Antiphonal leaf, 19th Century Spanish.
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The Colophon. A Book Collector's Quarterly
New York: Pynson Printers, 1930-1935. First edition. Original boards, covers faded and tanned, with some light wear. 27 volumes, comprising: Original Series, volumes 1-5 (1930-1935), 20 volumes; New Series (1936-1937), Vol. 1- 2, 7 volumes. Complete with the signed David Milne lithograph in 1:5. With the 1935 Index. Extra shipping..... More
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Gems of the Exhibition. [Cover-title] 1851.
1851. Quarto. Original leather, stamped in blind and gilt, title stamped in the center of the upper cover. Colored dome-topped engraving (10 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches; 26 x 18 cm. ) of the Exhibition hall, plus 12 unsigned hand-colored prints mounted on card, illustrating various exhibits: Crystal Fountain, Silk..... More
The Kelmscott and Doves Presses
Heavenly Monkey Press, 2019. Special "written" issue. 1/20 copies. More
KPIX 1948-1953
San Francisco. First edition. 8 1/2 in. x 11 in. Wrappers. pp. 100 , [8], [8].21, [5], 26, 13, 2, 3. Mimeographed on rectos only. Illustrated. A highly detailed internal history of the first five years of the broadcast television station in Northern California. KPIX was the first station to..... More
L' Illustration.Noel 1930.
Paris: 1930. Folio, 14-7/8 in. x 11-1/4 in. Embossed felted wrappers, spine rubbed, otherwise very good. Christmas 1930 number, including the work of F.-L. Schmied, A. E. Marty, Paul Jouve, and others. Numerous full-color tipped-in plates, as well as lavishly printed in-text color illustrations. There is a wonderful (illustrated in..... More
La Mode Feminine de 1490 - 1920.
Paris: Editions Nilsson, n.d. Fashion illustration. 240 hand colored pochoir fashion plates, originally issued loose in slipcases, here in calf bindings with broken spines, lilbrary marks on the endpapers, but all the plates are clean and unmarked. More
Le premier devoir de la jeunesse est de prendre ses droits
Paris: Soulèvement de la Jeunesse, [1953]. first edition. Leaflet, 27.8 x 22 cm., printed in black on tan paper, recto only. This tract was published by the lettriste review "Soulèvement de la Jeunesse" at the time of a split in the lettriste movement led by Marc'O (Marc-Gilbert Guillaumin), advocating a...... More
Lifelines: Artwork & Poetry by the Artists of Hospitality House
San Francisco: Central City Hospitality House, 1990. First edition. Sheets in portfolio, 11 x 14 inches; 40 pages of text and line drawings printed by Julie Holcomb on Arches paper, 10 color silkscreen prints printed by the artists on Rives BFK. Cover print by Nelson Morales, overall design by Marie..... More
Report of the case of Joshua Stow vs. Sherman Convers, for a libel containing a history of two trials before the Superior Court.
New Haven: Printed by S. Converse, 1822. Original printed wrappers, uncut. 182 pp. Mildly foxed; a little wear. More
Uncommon Paper
Vancouver: Heavenly Monkey, 2013. First edition. Printed boards, 75 x 75 cm. 48 pages. This miniature book was made from off-cuts of the twelve different hand- and mouldmade papers used in the publisher's Paper Should Not Always be White. The title page, foreword, and colophon were set by hand in..... More
Vellum leaf from a Latin Bible. End of Book of Kings, beginning of Paralipomena (Chronicles)
Italy: mid 14th century. 2 columns, gothic minuscule, ornamental opening initial S[eptuaginta] against square blue ground. Recto: End of Book of Kings, opening of Jerome's prologue to Paralipomena. Verso: continuation of prologue. 29 mm. x 22 mm. More
Le Cantique des Cantiques.; Introduction and new translation from the Hebrew by Edouard Dhorme.
Paris: Editions du Sceau, 1946. Aboulker, Célestine. Quarto, original wrappers, slight wear to ends of spine, margins slightly browned; a very good copy. One of an edition of 130 copies, illustrated with 15 color lithographs by Celestine Aboulker. A member of a prominent Jewish family in Algiers, Aboulker's paintings, often..... More
The History of the Rugby School.
London: R. Ackermann, 1816. First edition. Quarto, 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches. Original boards with printed title information on the front board, roan back. Title-page, 34 text pages and five colored engravings. Excellent, clean copy, with mild offset from the plates to facing pages. See Tooley 3. More
A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings
London: Ackermann, 1814. First edition. Two volumes, quarto. (13 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. ; 337 x 265 mm.) 82 plates of which 64 are colored aquatints of city views and 17 colored line and stipple engravings of University costume. Half-titles present in both volumes. Vol. 1, plate 1 in..... More
The History of Westminster School
London: R. Ackermann, 1816. First edition. Quarto (14 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches). Title page, 27 text pages, plus four colored aquatints, three of them after drawings by Auguste-Charles Pugin. Contemporary drab boards, uncut. The text is watermarked 1816 and one plate has an 1812 watermark. Second issue, first state..... More
The Microcosm of London
London: Ackermann, 1808-1810. First edition. Quarto, 13 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. 334 x 270 mm. Each volume with a wood-engraved title and engraved dedication. (vol.1) iv, 231; (vol. 2) vvi, 239; (vol. 3) vi, 280, (3 leaves index); text, plus 104 colored aquatints after drawings by Thomas Rowlandson and..... More
The History of the Charter-House
London: R. Ackermann, 1816. First edition. Quarto, 14 x 11 inches. Title page (verso blank) 32 text pages, plus five colored engravings (1816 watermark), with the directions to the binder slip. Contemporary boards, hand lettered on the front, uncut, rebacked. Usual offset from the plates to facing pages, occasional spotting..... More
Das Reich. Gelegenheidtsgedicht Nr. 27.; Silkscreens by Valerio Adami
Munich/Paris: Maeght, (1974). Adami, Valerio. First edition. Folio, 50 cm. x 42 cm. (29-1/2 x 17 in.) Printed cloth, as new in dust jacket and original gilt card slipcase (slipcase with one tear). One of 450 copies, signed by the author and artist (total edition 635 copies). Ten serigraphs by..... More
Derriére le Miroir no. 188. Adami
Paris: Maeght, (1970). Adami,Valerio. First edition. Folio, wrappers, fine condition, in publisher's chemise and slipcase (slightly faded). Deluxe issue. One of 150 copies on vélin d'Arches, numbered and signed. With nine original color lithographs. "DLM édité en novembre 1970 pour la 1ère exposition ADAMI à la Galerie Maeght. Texte de..... More
Derriére le Miroir no. 220. Adami
Paris: Maeght, (1976). Adami,Valerio. First edition. Folio, wrappers, fine condition, in publisher's chemise and slipcase (slightly faded). . One of 150 copies on vélin d'Arches, numbered and signed . 3 original lithographs. "DLM publié pour l'exposition ADAMI à la Galerie Maeght en octobre 1976. Extraits du journal de Valerio Adami..... More
Taos Pueblo. Photographed by Ansel Adams and described by Mary Austin
Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1977. Folio, original cloth covered boards with calf spine. One of 950 copies, signed by Adams, printed by Lawton Kennedy, the photographs printed in duotone by George Waters at Pacific Litho. This edition, an excellent facsimile of the rare 1930 first edition, contains a new..... More
Ansel Adams at 100
Boston: Little, Brown, (2001). First edition. Folio, cloth in slipcase, fine, with facsimile plate in pocket. More
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.; Three Tenant Families.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1941. Evans, Walker. First edition. Original black cloth, blocked in silver. Rear endpaper stained from a newsprint enclosure, else a near-fine copy in dust jacket, slightly faded on the spine and with a few small closed tears. Inscribed by Evans in pencil on the front free endpaper..... More
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men; Three Tenant Families.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1960). Evans, Walker. Revised edition. Originally published in 1941, this revised edition includes a new foreword by Evans plus additional photographs. First printing of the reissue, inscribed by Evans, perhaps or probably to the novelist: “Tom Berger | with pleasure | Walker Evans.” Fine in a near..... More