Category: Fine Press

Reflections on Mortality in Prose and Poetry

By: Alice Christiana Gertrude Meynell (1847-1922)

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Milwaukee, WI, The ABCDarium : 1991

Seller ID: GKK221-030

Binding: Gilt-stamped green cloth, clear plastic dust-jacke

Condition: Fine

Milwaukee, WI: The ABCdarium, 1991. Miniature Book. 3 x 2 1/2 inches. Unpaginated. [28, last a blank] pp. Half-title, black-and-white frontispiece portrait of the author, typographic ornament on title page, Preface by C L Helbert, black-and-white portrait of the author; text clean, unmarked. Gilt-stamped green cloth, clear plastic dust-jacket, marbled end-papers; binding square and tight. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. GKK221-030. Fine. LIMITED FIRST EDITION of 200 copies, this is number 17, printed with Palatino types and digital composition. This small book was printed in h...
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A Saga. The Pony Express

By: Anonymous

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New Port Richey, FL, Clearview Press : 1998

Seller ID: KGK523-003

Binding: Tan cloth over boards illustrated and titled in br

Condition: Fine

New Port Richey, FL: The Clearview Press, 1998. Miniature Book. 3 x 2 1/16 inches. [iv], 38, [4] pp. The text is printed in black and brown inks, the brown used for a variety of illustrations and ornaments that appear throughout the text, frontispiece is a 4-cent postage stamp with Pony Express theme issued in 1960; text clean, unmarked. Tan cloth over boards illustrated and titled in brown ink, decorative end-papers; binding square and tight. KGK523-003. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 195 copies, this copy is out of sequence. "The Pony Express was an American express mail service that used relays o...
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Some Minor Book Plates

By: Audrey Arellance (1920-2005), introduction. William Murray Cheney (1907-2002), illustrator

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Dawson's Book Shop : 1975

Seller ID: OG914-084

Binding: Gray cloth, gilt-titled spine

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1975. Miniature Book. 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 inches. (x), (25) pp. 23 bookplates; text clean, unmarked. Gray cloth, gilt-titled spine; binding square and tight, minor shelf wear. OG914-084. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of "somewhat under 200 copies," colophon. A collection of 23 bookplates designed by William M. Cheney. "The miniature bookplates in this volume, designed by William Cheney, aptly meet the criteria set by [Edward Gordon] Craig (1872-1966); in addition they possess two elements associated with Cheney - perfection in graphic design & subtle touches of hum...
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A Miniature History of Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo

By: Bernard L Fontana (1931-2019)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Pasadena, CA, The Castle Press : 1997

Seller ID: KGK523-002

Binding: Gilt-stamped red cloth, marbled end-papers

Condition: Fine

Pasadena, CA: (The Castle Press), 1997. Miniature Book. 3 x 2 1/2 inches. [vi], 14, [4] pp. Half-title, color frontispiece, red fleuron graces the title page, red typographic ornaments in the text, 2 illustrations (1 black-and-white, 1 color); text clean, unmarked. Gilt-stamped red cloth, marbled end-papers; binding square and tight. SIGNED by George Kinney on the colophon. KGK523-002. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 250 copies, presented by Bernard L. Fontana, George Kinney and Tony Kroll. Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo was founded in 1720 and is named for Saint Joseph and the Marqués de Sa...
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Psalme XXIII from the Bay Psalm Book

By: Bible, Old Testament

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Muir Dawson : 1960

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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Wooings: Five Poems by Brendan Gill

By: Brendan Gill (1914-1997)

Price: $400.00

Publisher: Verona, Italy, Plain Wrapper Press : 1980

Seller ID: GIL123-003

Binding: Patterned paper over boards

Condition: Fine

(Verona, Italy): Plain Wrapper Press, (1980). 4to. 11 1/4 x 9 inches. (8) pp. Title page with a leaf ornament in brown cut by Fulvio Testa, poem headings also in brown; text clean, unmarked. Patterned paper over boards designed by Fulvio Testa which were screen-printed by Gino Berardenelli; binding square and tight, no dust-jacket as issued. Errata sheet laid in at the rear. GIL123-003. Fine. LIMITED EDITION to 155 numbered copies, this is number 63, SIGNED by Brendan Gill on the colophon. Contains 5 poems by Brendan Gill - "Easter" was first published in Harper's Magazine; "In Wicklow" and "V...
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This Body I Wear….

By: Brett Harte (1836-1902)

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Laguna Beach, CA, Laguna Verde Imprenta : 1967

Seller ID: 782-338-004

Binding: Broadside

Condition: Very Good

[Laguna Beach, CA: Laguna Verde Imprenta, 1976.] Broadside. 9 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches. [2] pp. Includes a Paul Landacre wood engraving, printed on Wookey Hole cream laid paper; very minor creasing to paper. 782-338-004. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies printed with Carolus type. "This was a small broadside printed with a wood engraving by my friend the late Paul Landacre. It was done for an edition of Brett Harte's 'How Christmas Came to Simpson's Bar' which I had printed several years earlier. The broadside was originally done as a keepsake for the joint meeting of the Roxburghe Club of Sa...
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Dispatches from the Lizard Brain. A Descriptive Bibliography of Ninja Press

By: Carolee Campbell (b. 1936), et al

Price: $3,750.00

Publisher: New York City, New York, Gaspara Stampa, Inc : 2022

Seller ID: SG822-001

Binding: Blue-green leather spine, boards covered with patt

Condition: Fine

New York City: Gaspara Stampa, Inc., Russell Maret, 2022. Folio. 15 x 9 3/16 inches. (134) pp. Half-title, color photographic frontispiece of Ms. Campbell, title page printed in 3 colors of ink, the sections of the text are divided by printed text on colored papers, the entire text is illustrated with a variety of samples of work of the press, mounted, tipped-in, bound-in, mounted on stubs, printed in the margins, and so forth, color photographs, list of exhibition catalogs, Ninja Press type collection, index; text clean, unmarked. Blue-green leather spine, boards covered with patterned paper ...
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26 Brief Lectures on the History of Printing

By: David E Kaser (1924-2017)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Spartanburg, SC, Kitemaug Press : 1974

Seller ID: 7818-001

Binding: Gray cloth over boards, printed paper wrap-around

Condition: Very Good

Spartanburg, SC: Kitemaug Press, 1974. Oblong Miniature Book. 1 5/8 x 2 13/16 inches. Unpaginated. [36] pp. Half-title, occasional ornaments in the text; text clean, unmarked, paper lightly toned. Gray cloth over boards, printed paper wrap-around label covers front and rear covers and spine, decorated end-papers; binding square and tight, label toned. SCARCE. 7818-001. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of "about" 175 copies were printed on the Pearl and bound by Frank J. Anderson. The contents of this book first appeared in the Wilson Library Bulletin, copyright 1956 and are reprinted here with perm...
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Fishes in the Wabash

By: David Thomas (1776-1859)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Bloomington, IN, Brown Trout Press : 2001

Seller ID: KGK523-001

Binding: Blue wraps with a wave pattern printed in silver,

Condition: Fine

Bloomington, IN: Brown Trout Press, (2001). Miniature Book. 3 x 2 1/4 inches. Unpaginated. [18] pp. Endpapers decorated with lovely images of 4 species of game fish, title page printed in blue ink including a wave-pattern that is used as headpieces and tailpieces throughout the text; text clean, unmarked. Blue wraps with the wave pattern printed in silver, stitched; binding square and tight. SIGNED by Paul Brown on the colophon. KGK523-001. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 101 numbered copies, this is number 4. The text of this miniature book "is an extract from David Thomas's Travels Through the West...
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Axial Transformations

By: David Wing (b. 1947)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: San Diego, CA, Futura Press : 1992

Seller ID: MM319-013

Binding: Stiff printed paper wrapper with illustrated fabri

Condition: Very Good

PRICE REDUCED!San Diego: Futura Press, 1992. Accordion-fold Oblong Miniature Book. 2 x 2 9/16 inches. Opens to 43 inches. Unpaginated. Bound volume of a single digital landscape photograph in accordion binding, adhered to stiff paper wrapper at the front and back, signed by Wing at colophon, otherwise clean and unmarked. Stiff fabric slip case folds into the form of a box, illustrated to recall a topographic map; light shelf wear to slip case. SIGNED by Wing on colophon. MM319-013. Very Good.LIMITED EDITION of 128 signed and numbered copies; this is number 21. "This book presents a digital ver...
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On Rooks

By: Dennis Phillips (b. 1951)

Price: $1,250.00

Publisher: Sherman Oaks, CA, Ninja Press : 2015

Seller ID: PN216-001a

Binding: Quarter dark-green French goat-skin spine, boards

Condition: Fine

(Sherman Oaks, CA): Ninja Press, 2015. Folio in 3s. 12 3/8 x 6 3/4 inches. [36] pp. Half-title, photographic prints throughout, titles of the poems printed in periwinkle ink; text clean, unmarked. Quarter dark-green French goat-skin spine, boards covered in a decorative English paper, end-leaves of pure Belgian flax; binding square and tight. SIGNED by both Carolee Campbell and Dennis Phillips. Includes the original prospectus. PN216-001a. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 75 copies, this is number 57; 8 additional copies hors commerce. Design, presswork, and binding by Carolee Campbell at the Ninja...
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The Story & Catalogue

By: Don Hildreth (d. 1991)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: San Diego, CA, Ash Ranch Press : 1987

Seller ID: RGKK819-125

Binding: Dark red leather over boards, gilt-titled spine, o

Condition: Fine

San Diego, CA: Ash Ranch Press, 1987. Miniature Book. 3 x 2 inches. [ii], (14) pp. Title page printed in black, blue, red, and brown ink, drop caps in various colors throughout; text clean, unmarked. Dark red leather over boards, gilt-titled spine; binding square and tight. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. RGKK819-125. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 400 copies, unknown number in gilt leather, of which this is one. The original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. Don Hildreth was a well-respected miniature book printer who, although only operating his private press for 5 years before his ...
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Christmas

By: Doris Warner Welch (1907-1991), compiler

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Chicago, IL, Le Petit Oiseau Press : 1963

Seller ID: II41615-4

Binding: Half dark green cloth, green paper over boards

Condition: Very Good

Chicago: Le Petit Oiseau Press, 1963. Miniature Book. 1 7/8 x 1 1/2 inches. [viii], [34] pp. Color tipped-in frontispiece, printer's device on title page and colophon, typographic ornaments and illustrations throughout; text clean, unmarked. Half dark green cloth, green paper over boards, front cover illustrated in green; binding square and tight. II41615-4. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 150 copies. This volume is an anthology of texts that illustrate the significance of the Christmas holiday. Doris V. Welch was a publisher, collector, historian and bibliographer of miniature books. For many ...
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Some Letters Concerning D. H. Lawrence, From Mabel Dodge Luhan, Dorothy Brett, and Frieda Lawrence to Eliot Fay

By: Dorothy Eugenie Brett (1883-1977), Frieda Lawrence (1879-1956), and Mabel Dodge Luhan (1879-1962)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Fallbrook, CA, Weather Bird Press : 1978

Seller ID: 782-241-001

Binding: Red cloth over flexible boards, printed paper fron

Condition: Very Good

Fallbrook, CA: The Weather Bird Press, 1978. Pamphlet. 8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches. [iv], 12, [4] pp. Half title, frontispiece portrait of Lawrence in red, short biography of Eliot Fay at the end of the text; text clean, unmarked. Red cloth over flexible boards, printed paper front cover label; binding square and tight, small bump on lower corner of text block, small bump at head of rear board. 782-241-001. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies. These letters belonged to Eliot Fay (1902-1954), was a professor of Romance languages at Cornell University. In preparation to write his book about D. H. ...
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On the Illustrating of Books. From The Private Libraries Association Quarterly, July, 1957

By: Edward Ardizzone (1900-1979)

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Fallbrook, CA, Weather Bird Press : 1986

Seller ID: LG223-001

Binding: Quarter black cloth, patterned paper over boards,

Condition: Very Good

Fallbrook, CA: The Weather Bird Press, 1986. Narrow 8vo. 8 1/2 x 4 9/16 inches. [x], (14 last blank) pp. Half-title, title-page vignette, 4 illustrations in the text; text clean, unmarked. Quarter black cloth, patterned paper over boards, sewn head-bands, spine titled in gilt, dust-jacket in archival mylar; binding square and tight, light shelf wear and toning to jacket. SCARCE. LG223-001. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies printed with Linotype Scotch on Rives buff wove paper, illustrations by Edward Ardizzone, bound by Bela Blau. "Unlike his contemporaries, Bawden, Freedman and Ravilio...
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The Saga of Pecos Bill, A Legendary Folk Hero

By: Edward Sinnott "Tex" O'Reilly (1880-1946)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New Port Richey, FL, The Clearview Press : 2004

Seller ID: KGK523-007

Binding: Color-illustrated paper over boards, spine titled

Condition: Fine

New Port Richey, FL: The Clearview Press, 2004. Miniature Book. 2 13/16 x 2 1/16 inches. [vi], 38, [4] pp. Dedication page, half-title, color frontispiece tipped-in, title page printed in blue and black inks with a typographic ornament, running heads in blue; text clean, unmarked. Color-illustrated paper over boards, spine titled blue foil; binding square and tight. KGK523-007 Fine. LIMITED EDITION 120 copies, this copy is out of sequence. Pecos Bill, in American folklore, was a cowboy hero of the Pecos River region of Texas. Pecos Bill was an exaggerated personification of Western stamina and...
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Bibliography of the Hillside Press, 1971-1980

By: Eleanor I Irwin

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Buffalo, NY, The Hillside Press : 1980

Seller ID: RGKK819-089

Binding: Gilt-stamped red leather boards

Condition: Very Good

Buffalo, NY: The Hillside Press, 1980. Miniature Book. 2 1/2 x 2 inches. xv, (52) pp. Half title, frontispiece, table of contents, black-and-white illustrations throughout; text clean, unmarked. Gilt-stamped red leather boards; binding tight although slightly cocked, hinges lightly stressed. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. RGKK819-089. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 300 copies, this is copy 136. This is the second bibliography of the Hillside Press, the first one published in 1971, and this one shortly after Frank Irwin's death earlier in the year. Irwin and his wife Eleanor r...
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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

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 Rabbit's Nest

By: Elizabeth Reeve Cutter Morrow (1873-1955)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New Port Richey, FL, The Clearview Press : 2004

Seller ID: KGK523-006

Binding: Illustrated paper over boards, gilt titling on fro

Condition: Fine

New Port Richey, FL: The Clearview Press, 2004. Miniature Book. 2 3/4 x 1 7/8 inches. [iv], 32, [3] pp. Half-title, black-and-white illustrations throughout; text clean, unmarked. Illustrated paper over boards, gilt titling on front cover and spine; binding square and tight. KGK523-006. Fine. LIMITED EDITION 100 copies, this copy is out of sequence. The Rabbit's Nest was originally published in 1940. This miniature book includes the original illustrations of Harold Willard in a reduced format. This is a charming children's story about the Ticker family children who discover a box labeled The R...
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