Ritchie Ward Foreword (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Original publisher's black-and-white patterned paper-covered boards backed with black cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Paper on boards features a black-and-white grid pattern. Turquoise illustration of a cow skull and anchor (pressmark of the Ward Ritchie Press engraved by Paul Landacre) on front cover. 6" x 9 1/2." 171 pages, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. Index in back. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning. Covers are virtually pristine and intact except for some age toning on paper-covered boards and slight rubbing on cloth backing. A crisp, clean, Fine copy. An autobiography by Ward Ritchie (1905-1996), an American printer, book designer, author, and book collector. He founded the Ward Ritchie Press in 1935 and was a notable figure of the Southern California printing community. Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. Among the many people and subjects Ritchie talks about in his memoir are Bill Jackson, Benjamin Stelter, Carlyle MacIntyre, Alice Millard, the Grabhorns, John Henry Nash, Clyde Browne, Francois-Louis Schmied, Francis Meynell, Rockwell Kent, Jake Zeitlin, Primavera Press, William Addison Dwiggins, Katherine Frazier, Cummington Press, Frederic Goudy, Scripps College Press, and Gloria Stuart.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Approx. 6 1/8" wide by 8 7/8". Title is given as it appears on the title page. On the front cover the wording is merely Moxon, Carey S. Bliss. ; 33 pages.

Second edition (unstated but per original edition being issued in 1938). xii, 127 pages. Hardcover: H 22.25cm x L 13.75cm. Dust jacket well toned; some soiling, chips, nicks, and abrasions; crease and 3.5cm tear at bottom of rear panel; tear at head of front flap fold; front flap is price-clipped. Beige cloth; small stain below spine center. Ink ownership inscription on front pastedown partially hidden underneath front flap; interior pages remain clean. Binding is firm. With Foreword by Ward Ritchie and b/w illustrations. Features four chapters: "The Forgotten Characters of Old San Francisco" by Robert Ernest Cowan (pages 3-59); "Bummer and Lazarus" by Anne Bancroft (pages 61-89); "Personal Recollections of Norton I" by Addie L. Ballou (pages 91-103); "A Portrait Gallery of Emperor Norton I" (pages 105-127). …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Ix, 171 Pp. Black Cloth Over Decorated Boards. Inscribed By The Author To One Of The Foremost South Pasadena Library Volunteers. Fine. With A Program Also Inscribed To Her From A Person Associated With The Library, Also With A Newspaper Clipping Of Ritchie's Obituary From The Los Angeles Times. Photographs (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s).…

Black Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. One Of 1000 Copies Of This Trade Edition. A Well-Preserved Copy, Just A Touch Of Rubbing, With Light Chipping To Bottom Of Printed Paper Spine Label But No Loss Of Text; Bookplate Of The Rasmussens, Printers In Santa Ana, Ca At The Dragon Bindery, With Their Dragon Logo At Center. Illustrations In Text (illustrator).…

Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Collection of memoirs by various women parishioners from Goolwa Church of Christ. Edited by Mary Ward. Foreword by Ann Ritchie. Illustrated with b&w photographs & drawings. Illustrations by Fay Neighbour & Gina Hunt. This copy is signed & inscribed by a lady from Goolwa Church of Christ on the ffep. No date (apparently 1991, with mention of 1991 in foreword & inscription dated Jan. 1992). Thin volume. Printed in Australia. A very nice clean tight solid softcover copy. 94pp. Scarce. SB-1.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Hardcover with Dust jacket both fine. Linen cloth with spine and cover labels with a decorative jacket. 27 pp. 150 copies printed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Oatmeal linen with spine and cover labels, DW, 8vo., (8), 27, (1) pages, illustrated with linecuts and halftones. One of 150 copies printed damp from Scotch type on Johonnot paper by Vance Gerry. Bound by Bela Blau. A fine copy in a fine DW printed in black and terra cotta on cream paper, in archival mylar.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Limited to 150 copies. Fine copy in very good dust jacket with slight edge wear (short tears near and around top of spine and light wear along top edge with slight dust soiling. No markings, no bookplate.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. One of 500 copies, miniature book, 166 pp., signed by eight contributers to making the book. A stunning book which can indeed be judged by its cover.bound in full black leather, red and blue leather abstract designs cut in on both boards, the front additionally with a small gilt circle, both boards and the spine glittering with iridescent green and blue dots, the gilt top-edge with debossed green and purple dots.a magical book, and so far we've just looked at the exterior. Upon opening the book, one discovers the bright blue marbled endpapers by Einen Miura, and inside will be found seven wood engravings by John DePol, each section with a "chapter headpiece" of a gilt abstract design. The contributors to this book include some of the most talented: authored by Bernard C. Middleton, a skilled restorer of bindings as well as a prolific writer on the techniques of the craft; Ward Ritche (who designed the text), John DePol (contributor of the seven wood engravings), David Pankow (the editor), Henry Morris (the printer), Mel Kavin (who wrote the Foreword), the blue marbled endpapers by Einen Miura and the binding design by Tini Miura (note that all eight of these signed the book at the final blanks). Although not signed by him, Pat Reagh set the type. A feast for both the eye and mind. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in leathers and decorated as set forth above, blue marbled endpapers, double-spread title page with gilt decorations and rules; miniature (2 7/8" by 2 3/8"), pagination: [1-7], 8-161, [1, blank] [1, colophon], [2, blanks], [2, signature pages]. Enclosed in a clamshell case covered in black silk on the sides, black leather spine with an abstract red spine label with silver lettering, the inner tray lined with grey handmade paper, this no. 35 of 500 copies. ___CONDITION: Volume fine, with clean boards, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; clean and as new. The clamshell case also fine, clean and without wear. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help. Signed.…