Special Press & Fine Bindings from Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA

New York: Bedouin Press, 1980. Original Wrappers. Fine binding. 16mo. [8] pp. Limited edition, number 80 of 150 copies, signed by Bly at the colophon. As issued, sewn in heavy gray, textured paper wrappers with title stamped in blind. A charming presentation, printed in two colors with an unattributed frontispiece woodcut.

(Tannerville, NY): printed by Leonard Seaston at the Tideline Press, 1976. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Quarto. [64] pp. Limited edition, number 8 of 75 copies, signed by Crane on the colophon. As issued, in quarter cream paper with gray paper over boards; the body of the text is printed on the recto of each page with a… Read more

Boston: printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press for R. H. Hinkley Company, 1908. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. Octavo. Volume I: [viii], 284, [2]; II: [viii], 251, [3]; III: [viii], 274, [2]; IV: xiv, 247, [3] pp., plates, Limited edition, number 4 of 555 copies. Full bound in publisher's deluxe full pigskin deeply stamped in… Read more

San Francisco: James Linden Editions, 1989. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. Oblong folio. [28] pp. First separate edition, one of 77 copies from an edition of 87. Printed on Rives BFK and stitched into burgundy covers with a printed paper title label; three photographs are dry mounted and each signed below by Mundy. The covers are a trifle… Read more

Harper Woods, MI: Adagio Press, 1967-68. Near Fine binding. Octavo. [24] pp. Limited edition, number 53 of 248 copies. As issued, sewn into stiff, printed wrappers; 2-page introduction followed by 22 pages of printed flourished, brackets, ornaments, and borders printed in black, gray, red, blue, and brown on heavy wove paper; colophon printed inside the rear wrapper.… Read more

Waltham St. Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1927. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/near Very Good dust jacket. Octavo. [4], 128 pp. Limited Edition, number 240 of 500 copies on English hand-made paper. As issued in blue buckram titled in gold on the spine in printed orange dust jacket. A very fresh copy with just a touch of sunning at… Read more

London: Folio Society, 2008. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Folio, 17" x 12" x 3". [4 (blank)], iv, 559 pp. Full-sized facsimile. As issued in brick buckram with gilt stamping on the front board and spine with a design after William Morris; the laid paper is purpose made at… Read more

W. Thomas Taylor | Bird & Bull Press, 1980. Quarter Leather. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. 108, [2] pp. Limited edition, number 259 of 350 copies. Backed in yellow levant goat with patterned paper over boards with leather tipped corners; leather is a trifle soiled or sun-darkened else nearly fine. A beautifully printed bibliography for what is now the… Read more

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2012. Full Leather. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. [8], 732 pp. As issued, in teal leather with elaborate gold-stamped illustration of 7 Eccles Street; all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers and satin ribbon marker; Collector's Notes laid in. A very nice copy with some very minor scuffing to the gilt edges.

Oxford: Printed by the Shakespeare Head Press for Basil Blackwell, 1930. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. Single bifolium (4 pp.). Prospectus for the 5-volume set issued by the Shakespeare Head Press in an edition of 500 copies on Batchelor's Shakespeare Head handmade paper printed with Bruce Rogers's Centaur type. This bifolium printed on the same paper as the… Read more

Oxford: Alembic Press with Peter and Donna Thomas, 1990. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. Half-sheet octavo. 25, [7] pp. Limited edition, number 103 of 114 copies. As issued, sewn on thick parchment thongs with calligraphic writing mimicking manuscript waste, and laced into heavy handmade paper wrappers with printed paper title label on the front cover. Printed in blue… Read more

Oxford: Printed by the Shakespeare Head Press for Basil Blackwell. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. Octavo. [4] pp. Single bifolium prospectus printed on all four pages. A nice announcement for the 20-volume Standard Library Editions of the works of the Brontes, printed by the Shakespeare Head Press. While the Press is most known for its fine press editions,… Read more

London: Vale Press | Hacon & Ricketts printed at the Ballantyne Press, 1902. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Demy octavo. clxxxiii, [3] pp. Limited Edition, one of 310 copies. Bound as issued in full white buckram with title stamped in gold on the spine; printed in black in the Vale font with 6 illustrations designed and engraved by… Read more

London: Vale Press | Hacon & Ricketts printed at the Ballantyne Press, 1901. Hard Cover. Good binding. Demy Octavo. xxx, [1 (colophon)], [1 (blank)] pp. Limited Edition, one of 310 copies. As issued in holland backed boards with printed title label on the front board. Text is printed in black in the Vale font; full-page border and 10-line… Read more

Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press for Basil Blackwell, (1930). Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. Bifolium announcement with four unnumbered printed pages, the final page being a specimen page. An uncommon announcement for the Shakespeare Head Press edition of Bede's history which was printed in an edition of 450 copies on Batchelor's Kelmscott handmade paper. A bright copy with… Read more

Oxford: Printed by the Shakespeare Head Press for Basil Blackwell, 1930. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. Octavo. [16] pp. Stapled pamphlet, though the staples have been removed and there is some discoloration from the staples in the central folio, so it was perhaps a wise decision to remove them. An uncommon list of the works printed by the… Read more

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1999. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. Octavo. First Edition, signed by Buckley, as issued. A fresh copy still in publishers shrink wrap; edge gilding is bright and corners are sharp. Will remove from shrink wrap for serious inquirers if interior information/condition confirmation is required.

Stratford-upon-Avon: Printed by Shakespeare Head Press for Basil Blackwell, 1924. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Fair dust jacket. Quarto. xl, 189, [3] pp. Limited Edition, number 23 of 375 copies on Batchelor's handmade paper (another 3 were printed on vellum). Rubricated title page, printed in black throughout with head-pieces at the beginning of each of the books. As issued,… Read more

Oxford: Printed by Shakespeare Head Press for Basil Blackwell, 1930-1932. Half Leather. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. Quarto. Vol I: [8], 307 (signature "t" repeats pp. 137-144, as issued), [1 (blank)]; II: [8], 252; III: [8], 221, [3 (blank)]; IV: [8], 241, [7 (blank)]; V: [8], 262, [2 (blank)]; VI: [8], 416; VII: [8], 241, [3 (blank)]; [12], 280… Read more

Oxford: Printed by Shakespeare Head Press for Basil Blackwell, 1933. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. Quarto. [4], xxviii, 316; [4], 373, [3] pp. Limited edition, number 107 of 350 copies; printed in red and black Caslon with woodcuts reproduced from Wynkyn de Worde's folio of 1498. The edition was variously bound in half morocco or much less commonly… Read more