Vintage Canada, October 2007. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. "The starting point is a question," Alberto Manguel writes in the introduction to The Library at Night since few can doubt that the universe is ultimately meaningless and purposeless, why do we try to give it order? After all, our.....
McGraw-Hill, 1971. Hardcover. 575, 907, 384, 359 pages. Text printed in two columns with author entries arranged alphabetically, 'to enable the reader to find out quickly exactly what the significance of a writer is, the kind of interest his work possesses, the main facts of his career, and where further.....
Routledge, 2000. Hardcover. 402 pages. 8-1/2 by 11-1/2 inches. Extensively illustrated with black-and-white photographs. A major resource on ephemera. Near fine in a dust jacket with a tiny snag to one corner and other edgewear. A large, heavy book. First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &.....
William Hovver, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 230 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy; no dust jacket. Inscribed by Hanley to the author (?). With author's notes in pencil on the rear endpapers(?) This copy from Peter B. Howard of Serendipity Books, Berkeley, CA, who is named in the.....
Kegan Paul, Trench, Truber & Co., Ltd., 1927-8. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 4 Cataloguea: New Series, No. X, Summer, 1927; New Series, No. XI, Jan., 1928; New Series, No. XII, April, 1928; New Series, No. XIII, August, 1928 38-48 pp. First edition (first printing). Very good copies in wrappers (paperback).....
Picador, October 2006. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). A Los Angeles Times Favorite Book of the Year In 1746, Samuel Johnson undertook the Herculean task of writing the first comprehensive English dictionary. Imagining he could complete the job in three years, Johnson in fact took more than eight.....
Hartley and Marks Publishers, October 2004. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). Renowned typographer and poet Robert Bringhurst brings clarity to the art of typography with this masterful style guide. Combining practical, theoretical, and historical, this book is a must for graphic artists, editors, or anyone working with the.....
John Howell Books, 1982. Hardcover. Hardcover in red cloth with gold lettering to spine. The fourth edition of the classic work. 4th Edition. Near fine copy in red cloth covers. No dust jacket.
George H. Doran Comany, 1911. Hardcover. 154 pages. Very good in a good dust jacket that is missing the bottom third of the spine and is chipped along the edges. Book and jacket show water stains.
Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1927. Hardcover. 208, i-vi pages. Printed in black and orange ink. A very good copy in flexable blue boards; no dust jacket.
Dover, 1986. Trade Paperback. 557 pages. Illustrations in black-and-white. Very good in wrappers (paperback). Crease to rear cover.
Printed by Anderson, Ritchie & Simon, 1958. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 10 pages. Contains 2 poems: San Francisco and Los Angeles by Weeden. 'This keepsake, edited by W. W. Robinson for presentation to the members of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs through the courtesy of George E. Fuleton and Donald.....
Dartmouth College, ca. 1958. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. 8 pages. reprinted from Polar Notes, occasional publication of the Stefanson Collection, Dartmouth College. Paper read at meeting of the Club of Odd Volumes in Boston, 1958. First edition thus. A near fine copy in blue wrappers (paperback). Slight tanning to.....
Taylor Prentiss. Print. Bookplate, 3.5 x 5.2 inches, printed in black on white. Taylor Prentiss (1907-1991) was an illustrator, lithographer and painter. He was a close friend of Van Vechten. A near fine copy.
Maverick Press, 1936. Broadside. Broadside, 20 x 9.5 inches, printed in black on off-white. Limited to 100 copies. A tribute to Bruce Rogers. Two illustrations, one of Rogers dancing, the second of Rogers relaxing with his pipe on sailboat. Item Number Six of the Maverick Press. Written and decorated by.....
Zellerbach Paper Company. Printed by John Henry Nash, 1926. First Edition. Broadside. Single sheet, folded twice, 19.4 x 12.74 inches when folded. Large folio. 8pp, of which two are unopened, printed on one side only in orange, light green and black with a full color frontispiece (tipped-in) portrait of Claude.....
Works Projects Adminstration. Spnsored by California State Library, 1941. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 100 pages. Printed recto only. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Tanning to covers. Uncommon.
Bibliographical Society of America, 1989. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. pages 17-41, offprint from The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, Volume 83, March, 1989. Inscribed by the author on front cover in pencil: 'With warm regards from the author, TAG'. First edition thus. A near fine copy in.....
Leo S. Olschki, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 267 pages. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in white cloth covers with lettering and decorations in black and red. Mild edge and corner wear. Some foxing to endpapers. No dust jacket.
Alan Dietch and Kenneth M. Johnson. Printed at Arion Press, 1982. Trade Paperback. Single sheet folded to create 4 leaves, 9 x 14 inches when folded. Letter on leaves 2 and 3. Note to the Letter on leaf 4. 'Printed at the Arion Press for Alan Dietch and Kenneth M......
The Colophon. Printed by Pynson Printers, Inc, 1938. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. pp 483-632. Lawrence Clark Powell article pp. 558-568. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in original glassine wrapper. Wrapper is tanned with small edge chips.
Sotheby & Co., 1975-6. First Edition. Hardcover. Part 1: A-G: 250 pp; Part 2: H-P: 264 pages; Part 3: 208 pp. First edition (first printing). Near fine set.
San Pasqual Press, 1939. Trade Paperback. Single sheet folded to create 4 leaves. Oblong format, 7.5 x 9.5 inches when folded. Leaf 2, B/W photograph of Goudy's hands at work; leaf 3 chronology 1865 to 1939; leaf 4 'One of 350 copies in Goudy's Kennerley type issued in the twenty-ninth.....
Paul Elder & Company. Printed by Tomoye Press, 1910. First Edition. Trade Paperback. [4], 26, [2] pages. An excellent example of the quality of publishing by John Henry Nash. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in blue wrappers (paperback), sewn.
Book Club of California, 1960. First Edition. Pamphlet. Short exhibition catalog for a show that ran from March 21 to May 6, 1960. 45 items. Engravings by Ilya Schor. An edition of 300 copies printed at the Plantin Press. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in illustrated wrappers.....