Titles starting with O from The Veatchs Arts of the Book

Williamsburg (MA): Cheloniidae Press, 1982. . Two vols. 10 x 13 1/2. 52 leaves. Each of the twenty-six animals is represented in two leaves: a large wood engraving captioned in red, and a text page headed by a smaller line engraving. In this special version, each opening letter is calligraphed in red by Betsy Curtis. She has calligraphed the entire alphabet on the colophon page. Bound by David Bourbeau in full ruby morocco blindstamped and hand tooled in dark brown, paste endpapers. Leather & cloth... more information

Williamsburg (MA): Cheloniidae Press, 1982. . Two vols. 10 x 13 1/2. 52 leaves. Each of the twenty-six animals is represented in two leaves: a text page headed by a smaller line engraving and a large wood engraving captioned in red. In this special version, each opening letter is calligraphed in red by Betsy Curtis. Her entire alphabet is printed in red on the colophon page. Bound in quarter red morocco & linen by Gray Parrot. Leather & cloth portfolio holds an extra suite of the 26 engravings,... more information

Warwick Press, 1977. . 5 1/2 x 7 1/2. (4) pages, with 2 illustrations hand-colored by Carol Blinn. Paste paper wraps, made by Carol, ressemble stalks of corn and corn silk. Fine. One of 200 copies, this inscribed by Blinn to a fellow printer/designer. A.L.S. laid in. ... more information

Londres [Paris], 1786. . 3 x 4 3/4. (8), 156 pages, plus 19 paper specimens with letterpress captions on each. Contemporary boards, calf spine, with title label "Piece Diverses." Extremity wear, joints weak, H. P. bookplate & small stamps on pastedowns. Small hole in outer margin of last 5 specimens; otherwise contents are fine. A good copy of this rare work. The first European book printed on paper made solely from vegetable matter without the use of any rag fiber. Text is printed on &quo... more information

Strasbourg: Lithographie de E. Simon fils, 1834-1836. Complete, 3 parts in one volume. . Oblong, 16 x 11. Originally issued in three parts (1834-1835) and later bound with a general title (present here). 120 leaves, as follows:¥ Ecritures Anciennes: 40 plates, with title as Plate 1 (note plate 37 from the 3rd part is misbound here, the first Pl. 34) and Pls. 29,30 and 32 are misnumbered.¥ Specimens des Ecritures Modernes: 40 plates with title as Plate 1.¥ Gallerie. Comp... more information

Petersham: Lone Oak Press, 2005. . 10 x 8. 89 pages. Including 31 relief engravings (4 full page, 3 with touches of hand coloring) by Abigail Rorer. Quarter russet morocco & morocco edges, marbled board sides. With an extra suite of the engravings numbered & signed and an original engraved block, each in cloth portfolio. Housed in green cloth & marbled tray case. V of 14 deluxe copies numbered and signed by the artist. Designed and printed by Michael Russem of Kat Ran Press, with side no... more information

NY: Typophiles, 1949. . 4 1/2 x 7. 139 pages. Cloth & boards. T. M. Cleland's copy. Spine faded, all else fine. One of 650 copies. Chap Book 19. ... more information

NY: Typophiles, 1949. . 4 1/2 x 7. 139 pages. Cloth & boards. Fine. One of 650 copies. Chap Book 19. ... more information

Verona, 1980. Two volumes. . 8 x 12. lix, 286, (1) pages. Illustrated. Quarter morocco & cloth, morocco-edged cloth slipcase. A fine set. One of 99 deluxe copies with the second volume containing 10 original 4-page leaves (including Ovid's Amnores with two calligraphic initials in red, Pacioli's Divina Proportione with text figure, Holy Gospels with woodcut, Durer's Passion with illustration, and Aesope with a hand colored illustration). Printed at the Stamperia Valdonega. Defini... more information

North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1969. . 7 1/2 x 9 1/2. 110 pages, illustrated with fine reproductions of European & American wrappers. Indices of mills, papermakers, importers, and merchants. Quarter red morocco & marbled boards. Fine with the two prints (one corner tips creased) pulled from original copperplates for Dutch ream wrappers. Prospectus. One of 375 copies on Morris' handmade paper. ... more information

Midnight Paper Sales, (2006). . 5 x 7 1/2. Folding wood engraved frontis of "Old Swayback" (a barn) printed in soft tones of pale green, black, and taupe. 15 pages. Black & white wraps printed from a wood engraving to resemble barn siding, black spine with a crescent moon in white, sewn on black & white bands. Fine in black cloth slipcase. Signed on the title page by the author. Title ornamented with tiny, shadowy barn swallows in grey; page numbers in grey. One of 128 copies, signed by ... more information

North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1967. . 6 x 9 1/2. 121 pages, illustrated. Fourteen handmade paper samples (by Henry Morris, Dard Hunter, & Daniels). Quarter morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Fine. One of 500 copies on handmade paper. B&B A7. Schlosser 53. ... more information

Easthampton: Warwick Press, 2011. . 5 1/2 x 8. (13) pages + 2 tipped-in color plates+ tipped-in specimen of Carol's dyed paper. Wraps. Fine. One of 50 signed copies, in an open edition produced digitally. ... more information

Leicester, 1974. . 8vo. 8 pages. Wraps, lower cover creased. One of 120 copies, in the Artes Typographicae series. ... more information

NY: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, (1971). . 7 x 9. Illustrated with 20 powerful woodcuts (about half are double page). Embossed black cloth, printed dust jacket One of 1000 numbered copies signed by Frasconi. Melville's poems deal with "war's bitterness and the wasted deaths of young men." ... more information

(Easthampton) 1988. . 3 x 4. 11 (1) pp. Plain wraps. One of 175 designed and printed by Carol Blinn; with her hand-colored illustrations. Signed by Fitzenmeyer and Blinn. ... more information

(Easthampton) 1987. . 5 x 6. (14) pages. Printed wraps. Fine. One of 175 designed and printed by Carol Blinn; with her hand-colored illustrations. Signed by Fitzenmeyer and Blinn. ... more information

Easthampton, 1982. . 5 x 7 1/2. 15, (14) pages, including tipped-in color reproductions of 12 Werner bindings. Pastepaper boards, morocco spine and tips. Fine, with prospectus. One of 200 copies designed and printed by Carol Blinn with her hand-colored illustrations and photograhs of 12 of Arno Werner's bindings. Bound and signed by Blinn and Werner. ... more information

Greenbrae, 1983. . Two volumes. 6 1/4 x 10. 67 leaves; 74 leaves. Cloth, slipcase. Fine set, with prospectuses. One of 140 sets hand printed on dampened handmade paper, in Menhart Unciala and Solemnis types. Text printed in brown and "flame" (orange). Title pages in orange and 23 carat gold. I Translated by E. D. A. Morshead. Introduction by Mark Livingston. AP 48 & 49 ... more information

London, Printed for the Author,1784. First edition. . 4to (9 x 11). vii, xxv, 235 pages, 31 plates of alphabets (9 foldout, some with hand coloring). Numerous illustrations in the text. 19th c. half morocco & pebbled cloth, spine with raised bands & gilt rolls, marbled endpapers. Corners are scuffed, joints rubbed, small gouge in upper edges have affected some upper margins (pp. 90-155) well away from text. A very good copy. The first major English work of paleography. The plates illustrate all s... more information