Category: Fine Press

A Lakeland Diary. With Wood-engravings by Kathleen Lindley and Edward Stamp

By: Enid J. Wilson

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Woolley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK, The Fleece Press : 1985

Seller ID: GIL921-006

ISBN-13: 9780950700359

Binding: Red cloth spine, marbled paper over boards, spine

Condition: Fine

(Woolley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK): The Fleece Press, (1985). 4to. 10 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Unpaginated. [38] pp. Half-title, 21 wood engravings throughout the text; text clean, unmarked. Red cloth spine, marbled paper over boards, spine title in gilt, clear acetate dust-jacket; binding square and tight. GIL921-006. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 325 copies, this is number 274, set in Bell type, printed at Whittington Court by John and Rosalind Randle and Miriam Macgregor, using the original wood engravings on Zerkall mould-made paper, this is one of 300 bound in Whittington marbled paper over b...
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Of the Months: XII Sonnets, Addressed to a Fellowship of Sienese Nobles by Folgore da San Geminiano. Translated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

By: Folgore da San Geminiano (circa 1270 - circa 1332)

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, The Plantin Press : 1967

Seller ID: ST1021-001

Binding: Tan wrappers printed in black with red typographic

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: The Plantin Press, 1967. Pamphlet. 7 15/16 x 5 7/8 inches. Unpaginated. [16] pp. Title page vignette; text clean, unmarked. Tan wrappers printed in black with red typographic rule, stitched; binding square and tight, covers with toning at the extremities, shelf wear. Former owner's inventory number lightly penciled in the upper left corner of the colophon page. ST1021-001. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 250 copies printed at the Plantin Press for friends of Saul and Lillian Marks with greetings & good wishes for the New Year, December 1967. Folgore da San Geminiano is the pseu...
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California on United States Postage Stamps

By: Francis J Weber (b. 1933)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Worcester, MA, Achille J St Onge : 1975

Seller ID: GO1115-003

Binding: Gilt-stamped full blue calf, all edges gilt

Condition: Fine

Worcester, MA: Achille J. St. Onge, 1975. Not Quite a Miniature Book. 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches. (70) pp. 6-cent Missionary Bell US postage stamp frontispiece, black-and-white facsimiles of postage stamps throughout with captions on opposing pages; text clean, unmarked. Gilt-stamped full blue calf, all edges gilt; binding square and tight. GO1115-003. Fine.LIMITED EDITION of 1,500 copies. Printed from Spectrum type by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland, and bound by Reliure d'Art du Centre in Limoges, France. This book is a survey of United States postage stamps that feature California. It w...
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Mayor of Indianapolis, Father Joseph F. Weber

By: Francis J Weber (b. 1933)

Price: $90.00

Publisher: Worcester, MA, Achille J. St. Onge : 1975

Seller ID: OG914-052a

Binding: Gilt-titled full black leather, all edges gilt

Condition: Very Good

Worcester, MA: Achille J. St. Onge, 1975. Miniature Book. 2 7/8 x 2 1/8 inches. (28) pp. Black-and-white frontispiece portrait of Joseph P. Weber tipped-in, city of Indianapolis seal on title page; text clean, unmarked. Gilt-titled full black leather, all edges gilt; binding square and tight; minor shelf wear. Compliments card laid in. OG914-052a. Very Good.LIMITED EDITION of 300 copies, printed from Lutetia type by Joh. Enschedé in Zonen, Haarlem, Holland and bound by Reliure d'Art du Centre in Limoges, France. This volume tells the story of how Father Joseph F. Weber functioned as Mayor of W...
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Up 65 Years to Larchmont

By: Francis J Weber (b. 1933)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Bela Blau : 1970

Seller ID: SF910-1

Binding: Gilt-stamped red morocco, decorative end-leaves

Condition: Fine

Los Angeles, CA: Bela Blau, 1970. Miniature Book. 1 9/16 x 1 1/4 inches. 29, [3] pp. Two half-titles, the first with "65" stamped in gilt on red background, frontispiece illustration of the chaos in the shop Tom Neal, signed "TAN" in the plate, title-page with red decorations, tailpiece; text clean, un-marked. Gilt-stamped red morocco, decorative end-leaves; binding square and tight. SF910-1. Fine. FIRST EDITION, handset, printed, and bound by Bela Blau. Contains Father Weber's brisk recounting of the locations and contributions of Dawson's Book Shop to the cultural life of Los Angeles, from 1...
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Up 65 Years to Larchmont

By: Francis J Weber (b. 1933)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Bela Blau : 1970

Seller ID: CGSZ118-027

Binding: Gilt-stamped brown morocco, decorative end-leaves

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Bela Blau, 1970. Miniature Book. 1 9/16 x 1 1/4 inches. 29, [3] pp. Two half-titles, the first with "65" stamped in gilt on a red background, frontispiece illustration of the chaos in the shop by Tom Neal, signed "TAN" in the plate, title-page with red decorations, tailpiece; text clean, unmarked, offsetting on verso of front free end paper from half title. Gilt-stamped brown morocco, decorative end-leaves; binding square and tight. CGSZ118-027. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, handset, printed, and bound by Bela Blau.Contains Father Weber's brisk recounting of the locations and con...
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Following Bernhardt Wall

By: Francis Joseph Weber (b. 1933)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Dawson's Book Shop : 1974

Seller ID: IY915-101

Binding: Quarter black calf, decorative paper over boards,

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1974. Miniature Book. 2 7/8 x 1 7/8 inches. [ii], 18, [2] pp. Half-title, frontispiece which is 1 of 4 intaglio reproductions by Tony Kroll mounted throughout the volume; text clean, unmarked. Quarter black calf, decorative paper over boards, spine titled in gilt; binding square and tight, minor use wear. IY915-101. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies printed by Wm. M. Cheney. Father Weber's preliminary study of the work of Bernhardt T. Wall (1872-1956), American historian and illustrator. Weber would go on to produce a more extensive study of Bernhar...
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Following Bernhardt Wall

By: Francis Joseph Weber (b. 1933)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Dawson's Book Shop : 1974

Seller ID: CGSZ118-023

Binding: Quarter black calf, decorative paper over boards,

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1974. Miniature Book. 2 7/8 x 1 7/8 inches. [ii], 18, [2] pp. Half-title, frontispiece which is 1 of 4 intaglio reproductions by Tony Kroll mounted throughout the volume; text clean, unmarked. Quarter black calf, decorative paper over boards, spine titled in gilt; binding square and tight, minor foxing to fore-edge and front cover. CGSZ118-023. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies printed by Wm. M. Cheney. Father Weber's preliminary study of the work of Bernhardt T. Wall (1872-1956), American historian and illustrator. Weber would go on to produce a mo...
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Portraitures of Nudes by World Famous Artists

By: Frank Myrle Cushing (1893-1977)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Tustin, CA, Garden View Press : 1975

Seller ID: RGKK819-006

Binding: Maroon cloth over boards, titled in white, decorat

Condition: Very Good

Tustin, CA: Garden View Press, (1975). Miniature Book. 1 11/16 x 1 5/16 inches. Unpaginated. [42] pp. Half-title, text highlighted in red ink, 14 silhouette illustrations in various colors, folding plate at the rear with an illustration of what would be considered today a racially insensitive joke; text clean, unmarked. Maroon cloth over boards, titled in white, decorative endpapers; binding square and tight. Comes in a matching cloth-covered slip case. LACKS the original envelope that is included in the descriptions of 2 copies offered online when this description was written. No copies curre...
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The Lady, or the Tiger? and The Discourager of Hesitancy

By: Frank Richard Stockton (1834-1902)

Price: $750.00

Publisher: Vancouver, BC, Canada, Heavenly Monkey : 2022

Seller ID: HM323-001

Binding: Yellow-orange cloth spine, black paper over boards

Condition: Fine

Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2022. 8vo; two stories bound tête-bêche. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches. [iv], (11); [iv], (11) pp. Each tale with a multi-color frontispiece by Walter Bachinski, along with 19 single-color illustrations at the head of each text-page, title pages printed in 2 colors; text clean unmarked. Yellow-orange cloth spine, black paper over boards, one side with a stamped pattern and the other side with gilt-stamped pattern, painted end-papers, comes in black-paper-covered slip case with printed paper spine label; binding square and tight. SIGNED by Walter Bachinski on the ...
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Spiritual Aphorisms of Baron von Huegel. Selected and Edited by Roger R. Hilleary. Arranged with Biblical Reflections by Paul Tyler Coke

By: Friedrich von Hügel (1852-1925). Roger R. Hilleary (1931-2011), compiler

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Monterey, CA, Monte Regio Press : 2001

Seller ID: GKK1020-013

Binding: Red cloth, front cover and spine labels

Condition: Fine

Monterey, CA: Monte Regio Press, 2001. 12mo. 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches. [ii], (38) pp. Half-title, 2 photographic portraits of Baron Friedrich von Huegel tipped-in (1 at the frontispiece), red fleuron on the title-page, 1 running head in red and 1 in black fleurons, printer's device in red on colophon; text clean, unmarked. Red cloth, front cover and spine labels titled in black with red typographic ornaments, goldenrod end-papers; binding square and tight. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. SCARCE. GKK1020-013. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 36 copies, this is number 19, designed by Roger ...
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Miniature Publications of Dawson's Book Shop: A Check List

By: Glen Dawson (1912-2016) and Mary Helen Dawson

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA and Portage, IN, Dawson's Book Shop : 1981

Seller ID: EP218-001

Binding: Full brown leather, gilt-titled spine

Condition: Very Good

Portage, IN and Los Angeles, CA: [Dawson's Book Shop], 1981. Miniature Book. 3 x 2 7/8 inches. Unpaginated. Printer's device on last page; text clean, unmarked. Full brown leather, gilt-titled spine; binding square and tight, hairline fracture in leather at front hinge. EP218-001. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, printed by The Compulsive Printer, Elmore Mundell of Portage, IN. A bibliography of miniature books published by Dawson's Book Shop, excluding the miniature books of Thomas Neal, Msgr. Francis J. Weber, and additional printings by Muir Dawson because they "deserve separate listings." "This ...
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A Tale of the Old West

By: H N Ferguson

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Skokie, IL, Black Cat Press : 1980

Seller ID: KGK523-004

Binding: Gilt-stamped brown morocco, marbled end-papers

Condition: Good

Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, (1980). Miniature Book. 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches. Unpaginated. [50] pp. Half-title, title page printed in black and brown inks with horses in harness vignette, 2 half-tone illustrations printed in brown ink; text clean, unmarked. Gilt-stamped brown morocco, marbled end-papers; binding square and tight, inner hinge broken near colophon. INITIALED by Norman Forgue on the colophon. KGK523-004. Good. LIMITED EDITION of 249 copies, design and typography by Norman W. Forgue, bound by Bela Blau. The half-title contains the following sub-title: "with a little-known footnote to...
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"An Italian Paperchase: The Decorated Papers of Flavia Farina Cini, Pia Vitali, and Eleonora der Conti Gallo," In: Matrix, Number 5, Winter 1985

By: Hans Peter Schmoller (1916-1985)

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Manor Farm, Andoversford, Glouchestershire, The Whittington Press : 1985

Seller ID: PD123-003

Binding: Red stiff paper wrappers, printed dust-jacket

Condition: Very Good

WITH: DREYFUS, John Gustave (1918-2002). "The Curwen Press Collection in Cambridge University Library," pp. 23-33. Manor Farm, Andoversford, Glouchestershire: The Whittington Press, 1985. 4to. 11 1/4 x 8 inches. [vi], (164) pp. Schmoller's article "is mainly about three Italian women, two of whom were active in the early part of our century, and in whose wake we reach the present." It contains a series of black-and-white photographs of papers under discussion, illustrations in red, and six paper samples tipped-in. John Dreyfus's article has 4 patterned paper samples designed for the Curwen Pre...
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The Mad 2265 Mile Dash of the Scott Special

By: Harry I Miller

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Skokie, IL, Black Cat Press : 1980

Seller ID: KGK523-005

Binding: Gilt-stamped maroon morocco, marbled end-papers

Condition: Fine

Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, [1980]. Miniature Book. 1 13/16 x 1 6/16 inches. Unpaginated. [70] pp. Title page printed in red and black with a small locomotive vignette, frontispiece of locomotive, 1 small train car vignette headpiece, double-page map of the route of the Scott Special; text clean, unmarked. Gilt-stamped maroon morocco, marbled end-papers; binding square and tight. INITIALED by Norman Forgue on the colophon. KGK523-005. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 249 copies, design and typography by Norman W. Forgue, bound by Bela Blau. "The Scott Special, also known as the Coyote Special, the De...
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Two Essays on the Decretum of Gratian. Together with an Original Liaf Printed on Vellum by Peter Schoeffer at Mainz in 1472

By: Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt (1903-1992) ade Charles McCurry (1943-1980)

Price: $2,750.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA and San Francisco, CA, Zeitlin & Ver Brugge; Bernard Rosenthal : 1971

Seller ID: BRW423-001

Binding: Vellum spine, marbled paper sides, vellum tips, ve

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Zeitlin & Ver Brugge; San Francisco, CA: Bernard M. Rosenthal, Inc., 1971. Folio. 19 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches. Unpaginated. [18] pp. Half-title, leaf with flaps and tissue guard holds the vellum leaf, text and title page printed in red and black inks with a red Peter Schoeffer printer's device on title page, facsimile of the colophon of the 1472 edition of the Decretum, Plantin Press printer's device on colophon; text un-marked with minor finger soil in the outer margins of a couple of pages. Vellum spine, marbled paper side, vellum tips, vellum spine label titled in gilt, comes in...
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Dunlap and Claypoole: Printers to George Washington and the American Congress

By: Herbert Kerkow

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Milwaukee, WI, The ABCDarium of Clifford L. Helbert : 1988

Seller ID: IY915-087

Binding: Quarter black cloth, gray decorative paper over bo

Condition: Fine

Milwaukee, WI: The ABCDarium of Clifford L. Helbert, 1988. Not Quite A Miniature Book. 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 inches. [iv], (20) pp. Half-title, frontispiece, black-and-white portrait of David Claypoole; text clean, unmarked. Quarter black cloth, gray decorative paper over boards, printed paper front cover label, spine titled in gilt, original clear plastic dust-jacket with the number of the edition (61) on a yellow sticker on the front panel of the dust-jacket, decorative end-papers; binding square and tight. IY915-087. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 200 numbered copies, this is number 61. This article fir...
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A Tribute to Edwin Grabhorn & The Grabhorn Press

By: James David Hart (1911-1990)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: San Francisco, CA, The Friends of the San Francisco Public Library : 1969

Seller ID: EE516-272

Binding: ue paper over boards, wrap-around printed cover la

Condition: Very Good

(San Francisco, CA): The Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, 1969. 12mo. 7 1/8 x 3/4 inches. [vi], (26) pp. Title page with Edwin Grabhorn's printer's mark in red, 8 black-and-white photographic illustrations, initial highlighted in red; text clean, unmarked. Blue paper over boards, wrap-around printed cover label, plain white dust-jacket; binding square and tight, jacket with minor soiling and titled in pencil on the jacket spine. EE516-272. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 1,000 copies composed in Franciscan type, the private type of the Grabhorn Press, printed by Andrew Hoyem and Robe...
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Renno's Raiders

By: James Lamar Weygand (1919-2003)

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Nappanee, IN, Maestro Books : 1966

Seller ID: GKK220-030

Binding: Pictorial orange paper over boards

Condition: Very Good

Nappanee, IN: (Printed by James Lamar Weygand for Maestro Books), 1966.Miniature Book. 1 3/4 x 2 1/2 inches. (25) pp. Frontispiece, title page, color illustration, colophon; text clean, unmarked. Pictorial orange paper over boards; binding square and tight. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. GKK220-030. Very Good.LIMITED EDITION of 100 copies, printed from handset type by James Lamar Weygand for Maestro Books. In 1866, the Reno gang conducted the world's first train robbery in Seymore, Indiana. This little volume includes two excerpts from contemporary newspaper reports of the ev...
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El Alisal: Where History Lingers

By: Jane Apostol (1911-2016)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Historical Society of Southern California : 1994

Seller ID: 782-341-018

ISBN-13: 9780914421122

Binding: Gilt-stamped green cloth, slip case

Condition: Fine

Los Angeles, CA: Historical Society of Southern California, (1994). 8vo. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches. (126) pp. Half-title, title page printed in turquoise and black inks, title-page vignette, 51 illustrations, bibliography, index; text clean, unmarked. Gilt-stamped green cloth, slip case; binding square and tight. SIGNED by Apostle and Ritchie on the colophon. 782-341-018. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 250 copies of the special edition, hardcover in slip case, and SIGNED by the author and the designer. Foreword by Thomas Andrews. Chapters include "Charles Fletcher Lummis," "El Alisal," The Lummis Home Ga...
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