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Goodspeed, Charles E., editor.
Sidney Lawton Smith, Designer, Etcher, Engraver. With Extracts
from His Diary and a Check-list of His Bookplates.
Boston: Charles E. Goodspeed & Co., 1931. 1 of 250 copies. xi, 135, [1] pages.
Illustrations. Portraits. Printed by D. B. Updike, The Merrymount Press,
Boston, March, 1931.
Contents include 'A Memoir with Extracts from Diary,' by [his daughter] Amy G.
Smith, 'The Art of Sidney Lawton Smith,' By Gardner Teall, and Check-List of
Bookplates. Very good pictorial hardcover. Spine slightly faded, but gilt title
label is crisp. #17526. $200
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel.
Legends of the Province House.
Illustrations by Jean Lamont. New York: Printed for William R. Scott,
Publisher, by the Powgen Press, 1936. Small 8vo. 59 pages. Illustrations.
Designed by Ted F. Gensamer.
Very good hardcover in slightly worn and chipped dust jacket. #27334. $20
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Herbert, J. A.
Illuminated Manuscripts.
New York: Burt Franklin, 1958. Reprint. 356 pages. Index. Bibliography.
Illustrations. Burt Franklin Bibliographical Series, 11. First published
London, 1911.
Exlibrary. Spine labels; stamps on top and bottom edges, front flyleaf,
Dedication page; pocket on rear free endpaper. Fair hardcover, edges slightly
worn and rubbed, front hinge weak. #22791. $15
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Hildeburn, Charles R.
Sketches of Printers and Printing in Colonial New York.
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1895. Copy 220 of 375. xiv, 189 pages. Index. Facsimile
title pages. Printed by De Vinne Press.
Very good 1/4-leather hardcover. Title label on spine. Fore-edge uncut. Edges
and corners slightly worn. Some foxing along front edge of a few early pages.
Name inside front cover. #22236. $125
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Huet, G. H. M. van.
Tweeerlei Leesbaarheid.
Amsterdam: H. van Krimpen, 1948. Small 8vo (regular size). [2] pages. 'Gezet
uit de letter Perpetua van Eric Gill en gedrukt op Hollands papier van Van
Gelder Zonen door G. J. Thieme te Nijmegen, en wordt u aangeboden op de
feestdag der drukkers.' - Colophon. Published Koppermaandag 1948.
Text in Dutch. Large sheet folded in four. #17840. $15
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, A Tale.
Hartford: Oliver D. Cooke, 1803. 1st American edition. 177 pages. 15 centimeters. Shaw and
Shoemaker 4459.
Leather. Edges and corners worn, else very good. #15671. $270
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Jordan, Edward S.
The Inside Story of Adam and Even.
Foreword by Howard Coggeshall. Utica, New York: Howard Coggeshall, 1945.
Edition limited to 1250 copies. 94, [1] pages. Bound in facing title page an
illustrated folding broadside, 'Somewhere West of Laramie,' Jordan Motor Car
Company, Cleveland, Ohio'.
Very good hardcover with silver title on front cover and spine. #25590. $35
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Der Leningrader Holzschnitt der
zwanziger Jahre.
Der Leningrader Holzschnitt der zwanziger Jahre. [Leningrad
woodcuts from the Twenties.]
Einleitung von Marta Kryshanowskaja. Dresden: VEB Verlag der Kunst, 1963. 1st
printing. 47, [4] pages. Illustrations. Zwinger Bucher. Ubersetzung des
russischen Manuskriptes Gerhard Rudiger.
Text in German. Good pictorial hardcover. #17833. $20
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Lowell, James Russell.
The Vision of Sir Launfal.
Twickenham, Middlesex: Strawberry-Hill Press, 1930. 1 of 300 copies. 26 pages.
Illustrations.
Good pictorial hardcover. #16096. $25
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Mackail, J. W.
Socialism and Politics: An Address and a Programme.
River House: Hammersmith Publishing Society, 1903. 8vo (regular size). 37
pages. This address was given in Clifford's Inn Hall by invitation of the
Metropolitan Council of the Independent Labour Party the 5th of February
MDCCCCII.
Very good hardcover, 1/4 vellum and tan-colored hardcover. #17563. $32.50
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McLean, Ruari, editor.
Motif 3.
London: Shenval Press, 1959. 4to. 108 pages. Photographs. Color and
black-and-white illustrations. Typographic specimen. Decorative endpapers.
September 1959 issue.
Very good pictorial hardcover' edges and corners slightly rubbed; covers
slightly warped. #28506. $35
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Marshall, John David.
A Fable of Tomorrow's Library.
Berkeley, California: Peacock Press, 1963. Limited edition. 24mo (very small
book). 7 pages. [4 pages advertising]. Laid in is an undated typescript note on
Peacock Press letterhead addressed to SMM (Sol M. Malkin, editor of AB
Bookman's Weekly), signed by Wanda Underhill.
Very good stiff wrappers. Front cover slightly soiled. #17578. $20
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Morley, Christopher.
Effendi: Frank Nelson Doubleday, 1862-1934.
Garden City, New York: Privately Printed, 1934. Small 8vo (regular size). 17
pages. Illustrations. Portrait. Printed 'Telegram from Christopher Morley for
Tablet Unveiling' laid in.
Very good hardcover with gilt and white vertical stripes near backstrip and
small white-tipped corners. #17821. $12.50
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Munby, A. N. L.
The History and Bibliography of Science in England: The First
Phase, 1833-1845. To Which is Added a Reprint of a Catalogue of Scientific
Manuscripts in The Possession of J. O. Halliwell, Esq.
Foreword by Raynard C. Swank and Andrew H. Horn. Berkeley: School of
Librarianship & Los Angeles: Graduate School of Library Service & University of
California, 1968. Small 4to (medium-large book). 41 pages.
Very good stiff wrappers. #17682. $17.50
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