San Francisco: Industrial Indemnity Company, 1955. Adams, Ansel. First Edition. Wraps. Octavo size, 26 pp. The fascinating history of the land and building at 155 Sansome, commissioned by the Industrial Indemnity Company. Written by noted San Francisco historian Oscar Lewis (1893-1992, not to be confused with the New York anthropologist..... More
Kentfield, California: The Allen Press, 1972. Forgeois, Michele. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 130 copies, folio size, 74 pp., signed by Michele Forgeois, with prospectus, in publisher's slipcase. The thirty-eighth limited edition from The Allen Press is of one of the greatest dramas of all time. As the Allens share..... More
Dunmow Essex: The Workshop Press [Mark Arman], (1988). Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 170 copies, quarto size, 63 pp., signed by Mark Arman. The author, Mark Arman, began printing in 1949; at that time, he shares in the book's Introduction, "type decorations did not interest me." He goes on to..... More
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[Tehran]: [Publishing House of Parliament], [1926]. Hardcover. Oblong quarto, 174 pp. A fascinating book from Tehran, Persia (now Iran) of the types and fleurons available for printing from the Persian Parliament (known as the "Majless") Printing Plant. Published in 1926, immediately after the Imperial State of Persia was established under..... More
New York / Cincinnati: The Typophiles / Contemporary Arts Center [printed at the Stempel foundry in Frankfurt am Main], 1960. Hardcover. One of 700 copies, duodecimo size, 180 pp. total, both volumes inscribed by Hermann Zapf. Hermann Zapf (1918-2015) was one of the most influential typographers of the early digital..... More
![Item #CNBR412 Odes Horace [with] The Continuity of Horace. Horace, Michael Taylor, Quintus...](/pictures/thumb/CNBR412_1.JPG?v=1668545810)
[San Francisco]: [The Greenwood Press, Jack Werner Stauffacher], [1992]. Limited Edition. Wraps. "Odes" no. 192 of 250 copies, "Continuity" one of 500 unnumbered copies, the two volumes in a slipcase, folio size, 96 pp. and 32 pp., "Odes" signed by Michael Taylor and Jack Stauffacher. Quintus Horatius Flaccus (known simply..... More
(San Francisco): The Greenwood Press [Jack Werner Stauffacher, typographic design; Arlen Philpott, text printer; George Waters, illustrations printer], 1971. Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 750 copies, small quarto size, 68 pp. Wonderful memories of Albert Camus (1913-1960), the Nobel Prize-winning French philosopher and author, by the men with whom he..... More
San Francisco: The Press of Grabhorn Hoyem, 1973. Limited Edition. Stitched Binding. One of 300 copies, quarto size, 61 pp., signed by Eugenio Montale and Lawrence Kart. Eugenio Montale (1896-1981) was the recipient of the 1975 Nobel Prize for Literature and is widely considered to be the greatest Italian lyric..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club [printed at The Wild Carrot Letterpress], (1982). Pearson, Henry. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. First edition (so stated), no. 117 of 2000 copies, signed by Seamus Heaney, Thomas Flanagan, and Henry Pearson, with LEC Monthly Letter. Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) was an eminent Irish poet..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1907. Keith, William. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 169 pp., inscribed by Ina Coolbrith. Ina Donna Coolbrith (1842-1928) lived a life rather unusual for a woman of her days. She moved with her family at the age of 7 years from Illinois to California, in 1868 Bret..... More
San Francisco: The Colt Press [Printed by Lawton Kennedy], 1940. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 300 copies, octavo size, [36] pp. The celebrated writer Jane Austen (1775-1817) is known for her novels examining the lives of English families living in the country, often with poignant observations on the..... More
[Carrollton, Ohio]: Press on Scroll Road [Bob Baris], [2001]. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 100 numbered copies, large octavo size, 51 pp. Maurice Bernard Telleen (1928-2011) was a born and raised a farmer; he served his country in the U.S. Army in Korea, and upon his return graduated from Iowa..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Comany, c. 1961. Ninth Printing. Hardcover. Octavo size, 186 pp., in dust jacket, inscribed by John Griffin. The year was 1959; while the Civil Rights Movement was gaining momentum, in many parts of America and particularly in the South, African Americans were considered inferior to whites and..... More
[New York]: [Simon & Schuster], c. 1940. Kunhardt, Dorothy. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, second issue, twenty-fourmo size, [16] pp., in a custom box. Dorothy Kunhardt (née Meserve, 1901-1979) is best known for this work, although she authored almost fifty books during her lifetime. As noted author Chris Loker wrote..... More
Melbourne, Auckland et al: Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, [1919]. Gaze, Harold. First Edition. Wraps. Quarto size, [32] pp. A book of poetry about the chewg-um-glewg-um, which "has an Emu's body / And a smiling Camel's head", written and illustrated by Harold Gaze (1885-1963). Gaze is known for his colourful elvish..... More
Kirkwood: The Printery [Kay Michael Kramer, printer], 1974. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 120 copies, oblong sixmo, 45 pp., signed by Charles Guenther, with prospectus. Written by the existentialist philosopher and French poet Jean Andre Wahl (1888-1974) during his time in La Sante prison under the German occupation during WWII..... More
Iowa City: The Windhover Press at the University of Iowa, 1981. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 117 of 220 copies, sixmo size, [46] pp. Printed with the Italian on the verso and the translation on the recto of each page; per the bibliography, "the translations are superb." A wonderful publication by..... More
(Wakefield, West Yorkshire): Fleece Press (Simon Lawrence), (1985). Reddick, Peter. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 250 copies, twelvemo size, 29 pp. Per the "Publisher's Note", "Vyvyan Richards' essay was first printed in 1937 and is the personal story of his friendship with T.E. Lawrence, with whom he planned to set..... More
[San Francisco]: [The White Rabbit Press], [1958]. First and Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 200 copies, octavo size, [14] pp. Beat poet and author Richard Gary Brautigan (1935-1984) may be best known for his novels, including "Trout Fishing in America". However, he began his career as a poet, with the..... More
(London): Macmillan London Limited, (1977). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 192 pp. The first book in the "Brother Cadfael" series, the title character being a Benedictine monk living in Wales in the early 12th century, who "combines the curious mind of a scientist/pharmacist with a knight-errant". The series..... More
![Item #22042302 Sarcofagos de Sennedjem [The Sarcophagus of Sennedjem]; Seis Grabados de Luis...](/pictures/thumb/22042302_1.JPG?v=1666394823)
[1976]. Lopez-Loza, Luis. Limited Edition. Accordion. One of thirty numbered copies, accordion binding, six etchings, octavo size, signed by Luis López Loza at the colophon. A rare copy of six etchings with aquatint by Mexican artist Luis López Loza (b. 1939) presented in an accordion-style book. The subject is the..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1929. Keen, Henry. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Second printing of this version with illustrations by Henry Keen, octavo size, 266 pp., with dust jacket. The only novel written by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is seen as "a classic of gothic literature"..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing in book form, sixmo size, 232 pp., with a card signed by H.G. Wells. Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was an English writer best known for his work in the science fiction genre, with novels such as "The Time..... 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: Doubleday, A Foundation Book, (1989). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 239 pp., signed by John Crowley. John Crowley (b. 1942) had "The Deep" as his first novel, but is best known for his seminal SF novel "Little, Big" - this work had such an impact on..... More