Structure, Verses, Agency Books

People of the Noatak

Fejes, Claire · 1966

$14.40 (€13.07 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author, inscribed warmly "Tom Margaret, a felow artist -writer whom I've had the pleasure of meetingin Olympia. With very warm regards Claire Fejes Fairbanks, Alaska." Margaret's ...

Afro-American Poetry and Drama, 1760-1975: A Guide to Information Sources

French, William P., William P. Fabre and Amritjit Singh; Genevieve Fabre, · 1978

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Detroit, Michigan, Gale Research Library, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine contribution to the Gale information guide library, in a stated First Edition. Bound in decorated, printed blue cloth over boards, black cloth-backed, sharp and dist...

A Bibliography and Reader's Guide to the First Editions of P.G. Wodehouse

Jasen, David A. · 1970

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

, Archon Books, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Fine black-and-white fr...

Book Typography 1815-1965 in Europe and the United States of America

Day, Kenneth · 1966

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1966. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, big, heavy, and bound in an Imperial octavo format, with little discernible wear, bright interior, clean, unmarked, seemingly unrea...

Doubt

Haendel, Karl; Christian Rattemeyer · 2018

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

Berlin, Germany, Hatje Cantz, 2018. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy illustrated wraps, in gate-fold. The ...

The End of Print, Bd. 1

Carson, David · 1995

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

Munchen, Germany, Bangert, 1995. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy illustrated wraps, in gate-fold. German-...

Authors at Work

Taylor, Robert H.; together with a catalogue of the exhibition by Herman W. Liebert · 1957

$28.00 (€25.41 | £21.20 | ¥4,471)

New York, The Grolier Club, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A fine exemplar of a survey of the manuscripts exhibited by the Grolier Club in 1957. Bound in blue linen cloth over boards, with sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Simple printed, paper...

Some Reflections on the Book Arts in Early Mexico by Lawrence Wroth

Wroth, Lawrence · 1945

$44.00 (€39.92 | £33.31 | ¥7,026)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard College Library, 1945. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Scarce in the trade, there being only three additional copies available on-line. Stiff card wraps, hand-sewn, with gilt lettering to front cover and gilt illustration ...

Becoming Belle Da Costa Greene. A Visionary Librarian Through Her Letters (Berenson Green)

Parker, Deborah · 2024

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

Italy, Officina Libraria, 2024. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Brand-new, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder, straight from the publisher. SIGNED by the author at title page. Remains the only SIGNED copy available on-line...

Turning Pages, Digging Through Time: An Exhibition of Artists' Books

Bruggeman, Inge · 2024

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Bretagne, France, Centre du Livre D'Artiste en Bretagne, 2024. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being currently no copies available on-line in this state and condition, being brand-new, straight from the author-curator, and SIG...

The Medieval Girdle Book

Smith, Margit J. · 2017

$140.00 (€127.03 | £105.98 | ¥22,356)

New Castle, Delaware, Oak Knoll Press, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. I am proud to consider the author, Margit Smith, a librarian and hand bookbinder who retired in 2010 from the Helen K. and James S. Copley Library at the University of San Diego, a...

No More Mr. Nice Guy; or, How to Get Along When Roger's Not Around Any More.

Stoddard, Roger E. · 2005

$7.20 (€6.53 | £5.45 | ¥1,150)

New York, Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A farewell address to the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America, 30 April 2005, at the Grolier Club. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled t...

A Century for the Century

Hutner, Martin and Jerry Kelly · 2004

$7.20 (€6.53 | £5.45 | ¥1,150)

Chicago, David R. Godine, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Brand-new, still in shrink-wrap, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder. Big, tall, quarto format hardcover copy, with printed dust wrapper. Martin Hutner and J...

A Century of Innovative Book Design: Influences of Art, Design Theory & Technology on Book Design

Hoot, Christopher · 1998

$6.40 (€5.81 | £4.84 | ¥1,022)

Akron, Ohio, University of Akron, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Bound unusually in tall, narrow quarto fashion...

Ranjitsinhji's 9,000 Elephants Visit Serendipity Books

Jackson, Ian and Ann Arnold · 1996

$4.80 (€4.36 | £3.63 | ¥766)

Berkeley, California, Serendipity Books, 1996. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. The rear panel says "This facsimile of a...

Bookbinding in Early America: Three Essays

French, Hannah D., Joseph W. Rogers, and Helmutt Lehmann-Haupt · 1941

$236.00 (€214.13 | £178.64 | ¥37,686)

Portland, Maine, The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being no copies available on-line currently of this First Edition and that is SIGNED by by the first of its three authors, Hannah D. Fren...

Bookbinding in Early America: Seven Essays on Masters and Methods

French, Hannah D. · 1986

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Worcester, American Antiquarian Society, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. With catalogues of bookbinding tools prepared by Willman Spawn. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slig...

Lumiprinting: A New Graphic Art

Di Gemma, Joseph · 1942

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

New York, Watson-Guptill Publishing, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Brick-red cloth over boards, duotone paper illustration pasted onto front cover, quit...

The Design of Books

Adrian Wilson · 1967

$14.40 (€13.07 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

New York, Reinhold / Studio Vista, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, though price-clipped, protected...

A Brief Account of the Clifton Waller Barrett Library

Cahoon, Herbert · 1960

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Charlottesville, Virginia, University of Virginia, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities, spine is sunned from light indigo to ligh...