Authors starting with M from The Veatchs Arts of the Book

Easthampton, 1975. . 6 1/4 x 6 1/2. Wood engraved frontis portrait of Beekman by Barry Moser, (14) pages, pressmark in red. Unique binding of citron morocco spine and fore edges, rounded back, sewn with white silk headbands, sides of textured Japanese tissue over boards. Fine. This may have been a trial binding; the book is a bit taller & wider than regular copies, and is bulked out with blank leaves. It came from a bookbinder's library. Fine. The edition was 200 numbered copies, signed by au... more information

Easthampton, 1975. . 6 1/8 x 6 1/2. Wood engraved frontis portrait of Beekman by Barry Moser, (14) pages, pressmark in red. Black cloth with a black morocco label the length of the spine. Near fine. No. 38 of 200 signed by author and Moser. ... more information

1972. . 8 1/2 x 6. 8 leaves. Printed wraps. About fine, in custom folding case. Proof copy of the portrait, before letters, is signed by Moser & laid in. "Only 25 or so copies survive" of the 200 copies printed; Moser was unhappy with the portrait and destroyed the balance. Signed by Beekman and Moser, inscribed. ... more information

London, April 1987.. 8 1/4 x 11 1/2. 64 pp. Printed wraps. Fine. Several articles trace Scmoller's career and interests, including his tenure as Chief Designer at Penguine Books and an article by Tanya Schmoller concerning their interest in decorated papers. Copiously illustrated. ... more information

London, 1939. . 8vo. 163 pages, illustrated. Boards. ... more information

Verona, 1961. (K.D. Duval: Edinburgh) . 8 x 11 1/2. 58, (5) pages. Vellum-backed pattern paper boards with original s/c( a bit worn). Book is in fine condition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by MacDiarmid. Printed in Mardersteig's Griffo 16 point roman & italic on Magnani paper. ... more information

Philadelphia, 1882. 13th ed. . 5 x 7 3/4. xiv, 15-384, (6) pages. Original brown cloth, gilt. Light wear to extremities, near fine. This popular American printers' manual went thgrough 18 editions, the first being in 1866. Bigmore & Wyman II, 3. ... more information

NY: Eriksson (1973). First ed. . 5 1/2 x 8. 274 pages. Illustrated. Cloth, dj. Small coffee stain top edge. Very good. Introduction by Lawrence Clark Powell. ... more information

[Watkinsville: Duensing] 2001. . 12 x 17. 20 pages with 10 woodcuts. Self-wraps. Fine. One of less than 200 copies. Original German text and English translation printed in Klingspor-Schrift. ... more information

NP, 1992. . 6 x 8 1/2. Two French-fold leaves. Wraps. Fine. One of 95. Printed in white, gold, and black on black paper. ... more information

(Barkston Ash), Elmete Press, 1973. . 6 x 9. xvi, 69 pages including 6 illustrations on colored handmade papers, and a specimen of papyrus. Buckram, leather spine label. Fine in custom slipcase. No. 322 of 495 copies, hand printed by Maney, signed by the editor/printer and by the papermaker Ian O'Casey. "...one of the rare works with genuine information, collected from scattered sources belonging to various ages and nations." ... more information

Lilly Library, 1976. . 7 1/2 x 11 1/2. 67 pages, filled with color images. Wraps. Near fine. ... more information

Boston, 1966. . 4to. 119 pages, illustrated. Cloth, dj. A bit splayed, very good. Introduction by Howard Nixon. ... more information

NP, (Robert E. Massman), nd (1965). . 2 7/8 x 2 1/4. Bound by Robert E. Massman in vellum lettered in blue & gold and tied with blue ribbon. Binding just slightly askew, but fine. Apparently produced in a small edition. ... more information

Swan & Hoop, 2008. . 8 x 12. Color map of the city, 25 pages + 16 pages of plates showing letterforms and inscriptions. Stiff wraps with a subtle pattern of paving stones. Fine. A hunt through the medieval city of Padua for inscriptions in Round Gothic capitals. One of 226 copies printed letterpress in. ... more information

Weimar, 1931. . 7 x 11. 12, (1) pages. Bound by Otto Dorfner in the deluxe binding (used for the 14 copies printed on vellum) of full red morocco titled on upper cover. Wonderful copy in original plain dust jacket and slipcase. One of 115 numbered copies on Monval paper. Printed in black with red headlines in Kessler's Jenson-Antiqua. With a 'deluxe' 9-line initial letter "C" cut by Eric Gill and colored with lapis lazuli surrounded by an original woodcut of a female nude by Arist... more information

Vermont, 1980. . 6 x 11 1/2. (16) p., color xerox. Cloth, paper spine label. Fine. No. 91 of 150 coies on Barcham Green handmade paper. Signed by both author and artist. ... more information

NY, 2006. . 8 x 11. 43 pages. Marbled boards. Fine. This is the first book printed in a new typeface, "Rilke," designed by Jerry Kelly. One of 99 copies. ... more information

(Np, privately printed, 1978 & 1920.) . 5 x 7. 3 leaves, 24 pages. Cloth, bound by David Bourbeau. Fine. Lazarus edition." A new title page, colophon, and wood engraved portrait of Twain numbered & signed by Barry Moser precede the newly discovered sheets of a 1920 privately printed edition on Old Town book paper. One of 200 copies, this is inscribed "binder's copy ix/x fro Bill Streeter from the Thistle Bindery 6.2.82." Streeter was a fellow binder. ... more information

NY, (1980). . 12 x 8. One large sheet folded into thirds. Opens to 24 inches wise. Two thirds consists of color print, third section prints Glass' poem. One of 10 copies hand-colored by the artist, and signed by printer and artist. (Total edition was 100.) Hand printed in Centaur types, this is the first Red Ozier title printed in New York. Peich 18. Steve Miller's other imprints are the Red Hydra (personal imprint) and Parallel Editions (Univ. of Alabama student press). ... more information