London: Peter Davies, 1939. Hardcover. Octavo. 442pp. Incl. index. Color frontisepiece and a few b&w illustrations. Blue cloth, lightly faded on spine, one bumped corner. Some foxing to first and last few pages. Charles de Sousy Ricketts RA (1866–1931) was a British artist, illustrator, author and printer, known for.....
Rochester: The Press of the Good Mountain/ Rochester Institute of Technology, 1951. Limited edition. Softcover. 12mo. 24pp. Limited to 75 copies. Sewn pamphlet in pink wrapper. Small tear to rear cover.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. Softcover. Lg. octavo. 16pp. Staple-bound pamphlet in green card-stock wrapper with gold foil label. Toned a little on edges.
Cincinnati: The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati Art Museum, 1961. Softcover. 12mo. Unpaginated. Perfect-bound with laid-paper wrappers, paper spine label. INSCRIBED by Herman Zapf. Gift inscription, To Anne...from Joseph...Hermann Zapf, San Francisco, 1965" Exhibition catalogue. Lovely little book that lists Zapf's Calligraphy, Type-Design and Book Designs with many examples. Includes brief.....
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1979. Hardcover. Lg. octavo. 506pp. A few b&w illustrations. INSCRIBED, by the author, " For Joshua Odell, with all good wishes..." Odell's small bookplate on paste-down. Very light wear, issued without dust jacket.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. Limited edition in slipcase. Hardcover. Octavo. 82pp. #318 of a limited edition of 540 copies, SIGNED by Hermann Puterschein (a.k.a. Dwiggins). Decorated paper covered boards with cloth spine. Chapter heading decorations by Dwiggins, printed in red. Spine label faded and worn. In slipcase that.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. Hardcover. Octavo.155pp. #417 of a limited edition of 600 copies. Includes poetry by James Weldon Johnson, a story by Sherwood Anderson, and an editorial by Mencken. Decorative black paper over boards is rubbed, worn on corners. Green cloth spine, lettering a bit dull. Older.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. Hardcover. Octavo, First trade edition, limited to 5000 copies. First state with Willa Cather's birthdate uncorrected on page 246. 351pp. Incl. Bibliography of Borzoi Books. INSCRIBED, by contributor J. Brooks Atkinson to Al Abrams of the Pittsburg Post Gazette on first blank. Contributors include.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. Limited edition. Hardcover. Royal octavo, large paper edition limited to 500 copies. 351pp. Incl. Bibliography of Borzoi Books. INSCRIBED, "For Johnny Lo??..." by Alfred, Blanche and Sam Knopf on half-title. Contributors include Willa Cather, A.E. Coppard, Walter de la Mare, D.H. Lawrence, H.L. Mencken.....
London: Freedom Press, 1945. Softcover. Octavo. 103pp. Later printing. Nicely designed small magazine. Corner bumped. "First published in 1929, this book by Alexander Berkman answers some of the charges made against it and presents the case for communist anarchism...."
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2001. Limited edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 144pp. Limited to 450 copies. Beautifully printed on thick (watercolor) paper at The Yolla Bolly Press. Nicely illustrated in color & b&w. In slipcase. A lovely book.