Fine Press from Rare Books Honolulu

San Francisco: Printed at the Grabhorn Press for Carroll T. Harris, 1961. Fine/no dj as issued. Fine printing and bookbinding from San Francisco and its environs. A representative exhibition for the Grolier Club selected and catalogued by David Magee. Printed at the Grabhorn Press for Carroll T. Harris, presented to members of the Grolier Club on the occasion… Read more about this item

1566. no binding. 1566, loose pages 3 leaves from the first Quarto Edition of Serlio's "Five Books of Architecture," one of the first modern works on architecture. Sebastiano Serlio (6 September 1475 - c. 1554) was an Italian Manierist architect, who was part of the Italian team building the Palace of Fontainebleau. Serlio helped canonize the classical… Read more about this item

Haarlem: Enschede en Zonen, 1951. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/no dj as issued. Printed for the Gezelschap Nonpareil, Amsterdam, by Joh. Enschede en Zonen, Haarlem, 1951. 8vo, (7.5x4.5") 31pp. + colophon,. Marbled paper-covered boards, In fine condition with very slight shelfwear. -- From the estate of printer and publisher David Way; with inscription "To David Way with all… Read more about this item

Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1935. 1st edition. plates in hardcover portfolio. Walcott, Mary Vaux Illustrations of North American Pitcherplants Smithsonian Institution Press, 1935. First Trade Edition. Hardcover, 1/2 Leather over Cloth four-fold portfolio closing all sides. Smithsonian Institution seal on the front cover, gilt spine. Inside: 7 pages with title, content & foreword; 15 color plates with… Read more about this item

New York: Privately printed for the Pierre Louÿs Society, 1927. One of only 10 with original drawing by Clara Tice. Hardcover. Clara Tive. Privately printed for the Pierre Louÿs Society, 1927. [New York?:] Privately printed for the Pierre Louÿs Society, 1927, 270 pages. No 6 of only 10 special copies with a signed original drawing on the half-title page.… Read more about this item

New York: The Frick Art Reference Library, 1949. Hardcover. Fine/no dj as issued. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Rare and beautiful illustrated catalogues of prints collected by Henry Clay Frick, one of only 175 copies. From the estate of printer/publisher David Way. For sale in this listing are:  Vol 2 plates I - LXVIII and vol. 3 plates… Read more about this item

New York: Thistle Press, 1955. New old stock from the estate of Thistle Press publisher David Way, in 'LIKE NEW' condition. portfolio in wrappers. Fine. New York, Thistle Press, 1955, Loose plates in printed wrapper Thistle Press, 1955, portfolio, with 8 prints each, each print 17 x 11.5 inches, printed on light cream moulded paper imported from… Read more about this item

Montagnola: Officina Bodoni, 1924. 1st edition. Hardcover. Montagnola, Officina Bodoni, 1924, Hardcover Officina Bodoni, Montagnola, Officina Bodoni, 1924, 55,(1)p., printed in 230 copies (225), orig. gilt-lettered vellum, 4to, in custom-made clamshell box w. gilt publisher's device on lid and gilt-lettered black morocco letterpiece on spine. - Fine, partly unopened copy. = Mardersteig 8.

London: William Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press, 1814. London, , 1814, Leatherbound hardcover London, William Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press. For Messrs. Colnaghi and Co, 1814. First Edition. 36.5 x 26.5 cm. Frontispiece, Decorated Title Page, Title Page, Engraved Dedication Page, viii [Preface], (2) [subscribers list). (60) unpaginated, colored Plates with text description pages, (1) directions to the… Read more about this item

New York: The Frederick J. Quinby Company, 1904. 1st editions, limited to 50 copies. Leatherbound Hardcover. Fine/no dj's as issued. New York, The Frederick J. Quinby Company, 1908, Full Leather binding The Frederick J. Quinby Company, New York, SISTER ANNE, 1902, a novel in 2 volumes from the 'Passy Edition of the Works of Charles Paul… Read more about this item

Santiago de Chile: Empresa Letras, 1933. Wrappers. good - very good/no dj as issued. Santiago de Chile, Empresa Letras, 1933, Wrappers Empresa Letras, 1933 in: "Cuadernos de poesía", No. 2, 8to, 34 pages. in wrappers, Second edition. Spine with some damage, front cover separated. Plates browned, but clean and without markings. Translaton f]rom Neruda's introduction: "The… Read more about this item

London: John Russell Smith, 1855. First Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. very good. London, John Russell Smith, 1855, Hardcover John Russell Smith, 1855, Large 8vo, approximately 1.5 x 8.6 inches (29 x 21 cm), 24 half page woodcuts in the text, title page in red and black 167 unnumbered pages of the original Caxton edition, followed by 8 pages… Read more about this item

New York: Clarke & Way, 1951. 1st ed. limited to 1000. Fine/no dj as issued, in slipcase. various. Clarke & Way, 1951.Printed in an edition of 1000 copies on English hand-made paper by the Thistle Press in New York City with design and hand-setting by Bruce Rogers. 'New-old-stock' from the estate of publisher David Way, the book in… Read more about this item

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2008. Hardcover. Near Fine/No dj as issued.. J. K. Potter. Subterranean Press, 2008. 8vo. Illustrated by J. K. Potter. First Subterranean Press edition, one of 500 copies (#462) signed by Powers and Potter. Publisher's full gray cloth, spine lettered in metallic blue, dust jacket. Minor rubbing, else fine. This title won the World Fantasy… Read more about this item

Lynbrook, NY: Charnel House, 1992. Hardcover in slipcase. Near Fine/No dj as issued.. Peter Richardson. Charnel House, 1992. in illustrated slipcase, Illustrated with 3 inserted color plates by Peter Richardson; 8vo; 571 pages; No dj as issued. one of 350 numbered copies (#58), signed by Tim Powers. This title won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and… Read more about this item

Lakewood, Colorado: Centipede Press, 2016. - Limited, numbered and signed Centipede Press edition of 300. Hardcover. New/New. Like NewThe Black Curtain- Limited, numbered and signed Centipede Press edition. Limited to 300 copies. This is no. 276. Introduction by Jack Seabrook. Several reprints of old Cornell Woolrich The Black Curtain covers, all in full color. All copies signed by… Read more about this item

New York: The Frederick J. Quinby Company, 1908. 'Passy Edition (published in an edition of 50 sets, this no. 4 of 50). Full leather binding. very good/no dj as issued. J. C. Fireman. The Frederick J. Quinby Company, New York, 1908. a novel in 2 volumes from the 'Passy Edition (published in an edition of 50 sets (this… Read more about this item

New York: Japan Paper Company, no date. 1st ed. wrappers. very good. Japan Paper Company, New York, no date. Stapled wrappers, 6 1/2" x 9". 20 sample pages of hand-made deckle edge paper with printed descriptions and suggested uses of paper. Some with uncut edges, some are embossed. A sample trade catalog in very good condition, folded… Read more about this item

Honolulu, HI: Mission Houses Museum & Manoa Press, 1995. 1st edition limited to 90. Hardcover. Mission Houses Museum & Manoa Press, 1995. 7.25 x 10.25 in. 20 pages, unpaginated, printed on handmade paper. Tipped-in photogravure frontispiece., 3 tipped-in color illustrations. Simulated half-calf over marbled boards, printed title label on front cover, -- Signed & numbered on colophon… Read more about this item

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1991. Ltd HC edtion of 176. Hardcover. very good/no dj as issued, printed cover in Mylar cover. Black Sparrow, 1991. Limited First Edition, Cloth-backed boards, acetate jacket. No, 98 of 176 signed and numbered copies. signed by Cooney (editor) and Joyce Fante on the colophon. . 351 pp. incl. index. Condition:… Read more about this item