Category: Fine Press

Dunlap and Claypoole: Printers to George Washington and the American Congress

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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The Inaugural Address of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, President of the United States

By: John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Worcester, MA, Achille J. St. Onge : 1961

Seller ID: IY915-236

Binding: Gilt-stamped black leather, decorative end papers,

Condition: Fine

Worcester, MA: Achille J. St. Onge, 1961. Miniature Book. 2 11/16 x 1 7/8 inches. (32) pp. Black-and-white frontispiece portrait of Kennedy by Fabian Bachrach tipped-in; text clean, unmarked. Gilt-stamped black leather, decorative end papers, all edges gilt; binding square and tight. IY915-236. Fine.FIRST EDITION, first printing. Bradbury notes 3 printings for a total of 8,000 copies. This copy does not note the printing as a second or third printing. President Kennedy's Inaugural Address, printed from Lutetia type on Old Kentucky Linen paper by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland. REFERE...
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Captain Jack: Being the Reminiscences of a Sea-Going Bookseller

By: John Friend

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Long Beach, CA, The Seahorse Press : 1963

Seller ID: KG71414-3

Binding: Full dark-brown leather, front cover ruled in gilt

Condition: Very Good

Long Beach, CA: The Seahorse Press, 1963.Miniature Book.2 1/8 x 1 3/4 inches.[ii], 32, [2] pp.Half-title, title page with seahorse device in blue, initial letter "I" printed in brown ink, seahorse and ship decoration on page 19 in blue, seahorse device in brown ink on colophon; text clean, unmarked, paper lightly toned. Full dark-brown leather, front cover ruled in gilt, red leather spine label titled in gilt; binding square and tight, minor shelf wear.SCARCE. KG71414-3. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 300 copies set and printed by William M. Cheney and bound by Bela Blau for the Seahorse Press....
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Mites & Other Poems in Miniature

By: John Hoyer Updike (1932-2009)

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Northridge, CA, Lord John Press : 1990

Seller ID: CE420-001

Binding: Cream paper spine printed with typographic ornamen

Condition: Fine

Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1990. Oblong Miniature Book. 2 1/4 x 2 15/16 inches. [vi], (26) pp. Half-title, list of poems, typographic ornaments repeat throughout, pages numbered in red; text clean, unmarked. Cream paper spine printed with typographic ornaments and red title, tan paper over board, decorative end-papers; binding square and tight. SIGNED by John Updike on the half-title. CE420-001. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 226 total copies, this is copy 57 of 200 numbered copies, designed by Susanne Watson and printed by Patrick Reagh Printers, Inc., using Monotype Inland Caslon, on Frankfo...
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Mites & Other Poems in Miniature

By: John Hoyer Updike (1932-2009)

Price: $375.00

Publisher: Northridge, CA, Lord John Press : 1990

Seller ID: CE420-002

Binding: Full red cloth titled and decorated in black, deco

Condition: Fine

Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1990. Oblong Miniature Book. 2 1/4 x 2 15/16 inches. [vi], (26) pp. Half-title, list of poems, typographic ornaments repeat throughout, pages numbered in red; text clean, unmarked. Full red cloth titled and decorated in black, decorative end-papers, red cloth-covered slip case; binding square and tight. SIGNED by John Updike on the half-title. CE420-002. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 226 total copies, this is copy K of 26 lettered copies, designed by Susanne Watson and printed by Patrick Reagh Printers, Inc., using Monotype Inland Caslon, on Frankfort cream paper, b...
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"A Bird's Eye View of The Whittington Press," In: Matrix, Number 7, Winter 1987, pp. 164-166

By: John Randle

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Manor Farm, Andoversford, Glouchestershire, The Whittington Press : 1987

Seller ID: PD123-002

Binding: LIMITED EDITION of 960 copies, this is one of 850

Condition: Very Good

GERRY, Vance (1929-2005). "Los Angeles Printers: Some Recent Books About Them," In: Matrix, Number 7, Winter 1987, pp. 93-97. WITH: RITCHIE, Ward (1906-1996). "A Medley of Printers Past," pp. 83-92. WITH: RANDLE, John. "A Bird's Eye View of The Whittington Press," pp. 164-166. Manor Farm, Andoversford, Glouchestershire: The Whittington Press, 1987. 4to. 11 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches. [vi], (168) pp. Gerry's article lists 11 recent publications about Los Angeles printers, and 4 books in progress with bibliographical descriptions and comments upon the contents, plus a tipped-in photograph of the books u...
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William Morris

By: John William Mackail (1859-1945)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Roswell, GA, The Hillside Press : 1983

Seller ID: KGK523-011

Binding: Blue cloth illustrated and titled in red, hand-col

Condition: Fine

Roswell, GA: The Hillside Press, 1983. Miniature Book. 2 1/2 x 2 inches. [vi], vi, (58) pp. Half-title, Black-and-white frontispiece portrait of Morris, red fleuron on title page, 4 black-and-white illustrations; text clean, unmarked. Blue cloth illustrated and titled in red, hand-colored end-papers; binding square and tight. KGK523-011. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 275 numbered copies, this is copy number 102, handset at the Hillside Press in 6-point Bulmer Roman type. The text of this miniature book was written by William Morris's official biographer. "John William Mackail was a Scottish academi...
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Body's Breviary

By: Joseph Warren Beach (1880-1957)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Pasadena, CA, Gregg Anderson : 1930

Seller ID: ST1021-006

Binding: Printed wrappers

Condition: Very Good

Pasadena: (Gregg Anderson), 1930. Pamphlet. 7 1/8 x 4 3/4 inches. [ii], 30, [2] pp. Printed in red and black ink throughout; text unmarked with occasional light marginal soiling. Wrappers printed in red and black; binding square and tight, light shelf wear and soiling. SCARCE in the market. ST1021-006. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION, printed by Gregg Anderson for presentation to the members of the Zamorano Club, limitation not stated. Only a few copies were produced for the Zamorano Club. Presented by Robert E. Cowan. Ward Ritchie met Gregg Anderson in 1928, when Ritchie was 22 years old; Anderso...
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The Story of My Life

By: József Mautner (b. 1911)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Dawson's Book Shop : 1989

Seller ID: RGKK819-076

Binding: Floral paper over boards, printed paper spine labe

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1989. Miniature Book. 1 13/16 x 21 9/16 inches. [ii], 8, (32), [2] pp. Half-title, decorative initial M on title page, headpiece at the preface; text clean, unmarked. Floral paper over boards, printed paper spine label; binding square and tight, minor use wear. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. RGKK819-076. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION, of 65 copies printed and bound by Corry and Wallace Nethery. Jozsef Mautner was born to Jewish parents in Kapsovar, Hungary. His father was a tailor and Jozsef began to work as at typesetter in 1926, becoming a ...
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The Story of the Horatio Alger Postage Stamp

By: Lillian H Cohen

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Jackson Heights, NY, L. H. C Limited : 1983

Seller ID: OG914-067

Binding: Marbled paper boards, paper label on front cover

Condition: Very Good

Jackson Heights, NY: L. H. C. Limited, 1983. Miniature Book. 2 13/16 x 2 1/16 inches. Unpaginated. [4] pp., [6] ff. Postage stamp frontispiece; text clean, unmarked. Marbled paper boards, paper label on front cover; binding square, corners bumped. SIGNED by author on colophon. OG914-067. Very Good.LIMITED EDITION of 150 copies, this is number 19. Lillian H. Cohen published this little volume under her imprint L. H. C. Limited. The 20-cent US Postage Stamp which serves as the frontispiece for this miniature volume commemorates the 150th birthday of Horatio Alger (1832-1899). The stamp was issue...
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The Heart of a Bee. An excerpt from Put A Feather In Your Hat

By: Louise Seymour Jones

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Pasadena, CA, Weather Bird Press : 2004

Seller ID: 782-241-004

Binding: Burgundy cloth spine, patterned paper over boards,

Condition: Fine

Pasadena, CA: The Weather Bird Press, 2004. 12mo. 7 x 5 3/8 inches. (20) pp. Half-title, title page within a typographic border, list of authors mentioned in the text; text clean, unmarked. Burgundy cloth spine, patterned paper over boards, spine title in gilt, dust-jacket with woodcut bee-hive illustration in archival mylar; binding square and tight. SIGNED by Vance Gerry on the colophon. SCARCE in the market. 782-241-004. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 50 copies, SIGNED by Vance Gerry at the colophon, Linotype Caslon, bound by Mariana Blau, wove machine-made paper. Ward Ritchie originally printed ...
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The Auto-biography of Luke Hansard, written in 1817. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Robin Myers, and wood-engraved illustrations by John Lawrence

By: Luke Hansard (1752-1828)

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Wakefield, UK, The Fleece Press : 1991

Seller ID: GIL921-010

ISBN-13: 9780948375262

Binding: Red cloth spine, patterned paper with the John Law

Condition: Fine

Wakefield: The Fleece Press, 1991. Oblong 4to. 7 5/8 x 8 3/4 inches. (160) pp. Half-title, title page printed in red and black inks with a lion and unicorn vignette, section heads printed in red, color portrait of Luke Hansard tipped-in, 19 woodcut illustrations of various sizes throughout the text, appendices, bibliography, list of subscribers, index, and prospectus with SIGNED woodcut print by John Lawrence enclosed in pocket on the rear paste-down; text clean, unmarked. Red cloth spine, patterned paper with the John Lawrence illustrations over boards, printed paper spine label, clear plasti...
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Cantata di Bomarzo, Traduzione di Francesco Tentori Montalto

By: Manuel Mujica Lainez (1910-1984)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Verona, Italy, Plain Wrapper Press : 1981

Seller ID: GIL123-004

Binding: Printed paper wrappers, stitched

Condition: Fine

(Verona, Italy: Plain Wrapper Press, 1981). Series: Plain Wrapper Press Keepsake: Otto. 4to. 11 x 8 inches. Unpaginated. [12] pp. Title page and text printed in black and red inks; text clean, unmarked. Printed paper wrappers, stitched; binding square and tight. GIL123-004. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 130 copies, this copy is out of sequence, translated from Spanish to Italian by Francesco Tentori Montalto, handset in Spectrum types on Wookey Hole paper. This Italian edition of Manuel Mujica Lainez's libretto that consists of three narratives and three cantos originally composed in Spanish. It wa...
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Hand-Press Printing

By: Margaret Taylor and Roberta Nixon

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Magpie Press : 1967

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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Meditations of a Refugee

By: Max Beerbohm (1872-1956)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Dawson's Book Shop : 1986

Seller ID: RGKK819-095

Binding: Gilt-stamped dark green leather, decorative end-pa

Condition: Very Good

ASSOCIATION COPY.Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1986. Miniature Book. 1 13/16 x 21 9/16 inches. [ii], 8, (32), [2] pp. Half-title, Introduction by Wallace Nethery; text clean, unmarked. Gilt-stamped dark green leather, decorative end-papers; binding square and tight. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. Bookplate of Kalman Levitan on front paste-down. SIGNED by Wallace and Corry Nethery on the colophon. RGKK819-095. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 100 copies printed by Corry and Wallace Nethery and bound by Bela Blau, SIGNED by Corry and Wally on the colophon. This book was des...
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Silver Bindings from the Cornelius J. Hauck Collection at the Cincinnati Historical Society

By: Miriam Irwin (1930-2021)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Cincinnati, OH, Mosaic Press : 1983

Seller ID: OG914-025

ISBN-13: 9780880140768

Binding: Silver-stamped black cloth

Condition: Fine

Cincinnati, OH: Mosaic Press, 1983. Miniature Book. 3 x 2 3/8 inches. Unpaginated. [48] pp. 17 black-and-white photographs; text clean, unmarked. Black cloth stamped in decorative silver; binding square and tight. OG914-025. Fine. FIRST EDITION of this miniature book about silver used in bookbindings. Cover design by Louise Bange, printing arranged by F. James Geers & Co., typeset in Century Schoolbook by Jay Kathman at Quality Typesetting, hand-bound by Hugo Grummich at the Cincinnati Bindery, Inc. Miriam Irwin served as the Miniature Book Society president from 1987-1989, and hosted the firs...
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Le Streghette: Testo e Cinque Linoleografie di Mirek. Versione Inglese di Gabriel

By: Miroslav Zahradka (b. 1931)

Price: $400.00

Publisher: Verona, Italy, Plain Wrapper Press : 1972

Seller ID: GIL123-006

Binding: Portfolio, which holds 7 paper folders (title page

Condition: Very Good

Verona: Plain Wrapper Press, 1972. Portfolio. The work consists of 7 paper folders (title page, colophon and 5 poems each poem with a linocut illustration). The folders measure approximately 7 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches. The portfolio measures 7 7/8 x 8 15/16 inches. The sheets in this portfolio are printed on C. M. Fabriano paper that was hand tinted by the printer and the artist; text clean, unmarked. The portfolio is essentially a chemise with fore-edge silk-ribbon ties, the boards are covered with marbled paper created by Bonnie Walker. This all comes in a folding drop-back box witch measures 7 7/...
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