Charles Morris John Depol (11 results)

Condition: Very good. New York: Privately printed, 1962. 1962. Very good. - Octavo, teal cloth with a vignette in gilt on the front cover in original glassine. The glassine is darkened with its top edge lightly chipped. vi & pages [7]-33 plus colophon. Illustrated with color wood- engravings by John DePol. Very good. A keepsake cooperatively produced in connection with the celebration of Printing Week in New York, 1962, the 256th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin, printer. The introduction is by Charles V. Morris.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. [29] pp., illustrated, small 8vo, stapled card wrappers. Twenty wood engravings by John DePol that appeared in 16 edtions of the Printing Week Library of Benjamin Franklin published for the celebration of Printing Week in New York, 1953-1969. Very good copy; light wear around wrapper edges; mild uneven toning to wrappers.

Soft cover. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. DePol, John (illustrator). (1974). 39 pages, wood engravings by John DePol, one of 700 copies of a Christmas Keepsake, red wraps stamped in white, 5 1/4 x 3 1/2", printed presentation slip inserted. Very fine in original mailing envelope. An essay about Poor Richard which had been published in 1960 for the New York Printing Week Celebration.

Soft cover. Condition: Collectible-Fine. DePol, John (illustrator). 1st Edition. No. 113 of 700 copies. 120 copies were printed for Roxburghe Club members, numbered 101-220. No. 28 in A. R. Tommasini's Christmas Keepsakes series. Original publisher's white wrapper. 3 5/8" x 5 1/4." Twenty-eight pages, complete. Red illustration of Benjamin Franklin seated on a chair on front cover. Impressed "art" (A. R. Tommasini's initials) emblem on front cover. Original card laid-in: "This little book, number twenty-eight in a series of Christmas keepsakes, comes to you with sincerest best wishes for your happiness, good health, good cheer at Christmas and in the New Year ahead from A. R. Tommy Tommasini." Pages are clean; binding is tight. Very tiny, faint smudge on front cover and a couple on the back. A clean, fine copy. Under Acknowledgments: "B. Franklin/Innovator, was first published as a keepsake in connection with the 1961 New York Printing Week Celebration on the occasion of the 255th Anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin." This book briefly describes the innovations and accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin chronologically: The Junto, Pennsylvania Gazette, First Subscription Library in America, Philadelphische Almanack, The Union Fire Company, "Associators," Pennsylvania Academy, Pennsylvania Hospital, Albany Plan of Union, First Postmaster General, and diplomat.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. DePol, John (illustrator). One of 700 copies printed and one of 130 copies printed for the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco. Original publisher's white paper wrappers with blue lettering on spine. Blue and red lettering and blue illustration of the Liberty Bell on front cover. Pamphlet in original printed manila envelope hand-addressed in black ink by A. R. Tommasini. Addressed to "Mr. Mark J. [Hanrahan?]" of San Francisco. Envelope has two blue and white 7-cent Benjamin Franklin stamps in upper-right corner on front of envelope. Printed holiday greeting from Tommasini laid in. Book: 3 1/2" x 5 1/4." Envelope: 4" x 6 1/2." Twenty-eight pages, complete. Blue and white illustrations by John DePol, complete. Pages and covers are pristine and intact. Binding is tight. A Fine copy. A reprint of one of Isaac Asimov's "dreams" in which he was visited by Benjamin Franklin. They both lament the disarray of American politics in 1976, but Franklin proposes a plan to bring harmony to the United States and the world on the United States' bicentennial. Front colophon: "This is twenty-ninth in a series of Christmas keepsakes for the friends of A. R. T." Excerpt from back colophon: "Seven hundred copies of this keepsake have been printed in December, 1976, for the friends of A. R. Tommasini. . Of the 700 copies printed, 130 copies have been reserved for members of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, and are numbered from 101 to 230; This is copy number 141.".

DePol, John (illustrator). Small 8vo, pp. vi, 9-22. Illustrations by John DePol in dark green and rose. Cover printed in rose with white illustration. Cover a bit faded at spine, slightly scuffed at corners and on interior edges, o/w a VG tight copy. Colophon reads: "This Keepsake is the cooperative work of Designed by Lewis F. White of the Privy Council Press. Illustrations are wood engravings by John DePol of the Endgrain Press. Typesetting by M. J. Braumwell, Typography. Printed by Tri-Arts Press, Inc. Platemaker is Flower Steel Electrotype Comaany, Inc. Binding by J. F. Tapley Company, Inc. The text and cover paper is Mohawk Superfine from Mohawk Paper Mills, Inc., Cohoes, N.Y.".

DePol, John (illustrator). Small 8vo, pp. vi, 9-22. Illustrations by John DePol in dark green and rose. Cover printed in rose with white illustration. Cover a bit faded at spine, slightly scuffed at corners and on interior edges, o/w a VG tight copy. Colophon reads: "Typophiles Monographs Number 63. This Keepsake is the cooperative work of Designed by Lewis F. White of the Privy Council Press. Illustrations are wood engravings by John DePol of the Endgrain Press. Typesetting by M. J. Braumwell, Typography. Printed by Tri-Arts Press, Inc. Platemaker is Flower Steel Electrotype Comaany, Inc. Binding by J. F. Tapley Company, Inc. The text and cover paper is Mohawk Superfine from Mohawk Paper Mills, Inc., Cohoes, N.Y.".

Soft cover. Condition: Collectible-Fine. DePol, John (illustrator). 1st Edition. No. 114 of 700 copies. 120 copies were reserved for Roxburghe Club members, numbered 101-220. No. 27 of A. R. Tommasini's Christmas Keepsakes series. Original publisher's red wrapper with a white illustration of a street lamp on the front cover. 3 1/2" x 5 1/4." Thirty-nine pages, complete. Original card laid-in: "This keepsake comes to you with Holiday Greetings from A. R. Tommasini." Colophon in back with information on the book's printing and the edition number. Pages and wrapper are clean; binding is tight. A pristine, fine copy. This book briefly covers some of Benjamin Franklin's inventions chronologically: the lightning rod, storage battery, electrical machine, fireplace, street lamp, armonica, bifocals, and the stove. Under Acknowledgments: "B. Franklin, Inventor, was first published as a keepsake in connection with the 1960 New York Printing Week Celebration on the occasion of the 254th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin.".

hardcover. Condition: Fine. John DePol (illustrator). Inscibed by illustrator, John DePol. Always securely packed. Professional booksellers since 1994. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Condition: Good. 8vo. [29] pp. Stapled Wraps. VG. Color illustrations. "This keepsake is a portfolio of 20 selected wood engravings from one hundred and fifty illustrations by the celebrated wood engraver John DePol. They appeared in the 16 editions of the Printing Week Library of Benjamin Franklin Keepsakes published in connection with the celebration of Printing Week in New York, 1953-1969"--Page facing title page. From the Collection of the Book Designer Philip Grushkin (1921 - 1998). First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Large 12mo. Unpaginated circa 32 pages. Numerous brown/red & grey wood cut style illustrations. Publisher's pale brown cloth covers, white drawing man sitting in chair surrounded by scrolls on front, gilt lettering on spine. Original glassine dw. White eps.Covers : faint fade to spine, very slight rubs edges of top of spine. Dw : small chips top/bottom spine & front top corner. Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed. VG+/VG.