Category: Books about Books

Announcement: Merle Johnson's American First Editions, Fourth Edition; Revised and Enlarged by Jacob Blanck

Price: $15.00

Seller ID: 021670

Original announcement printed as a brochure on beige paper. This announcement advertises an upcoming title, "American First Editions." No date, circa 1942. 6" x 9." Four pages, complete. One leaf folded in half and printed on all sides. Brochure is very clean and intact. A few minuscule wrinkles and a small, very faint smudge on the last page. A Fine copy. This is an announcement advertising the limited fourth edition of Merle Johnson's American First Editions, which was edited by Jacob Blanck. The first two pages of the brochure give some background on the book. Excerpts from the f...
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Donald S. Klopfer: An Appreciation

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Random House /Rae Publishing : 1996

Seller ID: 018692

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering. Issued without dust wrapper.; 2000 copies printed. Short statements about the co-publisher of Random House by his co-workers, other publishers and authors. Issued at the 10 year anniversary of his death. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4. Unpaginated.
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Enclosing a specimen of printing done at Lhasa, in Tibet; Brought from Kalimpong, India by Francis P. Farquhar, for presentation to the members of The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, 5 November 1951

Price: $37.50

Seller ID: 024760

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fine)

Text in English and Tibetan. Original yellow paper folder with original printing sample laid in. Black lettering and illustration on front panel of folder. The printing sample is one leaf of rice paper printed on both sides in black ink. Folder is dated November 5, 1951. The printing sample dates to c. late 1800s to early 1900s. Folder: 12" x 3 1/2." Printed leaf: 11 1/2" x 3." Folder is very clean and intact except for a few small spots of surface chipping, slight wear to edges and corners, and a small crease in lower-right corner on front. Printing sample is clean and intact overall...
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Joseph Conrad--and His Work (Advertising Brochure)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Current Opinion

Seller ID: 019603

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

Advertising brochure for Joseph Conrad. No date, circa 1920s. 3 1/2" x 8 1/4" folded; 10 1/2" x 16 1/2" unfolded. Four pages, complete. Pages are clean. Very minor splitting at front folds in center. This brochure folds out like a newspaper. On the first page is a biography of Joseph Conrad. The inner and last pages advertise "The Canterbury Edition" which is listed as the first complete set of Conrad's works in twenty-four volumes. Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), a Polish-Britisher writer, is considered to be one of the most accomplished writers of the English language. He is renowned fo...
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Keepsake. Adrian Wilson July 1, 1923-February 3, 1988.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: San Francisco, The Press in Tuscany Alley

Seller ID: 017631

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Original light blue wrapper with white paper label with blue and black lettering on front cover. 6 1/2 X 9 inches. 16 pages. Adrian Wilson (1923-1988) was an American book designer and author of the classic 1967 work entitled "The Design of Books." This keepsake is a record of the gathering of Wilson's friends at the Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park on February 13, 1988. This keepsake has a Prologue from Joyce Lancaster Wilson with Melissa & Craig Marshall, and copies of speeches from Dr. James D. Hart, Director of The Bancroft Library at the University of California...
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Ladies in My Library. Books and Letters From the Collection of Norman H. Strouse.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Logan Square, The Free Library of Philadelphia : 1968

Seller ID: 017320

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Original blue wrapper. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2. 27 pages. Taken from the colophon "One of 100 copies specially printed for the members of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco." This copy is a catalog of an exhibition held at the Free Library of Philadelphia. Copy is very clean and complete.
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Letter Written in London on April 7, 1931 from Bruce Rogers to Will Bradley, With An Explanatory Note by Carey S. Bliss

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Richard Hoffman : 1980

Seller ID: 017790

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

Original white wrapper with black lettering and a black design surrounding text on the front cover. 1 sheet folded measuring 9 3/4 X 13 1/2. From the colophon, "Printed on Urabec-Hoffman all-rag hand made paper by Richard Hoffman for the members of the Columbian 415 Chappel, September, 1980." An Editorial Note from Carey S. Bliss is on the back page. Rogers (1870-1957) was an American typographer and type designer. Bradley (1868-1962) was an American Art Nouveau illustrator and artist, nicknamed "Dean of American Designers." Copy is very clean.
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Lifelong Learning. Vol. V, Berkeley, January 6, 1936, No. 23. John Masefield, Poet Laureate of England

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Berkeley, CA, University of California Extension Division : 1936

Seller ID: 024836

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Near Fine

Original program announcing upcoming lectures by John Masefield. 3 3/4" x 7 1/2." Unpaginated, four pages (one leaf folded in half and printing on all sides), complete. One black-and-white illustration of "John Masefield on his way to Buckingham Palace to be received by the king," complete. Program is very clean and intact except for slight bumping at the bottom edge and a former owner's stamp in black ink in top margin on back. A Near Fine copy. Part of the Lifelong Learning series. This is a brief program announcing upcoming lectures by John Masefield (1878-1967), an English writer an...
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Original Advertisement - The Traitor's Way; Karadac Count of Gersay

Price: $15.00

Seller ID: 021732

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Original advertisement for two books, The Traitor's Way by S. Levett-Yeats and Karadac Count of Gersay by "K. & Hesketh Prichard." Printed as a flyer on orange paper. No date, circa 1901-1906. 3 1/2" x 5 3/4." Two pages, complete. One leaf printed on front and back. Three black and white illustrations, complete. Paper is very clean and intact overall except for a small chip on the side and a wrinkle at the top. A Fine copy. The books' sizes, bindings, and prices are listed. The Traitor's Way shows the book's frontispiece by W. B. Gilbert. Excerpt about this book: "The scene of this ...
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Original Poster - "Modern Life Library. A Gallic Girl. 'Gyp.' Edited by Henri Pene du Bois ... Brentano's Publishers"

Price: $175.00

Seller ID: 025042

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Original poster printed in dark green ink on beige paper. Stylized lettering and illustration of a woman featured at center. No date, circa 1895. 15" x 23." Poster is clean and intact overall but has age toning throughout, a horizontal crease at center, a split along center crease that comes in from left edge about 1 1/2," a few tiny chips and closed tears along edges, slight wrinkling, and a few bits of tape or tape residue on back and lower-left corner. A Very Good copy. A beautiful promotional poster for the 1895 Modern Life Library edition of Gyp's famous novel, A Gallic Girl. A Gal...
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Pamphlets On Religion And Democracy. 16th To 19th Centuries

Price: $50.00

Publisher: San Francisco, California., Sutro Library Project : 1940

Seller ID: 018279

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Original tan wrapper with black lettering on front cover. Blue cloth tape on spine. 6 1/4 X 8 1/2 inches. 378 pages. Contents in this issue, "Prefatory Remarks" by A. Yedidia, Remarks by Rudolph I. Coffee, Remarks by Dr. Edgar Allan Lowther, Introduction by Paul Radin, E. M. Hulme, Prefatory Note to Erasmus, "The Immense Mercy OF God" by Desiderius Erasmus, Introduction to Robinson, "Liberty OF Conscience" by Henry Robinson, Introduction to Walwyn, "Toleration Justified" by William Walwyn, Introduction to Philodemius, "The End Of Civil Power" by Euctactus Philodemius, Introduction to Penn, "A ...
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Papers from the Quarterly Review.

Price: $47.50

Publisher: New York, D. Appleton & Company : 1852

Seller ID: 024430

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's red cloth binding with black lettering on front cover and spine. 4 3/4" x 7." 307 pages, complete. Pages are clean and intact except for light to moderate foxing (most of the pages are lightly foxed; the first few pages in front and back and endpapers have the most foxing). Covers clean and intact overall but have some wear to corners, edges, and front and back outer joints. Split along back outer joint. Cloth has been rubbed off at corners and head and tail of spine. A Very Good copy. A collection of essays from the London Quarterly Review. "Publisher's Advertise...
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Some Presses You Will Be Glad To Know About

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, University Book, Incorp. : 1937

Seller ID: 017834

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Original blue wrapper with black lettering on front cover with designs of logos. 5 X 8 inches. 61 pages. Copy tells the history of the following press, The University of California Press, Dartmouth College Publications, Duke University Press, The Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, The Louisiana State University Press, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The University of Michigan Press, The University of Minnesota Press, The New York Public Library (Astor, Lenox & Tilden Foundations), The University of Oklahoma Press, Stanford University Press and University Books, Incorporated. Slight s...
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The Caxton Brochures. Series A. Nos. 1 to 6.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: South Framingham, MA; Pittsfield, MA, The Caxton Society

Seller ID: 021420

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Original publisher's brown full leather limp binding with impressed design on the front cover and yapped edges. Six original Caxton brochures in wrappers are bound within the leather binding. The design of the front cover matches that of the interior brochures.' No date, circa 1908. "1908" appears on the spine; brochures are undated. 6" x 9." All pages of each brochure are complete. Pages are unnumbered. Caxton Brochure No. 1 has eighteen pages; No.2, thirty; No. 3, thirty; No. 4, twenty; No. 5, sixteen; and No. 6, twenty. Black and white plates, complete. Each brochure has an advert...
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The Colophon: A Book Collectors' Quarterly. Part Nine.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Pynson Printers, Incorporated : 1932

Seller ID: 021249

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Limited edition. Original publisher's blue and beige boards with an illustration on the front cover showing a man reading. 8 3/4" x 10 3/4." 102 unnumbered pages, complete. Plates and illustrations in black and white and color, complete. Former ownership bookplate: "Rare Book Department, Syracuse University Library, Gift of Carnegie Corporation of New York." Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Slight rubbing to the front and back covers. Front joint cracked from the bottom edge to about halfway up the spine. Back joint has a chip measuring about 1 1/2." A few pages unopened. ...
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The Colophon: New Series; A Quarterly for Bookmen. Volume I. Number 1. Summer 1935.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Pynson Printers, Incorporated : 1935

Seller ID: 021252

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Limited edition. Original publisher's beige boards with a blue-green color illustration on the front cover. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2." Pages 1-159, complete. Plates and illustrations in black and white and color, complete. Pages 145-159 are "Advertising Announcements of Great Interest to Bookmen with a Running Accompaniment from the Crow's Nest and Notes About Contributors." Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Spine is chipped and browned. A Fine copy. Text printed in the front: "Established in 1929, the first part was issued in February 1930, and the twentieth, compl...
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The Colophon: New Series; A Quarterly for Bookmen. Volume I. Number 2. Autumn 1935.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Pynson Printers, Incorporated : 1935

Seller ID: 021253

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Limited edition. Original publisher's beige boards with a pink color illustration on the front cover. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2." Pages 167-316, complete. Plates and illustrations in black and white and color, complete. Pages 301-316 feature "Advertising Announcements; The Crow's Nest; Notes About Contributors." Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Spine is browned and slightly chipped. A Fine copy. Text printed in the front: "Established in 1929. Number Two of the New Series, Copyright 1935, issued in October." Text printed in the back: "Completed in October MCM XXXV...
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The Colophon: New Series; A Quarterly for Bookmen. Volume I. Number 3. Winter 1936.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Pynson Printers, Incorporated : 1936

Seller ID: 021256

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Limited edition. Original publisher's beige boards with blue color illustration on the front cover. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2." Pages 323-480, complete. Plates and illustrations in black and white and color, complete. Pages 465-480 feature "The Crow's Nest & Advertising Announcements with Notes About Contributors." Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Covers are slightly rubbed. Spine is browned with slight chipping. A Fine copy. Text printed in the front: "Established in 1929. Number Three of the New Series, Copyright 1936, issued in February." Text printed in the b...
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The Colophon: New Series; A Quarterly for Bookmen. Volume II. Number 2. Autumn 1937.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Pynson Printers, Incorporated : 1937

Seller ID: 021259

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Limited edition. Original publisher's beige cloth binding with green lettering and illustration of a quill on the front cover. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2." Pages 165-310, complete. Plates and illustrations in black and white and color, complete. Pages 295-310 feature "Advertising Announcements; The Crow's Nest & Notes About Contributors." May contain a blank laid-in order form or a former ownership bookplate. Pages and covers are pristine and intact. Binding is tight. A Fine copy. Text printed in the front: "Established in 1929. Vol. II, Number Two of the New Series, Copyright 1937, Pynson Prin...
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The Colophon: New Series; A Quarterly for Bookmen. Volume II. Number 3. Summer 1937.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Pynson Printers, Incorporated : 1937

Seller ID: 021257

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Limited edition. Original publisher's beige cloth binding with red lettering and illustration of a quill on the front cover. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2." Pages 317-479, complete. Plates and illustrations in black and white and color, complete. Pages 463-479 feature "Advertising Announcements; The Crow's Nest & Notes About Contributors." Blank order form and envelope pre-addressed to The Colophon, Ltd. laid in. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. One faint, minuscule spot on front cover. A Fine copy. Text printed in the front: "Established in 1929. Vol. II, Number Thre...
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Category: Books about Books