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(Great Neck, NY): The Scarlet Cockerel, (1940).. (1940).. Good. - Small octavo, softcover bound with red cord into pictorial tan wrappers printed in French fold. The binding is lightly soiled with its extremities darkened. [23] pages plus colophon. A black-and-white engraving of the U. S. Capitol is reproduced on the inside front wrap. The contents are very good. <p>Limited edition of 450 copies.<p>"The Scarlet Cockerel is the personal hobbyhorse of Ralph W. Babcock, Jr., by whom it is designed, edited, and printed. Published primarily for the experience and pleasure involved, it issues spasmodically from the editor's private press....This 13th issue, dated Friday the 13th (of September, 1940), is entirely handset...."<p>Scarce.
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THE 13TH SCARLET COCKEREL. (Cover title)
by Detrick, Charles L.; Patterson, Charles; Floretti, Earl; Grimes, Lois. Babcock, Ralph W., Jr.; editor
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150-ARS JUBILEUM 1843-1993. Damms Antikvariat (Claes Nyegaard). Katalog 648. (Catalog)
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(Oslo: Lie & Co.s Boktrykkeri, 1993).. 1993).. Very good. - Octavo, pictorial paper-covered boards. The boards are bumped. 199 & [1] pages. There is a small black mark to the fore-edge. Illustrated in color and black & white. Very good. <p>811 items are catalogued, including books, manuscripts, art works, maps and bibles. The text is in Norwegian.
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"4XIV54 DEAR FRIDOLF": AN ORIGINAL SIGNED CALLIGRAPHIC ART WORK BY BYRON MACDONALD, IN THE FORM OF A LETTER TO FRIDOLF JOHNSON, PENNED IN UNCIAL, IN A CONCENTRIC CIRCLE SPIRALING OUT FROM THE CENTER TO THE EDGES.
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April 14, 1954. , 1954. . Good. - sc An original calligraphic letter penned in a concentric circle onto an [approximately] 18-1/2"x 16-3/4" sheet. The Uncial lettering begins in the center with Fridolf's name penned in red ink from which, the other words drawn in black carefully and delicately spiral out towards the edges. A superb example of the calligrapher's art, once folded, now beautifully framed in a heavy wood frame with a gilt-edged circular opening."Dear Fridolf, Can't begin to tell you how happy I was to get your beautifully written letter two weeks ago and your invitation to send some of my stuff back for your article. There seems to be an increase in demand for calligraphy out here, at least advertising-wise. As usual, the bulk of my work comes from the clients direct and the Universities and State and Government departments. Have designed quite a few plaques lately and a good many hand-lettered books, one in French, two in German, two in Italian and the rest in English. One of the most…
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60 YEARS OF BEST SELLERS 1895-1955
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New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1956.. 1956.. Good. - Octavo, cloth, in a price-clipped dw. Tiny stains to front cover; slight darkening & light staining to spine & top edges of covers. The dw is rubbed with pieces out & with the lower half of the dw spine nearly detached. x, [ii] & 260 pp. Ex-library with handwritten numerals on spine, dw spine & contents page & library blind stamps on title & 2 pages of text. Good in a fair dw. <p>First edition.<p>Foreword by Frederic G. Melcher.
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A. EDWARD NEWTON / A COLLECTION OF HIS WORKS. Catalogue Number Eight
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Newark, DE: Oak Knoll Books, circa [1978].. [1978].. Very good. - 12mo, printed wraps. Unevenly faded. 38 pages. Portrait frontispiece. A very few ink marks, else very good. <p>195 Newton items are catalogued and priced.
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ABSTRACTS OF SOVIET AND EAST EUROPEAN EMIGRE PERIODICAL LITERATURE: RUSSIA AND THE USSR.
by (Khotin, Leonid; editor-in-chief).
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San Francisco: Globus Publishers, 1981., 1981.. Very good. - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 6-3/8 inches wide. Softcover, printed stapled light green wraps illustrated with a map on the front cover. 61 pages, with the editors' appreciation label mounted on the verso of the front cover. Very good. "ASEEPL [Abstracts of Soviet and East European Emigre Periodical Literature] has been published since the Fall 1981. The purpose of the journal has been to familiarize specialists studying the contemporary politics, economics, art, literature, and history of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe with materials published in the pages of the emigre periodical press". [Quoted from a report on the periodical].
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THE ADELMAN COLLECTION
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Bryn Mawr, PA: Bryn Mawr College Library, 1976.. 1976.. Very good. - Quarto, decorative wraps. Bottom corner of front wrap lightly creased. 47 & [1] pp. B&W illustrations. Bottom page corners very lightly creased. Very good. <p>First edition.<p>This catalogue of the Adelman collection includes 216 items. The introduction consists of an address made by Seymour Adelman at Bryn Mawr on the occasion of his donating his collection of books and autographs to the college library.
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ADVENTURES IN AMERICANA 1392-1897. The Romance of Voyage and Discovery from Spain to the Indies, the Spanish Main, and North America; inland to the Ohio Country; on toward the Mississippi; through to California; over Chilkoot Pass to the Gold Fields of Alaska. Being a Selection of Books from the Library of Herschel V. Jones, Minneapolis, Minnesota. With a Preface by Dr. Wilberforce Eames. 3 volumes, including Checklist
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NY: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., 1964.. 1964.. Very good. - 4to, brown cloth (lightly bumped & rubbed; very light spotting to covers; small label removed from tails of Vol. 2 & 3 spines) titled in gilt within red rectangles. Vol. 1: [ix] pp. [prelims] & full-page B&W illustrations numbered 1-142 with text on facing page; Vol. 2: [viii] pp. [prelims] & full-page B&W illustrations numbered 143-300 with text on facing page & [10] pp.; Checklist: xii & 220 pp.; (small bookseller's stamp & ink numeral on front endpaper of each volume with Vol. 1 front endpaper slightly creased; soiling to bottom edge of each volume). Very good.
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"ALL GOES ONWARD AND OUTWARD": WALT WHITMAN AT 200. An Exhibition from the Collection of Robert O. Harris, Jr. Curated by Robert O. Harris, Jr.
by (Whitman, Walt). Harris, Robert O., Jr.
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Dallas: De Golyer Library, Southern Methodist University, 2019., 2019.. Fine. - Quarto, 10-1/8 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, perfect bound in printed brown wraps with an illustration of a vintage broadside advertising Walt Whitman's books on the front cover and that of a signed portrait of Whitman on the verso. xiv, 49 & [1] pages, richly illustrated with profuse color illustrations throughout. Fine. A sumptuous catalog, signed and dated by the collector/curator on opening night of the exhibition: "Robert O. Harris, Jr. / Opening Night / 11/12/19".
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THE AMERICAN PRINTER. Volume 89, No. 2. August 1929.
by (Hubbard, Elbert; Morris Reiss Press; Beals, Victor; et al).
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New York: The American Printer, Inc., 1929., 1929.. Good. - Quarto [11-3/4 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], softcover bound in decorative light tan & red wraps by Huxley House. The wraps are lightly foxed, soiled & bumped with a stain to the front cover The spine & extremities are darkened with the head of the spine chipped. The wraps are detached from the text block. 116 pages. Profuse illustrations & pictorial ads in black & white and color. The corners of the first few leaves are bumped. Good. In this issue, edited by Edmund G. Gross, the first item is an announcement by William Reydell that New York University has established a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in printing -- "the first time [that]...a great college of fine arts has organized a division of graphic arts and is offering its fine arts degree to students of printing design ". Of special note, among the inserts between pages 80 and 81, is a broadside by Elbert Hubbard entitled "The Adman's Philosophy" and printed on cream Roycroft…
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THE AMERICAN HISTORIAN'S RAW MATERIALS: An Address by J. Franklin Jameson, LL.D., Litt.D. / With the Presentation and Other Exercises at the Dedication of the William L. Clements Library of Americana June 15, 1923
by Jameson, J. Franklin; Clements, William L.; Gore, Victor M.; Winship, George Parker; et al
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Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, 1923.. 1923.. Very good. - Octavo, cloth-backed boards with a printed label on the spine. [v], [2] leaves & 63 pages. Illustrated with 2 black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece. There is a chip & crease to the bottom edge of page 63. Near fine. <p>First edition.<p>The card of William L. Clements is laid in.
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THE AMERICAN PRINTER 1787-1825
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Charlottesville, VA: The University Press of Viriginia, (1967).. (1967).. Fine. - Large octavo, black cloth backed gray cloth decorated & titled in gilt. There is a small stain to the spine. 189 pp. Illustrated with B&W facsimiles. Near fine. <p>First edition.<p>Published for the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia.<p>A review copy, with publisher's slip laid in, from the library of Fridolf Johnnson.<p>Signed by Rollo G. Silver on Johnson's bookplate. Laid in is a two-page beautifully calligraphed ALS from Rollo to Johnson, writing about future projects and personal matters.
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AMERICANA: A Selection of Printed and Manuscript Materials Relating to the Western Hemisphere, Hawaii and the Philippine Islands. Catalogue 52, 1980
by Reed. Richard B.; cataloguer and editor
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San Francisco, CA: John Howell -- Books, 1980.. 1980.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed wrappers with the bookseller's logo on the front wrap. The wraps are bumped & lightly stained with creasing to the bottom edge & corner of the front wrap. [iv], 272 & [10] pages plus a bookseller's ad. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and black-and-white facsimiles. The bottom corners of the first few leaves are bumped & there are small, light stains & minor foxing to the edges of the catalog. Good.
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AMERICAN LITERARY ANNUALS & GIFT BOOKS 1825 - 1865
by Thompson, Ralph
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New York: The H. W. Wilson Company, 1936.. 1936.. Very good. - Octavo, navy blue cloth titled in gilt. The binding is lightly rubbed with some light spotting & 2 white score marks to the rear cover. [viii] & 183 pages. The endpapers are lightly foxed & darkened around the edges. There are some neat red underlinings in the catalog section & an additional typed entry has been glued to one page. There is occasional light soiling. Very good. <p>First edition.
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AMERICAN BOOK COLLECTOR: Articles, News and Reviews for the Book Collector. Volume 8, Number 4, New Series. April 1987.(Cover title).
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(Ossining, NY: The Moretus Press), 1987., 1987.. Very good. - Large octavo [10 inches high by 7 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wraps. The corners of the wraps are very slightly creased & there is minor soiling to the rear wrap along the spine. 56 pages. Black-and-white illustrations & pictorial ads. Near fine. Among the contents of this issue are "The Cries of Pearl Street" by Michael Joseph; "Robert Hooke, Restoration Bibliophile" (Concluding part of a three-part series) by Leona Rostenberg; and "Book Works, London in New York", a report on an exhibition by the London-based gallery devoted to the art of the book by Pamela Petro.
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AMERICAN BOOK COLLECTOR. Volume 6, Number 5 / New Series. September/October 1985
by (Rogers, Bruce; Brinley, George; Schafer, Otto; et al). McTigue, Bernard; editor
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(New York: The Moretus Press, 1985).. 1985).. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wrappers. The binding is very slightly bumped with light creases to the corners of the rear wrap. 70 pages. Black-and-white illustrations & facsimiles and pictorial ads. The bottom corners of the last 3 leaves are creased. Very good. <p>Among the contents of this issue are "Bruce Rogers at Newark", "George Brinley and His Sales", "Dr. Otto Schafer's Treasures". and "The Perishable Press at Twenty".
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AMERIKANISCHE AUSZEICHNUNGSSCHRIFTEN
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Leipzig: 1933.. 1933.. Very good. - Quarto, printed cream wraps. Soiled. 7 pp. B&W illustrations. Very good. <p>Scarce.
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THE AMPERSAND CLUB: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT, 1965
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(La Crosse, WI: Sumac Press, 1965).. 1965).. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wrappers with the Ampersand device in dark blue on the front wrap. The spine & extremities are slightly darkened. The wraps are very lightly bumped. Title & [13] pages plus colophon. Illustrated in color and black & white with vignettes & facsimiles. Very good. <p>Limited edition of 460 copies printed by Emerson G. Wulling, Sumac Press, with calligraphy by Frank Kofron, for The Typophiles and The Ampersanders.
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ANATOMY OF PRINTING: The Influences of Art and History on Its Design
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New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1970).. (1970).. Very good. - Quarto, black cloth titled in gilt on spine & in gilt with vignettes in gilt on front cover, in pictorial dw. The covers are slightly spotted and the white dw is soiled. 228 pp., with profuse B&W and color illustrations. Very good. <p>First American edition.
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THE ANNUAL OF BOOK-MAKING
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New York: The Colophon, 1938.. 1938.. Fine. - Quarto, light blue cloth backed natural buckram titled in black on the front cover & the spine with decorations in silver on the front cover. The spine is faded and soiled. 168 leaves, including the endpapers and blanks, profusely illustrated throughout, including depictions of works by W.A. Dwiggins, Rockwell Kent, and many others. Printed in colors on a variety of stock, the book includes signatures contributed by several fine & small presses, and major publishers, which serve to illustrate their work. Near fine. <p>The table of contents lists the following: "Binding design by W.A. Dwiggins", "Title-page design by Rockwell Kent", Foreword by J. T. Winterich", "American Institute of Graphic Arts", "University of California Press", "Alfred A. Knopf", "University of North Carolina Press", "Rydal Press", "Simon & Schuster", "Riverside Press",…
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