Davenport, Iowa: Catfish Press, 1967. Broadside (45 x 58 cm.). Printed in orange, green, and black. Prospectus for The Origin of the Serif by Edward M. Catich, the author, designer, illustrator, cameraman, offset platemaker, and printer of the book. Contains a number of sample pages and illustrations. In Fine Condition..... More
New York: George Braziller, 1969. In association with Magdalene College, Cambridge. [6] p., folded: illustrations; 30 cm. Printed in red and black on brown paper. With: sample facsimile leaf, loose; letter to potential purchaser signed by Ralph Bennett, Fellow of Magdalene College in charge of the edition; and an order..... More
New York: Chilmark Press, 1968. [4] p.: illustration; 31 cm. Prospectus for a limited edition of 350 copies of The Mountains by R. S. Thomas; Illustrated with ten drawings by John Piper; engraved on the wood by Reynolds State; with a Descriptive Note by John Piper. Includes an example of..... More
Cambridge, Mass. Dept. of Printing and Graphic Arts, Harvard College Library, 1960. [4] p.: illustrations; 22 x 27 cm. With an order card. Prospectus for a limited edition of 600 copies printed by the Meriden Gravure Co. of Natural History by Jules Renard with Lithographs by Walter Stein. Contains two..... More
New York: Chilmark Press, 1964. 2, [2] p.: illustration; 30 cm. Printed on light green paper. Prospectus for a limited edition of 315 copies of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge with ten copper engravings and with a foreword by David Jones. Includes a one-page example..... More
New York: Heritage of the Graphic Arts, 1970. Broadside folded to make 4 pages on one side with a large timeline on the other: illustrations; 30 cm. (folded). Printed by the Meriden Gravure Co. Contains reproductions of 9 pages from works printed by Franklin and a timeline titled "A Franklin..... More
London: Eugrammia Press, 1961. [4] p.: illustrations; 30 cm. Printed in red and black. Includes examples of two pages. To be issued in a limited edition of 315 copies. In Near Fine Condition: upper corner slightly creased; clean and bright. More
Los Angeles: Zeitlin & Ver Brugge and H. M. Fletcher, 1981. [4] p.; 23 cm. With an order card. Prospectus for a leaf book from the Riessinger edition (c. 1466-1467) of St. Jerome's letters. With a bibliographical essay by John L. Sharpe and an historical essay by Jeremy DuQ. Adams;..... More
Northampton, Mass. The Rosemary Press, 1968. [4] p.: color illustrations; 24 cm. Prospectus for The Granjon Arabesque: Thirty Arrangements of the Ornament with Type and an Introduction by Elliot Offner, to be issued in a limited edition of 250 copies. Includes a one-page example. In Fine Condition: clean and crisp..... More
Mount Vernon, NY: Press of A. Colish, 1976. [4] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Prospectus for Rhythm and Rhymes: The Songs of a Bookworm by Margaret B. Stillwell. Includes samples of one illustration and one page of text (Afloat on a Marcell'd Sea). In Fine Condition: clean and bright... More
Austin, Texas: Book Club of Texas, 1989. [4] p.; 29 cm. With: order form and envelope. The Book Club of Texas was first established in 1929 by Stanley Marcus. It published seven tooks before disbanding in 1941. In 1989 it was re-established with the goal of publishing two books a...... More
New York: Cooper Square Publishers, 1960. [6] p., folded: illustrations; 28 cm. With order form and envelope. Prospectus for the Cooper Square Facsimile of the Gutenberg Bible, which was published in 1961. Includes in reduced size a reporduction of one illuminated leaf from the Song of Solomon. In Fine Condition..... More
Boston: Philidor Press, 1981. [8] p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Printed in red and black. Prospectus for Pythagoras at the Forge: An Annotated Catalogue of the Rosenbaum Collection of Western European Musical Instruments by Robert M. Rosenbaum with a sample page and illustration. The Rosenbaum Collection contains over 700 musical instruments..... More
Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, `963. [4] p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Prospectus for Prospectus for Sam Houston's Texas with photographs and text by Sue Flanagan. No date of publication, but the book appeared in 1964 so this probably was published the previous year. Through her 113 photographs, Flanagan captured..... More
Madison, Wisc. University of Wisconsin Press, 1969. [4] p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Printed in red and black. Prospectus for a facsimile edition of the 1560 edition of the Bible published at Geneva by Rouland Hall. Based on the copy held by the Scheide Library at Princeton University and that held..... More
Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press, 1964. [4] p.: illustrations; 22 x 28 cm. Undated prospectus for a limited edition of 350 copies of Hogarth's seven versions of his painting which illustrates act 3, scene 11, air 5 of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, which was published in 1965 by Harvard..... More
Philadelphia: Lyric & Adelphi Theatres, 1910. Paperback. 24 p.: illustrated advertisements; 23 cm. Stapled program printed in grey and red with "Lyric & Adelphi Theatres" on front cover. "The Easiest Way" by Eugene Walter, starring Frances Starr, Edward H. Robins, Joseph Kilgour, William Sampson, Beatrice Morgan, and Violet Rand at..... More
New York: 229 Lafayette Street Corp. 1946. Paperback. 48 p.: color cartoons; 26 cm. Color illustrated cover; stapled. Contents: Al Jennings: Reformed Train Robber Tells All -- America's Most Courageous Entertainer [Jane Froman] -- Atomic Energy: Chaos or World Plenty -- How and Why Ed Kennedy, the famous A.P. correspondent..... More
Philadelphia: John C. Clark & Son, 1870. 1 printed and handwritten deed (46 x 58 cm.), folded. The form was printed and sold by John C. Clark & Son, Philadelphia. On 2 Aug. 1870, James and Susan Bleiler of Doylestown sold to Dr. George T. Harvey of Doylestown a lot..... More
Rome, Italy: Alitalia, 1966. 5 menus; each consists of one folded sheet with a color front illustration; 24 cm. high. Printed by Staderini, Rome. The front illustrations appear to be from unidentified 18th-century prints. The two New York-to-Milan menus each have "5-66" in the lower right-hand corner of the menu..... More
New York: New York Public Library, 1927. Paperback. 10 p., [3] p. of illustrations; 25 cm. Grey card cover printed in black; stapled. Reprinted Nov. 1927 from The Bulletin of the New York Public Library of Nov. 1927. Paul D. Bailey prepared the list 33 hornbooks given to the library..... More
New Hope, Pa. Bucks County Playhouse, 1941. 3, [1] p.; 24 cm. Illustrated advertisement for Flemington Fur Co. on back. The program for the final week (the week of Sept. 15) of the third season of the Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pa. The playhouse was presenting The Guardsman..... More
Commercial Travelers' Home Association of America, 1893. Paperback. [2], [13] leaves of illustrations; 25 x 30 cm. Light green wrapper with wrapper title and illustration and red and black; tied with black cord. Advertisements for New York state businesses inside front wrapper and on both sides of back wrapper. The..... More
Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1892. Paperback. 24 p.: music; 24 cm. Light green wrapper printed in black. Wrapper title: Faust, composed by Gounod with English and Italian Words, and the Music of the Principal Airs. Imprint includes: New York: C. H. Ditson & Co.; Chicago: Lyon & Healy; Philadelphia: J...... More
1852. 1 sheet of blue paper (19 x 20 cm.). Handwritten notice that Mahlon Sims of the Muskingum County Court of Probate, on 14 Dec. 1852, certified Sabella Cleaveland as administrator of the estate of Thomas Cleaveland. With very faint embossed stamp of the court seal. In Hopewell Township, Muskingum..... More