Category: William M Cheney

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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An Open Letter to the Republican City Central Committee

By: C N Earl

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Peggy Christian : 1971

Seller ID: RGKK819-039

Binding: Printed stiff paper wrappers, slip case

Condition: Fine

Los Angeles, CA: Peggy Christian, 1971. Miniature Book. 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 inches. (13) pp. Decorative initial; text clean, unmarked. Printed paper wrappers; binding square and tight. Housed in a paper slipcase with a ribbon pull. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. RGKK819-039. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies. Printed at the Press at the Gatehouse for Peggy Christian, letterpress by William M. Cheney. Reprints a letter originally written November 29, 1887 in which C. N. Earl denounces the Los Angeles Republican party for charging candidates a $150 fee to become candidates for scho...
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An Open Letter to the Republican City Central Committee

By: C N Earl

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Peggy Christian : 1971

Seller ID: RGKK819-040

Binding: Printed stiff paper wrappers with slip case

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Peggy Christian, 1971. Miniature Book. 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 inches. (13) pp. Decorative initial; text clean, unmarked. Printed stiff paper wrappers; binding square and tight, tail of spine softened. Housed in a paper slipcase with a ribbon pull; ribbon loose. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. RGKK819-040. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies. Printed at the Press at the Gatehouse for Peggy Christian, letterpress by William M. Cheney. Reprints a letter originally written November 29, 1887 in which C. N. Earl denounces the Los Angeles Republican party for charging ca...
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An Open Letter to the Republican City Central Committee

By: C. N. Earl

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Peggy Christian : 1971

Seller ID: OG914-044

Binding: Printed stiff paper wrappers, slip case

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Peggy Christian, 1971. Miniature Book. 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 inches. (13) pp. Decorative initial; text clean, unmarked. Printed stiff paper wrappers; binding square and tight. Housed in a paper slipcase with a ribbon pull; binding square and tight, ribbon pull loose on this copy. OG914-044. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies. Printed letterpress by William M. Cheney at the Press at the Gatehouse for Peggy Christian. Reprints a letter written November 29, 1887 in which C. N. Earl denounces the Los Angeles Republican party for charging candidates a $150 fee to become candidates ...
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Franciscan Missions of California

By: Emily Whytock and Norman Whytock (1907-2002)

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Glendale, CA, Press in the Gatehouse : 1969

Seller ID: CGSZ118-014

Binding: Linen boards with printed paper front cover label

Condition: Fine

Glendale, CA: (Press in the Gatehouse), 1969. Miniature Book. 1 7/8 x 1 15/16 inches. [ii], (53) pp. Decorative initials, 6 illustrations; text clean, unmarked. Linen boards with printed paper front cover label; binding square and tight. CGSZ118-014. Fine.LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies, printed by William M. Cheney at the Press in the Gatehouse. This is a brief account of the establishment of missions in Alta California. Emily Whytock is the granddaughter of Ernest Dawson, and Glen Dawson's niece (Letters to Emily, 1996). This book has no reference to Dawson's Book Shop - another example where ...
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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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Br. Curtis's Carriage: A Letter to Dea. Button

By: Harvey Curtis

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Peggy Christian : 1972

Seller ID: RGKK819-038

Binding: Printed stiff paper wrappers, with the original sl

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Peggy Christian, 1972. Miniature Book. 1 13/16 x 1 1/4 inches. 18 pp. Decorative initials; text clean, unmarked. Printed paper wrappers; binding square and tight. Housed in a paper slipcase with a ribbon pull. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. RGKK819-038. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies. The text of this volume contains a letter from Brother Harvey Curtis giving detailed instructions to Deacon Ira Button on the type of carriage Curtis would like built, prior to June, 1846. Printed at the Press at the Gatehouse, letterpress by William M. Cheney. REFEREN...
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Br. Curtis's Carriage: A Letter to Dea. Button

By: Harvey Curtis

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Peggy Christian : 1972

Seller ID: OG914-041

Binding: Printed stiff paper wrappers with slip case

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Peggy Christian, 1972.Miniature Book.1 13/16 x 1 1/4 inches.18 pp.Decorative initials; text clean, unmarked.Printed stiff paper wrappers; binding square and tight.Housed in a paper slipcase with a ribbon; ribbon loose. OG914-041.Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies, printed letterpress by William M. Cheney at the Press at the Gatehouse.The text of this volume contains a letter from Brother Harvey Curtis giving detailed instructions to Deacon Ira Button on the type of carriage Curtis would like built, prior to June, 1846. REFERENCES: Bradbury, 20th-Century U.S. Miniature Bo...
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Trois Fables de La Fontaine

By: Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Pasadena, CA, Karen Dawson (Dawson's Book Shop) : 1965

Seller ID: CGSZ118-030

Binding: Flexible vellum wrappers, gilt-titled spine

Condition: Very Good

Pasadena, CA: Karen Dawson (Dawson's Book Shop), 1965. Miniature Book. 1 7/8 x 1 1/8 inches. [ii], (23) pp. Half-title, color frontispiece and 3 illustrations; text clean, unmarked. Flexible vellum wrappers, gilt-titled spine; binding square and tight. CGSZ118-030. Very Good. Edited by Karen Dawson, designed by Guillaume du Chênais, illustrations by William M. Cheney. Printed by William M. Cheney. Jean de la Fontaine was a famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. REFERENCES: Bradbury, 20th-Cent. U.S. Miniature Books, No. 1719; Jones, A Los Ang...
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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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Climb the Mountains

By: John Muir (1838-1914)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Pasadena, CA, Karen and Susan Dawson : 1966

Seller ID: CH316-008

Binding: ll red leather, black leather spine label titled i

Condition: Very Good

Pasadena, CA: (Karen and Susan Dawson), 1966. Miniature book. 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 inches. [ii], vi, (13) pp. Half-title, title page printed in red and black, decorative initials in red and black, a few type ornaments in the text; text clean, unmarked. Full red leather, black leather spine label titled in gilt; binding square and tight. Original prospectus included. CH316-008. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 40 copies, printed by William M. Cheney, and bound by Bela Blau. This little volume contains an excerpt from John Muir's Our National Parks (1901, p. 56). It begins "Climb the mountains and get the...
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Fleecestreet's Greek in a Nutshell: The Ancient Language Accommodated to the Student of Today

By: Judge Jason Augustus Fleecestreet [pseudonym for William Murray Cheney (1907-2002)

Price: $115.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Dawson's Book Shop : 1972

Seller ID: CGSZ118-007

Binding: Quarter brown calf, marbled paper over boards, cov

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1972. Miniature Book. 2 7/16 x 1 13/16 inches. iv, 57, [3] pp. Stunning presentation of the basics of Greek grammar, occasionally laid out in tabular form; text clean, unmarked. Quarter brown calf, marbled paper over boards, covers ruled in gilt, spine titled in gilt; binding square and tight. CGSZ118-007. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of "about" 200 copies, printed letterpress by William M. Cheney, binding by Bela Blau. Presents the fundamentals of Greek in the inimitable Cheney style. Bradbury, p. 47. REFERENCE: Bradbury, 20th-Century U.S. Miniature Books, ...
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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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6th and Figueroa

By: Thomas Atwill Neal (1910-2000)

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Karen Dawson : 1965

Seller ID: CGSZ118-003

Binding: Quarter black cloth, patterned paper over boards [

Condition: Fine

Los Angeles, CA: (Karen Dawson), 1965. Miniature Book. 2 13/16 x 2 1/16 inches. iv, (31) pp. Title page with rules in the shape of a T to mark the intersection, illustrated throughout with engravings by Dan Taylor; text clean, unmarked. Quarter black cloth, patterned paper over boards, gilt spine title, dust-jacket with cover illustration on the front and price on the front flap; binding square and tight. CGSZ118-003. Fine. FIRST EDITION, printed by William M. Cheney, engravings by Dan Taylor, binding by Bela Blau. This is the first appearance in print of drawings centered on the world in and...
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6th and Figueroa

By: Thomas Atwill Neal (1910-2000)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Karen Dawson : 1965

Seller ID: OG914-078

Binding: Quarter black cloth, patterned paper over boards,

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: (Karen Dawson), 1965. Miniature Book. 2 13/16 x 2 1/16 inches. iv, (31) pp. Title page with rules in the shape of a T to mark the intersection, illustrated throughout with engravings by Dan Taylor; text clean, unmarked. Quarter black cloth, patterned paper over boards, gilt spine title, dust-jacket with cover illustration on the front and price on the front flap; binding square and tight, jacket with shelf wear and small tear at head of spine. Small ownership label of Mrs. Nathan A Tufts, Jr. on front paste-down. OG914-078. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, printed by William M. Chen...
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6th and Figueroa

By: Thomas Atwill Neal (1910-2000)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Karen Dawson : 1965

Seller ID: PP218-001

Binding: Quarter black cloth, patterned paper over boards,

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: (Karen Dawson), 1965. Miniature Book. 2 13/16 x 2 1/16 inches. iv, (31) pp. Title page with rules in the shape of a T to mark the intersection, illustrated throughout with engravings by Dan Taylor; text clean, unmarked. Quarter black cloth, patterned paper over boards, gilt spine title, dust-jacket with cover illustration on the front and price on the front flap; binding square and tight, jacket with minor shelf wear, price-clipped. PP218-001. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, printed by William M. Cheney, engravings by Dan Taylor, binding by Bela Blau. This is the first appearance i...
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Arkwright His Counter-Blast, to an Effusion Entitled: Panflet on the Four Basic Dialects of Pig Latin

By: William Murray Cheney (1907-2002)

Price: $115.00

Publisher: Tujunga, CA, William M Cheney : 1951

Seller ID: GKK221-024

Binding: Blue wrappers titled in brown ink

Condition: Very Good

Tujunga, CA: (William M. Cheney), 1951. Miniature Book. 2 7/8 x 1 7/8 inches. xii, (14) pp. Text printed within brown rules, decorative initials, introduction from the printer to the reader, table of contents on the last page; text clean, unmarked. Blue wrappers titled in brown ink; binding square and tight, use wear, soiling on front cover. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. GKK221-024. Very Good.FIRST EDITION. Arkwright [H. Richard Archer (1911-1978)], set out to write a treatise on pig latin, but never finished it. Cheney reprints here what Arkwright was able to write, along w...
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Autobiography of W. M. C.

By: William Murray Cheney (1907-2002)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Downey, CA [but Los, Angeles, CA], Dawson's Book Shop : 1983

Seller ID: OG914-026

Binding: Brown cloth stamped with Cheney's printer's device

Condition: Very Good

Downey, CA (Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop), 1983. Miniature Book. 3 x 2 1/2 inches. [ii], 26, [ix] pp. Frontispiece slate cut by David Kindersley March 1967, Cheney's printer's device on title page, black-and-white photograph of Cheney as a child on p. 4, a photo essay of 6 black-and-white photographs on how to print; text clean, unmarked. Brown cloth stamped with Cheney's printer's device, gilt spine; binding square and tight, very light rubbing on spine ends, inner hinge at the colophon cracked. OG914-026. Very Good.FIRST EDITION. Printing by William M. Cheney, lithography and paper by...
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