Blau Bela (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Miniature book on Presidents of the United States from George Washington through Ronald Reagan, listing the dates of their presidencies and birth and death dates, each with a facing page for collectors to add a postage or commemorative stamp of the president. With handset type, printed in red and blue ink by Bela Blau in Los Angeles, California. Bound by Bela and Mariana Blau in full blue calfskin leather over boards, with gilt lettering and image of the U.S. Capitol Building and color-illustrated endpapers depicting the Seal of the President of the United States, in slipcase covered in white paper. 2.25 x 1.625 inches; 88 unnumbered pages. Includes mounted stamps of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan. Multiple sheets of tan card stock laid in. Mild soiling to the covers and slipcase and a small pencil marking on the rear free endpaper, else clean and collectible. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase.

Condition: Good. Photocopy of Typed letter signed on Bela Blau letterhead, 8.5" x 11", Single Leaf, Very Good.Provenance: Herb Yellin (1935-2014) was the highly respected publisher and founder of Lord John Press, considered by many to be one of the most important small presses of the 20th century.

Condition: Good. Publisher's Announcement and Prospectus. 64mo. [8 pp.] Letterpress on Laid Paper, Illustrated, folded sheets. Near Fine.Fine miniature books from the press of Glen and Mary Helen Dawson and family, from Dawson's Book Shop, 1962-1993.

Condition: Good. Two Volumes in Marbled Slipcase. 64mo. [94 pp. + 24 pp. of plates] Brown Gilt-Stamped Leather, Decorative End Papers. Near Fine. Illustrated. Bound by Bela Blau; editing by Madeline Forgue; typography & design by Norman W. Forgue. Limited Edition: one of 249 copies. (Bradbury, p. 23).

Condition: Good. 64mo. 25 pp. Red Gilt-Stamped Leather. Color Illustration. Near Fine. Limited edition, hand-bound by Bela Blau. Design, production, & typography by Norman W. Forgue. (Bradbury, p. 21).

Hardback LEATHERBOUND. Condition: Fine Condition. Red leather binding is gilt decorated. In fine slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. 24pp. With a frontispiece portrait of Moses. Handset and printed by Blau. The Hebrew text is printed in tablet-shaped borders, followed by a 16-page English translation. Mild exterior rubbing, else near fine in alternate binding of full white leather with gilt outline of a tablet to upper cover. (Bradbury, p. 27). (1 by 3/4; 25x19mm).

Condition: Good. Three Volumes in Marbled Slipcase. 64mo. [67, 77, & 65 pp. + 5, 3, 7 pp. of plates] Gilt-Stamped Leather (Blue, Red, Green), Near Fine. Illustrated, mostly color. Bound by Bela Blau; production, typography & design by Norman W. Forgue. Limited Edition: one of 199 copies. (Bradbury, p. 24).

Condition: Good. 64mo. Oblong. 27 pp. Blue Gilt Leather, Fine. Calligraphy. One of 249 copies. (Bradbury, p. 23).