A LETTER ABOUT ERIC GILL
Cherryburn Press, 1950. PEPLER, H.D.C. A LETTER ABOUT ERIC GILL. Chicago: Cherryburn Press, 1950. Small 8vo., printed wraps. Limited Edition of 1,000 copies. Very good. $50.00. More
Cherryburn Press, 1950. PEPLER, H.D.C. A LETTER ABOUT ERIC GILL. Chicago: Cherryburn Press, 1950. Small 8vo., printed wraps. Limited Edition of 1,000 copies. Very good. $50.00. More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1904. Illustrated With Map & Engravings. First Edition. Signed by Pickard on to front endpaper: "Samuel T. Pickard, Whittier Home, Amesbury." Contains many anecdotes of and poems by John Greenleaf Whittier never before collected. 12mo., pictorial green cloth, stamped in gilt, top edge gilt; 160..... More
Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1923. Frontispiece Portrait of Watson with a Facsimile Signature. Limited Edition of 200 numbered copies, signed by Pierce. Scarce! 16mo., printed tan wraps; 10 pages. Very Good (very tiny crease lower corner of front cover & very small, light lower edge of front cover; contents clean..... More
St. John's University Press, 1973. PLANTE, Julian G. TRANSLATIO STUDII: MANUSCRIPT AND LIBRARY STUDIES HONORING OLIVER L. KAPSNER, O.S.B.. Collegeville, Minn.: St. John's University Press, 1973. Small 4to., cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed presentation by Plante on front endpaper to wine & food author Mary Mabon: "To Mrs..... More
Wellington: New Zealand University Press, 1957. Illustrated. Very scarce first edition (reprinted in 1986]. Signed presentation from Pocock on the front endpaper: “To Sir John Sheppard with gratitude for his good offices to students of the classics in New Zealand.” Followed by an inscription in Greek followed by “In Body..... More
Laura Spencer-Portor, 1948. PORTOR, Laura Spencer. MUSIC SHAKESPEARE LOVED. A series of six volumes, each relating to a different Shakespeare topic- volume II through VII, lacks Volume One. Volume 2 through 7 are as follows: Music Shakespeare Loved; Places Shakespeare Loved; London And Shakespeare; People Shakespeare Knew; Books Shakespeare Read;..... More
Mount Durand, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, C.I. The Toucan Press, 1964. Monographs on the Life, Times and Works of Thomas Hardy: No. 64. General Editor: J. Stevens Cox, F.S.A. First Edition. 12mo., printed white wraps; 7 pages. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight). More
Iowa City: University Of Iowa, 1933. First Edition. University of Iowa Humanistic Studies; Vol V, Number 3. Signed on the front cover by University of Oklahoma English professor Stewart C. Wilcox, who was a Shelley scholar. 8vo., printed wraps; 75 pages. Very Good (little browning covers; contents clean & tight)..... More
Rosenkilde and Bagger, 1974. PROVOST, William. THE STRUCTURE OF CHAUCER'S TROILUS AND CRISEYDE. in ANGLISTICA, Vol. XX. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde and Bagger, 1974. 8vo., light-beige printed wraps; 117 pages. First Edition. Signed presentation by Provost on title page; "For Bob, with best wishes, Bill." With the ink name of "R.E. Kaske"..... More
Twayne Publishers, 1972. RADLEY, Virginia L. ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING. NY: Twayne Publishers, Inc., [1972]. 8vo., decorative brown cloth in dust jacket; 156 pages. First Edition. Twayne's English Authors Series. Signed presentation from Radley, to a fellow professor, on the front brown endpaper: "To George Wassermann- friend, colleague, and fellow worker..... More
Twayne Publishers, 1966. RADLEY, Virginia L. SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE. NY: Twayne Publishers, Inc., [1966]. 8vo., boards in dust jacket; 177 pages. First Edition. Signed presentation by Radley on front endpaper, to George Wasserman, Chairman of the English Department at Russell Sage College in Troy, NY, where Radley was also a...... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1931. Pictorial Frontispiece Of Mantua. First Edition. Signed presentation from Rand on the front endpaper: "To Marjorie Green with many thanks for her helpfulness, Edward Kennard Rand." Marjorie Green, who edited the book's manuscript, is mentioned by Rand in the acknowledgements. With her personal bookplate..... More
NY: G.P. Putnam's & Sons, 1033. First Edition. One of 125 copies inscribed by Rascoe for the famous Argus Book Shop in Chicago, so stated on a specially tipped-in page: For Chester W. Ellison Whom I hope ot see very soon. Burton Rascoe.” A book commenting on the times of..... More
ETC Publications, 1989. RIZZON, Beverly. PEARL S. BUCK: THE FINAL CHAPTER. [Palm Springs, California]: ETC Publications, [1989]. Quarto: faux-leather in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed by Rizzon on the front endpaper, and although the copyright page is dated 1989 the signature is dated "December, 1988." A pre-publication or a very..... More
George McKibbin and Son, 1949. ROLLINS, Carl Purington. SOME TRIFLES WHICH MAKE FOR PERFECTION: A BRIEF DISCOURSE ON THE DETAILS OF THE SETTING-UP OF FOOTNOTES, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, AND INDEXES. APPLICABLE TO ANY KIND OF TYPE AND ANY SIZE OF BOOK. NY: George McKibbin and Son, 1949. 8vo., green cloth. First Edition..... More
R.R. Bowker Company, 1984. ROMANO, Frank J. THE TYPENCYCLOPEDIA: A USER'S GUIDE TO BETTER TYPOGRAPHY. NY: R.R. Bowker Company, 1984. Small 4to., printed wraps. First Edition. Fine. $10.00. More
Gales Research Company, 1980. ROOD, Karen Lane; [Editor]. AMERICAN WRITERS IN PARIS, 1920-1939. Dictionary Of Literary Biography. Volume Four. Foreword by Malcolm Cowley. Detroit, Michigan: Gales Research Company, 1980. Small 4to, light blue cloth. First Edition. Near fine. $25.00. More
Faber & Faber, 1968. ROSTON, Murray. BIBLICAL DRAMA IN ENGLAND: FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE PRESENT DAY. London: Faber & Faber, [1968]. 8vo., red cloth stamped in gilt in dust jacket. First Edition. Near fine (contents clean and tight); near fine (price-clipped) d/j. $10.00. More
Castle Press, 1954. ROUNCE AND COFFIN CLUB. 1954 WESTERN BOOKS EXHIBITION OF THE ROUNCE AND COFFIN CLUB. Pasadena, CA: Castle Press, 1954. Small 8vo., printed wraps. First Edition. Very Good. $7.50. More
1961. ROUNCE AND COFFIN CLUB. WESTERN BOOKS. [San Marino, California]: Rounce & Coffin Club. 8vo., printed wraps. First Edition. Very Good (few small tears wraps). $7.50. More
Rounce and Coffin Club, 1955. ROUNCE AND COFFIN CLUB. WESTERN BOOKS 1955. Fourteenth Exhibition of Books Produced by Western Printers. [Los Angeles]: Rounce and Coffin Club, 1955. Small 8vo., printed wraps. First Edition. Very Good. $5.00. More
The Rounce and Coffin Club, 1953. ROUNCE AND COFFIN CLUB. WESTERN BOOKS TWELFTH EXHIBITION 1953. [Los Angeles, Cal.]: The Rounce and Coffin Club, 1953. 12mo., printed wraps. First Edition. Very Good (little browning covers). $7.50. More
The Typophiles, 1970. ROUNDS, Sterling P. AMONG THE CRAFT: NOTES BY THE WAY. NY: The Typophiles, 1970. 8vo., printed wraps. Typophile Monograph 92. Reprint. Very Good (stain lower corner front cover). $12.50. More
The Manchester University Press, 1935. RYLANDS, John. THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY MANCHESTER: CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY OF THE TRANSMISSION OF THE BIBLE, WITH AN INTRODUCTORY SKETCH BY THE LIBRARIAN, AND TWENTY-TWO FACSIMILES. Manchester: The Manchester University Press, 1935. Small 4to., printed wraps. First Edition. Good (short tears..... More
Typ. J. -E. Buschmann, 1930. PENNELL, Joseph. SABBE, Maurits. CHRISTOPHER PLANTIN. Illustrated by Joseph Pennell. Translated by Alice Van Riel-Goransson. Antwerp: Typ. J. -E. Buschmann, 1930. 8vo., off-white boards stamped in gilt. Limited Edition of 450 Numbered Copies. Good (soil to covers). $20.00. More