New York: WM. E. Rudge's Sons, 1945. Hardcover. First Edition. 71 pp. 4to. Black cloth boards with silver titling to cover and spine. No dust jacket, as issued. Interior pages have light age toning from age. Housed in original black cloth covered slipcase. [Purcell 14].
An amazing treatise, with numerous examples of how Merle Armitage designed a book, including 11 ideas and suggestions that grace the front pastedown. Armitage's designs, at times, were ground breaking in book design and this volumes lets one into the creative process as he practiced it for decades. Produced in an edition of 5,000 copies, 2,000 were bound in wraps, this is one of the 3,000 hardcover copies with a slipcase. Fine. More

Detroit, MI: Detroit Public Library, 1942. Wraps. First Edition. 16 pp. 8vo. Blue paper wraps with a white paper label pasted from rear to front on which the title is printed in red and black. Very minor scuffing, clean within. Endpapers illustrated with red silhouettes of fighting ships from Armitages book, "United States Navy" published in 1940. Laid in is a sheet indicating that this is Keepsake No. 71 from The American Institute of Graphic Arts.
A simple and delightful design by Armitage of this little pamphlet listing his work contained within the Detroit Library and the focus of an exhibition from August 17 - September 19, 1942. A jewel! OCLC shows holdings in only 6 institutions. Very Good. More

Salt Lake City, UT: Ken Sanders Rare Books, 2005. Wraps. Limited Edition. 8 pp. Dark red paper covers that resemble a bookplate. Clean and crisp within.
Produced in an edition of 126 copies, 100 numbered copies and 26 casebound, this is copy #36 of the numbered edition and signed by the author at the colophon. Printed by Jason Davis at the verdant press. Fine. More

New York: Christie's, 1988. Wraps. First Edition. 185 pp. 4to. Light bumping at edges. Clean within.
Auction catalog for the Legendary rare book dealer, John Fleming (1910-1987). Very Good. More

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1975. Wraps. First Edition. 40 pp. Oblong 8vo. Very slight wear, clean within. Very Good. More

Dallas, TX: Book Club of Texas, 2014. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 59 pp. 8vo. Gray cloth boards with gold embossed logotype of the subject of the volume on the cover, gold titling to spine. No dust jacket, as issued.
An illuminating look at the life of Franklin Gilliam, longtime proprietor of the Brick Row Bookshop and Franklin Gilliam Books. Inscribed to a previous owner by the editor, John Crichton. Published in an edition of 350 copies. Fine. More

Chester Springs, PA: Dufour Editions, Inc., 1969. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 240 pp. 8vo. Scuffing to dust jacket, some staining, small closed tear at upper left corner of front panel, now in mylar cover. Some stainng to foredge, clean within.
A survey of the work of the following presses: Daniel, Kelmscott, Vale, Eragny, Ashendene, Essex House, Doves, Golden Cockerel, Gregynog, and Shakespeare Head. Fine / very good. More

Los Angeles, CA: Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, 1958. Hardcover. Revised Edition. 87 pp. 8vo. Minor scuffing and light soiling to the yellow paper boards. Printed red paper label attached to the front cover, bumping to corners, cover paper has split along hinge at front cover, now in protective mylar dust jacket.
This edition was revised and enlarged by Lawrence Clark Powell. This edition was printed in an edition of 1,000 copies and is signed by Powell at the colophon. Good. More

New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., 1936. Hardcover. Limited Edition. iii, 203 pp. 8vo. Age toning to the dust jacket with a split halfway down the hinge at the rear panel, losses and chipping at edges, very brittle and now in mylar cover. Blue cloth boards with gold blue embossed titling that matches the dust jacket, gold stars across the head of the front and rear boards, blue stars across the foot of the rear board, some age toning at edges of boards. Very clean and tight within. [Purcell 39].
Published in an edition of 1,000 copies. Very Good / Good. More

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1995. Hard Cover. First Edition. x, 350 pp. 8vo. Clean and crisp copy with dust jacket in a mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More

Chicago, IL: A.C. McClurg & Company, 1929. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. xii, 300 pp. Original glassine dust jacket has small chips, tears, and losses. brown cloth boards with gold titling to cover board and spine, clean and crisp within. Original paper covered slipcase has small chips and scuffs, in Very Good condition.
An early biography of the great library benefactor, Edward Everett Ayer (1841-1927). Everett was one of the founders of the Newberry Library to which he donated his personal collection of approximately 50,000 items between 1897 and 1911. Fine. More

Ann Arbor, MI: Arbor Libri Press, 1995. Hardcover. First Edition. 146 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with the dust jacket in a mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More