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MANUSCRIPT. New York: The Johnsonians and Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University
of Virginia, 1993, small 4to., stiff paper wrappers. vi, 42 pages. ISBN 1883631025. $25.00 $18.75
Limited to 750 copies printed by The Stinehour Press. Facsimile and transcription of the surviving portion of
Johnson's 1783 translation of Sallust's Conspiracy of Catiline. This is the first publication of this manuscript. [Order
No. 53832]
361. Woolmer, J. Howard. THE SAMURAI PRESS, 1906-1909, A BIBLIOGRAPHY. Revere, PA:
Woolmer-Brotherson Ltd., 1986, 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. xix, 70 pages. ISBN 0923506168. $25.00 $18.75
First edition. The Samurai Press was founded in 1906 at Ranworth Hall, near Norwich, by Maurice Browne,
Harold Marno, and others, with the object of publishing attractive and moderately-priced works of a
transcendental nature, chiefly poetry, by young, aspiring, and little-known authors. The Press published 30 books
during its lifetime, some of which were hand-printed on the press that was later to be used by Douglas Pepler and
Eric Gill at St. Dominic's Press at Ditchling. This bibliography describes each book published by the Press with a
photograph of each title page. Descriptions of Samurai Press catalogues, flyers and other ephemera are provided
as well as ghosts, books planned but not published, and books of other publishers listed in Samurai Press
catalogues but not so identified. Distributed by Oak Knoll Press. [Order No. 50293]
362. (Center for Book Arts) Keene, John. SEISMOSIS. New York: Center for Book Arts, 2003, 8vo.,
blue Aurora covers with embossed design, hand sewn with inner edges of covers folded and caught inside
between signatures. (16) pages. $50.00 $37.50
Edition of 150 numbered copies signed by the author and the illustrator. Printed from photopolymer plates on
Permalin Dove Gray and Vanilla Antique papers with Aurora covers. The text was set in Lucida. Drawings are by
Christopher Stackhouse; lithography of images by David Lantow; letterpress printing by Sara Parkel with
assistance by Roni Gross and CBA interns. Each of the three images was printed on a lighter color paper. The
colophon is printed on the inner flap of the back cover. [Order No. 103159]
363. Johnson, A.F. SELECTED ESSAYS ON BOOKS AND PRINTING. Amsterdam: HES & DE
GRAAF, 1970, folio, cloth. 500 pages. ISBN 9789061949503. $340.00 $255.00
Forty extensive essays on the history of printing, publishing, typefounding, type design, etc. Edited by Percy H.
Muir. Emphasis is on the sixteenth century. A very beautifully produced book: Designed by Giovanni Mardersteig
and printed at the Stamperia Valdonega, Verona. With numerous plates and illustrations. Sales rights: Available
outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers. [Order No. 103257]
364. Lasner, Mark Samuels. A SELECTIVE CHECKLIST OF THE PUBLISHED WORK OF
AUBREY BEARDSLEY. Boston: Thomas G. Boss Fine Books, 1995, 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. 128 pages.
ISBN 0964473402. $75.00 $56.25
First edition. Well printed by the Stinehour Press. A new Beardsley reference book which "resolves longstanding
ambiguities, corrects oft-repeated errors, and provides a wealth of new information." 224 items described in detail
and well indexed. Includes a section on Beardsley forgeries. [Order No. 59788]
365. Fitzgerald, Carol. SERIES AMERICANA: POST DEPRESSION-ERA REGIONAL LITE-
RATURE, 1938-1980, A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY. Including Biographies of the Authors,
Illustrators, and Editors. 2 volumes. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2009, 6 x 9 inches, 2 volumes,
hardcover, dust jacket. 1028 pages. ISBN 9781584562528. $125.00 $93.75
First edition. The thirteen series highlighted in this book were published from 1938 to 1980 and contain 163 titles,
providing a broad representation of series Americana published during this span. Taken together, the series
constitute a unique and compelling self-portrait of America, encompassing the American people, their history and
culture, and the nation's natural treasures-its mountains, plains, and lakes-over a broad sweep of time measured in
centuries. Each of the thirteen sections contains an introduction and publishing history, brief biographical sketches
of the series editors, authors, and illustrators, a precise bibliographical description of the first edition/first printing
of each title in the series, a tabulation of the number of reprints, and a listing of other works by the book's author.
Published in association with the Center for the Book, Library of Congress. [Order No. 96683]
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