[Michigan]: 1969. 18.5cm x 13cm. Blue paper wrappers stamped in black, staple bound, signed and numbered on the inside rear cover, near fine. Laid in is tri-folded letter paper with typed poem and inscription. Book of poetry by William "Bill" Miles printed for Christmas 1969. Laid in is a typed.....
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1907. First edition. 8vo. 143pp. Gray boards with red and green stamped decoration, gilt titling, and picture affixed to front cover, top edge gilt, clean and bright, illustrations by Alice Barber Stephens, pages toned, near fine. In scarce jacket with loss to.....
Kingston, Ontario: Thee Hellbox Press, 1986. Limited to 165 numbered copies this being 149. 9 x 5.5 in. Unpaginated. White paper wrappers with some smudging, sewn binding, color soft block illustrations, near fine.
Portland, Maine: The Foreside Press, 1961. Number 95 of 110. 12mo, 21pp, light blue printed self-wrapper, string-tied, lettered in red, darkening along spine and edges, very good. "Caroline's Christmas" originally appeared in Leacock's Nonsense Novels, published in 1911.The Foreside Press was an amateur press established by Marybelle and Royal Boston.....
Southern Pines, NC: The Foreside Press, 1971. first printing in limited edition. 12mo, 13pp, off-white printed self-wrapper, string-tied, lettered in red with red and green holly border, darkening along spine, very good. "Conversation About Christmas" appeared first in Picture Post in 1947 and was later merged with Thomas's "Memories of Christmas".....
Portland, Maine: The Foreside Press, 1963. first printing in limited edition. 12mo, 13pp, off-white printed self-wrapper, string-tied, lettered in red with green and gray decorative border, darkening along spine, very good. "Hoof-Beats on a Bridge" was "[r]eprinted without permission from 'Long, Long Ago' Viking Press copyright 1943 by Alexander Woolcott."The.....
[New York City] [London]: 1932. Green paper wrapss with color illustration pasted to front cover, string bound, bifolium printed in black and red ink on Vidalon paper, signed by Rackham on the first page, very good. John Barry Ryan Jr. was the grandson and heir of prominent financier Thomas Fortune.....
[Cody, WY]: [Buffalo Bill Museum], [Ca 1940s]. 6x20cm, [2]pp. Bifolium, original lithograph on front by Jackson, signed and inscribed by Mary Jester Allen on inside, toned at center fold else very good. Wonderful Pony Express Christmas card featuring "a painting by William H. Jackson presented to the Buffalo Bill Museum.....
[Racine, Wisconsin]: The Caledonia Press, 1957. 16.5cm x 11cm. Cream wrappers stamped in black and red, staple bound, some fading, leaves printed in black, red, and green, very good. Four prayers by former US Senate Chaplain Peter Miller printed as a Christmas greeting for the Curran family in 1957. Jim.....
[Goshen, CT]: 1951. 7.5" x 11". Printed on fine paper in blank ink and hand-painted, some toning, minimal wear to edges, very good. A Christmas tradition in the Madeleine and Hugh Franklin family from 1946-1963, was to create Christmas cards with original art drawn by L'Engle, that were then hand-colored.....
[Goshen, CT]: 1951. 7.5" x 11". Printed on fine paper in blank ink, uncolored, some toning, minimal wear to edges, very good. A Christmas tradition in the Madeleine and Hugh Franklin family from 1946-1963, was to create Christmas cards with original art drawn by L'Engle, that were then hand-colored and.....
[New York]: [1947]. 5.5" x 7". Original artwork on fine paper, black ink and water color, some toning, visible pencil lines and erasure marks, minimal wear to edges, very good. A Christmas tradition in the Madeleine and Hugh Franklin family from 1946-1963, was to create Christmas cards with original art.....
[New York]: [ca 1948-49]. 8" x 10.5". Printed on fine paper in blank ink and hand-painted, some toning, minimal wear to edges, very good. A Christmas tradition in the Madeleine and Hugh Franklin family from 1946-1963, was to create Christmas cards with original art drawn by L'Engle, that were then.....
[Goshen, CT]: 1956. 4" x 8.5". Printed on cardstock in blank ink and hand-painted, some toning, minimal wear to edges, very good. A Christmas tradition in the Madeleine and Hugh Franklin family from 1946-1963, was to create Christmas cards with original art drawn by L'Engle, that were then hand-colored and.....
[New York]: [1946]. 8" x 10.5". Printed on fine paper in black ink, some toning and smudging, minimal wear to edges, very good. A Christmas tradition in the Madeleine and Hugh Franklin family from 1946-1963, was to create Christmas cards with original art drawn by L'Engle, that were then hand-colored.....
Shakopee, Minnesota: Bear Publishing Co., [1981]. First edition. 8vo. 47pp. Colorful illustrated wraps, staple bound, light staining to cover, very good. From the back cover, "Folkways of Christmas is a delightful look at the variations of celebrations of Christmas in the Minnesota River Valley in the 1800s. Many of the.....
Los Angeles: The Plantin Press, 1951. 15.5cm x 10.5cm. Tan boards stamped in red, string bound, bifolium leaf printed in black and red, very good. Saul and Lillian Marks owned and operated The Plantin Press in Los Angeles from 1931 until 1985 printing over 150 books and countless other ephemera.....
1967-1999. Fred Ruffner was an American publisher, founder of Gale Research and Omnigraphics.This archive includes:[Religious Tract Society]. The Christmas Box or New Year's Gift. Detroit, Ann Arbor, London: The Singing Tree Press, 1967.Shepard, Leslie; Ruffner, Rickey. A Little Book of Tigers. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1968. Briggs, Clare. The Days.....
[1970s-1990s]. A trove of beautiful materials from the files of California bookbinder, Mel Kavin of Kater-Crafts, consisting of correspondence and other items sent to him by several renowned book artists.Includes 18 unique cards:- two by the preeminent British restoration bookbinder, Bernard Chester Middleton- one by Trevor Jones, British designer bookbinder- two by Ethan.....
Washington: Otis H. Johnson, 1938. First edition. 8vo. Unpaginated. Tan cloth boards, gilt title on cover, boards foxed, pages toned, very good. In rice paper jacket with some edgewear, very good. Card laid in, "Greetings from Mickey and Lester Douglas." Designed and directed by Lester Douglas and printed by Otis.....
Ann Arbor, Michigan: Westport House, ca 1959 - 1969. 10 bifolium cards measuring 14.5cm x 11.5cm. One book 15cm x 11cm, cardstock wraps, string bound. Some signed, some with other notes laid in. Archive of materials from Westport House, also sometimes credited as "La Presse Sous-Sol" [The Basement Press] of Wallace and.....
Tacoma, WA: H. Warner Munn, 1979. Limited to 400 copies, this being 49. 8.5" x 5.5". 13pp. White cardstock wraps, blank ink titling and decoration, staple-bound, black and white photographs throughout, near fine. Published by Munn as a Christmas greeting for friends in Tacoma where he lived near the end.....
Tacoma, WA: H. Warner Munn, 1977. Limited to 200 copies, this being 144. 8.5" x 5.5". 12pp. Green cardstock wraps, black ink titling and decoration, staple-bound, stained along the bottom, inscribed by author on half-title page in black ink, very good. Published by Munn as a Christmas greeting for friends.....
