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Southend-on-sea, Essex, England: Stanislaw Gliwa, 1964.. 8vo.-size folio leaf letterpress print on handmade laid paper. 16 x 25 cm. Printed on cover and separate design int. Text in Pol./Fr./Eng., declaration from Polish Socialist Party (in exile). Mild wear and toning, dateline Brussels, Sept., 1964. Faint horiz. crease, mild toning, else very good.

NY: Random House, 1928.. 8vo. String-Bound Wraps, Letterpress on Deckled Laid Paper (Wraps) & Letterpress on Deckled Wove (Text Block), 20 pp., With Decorative Borders, Very Good. Printed in London at Nonesuch Press.

NY: Random House, 1928.. 8vo. String-Bound Wraps, Letterpress on Deckled Laid Paper (Wraps) & Letterpress on Deckled Wove (Text Block), 20 pp., With Decorative Borders, Very Good. Printed in London at Nonesuch Press.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1928.. Books available from the press, printer of fine editions. Describes new editions of books by Shakespeare, Chaucer, Plutarch, Plato, and others. Also lists limited editions issued before 1926. 8vo. Sewn in printed wraps. 6 x 9-1/2 inches. 20 pp. Letterpress on laid paper with deckled edges. Loose 4-page insert of pages from the Nonesuch Shakespeare. Some creasing along top of covers. Pages show some age-toning; Good with marginal tears, else Very Good Plus.From the collection of Frederick Gale Ruffner, Jr. (1926-2014) the founder of the Detroit based reference book publisher, Gale Research.

London: Nonesuch Press, 1930.. 8vo. String-Bound Marbled Wraps with Letterpress Label Affixed to Cover, Letterpress on Deckled Laid Rag Paper, 32 pp., With Decorative Elements, Very Good. Printed in London at Nonesuch Press.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1931.. 1931 Prospectus of the Nonesuch Press. Forthcoming books from the press, printer of fine editions. Describes new editions of Don Quixote, Pope's translation of Homer's Iliad, Love Among the Haystacks by D. H. Lawrence, The Courtier's Library by John Donne, Sidney's Astrophel and Stella, Florio's Montaigne, and a bibliography of William Hazlitt by Geoffrey Keynes. 4to. Sewn in printed wraps. 7 x 11 inches. Letterpress on laid paper with deckle edges. Some age-toning, minor creasing, foxing on several pages, Good with marginal tears, otherwise Very Good Plus.From the collection of Frederick Gale Ruffner, Jr. (1926-2014) the founder of the Detroit based reference book publisher, Gale Research.

London: Nonesuch Press, 1931.. 4to. String-Bound Wraps, Letterpress on Deckled Laid Rag Paper, 20 pp., With Decorative Borders, Good with tear to head of spine, sun-staining to covers, minor creasing, else VG+. Order card present. Printed in London at Nonesuch Press.

London: Nonesuch Press, 1935.. Folded Poster, 12.5" x 19.25" Decorative Border, Very Good.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1997.. 4to. (26 cm.). 1 portfolio (13 folders) : illustrations (some color, some mounted), facsimiles. Very Good.

San Francisco, Calif.: New College Press, undated.. Beautifully executed letterpress print of a poem with graphic design. Pristine condition.

Berkeley: South Hall Press, 1981-1991.. Booklets printed from handset type on fine papers. “Practice pieces” from fine printing classes taught by Arlen Philpott, well known printer of Tamal Land Press in Fairfax, CA. Titles: Explorations (1991); A Bibliophile’s Commonplace (1988); Six Poems from Revolting Librarians by Tod Hawks & Elinor Martin (1989); Biographical Paragraphs (1986); Printing: An Ingenious Art (1986); Pi from a Case (1986); The Care & Feeding of The Ampersand by Anonymous Admirers of the Ampersand (1986); A Greek Alphabet (1985); Early Mexican Printing Excerpts: From Wroth’s Reflections (1985); Pequeña Historia de la Imprenta en Mexico (1985); Famous Firsts in Fifteenth Century Printing (1985); Chocolate Kisses: Five Love-Substitutes for the Forlorn and Desperate (1984); A Most Incomplete Dictionary Being Merely a Sample of Words and Styles Chosen by Three Lovers of Good English and Common Sense (1984); A Goudy Sampler (1984); Excerpts from the Old Librarian’s Almanack by… Read More

London: Nonesuch Press, 1934.. 8vo. String-bound section Letterpress on Wove, 7 pp., Illustration, Very Good.

Stanfod, CA: Black Mack, the Handpress, 1966 . 8 pp. folded from 8; printed by the Quyles fo the Pigtail Press, Murphys on Hayle Mill handmade paper. With part of the speech by the astronaut , Major Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr. from May 21, 1963,

San Francisco, Calif.: Grabhorn Press, 1941.. First edition. 4to. One of 250 copies, printed by the Grabhorn Press. Light blue boards. Grabhorn Press no. 349.

North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1982.. Hand written letter signed on Bird & Bull Press letterhead, 8.5" x 5.5" Very Good. Henry Morris designed and printed Ill Seen Ill Said by Samuel Beckett, published by Lord John Press.Provenance: Herb Yellin (1935-2014) was the highly respected publisher and founder of Lord John Press.

Vineburg, CA: Engdahl Typography, May 10, 1992.. ALS from Lee Engdahl to bookseller Jane J. Steele, responding to her inquiry. On printed letterhead, with handwritten address corrections. 8-5/8 x 8-13/16 inches. Catalog: Current Catalogue. 1992-93. Saddle-stitched. 8vo. 5-1/2 x 8-7/16 inches. 16 pp. Both Fine.From the collection of Frederick Gale Ruffner, Jr. (1926-2014) the founder of the Detroit based reference book publisher, Gale Research.

Indianapolis, IN: Sterling Type Foundry, 1996.. ALS. A handwritten, signed response to a typed letter from bookseller Jane J. Steele, from Sterling Type Founder owner Dave Churchman, written on Steele's TLS. Also included are two bookmarks, a postcard, and a photocopied sheet of type ornaments, Sterling's 1990A Cut Sheet. Letter and type sheet both 8-1/2 x 11 inches; bookmarks 7 x 2-1/8 inches, 7 x 3-1/8 inches; postcard 5-1/2 x 4 inches; dark red ink on cream coated stock. All Fine.From the collection of Frederick Gale Ruffner, Jr. (1926-2014) the founder of the Detroit based reference book publisher, Gale Research.

Santa Barbara, Calif.: Unicorn Press, 1969.. Poetry broadside from the Unicorn Folio album Series 2, No. 2, printed by Noel Young and designed by Alan Brilliant, limited to 350 copies. 4 pp. Single folded sheet measuring 6 x 9 inches. Noted in McNeil A14a.

[Stanford, CA] Black Mack, the Handpress, 1966 . 4 pp. printed on Hayle Mill handmade paper.

1953.. Facsimile of the woodcut used as a Christmas card by Richard and Elizabeth Timken in 1953. 290 x 210 mm. Bartsch, 85.