Binding: Printed wrappers, stitched

Psalme XXIII from the Bay Psalm Book

By: Bible, Old Testament

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Muir Dawson : 1960

Edition: FIRST EDITION, thus

Seller ID: CGSZ817-001

Binding: Printed wrappers, stitched

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: (Muir Dawson), 1960. Miniature Book. 3 1/16 x 2 1/4 inches. [iv], (vii) pp. Text elegantly printed in black and red inks; text clean, unmarked. Printed wrappers, stitched; binding square and tight, very light toning along spine and head of front cover. Ink correction on colophon. CGSZ817-001. Very Good. No Limitation Stated. "Printed by Muir Dawson from 'The Whole Book of Psalmes Faithfully Translated into English Metre.' (Cambridge) 1640." Colophon. I am not sure why Bradbury placed this item under "Dawson's Book Shop." Nowhere in the text is the book store mentioned. Muir ...
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Ode Sung at San Francisco, October 29, 1850, At the Celebration on Hearing of the Admission of California into the Union as a State

By: Elizabeth Maria Bonney Wills (d. 1892)

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, The Press of Muir Dawson : 1947

Edition: FIRST EDITION, thus

Seller ID: BMR423-001

Binding: Printed wrappers, stitched

Condition: Good

[Los Angeles, CA]: The Press of Muir Dawson, 1947. 4to. 9 3/8 x 8 inches. Unpaginated. [8] pp. Foreword by Glen Dawson; text clean, unmarked. Printed wrappers, stitched; binding square and tight, wrappers with a variety of wear, like a bumped top corner, but still a nice exemplar of a scarce item. Pencil notation in the gutter at the last page of the text block reads: "1948 gift of the printer." SCARCE. BMR423-001. Good. FIRST EDITION, thus. Sung to the tune Star Spangled Banner. This poem was printed contemporarily as a broadside in San Francisco a couple of times. Foreword by Glen Dawson pro...
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The People of the Little Book

By: Kalman L Levitan (1917-2002)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Kaycee Press : 1983

Edition: LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies, this is number 14

Inscription: SIGNED by Kalman Levitan on the colophon

Seller ID: GKK221-027

Binding: Printed wrappers, stitched

Condition: Very Good

Palm Beach Gardens, FL: Kaycee Press, 1983. Miniature Book. 2 3/4 x 2 inches. (24) pp. Title page printed in black and brown with Kalman's printer's device, bookshelf headpiece and 2 tailpieces in brown ink; text clean, unmarked. Printed wrappers, stitched; binding square and tight, mild crease to front cover and first few leaves. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. SIGNED by Kalman Levitan on the colophon. GKK221-027. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies, this is number 14, SIGNED by Kalman Levitan on the colophon, designed and printed by Norman W. Forgue at the Black Cat Pre...
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Hand-Press Printing

By: Margaret Taylor and Roberta Nixon

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Magpie Press : 1967

Edition: FIRST EDITION

Seller ID: OG914-076

Binding: Printed wrappers, stitched

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles: Magpie Press, 1967.

Miniature Book. 2 7/8 x 2 1/16 inches. (6) French-fold Text block, black ornamentation throughout; text clean, unmarked. Printed wrappers, stitched; binding square and tight, rubbed, shelf wear. OG914-076. Very Good.

Hand-set in 12 pt. Narrow Bembo Italic type and printed on an 1844 Albion hand press for the Second California International Antiquarian Book Fair. Taylor and Nixon were UCLA Librarians who did some of their own letterpress printing.

REFERENCES: Bradbury, 20th-Cent. US Miniature Books, No. 2853.
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Glen Dawson: A Bookman Turns 80

By: Thomas F Andrews

Price: $45.00

Publisher: [Los Angeles, CA], Thomas F. Andrews : 1992

Edition: LIMITED EDITION of 300 copies

Seller ID: II821-004

Binding: Printed wrappers, stitched

Condition: Fine

No Place: Thomas F. Andrews, 1992. Miniature Book. 2 7/8 x 2 1/8 inches. (24) pp. Half title, "80" on title page printed in brick-red ink, typographic ornament on title page; text clean, unmarked. Stiff printed wrappers, stitched; binding square and tight a bit of bumping to the top-edge of the rear cover. Comes in a small manila envelope marked "Karmiole." II821-004. Near Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 300 copies composed in Monotype Baskerville, printed by Patrick Reagh Printers, Glendale, designed by Scott Freutel, bound by Ruth Hoffman. Here Thomas Andrews reviews his 32-year relationship with G...
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Time

By: William Penn (1644-1718)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Berkeley, CA, Peacock Press : 1965

Edition: LIMITED EDITION of 500 copies

Seller ID: OG914-004

Binding: Printed wrappers, stitched

Condition: Very Good

Berkeley, CA: Peacock Press, 1965. Miniature Book. 2 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches. Unpaginated. [8] pp. Text printed in green ink, illustration of a peacock feather in green; text clean, unmarked. Printed wrappers, bound with green string; binding square and tight, lower corner of rear cover bumped. Comes with a slip of paper printed, "With the compliments of Peacock Press." OG914-004. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 500 copies, printed for private distribution only. William Penn was an English Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania. This little volume contains his oft-quoted line about time, an...
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Binding: Printed wrappers, stitched

Psalme XXIII from the Bay Psalm Book

Ode Sung at San Francisco, October 29, 1850, At the Celebration on Hearing of the Admission of California into the Union as a State

The People of the Little Book

Hand-Press Printing

Glen Dawson: A Bookman Turns 80

Time

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