New York: Limited Editions Club [printed at the Press of William E. Rudge's Sons, under the direction of Bruce Rogers], 1944. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 540 of 1100, folio size, 203 pp., signed by Bruce Rogers. The first book published by the philosopher and statesman Francis Bacon (1561-1626), Baron of..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 390 pp., from the library of the Science Hill School. Catherine Esther Beecher (1800-1878) , the sister of Harriet Beecher Stowe, was an outspoken educator and writer, and advocated for equal access to education for women. She..... More
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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
[Harrow Weald, Middlesex]: The Raven Press, Printed by Robert Ashwin Maynard and Horace Walter Bray, 1931. Bray, Horace Walter. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 20 of 275, octavo size, 35 pp. The Book of Tobit is part of the Apocrypha, generally included in Catholic and Orthodox biblical canons, but not those..... More
Monmouthshire: The Old Stile Press, (2010). d'Arbeloff, Natalie. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 12 of 60 copies, folio size, [56] pp., signed by the artist. From the web site of The Old Stile Press: "These drawings were published almost half a century before the idea of publishing them in a book..... More
(New Brunswick): (Rutgers Center for Innovative Printmaking), (1993). Feldman, Walter. Limited Edition. Folio in a case. No. 7 of 18, folio size, seven unbound folio sheets, signed by Walter Feldman. Walter Sidney Feldman (1925-2017) received numerous awards and critical praise spanning a lifetime achievement over seven decades; his paintings were..... More
Greenbrae, California: The Allen Press, 1984. Forgeois, Michèle. Limited Edition. Softcover. One of 140 copies, quarto size, 49 pp., with prospectus. The stories of Jonah, Judith, and Ruth have inspired numerous works of art and literature, and have been rendered in lovely editions such as this work from the Allen..... More
Winona, Minnesota: Sutton Hoo Press, [2002]. Hanka, Ladislav. Limited Edition. Original wraps. One of 100 copies, duodecimo size, 33 pp. This printing of the Book of Ruth is the Thanksgiving 2002 release by the Sutton Hoo Press. A precursor to other biblical texts the Press intends to print, this lovely..... More
[San Francisco]: [The Book Club of California, printed by the Grabhorn Press], 1927. Angelo, Valenti. Limited Edition. Vellum. No. 185 of 250 copies, duodecimo size, 45 unnumbered pp., with slipcase. "The Gentle Cynic" is a translation of the Book of Ecclesiastes, the title of which is a Latin transliteration of..... More
Paris: Chez Saintin, 1811. First Edition. Hardcover. Twenty-fourmo size, 234 pp., in French. The biblical story of Ruth and Naomi, two women who leave the land of Moab to return to Naomi's native land of Bethlehem, is a story of love, devotion, and loyalty; it is a story of strength..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club [printed at the Thistle Press], 1968. Miller, Edgar. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 351 of 1500 copies, quarto size, 65 pp., signed by Edgar Miller, with LEC Monthly Letter. The Book of Ecclesiastes, part of both the Christian Old Testament and the Hebrew Bible, offers..... More
[Waltham Saint Lawrence]: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. Rooke, Noel. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 259 of 370 copies, octavo size, 44 pp. This volume comprises a portion of text from the Book of Saint Luke, telling of the birth of Jesus Christ; printed by The Golden Cockerel Press, this publication..... More
Torino: Zecchi e Bona, 1850. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 176 pp., text in Italian. Text in Italian, with some Latin quotes scattered throughout. ___DESCRIPTION: Quarter tan leather with marbled paper boards, gilt lettering and decorations direct to spine, text block edges appear to have been stained at some point, now faded, plain..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, printed by The Grabhorn Press, 1949. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 375 copies, folio size, [23] pp. Wynkyn de Worde (d. 1534/5) "was Caxton's right-hand man and successor. Caxton may have taken him on at the start of his printing career in Cologne..... More
London: Luzac & Co., 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 216 pp. The turn of the last century was a time of a great number of missionaries, most with only the best of intentions, visiting the far corners of the world to assist in education. Bess Allen Donaldson (1879-1974) and..... More
London: Soncino Press, 1935. Hardcover. First eight volumes, octavo size, 4263 total pp. Rabbi Ezekiel Isadore Epstein (1894-1962), an Orthodox rabbi and scholar, translated this edition of the Talmud published by Soncino Press, a Jewish publishing company focusing primarily on English translations of Jewish works; "The Babylonian Talmud" is a...... More
San Francisco: Printed for The Book Club of California by John Henry Nash, 1921. Nash, John Henry. Limited Edition. No binding. Single leaf folded once to make [4] pp. A lovely broadside printed by the San Francisco printer extraodinaire, John Henry Nash (1871-1947) with his characteristic mitred ruled border, this..... More
(Kentfield, California): Allen Press, 1974. Redon, Odilon. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 140 copies, folio size, 90 pp., with prospectus. Although Gustave Flaubert’s (1821-1880) best known work may be "Madame Bovary", he had a deep interest in "The Temptation of Saint Anthony", spending thirty years in research and working countless..... More
London: Bloomsbury Academic, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, (2016). Hardcover. Revised and updated version, two volumes (complete), quarto size, 1172 pp. Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was described by his teacher Bertrand Russell as "perhaps the most perfect example I have ever known of genius as traditionally conceived; passionate..... More
London: James Clarke & Co. Ltd., 1939. Gill, Eric. Wraps. A small book by the inimitable printermaker and typographer Eric Gill (1882-1940), in which he makes a case for socialism and social justice through the lens of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ; each stage of his crucifixion is examined and..... More
Dublin: Robert Jackson, 1790. Leather. Four volumes, octavo size, [2,246] pp. The initial volumes first published in 1789, with Volume IV being first published in 1790, a year before the author's death. The last book by English religious writer and schoolmaster John Gough (1721-1791), who was himself from a family..... More
[New Delhi]: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives [Associated Publishing House], 1975. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Octavo size, 133 pp. First volume of the periodical "The Tibet Journal"; "an occasional publication of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, devoted to the presentation of scholarly and general interest articles on..... More
Stanford University: James Ladd Delkin (printed by Taylor & Taylor), (1945). Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 350 copies, duodecimo size, 102 pp. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was a prolific writer, poet, essayist, moralist, and lexicographer, who wrote on numerous subjects, including "A Dictionary of the English Language", which preceded the "Oxford..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Third Printing. Hardcover. Four volumes, quarto size, 2216 total pp. An English language reference work devoted to "aesthetics", using a definition of aesthetics as "critical reflection on art, culture, and nature." The encyclopedia includes over 600 essays arranged alphabetically, covering about 400 individuals, concepts..... More
[Munich]: Bremer Presse [1926-1928], 1926. Simons, Anna. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 365 copies, folio size, 5 volumes (complete), in German. An extraordinary publication by the Bremer Press of the "Martin Luther Bible". Translated by Luther directly from the Greek during his enforced sequestration in Wartburg Castle (1521-22), it was..... More