Fine Binding & Printing from Classic Books and Ephemera

Paris: The Pleiad, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. [8], 53, [1] p.; 28 cm. Original green cloth with gilt stamped spine title. This is number 310 of a limited edition of 550 copies printed by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen a Haarlem for the Pleiad under the typographic direction of Frederic Warde in Dec. 1927. It was… Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia: Sol Mednick and Arthur Williams, 1946. Very Good. [104] p.: 19 full-page and 5 half-page illustrations; 36 cm. Loose signatures housed in card portfolio with black cover title. This is an unnumbered copy out of a limited edition of 100 copies, set in Airport Black Type by Typographic Service; the plates were printed by the… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Nonesuch Press, 1937. Hardcover. Fine. xxiv, 44, [4] p., frontispiece and 4 leaves of plates: music; 39 cm. Off-white paper over boards (faux vellum) with gilt-tooled spine title and blind-tooled decoration on both boards. Fore-edges have yapp edges. Linoleum cut title vignette. Slipcase covered in grey paper with color linoleum-cut paste-down on front… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: William Pickering, 1846. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes: xii, 414, [2] p., engraved frontispiece portrait; xxvi, 384 p., engraved frontispiece portrait; 23 cm. Contemporary? calf binding with six spine compartments between raised bands. Original leather label lacking from second and third compartments; blind-stamped decoration in remaining compartments. Ornate blind-tooled diamond in the center of… Saber más sobre este artículo

East Aurora, N.Y.: Roycrofters, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good +. [6], 207, [3] p.; 27 cm. Half light brown suede (possibly light green originally) with brown paper over boards. Gilt-tooled spine and cover titles. Top page edges gilt. Grey endpapers. Title page printed in red and black within elaborate woodcut border. Printed in… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. Hardcover. Fine. [4], 160, [2] p., double-page facsimile frontispiece; 24 cm. Black cloth spine with orange paper over boards; orange paper spine label printed in black. Black slipcase with matching spine label. This is no. 533 of a limited edition of 950 copies printed by Bruce Rogers at the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Alphabet Press, 1981. Hardcover. Fine/fine. A Neugebauer Pressbook. [36] p.: color illustrations; 34 cm. Dark green cloth with printed paper spine label. White dust jacket with front cover reproducing illustrated title page. With separate 16-page stitched pamphlet containing the fables translated into English by Sir Edward Marsh. Slipcase covered in matching dark… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1949. Hardcover. Near Fine. Three volumes in one slipcase. Saint George & the Dragon; Retold by William H. G. Kingston and illustrated by Edward Shenton. 75, [3] p.: in-text color illustrations; 31 cm. Light grey cloth with red spine and cover titles; color illustrated pastedown on front cover. Illustrated… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine -. 2 volumes with slipcase. xvi, [2], 362, [6], 363-782, [2] p.: color illustrations; 26 cm. Off-grey-white cloth with paper spine labels printed in red and black. Top page edges blue-grey. Slipcase is blue-grey with paper spine label printed in black. This is… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good -. Printed by the Plantin Press, Los Angeles. xix, [5], 437, [1] p.: color illustrations; 26 cm. Off-white cloth with gilt-stamped spine title on faux-leather spine label and gilt-stamped illustration on faux-leather paste-down on front cover. Top page edges brown. Title vignette. Slipcase covered in brown… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Bertram Rota, 1937. Fine. [6], 13, [3] p.; 20 cm. Burgundy cloth spine with gilt-stamped spine title; red, blue, and white handmade paper over boards with burgundy cloth inset bearing Chinese title in black. Fixed endpapers illustrated with a Chinese lion. Grey clipcase with the same Chinese lion illustration on front and back sections.… Saber más sobre este artículo

East Aurora, N.Y.: Roycrofters, 1904. Hardcover. Very Good. [7], 130-153, [3] p.: tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Schopenhauer; 20 cm. Original brown cloth spine and grey paper over boards. Printed paper label on front cover with "Schopenhauer" in black and a decoration in red. Untrimmed edges. Title page has elaborately decorated border. Similarly elaborate… Saber más sobre este artículo

Paris: Bibliothèque-Charpentier, 1925. Hardcover. Near Fine -. "Dixième Mille." viii, 215, [1] p.; 19 cm. Lavender pebble-grain cloth spine; leather spine label with gilt-tooled title. Marbled paper over boards in gilt, lavender, and maroon. Lavender endpapers. Bookbinder's label on front free endpaper verso: Theo. Jirasko Relieure d'Amateurs, Lausanne. List of other works… Saber más sobre este artículo

San Francisco: Colt Press, 1941. Hardcover. Very Good. [4], 45, [1] p., 1 folded facsimile of The Wasp; 25 cm. Red cloth spine with printed paper spine label. Patterned blue paper over boards. One of a limited edition of 550 copies isued from the Colt Press by William Roth and Jane Grabhorn in Feb. 1941.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: At the Office of the Bookman's Journal, 1923. Hardcover. Good. 36, [4] p.: color illustrations; 25 cm. Blue cloth spine with gilt-stamped spine title; grey paper over boards. Lacking dust jacket. This is one of a limited edition of 1,000 copies. Printed at the Curwen Press. Contains 15 poems with illustrations. … Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Privately Printed, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. xi, [1], 145, [3] p., frontispiece and 7 leaves of plates: in-text illustrations; 25 cm. Gold textured cloth over spine with printed paper spine label; salmon paper over boards. This is no. 433 of a limited edition of 1,000 copies. Illustrated title page. Coypright 1929 by Herbert… Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co, 1904. Hardcover. Very Good -. 5 volumes: 473, 494, 532, 471, 494 p.; 20 cm. Bound in half green calf with marbled paper in blue, red, and gilt over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled "Sea Tales" in second compartment, volume title in fourth, and floral decorations in the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Paris: Lefèvre, 1825. Hardcover. Near Fine -. 3 volumes ([4], xxiv, 386 p., frontispiece portrait, double-leaf engraved map; [4], 456 p.; [4], 386 p.); 23 cm. Polished calf spines with gilt-tooled title and volume on leather labels. Decoration in gilt and black on spines. Marbled paper over boards. Top page edges gilt. Marbled… Saber más sobre este artículo

Riverside, Conn: The Hillacre Bookhouse, 1913. Paperback. Very Good +. [20] p.; 16 cm. Sewn brown card covers with paper label on front printed in red and black. Title page and facing page printed in red and black; initial letter printed in red and black. Pages are unopened. In Godkin's letter, first published in… Saber más sobre este artículo

East Aurora, N.Y.: Roycrofters, 1912. Hardcover. Near Fine. Miriam Edition. 148, [1] p., 6 leaves of plates (portraits of the featured artists); 20 cm. White cloth with greay paper over spine and boards, revealing the white cloth at the uncovered joints. Gilt-stamped spine title and cover title, the latter within decorative medallion. Top page… Saber más sobre este artículo