Authors starting with S from The Veatchs Arts of the Book

Frankfurt: Der Goldene Brunnen (1961). . 7 1/2 x 10 1/2. (2), xxiv, 34, (2). Fritz Kredel's 24 hand colored woodcuts of roadside flowers & plants are surrounded by George Salter's calligraphic texts from classic German poetry. Vellum-backed cloth. Fine in slightly worn slipcase. No. 50 of 150 copies printed at Bauer Giesserei, signed by Kredel and Salter. Thirty-four text pages print the calligraphic quotations in Weiss Roman. Kredel's subjects were found "by the Wayside&quo... more information

West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press, 1985. . 10 x 13. 420 pages with 49 wood engravings by Barry Moser. Full green morocco by Gray Parrot. Accompanied by an extra suite of the engravings in portfolio. Both volumes fine in slipcase. One of 350 signed copies, printed by Harold McGrath in Centaur type. Calligraphy by Yvette Rutledge. The text is from the Mark Twain Project at the Bancroft Library. In collaboration with filmmakers who were preparing a 4-hour movie of Huck for PBS, Barry Moser's portra... more information

(Council Bluffs): Yellow Barn Press, 1991. . 7 x 10. xii, 108 pages. Fifteen wood engravings of presses by John DePol. Oatmeal cloth, leather spine label. One corner slightly bumped, else fine. One of 180 copies, signed by artist and by author. The original edition, beautifully printed letterpress with the wood engravings printed from the blocks. ... more information

NY: Grolier Club, 2002. . 7 x 12. xi, 44 pages, including 8 full page color wood engravings & 3 vignettes. Gray silk cloth boards with black & silver leather label, matching slipcase. Fine. One of 200 (of 250) signed & numbered copies, designed and printed by Schanilec. Engravings include Lower Manhattan from the Empire State building, Chrysler Building from Lexington Avenue, 230 Park Avenue, Grand Central subway station, White Horse Tavern, Times Square, the World Trade Center (vignette)... more information

Minneapolis: Coffe House Press, 1991. . 6 1/2 x 11. 31, (1) pages. Quarter goatskin, stripped paper; matching slipcase. Fine. Although the colophon calls for an extra suite of the prints, loose, there are none here. One of 150 signed copies. ... more information

Advertising Agencies' Service: NY, 1952-1953. . 11 1/2 x 15. A broadside Type Picture of "Peace Plaza," created entirely from pieces of metal type, rule, & ornaments. Printed letterpress in blue, yellow, and purple. Professionally matted. Fine. Christmas/New Year keepsake: "Christmas is humanity's supreme holiday, when the finest aspirations are enkindled anew..." text is emblazoned on a banner at the entrance to the plaza. Schiller was so talented at creating type pictu... more information

Oak Knoll, 1989.. 8vo, leatherette, dj. Fine. Reprint of the 1898 work, with new material. ... more information

Naumburg-Zeitz: Christian Friedrich Gessner, 1769.. [6 3/4 x 4 1/4. 12, 219, [5] pages illustrated throughout with alphabets + 11 plates (1 double, some folding). Repair to leaf 107/8. Prior owner's penciled collation and notes on pastedown. Contemporary half speckled leather, speckled boards & edges. Tips worn, else near fine. First edition of this collection of the world's languages. The author was a Danish missionary at Tranquebar. Sabin 78008. Bound with a grammar by Jean-Jacques Meynier... more information

Newark, VT, 2011. . Twenty-four 8-page chapbooks contained in a three-part cloth folding structure with pockets, and enclosed in a paper slipcase. Each chapbook has colorful crayon drawing covers; the hand lettered text & interior drawings are in black. All were scanned and printed electronically. Cordels are Latin American street-market chapbooks containing poems on various topics. They were given the name cordel (book on a string) as the booklets hung over lines like laundry. Schumann's topics a... more information

NY, August 1935. . 8vo. Wraps. Very good. ... more information

NY, 1961. . 12mo. 21 pages, illustrated throughout. Wraps. Very good. Directions on how to build a wooden common press. ... more information

Tokyo, ca. 1960. . 9 1/2 x 7 3/4/ (ii) introduction, followed by 57 paper specimens tipped to leaves of blue paper. Printed beneath each sample is its name, materials, Prefecture of origin, and size of sheet. Oriental style wraps. Upper corners are softly jammed, or creased; but the specimens are unaffected. Very good. Price List laid in. The 57 specimens of plain, dyed, stenciled, and block-printed papers each measures 5 x 6 inches. This specimen book is no. 3 in Henry Morris' "Japonica. ... more information

North Hills, PA. 1981. . 6 x 9. 28, (1) pp. Printed wraps. Very good. One of 400 copies printed by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press. ... more information

(Oxford, 1927) . 8 volumes. 7 x 9 1/2. 1486 pages. Decorated with 6 hand colored maps, over 600 hand colored coats-of-arms of English, Scottish, and Irish princes and knights drawn by Paul Woodroffe, heraldic headpieces, & tail pieces. Holland-backed blue paper boards, paper spine labels (extra labels tipped-in at rear). A little wear to labels. A fine, beautiful set. One of 350 numbered sets designed by Bernard Newdigate, printed on Batchelor handmade paper, untrimmed. One of the three major works i... more information

Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of UVA, 1967. . 6 3/4 x 10. xii, 189 pages, 24 plates. Cloth. Fine. Our favorite book on American printing. ... more information

Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of UVA, 1967. . 6 3/4 x 10. xii, 189 pages, 24 plates. Cloth. Fine. Our favorite book on American printing. ... more information

East Hampton, 1996. . 6 x 9. Wraps. Fine. Designed by Jerry Kelly; printed at Stinehour Press. Out of series copy, not signed. ... more information

Denby Dale, 1998. . 10 x 11 1/2. 53 pages, illustrated throughout. Quarter cloth & decorated boards. Accompanied by Harris' nine large (16 x 11) color illustrations for the unpublished children's book Royal Flush. Three extra wood engravings, too large for the book, are also housed in the lemon cloth dropback case. Fine. One of 280 copies. Wood engravings are printed by Simon Lawrence from the original blocks. A wood-engraver and illustrator, Harris studied under John Farleigh. He il... more information

Munich: Münchener-Scriptor-Drucke, (ca. 1922). . 12mo. Wraps worn. Good. Printed in black & green from Anna Simons' calligraphy. ... more information