San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1985. Fine. With Dorothy Allen. 114, [10] p., [10] inserts: illustrations (some colored), facsimiles (some colored); 36 cm. Tan linen with a gilt-stamped spine title and the image of a printing press blind-stamped on the front board. Binder's stamp on back fixed endpaper for Schuberth Bookbindery, S.F. Printed in red and black. Illustrations and inserts are in color. Includes index. Fore-edges are untrimmed. Book Club of California publication no. 180. ... more information

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New York: Grolier Club, 1911. First Edition. Very Good. Printed by the De Vinne Press. vii, [1], 85, [1] p.: tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait and 3 leaves of portrait plates, 2 facsimile leaves; 24 cm. Speckled white paper over boards with gilt-stamped cover title; red leather spine title with gilt-stamped spine title. Plain white slipcase. One of a limited edition of 200 copies on Van Gelder Zonen handmade paper, printed in March 1911. The catalogue lists 135 books, autographs, manuscripts, port... more information

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San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1961. Fine. T.p. cont'd: "Offered for sale at the book shop of David Magee." xv, [1], 63, [1] p.: frontispiece and 11 leaves of plates ; 30 cm. Original grey-tan cloth spine with decorated paper boards; printed paper spine label. One of 250 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Lacking the original plain dust jacket (as is usual), but with a clear protective jacket. Very nicely illustrated with photographs by Marjory Farquhar. Includes index. In Fine Con... more information

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Washington, D.C.: Government Priniting Office, 1918. Good. 293 p.; 26 cm. (10 inches). Brown paper wrappers printed in black. Contents: Prefatory note--Books and pamphlets--War periodicals--Broadsides--Prints (posters, cartoons, photographs)--Music. In Good Condition: wrappers and corners of first and last leaves are soiled; loss of paper at ends of spine; corners of wrapper creased; slight loss at upper corner of front wrapper; pages are clean and tight. ... more information

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Pynson Printers, 1938. Very Good -. [329]-476 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Light grey cloth with red spine and front cover titles and illustration. Title page in red and black. Continuously paginated with vol. 1 no. 3. Contents: Those Mesmeric Victorian by Arno L. Bader -- Some Notes on Modern First Editions by H.B. Collamore -- A Poet at the Phonic Shrine by Charles Beecher Hogan -- Novels by Several Hands by Earle F. Walbridge -- "Far From the Madding Crowd" on the American State by Vera Lieb... more information

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New York: Pynson Printers, 1936. Very Good +. Nason, Thomas W.. [481]-644 p.: 1 wood engraving (included in pagination) and additional illustrations; 24 cm. Illustrated paper over board. Cover title: The Colophon: A Book Collectors' Quarterly. Title page in red and black. Designed by W.A. Dwiggins. Continuously paginated with vol. 1 no. 3. Includes index to New Series vol. 1. With: the 4-page notice that vol. 2 would have additional graphic interest and plea for subscriptions. Contents: The P... more information

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New York: Pynson Printers, 1938. Very Good +. 164 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Light grey cloth with red-brown spine and front cover titles and illustration. Title page in red and black. Contents: Familiar "Small College" Quotations: Daniel Webster and Dartmouth by Carroll A. Wilson -- The American Conchology: A Venture in Backwoods Book Printing by R.E. Banta -- The Pursuit of a First Folio by Robert M. Smith -- On Collecting A.E. Housman by John Carter -- Mary Webb by Caradoc Evans -- Footnote... more information

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New York: Pynson Printers, 1936. Very Good +. [317]-480 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Illustrated paper over board. Cover title: The Colophon: A Book Collectors' Quarterly. Title page in red and black. Designed by W.A. Dwiggins. Continuously paginated with vol. 1 no. 2. Contents: The Launching of Bancroft's "Native Races" by Oscar Lewis [re: Hubert Howe Bancroft's Native Races of the Pacific States] -- The St. Mary's City Press: A New Chronology of American Printing by Lawrence... more information

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New York: Pynson Printers, 1940. Very Good +. Landacre, Paul. 112, [6] p.: 1 woodcut, many additional illustrations; 27 cm. Illustrated paper over board. Cover and colophon design by Kurt Werth. Contents: Hans Andersen Fairy Tales Published First in America by Jean Hersholt (Taylor & Taylor) -- A Biliophile in Rompers by Bernard Lebovit (Colophon prize: student essay) -- A Memorandum for Rhodes Scholars by Frank J. Hynes [re: Eugene Manlove Rhodes] -- Woodcut: Campers by Paul Landacre -- English Il... more information

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New York: Pynson Printers, 1939. Very Good +. Nason, Thomas. 100, [2] p.: 1 wood engraving, many additional illustrations; 27 cm. Illustrated paper over board. Cover and colophon design by Clifton Line. Contents: Veteran Illustrator Goes Reminiscent by Frederic Dorr Steele (printed by Ozymandias Press) -- Deephaven and the Woodburys by Babette Ann Boleman (Harbor Press) -- A Bibliographic Account of the Bacon-Shakespeare Controversy by Logan Clendening (Marchbanks Press) -- Wood engraving by Thomas Nas... more information

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New York: Pynson Printers, 1939. Very Good +. McEntee, Dorothy. 107, [1] p.: 1 woodcut, many additional illustrations; 27 cm. Illustrated paper over board. Cover and colophon design by Jack Tinker. Contents: Rollo on Rollo by Rollo G. Silver (printed by Riverside Press) [with a bibliography of Rollo first editions] -- Philadelphiana by Edward Robins (University of Pennsylvania Press) [re: Elizabeth Robins Pennell, Joseph Pennell, and Charles Godfrey Leland] -- The Library at Dormy House by John Carter ... more information

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New York: Pynson Printers, 1939. Near Fine. Mueller, Hans Alexander. 115, [1] p.: 1 linoleum cut, 1 wood engraving, many additional illustrations, music; 27 cm. Illustrated paper over board. Cover and colophon design by Edward A. Wilson. One of a limited edition of 1,500 copies. Contents: Mr. Parks in the Doghouse by Eleanor M. Tilton (printed by the Spiral Press) [re: William Parks, printer, Williamsburg, Va.] -- Linoleum cut by Hans Alexander Mueller (Spiral Press) -- The Book & Job Print by Ear... more information

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New York: Pynson Printers, 1935. Very Good +. [160]-315, [1] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Illustrated paper over board. Cover title: The Colophon: A Book Collectors' Quarterly. Title page in red and black. Designed by W.A. Dwiggins. With: a form to have a free copy sent to a prospective subscriber at the request of a current subscriber, with envelope. Continuously paginated with vol. 1 no. 1. Contents: The Old Woman Who Lives in a Book by Codman Hislop -- A Valentine by Sydney R. McLean -- A Parro... more information

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München: Carl Kuhn, 1910. Very Good -. [4], 14, [2], 30, [4] p., 4 leaves of facsimile illustrations; 21 cm. Original paper covers with faux vellum wrapper printed in red. Series: Alte Meister der Medizin und Naturkunde in Facsimile-Ausgaben und Neudrucken, 1. Facsimile reprint of the first known printed edition, with caption title: Disz Biechlin sagt wie sich die schwangern Frawen halten süllen vor der Gepurt in der Gepurt und nach der Gepurd. An article by Gustav Klein about the early prin... more information

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Chicago: Chicago Club of Printing House Craftsmen, 1933. Very Good. 141 p.: 6 leaves of plates (2 folded); 24 cm. Original maroon cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Beige endpapers. Only 900 copies were printed "for presentation by the Chicago Club of Printing House Craftsmen to Craftsmen attending the Fourteenth Annual Convention of the International Association of Printing House Craftsmen." In Very Good Condition: lower back corner bumped and creased; a clean and bright copy. ... more information

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San Francisco: The Book Club of California , 1956. Near Fine. ix, [1], 141, [1] p.: frontispiece and 15 plates with captions in red; 35 cm. Original black cloth spine with green cloth over boards. Gilt-stamped spine title on leather spine label. One of a limited edition of 400 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. With prospectus. In Near Fine Condition: covers very lightly rubbed; otherwise a crisp and clean copy. ... more information

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Göttingen, Ger.: Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, 1989. Fine. 2 volumes continuously paginated (xxix, [5], 594 p.; [4], 595-1245 p.): illustrations; 25 cm. (10 inches). Pennsylvania German Society white cloth with red spine and cover titles. No dust jacket (as issued). Edited by Karl John Richard Arndt and Reimer C. Eck; compiled by Gerd-J. Bötte and Werner Tannhof using a preliminary compilation by Annelies Müller. Publications of the Pennsy... more information

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Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1962. Near Fine/very good -. vii, [1], 99, [1] p.: illustrations, portraits; 29 cm. Orange cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Dust jacket with publisher's advertisements on back section. Title page in orange and black; title vignette. Stated First Edition. Contents: Corrections and Additions, Volume I; Corrections and Additions, Volume II; Beadle Reprints in the Aldine "Boys' First-Rate Pocket Library," the Aldine "O'er Land an... more information

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Crawfordsville, Ind.: Society of Architectural Historians, 1954. Good -. 32, 16 p.: photographs, plans; 28 cm. Stapled red paper covers printed in black. Contents: Architectural Practice in the Italian Renaissance by Janes S. Ackerman--Francesco Milizia, 1725-1798 by William B. O'Neal--More About Asher Benjamin by Florence Thompson Howe--Pugin: Principles of Design versus Revivalism by Phoebe B. Stanton--American Notes. With Addition to William Strickland by Agnes Addison Gilchrist, a Documentary S... more information

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Crawfordsville, Ind.: Society of Architectural Historians, 1955. Very Good. 32, 16 p.: photographs, plans; 28 cm. Stapled red paper covers printed in black. Contents: The Commemorative Medal and Architecture by Frank J. Roose, Jr.--The Lebanon Meetinghouse, Lebanon, Connecticut by Theodore Sizer--Bulfinch's Drawings for the Maine State House by Richard B.K. McLanathan--Special Bibliographical Supplement: A Bibliography of the Art Nouveau by James Grady--American Notes. The last section contains Car... more information

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