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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
1983311393Austin: W. Thomas Taylor 1983. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Folio. Illustrated. Quarter morocco and cloth. One of 325 numbered copies designed and printed by Adrian Wilson. W. Thomas Taylor hardcover
198357324Austin: W. Thomas Taylor 1983. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 158pp. Folio 41 cm 1/4 brown leather with tan cloth over boards. Tipped-in frontispiece of Wilson by Ansel Adams. The boards are lightly soiled. May require extra postage due to weight. Number 318 in an edition limited to 325 copies. Adrian Wilson designed and printed this attractive book with the assistance of Margery Cantor Zahid Sardar and Jim Wehlage at the Press in Tuscany Alley San Francisco. W. Thomas Taylor hardcover
199047931W. Thomas Taylor. Fine with no dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Original cloth spine label. Inscribed to the ffep by Joyce Wilson to "Joanne and Deke." Else unmarked tight and square. One of 850 copies. ; 6.5 X 1 X 9.25 inches; 198 pages; Signed by Author . W. Thomas Taylor hardcover
1975041946San Francisco: The Press in Tuscany Alley 1975. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Slight sunning to spine. Number 57 of 300 signed copies. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0915918013. ISBN/EAN: 9780915918010. Inventory No: 041946. <br/><br/> The Press in Tuscany Alley paperback books
1995RO40137310Succès du Livre. 1995. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 286 pages. Annotation en page de garde.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1992RO20210855SUCCES DU LIVRE. 1992. In-8. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 286 pages - couverture contrepliée. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1975041946San Francisco: The Press in Tuscany Alley 1975. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Slight sunning to spine. Number 57 of 300 signed copies. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0915918013. ISBN/EAN: 9780915918010. Inventory No: 041946. <br/><br/> The Press in Tuscany Alley paperback
1984S84544Berkeley, University of California Press 1984 229pp.with numerous illustrations in bl/w and in colour, 35cm., hardcover (editor's green cloth with gilt lettering at spine), illustrated dustwrapper, good condition, S84544
196884621NY:: Funk & Wagnalls. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1968. Hardcover. Book club edition. Very good in a good age darkened and foxed dust jacket. . Funk & Wagnalls, hardcover books
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 books
1973CNBR061San Francisco: The Press in Tuscany Alley 1973. Limited First Edition. Wraps. Fine/near fine. Wilson Joyce Lancaster. Number 142 0f 275 copies quarto size 24 unnumbered pp. signed by Joyce Lancaster Wilson. An original story by Joyce Lancaster Wilson a children's book illustrator and longtime patron of the San Francisco Library and the book arts. She is especially known for her illustrations for "The Ark of Noah" and "A Child's Garden of Verses". <br/><br/>In this story a human boy joins the ranks of the four animal kings of the forest by teaching them special skills. A charming story by Wilson who founded The Press in Tuscany Alley with her husband Adrian Wilson where they designed and published many fine limited editions. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Original pictorial green paper wrappers Japanese stab-stitched with green silk thread endpapers illustrated in orange and green with five-colour linoleum cuts throughout signatures French-fold; Centaur type Ingres paper quarto size just over 9.75" by 8 5/8" 24 unnumbered pp. signed by Joyce Lancaster Wilson. With the original white handmade pape wrapper which itself is protected by an acetate wrapper.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: A fine copy with clean wrappers free of wear or rubbing the threads used for the binding strong and rich in colour the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; paper wrapper near fine clean with minimal wear to the head and tail and to the joints the acetate wrapper near fine with some closed tears; overall a fine copy and a lovely example of the work of The Press in Tuscany Alley.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Press in Tuscany Alley unknown books
