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

Philadelphia: Siddall Brothers Printers, 1891. original wrappers. Allibone, S. Austin. tall 8vo. original wrappers. (iv), 23 pages. Wrappers lightly soiled and chipped along edges. Overall a good copy of this scarce publication. Ownership inscription on half-title page.

Terra Alta, WV and Carnegie, PA: The GramLee Collection and The Permutation Press, 1982. paper wrappers loosely inserted into a paper envelope with a wood engraving on the cover. Printing. large square 8vo. paper wrappers loosely inserted into a paper envelope with a wood engraving on the cover. unpaginated. A lovely catalog pertaining to the history of commercial wood engraving. Loosely inserted is a T.L.s. from Clifford A. Harvey, Professor of the Graphic Design Program at the College of Creative Arts, West Virginia University. A fine copy. Contains color printing specimens. Very scarce.

Bruxelles: Bibliothèque Royale Albert 1er, 1969. stiff paper wrappers. Hartz. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 75, (2) pages. First edition. Liebaers, chief librarian of the Royal Library of Belgium, edited this handsome tribute to the work of engraver and type designer Sem Hartz. Friends and colleagues of Hartz contributed eight essays, some in French, some in English, to this collection, well-illustrated throughout with reproductions of his fonts, offsets and engravings. Elegantly printed by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen in Lutetia type, designed by Hartz and Jan van Krimpen.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1953. paper wrappers. Typophiles. 12mo. paper wrappers. 30 pages. Monograph 39. Limited to 350 copies for the Typophiles. Designed by John Begg.

Florence: The Giardo Press, 1987. cloth, dust jacket. Sitwell, Sacheverell. large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 391+(1) pages. First edition, limited to 425 copies of which this is one of 400 signed by the author. Ritchie has amassed a comprehensive bibliography of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell's writings. Published on the occasion of Sitwell's 90th birthday. This bibliography will serve as a definitive record of one of the twentieth century's most prolific and respected British poets. Illustrated in color and black-and-white. Fully annotated and indexed.

West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 2003. decorated cloth, paper spine label, top edge cut, other edges uncut. Aralia Press. 8vo. decorated cloth, paper spine label, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 140 copies. Spectrum type on Zerkall paper. Frontispiece etching by Fulvio Testa. A collection of poetry.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. hardcover, dust jacket. 8vo. hardcover, dust jacket. 313 pages. First American trade edition. Fine in fine jacket.

(Paris, France): Adam Biro, 2002. stiff paper wrappers. Papermaking. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 255+(1) pages. Text in French. New edition. Table of contents, bibliography, index. Color illustrations. Color illustrations throughout. An overview of the history of papermaking from its origins in the China and the Middle East.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928. quarter cloth over paper boards. small 8vo. quarter cloth over paper boards. (x), 168, (6) pages. First edition. A parody in the form of a seventeenth-century epic poem about the explorer John Smith. Illustrated with "sculptures by F.C.B." Ward was a Wilmington, Delaware writer and lawyer who produced several books of parodies.

New Britain, CT: REM Miniatures, 1986. blue cloth, paper cover label; stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label, both loosely inserted in slide-on case with paper cover and spine labels. Miniature Books. miniature books (6.1 x 5.1 cm.). blue cloth, paper cover label; stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label, both loosely inserted in slide-on case with paper cover and spine labels. (18); 5 pages with second volume folding out to 5 pages. 2 volumes. Limited to 300 numbered copies signed by Massmann (Bradbury, REM, 71). Accompanied by a paper bound volume "Nutmegger's-Eye View of Dunbar Case." Hand-colored illustrations. Fine condition.

New Port Richey, FL: Clearview Press, 1998. cloth, title stamped on spine, title and decorations stamped on front board, decorated endpapers. Miniature Books. miniature book (7.7 x 5.3 cm). cloth, title stamped on spine, title and decorations stamped on front board, decorated endpapers. 38, (4) pages. Limited to 195 numbered copies, signed by printer/binder Don Brady. (Bradbury, Clearview Press 6). Frontispiece, United States Pony Express commemorative postage stamp (1960), tipped in. Illustrated with political and business figures connected with the Express. A fine copy.

Skokie: Black Cat Press, 1980. green leather, gilt lettering on spine and cover. Miniature Books. oblong miniature (6.8 x 9 cm.). green leather, gilt lettering on spine and cover. ix, 24, (4) pages printed French fold. Printed in an edition limited to 249 copies (Bradbury, Black Cat, 60). Subtitle continues, Wise Words by Discerning Writers of Thirty Centuries. Brief introduction by G. Harvey Petty gives way to "The Words," a collection of anonymous sayings and maxims collected from a diverse range of cultures. The handwritten quotebook includes passages in several languages in a number of different writing styles and sizes. Printed in green and black. Bound by Bela Blau. An exquisite volume. Not found in Forgue.

New York: The Typophiles, 1951. cloth. Archer, John. tall 12mo. cloth. (x), 94 pages. Limited to 640 copies; the 25th Chapbook issued by the Typophiles. A near fine copy. Has a title page designed by Dwiggins, contributions by Warren Chappell, Bruce Rogers, Paul Bennett and others. Contains reproductions of Archer's design work.

New York: The Typophiles, 1951. cloth. Archer, John. tall 12mo. cloth. (x), 94 pages. Limited to 640 copies; the 25th Chapbook issued by the Typophiles. Has a title page designed by Dwiggins, contributions by Warren Chappell, Bruce Rogers, Paul Bennett and others. Contains reproductions of Archer's design work. Ink stamp of former owner at top of front pastedown.

Marburg and Walldürn: n.p., 1986. stiff paper wrappers. Haas, Robert Bartlett. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 87+(1) pages, 4 plates. An Annotated Bio-Bibliography of Robert Bartlett Haas. A bio-bibliography of Robert Haas in the form of a Festschrift, planned by his friends and colleagues for his seventieth birthday. The text is in German and English, with English translations when the original text is German. Several black-and-white plates and illustrations. Warmly inscribed note on title page by Haas dated January 20, 1986. Slight shelf wear and minor dent on front cover.

New York: Harper & Row, 1973. cloth, dust jacket. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. vii, 86 pages. First edition. Presentation by the author on the half-title "Greetings T / Alicia Ostriker / Milton Kessler". Blurbs by Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Penn Warren. Lower corners bumped, bright dust jacket with a short crease at the top edge of the front panel and very light rubbing at the head and foot of the spine and corners. Spine of jacket faded.

London: Frederick Etchells & Hugh MacDonald, 1926. quarter cloth over paper covered boards, gilt on front board and spine, paper covered boards slipcase with printed paper cover label. Wadsworth, Edward. 4to. quarter cloth over paper covered boards, gilt on front board and spine, paper covered boards slipcase with printed paper cover label. xv, 79, (7) pages. A series of copper plates engraved in the line manner by Edward Wadsworth. And coloured by hand, with an Introduction and Brief Descriptions by Bernard Windeler. Limited to 450 numbered copies. Printed at the Curwen Press. Copper-plate engravings printed by A. Alexander & Sons. Set in Rudolf Kochs Kursiv, printed on Zanders handmade paper at the Curwen Press. Slipcase rubbed and spotted. Bottom hinge of slipcase cracked. Some soiling to slipcase. Else near fine.

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1895. Original paper-covered boards with pictorial design in black and red on front panel, black lettering on spine, all edges gilt. 8vo. Original paper-covered boards with pictorial design in black and red on front panel, black lettering on spine, all edges gilt. 82 pages. Translated from Paul Bourget's "Pastels of Men" First separate edition in English. Minor soiling to wrappers, else a near fine copy. Frontspiece. List of illustrations are on the frontspiece. A novelette set in contemporary Italy, a study of spirituality and providence.

(Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing Co, 1999. cloth. Printing. thick 8vo. cloth. (vi), xvi, 999 pages. Reprint of the first and only edition of this excellent printing reference tool which was published in London in 1919 by Saint Bride Library. Prefatory essays by John Southward and F.W.T. Lange. A welcome reprint of a very scarce and important reference work.

Risbury: The Whittington Press, 1995. quarter cloth, slipcase. Whittington Press. small 4to. quarter cloth, slipcase. (viii), 180, (2) pages. With a memoir by Susan Falkner, an introduction by Brocard Dewell, a preface by Michael Taylor, and an appendix by Adrian Cunningham. Limited to 400 numbered copies, of which this is one of 300 numbered copies bound in quarter cloth over paper covered boards. Fine in fine slipcase. With frontis and 23 additional illustrations throughout, including 12 letterpress facsimiles (some foldouts), 4 color-plates, and 3 photos. Saint Dominic's was founded in 1916 by H.D.C. Pepler and published a number of Eric Gill titles.