Manor Farm, Andoversford, Gloucestershire: Whittington Press. First Edition. Printed Wrapper. 4to. 16 pp., illus. No date (1988). Catalogue of books being published by The Whittington Press. Short introductory review of the year 1987 by John and Rosalind Randle. Bound in salmon coloured printed wrapper and sewn with silk thread. Fine..... More
Ottawa: National Library of Canada/Avmor Ltd., 1984. First Edition. Printed Wrapper, Staplebound. 8vo. Unpaginated, illus. Catalogue for an exhibition held at the National Library of Canada from November 30, 1984 to March 24, 1985. More
Edinburgh: Edinburgh Bible Society, 1824. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. xxii, 256, 96 - appendix, with two plates of title pages. Original boards with paper spine label. Board edges a little worn and rubbed, with a few light stains, Loss to a lot of the spine, showing some of the..... More
Florence: Accademia della Crusca, 2000. Hardcover. Facsimile of the 1595 edition. 8vo. Orange boards with gilt lettering on a black spine label, in the dust jacket. Dust jacket spine a little sunned, otherwise a fine copy, about as new. Edition of 500 numbered copies, this is 485. More
Association of Canadian Publishers, 1988. First Edition. Staplebound. 12mo. 53 pp. Fine copy. More
New York: Viking, 1993. Promotional broadside poster (18 by 24") humourously depicting the publishing process in 16 cartoon panels. Folded and tack-holes at each corners but still in very good condition." More
Worcester: Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1970. First Edition. Cloth. 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
Kuruman: Kuruman Moffat Mission Trust, 1987. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo. Frontis., vi, 36 pp., illus. and with tipped-in colour frontis. A bit of light scuffing, else a fine copy. Scarce. More
New York: George Braziller, 2015. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo. Frontis., 150 pp., illus. A fine, as new copy. More
New York: The Buckley-Little Book Catalogue Co., 1984. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo. 151 pp. Crease on cover, price label over original printed price, pencil ticks to about a dozen titles. More
Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1985. First Edition. Paper Over Boards. 8vo. Frontis. ix, 126 pp., illus. No jacket as issued. Limited edition. More
London: Grant Richards, 1900. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Frontis. (with tissue guard), 222 pp. Contains a 10 page bibliography of Grant Allen's books. Previous owner's signature, some creasing to first few pages, some splitting to hinges, piece missing from foot of spine, covers scuffed. More
New York: Basic Books, 1982. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. xiii, 411 pp. Dustjacket a bit yellowed. More
London: L. Upcott Gill, 1880. No date, c. 1880. 8vo, vi, 184 pp. + 28 pp. adverts., illus. Illustrated with 156 engravings. Bound in decorative green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on front cover and spine. Previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper, inner hinges a bit weak, wear..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1980. First Edition. Printed Wrapper, Staplebound. 12mo. 41 pp., illus. Pamphlet produced in celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of Princeton University Press. Contains two essays, one by Whitney Darrow (The Founding of the Press") and the other by Herbert S. Bailey. More
Toronto: letters/Coach House Printing, 1993. 12mo. Wraps, hand-sewn, fine copy. Published as a keepsake of the 21st Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair, in an edition of 2000 copies; 100 numbered copies signed by Robertson Davies. This is number 78, signed. More
London: J. M. Dent and Sons, 1936. First Edition. Paper Over Boards. 16mo. 46 pp. With a Foreword by Hugh R. Dent. Some wear to head and foot of spine, 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
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1919. First Edition. Cloth. 12mo. 268 pp., illus. + 1 fold-out map., teg. Essays on the history of Doubleday which celebrated its tenth anniversary in 1910, and on Joseph Conrad, Booth Tarkington, Kathleen Norris, Rudyard Kipling and O.Henry, et al. Loosely inserted is a...... More
Bellingham, Washington: Eve Press, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Cloth-backed boards. Unpaginated, illus. No jacket as issued. The second Eve Press ABC Book. One of 50 signed and numbered copies, this being #42. Each letter is printed in a 6 inch wood outline font with fills cut in..... More
London: Frank Hollings, 7 Great Turnstile, Holborn, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. xv, 224. Illustrated throughout with black & white examples of the illustrations of Morris, Walter Crane, etc., facsimile title-pages, and facsimile holograph manuscript pages, tissue guards. Maroon buckram with gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, others untrimmed..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977. First Edition. Paper Over Boards. 8vo. Frontis., vii, 105 pp. Includes appreciations by Thomas G. Rosenmeyer, Hugh Kenner and Frank H. Wardlaw and a selection of Frugé's writings. Sunning to spine and perimeter of covers else a fine copy. More
New York: David Lewis, 1970. First Editon, Second Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Frontis. xiv, 287 pp. More
Kingston: Queen's Quarterly, 1972. First Thus. Printed Wrapper, Staplebound. 4to. 8 pp. Offprint from Queen's Quarterly, LXXIX, No. 1, Spring, 1972. A brief analysis of what ails the Canadian publishing industry. Previous owner's ex libris stamps on verso of front cover, some age-toning, else a fine copy. More
Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin: The Perishable Press, 1984. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 4to. Unpaginated, illus. An Anecdotally Annotated Check List for an Exhibition at Gallery 210 University of Missouri/St Lous - 3 October 1984 to 4 November 1984 Entitled: Hamady's Perishable Press: A 20th Anniversary Sampling of Handcrafted Books." Bibliographic check..... More