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, 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
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, 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
Berkeley: The Archetype Press, 1985. First edition. Printed scroll of 5 joined panels each 15" wide and altogether 8 feet long with short blank sections at front and rear. 20 numbered columns of verse flanked by printer's ornaments, printed on heavy bright white wove stock, rolled and housed in decorative..... 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
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
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