New York: Watson-Guptill, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. 79 pp., profusely illustrated in monochrome and colors; quarto, original beige cloth, pictorial jacket. A well-illustrated introduction to the craft of relief printing featuring the work of outstanding artists of the day. More about THE RELIEF PRINT: Woodcut, Wood Engraving, Linoleum Cut
New York: Bingham Brothers Co., (1931). Original edition. Hardcover. Quarto, embossed bookcloth, (59) pp, frontispiece and 6 plates inserted. Text presents a history of the Bingham Brothers Company and an explanation of the use of rollers in printing. The plates (all but 1 in color) show the different effects of... More about ROLLERS: A Reference Book for Every User of Rollers
Paris: L. Schuler (Printed by Levy Sons and Co), nd (circa 1900). Original edition. Original red paper wrappers, 6 x 9.25 inches (15 x 23.5 cm), 18 sepia-toned photogravures with tissue guards. Captions in French and English. Vintage album of views of Egypt featuring a mixture of ancient monuments and city views. More about EGYPT: Album Artistique LL
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San Francisco: Book Club of California, Printed at the Grabhorn Press, 1951. First edition. Paperback. (20) pp. (covers included in pagination); printed wrappers, 9.75 x 6.5 inches. A native San Franciscan, Porter Garnett was a writer, educator, and letterpress printer. He was member of the Bohemian Club, an assitant curator... More about PG: The Green Knight, [1871-1951]. In Memory of Porter Garnett by Clarence Greenwood and...
New York: Viking Press, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. 147 pp., illustrations by Bernard Seaman; octavo, original blue cloth, dustjacket. Techniques and recipes for making the perfect drinks. Jack Townsend was president of the Bartenders' Union of New York, Local 15. More about THE BARTENDER'S BOOK: Being a history of Sundry Alcoholic Potations, Libations, and Mixtures . ....
London: Richard Bentley, 1833 (but 1832). First edition thus. Hardcover. xv, 331 pp., engraved frontispiece inserted, vignette title page, 8-pp catalogue of publications of A. J. Valpy inserted between front free endpaper and half-title (series title); 12mo, publisher's plum-colored glazed linen boards with original black morocco spine labels printed in... More about SENSE AND SENSIBILITY. (Standard Novels No. XXIII
NY: Harry N. Abrams, (1978). First US edition. Original white cloth with titles in gilt and with multi-color Dali design to front cover, quarto (8.5 x 12 inches), 296pp. Profusely illustrated with paintings and drawings by Dali, historical images, color photos, illustrated gold foil jacket. More about DALI: THE WINES OF GALA
Lunenburg, VT: The Stinehour Press, (1974, 1982, 1992). First edition. Paperback. 3 volumes, original printed wrappers, first 2 catalogues 8.5 x 5.5 inches, 52; 42 pp., b/w illustrations; 3rd catalogue 8.5 x 8.5 inches, 47 pp., illustrations in b/w and color. Catalogues raisonné of 35 years of fine printing from... More about THE JANUS PRESS: Catalogue Raisonné, 1955-1975. An Exhibition at the Robert Hull Fleming Museum...
New York: Forum Gallery, 1981. First edition. Paperback. Original printed wrappers, [16] pp., color and b/w illustrations. Photocopied list of works exhibited laid in. Inscribed on title page by Raphael Soyer (1899-1987): "For Sandra and Kitaj in friendship and admiration, Raphael." Additionally the list of paintings is inscribed "We hope... More about RAPHAEL SOYER: Recent Work. October 17 - November 21, 1981. (exhibit catalogue
Davis: Library Associates, University of California, Davis, 1979. First edition. Paperback. [46] pp., illustrated; original printed wrappers, 8.5 x 11 inches. Catalogue for an exhibition of the work of 5 Northern California fine printers. Designed and produced by Richard Bigus in an edition of 1000 copies. More about FIVE FINE PRINTERS: Jack Stauffacher, Adrian Wilson, Richard Bigus, Andrew Hoyem, William...
New York: John Day, (1931). First edition. Hardcover. 280 pp., octavo, original tan cloth with title and rules in red, pictorial jacket. Inscribed by Robert Andrews to fellow author Dan Steele: "For Dan Steele with the sincere hope of Robert Andrews that Dan Steele will like Robert Andrews' book as... More about WINDFALL: A Novel about Ten Million Dollars. (INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 107 pp., illustrated; octavo, blue cloth and grey paper over boards, plain jacket (the same paper as that covering the boards). A biography of native Californian Lawton Kennedy (1900-1980) and his 67 years as a fine printer. More about LAWTON KENNEDY, PRINTER
New York: Anatol Sivas, 1957. First edition. [6], v, 125 pp., profusely illustrated, small quarto (10.5 x 7.75 inches), original reddish-brown cloth with gilt spine title. Interesting contribution to the literature of symbolism. More about SIGNS OF LIFE: A Pictorial Dictionary of Symbols
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972. First edition thus. Hardcover. xiv, 283 pp., illustrated; octavo, original pale blue cloth with gilt title and ornaments, jacket. "This is an account of the expedition of royal and private ships which left Plymouth in 1595 under the command of Drake and Hawkins with the... More about THE LAST VOYAGE OF DRAKE AND HAWKINS. (Hakluyt Society Second Series, Volume 142
London: Andre Deutsch, (1996). First edition. Hardcover. xxii, [1], 272 pp.; quarto, original green cloth with gilt spine title, pictorial jacket. Introductory text is followed by the complete facsimile with circa 200 full color reproductions of the extraordinary late-sixteeenth-century Drake manuscript. More about THE DRAKE MANUSCRIPT In the Pierpont Morgan Library. Histoire Naturelle des Indes
[Evanston, IL]: Hesterberg Press, 2008. Limited edition. Hardcover. 69, (v) pp., illustrated with 14 engravings by Bewick printed from the original blocks on dampened Rives Heavy-weight paper using a Washington Hand Press. 35 additional Bewick engravings were printed using a Vandercook Press from metal engravings reproduced from the Memorial Edition... More about THOMAS BEWICK: The Blocks Revisited and Rediscovered. The Story of the Blocks in Chicago and...
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1881. First edition, first printing. x, 457 pp., publisher's 6-page catalog at rear; small octavo, original brown cloth with gilt title. Helen Hunt Jackson's exhaustively researched and impassioned catalog of abuses of Native Americans by the US government. Like her several previous published works of... More about A CENTURY OF DISHONOR: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the...
New York: Mini-Print Corp. [1967]. Hardcover. 2 volumes, oblong quartos, original brick-red cloth, unpaginated. The original publication of this massive work began with a first volume produced in 1868 and was completed with volume 29 in 1936. This micrographic reproduction presents the entire work in facsimile in reduced format with... More about A DICTIONARY OF BOOKS RELATING TO AMERICA, FROM ITS DISCOVERY TO THE PRESENT TIME
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art and Harry N. Abrams, (1989). First edition. Hardcover. xii, 260 pp., 270 illustrations, including 87 in color; quarto, original brown cloth, pictorial jacket. An in depth study of the graphic work of influential French artist Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947). More about PIERRE BONNARD: The Graphic Art
New York: Dover Publications, (1941). Later printing. Hardcover. [8] pp. 212 plates; folio (13.5 x 9 inches), original beige cloth, jacket. Fine facsimile reproduction of one of the most important calligraphic specimen books. More about THE UNIVERSAL PENMAN: ENGRAVED BY GEORGE BICKHAM, LONDON, 1743
New Castle, DE and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, (1998). First edition. Hardcover. xvi, 536 pp., illustrated; quarto, original brown cloth with gilt title, pictorial jacket. More about THOMAS BIRD MOSHER: Pirate Prince of Publishers. A Comprehensive Bibliography and Source Guide to...
Irvine: Irvine Museum, (1996). First edition. Hardcover. (200) pp., profusely illustrated with color plates throughout, color pictorial jacket. A study of the impressionist movement throughout California from the mid-19th century to 1930. This volume was produced as a companion to a public television documentary series. More about IMPRESSIONS OF CALIFORNIA: Early Currents in Art, 1850-1930
NY: Harcourt, Brace & World, (1965). First edition. Original green and white cloth, quarto (9 x 11 inches), pp ix, 117. B/w photos throughout. The sequence of photos by French photographer Gisele Freund were taken in 1938. The images include photos of Joyce, many of his celebrated contemporaries and Joyce's haunts in Paris. More about JAMES JOYCE IN PARIS: His Final Years
New York: Abbeville Press, (1998). First edition. Hardcover. 284 pp., 256 illustrations, mostly in color, many full-page; quarto, original orange cloth, pictorial jacket. A study of the impressionist movement in California from the late 1800s through the 1930s. More about CALIFORNIA IMPRESSIONISM
Paris: Bibliotheque de l'Image, 2000. First edition thus. Hardcover. (224) pp. including 102 color plates; quarto, brown cloth and marbled boards, pictorial jacket. Color reproductions of William Blake's illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy. Introductory text and accompanying commentary on each plate in English, German, and French. More about THE DIVINE COMEDY / DIE GOTTLICHE KOMODIE / LA DIVINE COMEDIE. WILLIAM BLAKE