Search Results: Authors starting with B from Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1949. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. A listing of individuals with brief commentary on their situation. Text includes A. R. Tommasini and former Minnesota state senator and judge Earl Gustafson. Text lists photographer as William Miner, but contains no photographs. Fading on spine. Fading, creasing and small tears along edges of paper wrappers.

N.P.: n.p., n.d.. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 397-401+(1) pages. Reprint fromThe WIliam and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. II, No. 4, October 1945. A description of early American holdings at the Yale University Library, written by James T. Babb, former Librarian of Yale University. Back wrapper soiled. Very light crease down the center of front wrapper. Light shelf wear.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1931. cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut, slipcase. McFee, William. 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut, slipcase. xxvi, 126 pages. With an Introduction and Notes by William McFee. Limited to 360 numbered copies. Definitive work to-date on McFee. Spine faded as usual.

New Haven, CT: Yale University, 2005. stiff paper wrappers. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 78 pages. Books tell us many things beyond what their authors write in them. Single copies of books, for instance, often reveal their particular history, who owned them, who read them, who gave them as gifts, how they changed hands over the years. This catalogue of the Beinecke Library exhibition, A Book of Her Own, explores an unusual aspect of book history: all of the books in the display, based on various sorts of evidence contained in the books, were owned by women before the year 1700.

New Haven: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 1994. paper wrappers. Aldine Press. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. (vi), 83, (3) pages. Nicely illustrated catalogue of books relating to one of the earliest presses to publish Greek texts. Fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted.

New Haven, CT: Yale University, 1994. stiff paper wrappers. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 83 pages. Exhibition Catalogue of the many Greek manuscripts that were on display at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library in 1994 and then later at the Grolier Club. The exhibition celebrated the five-hundredth anniversary of the Aldine Press, which was founded in 1494 by the famous Italian printer Aldus Manutius. Manutius wanted to promote the Greek culture in his printings as well as Latin and Italian classics through his publishing. Black and white illustrations.

(Mansfield Centre: Martino Fine Books, 1999. cloth. Newton, Isaac. small 4to. cloth. xiv, 229 pages. With an Introduction by Roger Babson Webber. Reprint of the 1950 first edition which was limited to 750 copies and was published in New York by Herbert Reichner. Describes 606 works including Newton's complete opera but also including biographies, portraits, medals and coins relating to Newton. Each item is meticulously described including bindings and notes of historical significance. The supplement of 1955 is not being reprinted.

New York: The Composing Room, n.d.. printed on both sides. Type Specimens. foldout to a folio. printed on both sides. In envelope with Franklin's picture. Facsimile of this early type specimen. A near fine copy.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1964. brochures inserted in mailing envelope. Book Club of California. 8½ x 10 inches. brochures inserted in mailing envelope. 9 4-page folders. Printed in an edition limited to 1000 copies. (Olmsted p.53.). A fine set. A complete set of this series of Keepsakes from the Book Club of California. Major Bache was a lighthouse inspector on the west coast in the 1850s; as he inspected the lighthouses, he made sketches of them. Two of the drawings are now in the Smithsonian; the others have disappeared and have been reproduced from photographs. These lovely keepsakes thus provide a fascinating and otherwise unavailable record of the early California lighthouses. The series was edited by John A. Hussey and printed at the Tamal Land Press. Each folder contains a tipped-in colored reproduction and text written by authorities on these lighthouses. Addressed to Carey Bliss.

(Shanty Bay, Ontario, Canada): Shanty Bay Press, 2016. quarter cloth over illustrated paper-covered boards, clamshell is cloth-covered boards with a hand-printed paper spine label. Shanty Bay Press. small folio, clamshell is folio. quarter cloth over illustrated paper-covered boards, clamshell is cloth-covered boards with a hand-printed paper spine label. v, 21, (2) pages. Privately printed in an edition of 35 numbered copies signed by both artists. Prospectus loosely inserted. A fine copy in fine clamshell box. From the artist: "I have been obsessed for decades with representing the female form. I have used all the media at my disposal: drawing, painting, sculpture and now, with this project, the book. Of great interest to me is the subject of Venus, in all her manifestations, and particularly her birth. Its understandable that I would also begin a love affair with the bathers motif from the late 19th and early 20th century. My first drawings and pastels of the bathers motif go back to the early… Read More

(Shanty Bay, ON, Canada): Shanty Bay Press, 2010. quarter cloth with Japanese paper-covered boards, slipcase. Shanty Bay Press. 10 1/2 x 15 inches. quarter cloth with Japanese paper-covered boards, slipcase. (iv), x, 52, (6) pages. First edition, limited to 60 numbered and signed copies of which 55 were available for sale. Prospectus loosely inserted. Fine in fine slipcase. Completed in January 2011. The book is hand-set using Deepdene on 200 gsm Arches cover, it is quarter bound in cloth and Somegami paper and is housed in a cloth-covered slipcase. It has been designed jointly by Janis Butler and Walter Bachinski. Four fill page pochoirs and eight multi-colored linocuts created and executed by Walter Bachinski. printing on a Vandercook Universal 1 and binding were done by Janis Butler. There were 55 copies published. This one, number 30, signed by Walter Bachinski and Janis Butler on the Colophon page. Many artists, writers, dancers, and musicians of the late 19th and early 20th centuries… Read More

(Shanty Bay, Ontario, Canada): Shanty Bay Press, 2019. full cloth, paper illustration on front cover, hand-printed paper spine label, cloth slipcase. Shanty Bay Press. small folio. full cloth, paper illustration on front cover, hand-printed paper spine label, cloth slipcase. 60 pages. First edition, limited to 33 copies of which this is one of 30 numbered copies signed by both artists available for sale. Prospectus loosely inserted. A fine copy in fine slipcase. From the artist: "Our latest book, and also the most personal from my perspective, is about my approach to the making of still life. The pochoir illustrations are variations on still lifes that I have done over the years and that I consider to be important to me as an artist. Walter Bachinski and Janis Butler are pleased to announce the publication of STILL LIFE in March of 2019. The title reflects Bachinskis interest in the genre of still life and the text is written as a personal reflection on the importance of this art form.… Read More

(Shanty Bay, Ontario, Canada): Shanty Bay Press, 2022. full cloth, illustration on front cover, hand-printed paper spine label, cloth slipcase. Shanty Bay Press. square 4to. full cloth, illustration on front cover, hand-printed paper spine label, cloth slipcase. 68 pages. First edition, limited to 30 numbered copies signed by both artists, of which 25 were available for sale. Prospectus and Addenda slip loosely inserted. A fine copy in fine slipcase. The text consists of 14 poems by renowned Canadian poets reflecting their interest in nature and the landscape. The selection ranges from earlier poets, such as Bliss Carmen and Pauline Johnson, to poems which we consider more recent, including Daryl Hind, Margaret Atwood and Roo Borson. From the artist: "For three decades Janis and I have been drawing and painting in the area in northern Ontario which starts in Killarney Provincial Park, moves westward along the La Cloche Mountains and the north shore of Lake Huron to the Algoma highlands. I am… Read More

Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation, 1988. stiff paper wrappers. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. vii, 135 pages. Deldot Archaeology Series, No.69. Illustrated.

Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation, 1990. stiff paper wrappers. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. vi, 123 pages. Deldot Archaeology Series, No.80. Illustrated. Loosely inserted is a Site Map.

New York: Cooper-Hewitt and Washington: Smithsonian, 1992. stiff paper wrappers. Bookbinding. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. ix, 149 pages. Reprint of first edition. A series of essays by different authors on the subject. A fine copy.

Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1978. original red cloth. Women. 8vo. original red cloth. xxx, 323 pages. First edition. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted.

Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto, 1998. cloth, dust jacket. Illuminated Manuscripts. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 240 pages. Ten Centuries of Manuscript Painting in the British Library. First North American edition. A fine copy in fine jacket. Chronological survey of illustrated manuscripts from 7th-17th century Europe and the Middle East in the British Library. Color illustrations for each entry.

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1984. stiff paper wrappers. Art. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 216 pages. Table of contents, list of authors of catalogue entries, preface, list of lenders, acknowledgments, photographic acknowledgments, introduction by Simon Keynes, bibliography, suggestions for further readings. Color and black and white illustrations throughout.

Oxford: Phaidon, 1979. cloth, dust jacket. Illuminated Manuscripts. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 80 pages. First edition. With 70 illustrations including 28 in color. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted.