THE COLLECTOR'S INDEX TO WEIRD TALES by Jaffery, Sheldon; Cook, Fred - 1985

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 1990. cloth-backed boards covered with patterned paper, in facsimile of an original Remondini pattern specially executed by Henry Morris, leather spine label. Bird & Bull Press. 8vo. cloth-backed boards covered with patterned paper, in facsimile of an original Remondini pattern specially executed by Henry Morris, leather spine label. 55, (5) pages. A first edition limited to 215 numbered copies. A fine copy with prospectus loosely inserted. Remondini and Rizzi is set in Perpetua and printed by letterpress on Johannot mouldmade paper by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press (Berger B36). Italian block-printed papers were the start of the collection of decorated papers that Tanya Schmoller and her husband Hans gathered together for over twenty years. The use of woodblocks to transfer designs to cloth and paper can be traced back in Europe to the fourteenth century. In the region of what is now Italy there were several firms supplying these colorful papers, the most… Read More

Tucson, Arizona:: Spaceheater Editions,, 2015.. Edition of 50. 6.5 x 9"; 40 pages including covers. Acid-free French Paper. Images printed using archival inkjet ink with three-color foil stamping on the cover, the title page, and the back cover. Interior flame sheets are loose-inserted in a slot in each interior folio. Hard-bound using a multi-needle coptic stitch with sewn-on hard covers made of acid-free solid-core black museum board. Signed and numbered by the artist. Laid in acid-free phase box. Philip Zimmerman: "I started doing research on the history of book-burning after seeing a video posted by the Islamic State/Daesh showing jihadists burning all the books from the Mosul Library in Iraq. I found that burning books has a long and infamous history dating back a couple of thousand years. Most people know about the Nazi's burning books as well as the famous Ray Bradbury book 'Fahrenheit 451', but it turns out that almost every authoritarian regime (and some are nominally… Read More

Privately Printed: [London], n.d. [1949]. First Editions. Hardcover. Small Octavo, 58, 38, 38, 32, 30, 24, 32 pages; VG; rebound in full blue leather, gilt lettering to spine; marbled endpapers; with seperate title and half-title for each part; lacking wraps; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1308156. Special Collections.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2009. First Edition. Fine. Signed, Limited to 500 copies, Large Quarto [13.25x10in]; xv, 324 pp., frontispiece of Kings River Canyon view of Mt. Hutchings, 92 images and illustrations, some in color throughout text, extensive appendices, endnotes, references, bibliography and index; Forest green linen cloth covers with black linen back strip, gilt lettering on spine, inset paper label with title and illustration of Yosemite on front, watercolor illustration of Yosemite Valley from Mariposa Trail [1889, Andrew Melrose] on front and back end papers; Negligible shelf wear, minor scratch to lower spine, signed by author on half-title page and four-page prospectus tipped in. [BCC #225]. James Mason Hutchings (1820-1902) was one of the many Englishmen that came to California in 1849 for the Gold Rush. He made his fortune in mining and was one of the early promoters of the wonders of Yosemite Valley and the National Park. As a businessman, he established a hotel… Read More

London: Royal Asiatic Society / Philip Wilson, 2010. cloth, dust jacket. Illuminated Manuscripts. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 214 pages. First edition, first printing. A fine copy. The Shahnamah of Firdausi produced for the Timurid Muhammad Juki (a grandson of Timur) in the 1440s is one of the finest surviving Persian manuscripts produced between the heyday of Baysunghur's academy in Herat and the appearance of Bihzad. It has thirty-one exquisite miniature paintings depicting scenes from the epic tale and fine illumination on two pages. The manuscript was presented to the Royal Asiatic Society in 1834 by Lt. Col. C. J. Doyle who had probably received it as a parting gift from Lord Hastings on leaving India. It had previously been in the Mughal Imperial Library and bears the seals of the Mughal emperors Babur, Humayun, Jahangir, Shah Jahan and Aurangzheb; there is an autograph note by Shah Jahan and further notes reveal its subsequent history. This monograph written by Dr. Barbara Brend is the… Read More

London, England: Eugrammia Press, 1965. cloth, paper wrappers, both volumes enclosed in a slipcase. Fournier, Pierre Simon. oblong 4to. cloth, paper wrappers, both volumes enclosed in a slipcase. Facsimile of the 1742 manual accompanied by the 20 page introduction. 2 volumes. Printed in an edition limited to 600 copies. Loosely inserted in this copy is the 12 page publisher's catalogue describing this book and others they published. One joint split about one inch from opening of slipcase. Minor wear to slipcase. Else a pristine copy of this scarce facsimile. Reproduced from the copy in the Printing Library of the St. Bride Institute. Thirty-three plates depict samples of the types cut by Fournier c. 1742, which then appeared in his Manuel Typographique. Introduction by Mosley, renowned typography professor and then librarian at the St. Bride Printing Library. Printed in collotype by Louis van Leer & Co. of Amsterdam on rag cream paper. A consummate artist and craftsman, Fournier (1712 - 1768)… Read More

New York: Romer Publishing Company, Inc., 1926. Six issues of this iconic trade magazine, bound in black cloth, red leather label with gilt lettering, Near Fine, light rubbing to cloth, magazines complete with covers are Fine. This is a heavy volume , please select media mail shipping only, and no international orders as shipping costs are prohibitive. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

PARIS : CHEZ SILVESTRE LIBRAIRIE , 1842. Bella edizione del 1842 di questa importante opera bibliografica in forma di dizionario scritta da Jacques Charles Brunet. I primi quattro tomi di dizionario, l'ultimo di tavola metodica. L'opera è composta da cinque tomi ed è completa. Questa importante opera bibliografica descrive la grande maggioranza di libri importanti stampati prime del 1880. Oltre ai commenti contiene un indispensabile collazione di singoli libri. In ottime condizioni. Copertina in mezza pergamena coeva con titolo su tassello al dorso in ottime condizioni generali con lievi usuure ai margini e dorso. Legatura in buone condizioni. Pagine in buone condizioni con fioriture. In 8. Dim. 23,5x17 cm. Pp. XXV+(1)+823+(1), 786+(1), 896, 835+(1), XXXI+(1)+846+(1). Peso Kg. 7,266 Beautifule dition of 1842 of this important bibliographic work in form of dictionary written by Jacques Charles Brunet. the first four tomes of dicitionary, the last tome of chart. The work is… Read More

Bristol, UK: The Department of Small Works, 2019. Large format edition limited to 180. Hardcover, bound by Hand. This is a large-format, limited edition publication. The type has been hand set in Caslon Roman 22/24pt, 14pt and Italic 12pt; and Spectrum 14pt and Italic 14pt. Each illustration is printed directly from an engraved lino block; all letterpress printed on a FAG Swiss Proof 40 and bound by hand at The Letterpress Collective in an edition of 180. Journeyman is a celebration of British craft and of slow travel. It is a collection of stories of people who dedicate their life to a particular craft and passion; all collected by one man on a bicycle with a printing press on the back. Journeyman is a term used for a trained worker after finishing an apprenticeship who would take to the road with their union card to look for work. It was these tradespeople that traveled from town to town that inspired Nick Hand to cycle from Land's End to John o'Groats on a bicycle with a printing press on the… Read More

Los Angeles: The Plantin Press, 1980. #26 of 350 copies SIGNED by Lillian and designated by her "No. 26 Gary Steigerwald's Copy Lillian Marks". Fine in a Very Good Plus slipcase, the top corner bumped and splitting along the 2 long edged at the top side. With publisher's prospectus for the book laid in. With two essays by Saul Marks "The Art of the Book" and "on the Printing of Books which have a definite claim to beauty". A Fine Presentation Copy of a beautifully done book. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered First Edition. Quarter Cloth. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Presentation Copy.