Our latest E-list of books about the book arts has just been published. It's full of books about typography, book design, fine press printing, bookplates, and more. 

Here is the link to the full E-list:

https://mailchi.mp/90ebf03c5635/1cw4h8azg0

And here are some of the highlights:

Type Spacing, by E.R. Currier, NY: J. M. Bowles and Company, 1912, limited edition. VG. Spine cloth eroded.One of 300 copies. Brown cloth spine. 19pp. Printed paper-covered boards. Printed on cream-colored laid paper. Currier Press printer's mark and initial T on page three drawn by Frederic W. Goudy and printed in orange ink. A republication of an article by Currier which originally appeared in the August 1910 edition of The Graphic Arts magazine. Printed by Norman T. A. Munder and Company of Baltimore. Inscribed by Munder on the title page "To some good friend of Mr. John Hoyle". "...The choicest type face in the world may have its beauty or its legibility nullified by bad spacing. The tools are not superior to the workman." $100

Libro Illeggibile N. Y. 1, by Bruno Munari, NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1967. One of 2,000 numbered copies (#208). Stapled black card covers with red illustrated glossy jacket. Short descriptive text in Italian and English on rear jacket flap. Measures 8.5 x 8.5 inches. VG. Rear jacket flap creased.Artist book by the Italian designer with black and translucent pages with die-cut holes, threaded through with a red string. $400

Demonstrations of Type and Illustrations by Letterpress, Lithography and Sheet-Fed Gravure on Fine Text Papers, NY: The Canfield Paper Company, [1950]. Patterned paper-covered boards over green cloth. VG. Boards rubbed. Promotional book by Canfield Paper Company showing different appearance of the same illustrations and photos appearing on nine kinds of papers, printed through three kinds of printing methods. $25

Engraved Bookplates: European Ex Libris 1950-70, by Mark Severin and Anthony Reid, Pinner, UK: Private Libraries Association, 1972. One of 2,000 copies. 176pp. Green cloth binding. Presents over 500 bookplates (including some of Severin’s) with gazetteer and index of bookplate artists and many reproductions, review of technical symbols, bibliography. 4to. VG/VG. Boards worn, jacket faintly soiled. $65

A New E-List of Antiquarian and Collectible Children's Books

 

Old Saratoga Books has been fortunate to acquire a large collection of antiquarian and rate children's books recently. We put together an E-list of these titles for your review at this link. 

Here are a few highlights from this children's book list:

Animal Stories for Little People, NY: A.L. Burt Company, nd. Circa 1890s-1900s. Brown cloth decorated on front boards and with color inset illustration by J. Watson Davis of Asian man with long ponytail riding a bear illustrating inside story of Wang Lee. Unattributed color frontispiece of parade of animals riding bicycles. 120pp + [2]pp of publisher ads. Engravings throughout. VG. Boards lightly worn, corners rounded, pages toned, some light finger soiling. A compilation of short stories about animals ranging from orangutans to pet dogs and cats. $25

J’Apprends l’Orthographe: L’Orthographe de l’Avenir, by Mlle. H.S. Bres, Paris: Librairie Hachette, nd. Circa 1910s primary school spelling book. Text in French. Color illustrated paper-covered boards over brown cloth. 64pp. Four color plates and 256 lively engravings after Steinlein, Le Mouel, Baseilhac, and others. VG. Boards mildly worn, pages toned. Attractive linocut bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. $50

Truant Peter, NY: McLoughlin Bros, nd. Circa 1860s. Pink sewn stiff wrappers printed in red and black. Measures 6.5 x 4.5 inches. [8]pp. Vibrant color printed engravings by Cogger on each page of  text. VG. Wrappers and illustrations are remarkably bright and fresh. Some light foxing to center leaves. A title in the publisher’s Peter Prim’s series. Contains two cautionary tales in verse for young children. The first, Truant Peter, tells of a boy who skips school to go fishing, only to be pulled into the ocean by a big fish, where he is subsequently rescued by fishermen. The second story relates the story of Idle Frank, an odious boy who pulls his sister’s hair, ties a stick to his dog’s tail, and grows up to be a homeless beggar. $100.

Cartile cu Apolodor, by Gellu Naum, Bucharest: Editura Ion Creanga, 1979, first edition. Color illustrated softcover. Trippy color illustrations by Dan Stanciu. 128pp. Text in Romanian. Good. Covers worn, stain to page tops and top edge of front cover. A bizarre collection of children’s verses about the travels of a penguin named Apolodor, which include a trip to Tunis and then a tour of the United States (he is a cowboy in the West, visits the Statue of Liberty, a Ku Klux Klan meeting in St. Louis(!), and then a boat trip down the Mississippi with two black Americans.) $50

The Donkey Dick and Other Stories, by Mrs. George Cupples [Ann Jane Dunn Douglas Cupples], London: T. Nelson and Sons, nd, circa 1870s. Blue decorated cloth with title stamped in gilt on front boards. Measures 6.5x4 inches. [52]pp. Good. Second signature loose, spine cracked. A short story for young readers on each page with engraved illustration. Most stories involve moral tales about young people and animal profiles. $50