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1923884591923. WOODBLOCK PRINTING CLAUDEL Paul. SAINTEGENEVIEVE Poeme Par Paul Claudel. Tokio Chinchiocha A.D. 1923. #610 of 1000cc. Tall folding album 32.5 x 13.5 cm bound in paulownia wood kiri. An illustration by Tomita Keisen and a page reproducing Claudel's script were cut into woodblocks by the master Igami Bonkotsu as well as the title design by Noemi Pernessin and a series of text illustrations by Audrey Parr. The rest of the text which is entirely in French is typeset. A lovely French-Japanese collaboration created at the moment that Tokyo was crushed by earthquake and fire. In the original publisher's clasped chitsu case. Near fine. unknown books
1982623981982. United States Court of Claims Reports. Cases Decided. Washington: Government Printing Office. Vols. 1 to 231 1863-1982. Complete set of all volumes published. Thirty-six 36 linear feet of shelf space. Ex-library. Tan buckram some early volumes 1 to 78 with shelf wear and soiling. Internally very good. Reprint Price USD 7500. Special $1495. The term "legislative courts" is used in the United States Government Manual to designate several special courts established by action of Congress. They are not included under the provision in the Constitution for a federal judiciary. The first of these special courts to be created was the Court of Claims in 1855 "to hear and determine the merits of certain claims against the federal government particularly those arising out of contracts." A chief justice and four associate justices all appointed by the President preside over this court. Boyd. United States Government Publications 110. Complete set of all volumes published from 1863 to 1982. Continued by Cases Decided in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit October 1982 and West's Federal Claims Reporter 1983 to date. unknown books
1864228980Mobile Alabama: S.H. Goetzel; Farrow & Bennett Printers 1864. First edition in English. 4 vols. 8vo. Printed wallpaper wrappers worn and fragile; back wrapper of Vol. II missing. In blue cloth drop-box. First edition in English. 4 vols. 8vo. In Wallpaper Wrappers. Rare and telling example of printing in the confederacy toward the end of the war when paper was so scarce the publisher was forced to use wallpaper taken from Southern homes for the wrappers. Parrish 6437; Crandall M.L. Confederate imprints 3106 S.H. Goetzel; Farrow & Bennett, Printers unknown books
182628188Boston: various imprints but mostly published by the Society 1826-1941 1826. Some wear and chipping to the broadsides; overall in very good condition. 12 items several of which once belonged to the Society viz: Jefferson's Clark's "Address Delivered at the Anniversary Celebration of the Franklin Typographical Society January 17th 1826;" "The Proceedings at the Printers' Festival Held by the Franklin Typographical Society January 15 1848;" a small scrapbook of 30 leaves with newspaper clippings and manuscript annotations chronicling the activities of the Society; menus and proceedings from their annual dinners honoring Benjamin Franklin etc. A detailed description is available. An interesting small archive of material that chronicles the life of a benevolent society devoted to printers in and around Boston. The Franklin Typographical Society was active from its founding in 1824 well into the 20th century. Isaiah Thomas was an honorary member. In 1899 its membership numbered 500 but by the second decade of the 20th century it was in gradual decline which parallels the decline of the printing trades in general. <br/><br/> Boston: various imprints but mostly published by the Society, 1826-1941 unknown books
36698COLOR PRINTING--AMERICAN THE IRIS; AN ILLUMINATED SOUVENIR FOR MDCCCLII. Philadelphia: Lippincott Grambo 1852. Large 8vo. Publisher's heavily gilt full-morocco all edges gilt. 298 pages including 12 full-page chromolithographic plates. First edition. The book is comprised of text by Mary Eastman and accompanying illustrations from drawings of her husband Captain Eastman made during his nine years in military stationed among the Indian tribes in and around Fort Snelling in Minnesota. The illustrations were printed in color by Peter S. Duval of Philadelphia. John S. Hart the book's editor proudly announced that each print was printed in ten colors overprinting some to produce varied effects. The book is an extremely bright copy with some sporadic as usual. The base the front hinge is starting to show the slightest signs of cracking. This is first copy we have handled at the Bookpress in nearly thirty years of dealing with color printing books. unknown books
190256590London 1902. 14 x 13-1/2 printed in colors blue purple brown yellow & green. The text and portrait of the King and Queen Alexandra are in blue inside a multi-colored floral border. Some wrinkled at the folds other wise fine. A remarkable survival. Fragile. "On the occasion of the Thanksgiving Service at St. Paul's on Sunday their Majesties will drive along Victoria Street the Embankment and Ludgate Hill returning by Holborn Street Oxford Street Hyde Park and Constitution Hill. unknown books
89756WOODBLOCK PRINTING A COLLECTION OF OFUDA CHARMS IN THREE ALBUMS. Slightly over 1200 ofuda ranging in size from that of a grain of rice there are 97 of these up to 21.5 x 31 cm. However the majority are approximately 15 x 5.5. cm or thereabouts with most having similar vertical proportions. All but three are laid down in the three albums. Two of the albums are matching double-sided accordion-fold albums with brown paper boards 23 x 16 cm each with a calligraphed title slip. 116 and 118 pages respectively including pastedowns. One of them opens with a large sheet of text 31.5 x 18 cm laid down. These albums are made from printed books that have been repurposed: the printed texts two long sheets each printed on one side only and bound parallel to each other back-to-back between the boards were detached and flipped over leaving the blank side of each exposed and then reattached to the boards. There is some ghosting of the printed text in areas that are not covered by ofuda and a few blank pages. The third album 100 pp. including pastedowns has worn cloth-covered boards 27 x 20.5 cm and an abraded title slip. It opens with two manuscript pages and there are a couple of notes within the album. Otherwise it is full of charms pasted down on every page. The album pages are foxed but not the charms. For further interesting information on ofuda charms and other popular printed genre I recommend Rebecca Salter's excellent book: https://www./Japanese-Popular-Prints-Votive-Playin g/dp/0824830830 A wonderful older collection of an ephermeral genre which is by no means easy to find either in collection or singly. unknown books
202010426Tacoma WA 2020. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Archival Box. Tight bright and unmarred. Brown textedup paper boards by Hook Pottery Paper in a modified case binding letterpress printed with handset type on inkjet photo transfers silkscreen printed panels and acrylic painted Kozuke paper printing completed at Springtide Press with assistance from Jessica Spring; housed in an archival dropspine box. 4to. np. Illus. color plates. Numbered limited edition of 28. Signed by the artist. <br/><br/>Quiet sophisticated and remarkably powerful Gabby's newest work is an exquiste blend of book art and binding. Gabby has from early in her career gone beyond her roots in design binding creating the text art and printing for several books now. Just as her design bindings push limits and explore possibilities so does her art and print work. It is a remarkable evolution. <br />"Ralph Emerson wrote this poem "Blight" in July of 1843. He spoke out on climate change and the ways we could shift course by not blindly following others. In describing his travels to Europe while writing on life and nature Emerson said "same faces under new caps and jackets another turn of the old kaleidoscope." <br />I took some liberties with Emerson's poem surrounding his words with photographs captured at Owen Beach in Washington state on a rainy winter day in 2019. This public beach in the middle of an urban old-growth forest will close for a year beginning in fall of 2020 to mitigate the effects of climate change and rising sea levels. Emerson's words of anger and disappointment at environmental destruction only resonate more with our current climate of melting glaciers and raging fires. As we continue to twist the kaleidoscope I remain optimistic we will find a way to rearrange these fragments and improve the view for future generations." artist statement hardcover books
194315313Brooklyn NY: Consolidated Lithographing Corp. 1943-1958. Hardcover. Near fine. Elephant folio. Grey cloth screw-bound boards. Measuring approximately 24" x 16.5" containing 350 color lithographed and chromolithographed paper packaging elements in a wide variety of sizes adhesive mounted recto and verso to 38 paper leaves. Additional 65 leaves blank. Top board stamped "Consolidated Lithographing Corporation." Pencil notations recording catalog numbers and dates throughout. Mild handling wear to exterior. Penned notation to cover notes "Set 5 Book 5." Likely one volume from larger company archive. Contents clean well preserved and apparently complete. Near fine overall. <br/><br/>An enormous scrapbook of chronologically-arranged printing samples from the Consolidated Lithographing Corporation of Brooklyn preserving the company's packaging work for the undergarment industry. Labels include bands tags wraps and labels from predominantly women's products: stockings hosiery lingerie bras panties and the like. Men's and children's products also represented however socks undershirts etc. The printing processes evident in the samples evolve from chromolithography to color lithography to photo mechanical in the later examples - all vivid and exhibiting elegant postwar design. Hundreds of brands and products in total: Regent Hosiery Artemis Underthings Treo Undergaments Spick and Span Hosiery Lowenstein Fabrics Sport-Wear The Lone Ranger and Superman Branded Socks among many others. Consolidated Lithographing Corporation was founded by Jacob A. Voice around 1925 and operated as one of the finest and most prolific American commercial printers of the era specializing in cigar labels dust jackets for Doubleday liquor labels garment packaging and more. This rich archive likely containing the only extant examples of numerous works offers numerous worthy avenues for future study: from commercial printing methods to mid-century design and marketing. Consolidated Lithographing Corp. hardcover books
1833123235Small slim 4to. Paris: Techener 1833. Small slim 4to32ff printed in black letter on vellum woodcut illustration on t/p. Original full orange morocco backstrip gilt black label modern quarter red morocco box bookplate of Robert Hoe. A fine copy with some fading to the boards. § Unique copy printed on vellum Hoe's copy with his bookplate of this first facsimile reprint of the extremely rare French edition of 1530. This was one of several tales printed in the sixteenth century as a collection itself of the utmost rarity. We have not located a single copy in the US. Techener hardcover books
6173Engraved vignette on title signed by Hoppe & two engraved vignettes by Christian Gottlieb Geyser serving as head- & tail-pieces to the poem. Four leaves printed on pale yellow-white silk. 4to 257 x 205 mm. cont. pale pink silk over boards a bit soiled black floral design round sides pale blue silk paste-down endpapers. Leipzig: "Gedrukt bey Wilhelm Gottlob Sommer" 1793. Apparently unique this poem pays homage to the duchess Sophie Wilhelmine von Schönaich-Carolath 1764-95 for her visit to the small village of Rochsburg in Saxony. She was a member of the family which owned the famous Schloss Rochsburg situated above the village. It is remarkable that this small village was able to plan and have printed this quite luxurious and attractive work. The front paste-down has a mounted piece of paper with the contemporary inscription "Dies Buch gehört Sophie Wilhelmine Gräfin von Schönburg Rochsburg gebohrne Prinzess von Carolath Schönaich Rochsburg den 5 September 1793." Three contemporary silhouette portraits of the duchess loosely laid-in. In fine condition. Not in WorldCat. hardcover books
6171Six leaves printed on silk first & final two leaves are blank. 4to 271 x 197 mm. cont. pale pink silk over boards covers stamped in gilt silk paste-down endpapers a.e.g. Weimar: 1818. A rare deluxe printing on silk a poem written to celebrate the birth on 24 June 1818 of Karl Alexander the second son of the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia 1786-1859 and Karl Friederich Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1783-1853. Maria Pavlovna was the third daughter of Tsar Paul I 1754-1801. Maria Pavlovna was raised at her father's palaces at Pavlovsk and Gatchina. Karl Alexander later inherited his father's title. In 1804 Maria Pavlovna met and married Karl Friedrich in St. Petersburg while he was on a grand tour of Europe. In Weimar she became a great patron of art and music and the sciences and took a serious interest in the social welfare of the inhabitants of the Grand-Duchy. She took courses at the University of Jena several of which were taught by Alexander von Humboldt. Franz Liszt was appointed her Kapellmeister following his retirement from the concert stage. Goethe considered Maria Pavlovna one of the worthiest women of his time. A fine copy preserved in a slip-case. hardcover books
192428163New York: Orientalia Incorporated 1924 1924. First edition limitation not stated. OCLC records 17 copies in three separate records none outside the U.S. The leaves overall are very good condition with the expected occasional staining and wear to the edges most notably in the Arabic manuscript on vellum browning and worming to a few of the older leaves; the portfolio boards are slightly worn. Portfolio 37 x 27 cm printed paper label on the upper cover. 20 examples of printed and manuscript leaves 18 single and two double leaves from the 14th to the 19th centuries each with a small printed label identifying the leaf neatly affixed to the lower margin or verso. A wide-ranging and interesting collection of Asian manuscript and printed leaves issued as a leaf book; the only commentary is in the identification of the leaves. From the few copies that have come onto the marketplace in recent years it appears that the contents vary somewhat from copy to copy. The examples in this copy date are from both sacred and secular sources. The earliest is a leaf from a 14th century Arabic manuscript on vellum; the most recent is a leaf from a manuscript of the Saddharma Pundarika Sutra in Chinese copied by a Japanese priest in 1834. Other examples include a leaf from a Japanese manuscript on secret Buddhist rites written in Chinese by a priest at Kya-san and dated 1571; a leaf from a Persian manuscript containing the Poems of Nidhami dated 992 of the Muhammadan era - or about 1584; a leaf from a Persian manuscript Miraj Nama describing Muhammad's ascent to heaven dated H. 1046 or 1636 A.D.; a leaf from Indian religious manuscript containing extracts from the Puranas in Sanskrit 18th century; a double leaf in Chinese characters printed in Korea probably 18th century which contains Buddhist scriptures as interpreted by the Syen sect; and a printed leaf from a Chinese medical work of the 17th century. A complete list of the leaves is available. Orientalia Incorporated was a bookseller and publisher in New York that specialized in all things Asian during the first half of the 20th century. Among other notables they published the works of Yone Noguchi. The individual leaves were originally stored in 18 paper glassine envelopes; due to the browning of the envelopes the leaves have been removed and placed in mylar sleeves. <br/><br/> New York: Orientalia, Incorporated, [1924] hardcover books
1569673671569. London 1569. First edition. London 1569. First edition. Printing and the Mind of Man 89: The "Crown and Flower of Medieval Jurisprudence" Bracton Henry de d. 1268. De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae Libri Quinq; In Varios Tractatus Distincti ad Diversorum et Vetustissimorum Codicum Collationem Ingenti Cura Nunc Primu Typis Vulgati; Quorum Quid Cuiq; Insit Proxima Pagina Demonstrabit. London: Apud Richardum Tottellum 1569. xvi 444 i.e. 442 ff. Folio 11-1/4" x 7-3/4". Nineteenth-century diced calf gilt rules to boards gilt fillets ornaments and title to spine gilt rules to board edges gilt inside rules marbled endpapers ribbon marker. Light rubbing to boards faint dampstain to front board moderate rubbing to extremities front joint just starting at head corners bumped and somewhat worn armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Attractive large woodcut decorated initials. Light toning to text somewhat heavier in places light foxing and finger smudges to some leaves some fading to text of ff. 1 and 2. A handsome copy of a landmark work. $10000. First edition. Written between 1250 and 1256 De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae The Laws and Customs of England is the first treatise on English law. A systematic work it emphasizes the separation of procedural and substantive matters and also cites cases as sources of at least intellectual if not formal authority. The principles formulated in this work and its use of precedents determined the development of English law and established the method adopted by Littleton and Coke. In Maitland's words it is "the crown and flower of English medieval jurisprudence" and "by far the greatest of our medieval law books.": Maitland Collected Papers II:43. Beale Bibliography of Early English Law Books T323. Printing and the Mind of Man 89. English Short-Title Catalogue S122159. unknown books
1763WRCLIT82010Cambridge: Printed by John Baskerville Printer to the University 1763. 573 leaves. Royal folio. Full contemporary blue-black morocco faded to emerald spine gilt extra narrow gilt borders on boards marbled endsheets a.e.g. Fore-corners bumped joints a bit worn but not cracked lower fore- corners of several leaves exhibit an old ink stain with old mends to two corners but otherwise an attractive copy. The Baskerville Bible one of the highpoints of the imprint and indeed of all English Bible-making was printed in an edition of 1250 copies priced at four guineas. This copy of what Dibdin declared "one of the most beautifully printed books in the world" has the subscribers list in the third state concluding with the entry for Charles York. Such an ambitious undertaking stretched Baskerville's finances to their limits and of necessity in 1768 he remaindered 556 copies to the London bookseller R. Baldwin at 36s each. As late as 1771 Baldwin was advertising copies in sheets in the BIRMINGHAM GAZETTE priced at 3 guineas. "The design is traditional but the quality of material and workmanship is so high and the conventions are so delicately modified and consistently applied that the result is extremely impressive" - CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF THE BIBLE p.464. This is a very interesting association copy having been the family Bible in the 18th and 19th centuries of the S.L. Galton family and descendants with extensive records in manuscript on two preliminary blanks recording such events as the marriage of Frances Ann Violetta Darwin daughter of Erasmus Darwin and aunt of Charles Darwin to Samuel Tertius Galton and the birth in 1822 of Francis Galton -- the originator of the 'school' of Eugenics explorer meteorologist psychologist and a central figure in the development of the use of fingerprints as a means of identification. There are two bookplates of the Galton family on the front pastedown and another. GASKELL 26. DARLOW & MOULE 857. RUMBALL & PETRIE 145. Printed by John Baskerville, Printer to the University hardcover books
150146178Nuremberg: Anton Koberger 1501. Cf. Proctor 10958; ISTC ib00605000. A modern full calf binding executed in period style with brass bosses at each corner & center boss in each board. Modern leather strap clasp. Red edgestain. Binding - Fine. Imperfect textblock lacking the initial gathering and two leaves Zz1 & Zz6. Extensive period annotations throughout/some marginal paper restoration to numerous leaves especially H3 no loss & lower portion of 8. Some annotations affected by trimming. 1 cm closed tear to bottom edge of S2 T1; top of Qq5; bit of paper loss to Tt5 & Xx1 lower margin no text affected. Texblock overall with a nod to the missing leaves Very Good. Folio: a8 b - z6 A - Zz6 8. R4 missigned Q4. Text block trimmed at some juncture not us with current leaf size: ~ 28.6 cm x 18.8 cm. Rubricated / modest illumination of initial paragraph letters. Binding: 11-1/2" x 8" <br/><br/>"Anton Koberger was the German goldsmith printer and publisher who printed and published the Nuremberg Chronicle a landmark of incunabula and was a successful bookseller of works from other printers. He established in 1470 the first printing house in Nuremberg" from which sprang a number of editions of the Biblia Latina first appearing in 1475 with this reputedly the last with the Koberger name. Anton Koberger hardcover books
