Books On Books from Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art

New York: The Grolier Club, 2001. 24 pages. A slim exhibition catalogue of the work of book designer Philip Grushkin published to accompany a 2001 exhibition at the Grolier Club. It includes an essay on his work, some examples of his style, and lists of much of his calligraphy and book design work. The chapbook is in… Read more about this item

Lincoln, Massachusetts: Penmaen Press, 1973. 4 pages. 9 1/8" by 6 1/8". Leaflet promoting the third publication of the Penmaen Press. Front cover features an original woodcut by Michael McCurdy. Laid in are 2 items: a sheet promoting the first 5 publications of the press (2 forthcoming), and 2) a sheet promoting 3 broadsides published by the… Read more about this item

Vicksburg, Michigan: The Private Press and Typefoundry of Paul Hayden Duensing, 1984. 15 pages. Brown cardstock cover. Limited to 150 copies printed in letterpress. This is a reprint of the circa 1876 legal brief filed on behalf of the Scottish typefoundry firm of Miller & Richard to answer the charge against them of conspiracy to defraud… Read more about this item

Brooklyn, NY: Thomas Kirk, 1812. 182 pages. Full leather. Early Brooklyn imprint, printed by the first printer in Brooklyn. In very good antiquarian condition.. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good-. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Bloomington, Indiana: James A. Rock & Company, 1978. Original lithographed broadside/poster promoting the book, Subcutaneously, My Dear Watson: Sherlock Holmes and the Cocaine Habit. The broadside image is the same as the front panel of the book's dust jacket except that the latter includes the book's subtitle. The image of Sherlock Holmes holding a hypodermic needle is by… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Edwin & Robert Grabhorn, 1933. 89 pages. 8vo. Letterpress. Wedding book written by poet C. E. S. Wood and his companion (later to be his wife) suffragist Sara Bard Field for distribution to guests at the wedding of Fields' daughter and her husband Jim at "The Cats," the home of Woods. Beautifully designed and… Read more about this item

Louisville, Kentucky: Innominate Press, 1991. (16) pages. Edition limited to 60 copies handset by Blaine Lewis in Kennerley types and Bruce Rogers ornaments supplied by M&H Types. String saddle stitched chapbook that was produced as a keepsake for the 1991 annual meeting of The Typocrafters in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. Other than some minor smudging that probably can… Read more about this item

Whittier, California: Paul G. Partington, 1989. 74 pages. A useful bibliography with annotations for many entries. The book is clean and tight, with minimal edgewear. Note: pages 11 and 12 are bound in upside down.. Revised Edition. Paperback. Collectible-Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Dereham, United Kingdom: Dereham Books, 1994. 10, (29) pages. This pamphlet includes a ten-page essay and a 29-page checklist--useful to collectors of English-language Baedekers. In as-new condition.. First Edition. Paper. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Wien [Vienna]: Herbert Reichner Verlag, 1933. Frontispiece, 24 pages + 19 leaves of facsimile letterpress illustrating some examples of Ratdolt's 15th century printing--many leaves printed in red and black. With the similarly printed 12-page biographical pamphlet still in its paper band attached to the front pastedown endpaper. Limited edition: #167 of 200 copies printed. Binding is burgundy… Read more about this item

London: George Redway, 1887. xviii, 268 pages + 39 pages of the publisher's catalog. Original green cloth-covered boards. The first printing of the first edition of this collection, notable for the first appearance in book form of both the title story and "Elizabeth Brownrigge." There also is a "revised and considerably enlarged" annotated bibliography of Thackeray's works.… Read more about this item

Williamsburg, Virginia: Printing Office of Colonial Williamsburg, 1970. 15 pages. A facsimile reprint hand set in Caslon type and printed on a 200 year old press by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. It was the first in a series of reprints published by the Colonial Williamsburg Printing office. Widely considered the first book on printing published in Virginia,… Read more about this item

Clarendon, Hills: The Willow Press, 1985. 52 pages. The book is clean, tight, and bright with "Ltd. Eds" handwritten on the otherwise blank spine.. First Edition. Paperback. Fine/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Metuchen, New Jersey: Privately Printed, 1934. 8 pages. Reprinted, with revisions, from THE AMERICAN BOOK COLLECTOR for August-September 1932. Edition limited to 250 copies. A brief, but definitive, study of the first year of printing in the colony of Delaware. The pamphlet is clean, bright, and tight, printed on ivory paper that is verly lightly (and… Read more about this item

The Hague, Netherlands: Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum/Museum van het Boek, 1967. (24) pages. Number 24 in numbered limited edition of 110. Pamphlet in black wraps w/ pictorial dust jacket. Speech by his excellency William R. Tyler, Ambassador of the United States to the Netherlands, followed by a short survey of the history of the Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum/Museum van het Boek… Read more about this item

New York: The Grolier Club, 2001. 24 pages. A slim exhibition catalogue: essay on his work, some examples of his style, and lists of many of his calligraphic and book design work. A nice copy. Faint creases near spine.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Vicksburg, Michigan: The Private Press and Typefoundry of Paul Hayden Duensing, 1984. 15 pages. Brown paper cover. Limited to 150 copies. This is a brief filed on behalf of the Scottish typefoundry firm of Miller & Richard (circa 1876) to answer the charge against them of conspiracy to defraud by under vaulation at customs (in San Francisco). A very nice… Read more about this item

Paris: Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, 1972. 13 pages. Stape-bound offprint of a paper presented at "Les Techniques de Laboratoire Dans L'Etude Des Manuscrits" in Paris, September 13-15, 1972. The text of the paper is in English. The abstract is in French and repeated in German. The research reported concerns deterioration of paper in old… Read more about this item