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American Book-Plates a Guide to Their Study

London, England: George Bell and Sons, 1895. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Good only condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book has been rebound by a previous owner with brown cloth tape. The book covers have edge wear, rubbing, bumping, and wear to the spine ends, corners and all three edges. The text pages are generally clean and bright. There are a couple of worm tracks (biopredation) to the first several pages at the bottom edge. There is a tipped on book plate dated 1853 (Ward - with logo of Esse Quam Videri) on the front pastedown page. "Charles Dexter Allen was a prominent bookplate collector who was known for his writings on the subject, which included "American Bookplates: A Guide to Their Study with Examples", published in 1894. He corresponded with Elizabeth Mast Hyatt, summer resident of Wayne, who compiled an extensive collection of bookplates in honor of famed opera and concert singer Annie Louise Cary (1841-1921). In a 1925 letter, Allen wrote, "The most sought for plates here are the works of the late E. D. French." This bookplate of Allen's was engraved by French in 1899. The text includes a partial quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson ("To be honest, to be kind..." ) , the phrase "Club of Odd Volumes," and the designation "Ex Libris Society." " (from Maine Memory Network).. Good .

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Book number: 43201

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: Books On Books Charles Dexter Allen E. N. Hewins Bookplates Bookplate Collecting Printing And Engraving

ALLEN, CHARLES DEXTER WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHY BY E. N. HEWINS)

American Book-Plates a Guide to Their Study

New York: Hacker Art Books, 1968. Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book covers have some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 43172

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: Books On Books Charles Dexter Allen E. N. Hewins American Bookplates Bookplates Bookplate Collecting

ARMITAGE, MERLE

A Rendezvous with the Book

Brooklyn, NY: George McKibbin & Son, 1949. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying. There is some ground-in dirt to the covers, especially the spine. The text pages are clean and bright. This is Monograph No. 3 of the McKibbin Monograph Series. "Merle Armitage, one of America's leading advocates of modern culture, collected with the same zest he demonstrated in other aspects of his remarkable life. An avant-garde book designer, he also was the local administrator of various federal art projects and one of the country's most successful theater impresarios. Settling in Los Angeles in 1921, Armitage founded the Los Angeles Grand Opera Association and later managed the Philharmonic Auditorium, bringing Martha Graham and Leopold Stokowski here and staging the first L. A. Performance of George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess." (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 43142

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: Books On Books Merle Armitage Book Design Publication Book Publishing Mckibben Monograph Series Books on Books

BAKER, C. H. COLLINS (ENLARGED AND REVISED BY R. R. WARK)

Catalogue of William Blake's Drawings and Paintings in the Huntington Library

San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1963. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by William Blake. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book is in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning rubbing to the spine ends and corners. There is some beginning toning to the rear cover of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. "William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. What he called his prophetic works were said by 20th-century critic Northrop Frye to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". His visual artistry led 21st-century critic Jonathan Jones to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced". In 2002, Blake was placed at number 38 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. While he lived in London his entire life, except for three years spent in Felpham, he produced a diverse and symbolically rich œuvre, which embraced the imagination as "the body of God" or "human existence itself". (from Wikipedia) ". Near Fine .

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Book number: 38551

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: Books On Books C. H. Collins Baker Huntington Library William Blake Art Illustrations Artists R. R. Wark Books on Books

BURNETT, W. R.

The Goodhues of Sinking Creek

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1934. 1st Trade Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by J. J. Lankes. Woodcuts; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The spine ends, corners and edges of the book covers have some light bumping and wear. There is noticeable bumping with some paper loss to the corners of the book covers. The top front spine joint of the book cover has a splotch of ground-in dirt, and the spine, with it's cloth cover, has some light, but noticeable finger and ground-in dirt. The inside front spine hinge has cracking. The text pages are clean and bright. The woodcut illustrations are by J. J. Lankes. "Lankes worked primarily in the woodcut medium and had studios, at various times, in both Gardenville, New York and Hilton Village in Newport News, Virginia. His works, numbering about thirteen hundred, helped elevate woodblock prints beyond illustrations in commercial productions to recognition as a fine art. His work was heavily influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement and by William Morris. He illustrated works for many notable authors, including American poet Robert Frost, American author Sherwood Anderson, and British author Beatrix Potter. Lankes maintained lifelong friendships and collaborations with both Robert Frost and Sherwood Anderson. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 44126

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: Books On Books W. R. Burnett J. J. Lankes Signed Edition.

CARTER, HARRY

Orlando Jewitt Wood Engraver

London, England: Oxford University Press, 1962. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0197116027. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has some light edge wear. There is some generalized light toning to the dust jacket as well. "Thomas Orlando Sheldon Jewitt (1799 – 30 May 1869) was an English architectural wood-engraver. " "Before the introduction of photographic processes, wood engraving was the standard method of book illustration. Jewitt's illustrations were widely used between 1820 and 1870. Many of his engravings are still reproduced in modern works and are frequently to be found in reference works covering architecture, archaeology, typography and natural history. He produced numerous engravings used for seals and bookplates." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 43168

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: 0197116027 Books On Books Harry Carter Engravers Engraving Orlando Jewitt

ROUNCE & COFFIN CLUB

The 1977 Western Books Exhibition the 36th Exhibition Arranged By the Rounce & Coffin Club of Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA: Rounce & Coffin Club of Los Angeles / Cal. University of Los Angeles, 1977. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Booklet. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback sized booklet with illustrated cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The booklet covers have some light toning / darkening to the spine and edges. The text pages are clean and bright. "The Rounce & Coffin Club was a 20th-century fine press book and printing club that operated from 1931 to 2007. It was founded by four members, and at its peak had over fifty-five local members. The Club sponsored the Western Books Exhibition (a traveling exhibition of the best fine press printing from the Western United States) from 1938 to 2005. This archive includes records (event, meeting, membership, financial, publicity, and general) as well as printed ephemera, photographs, and correspondence. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 44296

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: Books On Books Rounce & Coffin Club Ward Ritchie Press Western Americana Exhibitions Exhibition Catalogues

EPHEMERA

Bell Type & Rule Company: Type Specimens Sheets

Los Angeles, CA: Bell Type & Rule Company, 1976. Other. B&W Illustrations; This is a group of four sheets of paper, side stapled and folded in thirds. The pages give samples of types available through this type foundry. All pages are printed on rectos only and are clean and bright. The first page includes a stapled price sheet dated June 1, 1976. "The Bell Type and Rule Company has been family owned and operated since 1932. The monotype on the left is still in operation today making hand set, type fonts daily. The company's found a home in Long Beach, CA in the basement of a building where the Bell's rented an apartment. During that time the only means of picking up metal was to use the family car. 'We would use wood planks and by hand run the barrel up the planks and tie it to the trunk of the 36 Desoto Coup. Then tie itagain to the bumper. And you guessed it down went the back of the car. Imagine the weight of a trash can mostly filled with old type weighs in around 1200 pounds." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 43144

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: Books On Books Ephemera Type Type Foundry Type Specimens Bell Type & Rule Company Los Angeles, CA Californiana

FITCH, GEORGE HAMLIN

Modern English Books of Power

New York, NY: Barse & Hopkins, 1912. 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The book is in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The gilt lettering on the cover and spine have rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front inside cover. (from the library of James A. Vincent) . This book contains chapters on a number of important authors, both American and English, including: MaCaulay, Sir Walter Scott, Carlyle, De Quincey, Charles Lamb, Charles Dickens, Thackeray, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Ruskin, Tennyson, and more.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 44631

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: Books On Books George Hamlin Fitch Charles Dickens William Makepeace Thackery George Eliot

HANNA, PHIL TOWNSEND

Libros Californianos Or Five Feet of California Books

Los Angeles, CA: Jake Zeitlin: Primavera Press, 1932. Revised Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. First Edition of the Revised and This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some bumping, rubbing and edge wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright, though with a bit of beginning toning , especially to the endpapers. "Phil Townsend Hanna (1896-1957). Journalist in Los Angeles (LA Tribune, LA Times, LA Bureau of Associate Press) , Touring Topics (Westways) magazine editor and author of a number of books about California including The Dictionary of California Land Names, Libros Californianos, and California Under Twelve Flags. He was also a member of the Wine and Food Society, the California Club, the California Historical Society, the Huntington Library, and the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles. Hanna built up a notable collection of books on Californiana and Baja Californiana. " ( Online Archive of California). Very Good .

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Book number: 48739

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: Books On Books Phil Townsend Hanna California Imprints California Books Collectable Books Reference

HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY

A Catalogue of Authors Whose Works Are Published By Houghton, Mifflin and Company

Boston, MA: Riverside Press, 1899. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Full Title: A Catalogue Of Authors Whose Works Are Published By Houghton, Mifflin And Company. This book is in Good + condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally solid condition. The tan paper covered boards have noticeable spots of foxing, toning and generalized rubbing. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have edge wear, rubbing, nicking and some fraying. The lettering on the spine of the book has faded. The text pages are generally clean, but have spots of foxing throughout and there is tidemarking to the bottom edges of the first several pages and the last several pages. There is a crack to the front inner hinge right after the half title page. "The following Catalogue is designed to bring into an orderly group the authors for whom Houghton, Miffling & Co. Act as publishers. The brief biographical sketches have been prepared with great care, and are intended to supply that condensed information which a reasonable curiosity as to the personality of authors demand." (from the introduction). Good+ .

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Book number: 43141

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: Books On Books Houghton Mifflin Company Authors Author Biographys Publishing Companies Books on Books

HOWE, M. A. DE WOLFE

American Bookmen Sketches, Chiefly Biographical, of Certain Writers of the Nineteenth Century

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1898. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed, with an inscription, by the author on the front endpaper. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping. The spine of the book has noticeable toning and a couple of spots of discoloration. There's also a previous owner's inked name and date on the front endpaper. "Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe (also Anthony, DeWolf and Jr; Bristol, Rhode Island – December 6, 1960 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American editor and author...He served as associate editor of the Youth's Companion from 1888 to 1893 and again from 1899 to 1913, as assistant editor of the Atlantic Monthly in 1893-1895, and as editor of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin until 1913. He was also Vice President of the Atlantic Monthly company from 1911 to 1929. As an author he won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for Barrett Wendell and His Letters. He was the editor of Harvard Volunteers in Europe in 1916." (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 43147

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: Books On Books M. A. De Wolfe Howe Authors Author Biography

HUBBARD, ELBERT / THE ROYCROFTERS

Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections, Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own Use

New York, NY: Wm. H. Wise & Company, 1923. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This notebook has a semi-limp cloth binding that has a string binding. The book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book covers have staining / tidemarking to the rear cover edges. The inside front hinge has cracking (but the hinge itself is tight). The text pages are clean and bright. "Hubbard ... Was reborn, in middle age, as Fra Elbertus, the owner, leader, prophet, and boss of Roycroft, a quasi-communal, neomedievalist (after William Morris) , semiutopian community of residences and shops that specialized in the printing of handsome leather-bound, hand-illumined books, and in the manufacture of furniture, pottery, leather goods, rugs, baskets, stained-glass lamps and windows, candy, painting, music, all of which bore the Roycroft name. His best-known work came after he founded Roycroft, an Arts and Crafts community in East Aurora, New York in 1895. This grew from his private press which he had initiated in collaboration with his first wife Bertha Crawford Hubbard, the Roycroft Press, inspired by William Morris' Kelmscott Press. Although called the "Roycroft Press" by latter-day collectors and print historians, the organization called itself "The Roycrofters" and "The Roycroft Shops". " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 48321

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: Books On Books Elbert Hubbard Roycrofters Utopian Communities Arts & Crafts

JAMES, JANET CRAIG

Jeremy Gates and the Magic Key Being the Fictionalized Account of How Printing Was Brought to the New Colony of Nova Scotia in 1752 By John Bushell . . . That Time Printers of the Boston Newsletter

Ontario, Canada: Penumbra Press, 1986. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0920806325. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. This book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. "The time: 1750. The place: Halifax, Nova Scotia. When a man can read and write, he has the magic key. He can become anything he wants - says old-country schoolmaster Jonas Wakefield to illiterate, twelve-year-old, Jeremy Gates." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 43138

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: 0920806325 Books On Books Janet Craig James Printing Printing presses Reading Printers

KELLY, ERIC P.

At the Sign of the Golden Compass a Tale of the Printing House of Christopher Plantin in Antwerp, 1576

New York: Macmillan Company, 1938. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Raymond Lufkin. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is some beginning toning to the edges of the text block. "Plantin was a prolific printer and prosperous entrepreneur, publishing more than 40 editions of emblem books. His most important work is considered to be the Biblia Regia (King's Bible) , also known as the Plantin Polyglot. Facing increasing pressure and turmoil in the Netherlands, Plantin needed to find a patron that would not fall victim to claims of heresy or being a Protestant sympathizer. In spite of clerical opposition, Plantin was encouraged by King Philip II of Spain, who sent him the learned Benito Arias Montano to lead the editorship. " "Morning that was blithe and red in the month of June, 1576, in the reign of our gracious lady, Elizabeth, Regina, came slanting across the City of London." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 43200

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: Books On Books Eric P. Kelly Christopher Plantin Printing Printing Houses Raymond Lufkin Books on Books