Search Results: Printing, Typography, Fine Press from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

Barre, Massachusetts: Imprint Society, 1971. First edition, one of 1590 copies, this out of series & unnumbered. Folio (14.5" x 10.5"), 18 unnumbered pages & 60 facsimiles with adjacent descriptive text. Publisher's brick cloth backed in gilt-lettered blue cloth, in slipcase with applied title label at the front panel.
Binding very slightly spotted, otherwise fine in good or better slipcase which is soiled & rubbed.
"Broadsides contain some of the most fascinating material relating to life in early America. These single sheets of paper, usually printed on one side only, make it possible to view colonial society from a different vantage point than that usually afforded by the materials of military, political, and diplomatic history. Subject matter of these pieces of ephemera ranges from advertisements to the edifying warnings of criminals' confessions; official proclamations, instructions for school masters, comments on important contemporary events, information for immigrants, ballads and… Read More

Boston: Merrymount Press, no date [1904]. First edition. Octavo (9" x 5.75"), [6], 22, & [4] pages plus two photogravure plates, the title page, designed by T.M. Cleland, printed in black ink within an elaborate ornamental border in green depicting vines on a trellis surmounting a fountain. Publisher's brown paper over boards backed in gilt-lettered black cloth.
Binding moderately soiled, edges rubbed, corners bruised, roughly opened at title page causing a couple of nicks, occasional handling marks within, otherwise good or better.
A beautifully printed & relatively early example of the work of this important small fine press. Presents articles on gardening reprinted from various sources.
"Our florists give nature lessons in floriculture, and our landscape gardeners teach nature the fine art of irreproachable lines; but somehow, in spite of the composite flowers of scientific development, and the classic gardens of man's genius, the charm of nature in her sequestered haunts, in her simpler floral… Read More

Chicago, Nov[ember] 30, [1947 ?] to "Archer" [H. Richard Archer]. 8vo, 1 page on illustrated "The Stevens, Chicago" letterhead, approximately 31 words recorded in ink, signed by Armitage.
With:
Exhibition Notice: "Gardner Cowles, President and Editor of Look Magazine, presents an exhibition of Books & Typography by Merle Armitage, April 29 - May 5, Lilienfeld Galleries ..." Single sheet measuring 10 inches by 8.25 inches folded once vertically forming 4 pages (two blank) providing a short biography & accolade:
"Merle Armitage has made a major contribution to contemporary typography and design. His bold approach is solidly based on the fundamental premise that design is a medium of communication. His books have been honored by the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the Rounce and Coffin Club, and by various universities and libraries. His titles for MGM pictures set new standards in the industry, and many authorities including Bruce Rogers believe is the he is the greatest contemporary designer.… Read More

Washington, DC: Library of Congress, (1982) 4to, xv, 260 pp, illustrated (some in color) Publisher's decorated paper over boards backed in gilt-lettered brick cloth, in pictorial dust jacket. Slight edge wear, otherwise near fine in like dust jacket "The splendid gift from Lessing J Rosenwald to the Library of Congress is one of the greatest collections of illustrated books to be found anywhere in the world." ~from the dust jacket

New York: Privately Printed, [The De Vinne Press], 1908. Limited edition, number 396 of 425 copies on handmade Italian paper, this copy inscribed, signed, & dated in ink by Ira Hutchinson Brainard to artist Wilford Seymour Conrow at the ffep & additionally signed by Mary Brainard French on a following leaf. Tall octavo (9.75" x 7"), xiii & 95 pages plus 13 plates. Publisher's light gray paper over boards backed in dark gray cloth, with a printed paper spine label. Publisher's prospectus dated 1907 laid-in. Edges uncut.
Binding soiled & moderately rubbed, text block beginning to crack in a couple of places (still secure), previous owner's bookplate at the front pastedown, sporadic minor foxing, otherwise good or better. Prospectus soiled & folded.
An important association copy from author Brainard to artist Wilford Seymour Conrow, whose bookplate is applied to the front pastedown. Noted for portrait painting, Conrow's art can be found at the National Portrait Gallery, the Brooklyn Museum, the… Read More

No place [Arlington, Virginia ?]: The Winter Wheat Press, printed by E.L. Hildreth & Co., [Brattleboro, Vermont], "Second printing, December, 1936, two hundred copies, all coloured by hand." Single sheet, lithographed & hand colored, measuring 12.5 inches by 10.5 inches folding to 6.25 inches by 5.25 inches (as issued) forming vii pages plus cover.
Lightly toned, trace edge wear, "313" in ink at the colophon page, otherwise Near Fine.
A lovely example of the art of Prentiss Taylor, beautifully printed in a small edition. The text provides a splendid recipe for "Claret Cup" & "Shrimp & Saffron." As noted on the colophon, "Garlands may be ordered from Prentiss Taylor, 4631 15th Street North, Arlington, Virginia." Mr.Taylor's work is in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American Art; The Phillips Collection; Gibbes Museum of Art; Museum of New Mexico; the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Whitney Museum of American Art Fisk University Galleries, and Greenville County Museum of Art.

[London]: Raphael Tuck, [1894]. Die cut, thick card stock. [London]: Raphael Tuck, no. 1212 [1894]. Die-cut six piece calendar printed on thick card stock presenting the months of the year two to a panel, each panel measuring approximately 2.5 inches by 5 inches, with pastoral illustrations in color & bible quotes. The panels were originally attached by ribbon, now lacking, & designed to hang. Moderately toned & soiled, January - February rubbed briefly affecting lettering, one corner chipped away, lacking ribbon ties, otherwise Good & still quite attractive. Nicely printed bucolic scenes & quotes from the bible, quite uncommon!

[Staten Island, New York]: Stone Street Press, (1990). Three volumes, first editions. 24mos (5.75" x 4.75"), unpaginated. Publisher's textured black light card stock with applied, gilt-lettered labels, "Handmade by Malachi McCormick," housed in a hand made paper over thick card slipcase with gilt-lettered labels. Text in Gaelic & English.
Fine copies in slightly rubbed slipcase.
"Prepared for the tenth anniversary of the Stone Street Press."
Includes:Book one, Liadan, Eve, Gormflaith.Book two, Creide, Grainne.Book three, Bui: the old woman of Beare.
"This anthology suggests important ways in which the scope of women's lives was reduced by the organized church. It's been a long time in coming. But great changes in consciousness are afoot in our world today, driven, I think, by an unstoppable force for justice. And all sorts of bastions are losing their walls." ~Excerpted from the introducton in book three.

No place [Philadelphia ?]: published by the library, engraved by S. Allardice, no date [1795 - 1803]. Letterpress bookplate measuring approximately 3.75 inches by 2.75 inches, the text, with flourish below, within an oval ornamental border, signed in print at the lower right by the engraver.
No evidence of removal, left & bottom edges untrimmed, toned, foxed, otherwise good.
The Library Company of Baltimore was established in 1795 and had 226 members by 1797. Operations ceased in 1854.
Charles Dexter Allen, in American Book-Plates: A Guide to their Study, notes that Allardice was apprenticed to Robert Scott in Philadelphia and that "only one example of the book-plate work of Allardice is now at hand, and that is simply an engraved label for the Library Company of Baltimore."

Pacific Palisades, California: Melville Press, 1996. First edition, number 29 of 200 copies signed by Kanner & initialed by Shelton. Small 4to, unpaginated, accordian bound, "letter-press printed by John Robinson at the Toroise Press on Arches 88 paper ... Handbound by Allwyn O'Mara ... Silver foil stamping by Custom Bindery, Los Angeles, End-papers handmade by the artist and editor." (excerpted from the colophon) With TLS laid in on letterhead from Kanner to Don Bruckner, then editor of the New York Times Book Review, apparently enclosed with this copy in seeking review. Lacking the plastic slipcase, binding slightly soiled,one corner bruised, otherwise fine. The first publication from this small fine press which was awarded the Rounce & Coffin Award for excellence in book design in 1997. Per OCLC, an "Illustrated companion to Moby Dick containing 12 engraved portraits of Pequod's crew with accompanying text by Melville, Shakespeare and Milton."

Saint Paul, [Minnesota]: Hand-printed at Midnight Paper Sales Press, 1981. First edition, limited to 70 copies of which this is no. 62, signed "Gaylord" at the colophon. 16mo (approx. 6" x 4¾"), three unbound sheets folded once vertically forming 12 unnumbered pages plus plain grey end sheets, laid-in to blue pictorial wraps decorated with a diminutive Schanilec woodcut. The title page features a woodcut printed from a magnesium plate. Additionally laid-in is a small, laser-printed broadside, the opening line reading "The Ninth section of Thomas McGrath's epic poem…," apparently one of approximately 20 examples which were not included in copies issued prior to 1991. Rulon-Miller/ Quarter to Midnight A.43.
A fine copy.
As described in Rulon-Miller's bibliography, "On Returning was about GS's return to poetry." As Schanilec himslf writes (as published in the bibliography), "One day, however, I thought I might give poetry another try, and I wrote a poem about it called On Returning in which I claim to… Read More

New Haven, Connecticut: Philistine Press, 1954. Complete in two volumes. First edition, number 42 of one thousand copies signed by Jones & Kent at the colophon. Tall quartos (12.5" x 10.5"), unpaginated. Plastic comb bound Chinese grass cloth over paper with ribbon ties, in a corrugated box with illustration and printed label. Fraying at edges, moderate foxing & toning, box with edge wear, toning & soiling, easily Good or betterAn amazing production profusely illustrated & printed on 80 pound Mohawk construction paper in various colors. The set can be found in significant institutional collections including the Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Beineke Rare Book Library at Yale. The Slide Opera is designed to be presented in a series of slides integrating music, poetry, and moving paintings.In a recent exchange with the archivist at the William Kent Charitable Foundation, we are informed that the stated limitation of one… Read More

Boston: Leonard C Bowles, 1832 Second edition 24mo, iv, [5] - 88 pp, with engraved frontis after Gabriel Beranger by Edward Gallaudet. Publisher's printed paper over boards backed in gilt-lettered maroon roan This copy with Mahlon Day "Printer & Bookseller" label at the front pastedown Binding rubbed & soiled, internally foxed, otherwise goodAn engaging biography intended for a juvenile audience, this copy particularly notable for the Mahlon Day label at the front pastedown

Amsterdam: Gerard Th. van Heusden, 1969. 4to, xxvii & 463 pp, plus illustrations. Publisher's gilt-lettered blue cloth.Lightly soiled, brief wear at bottom corners, text modestly toned, otherwise very good.Originally published in 1891.

[Stockholm, Wisconsin: Midnight Paper Sales, not dated but published in 2002]. First edition, limited to 200 copies, this number 180, signed & titled by Schanilec in pencil just below the image. Original multi-color wood engraving printed on paper measuring 9.5 inches by 5.25 inches (sheet size), the image measures 7 inches by 3.5 inches Rulon-Miller/ Quarter to Midnight: Gaylord Schanilec & Midnight Paper Sales C41 K.
A Fine example. A stunning depiction of New York City's famed White Horse Tavern This print, which was issued separately, is one of the illustrations in Kenneth Auchincloss' New York Revisited (Grolier Club, 2002).

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1924 - 1925. First edition of volume 3, early printings of volumes 1 & 2. Complete in three octavo volumes, variously paginated, with frontispieces, plates, portraits, & facsimiles. Contemporary three-quarter crushed brown morocco & marbled paper by R.R. Donnelley & sons (with label tipped to the first blank page of all volumes), the spines in six compartments separated by raised bands, lettered or decorated in gilt in all compartments. Top edges gilt.
Lightly rubbed, several corners bumped & a couple rubbed through, otherwise Very Good.
An attractive set in a lovely fine binding of the Pulitzer prize winning biography of Walter Hines Page. Page was United States ambassador to the United Kingdom during World War 1, editor of The Atlantic Monthly, literary adviser to publisher Houghton Mifflin, & founding partner in Doubleday, Page & Company.