Greenbrae: The Allen Press, 1984. Limited edition. Hardcover. 49 pp., 3 full-page illustrations by Michele Forgeois; 8vo (11 x 7 inches), 6 unsewn, unbound gatherings loose in brown Fabriano paper wrappers and cloth clamshell case. Publication announcement laid in. Clamshell case has small stain on front, contents fine. Text printed..... More
Kentfield: The Allen Press, 1973. Limited edition. Ivory and mustard-brown paper over boards, acetate jacket; 155 pp., illustrated; large quarto (14 x 9 inches), Publisher's prospectus laid in. Text printed on 4 different papers (all handmade except the Henry James story, printed on machine-made paper), each made in the country..... More
(Kentfield): The Allen Press, 1972. Limited edition. Illustrated with 3 limited, signed and numbered 3-color etchings by Michele Forgeois, 90 pp.; quarto (14 x 10 inches), bound in half olive-green cloth and wood veneer boards, the 2 elements joined by a vertical black paper slip, title blocked in gilt on..... More
(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
(Greenbrae): The Allen Press, 1978. Limited edition. Hardcover. Quarto (12 x 9 inches), bound in white handmade paper over boards, acetate jacket; [90] pp., title page printed in brown and red, several decorations and illustrations by Victor Seward, based on sixth-century B.C. Greek vases paintings and handcolored by Dorothy Allen;..... More
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Kentfield: The Allen Press, 1975. Limited edition. Beige cloth spine and decorative block-printed cloth boards, acetate jacket; 126 pp., quarto (13 x 9 inches). Title page printed in orange, gray, and red; running titles and highlights of the four stories printed in orange, green, gray, and mauve. Types are Romanee..... 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, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. 32 pp., 8vo, original brown cloth boards. Text is a paper delivered by its author to "the Club, a group of a dozen gentlemen, established in 1950, that meets ten times each year for the reading of a paper by a member..... 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, 1998. Limited edition. Hardcover. Quarto, green cloth with printed paper title labels and pictorial paper insets on boards, slipcase, 55 pp., 12 full-page illustrations. Limited to 276 copies, 250 numbered for sale, this # 2. Signed by the artist on the limitation page. Text and illustrations..... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1992. Limited edition. Hardcover. Quarto, green cloth with paper title labels, real buffalo nickel inset on front cover; 117 pp., illustrated with title-page vignette and 4 full-page wood engravings. Edition of 400 numbered and 26 lettered copies, this #16. Autographed on the limitation page by author..... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1990. Limited edition. Hardcover. 44 leaves (numbered on verso), including 42 lithographic prints by Jim Dine, loose in red cloth portfolio box, 22 x 15 inches 24-page "Companion" booklet bound in gray wrappers and housed in recessed pocket at inside of portfolio cover. Publisher's 16-page prospectus..... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1991. Limited edition. Hardcover. ix, 107, [1] pp., illustrated with 8 "relief prints" by Arakawa; large quarto (13.5 x 9.75 inches), rose cloth with title design in red and gray. Fine, though the linen sewing tapes integral to the binding have caused discoloration to the inner..... 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
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1998. Limited edition. Hardcover. Quarto, black leather spine and cloth-covered boards with wood veneer onlays; 62 pp., illustrated with 21 block prints by Mel Kendrick. Edition of 326 copies, 300 numbered for sale, this #145. SIgned by the artist on the colophon page. More
North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, natural linen over boards, paper spine label, 137 pp.. Publisher's prospectus laid in. Limited to 500 copies. 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
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, 2002. Limited edition. Hardcover. Quarto (11.25 x 7.5 inches), red cloth and mustard-brown boards, green board slipcase; 255 pp., illustrations from old photographs, facsimile letter tipped in. Designed and printed by Peter Rutledge Koch in an edition of 350 copies. More