Books-on-Books from Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

San Francisco: Globus Publishers, 1981., 1981.. Very good. - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 6-3/8 inches wide. Softcover, printed stapled light green wraps illustrated with a map on the front cover. 61 pages, with the editors' appreciation label mounted on the verso of the front cover. Very good. "ASEEPL [Abstracts of Soviet and East European Emigre Periodical Literature]… Read more about this item

New York: PM Publishing Company, 1936-1937., 1936-1937.. Very good. - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Twelve issues, each in its original pictorial stiff wraps, bound into light indigo blue cloth with a gilt titled brown leather label within gilt rules on the spine. The cloth covers are rubbed and slightly stained and the label is… Read more about this item

Paris: Libraire de Firmin Didot Fréres, Fils et Cie., 1860-1880., 1860-1880.. - Quarto, 10-5/8 inches high by 7-3/4 inches wide. 14 volumes bound in three-quarter brown morocco & cloth, titled in gilt with raised bands on the spines, including the "octavo replacement volume" which has been bound into a similar binding of the same size as the other large… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA: Maurizio Martino, circa (1993)., (1993).. Very good. - Four octavo volumes, each 9-3/8 inches high by 6-1/4 inches wide. Bound in burgundy cloth titled in gilt on the spines. The spines are lightly faded and there is minor soiling to the bindings. The pagination is as follows: (2) ff., 588 pp., (2) ff., 648 pp.;… Read more about this item

The Advertising Typographers Association, 1965., 1965.. Good. - An original 20-1/2 inch high by 14 inch wide broadside on creamy watermarked stock. A quote from John Stuart Mill on the subject of art & science is handsomely printed in black & red with a handsome illustration of geometric forms representing science printed in red within an attractive green… Read more about this item

[The Spiral Press], (1961)., (1961).. Fine. - An 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide broadsheet, with an attached blank, handsomely printed on fine cream stock. Printed in black with the attractive Norse triskelion device printed in red beneath the title, the playful keepsake poem reads: "POME Honoring a MASTER Printer 1926-1961 / Joe Blumenthal is quite a… Read more about this item

Ann Arbor, MI: Clements Library, 1949., 1949.. Good. - Quarto [12-5/8 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide, softcover bound in printed olive green wraps. The binding is bumped with the overlapping edges of the covers creased. The spine,and the adjacent & top edges of the wraps are faded. [viii] & 55 pages. 8 full-page illustrations in black &… Read more about this item

Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks., U.K.: Kingston-upon-Hull City Council, 1982., 1982.. Good. - Quarto [11-3/4 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover. The contents are bound between a black-and-white pictorial cover sheet & a plain white rear cover sheet with a black plastic ring binder. The rear cover sheet is soiled with minor soiling to the front cover. Title & 274… Read more about this item

(Kirkland, WA): Parsimony Press, (1993)., (1993).. Fine. - Octavo, softcover bound in decorative wraps. Unpaginated, including numerous type samples with commentary by many different authors. Near fine. This book is in two separate sections, one to be read from the front cover forwards, the other to be read in the opposite direction, starting from the rear cover. At… Read more about this item

New York: Eli French, [1860]., [1860].. Very good. LARGE PAPER EDITION, ISSUED IN PARTS, INSCRIBED BY THE SUBJECT ROBERT L. STUART TO THE PUBLISHER ELI FRENCH - Quarto, 11-3/4 inches high by 8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed plain light green wraps. There are minor stains to the covers and the spine is heavily chipped. 20 pages… Read more about this item

New York: The American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1939., 1939.. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed pink wrappers with a vignette in black on the front cover. The bottom corner of the front wrap is creased with a tiny chip. Unpaginated. Very good. Catalogue for an AIGA book auction held at Sardi's restaurant in New York… Read more about this item

(Neenah, WI): Neenah Paper, circa [1988]., [1988].. Very good. - Quarto [11-1/4 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide], softcover. The contents are laid into a white stiff paper slipcase with color vignettes on the front panel. A 4-page introduction by Neenah Paper is bound in. The corners of the slipcase & the top edge of its front panel… Read more about this item

New York: Covici, Friede, 1930., 1930.. Good. - Quarto [10-5/8 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide], reddish brown cloth with a printed label on the spine. The corners of the covers are lightly bumped. The spine is darkened with its tail rubbed. The label is darkened, rubbed & chipped. [x] & 303 pages. Illustrated with numerous facsimiles in… Read more about this item

Bethany, Connecticut, circa [1941]., [1941].. Good. - Over 400 words typed on 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide onion skin paper, consisting of the minutes of the club's "Meeting held September 23 at Ed Rudge's Home in Bethany". The word "COPY" is stamped in red on the verso. Parker Allen, Harold Hugo, Carl Rollins and Ed Rudge… Read more about this item

Little Rock, Arkansas; Dayton, Ohio; et al. 1931 through 1932. [1931]., [1931].. - A collection of 12 letters penned by E. Harold Hugo addressed to Parker Breese Allen, President of the Meriden Gravure Company, chronicling Hugo's sales trips on behalf of the printing company. Hugo's letters are preceded by a March 27th, 1931 Inter-Office letter from Parker Allen to… Read more about this item

Dallas: De Golyer Library, Southern Methodist University, 2019., 2019.. Fine. - Quarto, 10-1/8 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, perfect bound in printed brown wraps with an illustration of a vintage broadside advertising Walt Whitman's books on the front cover and that of a signed portrait of Whitman on the verso. xiv, 49 & [1] pages, richly… Read more about this item

Circa [1970s]., [1970s].. Fine. - The approximately 2 inch high by 3 inch wide book label of pressman Fridolf Johnson is signed within its decorative green border "P. J. Conkwright". Near fine. After receiving a B.A. in history from the University of Kentucky, graphic designer and typographer P. J. Conkwright [1905-1986] joined the staff of the University… Read more about this item

Circa [1970s]., [1970s].. Fine. - The approximately 2 inch high by 3 inch wide book label of pressman Fridolf Johnson is signed within its decorative green border "Rollo G.Silver". Near fine. Rollo G.Silver [1909-1989] was a noted Boston book collector and a scholar of U.S. printing, typography and bibliographical studies of rare books. In addition to writing… Read more about this item

(Ossining, NY: The Moretus Press), 1987., 1987.. Very good. - Large octavo [10 inches high by 7 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wraps. The corners of the wraps are very slightly creased & there is minor soiling to the rear wrap along the spine. 56 pages. Black-and-white illustrations & pictorial ads. Near fine. Among the contents… Read more about this item

London: Sotheby's, 1994., 1994.. Very good. - Quarto [10-1/2 inches high by 8-1/8 inches wide], softcover bound in color pictorial wraps. 131 & [8] pages. Profuse illustrations in black & white with a few in color. Near fine. Catalog for an auction held by Sotheby's in London on October 19th, 1994. 183 manuscripts and artworks are listed and… Read more about this item