Toronto: Toronto Public Libraries, 1939. First Edition. Printed Wrapper, Staplebound. 8vo. 67 pp. Pamphlet. Published for the Toronto Public Libraries by the Toronto Club of Printing House Craftsmen. Bound in pebbled brown card covers with red insignia on cover and lettering in black. From the business library of the printer..... More
Mt. Vernon, New York: Peter Pauper Press, 1965. First Thus. Cloth. 12mo. 68 pp. With title-page portrait of Goudy by William Oberhardt. Printed at the Peter Pauper Press. One of total edition of 1950 copies (out of which 350 copies were reserved for The Typophiles), printed for the Goudy Centennial..... More
Worcester: Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Frontis., xiv, 180 pp., illus. No jacket as issued. Written and illustrated with drawings by the Benedictines of Stanbrook. Limited to 500 copies, 450 of which have been bound in cloth. A fine copy in original glassine wrapper which is mildly..... More
San Francisco: Grabhorn-Hoyem, 1971. Half Cloth. 4to. 44 pp. No jacket as issued. New introduction by Oscar Lewis. One of 400 copies. Half orange cloth, patterned boards, Label on spine. Slight bowing but still a very nice, tight, fine copy. More
Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press, 1972. First Edition. Cloth-backed Bds. 8vo. Frontis., 62 pp., illus. Preface by Thomas F. O'Connell. Contains three short addresses by Samuel Rothstein [From Reaction to Interaction: The Development of the North American University Library"]; Richard Blackwell ["The Library and the Bookseller"]; and Archibald MacLeish ["The Premise..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1975. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 71 pp. + 95 pp. + 130 pp., illus., index. Bound in brown coloured cloth covered boards with printing in red on front and spine. Front inner hinge starting, else a fine copy. More
Pinner, Middlesex: Private Libraries Association, 1986. First Edition. Cloth. 4to. 109 pp., illus. One of a limited edition of 2250 copies (of which 1000 are for sale). A fine copy in a original glassine wrapper which is quite tattered. Important biography of this famous bookbinding family. More
Amsterdam: Gerard Th. van Heusen, 1969. Reprint. Cloth. 4to. xvii, 463 pp., illus. Facsimile reprint of 1891 edition, bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Previous owner's bookplate, hinges weak, mild edgewear. More
Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1982. First Edition. Soft cover. 4to. 95 pp., illus. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 11 May - 27 June, 1982. Compiled and annotated by Sebastian Carter with additional notes by Will Carter. With a foreword by the Directory of the Fitzwilliam Museum..... More
London: Bracken Books, 1984. Cloth. 8vo. 243 pp., illus. Facsimile reprint of the 1896 edition. More
Hull: The E. B. Eddy Company, 1956. First Edition. Printed Wrapper, Staplebound. 8vo. Unpaginated, illus. With five fold-out pages. Bound in brown card covers with black and white lettering on cover. Mild edgewear, lower rear cover corner creased, else a fine copy. More
Grimsby: Lyndsay Dobson Books, 1983. First Edition. Paper Over Boards. 8vo. Unpaginated, illus. No jacket as issued. A Catalogue of Canadian Private Press Books, limited to 275 copies, numbered and signed by Dobson, this being copy #199. Bookmark from Lyndsay Dobson Books loosely inserted. Lower corners slightly bruised, else a...... More
Toronto: University of Toronto Library, 1973. Cloth. 4to. ix, 190 pp. illus. Contains an Introductory Letter by Barker Fairley. Profusely illustrated. Corners mildly bumped, small stain on top edge. Dustjacket has mild edgewear along the top. More
London: Oxford University Press, 1938. First Edition. Printed Wrapper. 8vo. 126 pp.+ adverts. Articles by Sir Stephen Gaselee, F. P. Wilson, Folke Dahl, Victor Scholderer, E. S. De Beer, Lord Rothschild, in addition to reviews. Fragile covers are splitting, chipped along the edges, spine is darkened, pages still bright and..... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1980. First Edition. Cloth-backed Bds. 12mo. 89 pp., illus. With a Foreword by Edward Craig and an Essay by Gordon Craig on illustrations in general. One of 450 copies made for the Book Club of California. Publication Number 164 designed by Abe Lerner. Loosely..... More
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1963. First Edition. Printed Wrapper. 8vo. 95 pp., illus. Introduction by John Physick. Contains over 206 engravings. Some wear and fading to cardboard covers, still a very nice copy. More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1970. First Edition. Paper Over Boards. 8vo. 29 pp. One of five hundred copies. The first annual Lew Feldman Lecture on Bibliography. Fine in original clear plastic cover which has a one inch tear at bottom right corner. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1942. First Thus. Cloth. Folio. Frontis., xv, 101 pp., + unnumbered plates (27), illus. First edition of this newly revised and enlarged edition. A well-thumbed copy that has soiled prelims. Edges soiled and mildly damp-stained. Covers show a bit of wear. More
Carlton, Nottingham: Haines and Ketton, 1976. First Edition. Staplebound. 12mo. 31 pp., illus. More
Toronto: University of Toronto Library, 1991. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. 8vo. Frontis. 54 pp., illus. Catalogue of an Exhibition in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 19 April - 30 June 1991. A bit of edgewear, else a near fine copy. More
London: Strangeways & Sons, 1897. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. vi, 162 pp. teg Printed by Strangeways & Sons and sold by Hatchards. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine. Age-toning to pages, signatures beginning to loosen, edgewear, corners rubbed. More
London: The Fleuron, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. 110 pp. illus. Limited to 350 copies. Includes 37 facsimile reproductions of title-pages. Edgeworn, boards a bit rubbed, spine label is faded, interior has some mild age toning. More
London: Jarrolds, 1928. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Frontis., 79 pp. teg. One of a series of essays edited by J. B. Priestly. One of 75 signed and numbered copies, this being number 48, signed by Lynch. Frontispiece portrait of the author with tissue-guard in place. Largely unopened. Dustjacket has been..... More
San Francisco: David Magee Antiquarian Books, 1969. First Edition. Quarter Cloth. 4to. 3 VOLUMES: Vol. I, A-J: Frontis., xii, 103 pp., illus. Preface by Gordon N. Ray. Vol. II, K-Z: Frontis., vi, 103 pp., illus. Preface by Robert Lee Wolff. Vol. III, Mixed Pickles: Frontis., xi, 129 pp., illus. Preface..... More
Los Angeles: The Plantin Press, 1980. First Edition. 4to. xxi, 194 pp., illus. No jacket as issued. One of 350 copies numbered and signed by Lillian Marks, this being number 253. Quarter bound in decorative cloth with printed label on spine. In original slipcase with top corner beginning to separate..... More