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106831Ponape: 1858. Broadside 24 x 20cm uncut as issued. § A spelling sheet untitled. Apparently the first example of Gilbertese printing cited by Ballou as the first example from the press there established under Hiram Bingham's Mission. See Ballou: "Preliminary Bibliography of Books in the Language of Micronesia." Boston 1900. E. F. Kunz: "Annotated Bibliography of the Languages of the Gilbert Islands Ellice Island and Nauru" Sydney 1959. Kunz locates only one copy at Harvard. 1858?]. Broadside unknown books
1935151321New York: International Printing Ink Corp 1935. hardcover. near fine. 3 volumes. Number One: Color Chemistry. Number two: Color as Light. Number three: Color in Use. Thin 4to cloth glassine wrappers. New York: International Printing Ink Corp. 1935. Fine in a chipped board slipcase.<br/><br/> International Printing Ink Corp unknown books
194101333NY 1941. 1st ed. Paper wrapped boards. Gd spine panel detached. x 4 362 pp including Index. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1880S8009Washington D.C.:: Government Printing Office 1880. 1880. First edition. 4to. iv 528 pp. Frontis. port. index. Gray cloth gilt spine; covers off spine ends worn covers freckled by silverfish. Inscribed by S. S. Cox. Bookplate & rubber stamp top edge of Lawrence Badash. AS IS. Government Printing Office, 1880. hardcover books
21879PRINTING A LIST OF BOOKS ON PRINTING.THE BOOKS AND PAPERS IN THE RALPH GREEN COLLECTION. Williamsburg: The College of William and Mary 1962. 4to. Comb-binding. 39 pages printed on the recto only. First edition. Very good. unknown books
1937221004San Fransisco: Book Club of California 1937. Limited. hardcover. very good. Slim folio cloth-backed patterned boards somewhat soiled; paper spine label partially lacking. San Francisco: The Book Club of California 1937. Limited Edition -- one of 300 copies. Very good.<br/><br/> Laid in is a leaf from the Old Testament the end of Chapter XXII & the beginning of Chapter XXIII with one initial letter. The leaf is lightly stained in the margins; the book is very good with rust marks from a paper clip on two blank pages and very lightly on the title page. The boards are lightly rubbed on the front with stains on the back cover and bumped corners. One of 300 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Gsabhorn Bibliography 275.<br/><br/> Book Club of California unknown books
194416395N.p.: The Typophiles N.d. ca 1944. First Limited Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound illustrated card wrappers; glassine unprinted dustjacket; unpaged 8 leaves; illus. Fine unworn copy in original glassine. One of 350 copies "struck off for Ye Typophiles." With printer's device on colophon of a filligreed crown inside a black background.Printed on yellow paper. Includes two cartoon illustrations in text; the illustration appearing on p7 is reproduced on the cover. Satirical jab at the Axis powers in WWII anonymously written in the form of mutual letters begging aid between Tojo and Hitler. The Tojo portion is printed in Japanese Kanji characters with English translation. Text makes mention of the loss of Mussolini suggesting that the pamphlet was produced some time after the Italian premier's ouster and arrest in July 1943. A charming and scarce Typophiles keepsake apparently not in their regular "Monograph" series. The Typophiles unknown books
194523994Bridgehampton New York: The Bridgehampton National Bank 1945. Two ink blotters printed for the bank; in color with an idyllic farm scene & the bank's contact information; with a handy ruled section at top; approx. 3 1/2" x 6" size; not dated circa 1945; printed by the Thomas D. Murphy Co. with their trademark; one blotter with a chipped corner; some edge tips wear a little soiling spotting; in good condition blotter backs do not appear used; interesting job printing for this Long Island bank circa mid-twentieth century. . Ink Blotters . Not Bound. Good. The Bridgehampton National Bank Paperback books
198825327San Francisco California: Scenic Road Press 1988. Folding keepsake printed at the Scenic Road Press for members of the Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs on the occasion of their Joint Meeting in San Francisco in September 1988; one of 150 printed. A letter of November 3 1879 from William Morris to Ruskin noticing the indignation in England at the proposed restoration of St. Marks in Venice. Approx. 6" x 9 3/4" size; printed black and white on quality paper stock; slight wear; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Scenic Road Press paperback books
198025332San Francisco CA: Scenic Road Press 1980. Small broadside keepsake printed at the Scenic Road Press for members of the Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs on the occasion of their Joint Meeting in 1980; one of 200 printed. A letter of February 24 1887 from William Morris to 'My dear Smith' noticing his indignation that he'd been sent by Smith to visit a woman he'd thought to be a potential client who actually wanted him instead to look at her designs. Approx. 4 1/2" x 7" size; printed black in a Kelmscott-style type on quality paper stock; with the original plain paper envelope; slight wear; in very good condition. First Edition. Broadside. Very Good. Scenic Road Press books
106926Long Island City NY: American Printing Equipment and Supply Co. n.d. stiff paper wrappers. Print Equipment. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. Catalog of printing equipment. Advertising supplement laid in. American Printing Equipment and Supply Co.) unknown books
194123611Boston Mass.: Union Published 1941. The meeting to be held June 26 1941 at the Italian-American Association Hall in Cambridge; listing the companies now organized or petitioning for such in the Boston area and those which were currently union shops in the printing trades; evidently urging the Riverside Press employees to "Join the Parade of Progress"; printed one side with several typefaces on thin stock; approx. 9" x 11 1/2" size; light wear couple of short closed edge-tears; in very good condition and interesting mid- 20th century American printing and allied trades union ephemera. Broadside. Broadside. Very Good. Union Published books
190322837Boston Mass.: The Church Supply Co. 1903. A circular advertising the printed products of this Boston company with 8 or more typefaces as part of the promotional; giving rates and details of the products offered and offering to send samples; printed one side; approx. 5 1/2" x 9 1/4" size; addressed to Mr. Ralph V. Morrison of the No. Cong. Church in Bangor Maine; with the original postmarked mailing envelope having the company imprint; envelope with some wear; broadside advertisement circular in very good condition; a nice example of job printing typographical design and niche market business printing history in the early part of the 20th century. Broadside. Broadside. Very Good. The Church Supply Co. books
187326237New York NY: Not Published 1873. A folding announcement for the wedding at the Methodist Episcopal Church in NY of this prominent Baltimore MD physician and his fiancee. Elaborately engraved invitation copper-plate style in black on polished paper. On the opposite side of the text is an embossed stylized coat-of-arms. Approx. 5 1/4" x 6 1/2" size; simple folded paper format; some offsetting to the printing on the embossment side. Light wear in very good condition. Ephemera. Soft Cover. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
187124439New York NY: Johnson Fry & Co. 1871. Twenty - two images including the plates titled: Conrad and Medora dated 1867; the illustrated title page for 1871 'Byron & Moore Gallery'; and the images Kaled; Olympia; Gulmare; Rich and Rare engraved by Buttre after Fisher; Thou art not false but thou art fickle; Laura; Angiolina; Haidee; Medora; Leila; The Coming Step Buttre after Ward; Zelica Buttre after A. de Valentine; The Irish Girl Buttre after A. Elmore; Young Jessica Rice & Buttre after Ward; Parisina; Azim and Zelica Buttre after Corbould; Witch of the Alps; The Peri Bannister after Meadows; Maid of Athens; Don Juan and Haidee. Each image titled below; several with a verse from the relevant poem. The plates printed one side only on heavy paper stock and interleaved with plain paper guards. Previous owner name on front endpaper. Approximately 9" x 11 1/2" size; bound in gray-green decoratively blind-stamped cloth titled "Specimen" on front cover the back cover with the publisher name and address. Boards detached with edge and tips wear top cover stained spine covering gone. A few images with a little spotting in the margins and with evidence of being somewhat crudely edge-trimmed; generally the plates very clean and in very good condition an interesting specimen illustration book from this publisher. Specimen Book. Hard Cover. Good. Johnson Fry & Co. Hardcover books
181123306Oyster Bay Long Island New York: Not Published 1811. Collection includes 17 separate documents all of which reference this court case regarding the petitioner Alexander Peacock an insolvent debtor from Oyster Bay Queens County Long Island NY; appearing before Cary F. Dunn Jr. first judge of the court of common pleas County of Queens; Peacock was ".conforming himself to the directions of the act entitled 'An act for the benefit of insolvent debtors and their creditors'."; the first document partially printed titled No. 1 Petition has been notarized with the blindstamp at top of E. Ely Notary and is addressed to Judge Dunn; the next is the proof of residence deposed and signed by John B. Hicks & the judge; the following is an Account of Creditors a long list of over 30 names and including individuals living in New York Philadelphia and New Jersey the debts amounting to $ 5468.00; next is an accounting of the 6 suits and judgements brought against Mr. Peacock including that of Joseph C. Hornblower of Newark NJ James King and Archibald McKellar of the City of New York and others; the next document is an inventory of the estate of Peacock with a list of 15 people who have notes outstanding owed to him including Benjamin Smith Gilbert Robertson & Co. David R. Floyd Jones Luther Hildreth a Mr. Sibbsone of England Capt. Jones of the United States Vessel Revenge and Louis Jones a Colored man totalling $ 5647.62 - the back of this sheet gives a list of the "Body Clothing Beds & Bedding." Peacock being fairly well-dressed and provided for; other documents here include the Oath certifying the amounts owed; a certification of copies of the documents by James Fairlie Clerk of the Supreme Court; a legal agreement & acknowledgment from Peacock to meet with creditors at the house of Joseph Roe innkeeper in the Village of Jamaica; also is the "Order for Advertisement" document signed by Judge Dunn requesting that the notice of the meeting be published ".in the paper printed by the printer to the State and in the Columbian and Long island Star for six weeks successively requiring his creditors to appear before me at the House of Joseph Roe."; attached here are the printed papers completed in manuscript attesting to the publication of the notice to publicize by the judge from Charles Holt printer of the Columbian and counter-signed by James Campbell Master in Chancery and tipped-on is a printed copy of the actual advertisement as it appeared in the newspaper; with a similar notice from Solomon Allen printer of the Albany Register another from Alden Spooner printer of the Long Island Star both of these also with their samples of notice tipped-on; with a notice signed by the judge assigning all of Peacock's properties excepting his bedding & clothing to his creditors; and an attesting witness of the judge's assignment signed by Edward Parker; with a certifying document with original seals of Peacock's main creditors receiving conveyance of his estate as assignees in satisfaction of the debts signed by Edward Parker John B. Hicks and Christian Truss as witnesses signed & sealed by Wm. Wright David Findlay and Wm. Crow with the verso attested to by the judge; with a notice of oath-taking of Wright & Findlay to uphold the decision of the court; and a similar oath by Wm. Crow and signed by Judge Dunn; each page is signed by Alexander Peacock; originally these were all sealed or adhered to each other at the top of the sheets to make one continuous 'case' of materials - some of the old glue has given way and now there is separation of the pages; varying sizes from 6 3/4" x 8" to 8 1/2" x 13 1/2" size sheets; most of the paper of very good quality chain-laid some with the paper makers' watermark; some edge tips wear and chipping to edges some darkening and old fold lines; in very good condition overall and a collection offering a glimpse of the process for relieving debt in this case substantial especially useful for outlining the entire process under the law in the early days of the American Republic; interesting legal history documentation. Noteworthy individuals mentioned in this case are: Joseph Coerten Hornblower 1777 - 1864 American lawyer and jurist from Belleville New Jersey Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court; Alden Spooner 1783-1848 who ".has the distinction of being a printer in two Long Island towns Sag Harbor and Brooklyn. It was natural that he chose to be a printer as his father Judah Paddock Spooner was the pioneer printer of Vermont and his uncle Timothy Green was a printer in New London Connecticut." Spooner also started Brooklyn's first daily newspaper Doggett Long Island Printing; Judge Carey Dunn Jr. Revolutionary War veteran; Commodore Jacob Nicholas Jones 1768 - 1850 officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France the First Barbary War and the Second Barbary War and the War of 1812. Manuscript. Not Bound. Good. Not Published Paperback books
