Titles starting with G from The Veatchs Arts of the Book

NY, 2007. . 5 1/2 x 9. 107 pages. Wraps. Designed by Jerry Kelly. ... more information

Wuppertal,1973. . 20 x 27. In a lovely frame designed for this print. Fine, not examined out of frame. One of 100 numbered and signed copies; printed in blue, red and black. Five qoutes in Zapf's cursive calligraphy: from Ovid, Seneca, Pahnem, Silesius, and a Finnish proverb; all on the subject of time. Hermann Zapf Ein Arbeitsbericht p. 60. ... more information

6 x 7 1/2. Unpaged, each page within delicate art nouveau border in golden brown plus full page sectional titles and opening pages of art nouveau design in seven colors, all by Theo Nieuwenhuis. He also designed the binding of printed black cloth, exposed vellum cords. Bottom blank margin of title page has been cut away. Covering on joints & hinges is separating but covers are firmly attached, chips at spine ends. A good copy only. Theo Nieuwenhuis, a follower of William Morris and William Crane, was ... more information

Baton Rouge & Burlington, 2007. . 8 x 8 1/2. 48 pages illustrated throughout. Bound in "illusion" vinyl, exposed sewing on the spine. Near fine. ... more information

New Rochelle: James Weil, 1984. . 8vo. Wraps, string tied. 9 pages. Fine. One of 50 copies printed by Martino Mardersteig on Magnani rag paper at the Stamperia Valdonega. ... more information

The Plough Press, (2005). . 6 x 9 and 12 x 9 1/2. 128 pages, well illustrated. Bound by The Fine Bindery in black half leather, Ann Muir marbled paper sides. A separate portfolio contains 8 original samples of Jones' printing, with descriptive leaflet. Fine. One of 15 signed & numbered copies. The original leaves (two are single leaves, 3 are multiple leaves) are from The Canterbury Tales, The Georgics of Vergil, Two Centuries of Typefounding, The Pearl, Calendar for the Year 1923. Jones (... more information

NY: Grolier Club, 1991. . 6 x 9. (40) pages. Illustrated. Printed handmade paper wraps. Fine. Limited to 1500 copies printed letterpress by Stinehour Press in three colors. (500 copies for The Typophiles) ... more information

Np, Warwick Press, 1975. . 6 x 9 1/2. (7) pages plus 4 mounted linoleum cuts hand colored by Carol Blinn. Green morocco & pastepaper boards. Fine. One of 45 copies, signed by Blinn. This copy not numbered. Printed on pale green handmade paper in Cochin type. ... more information

(NY, 1886). . 4to. 48, 40 pages. Self-wraps. A sample Prang Christmas card has been removed, leaving a 3 x 2 hole in one leaf. All else very good. A trade catalogue of stationery supplies, notions, some toys, globes, stereoscopic viewers. The pagination includes paper specimens, 4 pages of stunning calendars in colors & gold, and a 4-page Prang catalogue of Christmas and New-Year cards. ... more information

NY, August 1883. . 4to. 46 triple-column pages filled with illustrated ads. Self-wraps, text block is coming away from the wraps; spine covered with Japanese tissue. Very good. Full of fascinating news about the stationers' and papermakers' trades. ... more information

Boston: Society of Printers, 1916. . 6 x 9. 50 pages. Orange paper boards & dj. Jacket with a three chipped pieces missing and flaps have offset onto endpapers; wear to spine extremities and tips. Very good. One of 250 numbered copies, printed at The University Press, Cambridge, Mass. ... more information

Canton, 2006. . Triptych format. 7 x 9 1/2 (opens to 21 inches). The triptych is constructed from splatter-dyed handmade Nepalese paper over coards. "The two outer panels contain images of two Tibetan protector deities taken from an original wood block cut and printed for the Dali Lama's library." The blocks are printed on orange and blue handmade papers. In the center panel is a poetic tribute to Allen Ginsberg. These two printed leaves open to reveal a framed gelatin silver photograph of G... more information

NY: Double Elephant Press, 1998. . 8 1/4 x 9 1/2. Thirty-four leaves with 29 copper-plate etchings, those for Gluttons in shades of brown & rust; Angels in gold, green, and blue. Bound by Three Bear Trap Bindery, accordion-fold with leaves hinged on linen, olive green cloth boards with an original copper-plate laid into each cover. Housed in a cloth folding case with printed spine label. Fine. One of 44 copies signed by the author/artist. Kuch composed the 16 point Bodoni types, which were prin... more information

NY, (1950). . 8 x 12. 42 pp. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. Rose cloth, large brass cockerel inlaid on upper cover; glassine, rose board chemise (spine slightly faded) printed in gold. Fine in faded s/c. No. 582 of 1500 copies, signed by Dulac. Illustrations, decorated initials, headpieces, tailpieces in red, yellow, green, & blue. Printed at the Fanfare Press. ... more information

Upper Denby, 2004. . 10 x 8. 183 pages in double column text, illustrated with about 45 photographs. Blue cloth. Fine. One of 500 copies. The Golden Reign was first published in 1940, with indifferent phots. ISBN 0-948375-76-0 ... more information

Newark, VT, 2010. . 7 1/2 x 11. Two-color lithograph by Claire Van Vliet, 22 leaves printed in black and blue on Hayle handmade paper. Stitched into vinyl moiré; printed slipcase. Fine. One of 100 copies of these poems, signed by the author. With a copy of the second edition of the poems (paperbound). ... more information

Hanborough, 1989. . 5 3/4 x 8 1/4. (32) pages, french-fold. Pictorial boards. Bits of pinpoint foxing top edges, else fine. One of 125 copies printed electrostatically in black & blue, and pochoir coloured by Sylvia Stokeld. Satire from Asinine (What YOU think.) to Zeal (See "stool pigeon"). ... more information

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1872. . 8 x 11. Title, dedication, and 6 plates interleaved with guards.Publisher's red cloth over beveled boards, upper cover stamped in black & gilt, onlays of black, blue, red, and white leather titled in gilt, a.e.g. Rebacked in red cloth, newer endpapers. Very good. A charming 19th c. "Good Night, Moon," which combines etching and chromolithography in each of the 6 plates. First published in London, 1859. ... more information

(Leicestershire) The Plough Press, 1981. . 8 1/2 x 12. Text booklet in wraps, 18 fascicles describing each illustration process, and each with an original leaf laid in. Fine in cloth tray case. The 18 prints are: woodcut, wood engraving, etching, copper engraving, stipple engraving, steel engraving, aquatint, mezzotint, chalk lithography, line lithography, chromolithography, relief color print, hand colored print, photograph, woodburytype, collotype, photogravure, photomechanical printing (3 examples la... more information

Broadside. 11 x 13 1/2 inches, on Japanese mulberry paper (15 x 20). La Fontaine's fable is engraved white on black surround by a pictorial border headed by the grasshopper. A slight, soft crease along left margin, barely affecting image and difficult to see, else fine. One of 100 numbered and signed impressions. A well-known children's book illustrator, Sarah Chamberlain was a student of Barry Moser. ... more information