Category: Fine Press

The Study of Printing

By: Muir Dawson (1922-2005)

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Muir Dawson, UCLA Extension X459 : 1972

Seller ID: GKK221-028

Binding: Blue printed wrappers, stitched

Condition: Fine

Los Angeles, CA: Muir Dawson, UCLA Extension X459, 1972. Miniature Book. 2 15/16 x 2 inches. [ii], (6) pp. 3 typographic ornaments used in the text; text clean, unmarked. Blue printed wrappers, stitched; binding square and tight, very minor shelf wear. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. GKK221-028. Fine. THIRD EDITION, set in 10-point ATF Caslon 471 by Muir Dawson and printed on a royal octavo Albion by members of a UCLA Extension class taught by Muir Dawson. Muir Dawson ran Dawson's Book Shop in Los Angeles, CA with his brother Glen from 1947 until his retirement in 1995. Muir s...
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Grant Dahlstrom, Master Printer. A Tribute on his 75th Birthday

By: Philip S. Brown (d. 1995) et al

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, New Ampersand Press : 1977

Seller ID: 782-229-003

Binding: Black cloth spine, patterned paper over boards, pr

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: The New Ampersand Press, 1977. 8vo. 9 5/8 x 6 5/8 inches. [viii], 36, [2] pp. Half-title, black-and-white photographic frontispiece portrait of Dahlstrom tipped-in, title page printed in red and black inks with ampersand vignette; text clean, unmarked. Black cloth spine, patterned paper over boards, printed paper spine label; binding square and tight, some light spotting to cloth at spine. 782-229-003. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 300 copies printed by Vance Gerry at the Weatherbird Press in Linotype Janson on Warren's Olde Style wove paper, bound by Kater-Crafts Bookbinders....
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The Marriage of Murphy & Sam

By: Richard Jarvis "Dick" Fleming (1924-1997)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Caulfield, MO, The Flying Coffin Press : 1981

Seller ID: KGK822-011

Binding: Red leather spine, black cloth over boards

Condition: Fine

(Caulfield, MO: The Flying Coffin Press, 1981). Oblong Miniature Book. 2 3/16 x 2 13/16 inches. [ii], IX, [4] ff. Several typographic ornaments deployed throughout the text; text clean, unmarked. Red leather spine, black cloth over boards, front cover titled; binding square and tight. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. KGK822-011. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 40 copies, this is number 30, printed in a variety of type faces. Bradbury remarks: "Fleming wrote this book to honor his daughter's marriage and most copies were given away to relatives and friends." Todd Sommerfeld notes that ...
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The Sierra Nevada Suite. Thirty-one Wood Engravings by Richard Wagener

By: Richard Wagener (b. 1944)

Price: $500.00

Publisher: San Francisco, CA, The Book Club of California : 2023

Seller ID: SBT423-002

Binding: Dark-blue cloth spine, green paper over boards, wo

Condition: Fine

San Francisco, CA: The Book Club of California, 2013. Series: Book Club of California Publication, No. 231. Tall 4to. 12 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Unpaginated. [66] pp. Title page with wood engraving vignette, 2-page introduction by Peter Koch "Richard Wagener's Mountains," 31 engravings of the Sierra Nevada mountains (2 folding); text clean, unmarked. Dark-blue cloth spine, green paper over boards, wood engraved vignette on front cover, printed paper spine label, original slip case with blue cloth top and bottom edges, covered with green paper boards and printed paper spine label on the slip case; ...
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Loom

By: Richard Wagener (b. 1944), illustrator. Alan Loney (b. 1940), poet. Coleen Curry, design binder

Price: $5,000.00

Publisher: Petaluma, CA, Gig Harbor, WA, Nawakum Press, Mixolydian Editions : 2014

Seller ID: ON1022-001

ISBN-13: 9780988217928

Binding: Design Binding

Condition: Fine

Gig Harbor, WA: Nawakum Press; Petaluma, CA: Mixolydian Editions, 2014. Folio. 13 7/16 x 8 15/16 inches. Unpaginated. [40] pp. 16 two-color wood engravings printed by Richard Wagener on his Vandercook proof press with poetic text on facing pages; text clean, unmarked. Unique design binding by Coleen Curry in hand-dyed calf leather with flexible covers, the text sewn "montage sur onglets" (i.e. on guards), fabric onlays on the covers, embossed suede doublers, leather end bands, natural edges, blind-stamped spine label, housed in a blue-cloth covered clamshell box with leather spine label as on ...
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Seven Aspects of Solitude: A Miscellany by Gabriel Rummonds

By: Richard-Gabriel Rummonds (b. 1931), compiler

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Cottondale, AL, Plain Wrapper Press : 1988

Seller ID: GIL123-005

Binding: Vertically ribbed printed wrappers, stitched, prin

Condition: Fine

(Cottondale, AL: Plain Wrapper Press, 1988). 4to. 10 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches. Unpaginated. [16] pp. "Chi Sono" [who am I] is printed in gold ink on page [13]; text clean, unmarked. Vertically ribbed printed wrappers, stitched, printed dust-jacket of the same paper; binding square and tight. Includes the change of address card and letter dated November 1988, this copy of the letter with an ANS from Gabriel Rummonds to collector Ben Jones; these two pieces are called for in Fantasies and Hard Knocks. GIL123-005. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 275 copies of the LAST PUBLICATION OF THE PLAIN WRAPPER PRESS. S...
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Auld Lang Syne. Die Alte Gute Zeit

By: Robert Burns (1759-1796)

Price: $750.00

Publisher: Vienna, Austria, Offizin am Wolfersberg : 2021

Seller ID: GA323-001

Binding: Limp vellum binding made without glue, with tongue

Condition: Fine

Vienna: Offizin am Wolfersberg, 2021. Oblong Miniature Book. 2 1/4 x 3 inches. Unpaginated. [34] pp. Frontispiece water-color illustration, text in English and German with title page printed in red and black inks, 3 water-color illustrations; text clean, unmarked. Limp vellum binding made without glue, made from a hand-written eighteenth-century vellum document with tongue and slot closures with slots on both sides of the covers, stitched spine with a small bead pull, all edges painted and gilt, housed in a paste-paper-covered slip case with the opening of the slip case covered with a small st...
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To a Mouse, a Louse and a Mountain Daisy

By: Robert Burns (1759-1796)

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Rosemead, CA, Bookhaven Press : 1974

Seller ID: BPL320-001

Binding: Quarter black cloth, patterned paper over boards,

Condition: Very Good

Rosemead, CA: Bookhaven Press, 1974. 12mo. 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. (34) pp. Half-title, title page printed with rules and ornaments, 9 woodcut illustrations by Pall W. Bohne printed in slate-blue ink, glossary; text clean, un-marked. Quarter black cloth, patterned paper over boards, spine titled in gilt; binding square and tight, toning to the extremities of the boards. Vroman's Pasadena bookseller's ticket on front free end-paper. BPL320-001. SCARCE. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 450 copies printed with handset Fairfield, Deepdene and Caslon Antique types and printed on Warren's Olde Style, and...
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Prayers Written at Vailima

By: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Dawson's Book Shop : 1973

Seller ID: RGKK819-117

Binding: Quarter paper spine, printed paper over boards, sp

Condition: SOLD AS IS, 2 pages of text LACKING

Los Angeles, CA: Dawsons' Book Shop, 1973. Miniature book. 2 1/2 x 1 15/16 inches. [iv], (vii)-xxxviii, [xxxviii-xl], (62) pp. Half-title, title page printed in red and black inks with small typographic decoration, headpieces, introduction by Francis "Fanny" Matilda Van de Grift Osbourne Stevenson (1840-1914), 1 wood engraving by Mary Kuper, printer's mark on the colophon; text clean, unmarked. Quarter paper spine, printed paper over boards, spring titled in red; binding square and tight. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. RGKK819-117. DEFECTIVE. LIMITED EDITON of 500 copies, 2n...
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Marbling at the Heyeck Press

By: Robin Heyeck

Price: $1,000.00

Publisher: Woodside, CA, The Heyeck Press : 1986

Seller ID: 785-36-001

ISBN-13: 9780940592209

Binding: Quarter grey morocco, suminagashi marbled paper ov

Condition: Fine

Woodside, CA: (The Heyeck Press), 1986. 4to. 10 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches. 65, [3] pp. Marbled paper sample frontispiece with tissue guard, 28 paper samples tipped-in (most with tissue guards, a few without which have some faint offsetting); text clean, unmarked. Quarter grey morocco, suminagashi marbled paper over boards, spine titled in gilt, slip case; binding square and tight. Laid in are 3 bits of correspondence from Robin Heyeck to Jim Lorson of Lorson's Books and Prints of Fullerton, CA. 1) is a post card, typed, and SIGNED by Robin Heyeck dated January 11, 1987 in which Heyeck discusses the p...
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One Dozen Jugs: Twelve Acute Observations on the Ways of Printers

By: Roger Hilleary (1931-2022), compiler

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Monterey, CA, Hilleary & Petko : 1986

Seller ID: IY915-168

Binding: Gilt-titled red cloth spine, patterned paper board

Condition: Fiine

Monterey, CA: Hilleary & Petko, 1986. Miniature Book. 2 5/16 x 2 3/16 inches. [vi], (19) pp. Frontispiece, textual ornaments in red ink, errata slip bound-in at rear; text clean, unmarked. Gilt-titled red cloth spine, patterned paper boards stamped in red; binding square and tight. SIGNED by author-publisher on colophon. IY915-168. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 100 copies. A compilation of quotations about printers taken from such greats in the field as Joseph Moxon. Words and definitions you might not of considered. Written, bound, and published by Roger Hilleary under his imprint Hilleary & Pet...
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Steps to the River. Poems by Roland Gant. With Eight Wood-Engravings by Howard Phipps

By: Roland Gant (1919-1993), Howard Phipps, wood engravings

Price: $185.00

Publisher: Lower Marston, Risbury, Herefordshire, UK, The Whittington Press : 1995

Seller ID: GIL921-007

ISBN-13: 9781854280343

Binding: Green cloth spine, patterned paper over boards

Condition: Fine

(Lower Marston, Risbury, Herefordshire, UK: The Whittington Press, (1995). 4to. 10 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches. Unpaginated. [40] pp. Color frontispiece, title page printed in green and black inks, Introduction by John Randle, Preface by Roland Gant, text printed in olive green and black inks, 8 engravings printed in black ink throughout; text clean, unmarked. Green cloth spine, patterned appear over boards, printed paper spine label, top edge stained green, green end-papers, clear acetate dust-jacket; binding square and tight. SIGNED by Roland Gant and Howard Phipps on the colophon. GIL921-007. Fine. ...
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Rufinus: The Complete Poems in English Versions by Robin Skelton. Wood Engravings by Wesley Bates

By: Rufinus (dates unknown). Robin Skelton, translator

Price: $575.00

Publisher: Mission, BC, Canada, Barbarian Press : 1997

Seller ID: MR822-001

ISBN-13: 9780920971123

Binding: Sections sewn on slips of orange vellum and laced

Condition: Fine

[Mission, BC]: Barbarian Press, 1997. Tall Narrow 8vo. 9 1/8 x 5 1/16 inches. Unpaginated. [42] pp. Half-title, engraved frontispiece within an orange ruled border, title page and text printed in orange and black, Preface by Robin Skelton, 5 wood engravings by Wesley Bates as well as an "appropriately compromising" press device in orange on the colophon; text clean, unmarked. Sections sewn on slips of orange vellum and laced into a black limp paper case, housed in a slip case made by Rollin Milroy and covered in decorative blue paper with a printed paper spine label. Includes the original pros...
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An Original Leaf from the Newbery Bible 1780. With an Essay by Ruth E. Adomeit

By: Ruth Elizabeth Adomeit (1910-1996)

Price: $400.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Dawson's Book Shop : 1980

Seller ID: BPL1022b.001

Binding: Half dark brown morocco, marbled paper over boards

Condition: Fine

Los Angeles, CA: (Dawson's Book Shop), 1980. Miniature Book. 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 inches. 18, [2] pp. Miniature leaf 1 1/2 x 1 inches from the Newbery Bible, Chapter 8 (Genesis), pages 59 and 60 tipped-in; text clean, unmarked. Half dark brown morocco, marbled paper over boards, spine titled in gilt; binding square and tight. BPL1022b.001. INSCRIBED by Ruth Adomeit to Diane Peterson. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 125 copies, printed by William M. Cheney for Dawson's Book Shop. The Bible in Miniature, or a Concise History of the Old & New Testaments was printed for E. Newbery in 1780 by John Newbery, "The ...
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Canticle of the Sun. Cantico di Frate Sole

By: Saint Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)

Price: $600.00

Publisher: Easthampton, MA, Warwick Press : 1983

Seller ID: GIL921-020

Binding: Non-adhesive limp vellum binding

Condition: Fine

(Easthampton, MA): Warwick Press, 1983. Small Pamphlet bound into vellum covers. 7 x 51/8 inches. Unpaginated. [10] pp. Title page printed with 8 [moon?] phase illustrations and the title mirrored in black and gilt, text illustrated with 2 double page illustrations highlighted in gilt; text clean, unmarked. Non-adhesive full flexible vellum binding, titled in gilt on front cover, housed in a black cloth clam-shell box with gilt-titled spine label; binding square and tight. INSCRIBED by Carol Blinn on the colophon, with prospectus and 2 other pieces of autograph notes from Carol Blinn. GIL921-0...
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The Bremen Town Musicians. A Grimm Fairy Tale

By: Sarah Chamberlain

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Easthampton, MA, The Chamberlain Press : 1978

Seller ID: GIL921-011

Binding: Paste-paper over boards

Condition: Very Good

[Easthampton, MA]: The Chamberlain Press, (1978).12mo. 6 7/16 x 5 3/16 inches. Red fleuron on front fly leaf, half-title, title printed in red and black inks with a red fleuron, text printed in red and black inks, 10 wood engravings throughout; text clean, unmarked. Paste-paper over boards with the title on the front cover part of the paste design; binding square and tight, light rubbing to the extremities. SIGNED by Sarah Chamberlain in pencil on the colophon. GIL921-011. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 120 copies, this is number 50, SIGNED by Sarah Chamberlain on the colophon, using Goudy Bold...
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Printing and the Mind of Merker: A Bibliographical Study. With Contributions by Harry Duncan, Dana Gioia, and K. K. Merker

By: Sidney E. Berger (b. 1944)

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York, NY, The Grolier Club : 1997

Seller ID: GIL921-008

ISBN-13: 9780910672191

Binding: Red cloth over boards, printed blue paper spine la

Condition: Very Good

New York: The Grolier Club, 1997. 4to. 11 x 8 3/16 inches. xviii, (140) pp. Half-title, black-and-white photographic frontispiece, illustrated throughout with color photographs of the books, and facsimile title pages on tinted grounds, this work is a bibliography of the printed work of Kim Merker, and includes several indexes; text clean, unmarked. Red cloth, printed blue paper spine label titled in gilt, plain translucent dust-jacket now with acetate jacket cover; binding square and tight, jacket with minor shelf wear. Also included is an invitation to a Grolier Club exhibit, "K. K. Merker: S...
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Bagatelles. Illustrations by Robert Bonfils

By: Tessie Jones (1886-1967)

Price: $500.00

Publisher: Paris, Maurice Darantiere : 1926

Seller ID: GIL123-009

Binding: Plain stiff-wrappers with a fold-over jacket with

Condition: Very Good

Paris: (Maurice Darantiere), 1926. Small 4to. 8 7/8 x 6 1/2 inches. (64) pp. Half-title, 11 color pochoir head-pieces to 11 literary pieces with 8 smaller pochoir tail-pieces of flowers; text clean, unmarked. Plain stiff-wrappers with a fold-over jacket with a pochoir illustration of a bouquet of flowers, clear mylar jacket; binding square and tight, original jacket rubbed. Laid-in is Miss Tessie Jones' calling card with ms. note and dated Christmas 1926 and a 3-page ALS from Miss Jones on 2305 Park Avenue, Minneapolis letterhead. GIL123-009. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 100 numbered copies, ...
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The Old Man and the Bag of Gold

By: Thomas Bewick (1753-1828)

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Muir and Agnes Dawson : 2003

Seller ID: KGK722–017

Binding: Broadside tipped-inside stiff boards

Condition: Fine

[Los Angeles, CA]: (Muir and Agnes Dawson, 2003). Oblong image measures 1 13/16 x 2 9/16 inches, printed on a piece of paper that measures 5 x 5 inches. Print tipped-inside two pieces of stiff paper that measure 5 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches. Small window (2 3/8 x 3 1/4 inches) cut into the top piece of stiff paper allows the print to be seen whilst the two sheets are folded together. Slip of paper on verso of rear slip of stiff paper explains the occasion of this printing. KGK722–017. Fine. The printed slip mounted at the rear of this print reads: "'The Old Man and the Bag of Gold.' A print from the o...
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"Some Fond Reminiscences of a Boy Printer at the Castle Press," In: Matrix, Number 6

By: Vance Gerry (1929-2005)

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Manor Farm, Andoversford, Glouchestershire, The Whittington Press : 1986

Seller ID: PD123-001

Binding: Plain stiff-paper wrappers with printed dust-jacke

Condition: Very Good

GERRY, Vance (1929-2005). "Some Fond Reminiscences of a Boy Printer at the Castle Press," In: Matrix, Number 6, Winter 1986, pp. 28-37. Manor Farm, Andoversford, Glouchestershire: The Whittington Press, 1986. 4to. 11 1/4 x 8 inches. [vi], (184) pp. Gerry's article include a large folding "A Map of the Castle Press, Circa 1943, As it is sentimentally if not accurately remembered by a printer's devil. Not Drawn to Scale," 4 Gerry illustrations in the text; text clean, unmarked. Plain stiff-paper wrappers with printed dust-jacket; binding square and tight, spine lightly faded, corners of the bind...
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