A SPECIMEN BOOK OF TYPES, ORNAMENTS AND MISCELLANY by [Overbrook Press]

New York: The Press of the Woolly Whale, 1933.. Quarter cloth and boards, printed label. Fine in slightly worn glassine dust jacket. First edition. One of two hundred numbered copies printed on Arnold handmade paper for private distribution, with an extra page of supplementary information, in addition to 450 copies printed for members of the AIGA. LAWSON & PANKOW 24.

London: printed for the author, Charles-street, ST. Jame's-square; and William Faden [replaced by R. Faulder in vol. II], Charing-cross, 1792. First Edition. Half-Calf. Fine. First Edition, complete in two royal octavo volumes: [2],xv,[1],154; vii,[1],190,[2]pp, with 65 aquatint plates in sepia "beautifully engraved and resembl[ing John] Carey's work" (Cox) and 11 maps (10 double-page). Recent period-style half-calf over marbled paper-covered boards, spines in six compartments between raised bands ruled in gilt, red morocco lettering pieces gilt, end papers renewed—a very handsome presentation. The title page to vol. 2 bears the imprint: London: printed for the author; and R. Faulder. Title and half-title toned, expected offsetting of plates, otherwise a Fine, attractive set. Abbey (Scenery) 24. Cox 1792. Brunet 1333. Lowndes III, 2105. RCIN 1076105. Little is known of the author, not even his place or date of birth, "but Bath was a popular destination for members of the gentry during the Regency… Read More

Italia: n.p., 1835. Very Good. 19 cm; 20 pages (three blank), including 7 full-page illustrations with captions. Text and illustrations lithographed throughout. Bound in (later?) plain wraps. Not in Melzi. No copies located. Apparently unrecorded booklet with text and illustrations produced completely in lithograph. The text reproduces an italic calligraphy that must have been lettered in reverse on stone, or written out on transfer paper before being applied to the lithographic stone. The narrative concerns a lady who is handily juggling simultaneous affairs with a young man and with the young man's father.

Northhampton, MA; (1980): Pennyroyal. Limited Edition. Oblong Octavo. Limited to 100 copies. Of the one hundred numbered copies this is number 32. Signed by both Paul Smyth and Barry Moser on the limitation page. Seven ottava rima (poems) by Paul Smyth, seven wood engravings by Barry Moser. "This book was printed at Pennyroyal by Harold McGrath and bound at the workshop of Gray Parrot. The paper is Arches. The types are Georg Trump's Medieval and John Peters' Castellar. The work was completed in Northampton during the late summer of 1980. Bound in 1/4 red leather over marbled paper covered boards, spine lettering gilt. A fine copy of a very scarce book.

This is a copy of the Lettered Issue of the first edition, thus one of only 26 copies printed on Zerkall Litho (a 210gram, exceptionally fine mouldmade paper, watermarked and with deckled edges) for presentation as a loose-leaf book of ten signatures. The book is wrapped in a coloured paper cover with a letterpress printed label and then presented in a handmade black cloth-covered clamshell box. Traditionally, such loose-leaf formats are especially attractive to printing-arts enthusiasts and to collectors who prefer to rebind their books in a bespoke style to suit a particular library or collection.The First Edition of  FINN'S HOTEL by James Joyce. Edited, arranged and with a preface by Danis Rose, introduced by Seamus Deane, with eleven illustrations by Casey Sorrow. Designed and printed letterpress by Michael Caine for Ithys Press, Dublin. The Preface and Joyce's text have been handset by Caine in Van Dijk, Kis-Janson and various early 20th Century typefaces and the Introduction has been set by… Read More

New York: The Press of the Woolly Whale, 1933.. Quarter cloth and boards, printed label. Fine in slightly worn glassine dust jacket. First edition. One of two hundred numbered copies printed on Arnold handmade paper for private distribution, with an extra page of supplementary information, in addition to 450 copies printed for members of the AIGA. LAWSON & PANKOW 24.

London: printed for the author, Charles-street, ST. Jame's-square; and William Faden [replaced by R. Faulder in vol. II], Charing-cross, 1792. First Edition. Half-Calf. Fine. First Edition, complete in two royal octavo volumes: [2],xv,[1],154; vii,[1],190,[2]pp, with 65 aquatint plates in sepia "beautifully engraved and resembl[ing John] Carey's work" (Cox) and 11 maps (10 double-page). Recent period-style half-calf over marbled paper-covered boards, spines in six compartments between raised bands ruled in gilt, red morocco lettering pieces gilt, end papers renewed—a very handsome presentation. The title page to vol. 2 bears the imprint: London: printed for the author; and R. Faulder. Title and half-title toned, expected offsetting of plates, otherwise a Fine, attractive set. Abbey (Scenery) 24. Cox 1792. Brunet 1333. Lowndes III, 2105. RCIN 1076105. Little is known of the author, not even his place or date of birth, "but Bath was a popular destination for members of the gentry during the Regency… Read More

Italia: n.p., 1835. Very Good. 19 cm; 20 pages (three blank), including 7 full-page illustrations with captions. Text and illustrations lithographed throughout. Bound in (later?) plain wraps. Not in Melzi. No copies located. Apparently unrecorded booklet with text and illustrations produced completely in lithograph. The text reproduces an italic calligraphy that must have been lettered in reverse on stone, or written out on transfer paper before being applied to the lithographic stone. The narrative concerns a lady who is handily juggling simultaneous affairs with a young man and with the young man's father.

Northhampton, MA; (1980): Pennyroyal. Limited Edition. Oblong Octavo. Limited to 100 copies. Of the one hundred numbered copies this is number 32. Signed by both Paul Smyth and Barry Moser on the limitation page. Seven ottava rima (poems) by Paul Smyth, seven wood engravings by Barry Moser. "This book was printed at Pennyroyal by Harold McGrath and bound at the workshop of Gray Parrot. The paper is Arches. The types are Georg Trump's Medieval and John Peters' Castellar. The work was completed in Northampton during the late summer of 1980. Bound in 1/4 red leather over marbled paper covered boards, spine lettering gilt. A fine copy of a very scarce book.

Washington DC:: Abstract Orange,, 2020.. Edition of 20. 28 x 18 cm; 31 cardboard sheets (Title page plus 30 loose leaves). Text printed in dark blue ink. Page numbers printed in orange ink on bottom right of each card. Housed in blue cardstock trifold with velcro closure. Tittle printed on cover in blue ink. Signed and numbered by the artist. This piece printed and designed by Lauren Emeritz is based on the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights from 1948. Emeritz printed excerpts from the Declaration with her usual attention to detail - color, type, layout and material. She created the prints by hand using traditional printing presses and typographic forms combined with some modern techniques. She begins with article 01 "ALL HUMANS ARE FREE & EQUAL" and ends with article 30 "NO ONE MAY DENY THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS". The portfolio of prints is a testament to her internship in letterpress design at Hatch Show Print in Nashville, Tennessee in 2017. The Hatch… Read More