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Your search for Books about Books has returned 627 results. A Calendar of Wildflowers 1980.  The Blackwood Press..  Placerville, Calif..  1979.  Illustrated by Simpson, Edmund E..  Number 46 of an edition of 200 copies issued. Tied gathering of twelve months, plus title page and colophon page (4 1/2 x 9 inch). Wildflowers are printed in multiple colors from linoleum blocks cut by the printer, Dr. Edmund E. Simpson.   Condition: Fine.  Calander, Wildflowers, California. Fine Press. DK-13  (Book ID 9649)  $50.00 A Catalogue of the Publications of William Edwin Rudge Spring 1930  (William Edwin Rudge).  475 Fifth Avenue, New York.  Publisher's orange wrappers with black lettering. Frontispiece photo of the attractive building which housed the publisher. 48 pages, describing books printed (or to be printed) prints, series of books, etc. Detailed information of printing nujmbers.   Condition: Very Good.  Publisher's Catalogs. Fine Press and Printing. Limited Editions  (Book ID 8595)  $17.50 A Circular for Horace Liveright. Good Books - Spring 1930.  Horace Liveright.  New York, New York.  1930.  Foldout catalogue printed on both sides (3 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch) listing fiction, nonfiction publications by the firm with order blank.   Condition: Very Good.  Publishers Book Catalogue. DK-27  (Book ID 10306)  $10.00 A Complete Collection of First Editions of Merle Johnson's High Spots of American Literature. The First Time a Complete Collection Has Ever Been Offered for Sale !!. Collection Formed By Charles H. Milburn, New Jersey. With a Short Addenda of (cont) ...  Swann Auction Galleries.  New York City.  1955.  title cont ... Other Important First Editions Mainly by "High Spot" Authors. ... Sale Number 408. 30 pages; light blue paper wrapper (6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inch). Some soiling around the wrapper edges, price notation in ink for items auctioned. Very limited commentary on the books.   Condition: Very Good.  Book Auction Catalogues, American Literature. DK-29  (Book ID 10375)  $25.00 A Delicious Obsession: Collecting the Works of MFK Fisher. A Centenary Show of Books, Periodicals & Ephemera from the Collection Fo Randall Tarpey-Schwed. On Exhibition September 8 - October 27, 2008.  The Book Club of California.  San Francisco, California.  2008.  First Edition.  Illustrated by Curtan, Patricia.  Two parts in a folding case with cover title "MFK Fisher, A Delicious Obsession". First part is a large foldout printed on one side (23 x 19 inch) which folds to (5 3/4 x 9 1/2 inch) contains: extract from a publication of Fisher's; note by the collector; and a 76 title bibliography. Also a 2 page fold by Joan Reardon "Autobiography & Biography: Channeling MFK Fisher (8 x 10 inch). Printed by Patrick Reagh and John Sullivan.   Condition: Fine Bright Copy.  Fine Press, 'Keepsake', MFK Fisher, Culinary. DK-81  (Book ID 11701)  $25.00 A Gathering of Tributes to Don Meadows.  Friends of the Library, University of California.  Irvine.  1982.  73 pages, frontispiece portrait, blue printed wrapper, 9 x 6". Nice copy, signed by Meadows beneath portrait, and by Glen Dawson, one of the contributors. Includes a bibliography of his books, articles, and book reviews.   Books on Books. California Authors  (Book ID 6643)  $15.00 A Grabhorn Japanese Print.  Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs.  1976.  Folded stiff gray board folder (10 1/2 x 16 inch) with Japanese Print facsimile laid in. 125 copies printed by Mark Hanrahan, Robert Bell and Alfred Kennedy for the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs. Several plates from the Japanese Print Series for the California Book Club were over-runs and the plate in this folder is one of these. # 48, Okumura Masandhu (1686-1764) Scene in the UKIYO-E, THE FLOATING WORLD (1962) is written in pencil on the back of the print. Slight bump along the front of the folder, else clean copy.   Condition: Fine.  Fine Press, Grabhorn Press, Japanese Print. DK-18  (Book ID 9933)  $25.00 A Hard-Time May Party Will be Given By the Yankton Social Club ....  New Haven, Conn..  1974.  Friends of the Yale Collection of Western Americana. Facsimile of invitation to a party given by the Yankton Social Club, Dakota Territory, in 1872. Printed on calico (6 x 7 1/4 inch) one side. Fine clean copy.   Condition: Fine.  Western Americana, Dakota Territory. DK-27  (Book ID 10305)  $10.00 A History of the Council on Books in Wartime: 1942-1946  (The Country Life Press)..  New York.  1946.  First Edition.  Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering (somewhat flaked on spine). Not only a history of the Armed Services Editions, but a very useful complete listing of what was published. 126 pages.   Condition: Very Good.  Armed Services Editions. World War II  (Book ID 8771)  $37.50 A Large Slice of California in New York.  Cranium Press.  San Francisco, Cal.,.  1974.  A Keepsake for the Roxburgh-Zamorano Joint Meeting, 1974. A 14 x 20 inch sheet folded in quarters with title, commentary, photo illustration, and colophon, inclosed in an envelope with the title 'A Large Slice of California' on the front.   Condition: Fine.  Fine Press, Book Collecting, Redwoods, Sierra Nevada. DK-13  (Book ID 9645)  $17.50 A Memorial Tribute to Gordon N. Ray, 1915-1986. Remarks Delivered on 21 May 1987.  The Pierpont Morgan Library.  New York, N.Y..  1987.  Printed by Meriden-Stinehour Press. 23 page pamphlet, Collection of brief essays by G. Thomas Tanselle, Robert W. Rogers, N. John Hall, The Viscountess Eccles, Lucien Goldschmidt, and Charles Ryskamp. They deal with the man, his collecting and studing of rare volumes.   Condition: Fine.  Books, Literature, Guggenheim Foundation. DK-13  (Book ID 9634)  $17.50 A Pair on Printing; Atkyns' The Original and Growth of Printing; William Caslon and the First English Type Specimen Book  Bird & Bull Press.  North Hills, PA.  1982.  Cloth.  Illustrations. 500 copies printed. Reproduced in facsimile with introductions by Carey S. Bliss. The Introduction to Atkyns gives a brief background of Richard Atkyns. "The original and growth of printing; collected out of history, and the records of this kingdome", by Richard Atkyns was first printed in broadside form in London about 1660. He describes how the press first came to England in 1468. "He goes on to say that at Oxford the printing press was operating 'before there was any Printing-Press, or Printer, in France, Spain, Italy, or Germany' (except in Mainz). Here too he was wrong; the first press in Italy was established in 1465". From the Introduction to William Caslon: "William Caslon, the founder of the typefounding company that still bears his name was born April 23, 1693..." Caslon was apprenticed for seven years to "a worker in wrought iron" who specialized in the engraving of guns. Going into business for himself Caslon eventually set up his own foundry where he cast type for printers. His book "A Specimen of Printing Types, by W. Caslon and Son, Letter Founders, in London", printed in 1764, is reprinted here.   Typesetting. Foundry. Type Manufacturing. Printers.  (Book ID 3504)  $50.00 A Portfolio of Book Club Printers 1912-1962  The Book Club of California.  San Francisco.  1962.  First Edition.  Twelve parts, complete. Housed in a publisher's blue cloth slip case. Both fine condition. The 12 parts, in honor of the California fine printers associated with the club's first 50 years, are: 1. A Portfolio of Book Club Printer 1912-1962. Foreword by Oscar Lewis. Printed by Arlen Phillipot, The Tamal Land Press. 2. The Club's First Printers. Comment by Tyrus G. Harmsen. Printed by Grant Dahlstrom. 3. The Plantin Press. Comment by Saul Marks. Printed by the Plantin Press. 4. Lawton Kennedy, Printer. Comment by David Magee. Printed by Lawton Kennedy. 5. Adrian Wilson. Comment by Adrian Wilson. Printed by Adrian Wilson. 6. Johnck & Seeger and the Black Vine Press. Comment by Albert Sperison. Printed by Johnck & Seeger. 7. The Windsor Press. Comment by James Sidney Johnson. Printed by Lawton Kennedy. 8. Mallette Dean. Comment by Mallette Dean. Printed by Mallette Dean. 9. The Ward Ritchie Press. Comment by Ward Ritchie. Printed by War Ritchie. 10. The Greenwood Press. Comment by Jack Werner Stauffacher. Printed by Jack Werner Stauffacher at the New Laboratory Press, Pittsburgh, PA. 11. The L-D Allen Press: The Allen Press. Comment by Lewis and Dorothy Allen. Printed by The Allen Press. 12. The Grabhorn Press. A List of Books Printed at the Grabhorn Press for The Book Club of California, compiled by Robert Grabhorn. Printed by the Grabhorn Press. Each part if four pages. 1000 copies printed.   Condition: Fine.  Fine Press and Printing. Limited Editions. Typographic Design  (Book ID 7889)  $47.50 A Reprint of The Taylor & Taylor Imprint for the Winter MCMXVI-VII  Mt. Tam Press. 1988. San Rafael, California..  Wrapper. Dust wrapper. The Taylors were dedicated craftsmen and astute and ethical businessmen as well. In 1916-1917 they issued in book form a number of the T&T Imprint entitled 'A Statement of the Policy of This House' which were the underlying principles governing their business. Herein are reproduced two pages (6 and 7) in facsimile and to size.   Printing History. Business History. Fine Press.  (Book ID 1604)  $20.00 A Tribute to William Emerson  Privately Published. (Circa 1960)..  First edition. Boards. No. 253 of 750 copies. With photo of Emerson laid in. Illustrations. Born in 1873, died in 1957, William Emerson had a distinguished career as an architect culminating in his 20-year appointment as Dean of the School of A rchi tecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This book is a tribute to his memory and lists his many other accomplishments.   UNIVERSITIES. ARCHITECTURE. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES. about Books  (Book ID 1430)  $37.50 A Wildflower Calendar 1982.  The Blackwood Press.  Placerville, Calif..  1981.  Illustrated by Simpson, Edmund E..  Issued in an edition of 180 copies. Spiral bound copy on stiff (65 wt) paper, 4 pages plus title and colophon sheets. Multicolor flowers printed from linoleum blocks cut by the printer. Also contains an extra copy of the Lupine page, 1982, and the Dogwood page for 1984 (7 1/2 x 11 inch).   Condition: Fine.  Calendar, Fine Press, Wildflowers, California. DK-13  (Book ID 9650)  $50.00 Accountant's Guide to the Gold Regions. "Map of the Gold Fields of California, 1849 (reproduced in color) laid in.  Grabhorn Press.  San Francisco, California.  1939.  8 pages; stapled. With laid in color reproduction map (from the Ensigns & Thayer map of 1849) folded twice. The map is usually missing, but a nice clean one is in this copy. Evidence of a book having been laid upon the pamphlet, leaving an impression. Printed for the California Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Magee - CATALOGUE OF SOME FIVE HUNDRED EXAMPLES OF THE PRINTING OF EDWIN AND ROBERT GRABHORN, 1917-1960, # 223. Heller & Magee - BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GRABHORN PRESS, page 179 'Souvenirs'.   Condition: Fine.  Grabhorn Press, Fine Press, Gold Rush Map. DK-18  (Book ID 9928)  $25.00 Addresses Given at the Opening of the Exhibition of Metropolitan Museum Printing Held in the Pierpont Morgan Library on 24 October 1938  The American Institute of Graphic Arts. 1939. New York..  Cloth. Slight tear in spine. Frontispiece. Addresses were delivered by: Daniel Berkeley Updike; Carl Purington Rollins; William Mills Ivins, Jr.; Bruce Rogers and Henry Watson Kent   Fine Press. Book Collecting.  (Book ID 1585)  $20.00 All the King's Horses and All the King's Men Couldn't Put Humpty-Dumpty Together Again  The Lakeside Press: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company.  (Chicago)..  Title extending from cover to first three printed leaves. No date, but circa 1950. Illustrated wrappers. 9 x 8 inches. An explanation of binding services offered by R.R. Donnelley Co.: Fine binding, repair and hand binding. Three page inset present titled "Any Questions?" which explains the printing techniques and materials used for this booklet. Illustrated with photographs. One corner slightly bumped. 42 pages.   Condition: Very Good.  Fine Binding and Repair.  (Book ID 8328)  $25.00 An Exhibition; Finely-Printed Books Since William Morris (cover title)  R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company. 1932. Chicago..  Wrappers. This catalogue was issued for an exhibition of finely-printed books since William Morris, at the Lakeside Press Galleries September, October and November, 1932. William Morris was the author of a revival of interest in fine printing in E n gland in the 1890's. The 150 books exhibited were selected as specimens of the finest craftsmanship in book making.   BOOKMAKING. PRINTING. DESIGN. CRAFTSMANSHIP. about Books  (Book ID 1416)  $17.50 An Informal Record of George P. Hammond and his Era in the Bancroft Library  University of California. 1965. Berkeley, California..  Cloth. Illustrations. Printed by Lawton Kennedy. Untrimmed pages. George Peter Hammond came to the Bancroft Library in 1946 and stayed for nineteen years. He was instrumental in creating "The Friends of the Bancroft Library" which raises funds for l ibrary purchases. Friends and former library employees share their experiences through the years with Mr. Hammond.   UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES. BOOK COLLECTIONS. LITERATURE. about Books  (Book ID 1632)  $27.50 An Introduction to a Conclusion.  Privately Printed. 1930. New York..  Cloth. Cardboard slip case, slight sun fading. Untrimmed pages. From the Introduction: "In 1879 there appeared in the Printers' Register, an English publication devoted to the interests of the printing art, a series of articles by William Blades .." In 1880 the essays were published in one volume with a "conclusion". Herein is his conclusion.. the pleasure of a fine book.   LITERAURE. DEIGN. BOK COLLETING. PINT ART. about ooks  (Book ID 1618)  $37.50 Bernhard Modern: Specimen Sheets of Paper and Types from Eastern Corporation.  Eastern Corporation.  Bangor, Maine.  Illustrated by Petty, G.H..  Specimen shhet (17 x 22) with accompanying card (8 1/2 x 11) within an envelope addressed to Mr. Joseph A. Foster - Scripps College Press. Pencil notes on envelope. Bernhard Modern specimen sheet designed by G.H. Petty of Indianapolis, Indiana.   Condition: Fine.  Printing, Paper  (Book ID 8855)  $25.00 Bibles of the Estelle Doheny Collection; The Edward L. Doheny Memorial Library, St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, California, 1952  (Anderson & Ritchie: The Ward Ritchie Press). 1952. (No City)..  Wrappers. From the colophon: Catalogue prepared by Reverend James W. Richardson, C.M., J.C.D., Librarian of the Edward L. Doheny Memorial Library, and Reverend F. David Pansini, C.M., S.T.D., Professor of Sacred Scripture, Hebrew, and Greek, St. John's Seminary. An exhibition catalog, done for a meeting of the Southern California Unite of the VCatholic Library Association, October 11th, 1952, in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the printing of the Gutenberg Bible. 140 items listed on 24 pages of text.   Condition: As New.  Book Exhibition Catalogs. Fine Press and Printing. Southern California Book Collectors.  (Book ID 2289)  $10.00 Biblio: The Magazine for Collectors of Books, Manuscripts, and Ephemera.  Aster Publishing Corporation..  Eugene, Oregon.  Complete run of the BIBLIO magazine (29 issues) from July-August 1996 thru April 1999 [Volume 1 #1 - Volume 4 #4]. 80 to 96 pages each. Among the numerous articles are: "Protect Your Collections from Thieves"; "The Electronic World of Book Collecting"; "Book to Film Collecting"; "World War Posters"; "How I Built a Poor Man's Library" by Michael Harrison; "First Aid for Book Pages'; "Andrew Hoyem of Arion Press"; "Oprah Winfrey's Reading Revival"; "Confessions of a Nancy Drew Admirer"; "Big Bad Wolfe, The Writer in Full"; "The People's Library" among many others. Filled with ads of countless bookdealers from the 1990s, along with articles covering numerous fields of collecting, visits to regional bookdealers, auction previews and collectors interviews. A most useful and interesting gathering of information relating to books and the collecting of them.   Condition: Fine.  Book Collecting, Book Magazine. DK-26  (Book ID 10250)  $150.00 Bookmakers to America  Kingsport Press, Inc. (1948). Kingsport, Tennessee..  Cloth. Illustrations. Slight foxing. This book was compiled and printed for those who visit the plant of Kingsport Press. The company was established in 1922 at Kingsport. The book recounts its history and describes its various departments and d ivi sions, with illustrations.   AMERICAN PRINTING. PRINTERS. PUBLISHERS. about Books  (Book ID 1580)  $20.00 Books Worth Reading 85c.  A.L.Burt Company.  New York, New York.  1929.  28 pages; illustrations; paper wrapper (3 1/4 x 6 1/2 inch). Covers fiction, photoplays, & juvenile titles. Clean copy.   Condition: Very Good.  Publisher Catalogue. DK-22  (Book ID 10087)  $15.00 Bought of ROBERT E. COWAN, Successor to P.J. Healy. Old Books and Magazines Bought and Sold.  San Francisco, California.  189-.  Printed sales reciept (8 1/2 x 4 3/4 inch) for the bookdealer and bibliographer Robert E. Cowan of San Francisco, California during the 1890s. Blank.   Condition: Fine.  Book Dealer Sales Reciept. DK-27  (Book ID 10308)  $10.00 British Museum: A Guide to the Exhibition in the King's Library Illustrating the History of Printing, Music-Printing and Bookbinding  Printed By Order of the Trustees.  1926.  An exhibit catalog. Paper over boards. Some soiling, but very good. 180 pages. Illustrated. Contains: Blockbooks and the Earliest German Printing; Book Printed at Mainz; German, 1460-1520; Italy; The Netherlands, France and Spain; Books Printed by Caxton; Books Printed by Wynkyn de Words; Lettou, Machlinia and Notary; Books printed by Richard Pynson; English Provincial Printing, 1848-1585;. English Printing in the Sixteenth Century; English Books Printed Abroad; Later English Printing; Printing in Scotland, Ireland and the Colonies; Famous English Books; MusicMaps; English Rayal Bookbindings; Stamped Bindings; German and Dutch Goild-Stamped Bindings; Italian Bindings; French Bindings; English Bindings.   Fine Bindings. Incanabula.  (Book ID 5305)  $37.50 Bulmer, Oxford & Monticello, Baskerville, Bondoni: Specimen Sheets of Paper and Tupe from Eastern Corporation.  Eastern Corporation.  Bangor, Maine.  Illustrated by George F. Trenholm, Edwin H. Stuart, P.J. Conkwright & T.M. Cleland.  Four sets of Specimen Sheets (17 x 22) with accompaning cards (8 1/2 x 11) within an envelope addressed to Mr. Joseph A. Foster - Scripps College Press. Pencil notes on envelope with pin holes on top of specimen sheets. Oxford & Monticello specimen designed by P.J. Conkwright of Princeton University; Baskerville specimen designed by T.G. Bixler of Pittsburg, Penn.; Bodoni specimen designed by George F. Trenholm of Boston, Mass.; and Bulmer specimen designed by T.M. Cleland of New York, N.Y.   Condition: Fine.  Printing, Paper  (Book ID 8848)  $25.00 California State Library Quarterly Bulletin  State Printer.  Sacramento, California.  1903.  QUARTERLY BULLETIN, II #10 (April-June 1903): 11 pages. "Recent accessions to the Library" broken into subject and region areas. No annotations. Evidence of having been folded.   Condition: Good.  State Library Holdings, California. DK-41  (Book ID 10737)  $15.00 Caslon & Janson: Specimen Sheets of Paper and Type from Eastern Corporation.  Eastern Corporation.  Bangor, Maine.  Illustrated by Carl Rollins & Fred Anthoensen.  Two sets of specimen sheets (17 x 22) with accompaning cards (8 1/2 x 11) within envelope addressed to Mr. Joseph A. Foster - Scripps College Press. Pencil notes on envelope and two pin holes at top of each specimen sheet. Caslon Specimen designed by Carl Purlington Rollins of Yale University and the Janson Specimen designed by Fred Anthoensen of Portland, Maine.   Condition: Fine.  Printing, Paper,  (Book ID 8847)  $25.00 Cat. 792 Sports & Pastimes: a Catalogue of Books and Illustrations Relating to Sport  Maggs Bros. Ltd..  London.  1950.  Wrappers, chipped along spine. Contains 758 items, described and priced on the subjects of: 1. Henry Alken. 2. Hunting, Shooting, Coursing, Racing, etc. 3. Falconry. 4. Dogs. 5. Horses & Horsemanship. 6. Angling. 7. Pastimes: Archery, Billards, Boxing, Coaching, Cricket, etc. 7. Sporting Engravings & Original Drawings. Illustrated. 121 pages.   Condition: Very Good.  (Book ID 8442)  $17.50 Catalogue No. 259 [March 1952]. A Complete Collection of the Books Printed By William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, 1891-1898. Books from the Library of Porter Garnett; Some Wood-cuts from the Ashendene Press of St. John Hornby; Books on (cont).  Dawson's Book Shop.  Los Angeles, California.  1952.  (cont. title) " ... Bibliography, Calligraphy." 32 pages; facsimiles; paper wrapper (6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inch). Introduction by Muir Dawson, 219 items offered for sale. Printed by The Plantin Press. Includes basic annotations. Fine clean copy.   Condition: Fine.  Trade Catalogue, Fine Press, Kelmscott Press. DK-107  (Book ID 12233)  $25.00 Catalogue Number 112: The Range Country...Literature of the American Cattle Trade  International Bookfinders.  Beverly Hills, California.  No date, circa 1960. Brown wrappers, somewhat sunned at spine. From a preliminary page: "The Range Country is based on the book 'The Rampaging Herd' by Ramon F. Adams--reproduces the chapter 'Range Life' from the book 'Life and Literature of the Southwest' by Frank Dobie--prints for the first time 'My Favorite 101 Books about the Cattle Industry' by Loring Campbell--includes many additions of related books and pamphlets...." A priced offering of 861 items.   Condition: Very Good.  Booksellers' Catalogs  (Book ID 7693)  $17.50 Catalogue Number Thirty-Nine, 1920, Issued from 104 High Street, Oxford, Entgland By Leslie Chaundry, Bookseller, Being the Privately Purchased Library of the Late Rev. C.H.O. Daniel, D.D., Provost of Worcester College, Oxford (title Cont. In Desc.)  (Bound together with): "Catalogue Number Forty-one Comprising the Second and Final Portion of the Library of the Late Dr. Daniel (Provost of Worcester College, Oxford) With a Few Items of Interest From Other Private Libraries Recently Addded to the Stock of Leslie Chaundry, Bookseller, Oxford, England. (1920). Both catalogs are in the original wrappers, bound in plain cloth backed boards. 64 pages, 498 priced items; 48 pages, 552 priced items.   Condition: Very Good.  Bookseller's Catalogs. The Daniel Press. Fine Press and Printing  (Book ID 8300)  $150.00 Catalogue of Some Five Hundred Examples of the Printing of Edwin and Robert Grabhorn 1912-1960: Two Gentlemen from Indiana, Now Resident in California, Offered for Sale at he Book Shop of David Magee, 442 Post Street (2nd floor), San Francisco ....  Wrappers.  A catalog by the bibliographer of the Grabhorn Press. Magee's notes in this publication differ from the comments he makes in the bibliographies. 350 copies of the issue in wrappers were printed by The Grabhorn Press. There was also an edition in hardcover of 250 copies. A prospectus for that edition is laid into this copy. 8 1/2 by 11 inches. 63 pages.   Condition: Very Good.  Grabhorn Press. Bookseller's Catalogs. Fine Press and Printing. San Francisco Booksellers  (Book ID 7761)  $17.50 Centaur: Specimen Sheets of Paper and Type from Eastern Corporation.  Eastern Corporation.  Bangor, Maine.  Illustrated by Rogers, Bruce.  Specimen sheet (17 x 22) with accompaning card (8 1/2 x 11) within an envelope addressed to Mr. Joseph A. Foster - Scripps College Press. Pencil Notes on envelope and pin holes on the specimen sheet. Centaur specimen sheet designed by Bruce Rogers. Associated with the Riverside Press, Montague Press, etc and famous for his Oxford Lectern Bible using Centaur type.   Condition: Fine.  Printing, Paper  (Book ID 8856)  $25.00 Chez West, the California Detective.  Catherine and Richard West.  Oakland, Cal..  1980.  [8] pages pamphlet with blue wrapper, gilt title on the cover. 'The Principal Investigators': Edward Blakely, A.T.Brugger, Mike Heyman, Andy Horn, Gary Morrison, Stephen Salmon, David Saxon, Foster Sherwood, and Richard West met at the West home in Oakland October 1980. Included in the pamphlet is the menu of the meal along with a quiz for 'Investigation' about California detectives and the characters in Raymond Chandler and Ross McDonald's novels. An unusual and interesting item for mystery/private detective fans.   Condition: Fine.  Mystery, Private Detectives, California. DK-13  (Book ID 9636)  $15.00 Christmas Party Quarterly, Volume XVII "Cherchez La Femme."  Huntington Library.  San Marino, California.  1952.  [42] pages; bound in stiff paper wrapper with printed label (8 1/2 x 11 1/4 inch). Issued December 1952 for the annual Chritmas party, this being 17 (1952) in the series issued. Theme is women, composed by the staff at the Huntington Library with holiday humour, poor poetry, and inside institutional jokes. Some illustration in the form of cartoons. Published in extremely limited editions.   Condition: Very Good.  (Book ID 10774)  $37.50 Christmas Party Quarterly, Volume XX & XXI  Huntington Library.  San Marino, California.  Combined issue of 1955 and 1956. 46 pages; bound in red paper wrapper (8 1/2 x 11 1/4 inch). Issued December 1956 for the annual Christmas party, this being 20 & 21 (1955-56) in the series issued. Composed by the staff at the Huntington Library with holiday humour, poor poetry, and inside institutional jokes. Some illustrations in the form of cartoons. Published in extremely limited editons.   Condition: Very Good.  Huntington Library. DK-41  (Book ID 10778)  $37.50 Christmas Party Quarterly, Volume XXVII  Huntington Library.  San Marino, California.  1962.  [27] pages; includes the elusive 'Do-it-yourself pagination kit' with stubby pencil; bound in paper wrapper (8 3/4 x 11 1/2 inch) with red ribbon. Issued December 1962 for the annual Christmas party, this being 27 (1962) in the series issued. Composed by the staff at the Huntington Library with holiday humour, poor poetry, and inside institutional jokes. Some illustrations in the form of cartoons. Published in extremely limited editions.   Condition: Very Good.  (Book ID 10771)  $37.50 Christmas Party Quarterly, Volume XXVIII. Being a New Wing or Short-Tempered Catalogue of Facts, Facets and Fancies Flaunted in the Gables, Galleries and Grounds of Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.  Huntington Library.  San Marino, California.  1963.  [29] pages; photo; bound in brown paper wrapper (8 1/2 x 11 1/4 inch). Issued December 20, 1963 for the annual Christmas party, ths being 28 (1963) in the series issued. Composed by the staff at the Huntington Library with holiday humour, poor poetry, and inside institutional jokes. Some illustrations in the form of cartoons. Published in an extremely limited edition.   Condition: Very Good.  (Book ID 10772)  $37.50 Christmas Quarterly, 1953  Huntington Library.  San Marino, California.  1953.  28 pages; bound in light blue paper wrapper (9 1/2 x 12 inch) illustrated in color.. Issued Decmeber 1953 for the annual Christmas party, this being 18 (1953) in the series issued. Composed by the staff at the Huntington Library with holiday humour, poor poetry, and inside institutional jokes. Published in extremely limited edition.   Condition: Very Good.  Huntington Library. DK-41  (Book ID 10776)  $37.50 Clarence Saunders Brigham 1877 - 1963  American Antiquarian Society.  Worcester, Massachusetts.  1963.  Wrappers.  14-page pamphlet. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society for April 1963. From the Tribute page: "Few men in the library field have such a monument of accomplishment as has Clarence Brigham. His own book, "Fifty Years of Collecting Americana for the Library of the American Antiquarian Society", amply describes his work by 'collections,' started or amplified". Tributes are paid to this "great scholar and to his almost fanatic devotion to the Library".   Book Collecting. Book Preservation. Librarian. Bibliographer.  (Book ID 4032)  $12.50 Cloister Black: Specimen Sheet of Paper and Type from Eastern Corporation.  Eastern Corporation.  Bangor, Maine.  Illustrated by Thuringer, Joseph.  Specimen Sheet (17 x 22 inch) with accompanying card (8 1/2 x 11 inch) within envelope addressed to Mr. Joseph A. Foster - Scripps College Press. Pencil notes on envelope and two pin holes at top of specimen sheet. Designed by Joseph Thuringer of Rochester, New York.   Condition: Fine.  Paper, Printer  (Book ID 8846)  $25.00 Contemporary German Book Design.  Borsenverein Des Deutschen Buchhandels E.V..  Frankfurt am Main.  1955.  36 page pamphlet, printed wrapper, 7 x 4.5". Details on their work, type of binding, size, type face, typographic, binding and jacket designers and a list of 95 designers.   Condition: Very Good.  Printing History; Books on Books  (Book ID 5746)  $12.50 Craftsmanship in Los Angeles 1922-1947  Los Angeles Club of Printing House Craftsmen. 1947. Los Angeles..  Imitation leather. 350 copies printed. Started in Los Angeles in 1922, this club was founded to "perpetuate the spirit and true meaning of the motto of Craftsmen Clubs, 'Share Your Knowledge'". The book describes various activities sponsored and org anized by the Club to further its goals of sharing knowledge with apprentices, the public library, trade schools, etc.   PRINTING. PUBLISHING. GRAPHICS. ORGANIZED CLUBS. TRADE GROUPS. about Books  (Book ID 1487)  $37.50 Early California Trade Cards; Book Club of California 1966 Keepsake Series  The Book Club of California. 1966. San Francisco..  Cloth backed paper folder. Leather backed, cloth covered cardboard slip case. 9 parts, complete. 950 copies printed by the Grabhorn-Hoyem Press. Each trade card advertised a specific product such as: "Widow Finke's Champagne"; "The Riverside La nd & Irrigating Co."; California Silk Manufacturing Co."; Levi Strauss & Company"; etc.   TRADE CARDS. ADVERTISING. BOOK CLUBS. ENGLISH AMERICAN HISTORY. about Books  (Book ID 1565)  $37.50 Early Printing; A Little Show Sponsored by the American Institute of Graphic Arts  (Printed by The Vogue Press). (Circa 1950). (Yonkers, New York)..  Wrappers. Three-fold pamphlet briefly describes seven panels, each panel features famous printing projects like the Gutenberg Bible, completed between 1440-1455; the famous Mainz Psalter printed in 1457; etc.   PRINTING. TYPESET. TYPE FACE. GRAPHIC DESIGN. ARTISTIC EXPRESSION. about Books  (Book ID 2293)  $10.00 Go to page: 1 2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13

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