Poltroon Press (19 results)

Stapled wraps. Condition: Fine. First edition. Catalog of books from the Poltroon Press.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Extended descriptions of books and a List at the end. (Price reduced) Slight stain at Binding discolored at back cover; Decorated at fore edge.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Nine "Typostcards" in a printed creme paper portfolio. Each displays and historically describes a book typeface used by the Poltroon Press. Fine cards in a mildly used portfolio.

Poltroon Press (illustrator). 8vo, foldout brochure. Limited to 40 copies. Type faces employed in the publications of the Poltroon Press. Foldout brochure.

Poltroon Press (illustrator). cards (approx. 5.5 x 3.875 in. / 14 x 9.8 cm.) in a folder with flaps. First Series. Revised and expanded. Eleven "typost" cards (like postcards) with a text on the reverse side describing a typeface and printed in that face.

Poltroon Press (illustrator). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (16) pages. Limited to 200 copies printed as a Keepsake for the Monotype Conference held in Cambridge, MA. A fine copy. Composed, illustrated and printed by Alastair Johnston at his Poltroon Press. Has a section entitled "Some Curious Specimens of Nineteenth-Century Types."From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied.

Condition: Good. Postcard notice printed in 2 colors with 19th Century wood-engraving of 2 talkers not paying attention to overflowing water or wine cask.

Condition: Good. BOOK CATALOGUE. 18mo. Folded Sheet, Very Good with some staining, minor creasing. Illustrated.

Condition: Good. 12mo. Post Card, Very Good with some creasing, perforation, minor edge wear. Letterpress on light card stock. Mailed to Peter Howard & Nancy Kosenka of Serendipity Books.

Decorative wrappers. A single sheet folded twice to create a booklet measuring about 7.5 x 8 inches. Text in red, decorative cuts in purple. A fine copy. This is a menu for a picnic in Berkeley, Sunday 15 April 2007. POLTROON IMPRESSIT.

Condition: Good. Folio. Letterpress Broadside. Red Ink. Illustrated. Very Good.

Condition: Good. Catalog: One 17 x 10 inch sheet folded twice to make a six-panel accordion-fold pamphlet. Illustrations by Alastair Johnson, Jess Collins, and Frances Butler. Prospectus: Cyrillic & Oriental Typography in Rome at the End of the Sixteenth Century: An Enquiry into the Later Work of Robert Granjon (1578-1590), by Hendrik D. L. Vervliet. Printed as a broadside, a 10 x 13-3/4 inch sheet of yellow paper printed in black ink with Renaissance type ornament ghosted back in red as background. All Fine.From the collection of Frederick Gale Ruffner, Jr. (1926-2014) the founder of the Detroit based reference book publisher, Gale Research.

Condition: Good. 22 x 30 cm. Letterpress On Cotton Wove with Deckled Edge, Near Fine. Illustrated.

Condition: Good. 22 x 30 cm. Letterpress On Cotton Wove with Deckled Edge, Near Fine. Illustrated.

Condition: Good. 22 x 30 cm. Letterpress On Cotton Wove with Deckled Edge, Near Fine. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dustjacket as issued. First Edition. Minor shelf wear to binding. Toning on pastedowns & endpapers. Text is unmarked.

single sheet, folded once. Poltroon Press (illustrator). 17 x 13.5 inches. single sheet, folded once. Limited to 100 numbered copies. A fine copy. With embossed bust of author on front cover, with poem inside. Colophon on back.

Hardcover. Condition: Like new. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Limited edition. [44] pp., profusely illustrated with tipped-in samples of ephemera, broadsides, etc. of the Poltroon Press, as well as calligraphy and pochoir page illustrations by Frances Butler; folio, brown cloth and decorative boards. Vinyl jacket Text contains an essay each by Alastair Johnston and Frances Butler, a bibliographical checklist of the Press, and some hilarious satire aimed at other Bay Area printers. Edition of 100 copies. This copy numbered 13/100 and signed by both authors in the colophon.

Condition: Good. Broadside. 22 x 17 inches. Edition of 300 numbered sets, edited by Louis Patler and Bill Barrett YANAGI IV. Printed in black on tan paper.Art work and design by Poltroon Press.Edition of 300 numbered copies, edited by Louis Patler and Bill Barrett.Printed at the West Coast Print Center, Berkeley, California.Description: 1 sheet ([1] pages) : illustrations ; 56 x 43 cm.Provenance: Peter Howard, Serendipity Books, Berkeley.