Vance Gerry (31 results)

VHStape. Condition: Fair. VHS TAPE Case cracked. Tape intact.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Quarter navy cloth gilt with blue paper-covered boards with inset cloth cover label gilt, 8vo., (iii), 47, (1) pages. One of 300 numbered copies designed and printed by Vance Gerry. Bound by Bela Blau. This is an out-of-series binders copy, not signed. From the collection of bookbinders Bela and Mariana Blau. Spine lettering dulled, light soiling and wear, else a very good copy in archival mylar.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Los Angeles: Clark Memorial Library; [the authors], 1980. Soft cover. Octavo-sized booklet, sewn on cord (20 x 13 cm.), [6], 11, [3] pages. Illustrated with a title-page ornament by Eric Gill, and a woodcut to the wrapper. First separate edition, limited to 400 copies. A private press Christmas keepsake reprinting an excerpt from 'Round About our Coal Fire', an anonymous pamphlet originally printed in 1734. Faded covers with shadow outline of another pamphlet on rear cover and two stripes on front cover (see images).Pages inside are clean and solid, no names or markings. Book Condition: Good, protected in vinyl envelope. Books are shipped quickly and securely packed in a box.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Unpaginated thread bound booklet in the publisher's second series of Prospero Poets. Contains a centre fold-out sheet with a thirteen stanza poem by Philip Gross. Cream paper covers with black lettering and an illustration by Vance Gerry on the front cover. Four other b/w illustrations, two of which have pochoir coloured mauve and grey by Sylvia Stokeld. Printed by the Didcot Press in a numbered edition of 499 copies. This is copy #180 and is initialed by the publisher (Trevor Weston) on the colophon. TW's ownership blind stamp can be seen on the rfep. Designed by Dennis Hall. Tiny horizontal paper flaw (scratch?) on front cover. Otherwise in fine condition. Laid in is a copy of Clarion Newsletter No.10 which features articles about the author and the illustrators. Vance Gerry; Sylvia Stokeld (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Cream cloth covered boards with black lettering and illustration on front cover. Thirteen stanza poem by Philip Gross on double folded centre pages with thread binding. Illustrations by Vance Gerry with mauve pochoir colouring by Sylvia Stokeld. This copy is not signed and is not numbered. Couple of light spots to edge of end pages and tiny dust spot to front cover. Otherwise in fine condition. Vance Gerry; Sylvia Stokeld (illustrator).…

First edition. One of 1000 copies. Oblong octavo. [7], 44, 7, bibliography, index and colophon] pp. Predominantly consists of photographic illustrations of printing equipment on the rectos with explanatory text on the opposing versos. Publisher's printed brown wrappers. Bit of sunning to spine else a clean and attractive copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Unpaginated casebound version in the second series of the publisher's Prospero Poets books. Contains a thirteen stanza poem on a folded sheet bound in the centre. Cream cloth covered boards with black lettering and an illustration by Vance Gerry on the front cover. Two other b/w illustrations by Vance Gerry on inside pages. There are no pochoir coloured illustrations in this copy. Printed by the Didcot Press in an edition of 499 copies of which 149 have been signed by the poet and artist. This copy has not been numbered but is SIGNED by Philip Gross and Vance Gerry. In fine condition. Laid in is a copy of Clarion Newsletter No.10 which features articles about the poet and artist. Vance Gerry (illustrator). Signed by Authors.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Cream cloth covered boards with black lettering and illustration on front cover. Thirteen stanza poem by Philip Gross on double folded centre pages with thread binding. Illustrations by Vance Gerry. Printed in a limited edition of 499 copies of which 149 have been signed by the author and the artist. This is copy #44 and is initialed by the publisher (Trevor Weston) on the colophon. Laid in is an additional coloured pochoir print, signed by the artist and also numbered 44/50. None of the illustrations in the book itself are coloured. Foxing to edges of front cover with a few light spots on rear cover. Clean inside pages. In VG+ condition. Laid in is a copy of Clarion Newsletter No.10 which features articles about the poet and artist. Vance Gerry; Sylvia Stokeld (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Cream cloth covered boards with black lettering and illustration on front cover. Thirteen stanza poem by Philip Gross on double folded centre pages with thread binding. Printed in a limited edition of 499 copies of which 149 have been signed by the poet and artist. 50 copies have been numbered I to L and have been reserved for the collaborators. This is copy I and is initialed by the publisher (Trevor Weston) on the colophon. A subsequent inscription by Trevor Weston (dated 28 April 2007) indicates that this book was his personal copy. There is also a blind stamp on the end page 'Neatham Hill Library' with TW in centre of the stamp. Neatham Hill was the home of TW. Illustrations by Vance Gerry. There is no pochoir colouring on this copy. Light spotting to edges of front and rear covers. Single spot on fore edge. Otherwise in fine condition. Laid in is a copy of Clarion Newsletter No.10 which features articles about the poet and artist. Vance Gerry (illustrator). Signed by Author and Illustrat.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Unpaginated - one of the second series of Prospero Poets books. Cream cloth covered boards with black lettering and coloured illustration on the front cover. Thirteen stanza poem by Philip Gross on double folded centre pages with thread binding. Illustrations by Vance Gerry - six of which have been pochoir coloured by Sylvia Stokeld. Printed in a limited edition of 499 copies of which 149 have been signed by the author and the artist. This copy is not numbered but has been SIGNED by both the poet and the artist. Laid in is a copy of Clarion Newsletter No.10 which features articles about Philip Gross and Vance Gerry. Tiny dimple on the spine of book. Otherwise in fine condition. Vance Gerry; Sylvia Stokeld (illustrator). Signed by Authors. …

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 33 pages, stencil illustrations by Vance Gerry, near fine/fine condition in paper covers, top edge of covers creased, number 57 of 125 copies printed by Patrick Reagh, colophon signed by the author. Vance Gerry (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Red printed paper boards. Black cloth spine with purple lettering. Miniature. Copy 1/250, not numbered. Signed by the illustrator. A reprinting of a 1857 poem by William Butler. It tells of the unhappiness and indecisiveness of a rich woman living in a city. Bradbury- Lorson's Books and Prints 3.; Miniature; 2 13/16" x 2 1/4"; 30 pp; Signed by Illustrator. Illustrated by Gerry, Vance (illustrator). …

First edition. One of 1000 copies. Oblong octavo. [7], 44, 7, bibliography, index and colophon] pp. Predominantly consists of photographic illustrations of printing equipment on the rectos with explanatory text on the opposing versos. Publisher's green cloth with printed paper spine label, brown endpapers, dust jacket (a split along upper front fold). Inscribed by Ernest Lindner on the half-title and dated 1976. A very clean and attractive copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. limited edition :100 copies in this binding; 20 additional de-luxe copies. Binding is by Bela Blau. Beautiful color plates of plants by Vance Gerry, once a Disney artist and the owner of The Weather Press. Printed on heavy stock with untrimmed deckle edges. Lightly sunned front and more so rear cover of cream-colored jacket with black text and gold details. Volume has green boards with cream-colored buckram spine, paper spine label. Extra spine label laid in rear. Jacket now in clear mylar protector. Vance Gerry (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Full coral oasis leather, portfolios, leather backed solander case, small folio, (v), 86, (1) pages, illustrated with line drawings, linocuts, wood engravings, pochoir reproductions and facsimiles. Copy number 13 of 40 copies of the "A" edition from a total of 235 copies printed from Poliphilus and Ariston types on Zerkall mould-made paper. Accompanying the bibliography are a portfolio of 27 pieces of ephemera (instead of 24 as called for) found in Vance's workshop after his death; a facsimile of "Jazz Instruments, A Weather Bird Press Picture Portfolio" contained within a hand-made paper wrapper and cardstock folder; facsimiles of 13 letters of correspondence in a die-cut folder, two pieces of ephemera contained within a pocket at the rear, and an elaborate prospectus. A fine copy in a near fine solander case with one faint scuff mark. Vance Gerry (illustrator).…

Limited to 250 copies. An attractive miniature, with design and illustration by Vance Gerry, printed by Patrick Reagh, and bound by Bela Blau. This copy with an interesting provenance, bearing a micro bookplate from master miniature book designer and printer, Robert E. Massmann. 7x6cm, [34]pp. Illustrated title page in two colors. Two illustrations by Vance Gerry and signed by him at the colophon. Publisher's decorated red paper boards backed in black cloth with purple lettering on spine. Miniature bookplate from Robert E. Massmann's Lending Library to front pastedown. Spine very slightly faded, else near fine. …

First edition of 150 copies. A miniature, and appropriately so, describing 31 miniature books, chronologically, printed by Los Angeles printer and bibliophile, William Cheney (1907-2002). Printed and bound by Vance Gerry for Dawson's Book Shop, where Cheney once worked as a shipping clerk. . Miniature book, 7x6cm, unpaginated. Patterned paper over boards with printed label, in red illustrated jacket. Light toning to edges of jacket, nearly fine. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Size: Miniature (2 7/8" x 2 1/4"). . Brown cloth over boards, printed spine label, extensively illustrated, includes several folding plates of different varieties of chicken. In a plain dust jacket that has the title printed along the spine, is lightly toned/stained along the spine. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 0 oz. Category: Animals & Birds; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 016832.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Publisher's cloth with labels to spine and front. Limited to 150 copies. Fine condition in like DJ in mylar. ; Octavo; 27,[1] pages.

Vintage British program for the 1975 re-release of the 1967 film. Based on the 1894 collection of "Mowgli" stories by Rudyard Kipling. One of Disney's classic animated films, and the last film Walt personally oversaw. 8.25 x 11 inches. 6 pages, side stapled. Near Fine with some light rubbing to the wrappers.…

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.…

Condition: Fine. From "A Note on the Text": "The Clark Library is pleased to send Christmas greetings to its many friends with this keepsake excerpted from an eighteenth-century pamphlet celebrating the Spirit of Christmas Past." Initially printed in 1730 by James Roberts in Warwick Lane, Round About Our Coal Fire examines the decline of holiday customs which had hitherto "bound master and tenant in the same social community." The excerpt reprinted here gives an amusing glimpse into a world far removed from ours, where holiday games and holiday humor were bawdy and often rough, a world where fat was as much a sign of success and prosperity as it was an inevitable consequence of all the beer and beef described.Ó"7 7/8 x 5 1/2." [2], [1]-11 + 3 unnumbered pp. Title-page illustrated with red woodcut ornament by Eric Gill. Contains a prologue, excerpted passage, and a note on the text. Beige wrappers, sewn. With woodcut depicting a feast to front wrapper. A fine copy. One of 400 copies. OCLC lists copies held in 14 institutions worldwide.…

dj. First edition. 4to. Unpaginated. Yellow cloth boards with brown titling to spine and stamped decoration to front cover, brightly illustrated endpapers and colorful illustrations throughout by Feodor Rojankovsky, bookplate from the library of Vance Gerry on front pastedown, very good. In illustrated jacked with some chipping and wear, $2.75 price unclipped, very good.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. An unfolding poem; white card covers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gerry, Vance (illustrator). Book.

[16], 27, [5] pages, illustrations, boards + 16 page sewn pamphlet supplement (1989). Bound in linen cloth over boards, printed labels on front cover and spine. In dust jacket. Small nick to linen at foot of rear board; crease and small tear to rear panel of jacket. Some photography by William Reagh. Edition of 150. Inlaid supplement and checklist is signed on the colophon page by Vance Gerry. Bibliography of the Southern California job printer which started as the in-house printing arm of the Security Title Insurance & Guarantee Company but was steered to more artistic ends by its manager Glenn Schaefer. Lists 22 titles published 1936-1942. Includes a 1989 supplement.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Limited. Hardback, bound in half-cloth, with Vance's decorative paper covered boards, in a slipcase. 33.5cm x 24.5cm. 86pp. With 2 facsimile letters in pocket at rear. Frontis and 69 other illustrations, many engravings and linocuts printed from original blocks. One of a limited edition of only 155 copies. This copy out of series, not numbered. An excellent clean copy. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Limited. Hardback, full-Oasis, gilt titles to spine, bound by The Fine Book Bindery. 34cm x 25cm. Also includes a folder containing 15 items of Weather Bird Press ephemera, not the 22 items called for with this edition. Also a complete portfolio of 16 facsimile letters, rather than the 13 referred to in colophon. With this copy included is a copy of 'Mistress Mary' and not 'Jazz Instruments.' Also there are 2 facsimile letters in pocket of rear board as found in all editions. All contained in a cloth case, with a leather spine. This is an unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 40 'A' copies only, from a total of 235 copies. A wonderful presentation by John Randle of the insights into the life of Vance Gerry, one of California's least known and most accomplished printers, with an extensive bibliography of his printed work. 86pp. Tipped in colour frontis portrait of Mary, Vance's wife, plus thirty other illustrations from various sources including line drawings, linocuts, wood engravings, and 12 pages of 26 colour reproductions of Vance's pochoir illustrations. Some marks to leather front board, but the contents are in clean and unmarked condition. Scarce. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First and only printing of this title. Signed by Greene and Stephen Spender who wrote the introduction. Limited to 330 signed copies, though rumour has it a material shortage led to a much smaller number being bound. This is one of four special copies that bear the name of a recipient, this being reserved for the author Graham Greene himself. Bound in beautiful rough weave ruby silk with mottled gold leaf end papers, traditional Japanese side stitch Coptic binding with charm, housed in a Solander box of the same silk and with same gold leaf paste downs. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted, padded box. Signed by Author(s).…

Vintage borderless photograph of director Wolfgang Reitherman and music director Buddy Baker working with a studio orchestra to record the soundtrack for "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" in 1977. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Baker worked as a composer for many Disney films, including "Napoleon and Samantha" (1972, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award), "The Apple Dumpling Gang" (1975) and "The Fox and the Hound" (1981). 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine.…

Condition: Fine. Signed Limited Edition. First edition. One of 330 copies, unnumbered and signed by Graham Greene and Stephen Spender on two rear blanks. [vi], 47,[7] pp. Bound in publisher's emerald green raw Matka silk with exposed stab binding; bone pearl charm and braided stitching ends. Housed in a matching folding slipcase with bone clasp lined in green paper and gilt foil. 3" x 3.25". Frontispiece and two other illustrations by Vance Gerry. Lacking the paper label to upper board (as most copies do, as issued), else Fine. The writer's second publication with Sylvester and Orphanos, after an initial success with Quick Look Behind. Greene outlines his 1951 trip to China in this sumptuously bound tiny book. Signed.…