San Francisco: circa 1934. Wraps. Type specimen catalogue, oblong octavo (8” x 5”), 44 p. Original decorative paper wrappers, profusely illustrated. Text in Chinese with some English. Remarkable condition, with only some mild toning to..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Title and some reproductions in color. Divisional titles in red, marginal decorations in red and black. Inserts with some initials and decorations in color..... More
London: Mansell, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 256 p. Edited, with introductions, by Hugh Amory. London: Mansell with Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, 1973. Reproduces in facsimile the catalogues of the libraries of Francis Atterbury, Lady Mary..... More
Los Angeles: Thomas F. Andrews, 2003. First Edition. Wraps. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated in the year of publication by Andrews on the front flyleaf. Lovely tribute to the Pasadena, California bookseller. A miniature book..... More
London: Mansell, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 601 p. Edited, with introductions, by James Fullarton Arnott. London: Mansell with Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, 1975. Reproduces in facsimile the catalogues of the libraries of David Garrick, John..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Soft cover. 300 p. Original paper wrappers. A very good copy. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. 365 p. Numerous textual illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by Frugé to the distinguished Southern California historian Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. opposite the title page. Octavo. Original..... More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 286 p. Octavo. Original burgundy buckram binding, with gilt titles. A very good copy. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. A Catalogue of a Collection of American Books Illustrated for the most part with Woodcuts and Wood Engravings in the Princeton University Library, with an Introductory Sketch..... More
London: Gregg Press Ltd, 1966. Hardcover. Facsimile of the 1825 first edition. Illustrated with engravings, biographical notices, and portraits, including five folding plates. A volume in the English Bibliographical Sources series. Octavo. Original burgundy cloth..... More
Los Angeles: The Tiger Press, 1985. First Edition. Wraps. Limited to 150 copies printed for members of the Library Patrons of Occidental College. Accompanied by handwritten letter by Harmsen on this personal lettered to a...... More
Van Nuys, California: Richard J. Hoffman, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. 154 p. A culling of matrix fonts for line-casting machine setting: a printer's bouquet of types from the Printing Office of Richard Hoffman, Van Nuys..... More
Santa Cruz, California: Quadq Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. "The handmade paper pasted on boards for the cover is from Peter Papermaker, Santa Cruz. The larger Gene Holtan woodcuts are printed on mouldmade Nideggen from..... More
London: The Chiswick Press, 1891. Second Edition, Enlarged and Classified. Hardcover. Small octavo. Original burgundy cloth binding, with gilt titles. Period previous owner's signature to the front flyleaf. Mild foxing to the fore-edge and the..... More
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page. The first book published specifically to aid scholars in the identification and description of the 20th century..... More
Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 218 p. Octavo. Original tan cloth binding, with black titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. More
London: Lund Humphries, 1981. First Edition. Trade paperback. Inscribed by the authors to fine press printer Pall Bohne (Bookhaven Press) on the half-title, with a New Year's postcard from "Lida & David" laid in. A...... More
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1981. First Edition. Trade paperback. A step by step guide to the technique of cutting slate, with line drawings demonstrating the way in which the tools are held and the..... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd., 1902. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, limited to 40 copies. Octavo. This copy has been rebound in one-half brown morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, with gilt titles and..... More
Davis, California: Library Associates, University Library, University of California, Davis, 1979. First Edition. Trade paperback. Limited to 1,000 copies. The catalogue to an exhibition held at University of California, Davis from February 22 to April..... More
Berkeley: Editions Koch, 2004. First Edition. Trade paperback. A series of essays by master letterpress printer Peter Koch; poet, translator, and typographer Robert Bringhurst; punchcutter, type designer, typefounder, and poet Dan Carr; master stonecutter and..... More
Berkeley: Peter Koch, Printer, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Designed and printed letterpress from photo-polymer plates by Peter Koch, with the assistance of Richard Seibert, in an addition of 500 copies. The typefaces are Adobe Caslon..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Foreword by Kim Chewon, Director, National Museum of Korea. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1966. First edition, a limited edition of 300 copies, 95 of which..... More
Seattle, Washington: Elton-Wolf Publishing, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. "A collection of 26 separate articles on subjects as diverse as George Washington's lottery ticket, the building of the Panama Canal, the Scopes 'Monkey Trail,' A.P. Giannini..... More
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania: The Press of Appletree Alley, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 150 numbered copies. Edited by Mary Chenoweth Stratton, with an introduction by Charles Mann and wood engravings by Linda Holmes. Octavo. Hand-set..... More