(Kentfield): The Allen Press, 1974. Limited edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with a full-page reproduction from a wood engraving of Saint Anthony and 24 additional engravings from various sources, (83) pp; quarto (13.5 x 9.75 inches), bound in Fortuny cloth hand-blockedf in a Persian floral pattern; text handset in Menhart Unciala and..... More
San Francisco: The Press of Dorothy and Lewis Allen, 1942. Limited edition. Hardcover. Half calf and decorative boards, 12mo (7x 6 inches) (xv), 44, [1] pp., frontispiece and 2 full-page illustrations. Edition of 225 copies. The second book from the Allen Press. More
Kentfield: The L - D Allen Press, 1953. Limited edition. Hardcover. 90 pp., 6 full-page woodcut illustrations by Mallette Dean printed in 3 colors; 8vo (10 x 6.5 inches), bound in wood veneer over boards with rose Fabriano paper spine. Prospectus laid in. The 12th book from the Allen Press..... More
n.p. The Allen Press for the Roxburgh Club, 1968. First edition. Handset broadsheet with decorative woodcut initial by Malette Dean, 12.5 x 8.5 inches, mounted in double folded plain paper wrapper. Reprint of the 1900 Doves Press broadsheet as a keepsake for Roxburgh Club members for the April 16, 1968..... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1993. Limited edition. Hardcover. Half leather and marbled boards, marbled slipcase; xi, 29 pp. A facsimile of the 1775 original edition. Edition of 250 copies. More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1975. First edition, signed, limited. Hardcover. unpaginated [68] pp. illustrated; quarto, red cloth with paper title labels on spine and front board. Limited to 500 copies, signed in the colophon by Andrew Hoyem. More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1997. Limited edition. Hardcover. Quarto, beige cloth; 67 pp. illustrated with 1 photogravure plate by Jim Dine. Edition of 226 copies; 200 numbered for sale, this #77. Signed in the colophon by Jim Dine. The photogravure is from Dine's "Ape and Cat" series. More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2008. Limited edition. Hardcover. Purple cloth with printed paper title labels on front cover and spine (the one on the front cover is in the shape of a squat medicine bottle), matching slipcase; 372 pp., illustrated with 14 prints by Stan Washburn; 8vo (9 x 6..... More
Berkeley: Acorn Press, 1934. First edition. Paperback. Original printed wrappers, 5 x 6.5 inches, 10 couplets printed on single sheet, 20 x 13 inches, folded and tipped to inside of front wrapper. Editiion of 121 copies printed on the Acorn Press in the Thousand Oaks, Berkeley. More
(Staplehurst,, Kent): The Florin Press, 1980. First edition. (36) pp., 2 headpieces, 2 tailpieces, 3 lithograph reproductions of original Bewick sketches, and 8 figures in the text. Numbered edition of 80 portfolios and 50 cloth bound books. This number 80. Note: this is 1 of the fifty copies of the..... More
London / New York: J.M. Dent / G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1902. Limited edition. Folio (15 x 10.5 inches), wood-grain cloth spine and black card covers with printed paper label, 21 facsimile reproductions of William Blakes engravings. Covers moderately worn, endpapers foxed, plates fine with 20 tissue guards present. Limited..... More
Marcham: The Alembic Press, 2000. Limited edition. Hardcover. 19 pp., illustrated with 1 wood engraving each by Robert Gibbings and Simon Brett, octavo, original brown cloth and beige boards. #18 of 120 copies printed by Claire Bolton and cast by David Bolton. Text includes chapter 19 from Robert Gibbings' memoir..... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1989. Limited edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto, white cloth with printed paper spine label; [8] pp. introductory text, frontispiece and 174 pages of facsimile reproduction of the original manuscript. Una Jeffers' transcriptions of Irish songs, illustrated with drawings by Robinson Jeffers. The original manuscript book..... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1977. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio (14 x 9.5 inches), white cloth with gilt spine title, title and portrait of Dodoens printed in olive green on front board; 288 pp., profusely illustrated with reproductions from old engravings, original leaf from the 1583 edition tipped-in. Leaf..... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1977. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio (14 x 9.5 inches), white cloth with gilt spine title, title and portrait of Dodoens printed in olive green on front board; 288 pp., profusely illustrated with reproductions from old engravings, original leaf from the 1583 edition tipped-in. Leaf..... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California (printed by the Allen Press), 1957. Limited edition. Hardcover. 117 pp., 3 full-page illustrations.; quarto (11.25 x 8 inches); white cloth and decorative boards. The 20th book from the Allen Press - their 6th for the Book Club of California. Limited to 400 copies..... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto, original brown boards with paper spine label; 58 pp., illustrated. The original leaf is page 147/148 and contains Bewick's wood engraving and the full text of the fable "The Frog and the Fox." The restrike impression is from Bewick's..... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto, original brown boards with paper spine label; 58 pp., illustrated. The original leaf is page 325/326 and contains Bewick's wood engraving and the full text of the fable "The Sun and theWind." The restrike impression is from Bewick's engraving..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1989. Paperback. Small octavo, decorative printed paper wrappers, [12] pp. More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2001. Hardcover. Octavo, decorative printed paper over boards, [14] pp. More
San Francisco: Lawton & Alfred Kennedy, 1966. First edition. Paperback. [4] pp. + 9 leaves printed on rectos only, color frontispiece from photograph; printed wrappers, 10 x 6.5 inches. The final poem, unfinished, is reproduced in part from manuscript. More
Munich: Dr. C Wolf & Sohn, 1922. Limited edition. Hardcover. (40) pp., 4 full-page woodcut illustrations, 12mo, vellum spine and decorative boards. Text in Latin and German. Facsimile of the 1493 Basil edition of the Latin translation of Columbus' 1493 letter to the Spanish court of Ferdinand and Isabella announcing..... More
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. x, 81 pp., quarto, beige cloth and marbled boards, slipcase. Poems, plays, reminiscences. Leland W. Cutler was a graduate of Stanford University and at one time President of the Board of Trustees of the university. Limited edition of 600 copies, this..... More
n.p. Midnight Paper Sales, (2002). First edition, signed, limited. Hardcover. Unpaginated, [60 pp], 3-color engraved title page illustration and 12 engraved 3-color numerals as chapter divisions; 12mo, marbled boards. A short story in the form of 12 personal statements by a recent immigrant to the US from the Dominican Republic..... More
Santa Cruz: (Printed at the Stalwart Sloth Press in Carmichael , California), 1985. First edition. Orange portfolio wrappers, 12 x 8.5 inches, text on 6 folded 12 x 17 inch sheets folded to 24 pages and laid in loose, prospectus laid in. Edition of 200 copies. More