Clement Lorimer; or The Book With the Iron Clasp by Reach, Angus B - 0

London: John Lofts, c1852. Leather. Very Good. 9" by 6". George Cruikshank. An early edition of Angus Reach's popular 'bibliomystery', a thrilling Gothic novel illustrated by George Cruikshank. Illustrated with twelve engraved plates from famed caricaturist George Cruikshank. Collated, complete.An early edition of Scottish novelist and journalist Angus Bethune Reach's popular nineteenth century Gothic novel.An early English detective novel, termed 'the first bibliomystery' by American mystery editor Otto Penzler, this is a thrilling tale of poison and murder, focused on the mystery of a cursed book.First issued in monthly instalments between 1848 and 1849, and first published in book form by David Bogue in 1849.Undated; dated c1852 via Jisc and Worldcat. With the inscription of Alex Thomson Grant, 1852, to the front free endpaper.A smart copy of this illustrated Gothic novel. In a half morocco binding, with cloth covered boards. Rubbing to back strip head and tail. Contemporary inscription to front… Read More

London: David Bogue , 1849. 1st Edition. Half Leather. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cruikshank, George. 280pp. Bound in half leather with brown cloth boards. First edition full length novel of crime, mystery and modern detection. 12 full page b/w illustrations by George Cruikshank illustrate the text, including a frontispiece. Loss of the title block to the spine of the book. Marbled front and rear end papers and paste downs with some rubbing to the rear paste down. Rubbing to the leather. Splitting to the rear inner hinge, leaving the board slightly tender. However, the front board is sprung. A 3mm insect tract through the leather at the head of the spine and ever so slightly affecting edge of marbled end paper - otherwise the book is entirely free from insects tracts. Foxing to the pages and to the plates. Two separate neat period ink inscripions to the preliminary blank paper one given to Alfred Clark on his birthday and then to his daughter on her… Read More

London: David Bogue, 1849. Hardcover. Good. Etched plates [12 as listed] by George Cruikshank.. Small octavo [173x122mm] half red calf marbled boards four raised bands (spine partly split/gilt rubbed/tips worn & scuffed) vi +280pp. Coat of arm bookplate of J.Butler Bowdon of Pleasington Hall. The frontis and a few other plates slightly cropped at the lower edge, titlepage with light brown stain and adhesion marks in gutter. Some foxing/fingering, one text leaf loose and chipped to edge (no loss). Plates are unusual some being ovals in shaded surrounds but some of these have offset to the opposite text page although this does not affect readability. *This Scottish author was one of the first to make use of sensationalism in a crime novel, the book includes criminal conspiracies, mind bending drugs, victimization, and secrets from the past. This is also one of the first crime novels about race horse nobbling so that the criminal gambler may win. This is quite a scare first edition by a short lived… Read More

London: David Bogue, Fleet Street, 1849. First Collected edition. 3/4 Leather. Very Good. 18 x 12 cm. 12mo. vii (1) 280pp. Complete with 12 plates by George Cruikshank, including frontispiece. Bound in 3/4 brown leather. 5 raised bands to spine. Gilt top foredge and spine lettering. Some toning to the spine. Some rubbing to the leather. A few instances of foxing. First published serially from 1848-9.

London: David Bogue. Very Good+. 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. LITERATURE . Binding by Zahnsdorf in full tan levant morocco, sides with triple gilt fillet borders, gilt paneled back, gilt inner dentelles & gilt top. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated with 12 full-page etchings by George Cruikshank. (vi, [2], 280pp). Text & hinges tight & intact. Protected in a cloth slipcase. Archival tape reinforcement to frontis at gutter with verso of frontis facing title page; leaves clean & unmarked; plates generally free from foxing. Literature. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 280 pages .

London: David Bogue, 1849. First. Near Fine. George Cruikshank. A near fine scarce title in 1/2 maroon leather with marron marbled period boards Just slight scuffing on corners and spine ends Text has slight foxing on endpapers and frontispiece plate, but is else in excellent condition Uneven page edges suggests it may have been compiled from the separate published parts, but could also just be a product of the printer Affixed to the ffep is a presentation note from the author "With Angus B Reach's Compliments" and a London address (the author's, presumably) Very uncommon signed 280 pp.

London: David Bogue, 1849., 1849. 8vo. pp. 4 p.l., 280. 12 etched plates by George Cruikshank (incl. frontis.). full gilt-stamped ribbed calf by Bayntun, original cloth sides & spine bound in (front joint cracked). First Edition. Cohn 687.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.

New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, 1988. stiff paper wrappers printed in two colors. Bookbinding. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers printed in two colors. (16) pages. Reprint of the 1852 magazine article which had appeared in Godey's Magazine with a foreword by Robert Fleck. One of the best references to what a trade binding house looked like in the middle of the 19th century. Enhanced by 17 illustrations by Hinckley showing various scenes in the bindery. The fifth Christmas book issued by Oak Knoll.

Lunenburg, Vermont: The Stinehour Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1963. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Letters written from France and England in 1960, these describe John R. Nash's encounters and visits with engravers, book printers, and job printers in their own establishments. They form an engaging essay with sufficient detail to interest those who appreciate private press work and the personalities behind that. Nash was the former graphic arts Professor and long-time mentor of Rocky Stinehour. Has Nash's 6 ink line drawings of the people and equipment in their shops. This book is a 1963 Christmas keepsake for friends of the Press. Bound in stiff, orange, laid paper wraps. Printed fully justified in an unspecified Monotype face. This is a clean, crisp Fine copy. ; Ink line drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 27 [1] pages .

New York: R.R. Bowker Co, 1977. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xix, 288 pages. First edition. Fine in fine jacket. An excellent book with 12 articles by well-known bookman on various aspects of book collecting.

Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Co, 1951. cloth. 8vo. cloth. (ii), xviii, 418, (2) pages. First edition. Exlibrary copy. Lacking the dust jacket. Illustrated. Essays by Wroth, Warde, Dwiggins, Rogers, Ransom, Pollard, Grabhorn, Morison, Gill, Goudy and others.

Windsor, ON, Canada: Biblioasis, 2022. paperback. 8vo. paperback. 349 pages. Featured in The New York Times article "Love the Smell of Old Books? This Bookseller Would Like You to Leave." "In his grouchy, funny memoir, 'A Factotum in the Book Trade,' Marius Kociejowski writes about what a good bookstore should feel like, famous customers hes served and more....'A Factotum in the Book Trade' is memorable because a) its well-written, and b) its close in touch with the books." - Dwight Garner, The New York Times Praise for Marius Kociejowski "Kociejowski draws on all aspects of his life in these engaging, idiosyncratic personal essays . . . [that] proffer the reader equal measures of autobiography, insight and quirky charm." - Michael Dirda, Washington Post "[Kociejowski is] one of the most evocative travel writers to emerge in the last decade . . . He may well be peerless." - Maclean's "Here the charm is deep, the splendour unlaboured; the colours of history, reckoned afresh, saturate… Read More

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2015. paperback. Bookbinding. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 144 pages. Tricks of the Trade considers what is not taught - but probably should be - about binding and rebinding books. Written for competent binders and knowledgeable collectors, it brings quirky but effective binding techniques out of obscurity and into the professional repertory. Here are tricks binders can use to polish and refine their bindings, as well as suggestions for repairs that may add value to collections. Using photographs of her own bindings as illustrations, Jamie Kamph discusses decorative techniques, sources for design ideas, engineering concerns, and ways to both correct and avoid common mistakes. In addition to providing practical solutions, Kamph's advice delves into the grey area between technical discipline and artistic invention. Detailed instructions and drawings describe binding practices such as corner shaping, headbanding, rebacking, and recasing books. An extensive discussion… Read More

Berkeley: CODEX Foundation, 2021. wrappers. 5.5 x 7.75 inches. wrappers. 24 pages. Number seventeen of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. Number seventeen of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. Following Marshall McLuhan's famous quote the medium is the message this article presents the Klingspor Museum in Offenbach/Main as a unique institution representing the genre of the artists book. The Klingspor Museum is more than simply a collection of book related arts because of its foundational idea of type- and bookmaking that put tremendous emphasis on merging these two domains. The leading personality of that history is Karl Klingspor. The practice of his type foundry revolutionised the ways that trade markets, literature, and culture in general traditionally separated until then came together in the foundry. From this beginning in the foundry, Klingspor developed a collecting ethos that brought together the arts of type, writing and the book, thereby promoting the process of creation itself. Because of… Read More

New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1990. cloth. 8vo. cloth. 254 pages. The history of the book trade in Medieval London before the age of print has long remained a matter of speculation. Few records survive that name the book artisans and entrepreneurs involved with this early trade venture or that document directly their methods of producing books and creating markets for them. In this directory, C. Paul Christianson assembles an extensive body of alternative data drawn from archival documents that identifies 262 participants in the London trade during a period of 200 years. This group includes stationers, manuscript artisans (called limners), textwriters, bookbinders, parchment sellers, and other London citizens active in book production and sale. This book provides a summary of information about the independent book craftsman working in London during this period. Four appendices contain indexes, and two maps, one modern and one from the sixteenth century, illustrate the historical… Read More

Berkeley, CA: CODEX Foundation, The, 2021. Smythe sewn, Letterpress printed wrapper. 6.75 x 8.5 inches. Smythe sewn, Letterpress printed wrapper. 120 pages. This issue features: - An Interview With In Cahoots Director Macy Chadwick. - Mastery and Making: craft in support of concept the third stream, with essays by Veronika Schäpers, Russell Maret, Tobias Lange, and Didier Mutel [Transcripts from the talks at the CODEX Effect Symposium panel] - Excavation, Metamorphosis, and Eternity: Artists as Global Ambassadors of the Book. By Ruth Rogers. - Printer. By David Jury. - Extraction: The Art of the Book on the Edge of the Abyss. By Sam Pelts. - A Photo Essay of the Library of Lisa Baskin, with photos by Annie Schlechter. - MCBA Prize 2020: Traverse the starry vault. By Betty Bright (a feature on the Minnesota Center for Book Arts and the MCBA Prize). - A film review of The Booksellers and The Book Makers. By Gerald W. Cloud.

This is one of the rare "Large Paper" printings, published in 1886, marked #75 of 100. The boards are in very good condition with some minor soiling and bumps to corners. The two black 'B's' on the spine have faded. There is a ribbed spine. Owner's bookplate on FEP. Endpapers have some browning with age, otherwise the pages are bright and clean. Nineteen black and white illustrations throughout.
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