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.... View More...
(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... View More...
Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1982. Miniature Book. 2. 7/8 x 2 1/16 inches. [ii], 8, (32), [2] pp. Half-title, Introduction by Wallace Nethery, black-and-white facsimile; text clean, unmarked. Gilt-stamped blue leather; binding square and tight. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. RGKK819-100. Fine.LIMITED EDITION of 150 copies printed by Wallace Nethery and bound by Bela Blau. This is a facsimile of an American children's book, 1820, held at the American Antiquarian Society who granted permission for this reproduction. Nethery offers an excellent scholarly introduction to ... View More...
Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1982. Miniature Book. 2. 7/8 x 2 1/16 inches. [ii], 8, (32), [2] pp. Half-title, Introduction by Wallace Nethery, black-and-white facsimile; text clean, unmarked. Gilt-stamped blue leather; binding square and tight. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. RGKK819-099. Fine.LIMITED EDITION of 150 copies printed by Wallace Nethery and bound by Bela Blau. This is a facsimile of an American children's book, 1820, held at the American Antiquarian Society who granted permission for this reproduction. Nethery offers an excellent scholarly introduction to ... View More...
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... View More...
Los Angeles, CA: (Dawson's Book Shop], 1984. Miniature Book. 2 7/8 x 2 3/16 inches. (22) pp. Title page vignette; text clean, unmarked. Tan wrappers, printed paper front cover; the text block is sewn into the end-papers, but the glue on the end-papers is coming loose, the front free end-paper completely detached. GKK1020-00. SOLD AS IS. LIMITED EDITION of 40 copies, this is number 7. The text of this miniature book is a reprint (with a few alterations) of a tribute to Saul Marks that originally appeared in Coranto: Journal of the Friends of the USC Libraries in Fall 1975. Saul Marks and Wallac... View More...
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