Search Results: Titles starting with C from Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press

small 12mo bookplate. Bookplates. 3.25" x 4.75" small 12mo bookplate. Isaiah Thomas altered to "Isaac Rand Thomas" as indicated on the plate itself. Faint notation below 'TUS" in NEC-ELATUS reads, "S.L.S after P.R." Printed on early watermarked laid paper. Exceptional eye appeal and workmanship. The printer was Sidney Lawton Smith (1845-1929). Smith was an American designer, etcher, engraver, illustrator, and bookplate artist. This bookplate for Isaiah Thomas was first engraved by Paul Revere and subsequently name altered by Sidney L. Smith, Boston engraver noted for his re-engravings of Paul Revere's originals. Sidney Lawton Smith (1845-1929) was an American designer, etcher, engraver, illustrator, and bookplate artist. Smith was born in Foxborough, Massachusetts to Lawton and Lucy Thompson Smith on June 15, 1845. He was the third of three sons. In 1847, his family moved to Canton, Massachusetts, where he was educated in the public school system. Smith showed an interest and aptitude in… Read More

Los Angeles: University of California, 1965. paper wrappers. 8vo. paper wrappers. (iv), 13 pages. A history of the making of this famous bibliography. A fine copy.

Chicago: St. James Press, 1968. cloth, dust jacket. Day-Lewis, C.. square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 42 pages. With a Letter of Introduction by W.H. Auden. First edition, one of 100 numbered copies signed by Lewis. With descriptions of books, pamphlets, detective stories under the name of Nicholas Blake and other material. Spine of dust jacket faded, else near fine.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted.

Palo Alto, CA: Coyne & Blanchard, Inc, 1968. stiff paper wrappers. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. A huge run of this important magazine. 124 issues. Includes the following: Volume X, No.1-6. (1968) Volume XI, No.1-6. (1969) Title changes to Communications Arts Magazine with volume XI, No.2. Volume XII, No.1-6. (1970) Volume XIII, No.1-6. (1971) Volume XIV, No.1-6. (1972) Volume XVI, No.3,4,5. (1974) Volume XVII, No.2-6. (1975) Volume XVIII, No.1-6. (1976) Volume XIX, No.1-6. (1977) Now switches to whole number issues. Volume XIX, No.6 (whole issue 129). 130-155, 165, 167-170, 172-175, 177, 179-188, 190-192, 194, 195, 200, 203, 205, 206, 214, 215, 220, 223-226, 228, 236, 256-259, 261, 263-266, 268 (1996).

Bruxelles: Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, 1961. stiff paper wrappers. Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 117, (3) pages, plates. Text in French. An annotated summary of prints acquired by the library. Foreword by chief conservator Herman Liebaers. List of publications by Louis Lebeer, works cited in the text, and catalogue with 358 entries. List of plates, index, and table of contents. 64 black and white plates. Wrappers and text lightly tanned at edges.

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, Longman, and J. Taylor, 1834. original brown cloth, modern paper spine label. small 8vo. original brown cloth, modern paper spine label. x, 414 pages. Part of a series entitled The cabinet cyclopaedia. Useful arts, volume 54. Chapter VIII: Type foundry (incl. Stereotyping). With 96 illustrations. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Cloth on front hinge split; wear at bottom of spine.

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, Longman, and J. Taylor, 1832. brown leather. small 8vo. brown leather. 334 pages. Part of a series entitled The cabinet cyclopaedia. Useful arts, 36 illustrations in the text. Front board detached yet present. Lacking the spine. Scratches to leather cothers. Interior clean. Bookplate on front pastedown. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books.

London: Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles, 1900. original red cloth stamped in gilt. Cabot. 8vo. original red cloth stamped in gilt. liv, 180 pages. Second and best edition. (Besterman 1077). Bibliographical descriptions of 579 items. Covers rubbed with some wear through along front hinge.

New York: Burt Franklin, 1960. cloth. Cabot. 8vo. cloth. liv, 180 pages. Reprint of the 1900 first edition.

Madison, NJ: (Brayers Club, 1946. marbled paper covers, paper cover label. Eichenberg, Fritz. 12mo. marbled paper covers, paper cover label. 4 pages printed French-fold. Opuscule I issued by the Brayers Club of Madison, New Jersey. Hand-set in Bulmer. Contains a full page woodcut by Eichenberg. This particular copy is a mock draft by Ellis, with contributing labels from the Golden Hind Press.

Wilmington: Delaware American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, 1975. stiff paper wrappers. Rodney, Caesar. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Short biographical sketch. Near fine.

Wilmington: Delaware American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, 1975. cloth. Rodney, Caesar. 8vo. cloth. 32 pages. Illustrations by A.N. Wyeth. Short biographical sketch. Signed by Sherman Tribbit as Governor, William P. Frank and A.N. Wyeth.

(Newark: University of Delaware), 2006. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Student literary magazine sponsored by the English Department. Have the following: Number 26. Spring 2006. With plates including some in color. (vi), 59, (3) pages. Number 28. 2007-2008. 92, (2) pages. (3) Price is per item.

Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1978. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 51 pages. First edition. Fine.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1978. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 51 pages. First edition. Copyright deposit copy. One of two copies submitted by the publisher for copyright purposes. This copy not selected for the Library's collections. Copyright Office and Library of Congress surplus duplicate stamps. Lightly soiled dust jacket.

London: Macmillan, 1966. paper covered boards, dust jacket. small 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. (vi), 41+(1) pages. First edition. Author's second book. Rubbed black dust jacket.

N. P.: n. p., n. p.. self paper wrappers. Paper Specimens. 8vo. self paper wrappers. not paginated. Cover page is beautifully illustrated with embossing, pale red ink, & gilt. The cover contains the inscription, "Study makes one learned. It is the reflection makes one wise." Contains 12 loose sheets of the same embossed paper specimen, although not in color or gilt. Slight tanning around the paper edges.

N. P.: n. p., n. p.. self paper wrappers. Paper Specimens. small 4to. self paper wrappers. not paginated. Cover page is beautifully illustrated with embossing, pale red ink and gilt. Contains 12 loose sheets of the same embossed paper specimen, although not in color. Slight tanning around the paper edges.

(Paris, France: J. Conan le Meriadec), 1952. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. 10 volumes in 8. Text in French. The first ten issues of this French periodical, which ran from 1952 to 1963. Each volume contains "La Chronique de Pierre d'Espezel," which discusses various bibliophilic topics, "Les Illustrateurs du Libre," discussing different book illustrators with a sample of his/her work, along with other articles of interest fo bibliophiles. Issues individually paginated. Issues 5 and 6, and 8 and 9, are double issues as published. Most issues unopened. Tanning, mainly around edges.

Bruxelles (Brussels), Belgium: Centre d'Étude des Manuscrits, 1985. stiff paper wrappers, edges uncut. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, edges uncut. 210 pages, plates. Text in French. Frontispiece. A study of decoding and analysis of manuscripts based on the work of Léon Gilissen. Acknowledgments. Biographical sketch of Gilissen by Pierre Jodogne. Table of contents. 22 black and white plates. Unopened.