(Blake, William). (Thorne, Mrs. Landon K.)

The Blake Collection of Mrs. Landon K. Thorne. Catalogue by G.E. Bentley, Jr. Introduction by Charles Ryskamp. (Catalog)

New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1971. 1971. New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1971. 1971. Very good. - Small quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8 inches wide], softcover bound in printed blue wrappers with a black-and-white illustration on the front wrap. The spine is faded. 65 pages plus 30 pages of black-and-white facsimiles & a colophon. Very good.

35 items are catalogued and fully described. Very good .

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Book number: 18063

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; ART; ILLUSTRATION; MANUSCRIPTS; LETTERS; ILLUMINATED PRINTING; WATERCOLORS; ENGRAVINGS; ARTIST; POET; ENGLISH; WILLIAM BLAKE; COLLECTION; COLLECTOR; THE BLAKE COLLECTION OF MRS. LANDON K. THORNE; CATALOG; PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY; CHARLES R

Blumenthal, Joseph.

Pome Honoring a Master Printer 1926-1961. [a Keepsake Commemorating Joseph Blumenthal's 35th Anniversary As a Printer, Most Likely Printed at the Spiral Press].

[The Spiral Press], (1961). (1961). - An 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide broadsheet, with an attached blank, handsomely printed on fine cream stock. Printed in black with the attractive Norse triskelion device printed in red beneath the title, the playful keepsake poem reads: "POME Honoring a MASTER Printer 1926-1961 / Joe Blumenthal is quite a man; / He turns out work that's purty. / The years the Spiral's boss he's been / Now total five an thirty. / And now, at work he looks askance; / His gaze becomes more shifty. / But we all hope he sticks it out, / And makes a nifty fifty!" Fine. According to small pressman Fridolf Johnson, the keepsake was printed at the Spiral Press. The Spiral Press (1926-1971) was founded by Joseph Blumenthal and George Hoffman, with an initial financial investment from Blumenthal. The American printer, publisher, typographer, and book historian Joseph Blumenthal (1897-1990) first started working for B.W. Huebsch in 1924. Huebsch had no qualms about publishing such controversial authors of the period as James Joyce and Blumenthal soon learned the principles of publishing for specialized markets and educated himself in the art of fine printing. On sales trips for the firm, Blumenthal learned of the works of such fine printers and book designers as Bruce Rogers, D.B. Updike and works published by the Nonesuch Press. Working as an apprentice to William Edwin Rudge and Hal Marchbanks, he teamed up with George Hoffman with whom he operated a private press in their spare time. Together they founded The Spiral Press in 1926, focusing on fine presswork and design and taking on work for larger publishers. Turning his attention to typeface design during the Depression, Blumentahl created the Emerson typeface. Blumenthal was awarded the medal for craftsmanship in printing by the American Institute of Graphic Arts in 1952. Fine .

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Book number: 96216

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: FINE PRESS; TYPOGRAPHY; BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; KEEPSAKE; THE SPIRAL PRESS; POEM; POME HONORING A MASTER PRINTER 1926-1961; TWENTIETH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; DESIGN; JOSEPH BLUMENTHAL; BOOKMAN; TYPOGRAPHER; NORSE TRISKELION.

(Spiral Press). Blumenthal, Joseph

The Spiral Press: An Exhibition of Books and Ephemera with a Commentary by Joseph Blumenthal. (Catalogue)

NY: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1966. 1966. NY: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1966. 1966. Very good. - Large octavo, printed tan wraps. 66 pp. plus section of B&W facsimiles & colophon. Near fine.

1/1,500 copies issued in wraps. Very good .

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Book number: 26974

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; PUBLISHING; FINE PRESS; SPIRAL PRESS; JOSEPH BLUMENTHAL; EXHIBITION; CATALOGUE; PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY; ILLUSTRATIONS; REFERENCE. (Books-on-Books). (Fine Press). THE SPIRAL PRESS: An Exhibition of Books and Ephemera with a Commentary by J

Blumenthal, Joseph.

Typographic Years: A Printer's Journey Through a Half Century / 1925-1975.

New York: Frederic C. Beil, (1982). (1982). New York: Frederic C. Beil, (1982). (1982). Very good. - Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt on the spine, in a dust wrapper. Half- title, title, [iv] & 153 pages plus colophon. Illustrated with facsmiles in color & black-and-white. Fine. Very good .

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Book number: 33896

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; PRINTING; BOOK DESIGN; PRINTER; BOOK DESIGNER; TYPOGRAPHY; TYPOGRAPHER; JOSEPH BLUMENTHAL; TYPOGRAPHIC YEARS: A PRINTER'S JOURNEY THROUGH A HALF CENTURY; ILLUSTRATIONS; FACSIMILES; FINE PRINTING; SPIRAL PRESS; ART OF THE BOOK.

Blunt, Wilfred.

Cockerell: Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, Friend of Ruskin and William Morris and Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. 1965. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. 1965. Very good. - Octavo, cloth, in dw. Lightly soiled; dw spine is darkened. 385 pp. B&W illustrations. Near fine in a very good dw.

First American edition. Very good .

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Book number: 34028

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; ART OF THE BOOK; BIBLIOGRAPHY; (Books-on-Books). COCKERELL: Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, Friend of Ruskin and William Morris and Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Blunt, Wilfred.

(Bodley, Sir Thomas)

The Bodleian Library and Its Friends. Catalogue of an Exhibition Held 1969-1970

Oxford: Bodleian Library, (1969). (1969). Oxford: Bodleian Library, (1969). (1969). Fine. - Octavo, pictorial perfect bound wraps. 88 pp. with profuse B&W plates and illustrations throughout. Near fine.

Includes a preface by Robert Shackleton, the Bodley's librarian. Fine .

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Book number: 7027

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; COLLECTIONS; LIBRARIES; LIBRARY; THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY; SIR THOMAS BODLEY; MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS; EXHIBITION CATALOGUE; REFERENCE. (Books-on-Books). (Libraries). THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY AND ITS FRIENDS. Catalogue of an Exhibitio

du Bois, Henri Pene

Four Private Libraries in New York: A Contribution to the History of Bibliophilism in America. First Series. Preface by Octave Uzanne

New-York: Duprat & Co. 1892. 1892. New-York: Duprat & Co. 1892. 1892. Good. - Octavo, decorative red paper covered boards titled in gilt on the front cover & spine with a vignette in gilt on each board. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped with a stain to the rear cover & a piece out of the head of the spine. The joints are rubbed & partially split. 119 pages. Illustrated with facsimile plates with tissue guards, including a color frontispiece, & black-and-white head- & tail-pieces. The front hinge is starting & there is an owner's ink name dated 1893 on the flyleaf. There is foxing to the margins of the frontispiece with soiling & staining to a few text pages. Good.

Limited edition of 1,000 copies. Good .

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Book number: 12667

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; FOUR PRIVATE LIBRARIES IN NEW YORK; BOOKBINDING; ART OF THE BOOK; ELZEVIRS; VIGNETTISTS; ILLUSTRATORS; HENRI PENE DU BOIS; OCTAVE UZANNE; PLATES; FACSIMILES.

Bolitho, Hector; editor

A Batsford Century: The Record of a Hundred Years of Publishing and Bookselling / 1843-1943

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd. 1943. 1943. London: B. T. Batsford Ltd. 1943. 1943. Good. - Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The covers are bumped with a small area of bubbling to the cloth of the front cover. The dust jacket is soiled & chipped with pieces out & a short tear to the top edge of the rear panel. viii, [1] leaf, 147 & [1] pages. Color frontispiece & black- and-white illustrations. A tear to the frontispiece has been repaired with scotch tape on the verso. Good.

First edition.

Publisher's presentation copy with a presentation label mounted on the front pastedown and the recipient's book label on the front endpaper. Good .

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Book number: 12433

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; PUBLISHER; BOOKSELLERS; B. T. BATSFORD LTD., CENTENARY; A BATSFORD CENTURY: The Record of a Hundred Years of Publishing and Bookselling 1843-1943; HECTOR BOLITHO; ILLUSTRATIONS; PRESENTATION COPY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Bologna, Giulia, editor

La Legatura D'Arte Nel Xxo Secolo. 21 Maggio - 9 Giugno 1985. Milano - Castello Sforzesco. (Catalogue)

Milan: Biblioteca Trivulziana, (1985). (1985). Milan: Biblioteca Trivulziana, (1985). (1985). Very good. - Small oblong quarto, softcovers bound in color decorative wraps. The covers are somewhat warped and rubbed with a small price-sticker on rear wrap. 82 & [1] pages. Profuse color illustrations. Very good.

Catalogue for an exhibition of 20th-century book binding. The text includes three essays: "L'art pour l'art" by Marcel Garrigou, President of Amis de la Reliure d'Art; "La legatura moderna e contemporanea" by Giulia Bologna; and "L'influence italienne sur la reliure française au debut du XVIeme siecle" by Roger Devauchelle. Commentary on the exhibition is printed in Italian and French. Very good .

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Book number: 4329

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; ART OF THE BOOK; BOOK BINDING; BINDINGS; EXHIBITION; CATALOGUE; ITALIAN; FRENCH; MARCEL GARRIGOU; ROGER DEVAUCHELLE.

(Bond, W. H.).

The Houghton Library 1942-1967: A Selection of Books and Manuscripts in Harvard Collections.

Cambridge, MA: The Harvard College Library, 1967. 1967. - Quarto, black cloth titled in gilt. Lightly rubbed & spotted. xiv, 1 leaf & 255 pp. plus colophon. Illustrated with facsimiles in B&W & color. Very good.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 36308

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY; HOUGHTON LIBRARY; CATALOGUE; REFERENCE; FACSIMILES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION. (Books-on-Books). (Houghton Library). THE HOUGHTON LIBRARY 1942-1967: A Selection of Books and Manuscripts in Harvard Collections. (Bo

Boutell, H. S

First Editions of to-Day and How to Tell Them

Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1929. 1929. Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1929. 1929. Good. - Small octavo, green cloth titled in gilt. Rubbed & soiled. 62 pp. Scattered foxing. Ex-library with a partially removed label on the front pastedown. Good. Good .

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Book number: 6168

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; FIRST EDITIONS; AMERICAN; IRISH; BRITISH; HENRY S. BOUTELL; REFERENCE. (Books-on-Books). FIRST EDITIONS OF TO-DAY AND HOW TO TELL THEM. Boutell, H. S.

Bowers, Fredson; editor

Studies in Bibliography: Papers of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia. (13 Volumes)

Charlottesville, VA: The University Press of Virginia, 1953-1974. 1953-1974. Charlottesville, VA: The University Press of Virginia, 1953-1974. 1953-1974. Very good. - Octavo, cloth with printed paper labels; deckle-edged. Bumped & soiled; labels darkened; owner's name & address on endpaper in most volumes. Various pagination. Very good.

Included in this run are Volumes 6, 11, 16-18, and 20-27. Very good .

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Book number: 6007

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; ART OF THE BOOK; BIBLIOGRAPHY; (Books-on-Books). STUDIES IN BIBLIOGRAPHY: Papers of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia. (13 volumes). Bowers, Fredson; editor.

(Boyd, Julian P.)

Julian P. Boyd: A Bibliographical Record. Compiled and Offered by His Friends on the Occasion of His Tenth Anniversary As Librarian of Princeton University

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1950. 1950. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1950. 1950. Fine. - Small octavo, black cloth backed decorated olive boards titled in gilt on the spine. Tiny nick to the rear cover. 62 pP. plus colophon. Profusely illustrated throughout. Near fine.

Limited edition of 750 copies designed by P.J. Conkwright and printed by Princeton University Press with full-tone collotype illustrations by the Meriden Gravure Company. Fine .

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Book number: 7043

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: REFERENCE; BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; LIBRARY SCIENCES; LIBRARIAN; PRINCETON UNIVERSITY; JULIAN P. BOYD; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL RECORD; COLLECTION; COLLOTYPE ILLUSTRATIONS; ANTIQUARIAN AND RARE BOOKS COLLECTION. (Books-on-Books). JULIAN P. BOYD: A BIBLIOGRAP

Bradley, Van Allen

Gold in Your Attic

NY: Fleet Publishing Corporation, (1958). (1958). NY: Fleet Publishing Corporation, (1958). (1958). Very good. - Octavo, black cloth titled in gilt, in dw. The dw is rubbed & very lightly chipped. 277 pp. Illustrated with B&W facsimiles of title pages. There are a very few red marks in the text, else very good.

First edition of a work that changed book-collecting forever. Very good .

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Book number: 6298

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BOOK COLLECTING; COLLECTING; VAN ALLEN BRADLEY; FACSIMILES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION. (Books-on-Books). GOLD IN YOUR ATTIC. Bradley, Van Allen.

Bronson, Bertrand H

Printing As an Index of Taste in Eighteenth Century England

NY: New York Public Library, 1958. 1958. NY: New York Public Library, 1958. 1958. Very good. - Octavo, printed wraps. Very lightly used. 39 pp. 2 leaves of plates plus B&W facsimiles. Very good.

Edition of 1,000 copies. Very good .

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Book number: 5918

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; PRINTING; ENGLAND; ENGLISH; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 18TH CENTURY; REFERENCE; BERTRAND H. BRONSON; ILLUSTRATIONS; LIMITED EDITION. (Books-on-Books). (Printing). PRINTING AS AN INDEX OF TASTE IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND. Bronson, Bertrand H.