Titles starting with G from The Book Block

Newcastle upon Tyne Printed by Edward Walker, for T. Bewick, 1811. 4to., newly bound in period style quarter green polished calf over marbled boards; spine with simple gilt decoration and a red morocco title label; t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. A TALL COPY in a handsome binding by Gray Parrot of Hancock, Maine.Bewick 326 engravings include most of the animals from A (Adive) to Z Zorilla) listed in the five-page index of this sixth edition. In addition, there are four proof pulls of the following... more information

Gabon Press of the A.B.C.F.M., 1850. 8vo., old (probably not contemporary) cloth back over marbled boards, small portions of the cloth eroded. Undoubtedly printed by a missionary press this extensive translation runs to 126 pages, and is said to be the FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN GABON. The roman alphabet is used for the most part but with certain letters employing diacritical marks and accents. RARE. Darlow and Moule No. 6878. PRINTED IN GABON, WEST AFRICA ... more information

Oxford at the Theatre in Oxford, 1674. Sm. 4to., black turkey morocco tooled in gilt in an all-over design with drawer-handle tools, curls and flower head tools; decorated with silver paint. The spine is divided into six compartments by five raised bands, which are also tooled in gilt (echoing the covers), with silver paint. The title is gilt lettered in the second compartment from the top. One corner and the very head of the rear joint have been skillfully repaired. Marbled endleaves. The binding is the w... more information

Edinburgh John Gray & Gavin Alston, 1763. 8vo., full polished tan calf with a double gilt fillet border on both covers; spine with five raised bands and fanciful gilt decoration within the compartments, including diagonal crosses, typical of the bindings of the FOULIS PRESS. Title on a red morocco label; a.e.g. This attractive volume is divided into three books: Typical Persons, Typical Things, Typical Places, followed by the author's Thoughts on Various Subjects. Nice 18th century bookmaking.... more information

London G. Bowyer & A. Millar, 1765. 8vo., red morocco, lettered vertically, with the staff of Hermes in the center of the spine, the figure of Britannia on the upper cover and the Cap of Liberty on the Lower cover, marbled end-papers and edges. Occasional foxing and some darkening of the spine; there is A SMOKE IMPRESSION OF THE EMBLEM OF LIBERTY on the blank recto facing the publisher's ads. Bound by John Matthewman for Thomas Hollis, notwithstanding the manuscript note tipped onto the front paste... more information

Mt. Carmel Ives Street Press, 1984. 4to. (11 x 6 inches); red cloth over boards with red and black lettered white paper label on front cover. Number 114 of 130 copies signed by the author. Mohawk Superfine paper; Bruce Rogers’ Centaur type. Two tissue protected tipped-in black and white photographs from around 1900 by T. S. Bronson. Poem printed as 3 pages on one side of a folded sheet. Colophon on verso of the folded sheet. Two pages of publisher’s advertising for this and other publications l... more information