Welcome to my online catalogs!
Here you will find my most recent e-catalogs and also some specialty catalogs.
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All books are in very good or better condition unless otherwise noted. To see the cover of any book, please ask and I will send you a scan by email.
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Most recent e-catalog:
#66 Wine from My Garden by Miriam Macgregor. Fullerton CA: Lorson’s Books & Prints, 2000. SOLD
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Between 1993 and 2000, Miriam Macgregor wrote and illustrated 3 exquisite books for Lorson’s Books & Prints, all focused on gardening. Each was letterpress printed by the Whittington Press in both regular and deluxe editions. Today’s offering, Wine from My Garden, is copy III of 50 deluxe copies, bound in gilt-stamped red leather with fifteen beautiful hand-colored wood engravings of wine-related activities. In addition, there’s a suite of 15 unbound proofs in a red raw silk portfolio. The book and portfolio nest perfectly in a matching raw silk clamshell box. A charming ensemble in flawless, as new condition.
Several other noteworthy offerings in Catalog 88:
- #2 Barbara J. Raheb’s children’s classic Peter Rabbit Pop-Up with 5 hand-colored pop-up illustrations
- #17 St. Onge’s Wild Apples, one of his most beautiful books designed by the world-famous Bruce Rogers SOLD
- #28 London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1851 by the Company of Stationers in truly fine condition SOLD
- #29 A 2-volume cased set published by Caroline Brandt, “The Shame is Ours” and Huck Finn’s Greatest Adventure
- #30 The Book of Nouns, published in 1806, an extremely RARE illustrated spelling book
- #45 Harris Brothers’ Bijou Language of Flowers, a Victorian charmer with hand-colored frontispiece
- #84 Selected Work of Paul Ashbrook (1867-1949), one of Ward Schori’s most beautiful books SOLD
As this most newsworthy year draws to a close, my sincere thanks and appreciation to all of you for your support and friendship. May your 2021 be happy, healthy and prosperous!
Previous e-catalogs:
Specialty Catalogs by Publisher:
Breed, Butler & Co ~ Breed & Lent
Jack R. Levien / Trader’s Press
Junipero Serra Press ~ El Camino Real Press
Western Publishing Company (Little Little Golden Books)
Miscellaneous:
Specialty Catalogs by Category:
Almanacs by E. T. Hazeltine & Piso