Category: Fine Press

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Vance Gerry & the Weather Bird Press: With Contributions by Vance Gerry, Simon Lawrence, David Butcher, Patrick Reagh, James Lorson and John Randle, & With a Checklist of Publications Compiled by David Butcher

By: Vance Gerry (1929-2005) et al

Price: $400.00

Publisher: Risbury, Herefordshire, UK, The Whittington Press : 2018

Seller ID: PW1021-001

ISBN-13: 9781854281098

Binding: Half red cloth, 1 of Vance Gerry's patterned paper

Condition: Fine

(Risbury, Herefordshire): The Whittington Press, (2018). Folio. 13 3/16 x 9 5/8 inches. [x], (90) pp. Half-title, recto of the frontispiece is a Weather Bird linocut press mark stamped in gilt, frontispiece is a tipped in reproduction of a Vance Gerry water-color of Mary Gerry, 61 illustrations throughout in a variety of techniques including linocuts, line drawings, wood-engravings, etc., some tipped-in, 7 photographic illustrations, checklist, index, Fair Wind bifold with color pochoir illustration tipped in after the colophon, 2 facsimiles inserted in a pocket bound into the rear paste-down;...
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Prayer for Peace

By: Vancouver Assembly of the World Council of Churches

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Marina, CA, Half Penny Press : 2007

Seller ID: CH316-013

Binding: Dark blue cloth

Condition: Fine

[Marina, CA]: (Half Penny Press, 2007). Miniature Book. 2 1/8 x 2 5/8 inches. Unpaginated. [13] pp. Text clean, unmarked. Dark blue cloth; binding square and tight. SIGNED by Paul B. Ritscher on colophon. CH316-013. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 30 copies, this is number 12. Typeset, printed and bound by Paul B. Ritscher at the Half Penny Press, Christmas 2007. "Pray for peace, For peace in your country, For the victims of violence everywhere, For those struggling for peace and justice, For churches in conflict situations, For a world without war and violence, Lead me from death to life, from fals...
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Some Fragments for C. R. H.

By: Victor Karl Hammer (1881-1967)

Price: $500.00

Publisher: Lexington, KY, Stamperia del Santuccio : 1967

Seller ID: GIL921-016

Binding: Decorative paper over boards with printed wrap-aro

Condition: Fine

LIMITED EDITION of 125 copies, this is number 68. Small 8vo. 8 1/4 x 5 inches. [ii], (92) pp. Headings printed in red ink, errata on the colophon; text clean, unmarked. Brown decorative paper over boards, wrap-around label with printed front cover and spine titling, with two dust-jackets, one on cream-colored printed japanese paper with title "Pieces for an Artist's Testament (1966-1967)" and a second with plain light green laid paper, all of which is now covered in a clear acetate jacket; binding square and tight. Laid-in is a French-fold Christmas and New Years greetings card from Carolyn an...
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Charles Lamb: Bibliophile

By: Wallace Nethery (1910-1996)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Dawson's Book Shop : 1965

Seller ID: CGSZ118-021

Binding: Full purple leather, gilt-titled spine

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1965. Miniature Book. 2 3/4 x 2 inches. (26) pp. Half-title, frontispiece illustration of Charles Lamb's pseudonym Elia, and headpiece for preface; text clean, unmarked. Full purple leather, gilt-titled spine; binding square and tight. Previous owner's notes in pencil on rear free end-paper. CGSZ118-021. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 250 copies, this is number 197. A collection of excerpts from Charles Lamb's letters to friends, all concerning books. Lamb was a famous English essayist and critic in the early 19th century, best known for his Essays of Elia....
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Elia Yet Again. Fugitive Essays on Charles Lamb

By: Wallace Nethery (1910-1996)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Dawson's Book Shop : 1990

Seller ID: GKK220-021

Binding: Marbled paper over boards, printed paper spine lab

Condition: Fine

(Los Angeles, CA): Dawson's Book Shop, 1990. Miniature Book. 2 7/8 x 2 3/16 inches. (x), (28) pp. Half-title, frontispiece portrait of Lamb, initial L on title page; text clean, unmarked, paper toned. Marbled paper over boards, printed paper spine label; binding square and tight. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. GKK220-021. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 50 copies, printed letterpress by Wallace Nethery and bound by Corry Nethery. This volume contains 3 essays on Charles Lamb; an essay by J. C. Bloem, 1957; an unsigned essay by Edgar Allan Poe ("My First Play," 1845); and Woodrow Wil...
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Random Notes on Men, Women and Books at USC

By: Wallace Nethery (1910-1996)

Price: $45.00

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

Seller ID: YA-16

Binding: Full black morocco, spine titled in gilt

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1980. Miniature Book. 2 7/8 x 2 1/16 inches. [2], 48, [4] pp. Text clean, unmarked. Full black morocco, spine titled in gilt; binding square and tight, some light shelf wear to covers. From the private collection of Corry and Wallace Nethery, GIFT INSCRIPTION from Corry and Wallace Nethery on the colophon. YA-16. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 150 copies printed letterpress by Wallace Nethery. Reprints a series of articles from Coranto: Journal of the Friends of the USC Libraries, 1966 - 1977, which Nethery edited for a number of years. Printed by the author...
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A Southland Bohemia: The Arroyo Seco Colony as the Century Begins

By: Ward Ritchie (1905-1996)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Pasadena, CA, Published by Vance Gerry, A Weather Bird Press Book : 1996

Seller ID: BHL423-001

Binding: Dark green wrappers, printed paper front cover lab

Condition: Fine

Pasadena, CA: Published by Vance Gerry, A Weather Bird Press Book, 1996. 8vo. 8 3/8 x 5 1/2 inches. (28) pp. Half-title, black-and-white photographic frontispiece, introduction by Glen Dawson, double-page "Map of the Southland Bohemia" signed by Vance Gerry in the plate; text clean, unmarked. Dark green wrappers, printed paper front cover label, text block stitched, wrappers perfect bound; binding square and tight. BHL423-001. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies, digitally typeset by Pall Bohne, electrostatically reproduced on wove paper, binding by Mariana Blau. Contains the text of a talk gi...
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Laguna Verde Imprenta, 1975-1987

By: Ward Ritchie (1906-1996)

Price: $3,000.00

Publisher: Laguna Beach, CA, Laguna Verde Imprenta : 1987

Seller ID: 782-344-001

Binding: Quarter red morocco, design in red on front cover,

Condition: Fine

[Laguna Beach, CA: Laguna Verde Imprenta, 1987]. 4to. 10 1/2 x 8 inches. Unpaginated. [68] pp. Half-title, 3-color design on title page, many designs and illustrations in a variety of colors throughout the text show what was used in many of the titles produced during the period, printer's device on the colophon; text clean, unmarked. Quarter red morocco, design in red on front cover, gilt-titling on red leather on front cover, comes in the original black-paper-covered slip case; binding square and tight. SIGNED by Ward Ritchie on the colophon. Bookplate of "The Weather Bird Press, Vance Gerry"...
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The Ward Ritchie Press and Anderson, Ritchie & Simon

By: Ward Ritchie (1906-1996)

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Anderson, Ritchie & Simon : 1961

Seller ID: 782-341-015

Binding: Black cloth, stamped with printer's device on fron

Condition: Fine

(Los Angeles, CA: Anderson, Ritchie & Simon), 1961. 8vo. 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches. x, 156, [2] pp. Half-title, printer's device on title page in 2 colors, decorative initials in blue, title pages reproduced in full color, bibliography, indexes; text clean, unmarked. Black cloth, stamped with printer's device on front cover in gilt, spine is gilt-decorated, red leather spine label titled in gilt, comes in the original blue-paper-covered slip case; binding square and tight. SIGNED by Ward Ritchie on the colophon. 782-341-015. FineLIMITED EDITION, this is number 120 of 300 SIGNED copies in slip case ...
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Time

By: William Penn (1644-1718)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Berkeley, CA, Peacock Press : 1965

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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Fifty Years of Book Collecting

By: William Webb Clary (1888-1971)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, The Zamorano Club : 1962

Seller ID: 782-229-002

Binding: Brown cloth spine titled in gilt, gray paper over

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: The Zamorano Club, 1962.8vo. 9 5/8 x 6 1/4 inches. [iv], 49 pp. 9 black-and-white photographic illustrations (3 double-page) of material in Clary's collection; text clean, unmarked. Brown cloth spine titled in gilt, gray paper over boards; binding square and tight, minor rubbing, lower corner with a fleck of paper dislodged. 782-229-002. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, printed in Linotype Aldus by Grant Dahlstrom. William Webb Clary was an American lawyer and academic. He was a partner in O'Melveny & Myers and was involved with the administration of the Claremont College consortium,...
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I. Rancho Topanga Malibu Sequit: An Historical Approach by W. W. Robinson. II. Personal Considerations: Essays by Lawrence Clark Powell. Illustrations by Irene Robinson

By: William Wilcox Robinson (1891-1972) and Lawrence Clark Powell (1906-2001)

Price: $750.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Dawson's Book Shop : 1958

Seller ID: SBT423-003

Binding: Quarter tan cloth, patterned paper over boards

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1958. Tall 8vo. 10 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches. [vi], 86, [2] pp. Half-title, title page printed in red and black with color vignette, double-page color map of The Malibu, each chapter with a color headpiece, with black-and-white and color illustrations in the text and as tailpieces, printer's device on the colophon; text clean, unmarked, upper corner of double-page map with some dog-earring. Quarter tan cloth, patterned paper over boards, printed paper spine label, clear plastic dust-jacket; binding square and tight, light dust-soiling to top edge of text block, to...
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