Howard Coggeshall (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ink name on flyleaf - no other writing or markings in the book. Glossy white text pages. Dust jacket has faded spine and minor tearing at back cover and spine edges. Now protected by mylar. Full refund if not satisfied.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Sewn Printed wrappers, 12mo., (11) pages. Printed for friends of the author. A near fine copy with minimal signs of use.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pittsburgh: The Press of the Nightowl, 1967. First edition. 12mo. [20]pp. Initial word of title, decorative head-pieces, and colphon printed in orange. §Number 2 of an edition of 49 hand-numbered copies for members of the Society of Private Printers of the Private Libraries Association, handset in De Roos types, printed on Nideggen paper, and bound in Fabriano-covered boards. Original buckram-backed paper boards with printed paper label to spine. Slight lifting of paper to pastedowns and boards as usual, the result of the glue used. A very good copy with compliments slip of Dwight E. Agner, proprietor of the Press, loosely inserted.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 20pp. Four poems. Printed on Nideggen paper in a limited edition of forty-nine copies. This is copy#18. Published for members of the Society of Private Printers of the Private Libraries Association. Bound with pink thread in grey Fabriano-covered boards with russet cloth covered spine. Title plate on spine. Slight bubble to front cover at top edge. Hint of shelf wear to tip of top of spine. Laid in is a Compliments Slip from Dwight E. Agner, Proprietor.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Octavo pamphlet bound in paper wraps, string-tied. B&W illustrations plus watermark portrait of Goudy to 1st and last endpapers (same sheet). Condition: small stain to front cover; paper wraps show minor soiling; else very good.

Printed Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket, As Issued. Limited First Edition. Near Fine, small chip bottom corner rear wrapper. No Date (circa 1942). One of an unnumbered edition of 407 copies. " Faithfully reprinted as it appears in The Book of Knowledge "Wisdom of the Ancients, writtenby Erra Pater, a Jew, Doctor in Astronomy and Physic, born in Bethany, near Mount Olivet, in Judea, made English by W. Lilly, Student in Physic and Astrology". " 12 pages in cream wrappers, measuring 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". Scarce. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Book.…

Printed Wrappers. Condition: Fine. No Jacket, As Issued. First Edition Thus. SCARCE. From the "Book of Knowledge, Treating of the Wisdom of the Ancients, Written by ERRA PATER, Doctor of Astronomy and Physic, Born in Bethany in Judea". One of an unnumbered but small edition printed for the friends of Howard and Marie Coggeshall, in Utica, NY, in December 1941. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.…

Pamphlet. Condition: Fine in Wraps, as Issued. No Jacket, As Issued. Limited First Edition. Fine. "The Fable of the Disputed Oyster, appearing (with illustration,) in the Columbian Spelling-Book more than one hundred years ago, is reprinted in a limited edition, for the friends of Marie & Howard Coggeshall, in the month of December, 1938." This copy of this scarce little book has the added benefit of Howard and Marie Coggeshall's personal card laid in, which reads; "Howard & Marie Coggeshall- Still living together, and still moving around. After December 1, 1938, these persons may be found at 7 Slaytonbush Lane, Utica, N.Y." Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.…

Condition: Fine. - 12mo [5-3/8 inches high by 4-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in printed cream wraps. Title & [9] pages plus colophon. Near fine. Originally printed in Glasgow in 1796. This limited edition reprint of 407 copies was "printed by Howard Coggeshall at his Press in Utica, New York, on Kaatskill type designed in 1929 by Frederic W. Goudy". In addition to operating his private press, Coggeshall worked with Frederic Goudy at the Village Press.Rare. …

Condition: Good. Keepsake for Goudy's 77th birthday. New York: The Typophiles, 1942. Single sheet folded once (French-fold sheets) to make a 4-pp. booklet. 4-9/16 x 7 inches (folded dimensions). Uses six types designed by Goudy. Very Good. Scarce.From the collection of San Franciscan Albert Sperisen.…

Condition: Good. 8vo. Stapled wraps. Letterpress on laid paper, some deckled edges. 16 pp. Addendum of Lost Goudy Typefaces, dated 1939, laid in. Also laid in: an anonymous typesetting sample using Goudy's Tory typeface, dated 1940. Very Good. Scarce.From the collection of San Franciscan Albert Sperisen.…

One Page. Condition: Very Good Plus. No Jacket, As Issued. First Printing. "The Will of Charles Lounsberry, an inmate of the Chicago poorhouse(so the story goes), was found in the pocket of a ragged coat which he wore. The will is said to have been read before the Chicago Bar Association and, later, to have been probated. The unusual document has been set in Goudy Kaatskill type by Howard Coggeshall and a few copies printed for friends, May, nineteen hundred and thirty-six." A 1" tear in left margin, and several small tears, chips and creases to top and right edges, almost(but not quite!) as if this copy, too, had been found in the pocket of a ragged coat. A SCARCE Coggeshall item. Size: 9 1/2" x 13 1/2". Book. …

One Page. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket, As Issued. First Printing. "Set in Kennerly Type for Frank Gregson, by Howard Coggeshall, his friend, and one copy printed at Utica, New York, in July 1933." An 11 line poem. An early Coggeshall item, and being the only copy printed, quite a rarity. Very faint age-toning at edge of paper, Else Fine. Size: 9"w x 11 1/2"h. Book.…