Chinese Calligraphy Printed on Oriental Paper. Artwork Paper Seller's Calling Card.
[Hong Kong: 1985?]. Single Sheet of Oriental Paper with Chinese Calligraphy Printing. Very Good, lightly creased. More
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Unheroic Couplets For the Poets of New Albion. Broadside Number Two: April 8th, 1934. Printed on the Acorn Press in the Thousand Oaks, Berkeley, 1934. One of 121 copies. First Edition.
Berkeley, CA: Acorn Press, 1934. Broadside. Unfolded: 19" x 12.5"; folded: 6.25" x 5". Letterpress on Off-White Deckled Laid Paper with Watermark (Very Good), mounted to Letterpress Deckled Grey Paper French-Folded (Good with marginal tear, faint toning). More
An Announcement. This Broadside Is Composed in Sixteen-Point Cloister Lightface by John Henry Nash in City of San Francisco.
San Francisco, CA: John Henry Nash, 1935. Broadside 9.5 x 12.5 inches, Folded Sheet, Letterpress On Watermarked Wove with Deckled Edges, Decorative Capital in Ochre Ink, else Black. Very Good with light sun-fading. Scarce piece of American fine printing. More
Ordered By the Parliament A Resolution of the British Parliament dated February 1, 1649, directing that a book, composed by one [Abiezer] Coppe, entitled A Fiery Flying Roll be sought out and burned by the Public Hangman.
San Francisco, CA: Andrew Hoyem, 1974. Facsimile. Folio. [4 pp.] Folded Sheet, Letterpress On Laid Paper with Deckled Edges. Facsimile of Parliament's Resolution within. Very Good+. Illustration on cover in orange and red, red capital within, else inked in black. One of 150. More
Prototype Sample Broadside. "California. White."
[San Francisco, CA: Andrew Hoyem, 1974?]. Broadside. 9 x 13 inches, Letterpress on Burgundy Wove with Deckled Edges, Decorative Borders with Owl Motif. Very Good. More
Archiv fur Buchgewerbe und Graphik, Jahrgang 1920, Band 57, Heft 11/12.
Leipzig: Verlag des Deutschen Buchgewerbevereins, 1920. Folio. Pp. 257 - 556, Soft Covers, Good with covers & spine missing, tears and losses around edges of cover, some toning to cover, creasing to final few pages, else VG+. Text in German. More
Prospectus for The Standard Edition of the Book Of Common Prayer Offered by the Arion Press To Be Published for the Episcopal Church, as adopted on September 12, 1979, by the General Convention. Includes TLS Lucy Cohen to Mr. Lerner
San Francisco, CA: Arion Press, 1979. Prospectus. Folio. 16 pp. Letterpress on Wove, Black & Red Ink, Good with tear along head of spine. More
Prospectus and Promotional Poster for Arion Press, Deluxe Edition of A. Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles.
San Francisco, CA: Arion Press, 1985. Prospectus. Folio. Folded Sheet, Illustrated, Photograph, Very Good. Provenance: Herb Yellin (1935-2014) was the highly respected publisher and founder of Lord John Press. More
Letter From Elihu Root To Major Henry Lee Higginson, October 29, 1918.
Albert Bender, 1938. Broadside, Folded Sheet. Folio. Letterpress on Deckled Wove. Very Good. Scarce. More
The Bookbinder In Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg. An Account of his Life & Times, & of his Craft. As Interpreted by C. Clement Samford, Master Bookbinder of Colonial Williamsburg.
Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg, 1959. 8vo. Stapled Wraps 32 pp. Illustrations. Very Good. More
Christmas MCMXXVI.
[San Francisco, CA: Grabhorn Press], 1927. 12mo. [4 pp.] Folded Card, Letterpress on Wove, Gothic Script with decorative border. Very Good. Charles Gilman Norris was brother to novelist Frank Norris. More
May Ev'ry Joy With Which This Day is Fraught.
[San Francisco, CA: Grabhorn Press, ca. 1927]. Printed Card 4 x 6.25 inches, Gothic Script with monochrome photograph of Charles Gilman and Kathleen Norris. Very Good. Charles Gilman Norris was brother to novelist Frank Norris. More
Assembly. The Friends of the Book Arts Press, School of Library Service present Peter Davison, Professor of English and American Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury and Editor of The Library, the quarterly journal of the Bibliographical Society. "On Editing Bibliographical Publications." 11 September, 1980.
NY, NY: Columbia University School Of Library Service, 1980. Broadside, 17.5" x 11.5". Letterpress on Laid Paper. Very Good. Scarce. More
"The Bodleian Library Reviewed." A Lecture by Michael L. Turner Head, Special Collections Department of Printed Books, Bodleian Library, Oxford University. 18 November, 1976
NY, NY: Columbia University School Of Library Service, 1976. Broadside, 14.5" x 10.5". Letterpress on Laid Paper. Very Good. Scarce. More
The Book Arts Press presents Charlene Garry of the Basilisk Press, London. The Revival Of Fine Printing In England. 21 Novembere 1977. School of Library Service Columbia University
NY, NY: Columbia University School Of Library Service, 1977. Broadside, 17" x 11.5". Letterpress on Laid Paper. Very Good. Scarce. More
The Brothers Harper And Their Authors. An Exhibition of 19th-Century Contracts, Letters & First Editions. 7 February - 4 April 1975. Columbia University, Low Library Rotunda.
NY, NY: Columbia University School Of Library Service, 1975. Broadside, 19.5" x 13.5". Letterpress on Wove Paper. Black & Red Ink. Very Good. Scarce. More
The Calligraphy of Edward Johnston, An Illustrated Lecture by John Dreyfus, presented by The School of Library Service, Columbia University. 22 October 1975.
NY, NY: Columbia University School Of Library Service, 1975. Broadside, 18.5" x 13.5". Letterpress on Wove Paper. Black & Red Ink. Good with minor tears and losses along bottom edge, else VG. Scarce. More
The Calligraphy of Edward Johnston, An Illustrated Lecture by John Dreyfus, presented by The School of Library Service, Columbia University. 22 October 1975.
NY, NY: Columbia University School Of Library Service, 1975. Broadside, 18.5" x 13.5". Letterpress on Wove Paper. Black & Red Ink. Very Good with minor stain. Scarce. More
The celebrated printer and papermaker Walter Hamady, proprietor of The Perishable Press Ltd. will speak at The School of Library Service, Columbia University October 17, 1977. Giving an Anecdotal Account of the Pitfalls & Glories of Thirteen Years of Making Books by Hand.
NY, NY: Columbia University School Of Library Service, 1977. Broadside, 17" x 11". Letterpress on Laid Paper. Very Good with perforations. Scarce. More
The Columbia University School of Library Service Presents John Rowe Townsend. Why Write For Children? 9 April 1975.
NY, NY: Columbia University School Of Library Service, 1975. Broadside, 20.25" x 10". Letterpress on Laid Paper. Blue and Red Ink. Good with tears, losses, minor staining. Scarce. More
The Columbia University School of Library Service presents Manuscripts I Have Known: A Slide Lecture on the Description for Sale of Antiquarian Materials, by John S. Kebabian of H. P. Kraus. 26 February 1975. Book Arts Press.
NY, NY: Columbia University School Of Library Service, 1975. Broadside, 17.5" x 14.5". Letterpress on Wove Paper. Very Good with stain on upper left. Scarce. More
"Contemporary Hand Paper Making In England" A Film Lecture by Simon Green of Barcham Green & Co., Maidstone, Kent. 20 September 1976. Presented by The School of Library Service, Columbia University.
NY, NY: Columbia University School Of Library Service, 1976. Broadside, 17.5" x 14.5". Letterpress on Wove Paper. Black and Red Ink. Good with tiny tears & staining. Scarce. More
The Friends of the Book Arts Press, School of Library Service Columbia University present Alexander Lawson, Melberth B. Cart Professor of Graphic Arts, School of Printing, Rochester Institute of Technology. Speaking "On The Classification Of Type Faces." March 11th, 1977.
NY, NY: Columbia University School Of Library Service, 1977. Broadside, 16.75" x 11.5". Letterpress on Laid Paper. Very Good. Scarce. More
The Printers of the Book Arts Press and the School of Library Service, Columbia University, take pleasure in inviting you to an illustrated lecture on the calligraphy of Edward Johnstone, to be given by Mr. John Dreyfus. 22 October 1975.
NY, NY: Columbia University School Of Library Service, 1975. Broadside, 14" x 10". Letterpress on Laid Paper. Very Good. Scarce. More
The Rare Book Collections Of The British Library. A Lecture by Ian Willison, Deputy Keeper, Department of Printed Books, Reference Division, British Library. School of Library Service, Columbia University. 27 April 1976.
NY, NY: Columbia University School Of Library Service, 1976. Broadside, 17" x 11.5". Letterpress on Laid Paper. Black & Red Ink. Very Good with perforations and minor staining. Scarce. More