Search Results: Fine Binding & Printing from Classic Books and Ephemera

Napoli: Presso R. Marotta e Vaspandoch dalla Tipografia Francese, 1821. Hardcover. Very Good +. 35, [5] p.; 21 cm. Contemporary full polished leather (pigskin?); red morocco spine label with gilt-tooled title: Inno Alle Najadi. Gilt-tooled decoration on upper and lower parts of spine and decorative border on each board. All page edges gilt. Blue-and-pink marbled endpapers. Blue ribbon bookmark. Former owner's name at head of title page: Elizabeth Law. Inscribed at head of title page in a different hand: Dall' autore [presumably the translator, Thomas James Mathias]. One page following text contains a list of other works translated from Italian to English by T.J. Mathias and available from G. Porter in London. This work is a translation of Akenside's Hymn to the Naiads. An attractive binding. In Very Good+ Condition: boards a little tight, not quite flat; browning and light soiling along page edges; otherwise clean and tight.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1985. Hardcover. Fine. With Dorothy Allen. 114, [10] p., [10] inserts: illustrations (some colored), facsimiles (some colored); 36 cm. Tan linen with a gilt-stamped spine title and the image of a printing press blind-stamped on the front board. Binder's stamp on back fixed endpaper for Schuberth Bookbindery, S.F. Printed in red and black. Illustrations and inserts are in color. Includes index. Fore-edges are untrimmed. Book Club of California publication no. 180. One of a limited edition of 750 copies. This is the second, expanded edition, which is a facsimile of the 1981 handprinted edition. Additional material includes bibliographic details and personal notes by the Allens on each of the five books they completed between 1981 and 1985, an Epilogue by Lewis and Dorothy Allen, "An Appreciation" by Carey S. Bliss, and a checklist of Allen Press ephemera compiled by D. Steven Corey. In Fine Condition: a crisp and bright copy.

San Francisco: Colt Press, 1941. Hardcover. Very Good. [4], 45, [1] p., 1 folded facsimile of The Wasp; 25 cm. Red cloth spine with printed paper spine label. Patterned blue paper over boards. One of a limited edition of 550 copies isued from the Colt Press by William Roth and Jane Grabhorn in Feb. 1941. Printed in red and black with portrait of Ambrose Bierce on title page. Engraved bookplate of George Reed Salisbury on front fixed endpaper. In Very Good Condition: sunned along fore-edges of boards; slightly rubbed; spine label is intact; internally clean and crisp.

London: Alexander Strahan & Co, 1863. Hardcover. Very Good. "Eighth thousand." vi, [2], 288 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary green morocco with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled spine title in second compartment; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Elaborate gilt-tooled borders on both boards; gilt-tooled edges and turn-ins. All page edges gilt. Very attractive binding by an unidentified binder. Head-pieces and decorated initial letters. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; minor loss at head of spine; small stain on front board; clean and tight.

London: John Camden Hotten, 1861. Hardcover. Very Good +. Cruikshank, George. Second English edition. xvi, 200, [8] p.: frontispiece and 2 additional leaves of plates, all hand-colored; 18 cm. Contemporary dark blue crushed French levant with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled spine title. Top page edges gilt. Gilt-tooled turn-ins. Blue fabric endpapers. Dark blue ribbon bookmark. Small binder's stamp on front free endpaper verso: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Notice concerning the illustrations formerly inserted between frontispiece and title page, now loose. At head of title: The Choicest Humorous Poetry of the Age. Publisher's advertisements on 8 unpaginated pages following text. Bound in following the advertisements are the original publisher's cloth binding. Cohn, George Cruikshank, 518; BAL, 13275. First series, with preface by J.C. Hotten dated 1859 and reproduction of the American title page to the 4th edition. In Very Good+ Condition: edges lightly… Read More

Greenwich, Conn: Literary Collector Press, 1905. Hardcover. Good +. 24 p.; 15 cm. Grey paper over boards; paper labels printed in red and black on spine and front board. This is no. 89 of a limited edition of 275 copies printed on American handmade paper. Title page printed in red and black. Printer's emblem of Frederick Conrad Bursch on title page. Issued as No. 1 of the series Collector Reprints. Pencilled notation on back fixed endpaper indicating that former owner acquired the book in 1947. Very scarce. In Good+ Condition: lacking some paper over spine and most of the spine label; front label is intact; cover is very lightly soiled; small stain in lower corner of 4 leaves; otherwise, pages are clean and bright.

London: At the Office of the Bookman's Journal, 1923. Hardcover. Good. 36, [4] p.: color illustrations; 25 cm. Blue cloth spine with gilt-stamped spine title; grey paper over boards. Lacking dust jacket. This is one of a limited edition of 1,000 copies. Printed at the Curwen Press. Contains 15 poems with illustrations. In Good Condition: cloth is starting to fray at spine ends; starting to separate along front joint; front free endpaper creased; light foxing throughout; otherwise, clean and tight.

Council Bluffs: Yellow Barn Press, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/very good. DePol, John. 34, [2] p.: wood engravings; 24 cm. Green cloth spine with green-and-white paper over boards printed from a pattern by John DePol. Printed paper spine label. Green endpapers. With original glassine dust jacket and Errata slip signed by Neil Shaver. This is number 115 of a limited edition of 125 copies hand-printed by Neil Shaver at the Yellow Barn Press. Contents: An Informal Address Before the Iowa Society of Washington -- A Return to Boyhood Scenes. Book is in Fine Condition: a crisp and bright copy. Glassine dust jacket is in Very Good: upper edge, which is slightly taller than the book, is chipped.

San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1961. Hardcover. Fine. T.p. cont'd: "Offered for sale at the book shop of David Magee." xv, [1], 63, [1] p.: frontispiece and 11 leaves of plates ; 30 cm. Original grey-tan cloth spine with decorated paper boards; printed paper spine label. One of 250 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Lacking the original plain dust jacket (as is usual), but with a clear protective jacket. Very nicely illustrated with photographs by Marjory Farquhar. Includes index. In Fine Condition.

London: Bertram Rota, 1937. Fine. [6], 13, [3] p.; 20 cm. Burgundy cloth spine with gilt-stamped spine title; red, blue, and white handmade paper over boards with burgundy cloth inset bearing Chinese title in black. Fixed endpapers illustrated with a Chinese lion. Grey clipcase with the same Chinese lion illustration on front and back sections. This is no. 300 of a limited edition of 350 copies designed by E. A. Osborne and printed by Baster & Ewin, London, for Bertram Rota, London. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Slipcase is in Good Conditin: top section partially separated; otherwise, clean and intact.

San Francisco: Grace Hoper Press, 1976. Near Fine. 1 sheet (31 x 23 cm.), folded, printed in red and black. Undated, as was common on the Christmas greetings issued by bookseller Bill Wreden and his wife, Byra. One of a limited edition of 225 copies printed by the Grace Hoper Press. The Grace Hoper Press was founded in 1954 by Sherwood Grover and Katharine Grover, who had worked for the Grabhorn Press from 1934 to 1962. This Christmas greetings reprints Twelve True Old Golden Rules, Selected from various Authors, by J.R. Howe, printer in Spilsby. Scarce. In Near Fine Condition: corners lightly creased; clean and bright.

Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1934. Paperback. Very Good. 332, [4] p.; 19 cm. Buff wrappers printed in orange and black. Publisher's advertisement for other books by Jean Giraudoux on page facing title page. The first title in the fifth cycle of the publisher's series Pour Mon Plaisir, as indicated on the spine and front wrapper. This is number CCXXIV [224] out of 350 copies numbered with Roman numerals. A limited number of copies was printed in several different numbered series. Jean Giraudoux (1882-1944) was a French novelist and playwright. In Very Good Condition: minor loss of wrapper at head of spine; small stain at tail of spine; front wrapper lightly wrinkled; otherwise, clean and tight.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1949. Hardcover. Fine. Lamotte, Bernard. Introduction by Jacques LeClercq and illustrated by Bernard Lamotte. xiii, [3], 69, [3] p.: color frontispiece, full-page and in-text illustrations; 32 cm. Cloth with red stamped spine and cover title. Slipcase covered with maroon paper, with gilt-stamped spine title. This is #631 of 1,500 copies of this edition printed for members of the Limited Editions Club, signed by the illustrator, Bernard Lamotte. Book is in Fine Condition. Slipcase is in Good Condition: dampstained at one end; sunned and stained; edges lightly rubbed; completely intact.

East Aurora, N.Y.: Roycrofters, 1906. Hardcover. Near Fine -. 59, [3] p., 2 leaves of plates signed "Schneider"; 22 cm. Olive green suede over card boards with gilt-stamped title on front board within smooth calf decorated rectangle; yapp edges. Light green silk lining inside of each board. Top page edges gilt. Light green ribbon bookmark. Printed on watermarked Roycroft paper. The portrait of Ingersoll is not bound in as a frontispiece but rather precedes the first page of text. Small Roycrofter's label on back free endpaper with handwritten number "3725" inside. In Near Fine- Condition: spine and edges are slightly brown; loss at lower corner of front cover; otherwise, clean and crisp.

Roslyn, NY: Stone House Press, 1991. Paperback. Near Fine. DePol, John. 31, [1] p.: 2 wood engravings printed in green; 24 cm. Grey wrappers printed in red and black. Red endpapers. This is number 61 of a limited edition of 75 copies in paper wrappers of a total of 150 copies hand-printed by M.A. Gelfand at the Stone House Press and signed by the printer, the author, and the artist. 0-937035-18-1. In Near Fine Condition: lower edge of wrappers slightly creased.

Leiden: Elzevier, 1643. Hardcover. Good. "Lugd. Batavorum. Officina Elzeviriana." [24], 672, 44, [4] p.; 13 cm. *12 A-2E12 a-b12 (12mo). 18th-century red morocco with five spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled spine title and decoration; both boards have gilt double ruled borders and gilt corner decoration as well as gilt-rolled edges and turn-ins. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated, engraved title page showing Erasmus using a telescope, by Cornelius C. Dusend. Engraved head- and tail-pieces. "Coronis apologetica pro colloquiis Erasmi, ex ipsius scriptis . . . fideliter collecta à P[etro] S[criverio]. Accedit ejusdem de colloquiorum utilitate dissertatio" on 44 pages at end. Last two leaves blank. Front fixed endpaper bears armorial bookplate of Thomas Preston with the motto "Lucem Spero Clariorem" (upper part of the bookplate is partially obscured by the removal of some former label). Faint inscriptions on verso of front free… Read More

London: Johnson, Hickborn and Company, 1900. Very Good -. [24] p.: frontispiece portrait tipped in; 18 cm. Original limp maroon moire cloth; gilt-printed label with title within decorative border. Stitched with maroon silk cord. Floral-patterned fixed endpapers. "Edition de Luxe, (Privately Printed) Limited edition" -- on p. [3] within border matching cover label, printed in green. Title and text printed within green decorative border. No date of publication. In Very Good- Condition: edges of cover slightly frayed; silk cord starting to separate; cover label slightly soiled; lower corners slightly creased; clean and solid.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1956. Hardcover. Near Fine. ix, [1], 141, [1] p.: frontispiece and 15 plates with captions in red; 35 cm. Original black cloth spine with green cloth over boards. Gilt-stamped spine title on leather spine label. One of a limited edition of 400 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. With prospectus. In Near Fine Condition: covers very lightly rubbed; otherwise a crisp and clean copy.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1949. Hardcover. Near Fine. Three volumes in one slipcase. Saint George & the Dragon; Retold by William H. G. Kingston and illustrated by Edward Shenton. 75, [3] p.: in-text color illustrations; 31 cm. Light grey cloth with red spine and cover titles; color illustrated pastedown on front cover. Illustrated endpapers. Dick Whittington & His Cat; Retold and Illustrated by Robert Lawson. 37, [1] p.: in-text color illustrations; 31 cm. Red cloth with purple spine and cover titles, and cover illustration. Illustrated endpapers. Beauty and the Beast by Mme. Le Prince de Beaumont; Translated from the French by P. H. Muire and Illustrated by Edy Legrand. 45, [1] p.: color pastedowns; 31 cm. Blue cloth with red spine and cover titles and decoration. Red slipcase with printed brown spine label. This is number 631 of a limited edition of 2,500 copies printed for the Limited Editions Club; Dick Whittington & His Cat is signed by the illustrator, Robert… Read More

Boston: Alphabet Press, 1981. Hardcover. Fine/fine. A Neugebauer Pressbook. [36] p.: color illustrations; 34 cm. Dark green cloth with printed paper spine label. White dust jacket with front cover reproducing illustrated title page. With separate 16-page stitched pamphlet containing the fables translated into English by Sir Edward Marsh. Slipcase covered in matching dark green cloth. Beautifully illustrated edition of 17 of Fontaine's fables in French, with separate English translation. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Slipcase is in Near Fine Condition: slightly rubbed; clean and solid.