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Omar Khayyam
1898 Rubaiyat in Signed Italian Leather Binding & Box, William Doxey
$100 $100 or less

Premier French Magazine

Verve Art Magazine
$500

ALABAMA WOMAN PRINTER Artist's Book 1/45 Signed

Sarah Bryant
CUTAWAY - Artist's Book by ALABAMA PRINTER SARAH BRYANT Big Jump Press 1/45 2007.
$850

TYPE SPECIMEN

Wild Hare Press
BOOK ARTS. WILD HARE PRESS. FROM THE TYPE CASES LABELED MISCELLANEOUS. Letterpress Specimen of Printers’ Ornaments. Limited Edition. 1982.
$50 $100 or less

Japanese picture scroll: Mushi Yūgi No Zu

Philip Hofer
18th Century Japanese picture scroll 1958 repro: Pictures of Insects at Play
$799
ARNOLD, Matthew
THE POEMS OF MATTHEW ARNOLD, 1840 1867
$50 $100 or less

(CHILDREN'S BOOKS)

ILLUSTRATED DITTIES OF THE OLDEN TIME
$67.50 $100 or less

BEYOND THE DREAM

Priestley, J. B. (John Boynton, 1894–1984)
Out of the Ivory Gate [Kit-Kat Press], J. B. Priestley's early meditation on dreams and imagination, reissued as a finely printed limited edition by Kenneth Hardacre.
$65 $100 or less
1960 VISITORS FROM OZ Publicity Prints: Set of 4 by Dick Martin (Wizard of Oz)
$375

A RUSSIAN SOUL IN FINE PRESS

Dostoevsky, Fyodor (1821–1881); Translated by Garnett, Constance (1861–1946)
A Gentle Spirit: A Fantastic Story. [Harrison of Paris] [Limited Edition of 50], ONE OF ONLY 50 COPIES PRINTED ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE VELLUM, BRINGING DOSTOEVSKY TO LIFE THROUGH THE ART OF HARRISON OF PARIS.
$1,600

THE BELLE ÉPOQUE BOOK AS ART

Uzanne, Octave (1851-1931)
Son Altesse La Femme [Her Highness the Woman] [Extra-Illustrated State] [Salvatore David Master Binding] [Cortlandt Field Bishop Provenance], A FRENCH BIBLIOPHILE’S VISION TRANSFORMED INTO A MASTERWORK OF BINDING, ILLUSTRATION, AND COLLECTING HISTORY.
$850

MOSER’S BRER RABBIT

Harris, Joel Chandler (1848–1908) (adapted by Van Dyke Parks and Malcolm Jones ; Authors)
MOSER'S BRER RABBIT: [Proof Archive] [Signed First Edition] [Annotated Production Copy], From First Edition to Proof Sheet: The Making of Moser's Brer Rabbit: Quarto and folio elements in original publisher bindings, proofs, and wraps.
$525

A PRINTMAKER'S FRANCE

Allen, Peter
An ABC Tour About France [Limited Edition – Gwasg Gregynog – Hand-Colored Pochoir Illustrations], Twenty-six letters become twenty-six journeys through the landscapes and villages of France—one hand-colored print at a time.
SOLD

Landacre's Great Composers, Invierno Press Edition

Landacre, Paull
Great Composers from 12 Wood Engravings by Paul Landacre.
$100 $100 or less

Publication on the First "Pocket Books" w/ Leaf

Reicher, Herbert and Leonhart Fuchs
A Delightful Pocket Book--A Leaf from Plantarum Effigies by Leonhart Fuchs, 1552
$100 $100 or less

Scarce original Brion Gysin visual poem

Brion Gysin
Roller Poem - (1977, signed, ltd ed. of 90), this copy signed and dated 'Brion Gysin 77'. No. 85 a limited edition of 90.
$1,975

Vance Gerry Highlight, Ten Pochoir Illustrations

Gerry, Vance.
Jazz Instruments.
$2,900
Anton, Mayer
WIENS BUCHDRUCKER-GESCHICHTE 1482-1882., Two volumes.
$115

Calligraphy

URKUNDENBUCH FÜR DIE GESCHICHTE DES BENEDICTINER STIFTES KREMSMUENSTER, SEINER PFARREIEN UND BESITZUNGEN VOM JAHRE 777 BIS 1400.
$100 $100 or less
Adams, Thomas
TYPOGRAPHIA; OR, THE PRINTER'S INSTRUCTOR, A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE ORIGIN, RISE, AND PROGRESS OF THE TYPOGRAPHIC ART, WITH PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR CONDUCTING EVERY DEPARTMENT IN AN OFFICE, HINTS TO AUTHORS, PUBLISHERS, &C.
$100 $100 or less
Sulc, Dusan
TYPIZÁCIA TYPOGRAFIE A MODULOR.
$100 $100 or less
Barcellona, Luca
TAKE YOUR PLEASURE SERIOUSLY, Inside, texts by: Chaz Bojorqéz, Giovanni De Faccio, Nicola "Dee Mo" Peressoni
$45 $100 or less
Ruzicka, Rudolph
STUDIES IN TYPE DESIGN. ALPHABETS WITH RANDOM QUOTATIONS.
$60 $100 or less

Stanley Morison

McKitterick, David (editor)
STANLEY MORISON, SELECTED ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF LETTER-FORMS., Edited by David McKitterick. Two volumes.
$425

Papermaking

Herzberg, Wilhelm
PAPIERPRUFUNG. EIN ANLEITUNG ZUM UNTERSUCHEN VON PAPIER.
$100 $100 or less

Inscribed by Edward Catich

Catich, Edward M.
LETTERS REDRAWN FROM THE TRAJAN INSCRIPTION IN ROME
SOLD

Bound 'dos-a-dos'

Higgins, Dick
JEFFERSON'S BIRTHDAY/POSTFACE, Bound 'dos-a-dos'
$110
Strand, Mark
THE GOLDEN FROGS OF PANAMA
$5,000
Lawrence, D.H.
FIRE AND OTHER POEMS, With a Foreword by Robinson Jeffers and a Note on the Poems by Frieda Lawrence.
$200

Calligraphy

Midolle, Jean
ÉCRITURES ANCIENNES D'APRÈS DES MANUSCRITS & LES MEILLEURS OUVRAGES.
$500

Incline Press

Cinamon, Gerald
E.R. WEISS: THE TYPOGRAPHY OF AN ARTIST
$375

Grabhorn Press

Jeffers, Robinson
DE RERUM VIRTUTE / THEODORE MAX LILIANTHAL
$4,000
Nelson, R. Stanley
THE TYPEFOUNDER'S HAND MOULD
$70 $100 or less
AIAP Women in Design Award
HOW MANY WOMEN ARE IN THE ROOM, Edited by Cinzia Ferrara, Laura Moretti, and Carla Palladino; Translated by Isobel Butters
$39 $100 or less
Lattuga, Luca
ALFABETI MODERNISTI ITALIANI, Foreward by Riccardo Olocco
$82 $100 or less

Bookbinding

Kamph, Jamie
COVER STORIES
$50 $100 or less
Middleton, Robert Hunter
THE DESIGNER-CRAFTSMAN SPEAKS: WRITINGS BY ROBERT HUNTER MIDDLETON, Edited & annotated by Paul F. Gehl; Foreword by Raymond Stanley Nelson
$70 $100 or less
Barcellona, Luca
DO THE WRITE THING, The book contains interviews with the following master calligraphers: Maria Eugénia Roballos, Francesca Baisetton, Christopher Haanes, Carl Rohrs, Ewan Clayton, Thomas Ingmire
$55 $100 or less
Barcellona, Luca
TAKE YOUR PLEASURE SERIOUSLY, Inside, texts by: Chaz Bojorqéz, Giovanni De Faccio, Nicola "Dee Mo" Peressoni
$51 $100 or less
Manetti, Debora and Shrishti Vajpai (editors)
NOW MORE THAN EVER, The 3rd volume of the "Fight for Kindness" non-profit campaign series (sponsored by ZetaFonts Foundry for TypeCampus), published by The Printing Office, an editorial trade mark by Lazy Dog Press
$33 $100 or less
Loxley, Simon
EMERY WALKER: ARTS, CRAFTS, AND A WORLD IN MOTION
$47.50 $100 or less

Paradise Press, One of 125 Copies

King, Susan and Jean Gabriel Adloff.
See, Say, Bone, Lessons from French
$350

was $499, here $399 fair special! Etchings Lars Bo

Boris Vian, Lars Bo (illustrations)
L'herbe Rouge' - limited edition (1978), 1/50 publ. for Cercle Grolier (of a total of180), with 5 hors texte, and 7 in-text etchings by Lars Bo
$399

Bram de Does: chief designer Drukkerij Enschede

(Bram De Does)
Hommage aan Bram de Does – limited Box with 22 handprinted contributions, 22 typographic ornaments, many are numbered and signed.
$98 $100 or less

The First Edition of 1864 in later binding.

Owen Jones
One Thousand and One Initial Letters. (1864), - with a total of 28 plates, comprising the decorated title-page, the 26 letters of the alphabet and a final plate of numerals (both Roman and Arabic).
$650

Festschrift for Elmer Belt, Plantin Press Imprint

Leonardo da Vinci.
Studies for a Nativity and the ‘Mona Lisa Cartoon’ with Drawings after Leonardo from the Elmer Belt Library of Vinciana., Exhibition in honour of Elmer Belt, M.D. on the occasion of his eightieth birthday. Catalogue by Carlo Pedretti.
$100 $100 or less

Globe-Trotting Alphabet from Linoleum Blocks

Rudge, William Edwin, printer.
Letters of Many Lands., Designed and cut on linoleum blocks by the Lettering Class of Teacher’s College, Columbia University.
$750

Grabhorn Press, 1st. limited edition of 75 (1954)

HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, William Rothenstein.
ANOTHER PORTRAIT OF OSCAR WILDE BY HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, The 1895 drawing of Oscar Wilde by Toulouse-Lautrec
$325

Caxton Facsimile, Printed by Roy Vernon Sowers

[ Caxton, William ].
A Dyetary, Or, the medicine of the stomach. As printed by William Caxton in 1489.
$75 $100 or less

With Ten Hand-Colored Woodcuts by Frasconi

Frasconi, Antonio
Birds from My Homeland., With Notes from W.H. Hudson’s “Birds of La Plata.”
$1,250

Jake Zeitlin's Copy, with his Signature

Breslauer, Martin.
Troubles of a Bibliophile., Or, outpourings from the heart of a bookloving worldling.
$75 $100 or less

5 Christmas Cards, Finely Printed for the Archers

[ Southern California Fine Printing]. Archer, Margot, and H. Richard Archer.
A group of five finely printed Christmas Cards., Various printers, including the Castle Press, Press of the Hippogryph and The Plantin Press
$250

Ward Ritchie's Experiment with Nature Printing

Macintyre, [Carlyle Ferren].
Macintyre.
$500

18th Century English Christmas Drinks & Games

[Gerry, Vance, Patrick Reagh, printers ].
Of Mirth and Jollity., Christmas, gambols, eating, drinking, kissing, and other diversions of the holydays. Being an excerpt from ‘Round About Our Coal Fire.
$75 $100 or less

A Unique Artist's Book Celebrating Trees in Winter

Fischer, Dea, artist and book designer.
Rime.
$1,250

1804 Catholic Liturgical Music in Latin & French

The Catholic Church, 1804
THE ROMAN GRADUAL CONTAINING THE MASSES OF SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS THRU THE YEAR, -Abrégé du graduel romain, contenant les messes des dimanches et fêtes de toute l'année
$500

1733 - History of Britain - Scarce Edition

RAPIN DE THOYRAS In English with Additional Notes BY N. TINDAL
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND, 'Englished' with Additional Notes BY N. Tindal 24 Copper Engraved Plates - 4 Foldout Maps
$550

THE LANGUAGE OF STONE

Nagare, Masayuki (1923–2018) Sculptor
Recent Sculpture of Masayuki Nagare [Staempfli Gallery Exhibition Catalogue in Original Handmade Japanese Portfolio], WHEN JAPANESE BOOK DESIGN BECAME EXHIBITION ART — SCULPTURE. TYPOGRAPHY. HANDMADE PAPER
$75 $100 or less

Children Illustrated Book

Illustration by G.H. Thompson. Described by Clifton Bingham
The Airship in Animal Land
$850
Emily Hancock
Cairns
$75 $100 or less
Leonard Baskin
Gehenna Press Ephemera
SOLD
Immaculate Heart College Art Department
Irregular Bulletin #8
$250
John Updike
A Good Place: Being a Personal Account of Ipswich, Massachusetts, Written on the Occasion of its Seventeenth-Century Day, 1972, by a Resident, Signed, Aloe Edition
$300