Published by Penmaen Press, Lincoln, MA, 1973
Seller: Ray Boas, Bookseller - Established 1980, Walpole, NH, U.S.A.
Signed
HC. B&W illustrations (illustrator). One of 200 numbered copies, and signed by Michael McCurdy. fine, brown cloth, paper spine label (hardcover) no dustjacket.
Published by Penmaen Press, Lincoln, MA, 1974
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. 4to. Publisher's brown cloth, paper spine label. Limited to 200 numbered copies signed by the artist, Michael McCurdy; this copy is #89. Letters selected from William Sewell's History of the Quakers (Philadelphia, 1856) and James Bowden's The History of the Society of Friends in America (London, 1850). Foreword by George Selleck. Five woodcut illustrations by Michael McCurdy. A lovely book in fine condition.
Published by Penmaen Press, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1974
Seller: The Corner Bookshop, Bath, ME, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. McCurdy, Michael (illustrator). Cloth covers with paper spine label. One barely visible mark on front cover, else cover and pages fine. Letter from Michael McCurdy to collector Thomas Crabbe laid in, as well as a one-page list of other publications by Penmaen Press. Last letters of the only four martyrs of the Quaker faith, hung on Boston Common for returning to the Massachusetts Bay Colony after being expelled by the Puritan authorities. Beautiful woodcuts by Michael McCurdy. Number 40 of limited-edition of 200 hand-printed copies signed by artist.
Published by Penmaen Press, Lincoln, Ma., 1973
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Brown cloth with spine label, DW, 4to., (28) pages, title-page and four full-page woodcuts by Michael McCurdy. One of 200 numbered copies set by hand in Palatino, printed in three colors on Nideggen paper, and signed by McCurdy. A fine copy in a mildly and evenly toned printed DW, in Archival mylar. Scarce with DW. Signed by Artist and Printer.
Published by Penmaen Press, Lincoln, NA, 1973
Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co., Gloucester, MA, U.S.A.
Signed
Lincoln, NA: Penmaen Press, 1973. "Last Letters of Four Quaker Martyrs." Not a maritime book, but it has to do with Quakers, who had to do with whaling. This lovely thing came in with a couple of illustrated "Moby Dicks" which I offered in past catalogs. It is letterpress printed, and features five woodcut by artist Michael McCurdy, who was also the founder of the press. This was their third productions. Fine condition in original full cloth binding with spine label, #36 in a limited edition of 200 copies, signed by McCurdy. 29.5 cm. Unpaginated (28 pp.) Titles in red and black, b/w woodcuts.
Published by Penmaen Press, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1973
Seller: Tennyson Williams Books and Fine Art, Williamsburg, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Michael McCurdy (illustrator). First Edition. (28) pages. Limited edition: number 67 of 200 copies, signed by Michael McCurdy on the colophon page. The book was designed by McCurdy and printed in letterpress, with five McCurdy wood engravings printed from the original blocks. This was the third book published by Penmaen Press. An unread copy in as-new condition, in a dust jacket that has faded from a soft olive to a uniform beige. Accompanying the book are two ephemeral items: 1) a letterpress prospectus that also includes one of the original woodcuts; and 2) a large broadside promoting the book. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SIGNED. Brown Cloth-Covered Boards.