Books And Manuscripts And Printing from

Rochester, NY: George Eastman House / Steidl, 2007. Hardcover. VG (Light edgewear to textblock and boards; interior is in excellent condition.). Color pictorial DJ; blue cloth, parchment-like paper title blocks laid on spine & front cover, 288 pp., many color illus. "The first book to showcase the treasures held within the Richard and Ronay Menchel Library at George… Read more about this item

New York: Doran, 1920. Hardcover. Good (Boards are lightly edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; inner hinges are cracked; textblock edges are toned and lightly smudged; interior is clean but lightly toned with the occasional smudge.). Blue boards with gilt lettering; 267 pp.; richly illustrated. Many color and black & white illustrations throughout this book.

Zurich: Livres Anciens et Modernes Jean-Pierre Scialom, 1992. Paperback. Good (Wraps and textblock are lightly edgeworn with some toning and smudging; interior is clean; binding is solid.). White stapled wraps with black lettering and orange and black illustration; 98 unnumbered pages; illustrations. This is "Katalog 5" in the series, "Livres Anciens et Modernes Jean-Pierre Scialom, Zurich.

Paris: Librarie Bachelin-Deflorenne, 1868. Hardcover. AS IS (Front cover is missing; rear cover is detached; spine strip has worn away; endpapers are loose; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged, with some chipping to pages; front and rear endpapers are loosely attached; interior is clean with some toning/smudging/foxing; textblock appears solid.). Red boards; top-edge gilted textblock; illustrated endpapers; 396 pp.; illustrations.… Read more about this item

Paris: Librarie Bachelin-Deflorenne, 1868. Hardcover. AS IS (Covers are detached; spine strip has worn away; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged, with some chipping to pages; front and rear endpapers are loosely attached; interior is clean with some toning/smudging/foxing; textblock appears solid.). Red boards; top-edge gilted textblock; illustrated endpapers; 416 pp.; illustrations. Text in French.

Philadelphia: Menamin & Ringwalt, 1871. Hardcover. Good (Boards are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged; interior is clean but lightly toned with the occasional smudge/foxing; binding is solid.). Brown boards with gilt lettering and illustration; xv pp., 2 unnumbered pp.; 18-512 pp.; 21 unnumbered leaves of plates; richly illustrated. Very nice copy!

[Norfolk, UK]: Samuel Gedge, Ltd, 2022. Paperback. VG (Light edgewear to wraps and textblock.). Off-white illustrated wraps with black and red lettering; 112 pp.; richly illustrated. Filled with facsimiles of all sorts of historic financial and personal paperwork, art and items in this catalogue.

New York: Privately Printed, 1921. Hardcover. Fair (Boards are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; spine strip is missing; textblock edges are lightly toned and foxed with some smudges; interior has some toning and occasional smudging or foxing; binding appears solid.). Brown boards with red lettering; 16 pp. "This essay was originally published, in abridged form, in The American magazine of art ..."--… Read more about this item

[Boston?]: American Type Founders Company, 1927. Paperback. Good (Ex-Library with sticker on front cover and inside the rear cover, and associated markings; wraps are edgeworn/toned/scuffed/smudged; covers are starting; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged; interior is toned with some light foxing and smudging occasionally; textblock is cracked.). Grey wraps with green lettering; 123 pp.; illustrations. Nice representation of popular printing… Read more about this item

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd, 1894. Hardcover. Good (Ex-Library with white sticker on protective case; protectivre case and boards are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged/sunned; textblock edges ar toned/scuffed; interior is clean with light toning at the periphery and minimal markings; textblock is cracked.). Light blue folding protective case with light blue cloth ties; purple cloth boards with gilt… Read more about this item

London: F.C. And J. Rivington, 1812. Hardcover. BINDING COPIES (Boards of most volumes are detached and heavily worn/scuffed/smudged; some covers are not present; spines are heavily chipped; textblock edges are moderately toned/scuffed/smudged; sticker ifc of volume I; interiors are clean with toning/foxing/smudging; textblocks appear solid.). Brown leather boards with gilted design and lettering on the spine; marbled textblock… Read more about this item

London: Henry Sotheran, Ltd, 1930. Paperback. Fair (Wraps are heavily worn/scuffed/smudged/toned; covers are starting; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged; some pages are dog-eared; interior is lightly toned with occasional smudging.). White wraps with black and red lettering and black illustration; pp. 254-395; richly illustrated. Sale Catalogue no. 820.

Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1966. Hardcover. Good (Mylar DJ is chipped/scuffed/foxed/smudged; boards are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; textblock edges are lightly scuffed/smudged/foxed; interior is clean; binding is solid.). Off-white cloth boards with brown lettering and illustration; clear protective mylar DJ; 252 pp.; illustrations. Text in French.

Bern: Gutekunst & Klipstein, 1941. Paperback. Good (Wraps are edgeworn/toned/scuffed/smudged; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged; covers are starting; interior is toned with occasional smudging/foxing; some corners are dog-eared.). Tan wraps with black lettering; VIII, 194 pp.; richly illustrated. Text in German.

London: Prepared, Printed and Published by the Pelican Press, 1923. Hardcover. Good (Boards are edgeworn/toned/scuffed/smudged; textblock edges are toned/worn/smudged; interior is clean with some light toning/occasional smudging/light markings; binding is solid.). Light blue cloth boards with mounted title card on the spine; 1 preliminary leaf, xlv pp.; 20 leaves, 12 leaves; richly illustrated; 2 folded plates. Lovely copy… Read more about this item

London: Trübner & Co, 1877. Hardcover. Good (Boards are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; bookplate ifc and on rear pastedown; inner hinges are cracked; minimal pencil markings to interior; textblock edges are toned with some smudging/scuffing/foxing; textblock is cracked; interior is clean with some light toning and occasional smudging or foxing.). Light brown boards with black lettering and illustration; viii, 383 pp.;… Read more about this item

Boston: Troutsdale Press, 1905. Number 261 of 250 (See Comments). Hardcover. Good (Boards are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged/bowed at the corners inward; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged/foxed; inner hinge of front board is beginning to crack at the top; bookplate from former owner on ffep; inscription and signature to former owner on endpaper; penciled markings to ffep; interior is lightly toned with occasional… Read more about this item

Chicago: McClurg, 1895. Hardcover. Good (Ex-Library from Clifton Springs Sanitarium Library, with library markings and materials to pastedowns and endpapers and title page, etc.; boards are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; inner hinges are cracked; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged; interior is clean, but toned, as expected with age; interior has occasional smudging or foxing; textblock is beginning to crack.). Green boards with… Read more about this item

Not Identified: Privately Printed, 1923. No. 60 of 200 copies. Paperback. Good (Outer wrapping is torn/worn/toned/foxed/smudged; booklet wraps are torn at the spine; interior is toned with some smudging and foxing; plate edges are toned with foxing; plates are toned with some smudging and foxing.). Original printed folding wrapper around booklet and plates; 27 pp.; 55 duotone plates.… Read more about this item

Paris: Catala Freres, 1907. Hardcover. Fair (Boards are heavily toned/edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; front cover is loosely attached; title card on the spine is chipped; cloth ties are darkened/frayed/damaged; one plate is missing; bookblock is toned with foxing and smudging; interior has some toning with some smudging and foxing.). Light blue and tan boards with black lettering and design; cloth ties;… Read more about this item