DIE BÜCHER-ORNAMENTIK DER RENAISSANCE : Eine Auswahl Stylvoller Titeleinfassungen, Initialen, Leisten, Vignetten und Druckerzeichen Hervorragender Italienischer, Deutscher umd Französischer Officinen aus der Zeit der Fruh renaissance. Nach der eigenen Sammlung Herausgegeben und Erlautert Von A. F. BUTSCH. (ORNAMENTATION of RENAISSANCE BOOKS: A Selection of Printed Ornaments including Stylish Titles, Initial Letters, Borders / Frames, Vignettes, and Excellent Printing

of Italian, German, and French origin from the time of the Early Renaissance. From the personal collection of, and edited and annotated by, A. F. BUTSCH.) Published by G. HIRTH, LEIPZIG, MDCCCLXXVIII (1878). This is Volume I, which stands on its own with its 100 plates. A second volume was published at a later date. Hardcovers, 1/4 leather and marbled paper covered boards, folio

10x14 inches (25x35 cm), 72 pages of text, including descriptions of the plates, and 100 PLATES each printed on its own leaf. The 100 Plates are lovely and a Great Reference to Early Renaissance Printing. Condition: The spine is lacking its leather covering (the spine card covering is still present), the spine folds are worn, the corners are lacking their leather covering, and the marbled paper covered boards are worn through at places along the edges; nonetheless the covers are sturdy and still doing their job; internally nice, the pages are just lightly used, still tight, bright, clean and unmarked. The 100 plates are all present and beautiful. INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: This book is large and heavy and will require substantial additional shipping charges. After placing your order you will be notified of the additional charges and be able to accept or reject them before your payment is processed. Or you can contact us ahead of time to find out the shipping charge to your country. Thanks.

CATALOG of the AMERICAN LIBRARY of the late SAMUEL LATHAM MITCHELL BARLOW. Prepared by James Osborne Wright.

NEW YORK: Douglas Taylor, Printer, 1889. First Edition.

A catalog containing 2,784 lots of Americana collected by Samuel Latham Mitchell Barlow, b.1826 d.1899. The collection was auctioned by the Executor of the Estate.

Hardcovers, leather spine and corners with marbled paper covered boards, front cover detached but present, five raised spine bands, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 7x10 inches, xv, 450 pages plus 10 pages of "Prices Realized" at the rear. Illustrated with plates of some of the items being offered.

CONDITION: Front cover disbound but present, as noted above, the rear cover is holding on only by the cord bindings, both covers have some wear to the edges and corners but are attractive and suitable to be used in rebacking; the spine leather is chipped and worn but mostly present. Internally, the front free endpaper has some indents and a little edge chipping, the text pages are lightly toned, there is an auction hammer price written in ink beside each lot by a previous owner; overall the inner pages are nice, tight, bright, clean and clear.

About SAMUEL LATHAM MITCHELL BARLOW (from an 1866 article):

******BARLOW, Samuel Latham Mitchell, lawyer, born in Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts, 5 June 1826. He was educated in New York City, where he has practiced law for nearly forty years. He has given much attention to the collection of rare and curious books. His library of Americana is among the largest in the country, and is only surpassed by the Brinley, Carter-Brown, and Lenox collections. In connection with Henry Harrisse he edited "Notes on Columbus," an invaluable work for the biography and bibliography of the discoverer of the new world.******

NINETEEN ISSUES of THE KEMBLE OCCASIONAL 1964-1989. "Issued now and then from The Edward C. Kemble Collections on AMERICAN PRINTING & PUBLISHING".

Published by The Edward C. Kemble Collections / California Historical Society, San Francisco, 1964-1989.

Includes the following numbers: 1 (1964), 3 (1967), 10-22 (1972-1979), 27 (1981), 32 (1984), 36 (1986), 42/43 double issue (1989).

Pamphlets, side stapled, 7.25x10 inches. Eight of the issues have 4 pages, eight have 8 pages, two have 12 pages, and one has 10 pages.

All the issues are in VERY GOOD condition, one issue has "400 here" written at the top of the first page, one issue has a vertical fold, overall they are just lightly used, still bright, clean and clear.

Articles include: Sam Brannan's Press, Type Foundries of America and their Catalogs; The Taylor & Taylor Facsimile of the Declaration of Independence; "At the Sign of the Lark" the San Francisco Publishing Venture of William Doxey; Booksellers & Bookselling in The Kemble Collection; and MANY more.

A nice gathering of these scarce publications on Printing and Publishing based on The Edward C. Kemble Collection.

FORMULAS FOR BOOKBINDERS, by Louis H. Kinder. Kinder was the head binder at the Roycroft printing and binding shop.

SIGNED and NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION, this being Copy No. 472 of 490 copies. SIGNED and NUMBERED by LOUIS H. KINDER on the Limitation page.

Hardcovers, cloth covered spine and paper covered boards, paper spine title label, 9x11.5 inches (22x29 cm), printed on Imperial Japan Vellum, title page printed in red & black, margin notes in red. Pagination: [12], vii, [3], 115, [1] pages. Illustrated with two plates, including the frontispiece, displaying bindings by the author.

GOOD Condition: The covers have soiling, a few marks, edgewear, and finger smudges; the paper spine title label is chipped at its top edge affecting several letters; internally there is occasional marginal finger soiling (one can imagine a bookbinder's not perfectly clean fingers handling this book), otherwise tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

From the title page: "Being a Collection of Trade Formulas, the Results of Twenty-five Years Study and Practice in the Arts of Tooling in Gold, Edge Gilding, Marbling, Stamping, and various other Departments of Bookbinding."

Rare 1905 Signed, Limited, True First Edition of Formulas For Bookbinders.

BOOKBINDING MAGAZINE : The Official Business Paper of the Bookbinding Industry : A Magazine of Business Building Ideas for the Bindery. Arthur Freund and Leo H. Joachim, Publishers. Published in New York, 1929-1931. SIX ISSUES: Vol. X, No. 6, Dec. 1929; Vol. XI, No. 1, Jan. 1930; Vol. XI, No. 3, Mar. 1930; Vol.XI, No. 4, Apr. 1930; Vol. XII, No. 4, Oct. 1930; Vol. XIII, No. 8, May 1931. Softcover magazines, side stapled, 8.5x11.5 inches, approximately 70 pages per issue, including lots of ads for bookbinding machinery and materials. These 6 issues are in generally GOOD condition, the spines have wear including scrapes and peeling; there are some creases and general signs of handling; overall the issues are used but still tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Articles include: Bookbinding Industrial Exhibits; Views on Trade Outlook by Bookbinders (published in 1930, the beginning of the Great Depression); Local Bookbinders Associations; In Memoriam: George K. Bird; When a Woman Runs a Bindery; Economics of Book Production; If I Had to Choose Again I'd Be a Bookbinder; and more. A nice collection of six issues of this bookbinding trade magazine, all published at the beginning of the Great Depression. INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: These six issues are heavy and will require substantial additional shipping charges. After placing your order you will be notified of the additional charges and be able to accept or reject them before your payment is processed. Or you can contact me ahead of time to find out the shipping charge to your country. Thanks.

A BIBLIOGRAPHY of WILLIAM BECKFORD of FONTHILL, by Guy Chapman in conjunction with John Hodgkin. Published by Constable & Co., London, 1930. First Edition. Limited to 500 copies, as stated. Second volume in the series: Bibliographia : Studies in Book History and Book Structure 1750-1900 edited by Michael Sadleir. Hardcovers, vellum spine and marbled paper covered boards, 6x9 inches, xxii + 127 pages. Addendum / Errata slip tipped in at page xxii. Illustrated with 16 full page plates including the frontispiece. Each plate is protected with a tissue guard. Condition: Ex Library, deaccessioned from the Dominican College Library Reference Room, San Rafael, California. There is a shelving label to the spine; stamps, labels and library markings to the front and rear endpapers; stamps to all the page edges (page edges of the closed book); stamps and some marks to the first and second title pages, copyright page, and here and there throughout. Ex library aside, the covers are worn through at their corner tips but are otherwise solid; internally, the pages are tightly bound, bright and clear. A solid, though ex lib, first edition, limited to only 500 copies. A valuable bibliographical reference.

CATALOGUE OF IMPORTANT LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS AND BOOKS BY OR RELATING TO WALT WHITMAN, The Property of His Intimate Friend, Biographer and Literary Executor, the Late Richard Maurice Bucke of London, Ontario (Sold By Order Of H. L. Bucke, Esq.) Which Will Be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. ... the 13th of May, 1935.

LONDON: Printed by Kitchen & Barratt Ltd., 1935.

Hard Library Covers, cloth covered boards, entire catalog bound within, 6x9.5 inches (15x24 cm), 31 pages plus 3 prelim pages (cover, foreword, conditions of sale). Illustrated with 4 facsimile illustrations of manuscript signatures and inscriptions.

117 lots are offered and described. No price estimates.

Condition: EX-LIB with a shelving number on spine, a UC Santa Cruz stamp on the front pastedown, a numerical stamp at the bottom of the Colophon page (last page), and a "Withdrawn UCSC" stamp on both the front free endpaper and the rear free endpaper, etc.; ex-lib aside, there is a slant to the spine, otherwise a solid, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked copy.

35 MINIATURE BOOKS IN DESIGNER BINDINGS, by Anne and David Bromer. Published by Bromer Booksellers (owned by Anne and David Bromer), Boston, 1987. First Edition. Printed by the Nimrod Press. Booklet / Catalog, chocolate covered wrappers, small format 4.5x4.5 inches, 74 unnumbered pages. Comes in a clear plastic snap shut case, as issued. ILLUSTRATED with 35 PHOTOGRAPHS of MINIATURE BOOKS in FINE BINDINGS, each photograph on its own page, with FACING pages of DESCRIPTIVE TEXT. This illustrated booklet was created as a catalogue for Bromer Booksellers. It offered these 35 miniature books with designer bindings en bloc. The Introduction states that the collection was sold prior to the publication of the catalogue. FINE condition, tight, bright, clean and unmarked; in a like plastic case. A lovely little look at a gathering of lovely little books offered in 1987 by Bromer Booksellers of Boston.

CATALOGUE of BOOKS in the LIBRARY of the AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY of WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

WORCESTER: Printed for The Society, by Henry J. Howland, 1837. First Edition.

Hardcover book, original card covers with cloth covered spine, paper spine title label, 6x10 inches. Pages numbered in alphabetical sections (A - 21 pages, B - 52 pages, C - 51 pages, etc.)

FAIR condition, the covers have rubbing, soiling, shorelining, wear at the corners and edges, and have tears to the top 1.5 inches and the bottom inch of the spine covering; the spine title label is chipped and faded; internally there is significant foxing on the first and last 10 or so pages, otherwise just a some light foxing throughout; there is shorelining to the front margin of the first and last 10 or so pages, to the top and bottom margins of most pages, and here and there; and a previous owner wrote what appears to be shelving numbers next to the first 30 pages of cataloged items (all the A listings and some of the B listings); nonetheless this original first edition is complete, tight, and bright, with text that is clear and legible throughout.

Rare 1837 First Edition.

ARMORIAL DU BIBLIOPHILE Avec Illustrations Dans le Texte (ARMORIAL BOOKPLATES with In-Text Illustrations). By Joannis Guigard.

TOMES I & II (Volumes I & II bound together).

Published by Librairie Bachelin-Deflorenne, Paris, 1870-1873.

Hardcovers, three-quarters morocco leather (spine and corners) with marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, two volumes and original wrappers bound-in, 6.5x10 inches (16.7x26 cm).. Pagination: Volume I - 254 pages, Volume II - 272 pages. ILLUSTRATED throughout with reproductions of armorial bookplates.

GOOD PLUS condition: The covers are worn and lightly bumped at the corner tips and rubbed at the spine folds; internally, the pages are lightly age toned and have a light crease to the upper spine area, overall tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

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BIBLIOGRAFIA DE VARNHAGEN, by Armando Ortega Fontes. A bibliography of the influential Brazilian historian Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen.

TEXT in PORTUGUESE

Published by Ministério das relações exteriores, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1945. First edition.

Softcovers, 42 pages plus 4 plates reproducing title pages from four of his books.

GOOD condition: there is the stamp of "LIMA LIBRARY / Catholic University / Washington D.C." (from where the booklet was deaccessioned) on the front cover, but no other library stamps or marks; the covers are toned at the margins and have some light foxing; internally, light toning to the margins, otherwise tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, presentable copy.

An interesting and important bibliographical reference for anyone interested in the history of Brazil.

About Francisco Adolfo de VARNHAGEN (from Wikipedia):

******Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen, Viscount of Porto Seguro, b.1816 d.1878, was a Brazilian diplomat and historian. He is the patron of the 39th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. He is considered the father of modern Brazilian historical scholarship. He published the first volume of his masterpiece, História Geral do Brasil, in 1854. Its second volume was published in 1857.******

CATALOGUE of the BOOKS belonging to THE LOGANIAN LIBRARY: To Which is Prefixed a Short Account of the Institution, with the Law for Annexing the Said Library to that Belonging to THE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA and the Rules Regulating the Manner of Conducting the Same.

PHILADELPHIA: C. Sherman and Co., Printers, 1837. First Edition.

Hardcovers, leather covered boards and spine (front and rear covers disbound but present), five raised spine bands, 6x9.5 inches. Pagination: xvi, 450 pages, lacking frontispiece engraving, otherwise complete (collated with a copy held in the British Library).

FAIR MINUS condition. The book is suitable for and needs rebinding. The covers are disbound but present, as noted above; there is an old bookplate of "Dr. Ball / Philadelphia" on the front pastedown; the covers are rubbed, soiled, have shorelining, are worn at the corners and edges, and have tears to the top 1.5 inches and the bottom inch of the spine; the spine title label is chipped and faded but legible. Internally, the spine is split at several places and could easily be spit at many more, signatures are ready to come loose, a good tug would pull the book into sections; lacking the frontispiece as noted above otherwise textually complete; there is light foxing throughout with more significant foxing on the first and last 10 or so pages; there is shorelining to the front margin of the early and latter pages, to the top and bottom margins of most pages, and here and there throughout; a previous owner wrote what appears to be a shelving number next to each cataloged item on the first 30 pages (all the A listings and some of the B listings).

This First Edition of an Important Library is worthy of rebinding.

About JAMES LOGAN (from Wikipedia):

******James Logan, b.1674 d.1751, was a Scots-Irish colonial American statesman, administrator, and scholar who served as the fourteenth mayor of Philadelphia and held a number of other public offices...He served as colonial secretary to William Penn. He was a founding trustee of the College of Philadelphia, the predecessor of the University of Pennsylvania.

While Logan would eventually become mayor of Philadelphia, chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, lieutenant governor, and acting governor he is perhaps best known for being a bibliophile, confessing once that "Books are my disease". He collected a personal library of over 3,000 volumes. Some commentators consider Logan's library to have been the largest and best collection of classical writings in America at that time.******

About LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA and the LOGANIAN LIBRARY (from Wikipedia):

******The Library Company of Philadelphia (LCP) is a non-profit organization based in Philadelphia. Founded in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin as a library, the Library Company of Philadelphia has accumulated one of the most significant collections of historically valuable manuscripts and printed material in the United States...

In 1792 the Loganian Library, which had been housed across the square, was transferred to the Library Company, complementing its collection with the 2600 books (chiefly in Latin and Greek) that had been collected by James Logan.******

(1) THE TYPE SPECIMEN OF THE VATICAN PRESS 1628. A Facsimile. AMSTERDAM: Menno Hertzberger & Co., 1967. Hardcovers, 5x7.5 inches. Pagination: 40 pages (title page, contents, introduction); 5 leaves (tables); 8-74 pages (the Facsimile). The title page of the facsimile is printed in red and black. GOOD MINUS condition: the covers are toned at the spine and edges, there is a light bump at the top of the spine and the front hinge is split at the top 1 inch; internally, the glue is old and cracking which means pages or signatures could come loose if opened wide (this is the case with every copy of this book I have seen - the binder used poor glue) but all the pages are currently holding, otherwise the pages are sharp, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

(2) TYPE SPECIMEN OF DELACOLONGE / LES CARACTÈRES ET LES VIGNETTES DE LA FONDERIE DU SIEUR DELACOLONGE [Lyons 1773]. Facsimile with Introduction and Notes by Harry Carter. Amsterdam (Van Gendt & Co.), London and New York,1969. Hardcovers, 4.75x7.25 inches. Pagination: 82 plus the 120 Facsimile (facsimile pages printed on rectos only). GOOD MINUS condition: there is wear and a bit of splitting at the top and bottom spine folds, the inner pages are lightly toned and, like the above copy, poor glue was used in binding this book and the binding is crackling when when opened somewhat wide), otherwise the book is complete, tight, bright, clean and unmarked.

(3) THE TYPE SPECIMENS OF CLAUDE LAMESLE, a Facsimile of the First Edition printed at Paris in 1742. With an Introduction by A.F. Johnson. [AMSTERDAM]: Menno Hertzberger & Co., 1965. Hardcovers, 5.5x8.5 inches. Pagination: 11 pages + the Facsimile (approx 120 pages?) A facsimile of the original title page and a plate at the end are printed in red and black. GOOD condition: The covers are toned at the spine and edges, the spine ends are bumped, internally tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

(4) XIXth CENTURY ORNAMENTED TYPES AND TITLE PAGES, by Nicolette Gray. LONDON: Faber and Faber, 1938. First edition. Hardcover Book in Dustjacket, 5.5x8.75, red top page edges, 213 pages. VERY GOOD book, some pushing at the top of the spine, light sunning to the edges, offsetting to the endpapers, otherwise tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked; in a GOOD MINUS price-clipped dustjacket that is toned and has edge and spine-end wear.

(5) SCHRIFTPROBEN : ORIENTALISCHER TYPEN Wie Auch PHONETISCHE AKZENTE (WRITING SAMPLES : ORIENTAL TYPES as well as PHONETIC ACCENTS), Gluckstadt [Germany]: J.J. Augustin, 1933. Originally published in Hamburg in 1632. Text in German. Hardcovers, 5x8 inches, 104 pages. There is a pocket in the rear holding an 8 page booklet with additional fonts, it is printed in blue and black. GOOD condition, slight wear to the cover spine ends and corner tips, pages are age toned, otherwise tight, bright, clean and clear.

(6) SPECIMEN OF MODERN PRINTING TYPES, Edmund Fry. A facsimile. London: Printing Historical Society, 1986. Hardcovers, 6.5x10 inches. Pagination: 18 + the Facsimile (approx. 120 pages?) VERY GOOD condition.

(7) ANECDOTES TYPOGRAPHIQUES, by Nicolas Contat dit Le Brun; together with LA MISERE DE APPRENTIS IMPRIMEURS, by DUFRESNE. Reprints of works originally published in 1762 and 1710, this volume published by the Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1980. Hardcovers, 6x9.5 inches, 163 pages. The Introduction is in English, the reprints of the French works are in their original French. VERY GOOD condition.

(8) FREGI & MAJUSCOLE INCISE E FUSE DA GIAMBATTISTA. Small, paperbound facsimile of the book originally published in Parma in 1771. This facsimile published by the Harvard College Library from its Bentinck Smith Typographical Collection. Softcovers, small format, 4.5x7.75 inches. Pagination: XII, 58, plus 3 pages of notes at the rear. VERY GOOD condition.

This 8 volume lot will require additional shipping costs.

HANDMADE PAPERS OF JAPAN. A book/catalog of handmade papers by a Tokyo, Japan paper making company. The catalog includes an abridged facsimile of Kamisuki Chohoki's early, illustrated, Japanese book on Paper-Making by Hand.

Published by IIS CRAFTS, TOKYO, Japan, 1963. First Edition.

Hardcovers, side-stitched, 128 pages including 108 pages with tipped-in paper samples, and 10 pages reprinting an abridgement of a Japanese illustrated classic about paper-making.

CONTAINS 108 JAPANESE HANDMADE PAPER SPECIMENS, each 3.5x3.5 inches (8.75x8.75 cm) and tipped-in on its own page.

ASSOCIATION COPY, previously owned by the renowned paper restoration archivist GEORGE MARTIN CUNHA, with his bookplate is on the front pastedown. Additionally, LAID-IN is an unsigned typed carbon copy of a letter by George M. Cunha to Herbert Farrier. a VP at Andrews / Nelson / Whitehead (a fine-paper importing company), and a copy of Farrier's typed signed letter in response. The letters discuss Cunha's desire to "restore the rare and valuable volumes in the custody of this library [the Library of the Boston Athenaeum]". Farrier's letter is dated August 23 and refers to Cunha's letter dated August 15, but one or the other has the year wrong because Cunha's letter has the year as 1965 and Farrier's response has the year as 1963.

VERY GOOD condition, slight bumps to the cover corner tips, one paper sample has a crease and small tear to its bottom corner area, else tight, bright, clean and unmarked. All paper samples are present and amazing in their variety.

RARE First Edition, made especially so with the Association to George Martin Cunha.

About GEORGE MARTIN CUNHA (from his 1994 obituary):

******George M. Cunha, b.1911 d.1994, Director Emeritus and founder of the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) in Andover, Massachusetts. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, and long-time resident of Topsfield, Massachusetts, he moved to Kentucky with his wife Dorothy Grant Cunha in 1980. Cunha was an international authority in the field of preservation of library and archival materials.

Cunha influenced a whole generation of people who now practice conservation and manage preservation programs in institutions in all parts of the country. His books are recognized as classics in the field and filled a vacuum at a time when there was no other literature on the subject of conservation of library materials.

A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the United States Naval War College, Captain Cunha was a combat pilot during World War II and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. In 1963, after 26 years of service in the Navy as a pilot and underwater weapons specialist, he became Chief Conservator at the Library of the Boston Athenaeum. He spearheaded the creation of the New England Document Conservation Center (as it was then known) and became its first director in 1973. Captain Cunha was a Fellow of the American Institute for Conservation, the Royal Society of Arts (London), the Society of American Archivists, and the Pilgrim Society.******

About the Boston Athenaeum (from its website):

******We are one of the country's oldest and most distinguished independent libraries, with a circulating collection of over half a million books...our special collections include active holdings of 100,000 rare books, maps and manuscripts.******

ILLUSTRATED CATALOG of RARE BOOKS - COLLECTION of NATIONAL CULTURAL PROPERTIES in TENRI CENTRAL LIBRARY.

Hardcover Book, cloth covered boards, gilt titles (in Japanese) on spine, 10x10 inches (25x25 cm), 202 pages. Illustrated with 89 color photographic plates.

Each of the 89 rare items held in the Tenri Library Collection is fully described on its own page and beautifully illustrated on the facing page.

Published by the Tenri Central Library, Tenri, Nara Prefecture, Japan, 1997. TEXT ENTIRELY in JAPANESE, except for an English title page and Preface page.

VERY GOOD condition, there is a small pea size scrape / tear to the cloth near the top of the spine, and a touch of edge wear, else fine, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, very presentable copy.

An amazing book illustrating and describing 89 rare Japanese books of cultural and historical importance.

About TENRI CENTRAL LIBRARY (from Wikipedia):

******Tenri Central Library is the library of Tenri University. It has notably extensive collections in antiquarian material, including original manuscripts from 13th century Japan, and artifacts of European exploration and early visits to Japan. Dating to 1926, the library predates the University itself. It has its origins in the private collection of the family of the foundress of Tenrikyo, Oyasama.

The library specializes in religion, Oriental studies, Near Eastern studies, anthropology, ethnology, topography, language, and Japanese literature. Among the valuable Japanese materials in its rare book collection are six volumes designated as national treasures (such as the Oyo Bunchuko Shu) and over seventy volumes designated as important cultural properties.******

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A VALIANT ENTERPRISE: A HISTORY of the TALISMAN PRESS, 1951-1993, Printers, Publishers and Antiquarian Booksellers. A textual history of Robert Greenwood and his Talisman Press, with a text bibliography of the Talisman Press books.

Published by The Book Club of California, San Francisco, 2007. First and Limited Edition, limited to 350 copies.

Hardcover Book in its plain Dustwrapper, 7x11 inches, 383 pages.

Condition: NEAR FINE book, the upper corner of the front cover is very slightly bumped, there is a light blue bb-size mark to the front page edges (page edges of the closed book), otherwise the book looks and feels unused, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. In its original plain paper dustjacket that is in GOOD MINUS condition, with shelf rubs and closed edge tears.

Lovely copy of the book, in its original plain dj.

About the TALISMAN PRESS (from the Online Archive of California website):

******Talisman Press was a fine press operated by Robert Greenwood and Newton Baird, from approximately 1958 to 1969. After publishing "Talisman" magazine for only a short time, they turned to publishing two to three books a year on the subjects of Western American history, American literature, and bibliography. The business began in the San Jose area, but moved to Georgetown, California in 1962. Although they stopped printing books in 1969, Greenwood and Baird continued as book dealers until retirement in January, 1991.*****

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DAS BUCH ALS KUNSTWERK - DIE CRANACH PRESSE of GRAFEN HARRY KESSLER. Herausgegeben von John Dieter Brinks.

(THE BOOK AS A WORK OF ART - THE CRANACH PRESS of COUNT HARRY KESSLER. Edited by John Dieter Brinks.)

Published by Triton Verlag, Laubach and Berlin, and Williams College, Williamstown, MMV (2005). Second Edition (Zweite Ausgabe). TEXT in GERMAN. (This is the German edition, there is also an edition in English.)

Hardcover Book, red cloth covered boards lettered in gilt, 9.5x12 inches (24x30 cm),.453 pages; in a black paper covered card slipcase.

ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT with GORGEOUS FULL-COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS of Many of the Books Published by the Cranach Press.

Condition: FINE BOOK, sharp cornered, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. In a GOOD slipcase which has shelf rubs and is scuffed at the spine, but is solid and doing its job well. Brilliant illustrations.

A beautiful book filled with beautiful books.

About the CRANACH PRESS (from various Internet sources):

******The Cranach Press was founded by Count Harry Graf Kessler (1868-1937) with the undertaking to print the finest possible editions of the world's greatest literature in new and important German translations. Kessler employed print-men and illustrators of outstanding ability and produced some of the world's most beautiful books.

In 1913 Kessler commissioned Edward Gordon Craig, an English theatrical designer and theoretician, to make woodcut illustrations for a sumptuous edition of Shakespeare's Hamlet for the Cranach Press. A German translation by Gerhart Hauptmann, with illustrations by Craig, was finally published in Weimar in 1928. The English version, edited by J. Dover Wilson, came out in 1930. This book, printed on fine paper, using different type-faces, with marginal notes with source quotations, and featuring Craig's woodcuts, is regarded by many as one of the finest examples of the printer's art to have been published in the 20th century.******

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The Press In Tuscany Alley Announces / (i.e. Prospectus For) THE EPHEMERA OF ADRIAN WILSON: An Annotated List 1944-1988, by James Linden with Commentary by Joyce Lancaster Wilson. Published by The Press In Tuscany Alley, San Francisco, 1994..

A beautifully produced Announcement / Prospectus.

Folder / Paper Covers, 9x12 inches, string-bound with 8 pages plus 2 folded sample leaves (pages 129/130 and 107/108) laid into a flap on the inside rear cover. Comes with its original mailing envelope.

Illustrated with a frontispiece tipped-in photograph of the gate entrance to the Press In Tuscany Alley, plus some printed illustrations.

The Prospectus is in FINE condition. The mailing envelope is in GOOD condition with some corner and flap wear, and a couple small scrapes; the envelope has NOT been used for mailing.

About ADRIAN WILSON (from a 1988 NY Times Obituary):

******Adrian Wilson, a book designer and scholar who was considered one of America's leading fine printers, died Wednesday in San Francisco. He was 64 years old.

Working out of a small San Francisco studio known as '"The Press at Tuscany Valley," Mr. Wilson designed and printed scores of books. His many volumes, while little known to the general public, are famous among print connoisseurs, and many are collectors' items.

In 1983, Mr. Wilson won a MacArthur Fellowship.

He is survived by his wife and by his daughter, Melissa Wilson Marshall, of San Francisco.******