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1995Q-0694008443HarperFestival 1995-12-28. Board book. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! HarperFestival unknown
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19951220652PN. New. 1995. Reprint Edition. Soft Cover. Date is copyright date; this is a later reprint edition . PN paperback
1995Q-0694008443HarperFestival 1995-12-28. Board book. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! HarperFestival unknown
1988Q-0064431711HarperCollins 1988-02-23. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! HarperCollins paperback
199116511Toronto: Proguide. Fine in Fine dustjacket. 1991. Hardcover. SIGNED by Wilson with a four-line note other signature on title page is printed . Very sharp and clean copy. Has the technical data sheets. Color photos throughout. ; 4to . Proguide hardcover
197510507San Francisco: The Press in Tuscany Alley 1975. Limited Edition. Paper wraps. Very Good. Illustrations by the author. Folio. Pp. 18. Illustrated with color woodcuts. Spring green recto/pale blue verso Strathmore paper wraps with color illustrated title label. Letterpress printed by Adrian Wilson on Simpson Lee laid paper hand stitched. Edition limited to 300 this copy hand numbered 180 and inscribed beneath the colophon. Cover edges sunned and lightly rubbed light stains. The author has inscribed this copy to graphic designer Katy Homans "with warm admiration." <p>Preserved in a clear archival pouch with acid free backing. The Press in Tuscany Alley unknown
1983Q-0553255959Bantam 1983-03-01. Mass Market Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Bantam paperback
19731158San Francisco: The Press in Tuscany Alley. 1973. Limited/Numbered Signed Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. This childrens’ and adults’! story is of the four kings of the forest: The King of The Gorillas The King of The Snakes The King of The Elephants and The King of The Lions. Each was a fierce strong tyrant to the other animals. Happening upon a Boy in the forest they were incensed by his wading in the water of 'their' pool. They swore to kill and eat him but the boy promised to teach them "four special things" if they spared him. The Lion learned to build a road the Snake learned to spell words with its body the Gorilla learned to whistle and the Elephant learned to build a castle. They discovered that his human powers were greater than their own and they accepted the boy as the fifth king of the forest. Illustrated with the author's 12 whimsical linocuts printed in 5 colors with most being full-page plates. A frontispiece is printed in 2 colors. This is copy 87 of a limited edition of 275. Signed in ink on the colophon by the author/illustrator. Printed by Adrian Wilson and Lucy Dines. Set in Bruce Rogers' excellent Centaur type and printed on individual unfolded sheets of laid pale green Ingres paper from France. First two and last two pages on white Ingres. Stab or Japanese string-bound in wraps of the same Ingres paper. A wonderful multi-colored scene of the forest and animals is printed across the inside of the wraps and their facing endpapers. This small 4to book is 10" x 8 1/2". Unpaginated and 23 pages. Joyce Lancaster Wilson 1914-1996 was an author artist in wood and linoleum block printing book designer and publisher. Printed by Adrian Wilson 1923-1988; typographer book designer fine printer and scholar of printing history. The Press in Tuscany Alley in San Francisco was founded by Joyce and Adrian in 1959 and issued fine limited editions until Joyce's death in 1996. Joyce Lancaster Wilson's illustrations create a visual narrative in this 'modern fable' for children. This book is clean and in Near Fine condition.; Linoleum block; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 23 pages; Signed by Author . The Press in Tuscany Alley paperback
197399995Press in Tuscany Alley 1973. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 13 pages. Printed letterpress by Adrian Wilson and Lucy Dines on Ingres mouldmade paper; beautifully illustrated with lineoleum block prints in up to four covers. An edition of 275 copies. An endearing tale of a boy who charms the kings of the jungle a lion an elephant a monkey and and snake. Joyce and Adrian met during World War II at the concientious objector camp in Waldport Oregon. Adrian Wilson became an influential printer in the San Francisco Bay Area. A beautiful book and seriously underappreciated. First edition first printing. A fine copy in wrappers paperback in a fine unprinted Japanese paper dust jacket. Signed by the author on the colophon. With the original mailing box.<br> Press in Tuscany Alley paperback
1973104526San Francisco: Tuscany Alley 1973. Limited. paperback. fine. A fable written and illuminated by Wilson. Slim 8vo pictorial wrappers.; uncut. San Francisco: The Press in Tuscany Alley 1973. Fine.<br/> <br/> Limited Edition printed on Ingres moldmade paper from France with linoleum blocks cut by the author. Number 50 of 275 copies signed in full by the author/illustrator.<br/> <br/> Tuscany Alley unknown
1981313433San Francisco: The Press in Tuscany Alley 1981. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Illustrated by the poet. Fine in sewn pictorial wrappers. One of 300 numbered copies Signed by the author/illustrator and the printer. A beautiful book. The Press in Tuscany Alley unknown
198188929San Francisco: The Press in Tuscany Alley 1981. First edition. 20 pp. Fine in sewn wrappers. Printed by Adrian Wilson. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by the Wilsons. Seven poems paired with multi color block prints. A terrific production. San Francisco: The Press in Tuscany Alley unknown
1988x-0835223469Libraries Unltd Inc 1988. Hardcover. New. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. Libraries Unltd Inc hardcover
1984006115University of California Press 1984 4to 35 cm 230 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. From the blurb: 'The Speculum humanae salvationis' or 'Mirror of Human Salvation' occupies a unique place in the history of the book. It is the only medieval work that exists in manuscripts in bookblock editions of the mid 15-th century and in sixteen later incunabula. The popularity of the medieval typological system in which events of the Gospels are prefigured in the Old Testament reached its zenith in the 'Speculum' and more than 300 manuscripts survived. The authors have provided lavishly illustrated accounts of the manuscripts and included reproductions of 116 woodcuts of the bookblooks accompanied by a description of the typography and production and an interpretation of each scene. University of California Press hardcover
1984Q-0520051947University of California Press 1984-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! University of California Press hardcover
198461602Berkeley Los Angeles & London: University of California Press 1984. First edition folio pp. iii-229 1; illustrated throughout some in color; fine copy in the dust jacket. From the library of Kim Merker with his ownership signature and date on front free endpaper in red ink. "The Speculum humanae salvationis occupies a unique place in the history of the book. It is the only medieval work that exists in manuscripts in blockbooks and in sixteen later incunabula" jacket blurb. University of California Press unknown
198479032Berkeley: University of California Press 1984. First edition. Folio. 229 pp w/selected bibliography & index. Very near fine in like dust jacket. INSCRIBED by the Wilsons on the second leaf “For Stan Speck / whose love and study of incunabula / has inspired out own / Adrian Wilson / Joyce Lancaster Wilson.†Berkeley: University of California Press unknown
198429946Berkeley CA: University of California Press 1984. Hardcover. As New in As New dust jacket. .occupies a unique place in the history of the book. It is the only medieval work that exists in manuscripts in blockbooks and in sixteen later incunabula. Its popularity was so great that more than 350 manuscripts nearly all with miniatures have survived. .The authors' explication of the methods and types used by the Dutch printer of the blockbook editions reflects the intensive research of typographic scholars in this century and is of unique value in the history of printing." Dust jacket price clipped; dust jacket now in mylar protector. 227 pages; 9 3/4 x 13 3/4 University of California Press hardcover
1985130419-K10Ewing New Jersey U.S.A.: Univ of California Pr 1985. Very Good Hardcover Very Good Jacket shows facsimiles of original medieval illuminations. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Univ of California Pr Hardcover
19840422W744477University of California Press. Fine. 1984. Hardcover. 0520051947 . Fine copy in fine dj.; 13.5 X 9.6 X 1.0 inches; 240 pages . University of California Press hardcover
1984BLSMeWIL98Berkeley.: University of California Press 1984. 1984. folio. 229 1. profusely illus. some full-page some colour. biblio. index. cloth. dw. First Edition. F. Hardcover. Berkeley.: University of California Press, [1984]. Hardcover
19781395292Amsterdam Netherlands: NICO ISRAEL 1978. First Edition Second Printing. Hardcover. Tall quarto 255 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Spine is beige with black lettering. Dust jacket has mild soiling and staining along head of front cover an open chip along the front head joint small tears along tail edges and corners and a 1 in. closed tear along the rear head edge. Boards fully bound in charcoal cloth with mild shelving wear along spine head. Mild bending wear along tail fore corner of front free endpaper. Contains a letter from Adrian Wilson Author to William Gardiner signed in his hand bound with adhesive to the front free endpaper verso. Between the front endpapers are two letters of correspondence between Wilson and Gardiner: a carbon copy of Gardiner's letter to Wilson and Wilson's reply written entirely in his hand. Shelved in Rm. A. The Nuremberg Chronicle also known as the "Liber Chronicarum" "is after the Gutenberg Bible probably the most celebrated of early printed books. It is a compendium of history geography and the wonders of the world as viewed from medieval Nuremberg with some 1800 illustrations provided by the multiple use for different subjects of 645 beautiful woodblocks." n.b. quote from "The Nuremberg Chronicle Designs" by Adrian Wilson printed for The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco and the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles 1969.<br /> <br /> Wilson became renowned for his printing and book design work at his San Francisco printing operation The Press at Tuscany Valley throughout the 1960s and 70s. In 1967 he released influential title in the genre of Books on Books THE DESIGN OF BOOKS. Book making perforated the entirety of Wilson's life. With the help and interest of his wife Joyce Lancaster Wilson Wilson invested his attention in studying the entire production process of THE NUREMBERG CHRONICLE the first known book to include a rudimentary map of Europe a plethora of woodcuts and a history of the world beginning at creation. The book that came out of it Wilson's THE MAKING OF THE NUREMBERG CHRONICLE is an astute and thorough study on one of the earliest examples of exemplary book making. This particular copy includes correspondence between William Gardiner an English author and Adrian Wilson. 1395292. Special Collections. NICO ISRAEL hardcover
197645751Amsterdam: Nico Israel 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 253p quarto illustrated A fine copy in a fine dust jacket <br/><br/> Nico Israel hardcover
197861681Amsterdam: Nico Israel 1978. Second printing small folio pp. 255 1; map endpapers 3 bifolium inserts printed in color illustrations throughout; a fine copy in original charcoal cloth stamped in white on upper cover and spine; the dust jacket with a few short tears and nicks. From the library of Kim Merker. This copy inscribed by Adrian Wilson on the half-title: "For Kim Merker / best of friends / and best of printers / Adrian Wilson October 14 1983." Mr. Wilson reconstructs "the making of the Nuremberg Chronicle; the compilation of manuscript sources by its author; the artists' first concepts for the illustrations; the patrons' agreements for financing the publication; the layouts; the printing; the advertising; the distribution and the final settlement" p.11. Nico Israel unknown
1983322264Austin: W. Thomas Taylor 1983. First edition one of 325 numbered copies. Frontispiece portrait after a photograph by Ansel Adams. Illustrations and tipped-in specimen leaves. Publisher's keepsake laid in. Folio. Publisher's quarter morocco and cloth. First edition one of 325 numbered copies. Frontispiece portrait after a photograph by Ansel Adams. Illustrations and tipped-in specimen leaves. Publisher's keepsake laid in. Folio. One of 325 numbered copies designed and printed by Wilson and associates at the Press in Tuscany Alley on Barcham Green handmade paper. Printing and publishing bibliography at its very best. W. Thomas Taylor unknown
19833941Austin TX: W. Thomas Taylor 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. A truly fine copy with the prospectus protected in a publisher-provided heavy plexiglass slipcase. This copy inscribed by Wilson to Carol Cunningham owner of Sunflower Press of Mill Valley CA. The plexiglass slipcase does an excellent job of protecting the book. The clear slipcase shows some scuffs inevitably. This is a key bibliography for twentieth century American fine-press printing. Wilson provides detailed commentary on almost all of the books he designed as well as many delightful stories about the world of fine printing in the 1950s-1970s. Very heavy ships USA only. <br/><br/> W. Thomas Taylor hardcover
