Printer's Abecedarium

Boston: David R. Godine. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1974. 1st. hardcover. Tall 8vo, 64 pp. .

Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher, (c. 1974). hardcover. Fine /good +. Quarto, (approx. 6" wide by 10 1/4" tall) dark blue cloth covers, unpaginated. Dust jacket has a little wear at edges. "Each Gothic letter has been freely adapted from the illuminated initials found in the Yale Library copy of the Catholicon, thought to have been printed by Gutenberg at… Read more about this item

London: The Bodley Head, 1975 4to (36 cm), title in color, foreword and 27 illustrations (26 letters and an ampersand) with comments on facing pages. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj slightly frayed at extremities). From the blurb: "Alphabet books, those fascinating compilations of facts, figures, and fancies, have a long and distinguishing history. This particular example is unashamedly… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: David R. Godine, Publisher, (1974).. (1974).. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in decorative green wraps. The extremities are rubbed & the wraps are lightly bumped. Unpaginated. 27 full-page illustrations [26 decorative letters of the alphabet & an ampersand]. Near fine. <p>Edited by Susan C. McCrillis.<p>In his abecedarium, John McCrillis has created his own pantheon of great printers,… Read more about this item

Boston: David R. Godine, (1974).. First edition.. [68 pp]. A few spots of foxing to fore-edge, else fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with some faint sunning to front panel. Edited by Susan C. McCrillis. SIGNED by publisher Godine on the half-title page.

D. R. Godine. Used - Very Good. 1974. Paperback, 8vo, unpaginated, illus. Spine sunned. Minor edge-wear to wraps. Sound internals. Very good. (Subject: Books on Books.)

Boston: David R. Godine, 1974. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. Not paginated. Edited by Susan C. McCrillis. First edition. A near fine copy. Set by hand by McCrillis; each initial is on a full-page and done in two colors.

London: The Doley Head, 1975. [60], colored illus., original blue cloth.

D. R. Godine. Paper Back. Very Good/Very Good. Pagesare very clean and bright with no markings. Binding is tight and square. Minor to moderate rubbing to the edges and corners of the DJ. DJ is now protected by a mylar cover.