New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1902. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 141 copies on Van Gelder paper, octavo size, 150 pp., with slipcase. A handsomely produced collection of articles on American books, their bindings and binders by the American book collector par excellance, William Loring Andrews (1837-1920). For this..... More

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1949. Rogers, Bruce. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, the Bible one of 975 copies, elephant folio size, [942] pp., [and] Making of the Bible number 178 of 1875 copies, quarto size, [41] pp. The second folio Bible designed by Bruce Rogers..... More

London: Golden Cockerel Press, [1937]. Lamb, Lynton. No binding. Folio size, [4] pp. Prospectus only for "The Log of The Bounty", with one wood-engraving by Lynton Lamb. ___DESCRIPTION: A single sheet folded once to four pages, announces publication "to be issued in 2 volumes (Vol. I, this autumn; Vol. II..... More

San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2001. William T. Wiley. Hardcover. Large octavo, 11 by 8 inches, 124 pages, plus 12 unnumbered pages for the colored leaves to which the etchings are attached. The type is Goudy Old Style, printed by letterpress. The photographs appear on verso pages, the etchings on..... More

London: Printed for Thomas Boys of Ludgate Hill [printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars], 1820. Cruikshank, Isaac Robert. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, 212 pp. (not matching pagination, see below), with 12 aquatints by Isaac Robert Cruikshank. A humorous collection of sketches exalting through parody the merits of the thrifty. The..... More

San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2009-2010. Wiley, William T. Limited Edition. Leather. Both volumes octavos, Book I with 576 pages and Book II with 632 pages; Book I with 42 prints and Book II with 55 prints. The type is Centaur roman and Arrighi italic, handset and in Monotype composition..... More

Austin: W. Thomas Taylor [Designed and Printed by David Holman at the Wind River Press], 1983. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 325 copies, folio size, 100 pp. A catalogue published in connection with an exhibition held at the Grolier Club to explore and celebrate the then-current state of fine press..... More

New York: The Grolier Society (The Colonial Press), n.d. Hardcover. Sixteen volumes (complete), quarto size, approx. 5500 total pp. This set a comprehensive look at the life of the still-famous French general, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). It is a compilation of the work of the above three authors: Hazlitt authored "The..... More

Berkeley: Associated Students Store, University of California, (1925). Hardcover. The 1925 issue with additional material, octavo size, 1246 pp., with original dust jacket. Willis Linn Jepson (1867-1946) is known as California's most distinguished early botanist, being identified with the University of California, Berkeley, for most of his long career as..... More

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co., 1886. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 46 of 111 copies, spine stamped "Artists' Proof Edition", folio size, 234 pp. Originally published in 1884 by G.P. Putnam's Sons, "Onnalinda" created a sensation when first released. A contemporary review states "An anonymous romance -- [which] sustains its..... More

San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1929. Wilke, William. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 1000 copies, quarto size, 386 pp., this copy in a full vellum binding. Cornelius Cole (1822-1924) was a politician who became an important figure in California politics after his arrival there in July 1849; he became District..... More

Paris: Club du Livre [under the direction of Philippe Lebaud, with Master Printers Jean Paul Vibert for the text and Jacques Mourlot for the lithographs], [1983]. Matton-Pascalini, Charles. Limited Edition. Leather bound. One of 295 numbered copies, folio size, 164 pp., signed by Charles Matton-Pascalini, with cloth chemise and slipcase..... More

San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2001. William Matthews. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Oblong, 11 by 14 inches, 132 pages. The types are Monotype Scotch Roman (introduced around 1810, during the earlier time of the play), composed and cast at Mackenzie & Harris; and handset Lilith, designed by Lucien Bernard in 1930..... More