backed light grayish blue boards (bumped) with black & white pattern of dots, title in gilt on spine. 17 leaves, including blanks, on fine deckle-edged paper. Near fine.

Limited edition of 100 numbered copies. This copy inscribed by the printers' to their father, "For Papa from us 2 good 4 Nothing big bums Hilda & Sam. This day of Feb. 1st 1936 Fleetwood Mount Vernon New York".

12 delighful modern fables, including "The Bluefish and the Flounder"; "The Mocking- Bird and the Ass"; "The Rose and the Cauliflower"; and "The Agonist".

Very scarce. Fine .

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Book number: 1118

Catalogue: Fine Press

Keywords: FINE PRESS; LITERATURE; MODERN; FABLES; LILLIAN AMES FABLES; LIMITED EDITION; GOLDEN EAGLE PRESS; BLUEFISH; FLOUNDER; MOCKING-BIRD; ASS; ROSE; CAULIFLOWER; AGONIST; INSCRIBED BY THE PRINTERS; MOUNT VERNON; FLEETWOOD.

(Peter Pauper Press). Browning, Robert

Pippa Passes: A Drama

Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, 1937. 1937. Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, 1937. 1937. Very good. - Octavo, decorative paper covered boards backed with dark pink cloth with a printed paper label on the spine. The book is housed in a gray paper covered slipcase. The spine is sunned & the label is somewhat darkened with the left side slightly chipped. The slipcase is darkened with short tears to the front corners. 68 pages plus colophon. Decorated with vignettes in orange by Thomas Stothard. The book has a very slight musty odor, else very good in a good slipcase.

Limited edition of 1,450 copies. Very good .

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Book number: 11348

Catalogue: Fine Press

Keywords: FINE PRESS; PETER PAUPER PRESS; LITERATURE; POETRY; POET; ROBERT BROWNING; DRAMA; VERSE PLAY; PIPPA PASSES; LIMITED EDITION.

(Grabhorn Press). (Byron, Lord George). Sutro, Alfred

Which: Lord Byron or Lord Byron. A Bet. [a Mark over the First "Byron" Indicates a Long "Y". The Mark over the Second Indicates a Short 'y"]

San Francisco: Privately printed [by the Grabhorn Press], 1932, 1932. San Francisco: Privately printed [by the Grabhorn Press], 1932. 1932. Very good. - Quarto [11-1/4 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], decorative golden yellow boards backed with green cloth with a printed paper label on the spine. The binding is bumped with the head & tail of the spine slightly chipped. Colophon, title & 9 pages plus a facsimile letter tipped-in at the rear. The pages are very lightly bumped. Very good.

Limited edition of 150 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press for Alfred Sutro for distribution among his friends.

Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "Wm. M. Clearwater Esq. / member of the Book Club of California with kind greetings from its President / Alfred Sutro. / San Francisco May 8/'33."

Sutro writes that the story of the bet is fictitious but that the facsimile is of a genuine letter from Thomas Moore, who had recently published an edition of the letters and journals of Byron. Moore resolved the question of how Byron pronounced his name by writing that he used both pronunciations in the course of his life. Very good.

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Book number: 19030

Catalogue: Fine Press

Keywords: FINE PRESS; GRABHORN PRESS; LITERATURE; POET; LORD GEORGE BYRON; ALFRED SUTRO; BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; WHICH: BYRON OR BYRON. A BET; LIMITED EDITION.

Champion, Pierre

Le Roman de Tristan Et D'Iseult. (Cover Title)

Paris: Editions Emile-Paul Freres, (1928). (1928). Paris: Editions Emile-Paul Freres, (1928). (1928). Fine. - Small quarto [10 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in printed cream wrappers in original glassine. The glassine is darkened & chipped with a few stains to the front panel. Title, [1] leaf, 189 & [6] pages plus colophon, unopened, printed in black with decorations in blue. There is light offsetting to the endpapers, else a fine, bright copy in good glassine.

Copy number 212 of 550 numbered copies beautifully printed with blue decorative initials and tail-pieces on Velin d'Arches on the press of Jean-Gabriel Daragnes.

A new version in French by Pierre Champion. Fine .

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Book number: 18562

Catalogue: Fine Press

Keywords: FINE PRESS;PRESS OF JEAN-GABRIEL DARAGNES; LITERATURE; FRENCH; MEDIEVAL; ROMANCE; le roman de tristan et d'iseult; PIERRE CHAMPION; LIMITED EDITION.

Cimino, Harry (1898-1969).

Spring 1928 the Marchbanks Press": An Original Broadside for the Marchbanks Press' Calendar Illustrated with a Superb Color Print by Harry Cimino.

New York: The Marchbanks Press, 1928. 1928. - A 17-3/8 inch high by 13 inch wide broadside with a color print (probably a wood engraving) by Harry Cimino illustrating the top three-quarters of the sheet. The image, in green, yellow, orange, brown and blue, portrays a farmer tilling his field with a horse drawn plow. Trees and bushes frame the fence in the foreground and the house and barns are depicted in the middle of the fields in the background. Harry Cimino's initials "HC" are printed within the image at bottom right. The broadside is attractively captioned "Spring 1928 / The Marchbanks Press / 114 East 13th Street, New York" along the bottom. The edges and corners are lightly creased and darkened with some tiny minor spots to the bottom right corner. Very good. Born in Marion, Indiana, the artist Harry Cimino (1898-1969) illustrated the 1928 Marchbanks Press calendar. Cimino passed away in Sharon, Connecticut in 1969. Very good .

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Book number: 96218

Catalogue: Fine Press

Keywords: FINE PRESS; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATION; COLOR PRINT; HARRY CIMINO; THE MARCHBANKS PRESS; SPRING 1928; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; CALENDAR; COLOR WOOD ENGRAVING.

(Cleland, T. M.). Clemenceau, Georges

The Veil of Happiness: A Play in One Act Translated from the French of Georges Clemenceau. As Played for the First Time in English by the Beechwood Players at the Beechwood Theatre / Scarborough on Hudson, New York / June First & Second 1920

New York: Privately printed for the Members of the Beechwood Players, (1920). (1920). New York: Privately printed for the Members of the Beechwood Players, (1920). (1920). Very good. - Octavo, decorative gilt paper covered boards backed with cream vellum. The boards are bumped. Most of the gilt & the paper along the edges is rubbed away. The spine is rubbed & somewhat darkened. 49 pages printed on light gray stock. There is some light staining or foxing to the pastedowns & the front endpaper. The contents are very good.

Inscribed by the printer on the front endpaper: "With all the good wishes in the world for Amy Douglas from the translator, the actor and the printer of this play. T. M. Cleland." Cleland's name appears in the printed cast list of the play. Very good .

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Book number: 5055

Catalogue: Fine Press

Keywords: FINE PRESS; PRINTER; T. M. CLELAND; SIGNED; INSCRIBED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; THEATER; THEATRE; STAGE; PLAY; ONE-ACT PLAY; GEORGES CLEMENCEAU; FRENCH; TRANSLATION; BEECHWOOD PLAYERS.

(Coggeshall, Howard). Pater, Erra

How a Person May Know Under Which of the Twelve Signs They Are Born. Faithfully Reprinted As It Appears in the Book of Knowledge / "Wisdom of the Ancients, Written by Erra Pater, a Jew, Doctor in Astronomy and Physic, Born in Bethany, Near Mount Olivet, in Judea. Made English by W. Lilly, Student in Physic and Astrology.

(Hanover, NH: Dunham & True, 1944). 1944). (Hanover, NH: Dunham & True, 1944). 1944). Fine. - 12mo [5-3/8 inches high by 4-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in printed cream wraps. Title & [9] pages plus colophon. Near fine.

Originally printed in Glasgow in 1796. This limited edition reprint of 407 copies was "printed by Howard Coggeshall at his Press in Utica, New York, on Kaatskill type designed in 1929 by Frederic W. Goudy". In addition to operating his private press, Coggeshall worked with Frederic Goudy at the Village Press.

Rare. Fine .

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Book number: 14092

Catalogue: Fine Press

Keywords: FINE PRESS; PRIVATE PRESS; HOWARD COGGESHALL; HOW A PERSON MAY KNOW UNDER WHICH OF THE TWELVE SIGNS THEY ARE BORN; THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE; ERRA PATER; W. LILLY; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 18TH CENTURY; ASTROLOGY; LIMITED EDITION.

(Ungerer & Company)

Ungerer & Company Celebrates Its 100th Anniversary 1893-1993

Ungerer & Company, (1994). (1994). Ungerer & Company, (1994). (1994). Fine. - Octavo, gray cloth with the company's red embossed seal mounted on the front cover. Unnumbered pages printed in French fold on deckle-edged paper with a colophon mounted on the rear pastedown. Illustrated with tipped-in plates in color and black & white. This beautifully crafted souvenir book is in fine condition.

Limited edition of twenty-five printer's proofs.

The book label of Kenneth G. Vorhees, Jr. President and CEO of the company is mounted on the front pastedown with "Printer's Proof", "22 May '94" and "5/25" penned in ink on the label. To the right of the label is an illegible inscription, possibly signed by Kenneth Vorhees.

Ungerer & Company is a firm "dedicated to the production and processing of quality essential oils, oleoresins and aroma chemicals." . Fine .

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Book number: 24518

Catalogue: Fine Press

Keywords: NOAMZ; FINE PRESS; ADVERTISING; PROMOTION; SOUVENIR BOOK; PRINTER'S PROOF; UNGERER & COMPANY CELEBRATES ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY 1893-1993; PERFUMES; OLEORESINS; AROMA CHEMICALS; KENNETH G. VORHEES, JR.; PRESENTATION COPY; TIPPED-IN PLATES.

Coonley, Lydia Avery

Love Songs

Chicago: The Wind-Tryst Press, 1898. 1898. Chicago: The Wind-Tryst Press, 1898. 1898. Very good. A SCARCE SMALL PRESS BOOK INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - 12mo, 5-1/2 inches high by 3-7/8 inches wide. Marbled paper covered boards backed with an indigo blue cloth spine, titled in gilt on the front cover. The covers are bumped and slightly soiled. 59 deckle-edged pages plus the colophon. There are a couple of spots of minor foxing to the first 5 leaves. Very good.

Limited edition of 550 copies of this scarce Small Press book.

Inscribed, signed and dated by the author Lydia Avery Coonley Ward in pencil on the front endpaper. Very good .

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Book number: 5566

Catalogue: Fine Press

Keywords: FINE PRESS; LIMITED EDITION; NINETEENTH-CENTURY; LITERATURE; POETRY; SIGNED; INSCRIBED; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE; INSCRIPTION; LYDIA AVERY COONLEY WARD; WIND-TRYST PRESS; SMALL PRESS; SCARCE; FIRST; 1ST EDITION; CHICAGO IMPRINT; 19TH CENTURY.

(Abattoir Press). Damon, S. Foster.

Selected Poems of S. Foster Damon. Edited by Donald E. Stanford.

The University of Nebraska at Omaha, NE: Abattoir Edirions, 1974. 1974. - Small quarto [6-1/2 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide], soft cover bound in silver & light green striped stiff paper wraps with a printed label on the spine. The fragile paper is lightly chipped along the rear joint. 79 pages deckle-edged pages, including the colophon. Illustrated with color plates by Keith Achepohl. Very good.

Of a limited ediiton of 470 copies, this is number 319.

The book was printed on Wookey Hole paper and the plates were etched and engraved by the artist. Very good .

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Book number: 35150

Catalogue: Fine Press

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; POET; S. FOSTER DAMON; FINE PRESS; ABATTOIR EDITIONS; PLATES; ILLUSTRATOR; KEITH ACHEPOHL; LIMITED EDITION.

(Pickering Press). DePol, John; Anderson, John.

Pickering Press Broadside Designed by John Anderson with a Woodcut by John Depol, Playfully Awarding Honorary Membership to Fridolf Johnson.

Pickering Press, 1958. 1958. - An original 12-1/4 inch high by 9-1/8 inch wide broadside handsomely printed in black on cream paper bestowing honorary membership to small pressman Fridolf Johnson. Preceded by an attractive wood engraving of a hand holding a rose by John DePol, the printed text reads "Know All Men that the Chapel of Pickering Press (after prolonged examination and consideration) has elected to Honorary Membership: Fridolf Johnson Effective 1 November 1958 Address all correspondence to the Home Office Dues Payable in Advance". Fridolf Johnson's name was penned in ink in an attractive calligraphic hand. There is creasing to the edges and top corners with some spotting to the bottom of the page and s small ink mark at bottom left. Very good. The book designer, typographer and printer John Anderson (1915-1997) was inspired by the activities of the aviation pioneers, the Wright Brothers, who ran a printing press. Anderson acquired his own small hand press when he was only 13 years old and went on to establish himself as one of the foremost small pressman. He set up his first commercial press founding the Bantam Press in 1934. Needing to further his education, he went on to work as an apprentice to Peter Beilenson of the Peter Pauper Press and, in 1946, founded the Pickering Press. After moving to Pasadena, California, Anderson briefly worked for the Castle Press but quickly moved on following clashes with the press' foreman. Within the year Anderson started working for Paul Weaver's Northland Press in Flagstaff, designing many award-winning books. Returning to Philadelphia in 1963, Anderson reopened his Pickering Press and resumed his collaboration with the wood engraver John DePol, with whom he'd worked since 1950. Very good .

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Book number: 96217

Catalogue: Fine Press

Keywords: FINE PRESS; ILLUSTRATED; BROADSIDE; DOCUMENT; THE PICKERING PRESS; JOHN DEPOL; JOHN ANDERSON; BOOK DESIGNER; GRAPHIC DESIGN; WOOD ENGRAVING; ILLUSTRATION; FIRST EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 1ST EDITION; FRIDOLF JOHNSON; HONORARY MEMBERSHIP; T

Eiger, Albin

Solitaries

Newham, Tasmania: The Wattle Grove Press, (1961). (1961). Newham, Tasmania: The Wattle Grove Press, (1961). (1961). Very good. - Small quarto, 10 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide. Black & white wraps bound with silk cord. The top front corners of both covers are creased. 49 & [9] pages printed in the Italian Cloister Script on Azure laid paper made in Tasmania. The printer's device decorates the first leaf. Very good.

Of a stated signed limited edition of 1,000 numbered copies, it is sthought that only about 300 copies were actually printed. Signed by Albin Eiger with his initials. Very good .

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Book number: 3283

Catalogue: Fine Press

Keywords: LITERATURE; FINE PRESS; WATTLE GROVE PRESS; TASMANIA; SOLITARIES; SIGNED; INITIALED; AUTOGRAPH; LIMITED EDITION; ALBIN EIGER; FIRST EDITION; 1ST; MODERN; SMALL PRESS; TWENTIETH-CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY.

(Ellis, Richard W.). (Durer, Albrecht).

The Nativity, by Albrecht Durer : 1506. [Printed at the Georgian Press].

Westport, CT: The Georgian Press, 1931. 1931. - Folio, 20 inches high by 13 inches wide. Self-wraps simply titled "The Nativity, by Albrecht Durer: 1506" at the bottom of the cover page. 4 pages, the last being blank, on fine cream stock with Dard Hunter's "Dog and Dagger" watermark. Illustrated with a superb 11-1/2 inch high by 7-7/8 inch wide wood engraved reproduction of Albrecht Durer's "The Nativity" printed on a 20 inch high by 13 inch wide fine stock, with the text of "The Birth of Christ : According to the Gospel of Saint Luke" printed in black on the facing page with a handsome initial and the colophon printed in red. There are a few tiny minor tears to the front edge of the second leaf and to the top and bottom of the fold. The top and bottom edges are darkened. A small hole through the top quarter of all 4 pages does not affect either the text or the engraving. Very good. "The Nativity, engraved on wood in 1506 by Albrecht Durer [1471-1528] is here reproduced in its actual size, and has been printed, together with the text from Chapter ii, of the Gospel according to Saint Luke, by Richard W. Ellis, at The Georgian Press, Westport, CT. Christmas : Anno Mcmxxi." [Quoted from the colophon]. The book designer and printer Richard Williamson Ellis (1895-1982) was inspired by Bruce Rogers to launch his own press in 1924. Initially located in New York, Ellis moved The Georgian Press to a renovated barn in Westport, Connecticut. During the period from 1924 through 1933, Ellis frequently collaborated with his friends, especially the famous typographer Frederic Goudy. Faced with financial difficulties, Ellis sold the press to George Macy of the Limited Editions Club and moved to Camden, New Jersey with his wife in 1935. He took a position with Haddon Craftsmen and then Kingsport Press in Tennessee. He returned to New York to work as a consulting book printer. He worked for the Curtis Publishing Company in Philadelphia and again subsequently struck out on his own. A master of fine printing, he was commissioned by the Free Library of Pennsylvania to produce and print their "Pennsylvania German Fraktur of the Free Library of Philadelphia" shortly before his death. RARE. WorldCat locates only 1 copy. Good .

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Book number: 97186

Catalogue: Fine Press

Keywords: FINE PRESS; ART; PRINT; WOOD ENGRAVING; THE NATIVITY, BY ALBRECHT DURER: 1506; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; THE GEORGIAN PRESS; DARD HUNTER; DOG AND DAGGER WATERMARK; ENGRAVED; BIRTH OF CHRIST; ACCORDING TO THE GOSPEL OF SAINT LUKE; RICHARD W. ELLIS;

(Trovillion Press). Field, Roswell M

The Passing of Mother's Portrait. With Biographical Introduction by J. Christian Bay

Herrin, Illinois: Trovillion Private Press, 1948. 1948. Herrin, Illinois: Trovillion Private Press, 1948. 1948. Very good. - Small octavo, grayish blue paper covered boards titled in gilt on the spine with the publisher's device stamped in gilt on the front board. The boards are lightly rubbed with some very light staining to the rear board. The spine & extremities are sunned. xvii, [1] leaf & 53 pages plus colophon. Pictorial pink & blue endpapers & full-page blue & white illustration by James Swann. Despite its flaws, an attractive, very good copy.

Limited edition of 989 numbered copies signed by the publishers/printers Violet and Hal W. Trovillion. Very good .

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Book number: 4662

Catalogue: Fine Press

Keywords: FINE PRESS; LITERATURE; FICTION; SHORT STORY; AUTHOR; MIDWEST; ROSWELL M. FIELD; LIMITED EDITION; PRIVATE PRESS; TROVILLION PRESS; VIOLET TROVILLION; HAL W. TROVILLION; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; J. CHRISTIAN BAY; ILLUSTRATOR; JAMES SWANN.