Butler, Frances and Alastair Johnston

Trance & Recalcitrance: The Private Voice in the Public Realm--20 Years of Poltroon Press

San Francisco, Edizione Velocissime Faville, for the Pacific Center for the Book Arts in Association with the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, 1995. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine and due catalogue-format homage to Poltroon Press's work of 20 years, being bound in an octavo format stiff paper wrappers format. Paper label affixed neatly to front cover, barely abraded. 46 [1] pp., being one of 1,250 copies printed. Frontispiece illustration in black-and-white. It contains black-and-white illustrations galore and a select bibliography of their output.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 351958

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Meynell, Frances and Stanley Morison

Typography, Second Impression

London, Pelican Press, 1927. Second Impression. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An absolutely indispensable reference work for students of Pelican Press books, typography, type-founders, book illustration, and technical terms thereabout. Added association value in that someone has laid in a foxed, mildly crimped copy of a one-page "Stationers' Company and Printing Industry Technical Board" set of six (6) questions for examination, held at Stationers' Hall, Tuesday, 3rd May, 1927. Woe to he or she who failed to study hard, his or her craft in type-setting. The title (page) continues: "Type specimens grouped, displayed and numbered. The written word and the printed word [written allegedly by the type founder Stanley Morison but not stated so]. Concerning printers' flowers. The pioneer work of the Pelican Press. The points of a well made book. A glossary of printers' terms. Borders and initials. Second impression to which has been added examples of new faces." This is a copy of the more scarce Second impression that followed publication in 1923 of the First Edition (500 copies of which were ever printed, on japon vellum). Bound in a light green buckram cloth that has sunned along edges and sunned to tan on spine, and with printed paper label to spine, barely abraded. A sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally bright hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs but for some light foxing thereto; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Distinct forward cock to spine. Some sunning to and foxing of, light soiling to, some of the tipped-in examples of type-faces, else clean and unmarked. This second printing in 1927 was printed on Basingwerk Parchment with some additional typefaces. [2], 3-96 pp. The colophon notes that this second impression was written "mostly" by "me" (Frances Meynell).Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Book number: 347380

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French, Hannah D., Joseph W. Rogers, and Helmutt Lehmann-Haupt

Bookbinding in America: Three Essays

Portland, Maine, The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being no copies available on-line currently of this First Edition and that is SIGNED by by the first of its three authors, Hannah D. French, possibly at the Grolier Club during her visit there in 1965 (Ziemba). A fine-looking, structurally sound exemplar of an important collection of three essays by the historian of American bookbinding, Hannah D. French, she then of Wellesley College Library for a long time. Overall Very Good condition copy, bound in Imperial octavo hardcover format, publisher's original blue paper over boards, black leather-backed spine with gilt titles, black leather tips. Lightly soiled and worn. First Edition, and SIGNED by Hannah D. French on title page of her essay and also including hand-written and signed letter (by her) dated 26 January 1966 on Wellesley College Library stationery probably to her photographer but definitely regarding photos from her lecture at the Grolier Club in March of 1965 (see below). Contains: "Early American Bookbinding" (Hannah Dustin French), "The Rise of American Edition Binding" (Joseph W. Rogers), "On The Rebinding of Old Books" (Helmutt Lehmann-Haupt). French mentions American’s first bookbinder: "Bookbinding was one of the very early crafts to be practiced in this country, but where the first book was bound and what it was like we do not know. A bookbinder, John Sanders by name, took the freeman’s oath in Boston in 1636 and purchased a shop for himself there in 1637. An observer of her address noted, "Miss French succeeded in presenting a coherent and vivid picture of early American bookbinding. She has described the workshop, the tools and materials of the old master binders and has been able to ascribe surviving examples to definite ateliers, establishing valuable criteria for the dating and identifying of historical American bindings. She has discovered certain workshops established by craftsmen immigrated from Europe and has taught us how to distinguish their work from the older native schools" ("Hunting the Elusive Bookbinder," from bookbinders museum dot org). All in, an important, elusive collection of essays, and with extraordinary association value. The letter to her photographer is written thus: "Dear Mr. Jensen: I don't suppose there's a chance that you still have the negatives of those wonderful shots you took of me 'performing at the Grolier's Club' last March. Today I tried to show them to some friends of mine and I could not find them. I distinctly remember putting them away very carefully but where I cannot discover. I really valued them greatly and would like to take the negatives of your hands if you still have them. The new edition of my study goes very slowly but I hope to live to present a copy fo the man who paid over fifty dollars for the first one!!! Sincerely Hannah D. French" ("where" and "if" are emphasized). [1-3] 4-293 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Very Good

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Book number: 357731

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August Fruge

A Skeptic Among Scholars: August Fruge on University Publishing

Berkeley, California, University of California Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine contribution to the Centennial Book series, being one of the most special 100 books published from 1990-1995, and being a stated First Edition, First Printing. August Fruge was a publisher of fine editions of Pepys, Rilke and Twain, among many others. With colleagues and new authors Fruge transformed the University of California Press from a monographic publisher of Western Americana into an intellectual and social history powerhouse. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xii, 1-365 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 352173

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Genz, Marcella D.

A History of the Eragny Press 1894-1914

New Castle, Delaware / London, England, Oak Knoll Press / The British Library, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. An unusually handsomely produced copy in hardcover format, bound in brown cloth and with gilt lettering to spine. Published in First Edition state by Oak Knoll Press, 2004. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. According to the publisher's blurb, "Accompanying the text and the descriptive bibliography are more than 75 reproductions of rare Eragny wood engravings (by Lucien Pissarro, T. Sturge Moore, and others) , title pages, borders and decorated initials, binding papers, and book covers. An important book for anyone interested in the history of printing, the Arts and Crafts movement, Impressionism, private presses, the art of wood engraving, and illustrated and fine books." [10], 11-240 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/As New,

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Book number: 345903

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Gottlieb, Gerald and J.H. Plumb

Early Children's Books and Their Illustration

New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975. . Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, bound in a big, tall quarto format minor to moderate wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy, with an illustrated wrap. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. This publication comprises a catalogue of 225 exhibits that are grouped in 34 subject categories, replete with commentaries. Preface by the art historian Charles Ryskamp, then a Foreword by Gerald Gottlieb, then a long essay, "The First Flourishing of Children's Books," by J. H. Plumb. The catalogue per se is assembled by Gerald Gottlieb. Complete with bibliography. xxx [2], 3-263 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 347445

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Gerits, Anton

The Freedom of the Press in the Dutch Republic (1581-1795), Catalogue 800

The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Oblong 32mo 4" - 5" tall. Scarce in the trade in any condition, there being currently no copies available on-line. This is a Fine condition copy of Catalogue 800, published in the Hague by Martinus Nijhoff. For a description of how this catalogue came to be and the reason for the small number of copies printed, see: Anton Gerits, Books, Friends, Bibliophilia Reminiscences of an Antiquarian Bookseller, published by Oak Knoll Press, 2004. A very short oblong format, 143 pp., and illustrated in black-and-white. There is an Index of Authors, Editors, Translators and Anonymous Works. Index also of Publishers, Printers and Booksellers. The exact number ever printed of this work is unknown, but the number must have been pretty small. "In this eighthundredth catalogue published one hundred and sixteen years after the first one, a very special selection of books from our stock is offered for sale. With the exception of two items, this catalogue contains exclusively works of non-Dutch authors, who - due to lack of freedom of the press in their country - had one or more of their books published in Holland or printed in their native country, under the cover of Dutch publishers' imprints and/or place-names.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 345297

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Gilmer, Walker

Horace Liveright: Publisher of the Twenties

New York, David Lewis, 1970. Second Printing. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An accessible, engaging, well-written but terribly sad story in Second Printing state about the Horace Liveright publishing company, and complete with fine frontis black-and-white portrait of the publisher. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. xiv + 287 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,

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Book number: 349187

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Gourdie, Tom

Calligraphic Styles

New York, Taplinger Pub Co, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. This beautiful book provides a letter-by-letter analysis of all the important alphabets used by today's calligraphers, a practical survey of calligraphic styles based on the great hands of the Western writing and lettering tradition spanning two thousand years of history. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in two-tone, black paper over boards, brick red cloth-backed. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [4], 1-106 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Very Good,

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Book number: 347327

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Grimshaw, Jr., James A. ed.

Robert Penn Warren: A Descriptive Bibliography 1922-79

Charlottesville, Virginia, University Press of Virginia, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sterling condition hardcover copy, bound with two-tone, vanilla and burgundy cloth, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine and front cover, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing less than moderate wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Full and complete descriptive bibliography of works by Robert Penn Warren (novels, poems, short fiction, drama, reviews, etc.); works about Robert Penn Warren and his writing; then Appendixes involving manuscripts, chronology and miscellaneous writings. Imperial octavo format, measuring 6 1/2" x 9 1/2" wide and tall, respectively. xxiii [2], 4-494 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,

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Book number: 350945

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Fabes, Gilbert H. and William A. Foyle

Modern First Editions: Points and Values (Second Series)

London, W. and G. Foyle, Ltd., 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Certainly a sturdily bound copy in Edition, First Printing state, being Number 878 of a limited edition of 1000. xvii + 93 pp. Bowed boards, former price sticker to rear panel, ding to top edge of front panel. Rough-cut bottom and fore-edges, with some untrimmed of the later. Clean, remarkably bright interior, and printed handsomely on hand-made paper, protected by a Brodart sleeve.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 350575

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Hamady, Walter

Two Decades of Hamady & the Perishable Press Limited

Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin, The Perishable Press Limited, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy of an exhibition catalogue, with very lightly furled front panel tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. An anecdotally annotated check list with articles by and about the press for an exhibition at Gallery 210 / University of Missouri / St. Louis, October 3 through November 4, 1984. Printed, illustrated heavy card stock wraps, unpaginated, but about 120 pp. of annotated bibliographic entries and sumptuous reproductions of the fine book arts handled by The Perishable Press Limited. A formidably interesting Pre/Face ("A Foreword in Lieu of a Foreword") by Walter Hamady describing the magic of making a book.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 349801

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Hamady, Walter

Two Decades of Hamady & the Perishable Press Limited

Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin, The Perishable Press Limited, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy of an exhibition catalogue, with very lightly furled front panel tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. An anecdotally annotated check list with articles by and about the press for an exhibition at Gallery 210 / University of Missouri / St. Louis, October 3 through November 4, 1984. Printed, illustrated heavy card stock wraps, unpaginated, but about 120 pp. of annotated bibliographic entries and sumptuous reproductions of the fine book arts handled by The Perishable Press Limited. A formidably interesting Pre/Face ("A Foreword in Lieu of a Foreword") by Walter Hamady describing the magic of making a book.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 348408

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Hamady, Walter

Two Decades of Hamady & the Perishable Press Limited

Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin, The Perishable Press Limited, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy of an exhibition catalogue, with very lightly furled front panel tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. An anecdotally annotated check list with articles by and about the press for an exhibition at Gallery 210 / University of Missouri / St. Louis, October 3 through November 4, 1984. Printed, illustrated heavy card stock wraps, unpaginated, but about 120 pp. of annotated bibliographic entries and sumptuous reproductions of the fine book arts handled by The Perishable Press Limited. A formidably interesting Pre/Face ("A Foreword in Lieu of a Foreword") by Walter Hamady describing the magic of making a book.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 348694

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Hardie, Martin

English Coloured Books

London, England, Fitzhouse Books, 1980. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Introduction by James Laver, being a reprint of the true first edition, published in 1906. Bound handsomely in a tall quarto format, with xxiv, 340 pp. and 28 plates. Bound in green cloth with gilt spine titling. the to that point definitive work on hand-coloring of illustrated books. Large-print text, fine-looking appearance, easy to read and accessible.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/As New,

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Book number: 348280

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Keywords: English book illustration|hand-coloring|Martin Hardie|James Laver