Foster Macy Johnson (30 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. no dj (foxing on 1/2 title pg.; owner's inscription inside #108 of 150 copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Limited Edition. DJ has a tape repair to the top spine end, traces of foxing, and is now in a mylar cover. ; Inscribed on the front free endpaper "To Homer with the best wishes of the Author, the Publisher, the Printer and the Binder. Fos." Copy #103 of 200.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. First edition, first printing. Number 66 from a limited edition of 125 copies. Text is unmarked; pages are bright, though there is some light foxing along the top edge of the pages. Binding is tight and square. Covers show just a little light wear around the edges. Book is protected in a worn onionskin dust wrap.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. No 31 of 200 copies. 115pp. Illustrations. Inscribed by the author. Light flaking to the black dye on the front cover, else a fine copy in a dust jacket showing old mildew staining (no smell). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition. Limited edition of 100 copies, #84. Pale blue boards with hand illustration on front, bound in dark red cloth; fade along top edge and top of front & back; top corners slightly bumped. Pages fine.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Master Thomas Bewick (illustrator). Red cloth spine, red paper boards with pictoral paste down. Inscribed by the author with a drawing. Number 152 of a lilmited edition of 175. In very good condition, pastedown is beginning to come up on the corners. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. W. Haynes Fitzgerald (illustrator). Signed by both author on first end paper, tips bumped, minor edge wear. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Bayberry Hill Press, Meriden, Connecticut, 1959. #95 of 100 copies. (70) pages. Typefaces, ornaments, newspaper front page. 8.75 x 6.25", cloth, paper label. 'To Maud + Roy, with love, Fos, July 16, 1960' on blank. Story of Albert T. Ellis & East Hampton News, East Hampton, Connecticut; his types acquired by Bayberry Hill Press. VG.

HC. engravings by Thomas Bewick (illustrator). unpaginated Copy 131 of 175. The illustrations in this little book are reproduced from "1800 Woodcuts by Thomas Bewick and His School," published in 1962 by Dover Publications. very good, salmon cloth spine (hardcover) inscribed by author.

First Edition. A very good copy in a very good, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 115 pages; The true story of a group of happy teenager - illustrated with reproductions of posters, programs, scenic designs and photographs from scrapbooks made at the time. Subjects: Theatre - United States - History. 3 Kg.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. W. Haynes Fitzgerald (illustrator). Limited/Numbered. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Limited/Numbered. Inscribed by Author to prior owner, and the prior owner bookplate is on inside front cover. 9x11 1/2. 16 pages. Fine printing on quality paper and hand -bound by the author. This is #97 of 100. Cover is printed fabric with paper title label. Frontis illust. by Fitzgerald. Signed by Author(s).

paper wrappers. Bayberry Hill Press (illustrator). 4to. paper wrappers. 4 pages. First edition. Foster Macy Johnson, at the age of 77, decided to print a list of books printed by this private press since its inception. Corners bumped. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted.

1962 Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 115 pages; Illustrated with reproductions of posters, programs, scenic designs and photographs from scrapbooks made at the time. 3 Kg.

First Edition. A very good copy in a very good, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 115 pages; The true story of a group of happy teenager - illustrated with reproductions of posters, programs, scenic designs and photographs from scrapbooks made at the time. Subjects: Theatre - United States - History. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Moderate loosening to binding. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Quarter Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Limited/Numbered. Light verse, privately hand published. INSCRIBED by the author/illustrator/publisher on the free endsheet inside a drawing of a wreath: "Merry Christmas | to | Ennie & Gordon | and all good wishes | for 1963 | Fos. | December 22, 1962". Quarter black cloth over printed boards, brown spine titling. Light wear; slightly grubby jacket shows rubbing, smudges, light foxing. Text clean; [4], 27, [1] pages, one illustration plus illustrated title page. # 29 of 100 copies. Inscribed By the Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Tall octavo. 36pp. Quarter cloth and pictorial paper-covered boards. A fine copy in very good glassine dust jacket with a few short tears. Limited to 125 numbered copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by Author; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 15 pp; Limited #11 of 100 cps, author signed presentation to previous owner. Very nice attractive book. Fine printing on laid paper and colorful pictorial binding.

1962 Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 115 pages; Illustrated with reproductions of posters, programs, scenic designs and photographs from scrapbooks made at the time. 1 Kg.

Cloth. Condition: Collectible; Very Good. 1st. The 1959 1st edition, #38 of 100 copies issued. Clean and VG+ in its brown cloth. Octavo, 69 pgs. plus bibliography.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Book has minor wear thus nearly fine. Plastic dj is fine. Limited edition #84/100 copies and signed. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Limited edition, 1 of 100 copies, 8vo, pp. [4], 69, [2]; illustrations of types and printers' flowers, stock cuts and ornaments; original light brown cloth, printed paper label on cover; covers lightly bumped, else near fine. The story of Albert T. Ellis, country newspaper publisher and printer, and his printing office and equipment.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine binding. Limited Edition. Quarto; quarter cloth over decorative marbled paper-covered boards, with printed paper labels to the upper board and the spine, with mylar wrapper; 27 pages with illustrations and facsimiles; printed in an edition of "about 100 copies" of which this number 21, signed on the colophon by Foster Macy Johnson.~~There is a trace of rubbing to the bottom edge of the boards and the spine; otherwise a Fine copy. With a complimentary gift card laid in. Near Fine binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First, Limited Edition. Meriden, Connecticut: Bayberry Hill Press, 1968. First edition, number 60 of 100 copies printing, with personalized inscription signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Fiction about LSD and other drug use in Connecticut in the 1960s. Light gray pictorial hardcover with maroon cloth spine, paper spine label. Very good with light edge rubbing, tight binding, clean pages, no other names or markings. Inscribed by The Author. First, Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Bayberry Hill Press (illustrator). 4to. quarter cloth, marbled paper-covered boards, paper spine and front cover labels. (iv), 27+(1) pages. Limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by author on colophon. Poem by J. Johnson on title. A reflection on the demise of the typographer and the compositor with the onslaught of "Cold Type" and the computer. Illustrated. Complimentary gift card laid in. quarter cloth, marbled paper-covered boards, paper spine and front cover labels.

LIMITED EDITION of 'about 100 copies', this one hand-numbered 35, and SIGNED by the Author on limitation page at rear. 4to., bound in decorative marbled boards with cloth spine and paper title labels, in glassine wrap; unpaginated, illus throughout with examples of typography. Includes presentation card, also signed by the Author. Clean copy with no previous ownership inscriptions or annotation. A few handling marks to spine plus a small dampstained area to top, edges of boards a little rubbed, scuff mark to top of rear board. Overall a VG copy. (SHELF 130) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Cloth-backed light blue printed boards. Folio. 76pp. Limited to 60 copies (this being copy #4). Inscribed by Ruth and Foster Johnson. A bibliography of the first ten years of this small press located in Meriden, Connecticut. It ran from 1958 to 1979 and printed collections of poetry along with travelogues and fiction, some of which was written by Foster Macy Johnson. The bibliography describes 32 books and contains numerous specimen pages and tipped-in plates illustrating the work of the press. Laid into this copy is a 4-page pamphlet titled "Check List of the Books Printed at Bayberry Hill Press 1958-76". A good copy with some light soiling and edgewear to the covers and some wrinkling and tip wear to the spine. The text is very good and clean with minor wear. A few of the specimen pages are wrinkled at the top from being glued in. Inscribed by Author(s).

Bayberry Hill Press (illustrator). small 4to. quarter red cloth, with paste on labels to the spine and front cover, and marbled paper-covered boards. 39, (1) pages. Limited to 75 numbered copies constituting Keepsake Number 93 of the Columbiad Club of Connecticut. A fine copy. Illustrated frontispiece. The book was set in 12pt Caslon type on a 14 pt body, which was selected because the first books printed by StJohn Hornby at Ashendene were set in this face. The paper is lightweight wove Arches. A very scarce book. quarter red cloth, with paste on labels to the spine and front cover, and marbled paper-covered boards.

Condition: VG. Meriden 1968 1st Bayberry Hill Press. About crime, LSD and drug use in Connecticut. Copy No. 86 of 100 printed. Hardcover. 8vo., 52pp., original printed cloth. **Signed presentation copy from Johnson ('Fos'). VG, light soiling, no DJ.

(BAYBERRY HILL PRESS) (illustrator). (BAYBERRY HILL PRESS) JOHNSON, Foster Macy. A BACKWARD GLANCE. Meriden, Connecticut: 1975. Folio. Cloth spine, marbled paper over boards, paper spine and cover labels. (iv), 27, (1) pages. One of 100 numbered copies An interesting essay on the state of printing with twenty-four facsimile illustrations of examples of nineteenth and twentieth century typographic styles. Fine.