Titles starting with H from The Veatchs Arts of the Book

Cambridge, 1969. . 10 x 8 1/2. 42 pages. Quarter morocco & decorated boards. One of 500 copies. Small repair to inner hinge; fine. A Cambridge Christmas Book. ... more information

NY, nd (Price list June 1, 1921) . Forty-two full size sheets of fine handmade papers from Italy, France, England, Spain, and Japan. Measuring 20 x 13 inches and smaller, each is folded in half and printed on the first page in a variety of colors & typefaces, ornaments, & illustrations; the JPC number is printed on the 4th page. A few of the largest have dust soil or damp stain on the deckle edge, but most are fine. Held loosely in portfolio of decorated boards (11 x 15) by an elastic band (broken... 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

San Francisco, (1899). . 6 1/2 x 10. xlviii, (4), 5-200 pages. Collated complete. First& last pages darkened by acid migration from the boards. Printed cloth, floral endpapers, edges dyed red. Penciled ownership inscription of A. J. Baumann, The Printer at 268 Market Street, San Francisco. Label on rear pastedown for The System Press, 25 California Street, San Francisco. Some wear and soil, very good. The prefatory material shows a number of artistic display designs using type and ornamental materia... more information

(Bath): The Old School Press, 2005. . 8 1/2 x 11. xii, 113 pages. Illustrated with 13 photographs, a sample of Carter's Emerald Bible type, and a specimen of original Curwen patterned paper designed by Carter. Cloth, dj. Fine. A polymath of typography, type designer & punchcutter, Harry Carter is best known for his authoritative and witty writings about the history of typography. This is both a biography and a bibliography of 185 published writings by Carter. One of 240 signed copies. ... more information

British Museum, 1964. . 8vo. 326 pages illustrated. Spiral bound cloth. Spine darkened, else very good. ... more information

Harvard College Library, 2000. . 16 x 11. Frontis, 14 double-column pages. Quarter black cloth & crimson boards titled in gilt. A rear pocket contains 6 diplomas: 2 originals (1935, 1962), 3 restrikes from original plates or block, and 1 reprinted letterpress by Firefly Press. Fine. One of 50 copies, printed at the Jericho Press (the author's private press) in black & red on Zerkall paper. About graphic design, calligraphy, engraving. ... more information

Oldham: Incline Press, 2000. . 8 x 11. 96 pages, 12 marbled specimens. Two-piece cloth & marbled boards, in cloth & board slipcase. Fine. One of 250 numbered & signed copies, printed by Graham Moss in black & several colors. Each of the 12 monthly chapters is preceded by a large (one-third of a sheet) folded marbled specimen inspired by that month. ... more information

West Sayville, 2004.. 7 x 11. 18 leaves accordion-fold opening to 126 inches. There are 15 color woodcuts. Text printed from wood type runs along the top edges. Stiff wraps are printed with an additional woodcut. Fine. Hats encapsulate the Zeitgeist." Cecelia Holland's introduction affirms that" the power of hats cannot be overstated." Humorous, colorful woodcuts depict the history of the hat from 2000 BC to 2000 AD. One of 100 copies signed by the artist and by the printer Leonard Seas... more information

London, c1900. . 8 1/2. x11. (30) pp. Original printed wraps. A little soiling, very good; no excisions. ... more information

Pasadena, 2004. . 4 1/2 x 7. 13, (2) pages. Bound by Mariana Blau in yellow cloth, leather spine label, in decorative slipcase with inset cover label. Fine. Fifty copies were printed, 10 bound in cloth and 40 in wraps. "This is No. [blank] of ten deluxe." About bees. ... more information

Scolar Press (1993). . Two vols. 7 xx 9 1/2. 242; 351. Illus. Cloth. Fine set in djs. ...a study of the growth and ultimate eclipse of the line engravers' art in Britain in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries...." ... more information

Library of Congress, 2004. . 9 x 12. xiii, 222 pages. Profusely illustrated. Cloth, dj. Fine. Catalogue of an exhibition of 75 books, each illustrated and described in detail. Paul Needham provides an a fascinating look at Rosenwald's auction buying and relations with other collectors. Lilian Armstrong writes about the Venetian and Florentine single sheet woodcut. Daniela Laube writes on the stylistic development of German Book Illustration, 1460-1511. Bibliography and Index. ... more information

Berkeley: Editions Koch, 2003. . 5 1/2 x 11. (120) pages, text printed on rectos with illustration on facing versos. Bound in stiff wraps with a non-adhesive external long-stitch through pieces of vellum. Fine in chemise and slipcase. One of 150 copies signed by poet and by artist. Text (in Quadraat type) and drawings (from polymer plates) were printed letterpress on handmade paper. The poet Seibert created a lively and lyric translation, from the Greek, of those fifty fragments where Helen appears... more information

Whittington Press, (1983). . 10 1/2 x 15. (13) text pages, 63 plates of engravings, several tipped-in photographs. Nubby oatmeal cloth with engraving inset. Harold Hugo's copy. Fine in slipcase. One of 240 copies. Engravings are grouped by subject matter: those from a book are captioned; the others are unpublished. Printed from the blocks in black, blue, or red. With a catalogue raisonné of published work. ... more information

Whittington Press, (1983). . Two. volumes. 10 1/2 x 15. (13) text pages, 63 plates of engravings, several tipped-in photographs. Full russet morocco with morocco inlay on upper cover, marbled endpapers, in cloth tray case (one corner slightly bumped). A cloth portfolio contains 10 leaves of proofs (17 woodengravings) on Japanese paper. A fine set. One of 20 deluxe sets. Engravings are grouped by subject matter: those from a book are captioned; the others are unpublished. Printed from the blocks in bl... more information

British Library, 1983. . 8 1/2 x 10 3/4. 446 pages (include are 368 illustrations). Cloth, spine label (gilt spmewhat flaked). Fine. One of 750 copies. The bulk of the volume (to page 336) covers English, Irish and Scottish bindings; the balance icludes the Netherlands, Hermany, Austria and Denmark. ... more information

(Leeds), Elmete Press, 1978. . 7 x 10. xvi, 108 pages, with 63 reproductions of printers' devices from the 15th to 20th century. Full brown calf gilt. Extremities lightly rubbed, but a fine copy with prospectus. One of 35 copies in full leather binding (440 copies in cloth). Printed in black & red on St. Cuthbert's all rag paper. ... more information

Np, 1999. . 10 1/2 x 7. Title, Introduction, 25 original wood engravings each titled and signed by the artist. Hand bound in quarter cloth & boards. Fine. One of 100 numbered copies, printed letterpress and from the original blocks. Artists (from Canada, US, and UK) are Richard Wagener, Jim Westergard, Frank Eckmair, David Moyer, Joel Moline, Deborah Broad, Richard Yates, Sister Margaret Tournour, James Horton, Sylvia Pixley, Julianna Humphreys, Roberta Chu-Mikkelsen, Ken Ferguson, Gregory Lago,... more information

Hamburg: Maxmilian-Gesellschaft, (1984). . 7 x 10 1/2. 177 pp. Cloth. Collector's small label on paste down. Fine. Beautifully printed bibliography of Zapf's work, illustrated throughout (much in color). ... more information