Search Results: Authors starting with H from Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press

Köln: Otto Schmidt, 1967. paper wrappers, errata slip loosely inserted. 8vo. paper wrappers, errata slip loosely inserted. xvi, 172 pages. The role of value-added tax in bookselling and publishing.

København: Levin & Munksgaard, 1922. stiff paper wrappers. Biblio Novel. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 102+(1) pages. First edition, limited to 850 copies. This popular biblio novel is presented here in Danish. J. Christian Bay, the noted bibliophile, provides a foreword. Illustrated by Axel Nygaard. Some yellowing of covers.

Munchenstein, Schweiz: Haas'sche, n.d.. stiff paper wrappers. Type Specimens. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 12 pages and a portfolio of broadsides designed by different designers. Includes the work of Edward Bawden, Paul Rand, Saul Bass and Saul Steinberg. Rubbed on spine.

Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, 1936. cloth. Rogers, Bruce. 8vo. cloth. viii, 72, (2) pages. With a Letter of Introduction by Beatrice Warde. First edition, limited to 425 copies. Lacking the errata slip and the paper spine label. Else a fine copy. The typography is by the notable American book designer Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), who "was appreciated in his lifetime. In addition to several honorary degrees, in 1948 he was awarded a gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for distinction in the graphic arts. Over decades of accomplishment in which he designed approximately 500 books... Rogers literally defined the profession of book designing in the United States" (ANB).

Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1935. cloth, paper cover label. Private Press. 8vo. cloth, paper cover label. 95, (7) pages. Introduction by Will Ransom. First edition, limited to 300 numbered copies. Largerly an update of Ransom's work on private presses listing new presses and books published after that 1929 work. Minor cover rubbing.

Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1937. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xvi, 57 pages. Limited to 250 copies. Introduction by Will Ransom. An important book. Minor cover rubbing. Bookplate of Frederic Melcher.

Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1937. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xvi, 57 pages. Xerox copy of original 1937 printing which was limited to 250 copies. Introduction by Will Ransom. An important book.

Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, 1936. cloth, paper spine label. Rogers, Bruce. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. viii, 72, (2) pages. With a Letter of Introduction by Beatrice Warde. First edition, limited to 425 copies. Contains the errata slip loosely inserted. A near fine copy. The book is about the notable American book designer Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), who "was appreciated in his lifetime. In addition to several honorary degrees, in 1948 he was awarded a gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for distinction in the graphic arts. Over decades of accomplishment in which he designed approximately 500 books... Rogers literally defined the profession of book designing in the United States" (ANB).

St. Louis: The Haberly Press, 1941. cloth-backed boards. Haberly Press, The. 8vo. cloth-backed boards. (ii), 120+(1) pages. Limited to 1250 copies. Lacking the dust jacket. Front hinge tender. Some light wear around edges of boards. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books.

Long Crendon: Seven Acres Press, 1927. modern quarter calf, decorated paper-covered boards. 8vo. modern quarter calf, decorated paper-covered boards. (ii), 10, (2) pages. Limited to 125 copies of which this one is out of series. First two words of text in red, rest in black. Woodcut illustrations throughout. Some capitals are woodcuts made to look like illuminated letters although in black only. Author is also illustrator and printer.

St. Louis: Haberly Press, 1941. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. Haberly Press. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. (ii), 120+(1) pages. Limited to 1250 copies. Jacket chipped with wear along edges and is price clipped; name in ink on free endpaper.

New York: Art Direction Book Company, 1977. cloth, printed acetate dust jacket. square small 8vo. cloth, printed acetate dust jacket. xi, 85, (5) pages. First edition. Blurbs by James Schuyler, Helen Adam, Henrietta Weigel, Joel Oppenheimer, Jonathan Williams. Author's first book. Haberman designed the book. Fine.

Kassel: n.p., 1974. paper wrappers. Vaternahm, August. 8vo. paper wrappers. 99 pages, with 2 additional leaves of illustrations. Three essays celebrating 100 years of this railway-station bookseller. Front wrapper torn at tail of spine; p.1 detached.

Frankfurt: Buchhändler-Vereiningung, 1958. paper wrappers. 12mo. paper wrappers. 36 pages. A tour of a bookseller's premises. Wrappers slightly yellowed.

Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1973. boards. Bauer, Konrad F.. 8vo. boards. 81, (3) pages. Mit einer bibographischen Skizze von Bertold Hack und einer Bibliographie seiner Schriften von Sofie-Charlotte und Michael Bauer. Illustrated.

Washington: The Center for the Book, 1987. cloth-backed boards. 8vo. cloth-backed boards. vii, 197 pages. Various articles on publishing, printing, libraries, etc. by Michael Winship, James N. Green, Madeleine B. Stern, Michael H. Harris, Alice Schreyer, Robert Harlan, Bruce Johnson and Terry Belanger. Foreword by John Y. Cole.

(Syracuse, NY: Castle Room Press, 1965. stiff paper wrappers. Castle Room Press. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Limited to 50 copies. Illustrations by Thomas D. Morin. Designed by Elizabeth Ann Hacker. Pencilled note on colophon notes this is a "first attempt at offset.

New York: R.R. Bowker Co, 1956. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 260 pages. Revised from her FIFTY YEARS ... Jacket chipped. Annotated list of best sellers. Jacket chipped. Ink inscription.

New York: R.R. Bowker Co, 1945. cloth. 8vo. cloth. viii, 140 pages. First edition. Wear at spine ends. Back cover spotted.

New York: R.R. Bowker Co, 1956. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 260 pages. Revised from her FIFTY YEARS ... Annotated list of best sellers. Jacket worn with small pieces missing.