San Francisco: The Press in Tuscany Alley, (1994). First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 75 copies (unnumbered), elephant folio size, 156 pp., with numerous specimens in a custom box, with prospectus and "El Paso keepsake", signed by James Linden. A tour de force of the ephemeral printing of the..... More
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
Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1976. Hardcover. Forty-eight consecutive volumes, published between 1976 and 1998, large quarto size, approximately 9600 pp. An "ongoing series", published to fill "a need for a digest of comment concerning children’s literature…in which excerpts of recent reviews of both fiction and nonfiction for children and young..... More
[Cologne, Germany]: Taschen, (2009). Hardcover. Folio size, 360 pp. From the web site of Taschen: "A connoisseur’s overview of typeface design, 'Type' offers a dependable history of elegant fonts from 1628 through 1900. Derived from a distinguished Dutch collection, exquisitely designed catalogues trace the evolution of the printed letter through..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete), quarto size, 1339 total pp. This extensive reference work sets forth, chronologically, the works published in the English language from 1474 to 2000. This work grew out of a prior work of the Press, the "Annals of English Literature"..... More
[Mill Valley, California]: Sunflower Press, 2008. Cunningham, Carol. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 18 of 30, octavo size, 29 unnumbered leaves, signed by Carol Cunningham. First (and thus far the only) edition of this stunning bibliography from the Sunflower Press, bound by Joe D'Ambrosio; this volume spans nearly 50..... More
n.p. Joseph J. D'Ambrosio, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Ocatvo size, 137 pp., signed by Joe D'Ambrosio, one of 10 AP copies. A work of art itself, this, his second bibliography, sets forth books produced over a period of almost twenty years. First/Limited edition of 10 artist proofs and 75 numbered..... More
(Paris): Editions Filigranes, (1995). Limited Edition. Folio. No. 122 of 220 (total edition 250), folio size, 319 pp., in French. Roger Devauchelle (1915-1993) was apprenticed at an early age to a bookbinder and eventually trained in all aspects of bookbinding; he opened his own bindery which, as a family business..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed by Meriden-Stinehour Press], 1990. Gill, Eric. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 450 copies, folio size, 120 pp. This publication from the Book Club of California is an in-depth look at the Golden Cockerel Press edition of "The Four Gospels of..... More
[San Francisco]: The San Francisco Club of Printing House Craftsmen, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, miniature book, 66 pp. A short essay on early California printing by San Francisco bookbinder and typographer, Herbert Fahey. This work was the genesis for his later important book published by The Book Club..... 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
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed at the Curwen Press], 1978. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies, folio size, [112] pp., with prospectus. A significant illustrated study of the aquatint medium for book illustration, by antiquarian bookseller and bibliographer Colin Franklin; he is also author of..... More
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[San Francisco]: [Grabhorn Press], [1941]. Limited Edition. Folio in a case. One of 200 copies, folio size, with fifteen original leaves. The inimitable Grabhorn Press, a San-Francisco based print shop run by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn that produced a plethora of fine press editions, often about California history, produced this..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1992). Hardcover. Folio size, 296 pp., with prospectus. The third quarter of the 15th century saw a seismic shift in how books were bound; influenced by a small group of antiquaries and scribes centred in Padua, binders began to replace the old style of binding in..... More
Bolinas, California: Bolinas Museum, 2002. Hobson, Charles. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 56 of 100 special edition copies with original artwork, duodecimo size, 55 pp., signed by the artist. Charles Hobson (b. 1943) is an artist and printmaker who constructs images for books and works on paper through monotype and printmaking;..... More
Chillicothe, Ohio: Mountain House Press, 1981, 1983. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete), one of 150 copies, elephant folio size, 346 pp. plus a section of paper samples, with cases and prospectus, both volumes signed by author. William Joseph "Dard" Hunter (1883-1966) accomplished that which, in his day..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed by Patrick Reagh], 2008. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 275 copies, quarto size, 228 pp., with prospectus. This publication by the Book Club of California is a biography of the life and work of notable San Francisco-based printer James Weld Towne (1829-1917);..... More
(New York): The Grolier Club, 1999. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 250 hardbound copies published by The Grolier Club, folio size, 144 pp. As the authors wrote in the Foreword: "On the following pages are some of the most beautiful, finely printed books produced during the twentieth century...." Despite their..... More
(Leningrad): (Aurora Art Publishers), (1975). Konstantinov, Fiodor. First Edition. Hardcover. Miniature book, [116] pp. Unable to find much information online, we turn to the book's introduction for information about this superb woodcut Russian artist, Fiodor (or Fyodor) Konstantinov (or Konstantinoy). Born in 1910, Konstantinov began his career in the 1930s..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed at the press of Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem], 1972. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. One of 450 copies, folio size, [156] pp., with prospectus and original sales receipt. The curious misconception that California was an island was recorded by a minimum of..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed by Andrew Hoyem], 1976. Angelo, Valenti. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 400 copies, folio size, 99 pp., signed by Valenti Angelo. Valenti Angelo (1897-1982) was a highly-regarded designer, illuminator, and decorator of books over a career that spanned decades, doing much of..... More
![Item #CNBR210 [Prospectus for] The Ephemera of Adrian Wilson; An Annotated List, 1944-1988. James...](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CNBR210_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1527375495)
San Francisco: The Press in Tuscany Alley, (1994). Wraps. Quarto size, [8] pp., with sample leaves. The grand prospectus for James Linden's comprehensive volume on Adrian Wilson's printed ephemera. Adrian Wilson (1924-1988) is known to all lovers of beautiful books; he started printing with Jack Stauffacher in 1948, and two..... More
San Francisco: Printed at The Grabhorn Press, 1957. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 225 copies, folio size, 119 pp. A limited, fine letterpress edition of the second volume of the Grabhorn bibliography, printed by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn, Jane & Mary Grabhorn and Sherwood Grover, from the library of esteemed..... More
San Francisco: Printed at The Grabhorn Press, 1957. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 225 copies, folio size, 119 pp., inscribed "from Bob and Jane Grabhorn" and dated May, 1957. A limited, fine letterpress edition of the second volume of the Grabhorn bibliography, printed by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn, Jane &..... More
Cambridge: The Cambridge University Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete), quarto size, 842 pp., with (unsigned) note by the author. The Cambridge University Press began in 1534 when it was granted letters patent by King Henry VIII, and since then the publishing house, part of Cambridge University, has..... More