Bibliographie de la Belgique ou Catalogue Général de l'imprimerie et de la Librairie Belges publie par la Librairie de C. Muquardt. 1856-1860
Bruxelles Charles Muquardt 1856 5 volumes in one 8vo (24 cm), [2], 150 pp; [2], 154 pp; [2], 148 pp; 204 pp; [2], 192 pp. Untrimmed in cont. cloth backed marbled boards (edges little frayed, the title of the first volume little dusted, little foxing to end papers, the last volume printed on smaller paper). Lists of books published in Belgium in 1856-1860.
Hardcover Near Fine
Book Beautifull: Announcement of a collection of little books issued by a private press. Catalogue no. 3 1938
Herrin in Illinois Trovillion Private Press At The Sign Of The Silver Horse 1938 12 mo (15.5 cm), [40] pp. Printer's boards. Signed by Violet De Mars Trovillion on the back free end-paper. The third catalogue of Trovillion Press operated by Violet De Mars Trovillion (1890-1979) and Hal W. Trovillion (1879-1967). 21 books printed 1908-1938 are described. Included a text "How Comes Our Private Press. From the opening chapter of The Private Press As Diversion".
Hardcover Fine
Books coming from The Whittington Press during 1993, 1994 & beyond
Lower Marston Farm, nr. Risbury, Leominster The Whittington Press 1993 4to (28 cm), 16 pp. Printed wrappers. A catalogue of the Whittington Press, which is since 1971, been printing books by letterpress, "among the richest and most diverse selection to have been announced from the Press".
Soft cover Fine
Books coming from The Whittington Press during 1993, 1994 & beyond
Lower Marston Farm, nr. Risbury, Leominster The Whittington Press 1993 4to (28 cm), 16 pp. Printed wrappers. A catalogue of the Whittington Press, which is since 1971, been printing books by letterpress, "among the richest and most diverse selection to have been announced from the Press".
Soft cover Fine
Catalogue de la Bibliothèque elzevirienne et des autres ouvrages du fonds de P. Jannet
Paris Chez P. Jannet 1858 12mo (16 cm), 63 pp. Untrimmed in printed wrappers. " Bibliotheque elzevirienne" was a collection of masterpieces of French literature published by French bibliophile and bibliographer Pierre Jannet (1820-1870). Typographically they were imitation of Elzevier's editions. This rare catalogue is a prospectus of the collection, printed in the same size on the same papier vergé, as books in the collection.
Soft cover Fine
Cockalorum: A Sequel to Chanticleer and Pertelote. Being a Bibliography of The Golden Cockerel Press June 1943-December 1948
Golden Cockerel Press 1949 8vo (25 cm), 112 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (small tear to the top of dj near the fold, end-papers slightly browned, name inscribed on the front free end-paper). Foreword and notes by the press proprietor Christopher Sandford (1902-1983). 82 illustrations taken from books. The third bibliography of book printed at the Golden Cockerel Press after Chanticleer (1936) and Pertelote (1943). 26 books (no. 156 - 181) are described. Included Sandford articles on illustrators Dorothea Braby, John Buckland-Wright and Clifford Webb and his addresses.
Hardcover Fine
Convoy Publications: Catalogue of Books in Stock and Future Publications. Spring 1950
Convoy Publications 1950 8vo (22 cm), 24 pp. Printed wrappers.
Soft cover Fine
Die Liebhaber-Ausgaben des Insel Verlages
Leipzig 1914 8vo (22 cm), 52 opp, 8 ll. of plates. Printed wrappers. Bookplate of a previous owner. Nice copy of the Insel Verlages 1914 catalogue.
Soft cover Fine
Dzieje Oficyny Tyszkiewiczów na chronologicznym katalogu zbudowane
Nice Vittoria i Samuel Tyszkiewiczowie 1946 8vo (24 cm), one leaf of laid paper printed on both sides in black and red (little stained). Samuel Tyszkiewicz (1889-1954) was a Polish typographer, who operated private preses in Florence and Nice in 1927- 1954. This is a catalogue of the press issued in 1946 in Nice. 41 items listed. Stamperia Polacca, Prospekty 25.
Soft cover Fine
Rampant Lions Press Newsletter and Book List 1991, Autumn 1993, Summer 1995, 1997-8
Rampant Lions Press 1991 4 catalogues 8vo (21 cm). Printer's wrappers. Founded by Will Carter in 1924, the Rampant Lions Press in Cambridge, England, established itself as one of the leading letterpress workshops in the decades after the Second World War. It was not strictly a private press, but rather a small publisher of fine editions and a printer for other publishers. The press was closed in 2008.
Soft cover Fine
Rospis' rossiiskim Knigam i portretam, kotorye pri Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk v Sankt-Peterburge napechatany i v knizhnoi lavke onoi zhe Akademii bez perepletu prodaiutsia
Saint Petersburg 1773 8vo, 10 ff, 3 ff (old inscription in Russian bottom of the title, paper little rubbed at extremities, few pen marks). Two catalogues, the first of books and portraits, the second of maps and plans, which were printed by Russian Academy of Sciences and were sold in its bookshop. Svodnyī katalog 8860, 8859.
No Binding Fine
The Grey Walls Press: Catalogue of Books in Stock and Future Publications. Spring 1950
The Grey Wall Press 1950 8vo (22 cm), 36 pp. Printed wrappers (wrappers stained at the back and little dusted).
Soft cover Near Fine
Cock-a-Hoop: A Sequel to Chanticleer, Pertelote, and Cockalorum, being a bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, September 1949 - December 1961. With a list of prospectuses 1920-62
Pinner Private Libraries Association 1976 8vo (25.5 cm), 126 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket, top edge pained blue (dj little stained). Unlimited edition of the fourth an final bibliography of books printed at the Golden Cockerel Press. 33 books (no. 182-214) are described. Illustrations from the books by Robert Gibbings, Clifford Webb, John Buckland-Wright. Appended lists of General and Individual Prospectuses, Chronological list of books 1921-61 and Index of books 1921-61.
Hardcover Fine
Die Officina Bodoni: Das Werk einer Handpresse, 1923-1977
Maximilian-Gesellschaft 1979 4to (31 cm), LXI, 289 pp. Publisher's cloth, red morocco gilt-lettered label on the spine, slip-case). German edition of definitive bibliography of books printed at Officina Bodoni, a private press operated by Giovanni Mardersteig from 1922 to 1977. Edited and with an introduction by Hans Schmoller. Detailed descriptions of 198 books printed at the press in Montagnola and Verona and 49 volumes of works of Gabriele d'Annunzio. Separate sections deal with types used by the press and printer's marks. One of 1500 copies printed at Stamperia Valdonega, Verona.
Hardcover Fine
An Unrecorded Printer's Catalogue of Henri Estienne II
De Arte et Libris 1984 4to (29 cm), PP. 451-459. Printed wrappers. An offprint from "De arte et libris. Festschrift Erasmus 1934-1984", inscribed by the author on the first page. The text of unrecorded Henry Estienne II catalogue from the collection of Houghton library of the Harvard University.
Soft cover Fine Inscribed by Author(s)
