San Francisco: Adrian Wilson, (1984). Killion, Tom. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 226 copies, elephant folio size, 25 pp., signed by William Everson, Tom Killion, and Adrian Wilson, with prospectus and order form. William Everson (1912-1994), also known as Brother Antoninus, a name he adopted during his sixteen years serving... More
San Francisco: Printed by Lawton Kennedy, 1980. No binding. Quarto size, [4] pp., inscribed by Marlan Beilke. A program for the autumn meeting of the Gleeson Library Associates in November, 1980; the cover features a reproduction of a "relatively unknow[n]" photograph of the poet Robinson Jeffers (ostensibly taken in 1941)... More
San Francisco: Greenwood Press, ca. 1986. Limited Edition. Softcover. No. 31 of 150, quarto size, [8] pp., inscribed by the printer Jack W. Stauffacher. This softcover book was printed in celebration of the Greenwood Press, after fifty years of its operation, and features a selection from "Don Quixote de la... More
Seattle: Dogwood Press, 1932. Wraps. Octavo size, 12 pp. John Julius Johnck was one of the partners of the highly regarded San Francisco publishing house of Johnck & [Harold] Seeger, who also studied with Daniel Berkeley Updike and William Addison Dwiggins at Harvard; this small pamphlet, printed by the Dogwood... More
n.p. Tangram, 1988. Limited Edition. No binding. Broadside, one of 100 copies. This letterpress-printed poem was issued in memory of the late Adrian Wilson (1923-1988), who was both a book designer and a scholar, authoring "The Design of Books" which is regarded as a classic text on book design. As... More
Eugene, Oregon: Printed by John Henry Nash, University of Oregon, 1939. First Edition. Wraps. Quarto size, 25 pp., inscribed by David Hadden. An uncommon book of verse by David Hadden, one printed late in the career of the eminent typographer and printer John Henry Nash (1871-1947); this volume contains humorous... More
Los Angeles [Lunenburg, Vermont]: The Symposium Press [printed at The Stinehour Press], 1979. Limited Edition. Wraps. Letter I of those lettered A to AA, of a total edition of 300 copies, quarto size, 27 pp., signed by Turner Cassity and Charles Gullans. American playwright and poet Allen Turner Cassity (1929-2009)... More
San Francisco and New York: Paul Elder and Company, (1907). Hardcover. Sixteenmo size, 36 pp. James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) was one of the "Fireside Poets" and his poems are known for having a quiet strength, at times impetuous and at times still and calm; this collection of poems tells of... More
San Francisco: Privately Printed by John Henry Nash, 1919. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 50 copies printed for private distribution, octavo size, 15 pp. A memorial volume, this publication by the eminent typographer and printer John Henry Nash (1871-1947) honours Laurence Soulé Lynch, a lieutenant in the United States Army... More
Tucson, Arizona: Chax Press, 1986. Limited Edition. Wraps. No. 84 of 165 copies, octavo size, [52] pp. The five poems that make up this volume are based on Japanese ghost stories told by Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) in his book "Kwaidan"; Karl Young here creates a different form of the book... More
1917. Leather bound. Elephant folio size, 403 pp. This ledger contains the business records of the firm of Madison and Burke for the years 1915-1917; the company functioned as insurance agents, rent colletors, building owners, and at least one employee was an autioneer, as we observed a permit issued by... More
Concord, Massachusetts: Sign of the Vine, Will Bradley, [n. d.]. Hardcover. Sixteenmo size, 21 pp. This essay by Charles Lamb (1775-1834) is a humorous musing on the development of cooking meat, specifically pig, and like most of Lamb's essays, it has an easy-going and conversational style that appealed to many... More
San Francisco: Paul Elder & Company [The Tomoye Press], (1909). Jenkins, Will. Hardcover. Sixteenmo size, 71 pp. This collection of poems by Agness Greene Foster was printed by the Tomoye Press, an imprint associated with Paul Elder & Company, a notable bookstore in San Francisco run by Paul Elder, who... More
Oxford: The Limited Editions Club [printed by the Oxford University Press], 1931. Austen, John. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete), no. 96 of 1500, quarto size, 798 total pp., signed by John Austen. This Limited Editions Club publication of William Makepeace Thackeray's (1811-1863) best-known work, "Vanity Fair", contains line drawings... More
England: Golden Cockerel Press, [1944]. Braby, Dorothea and Buckland-Wright, John. No binding. Quarto size, [2] pp. Prospectus only for "The Ninety-First Psalm" and "Hymn to Proserpine", with two wood-engravings, one each by Dorothea Braby and John Buckland-Wright. ___DESCRIPTION: A single sheet, announces publication on one side of "The Ninety-First Psalm", "to... More
Stratford-Upon-Avon: Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press...and published for the Press by Basil Blackwell, 1928-1929. Chesterman, Hugh; Gaskin, Joscelyn V.; Lamb, Lynton H. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 304 of 375, eight volumes (complete), quarto size, 1886 total pp. This eight-volume set comprises much of Geoffrey Chaucer's (ca. 1343-1400) significant work... More
Oxford: Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press and published for the Press by Basil Blackwell, 1930-1931. Farleigh, John. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 230 of 450, five volumes (complete), quarto size, 1468 total pp. This five-volume set comprises the entire works of Homer, arguably the most prominent of ancient Greek writers... More
Oxford: Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press and published for the Press by Basil Blackwell, 1933. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, complete, no. 143 of 350 copies, quarto size, 724 total pp. This two-volume set is the Shakespeare Head Press's edition of Sir Thomas Malory's (ca. 1415-1471) most enduring and... More
London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1910. Pogany, Willy. First Edition. Hardcover. With Willy Pogany illustrations, first printing, octavo size, 295 pp. This collection of tales features numerous and charming stories not often told in the tradition of English folk tales; many draw from countries such as Hungary, Serbia, and... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed by the L-D Allen Press], 1945. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 250 copies, quarto size, 92 pp. "Heraldry of New Helvetia" is a compendium of California cattle brands and a look at the cattlemen themselves who had a pivotal role in the... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, ca. 1953. Hardcover. In scarce publisher's slipcase, five volumes (complete), octavo size, 2201 total pp. This five-set biography by Leon Edel (1907-1997) is a thorough look at one of the most prominent literary figures of the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, Henry James (1843-1916). James was... More
[London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [1913]. Earl, Maud. Hardcover. Octavo size, 347 pp. This charming volume is a collection of prose and verse by a variety of authors, all with one thing in common: loving and cherishing their canine companions; the writers span a plethora of periods and styles, including Charles... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1993. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 250 copies, sixteenmo size, 42 pp., with prospectus and signed letter from Andrew Hoyem. This publication by the Arion Press is a faithful reproduction of the "third book published in the English language on the subject of hunting birds... More
Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2000. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 141 of 500, octavo size, 544 pp., signed by Tim Powers. Historical events are often reimagined through works of fiction, but few writers bring the creative force and eloquent style of Tim Powers (b. 1952), who incorporates supernatural elements... More
London: The Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, 1968. Blake, William. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 694 of 700, octavo/twelvemo sizes, 172 total pp. Poet, printer, and artist William Blake (1757-1827) is arguably the most original and highly-regarded English authors of all time. Although thought mad by his contemporaries, he... More
