Seal Harbor: High Loft, 1985. Small selection of 5 poems and one color woodcut, finely printed on Fabriano paper. Printed wrappers, string bound, and housed in a black cloth clamshell case with paper label. [Seal Harbor, Maine]: High Loft, 1985. Limited edition of only 60 copies, printed in the summer of 1984. A fine copy. More
Stratford-Uopn-Avon: Shakespeare Head, 1928. A catalogue. 93pp., untrimmed, tall slim 8vo, black cloth. Stratford-Upon-Avon, 1928. Limited to 325 copies. Very Good (+). More
Haybarn Press, 2018. Frontispiece on Rives Heavyweight, printed from a painting on a Mylar plate, and hand-colored by the artist. Illustrated in color by Ed Colker. Letterpress printed. Unpaginated, unbound in burgundy cloth portfolio, as issued. Haybarn Press, 2018. A fine copy. Limited edition, number 24 of 125. Signed by the artist on the limitation page. Poems by: Lee Briccetti, Lea Graham, Kathryn Hellerstein, Catherine Kasper, Kadya Molodowsky, Kathleen Norris, Nina Pick, Ronnie Scharfman, Rosmarie Waldrop, Jeanne Murray Walker, and Suzanne Wise. More
Norwalk: Easton, 1999. Illustrations by A. Tassos. Short 4to, ornately gilt brown leather, a.e.g. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1999). Fine. More
California Library Association, 1961. 39 pages. Very slim 8vo, original tan printed wrappers, staple-bound. California Library Association, 1961. First Edition. Near Fine. Limited Edition. One of 750 copies designed by Ward Ritchie and Printed by the Ward Ritchie Press. Keepsake Series No. 2. Inscribed by the author on the half-title. More
Broad Campden: Essex House, 1908. Wood-Engravings by P. A. Mairet. Very thin 4to, linen-backed blue boards, uncut edges. Broad Campden: Essex House Press, 1908. Limited Edition. A very good(+) copy. One of 250 numbered copies. More
Newtown: Bird & Bull, 2001. 8vo, handsomely bound in green silk cloth with rust morocco spine and green leather spine label; black cloth slipcase. (Newtown): San Serriffe Publishing (i.e. Bird & Bull), 2001. Limited First Edition - Number 9 of only 200 copies. Contains mounted color photographs, a fold-out broadside & 3 woodcut illustrations by Wesley Bates. Lacking the airmail "letter" from Theodore Bachaus, but otherwise fine. More
1980. 40p., 8vo, patterned boards with cloth spine. San Serriffe Publishing Co., 1980. Limited First Edition. A spoof by Henry Morris on private presses, printed at the Bird & Bull Press in an edition of 350 copies. Prospectus included. More
Pennyroyal Press, 1975. Frontispiece portrait of Beekman is an engraving by Barry Moser, printed from the block. Book design by Richard Hendel. Printed throughout in black & red. Unpaginated. Thin oblong 12mo, black cloth with red leather spine label (labels is a bit rough at edges, otherwise a fine copy). No place: Pennyroyal Press, 1975. Limited edition. Number 150 of 200 copies printed. Signed by Beekman & Moser on the limitation page. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1932. Printed in red and black. Small folio, full red morocco elaborately stamped in gilt & blind with numerous borders enclosing four rectangles, also with borders; raised bands with 6 decorated panels on the spine, by the French Binders. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1932. Printed with the Greek type of Robert Proctor, the third book for which the type has been used, the others being The Oresteia, (1904) and The Odyssey, (1909). Two leather bookplates and the... More
New York: Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1984. Hebrew texts, English translations, introduction, and new liturgies. Translations edited by Rabbi Albert H. Friedlander... Liturgies edited by Rabbi Herbert Bronstein... Illustrated and designed by Leonard Baskin. Original frontispiece lithograph, signed & dated. 37 watercolor plates. 323pp. Folio, cloth, d.w. New York: Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1984. A fine copy. New Translations of Ecclesiastes, Esther, Song of Songs, Ruth and Lamentations, with explanatory notes. Text in Hebrew and English. One of... More
San Francisco: Auerhahn PRess, 1964. Deckle edge, thin 4to, gray boards. (San Francisco: The Auerhahn Press, 1964). Near Fine. One of 175 numbered copies inscribed by the author. More
London: Trianon, 1954. Full page color illustrations. Slim 8vo, original 1/2 brown calf, tan boards, board slipcase. London: Trianon Press, 1954. Facsimile edition. Near fine. Limited Edition. Number 424 of 800 copies. More
New York: Morgan Library, 1966. An Exhibition of Books and Ephemera. With a Commentary by Joseph Blumenthal. Thin 4to. N.Y.: Morgan Library, 1966. First Edition. Presentation copy from Blumenthal. More
Montagnola: Bodoni, 1925. 28 pages, untrimmed, light foxing on fly-leaves, tall slim folio, green board, vellum spine (lightly soiled, tiny chip). (Montagnola: Officina Bodoni, 1925). Very Good. Number 82 of only 275 copies. This edition prints the original Latin text of the pact on which the Swiss Confederation is based, as well as translations of the pact into languages recognized in Switzerland: German, French, Italian, Ladin, and Romansh. More
Norwalk: Easton, 1998. Illustrations by Carl Schultheiss. Thick 8vo, full ornately gilt green leather. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1998). Fine. More
Norwalk: Easton, 1995. Illustrations by Joe Mugnaini. Tall 8vo, ornately gilt green leather, a.e.g. Norwalk: Easton Pres, (1995). Fine. More
London: Medici Society, 1914. Illustrated by John Tenniel. Tall 8vo, 131 pages, beautifully rebound in full red morocco, decoratively gilt spine and covers. London: Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society, for the Riccardi Press, 1914. Fine. Number 69 of 1000 hand-numbered copies printed in the Riccardi Fount on handmade Riccardi Paper. This edition was published by arrangement with Macmillan and Company using Carroll's revised text of 1896. More
Kentfield: Allen Press, 1956. Handsomely printed in letterpress with color illustrations along each margin. Short slim 4to, parchment-backed white boards, untrimmed edges (spine darkened as usual; slipcase soiled, otherwise near fine). Kentfield: Allen Press, 1956. Limited Edition. A very good(+) copy. One of 130 copies. After a romance of the 13th century France. The original and only known copy is the Caxton edition in the British Museum. More
New York: Gemor, 1942. Including the cover, there are 3 mounted plates by Andre Masson. Unpaginated. Tall slim 8vo, original black wrappers with paper spine label (rubbed; head of spine chipped; partial loss to spine label). New York: Gemor Press, 1942. First A very good copy of this scarce book featuring the prose & poetic work of American surrealist Hugh Chishom . Limited edition of 500 copies, set by Hand. The Gemor Press was founded by Anais Nin, and very... More
London: Golden Cockerel, 1934. 6 woodcut engravings by Eric Gill with tissue guards. 41 pages, untrimmed, slim 8vo, cloth backed green boards, paper spine label. (London): Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. Limited Edition. Near Fine. Number 102 of 300 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator. More
Norwalk: Easton, 1996. Tall 8vo, ornately gilt blue leather, a.e.g. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1996). Fine. More
New York: Derrydale Press, 1937. 2 volumes. Tall 8vos, maroon cloth with decorative cover medallions (Spine ends frayed; staining at lower edges of first volume, some pages with fairly minor spotting/staining). New York: Deryydale Press, (1937). Limited edition -number 41 of 1250 numbered copies, with a nice inscription from the author on title page of "Game" volume. Overall a very good(-) copy, lacking the slipcase. More
New York: Derrydale, 1928. Illustrated with 3 colored engravings, protected by tissue. 36pp. Slim 8vo,vellum backed boards with paper label on front cover; uncut edges. New York: Derrydale Press, 1928. First Edition. Near fine. Limited to one of 350 numbered copies. More
Norwalk: Easton, 1969. Illustrated by James DAugherty. 8vo, ornately gilt maroon leather, black leather spine label. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1969). Fine. More
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