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200251588West New York N.J.: Mark Batty 2002. First edition large 8vo pp. 221 1; frontispiece portrait illustrated throughout mostly in color showing examples of her book bindings graphic design work calligraphy type design and other art work; fine copy in original blue cloth gilt-stamped on upper cover and spine; laid in as issued is a bifoliate key to the illustrations as well as the original prospectus and order form; publisher's slipcase; fine. <br/><br/> Mark Batty hardcover books
200452671Nottingham & West New York NJ: Plough Press Mark Batty publisher 2004. Special Limited Edition limited to 15 copies this no. 4 with a printed label mounted on the front pastedown giving the information about this special edition. which is hand-numbered and signed by the author; 8vo pp. 128; frontispiece portrait 30 illustrations in the text of Jones's printing and other illustrations; original half black morocco over marbled boards gilt-lettered spine hand-bound at The Fine Bindery of Wellingborough; accompanied by a small folio portfolio containg 8 examples of printing by Jones including The Linotype and Printing Machinery Record July 1926 20pp. plus wrappers with Lawrence Wallis's bookplate; 6 bifolia from assorted works and an 8-p. gathering from The Canterbury Tales; both volumes contained in a specially made slipcase of gray paper-covered boards and black cloth sides; fine. Two printed dust jackets for the trade edition also laid in. <br/><br/> Plough Press, Mark Batty, publisher hardcover books
201751998Settrington York & Saint Paul MN: Stone Trough Books & Rulon-Miller Books 2017. First edition 8vo pp. 77 1; 4 photographic illustrations on 2 plates; fine in original pictorial wrappers. Paul Wakeman son of the paper scholar and proprietor of the Plough Press Geoffrey Wakeman was recruited by John Randle at the Whittington Press in 1986 when the Oxford University Press was in the process of discarding its Monotype equipment and installing computers. With his help Randle ferried car-loads of printing machinery to Whittington. He did not know then that Paul was keeping this diary - it has only recently come to light. The interaction between John and his assistant provides a facsinating counterpoint to the various activities of the press. <br/><br/> Stone Trough Books & Rulon-Miller Books unknown books
200251543West New York: Mark Batty 2002. First edition 8vo pp. xxi 1 383 3; signed by the editor William S. Peterson on colophon portrait frontispiece vignette title page 31 facsimile text illustrations; gray cloth gilt title fine in a fine printed dust jacket with prospectus laid in. <br/><br/> Mark Batty hardcover books
200241437Woodbridge:: Antique Collectors Club. As New in As New dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 1851493921 . Color photographs throughout. First edition. As new in like dust jacket. ; 287 pages . Antique Collectors Club, hardcover books
2006244262Winston-Salem NC: Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art 2006. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. No markings in text; published to accompany the exhibition "The Immediacy of the Game: 50 Years of Ted Potter's Art"; exhibition dates: July 21 through October 7 2006. Very Good binding. Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art unknown books
200241433Woodbridge:: Antique Collectors Club. As New in As New dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 1851493352 . Color photographs throughout. Translated from the Persian by Amin Neshati. First edition. As new in like dust jacket. ; 350 pages . Antique Collectors Club, hardcover books
200751139New Castle: Oak Knoll Press and Bryn Mawr College Library 2007. First edition 4to pp. 299 1; facsimiles of binders' tickets throughout; pictorial endpapers original blue cloth gilt title direct on spine fine. A survey of 329 binders many with their accompanying tickets prefaced by essays on the history of American bindings. This catalog accompanied the exhibition "Bound and Determined: Identifying American Bookbindings." <br/><br/> Oak Knoll Press and Bryn Mawr College Library hardcover books
200152091San Francisco: Book Club of California 2001. 4to pp. 2 30 2; illustrated in color throughout; original decorative paper wrappers; fine. Typed letter from the Publications Committee of the BCC laid in as issued. Designed and printed by Jonathan Clark of the Artichoke Press. Catalogue of an exhibition of 18 artist binders from the U.S. and Europe on BCC publications. Ironically this copy bound in its wrappers upside down. <br/><br/> Book Club of California unknown books
200126091NY: Abrams. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0810906201 . 180 color photographs. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Abrams hardcover books
2010117683Washington D.C 2010. First edition of Simpson and Bowles' final report on The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. Octavo original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Alan Simpson on the half-title page "Merry Christmas!! Alan Simpson." In fine condition. When former Sen. Alan Simpson first joined Erskine Bowles former Clinton White House chief of staff as co-chairs of a bipartisan commission created to find ways to reduce the nation's budget deficit he joked that it was a "suicide mission." In his presentation of their final report Simpson remarked "Many members of Congress have privately told us they would be willing to make the tough votes for ambitious tax and spending reforms as part of a substantive fiscal plan but only if members on the other side jump in the canoe at the same time. This is the moment of truth for lawmakers who share our concern about our nation's fiscal future. They can return to the era of deficit denial or they can stand up for future generations." unknown books
201051742Newtown: Bird & Bull Press 2010. Edition limited to 140 copies this the bookbinder Greg Campbell's copy Cmpbell-Logan Bindery and out of series; 8vo pp. 131 3; color facsimiles of correspondence title printed in red and black wood-engraved vignette and headers original quarter black morocco over green cloth upper cover stamped in gilt green morocco label on spine green cloth slipcase; fine. On the relationship between the prominent bookseller and collector. <br/><br/> Bird & Bull Press hardcover books
200150663Stockholm WI: Midnight Paper Sales 2001. First edition limited to 226 copies signed by the printer and wood-engraver this one of 200 of the regular edition no. 13; folio pp. 44 5; 4 wood-engravings by Schanilec 2 tipped-in illustrations and several Inkjet illustrations; fine copy in original black cloth-backed gray paper-covered boards morocco label on spine publisher's slipcase. The text is an interview conducted by Schanilec at Ernest Morgan's North Carolina home in 1997. The introduction and afterword are by the late Will Powers who started his career as a printer apprentice at Ernest Morgan's Antioch Bookplate Company in 1968. From there he embarked on an illustrious career as a printer designer of books and a fine typographer. Quarter to Midnight A.208.b. <br/><br/> Midnight Paper Sales hardcover books
200848573College Station TX: Texas A & M University 2008. 8vo pp. xxii 40; facsimile illustrations throughout CD of an interview w/Robert Dawson contained in rear pocket; pictorial wrappers. Fine. A glimpse into Dawson's extensive French collection "predominantly a literary collection but it also contains a wealth of items relating to the major historical events of the eighteenth century and in particular to the French Revolution" foreword. <br/><br/> Texas A & M University unknown books
201134301Saint Paul: Rulon-Miller Books 2011. Edition limited to 450 copies this one of 400 copies constituting the trade edition there is also an edition of 50 special copies which are numbered and contained a signed wood engraving by Gaylord Schanilec plus a suite of 12 trial sheets and proofs 8vo pp. 8 134 1; illustrated throughout; original midnight blue cloth printed paper label on the spine. Design and typography by Jerry Kelly. Gaylord Schanilec is widely considered to be the finest color wood engraver of our time. He has produced hundreds of books broadsides chapbooks editioned prints and assorted pieces of ephemera. The bibliography contains an historical introduction by Rob Rulon-Miller which places Schanilec in the fertile Minneapolis letterpress scene from the late 1970s to the turn of the century. He has won numerous awards locally nationally and internationally among which: 2020 John Burroughs Literary Riverby Award for exceptional nature books for young readers; 2020 Minnesota Book Award; 2015 Judges Choice Award at the 2015 Oxford Fine Press Book Fair; 2007 The Gregynog Prize; 2006 Carl Hertzog Award for Excellence in Book Design; 2005 Judges Choice Award Oxford Book Fair; 1999 Minnesota Book Award. <br/><br/> Rulon-Miller Books hardcover books
200141842Cumberland:: Portfolio Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0942620526 . Color photographs by Tamas D. Kish throughout. First printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Portfolio Press, hardcover books
200151996Middletown CT: Robin Price n.d. 2001. Broadside approx. 13" x 18" limited to 150 copies signed by the author and printer letterpress printed in Bodoniin silver white and gold on Somerset Black paper with aqua watercolor handpainted flouris on the occasion of Pepe Romero's concert on Sept. 20 1997 at the Lincoln Theatre in Hartford. Counting on Chance 63. <br/><br/> Robin Price, n.d. unknown books
200441436Woodbridge:: Antique Collectors Club. As New in As New dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 1851494472 . Black and white photographs throughout. First edition. As new in like dust jacket. ; 520 pages . Antique Collectors Club, hardcover books
200230879Woodbridge:: Antique Collectors' Club. As New in As New dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 1851493905 . Color photographs throughout. First edition. As new in like dust jacket. . Antique Collectors' Club, hardcover books
201752663Andoversford Gloucestershire; & Risbury Herefordshire: Whittington Press 2017. Includes both editions of volumes 1 and 2; 38 volumes in all several small and minor blemishes but in all a fine set in original printed wrappers. The limitations vary from 350 for the first volume to as many as 900 for some of the later volumes. Hands down the best typographic journal in English ever filled with all sorts of important articles on virtually every aspect of private press and fine printing printing history paper and papermaking book illustration all lavishly illustrated with color tipped-in illustrations foldouts broadsides samples etc. The list of authors is a roll-call of the most esteemed printers book historians illustrators papermakers typographers etc. Together with: Type & Typography: Highlights from Matrix.West New York NJ: Mark Batty publisher 2003. First edition large 8vo pp. xx 4 374 2; illustrated throughout; fine in dust jacket. Includes an introduction by John D. Berry and from the editor John Randle The Genesis of Matrix. <br/><br/> Whittington Press unknown books
201344596Risbury Herefordshire: Whittington Press 2013. Both first editions limited to 125 and 140 copies respectively the first being no. 20 the second no. 3 both editions "A" with additional posters laid in accompanying chemises; 2 volumes large folios; 10 loose posters accompanying the first volume 19 instead of the usual 12 in the second - a story comes with this if you are the purchaser; with 35 and 34 tipped-in posters respectively; the first volume in half brown cloth-backed pictorial boards with matching portfolio together in cloth clamshell box brown morocco gilt spine label; the second volume in tan cloth-backed pictorial boards with matching portfolio in tan cloth clamshell box salmon gilt morocco spine label. The box of the first volume a bit rubbed else a fine set of a stunning collection. The first volume signed by John Randle on limitation page the second with a brief A.L.s. from him which is part of the story. The second also with the "binder's guide for posters from Whittington 2013 . with binder's notes" in pencil on the front 9 gatherings sewn but without covers a folio in 6s with 33 of 34 posters broadsides tipped or bound in the whole with numerous binder's and printer's marks in pencil. <br/><br/> Whittington Press hardcover books
201352221Andoversford Gloucestershire: Whittington Press 2013. Edition limited to 140 copies this the edition 'C' with 7 posters broadsides printed at the press bound in 4 folding; large thin folio pp. 6 2 4; printed in red and black; bound in tan cloth-backed pictorial boards; fine. <br/><br/> Whittington Press hardcover books
200243282Shoreview MN 2002. Two volumes 4to; text printed from typescript; original spiral-bound clear plastic and buff printed wrappers; fine. Second volume devoted to translations. Privately printed bibliography. Not in OCLC. <br/><br/> unknown books
200123967NY: Hudson Hills Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 1555952046 . Color photographs throughout. First edition. As new in like dust jacket. Still in original shrinkwrap. . Hudson Hills Press hardcover books
200550433Newtown: Bird & Bull Press 2005. Edition limited to 160 copies this being the unnumbered contributor's copy of Greg Campbell the Campbell-Logan Bindery who bound and boxed the book; 4to pp. 105 7; photos facsimiles and samples tipped in throughout; quarter tan morocco over blue cloth boards blue morocco spine label; prospectus laid in; fine in identical cloth-covered slipcase. A lively and colorful look at the life of an important modern fine press chock full of interesting anecdotes illustrations and insights into the process behind Morris' work. <br/><br/> Bird & Bull Press hardcover books