Kennedy Lawton Printer (11 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Letterpress printed wraps in black and red, 8vo, 7pp. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Original publisher's beige paper wrappers with staple binding. Black lettering and small green illustration of a bush or tree printed on front cover. "Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy" printed on verso of title page. No date, circa 1968. 7" x 10 1/4." Eleven pages, complete. One black-and-white printed frontispiece photograph of Dakin, complete. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning and an almost imperceptible vertical crease running top to bottom that is located about 1 1/2" to side of spine. Covers are clean and intact overall except for light rubbing, a few small faint stains, the slight vertical crease running top to bottom, and offsetting on front cover (an area measuring about 4 3/4" x 7 1/2" in lower-left corner is not discolored while the rest of the front is darkened). A Very Good copy. A printed lecture by W. W. Robinson which was the first in a series of annual lectures dedicated to the memory of Susanna Bryant Dakin. Robinson's lecture is both a tribute and biographical account of Dakin's life, career, and writings. The lectures were first given in the winter of 1967. "Published by the Friends of the Bancroft Library in collaboration with the California Arboretum Foundation, Inc." Susanna Bryant Dakin (nee Bryant; 1905-1966) was an American author and historian. While Dakin initially specialized in Southern California history, she came to research and write about Northern California as well. Dakin was active in a number of literary and botanical societies. She was one of the original members of the California Arboretum Foundation (which created the Los Angeles Arboretum in 1947), a fellow of the California Historical Society, and a founding sponsor of the Friends of the Library association. She was also involved with the Friends of the Bancroft Library, the Society of Asian Art, the American Field Service, Marin Country Day School, and Scripps College. Brothers Lawton Kennedy (1900-1980) and Alfred Kennedy (?-?) were both noted Bay Area printers. Lawton opened his own press in 1952 and worked with other noted Bay Area printers including John Henry Nash, Johnck & Seeger, Jane Grabhorn's Colt Press, and Albert Sperisen's Black Vine Press.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No. 68 of 250 copies. Gray paper-covered boards backed with white paper. Dark gray lettering on front cover. Black lettering on tipped-in beige paper spine label. "The Anthem of the Obscure" printed on front cover and spine label. 6 1/2" x 9 3/4." Twenty-one pages, complete. One color frontispiece illustration showing Stoke Poges Church, complete. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning, the faint occasional mark, and some offsetting on title page from frontispiece. Covers are very clean and intact except for light to moderate age toning, slight darkening along spine, and minuscule wear to extremities. Binding is tight. A Fine copy. A reprint of Thomas Gray's famous poem. "Critique and Comment" by David Anderson. Back colophon: "Designed and printed by Johnck & Seeger, 447 Sansome Street, San Francisco, California, in the month of December, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight. Hand-set in Cloister Lightface type. Presswork by Lawton Kennedy. Decorations by W. R. Cameron. Two hundred and fifty copies; This is Number 68." Thomas Gray (1716-1771) was an English poet and scholar who is perhaps best-known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. It was an immediate success upon its initial publication in 1751 among critics and the general public alike. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is a rumination upon death and remembrance. In the poem, an unnamed narrator commemorates the "obscure," the country poor, who are buried in what many scholars have concluded is the churchyard of Church of St. Giles, Stoke Poges. However, the narrator (whom many scholars believe is a reflection of Gray) laments that these people, through forces outside of their control, are largely forgotten and begins to ponder if he will be remembered after he passes. Cameron, W. R. (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Twelve parts, complete. One of 900 copies printed by Lawton Kennedy. Original folio in a blue cloth-covered slipcase. Folio has light blue paper-covered boards backed with medium blue cloth. Twelve parts are printed in black ink on white paper and laid in loose. Black labels with gilt lettering on slipcase spine. 8 3/4" x 10 1/2." Unpaginated, forty-right pages (twelve leaves folded in half and printed on all sides), complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. Pages, folio, and slipcase are virtually pristine and intact. Pages have slight wear along spine. Folio has slight rubbing to boards. Slipcase has minuscule wear to extremities. A Fine copy. A collection of brief historical essays about the lesser-known trails and mountain passes traversed by early pioneers in their journeys to California. The following are the titles and authors of the twelve parts: "Map of the Passes and Trails of California" by Donald Greame Kelley [includes the map and an Introduction by editor Donald R. Fleming], "Beckwourth Pass" by Clarence F. McIntosh, "Tejon Pass" by Gary Kurutz, "Cajon Pass" by Edwin Carpenter, "Death Valley Passes and Trails" by Hugh Tolford and Mary Lehman (Drawing), "Fandango Pass" by Aubrey Neasham, "Pacheco Pass" by Albert Shumate, "San Marcos Pass" by David Myrick, "Siskiyou Pass" by Richard Dillon, "Sonora Pass" by Carlo de Ferrari and Teresa Baggott (Photograph), "The Lawley Toll Road" by Ellen Shaffer and Alden Spiers (Photograph), and "Tioga Pass" by Dorothy Whitnah.…

Condition: Good. 8vo. Single Page Printed on Light Card Stock, Very Good with some rubbing, minor creasing. Illustrated color plate of Frederick Douglass Quilt. Description of quilt and associated history on verso. Printed by Book Club of California printer Lawton Kennedy.

Condition: Good. Invitation to the Oakland Museum Association reception. Color reproduction of Joshua and Calebl carrying a bunch of grapes (1473).

Broadside. Condition: Near Fine. Hint of toning at extremities. ; 23" x 7.5", printed on thin, light pink newsprint stock. 1000 copies printed by Lawton Kennedy. From a printing archive of Lawton & Alfred Kennedy. "FREE BUFFET Mountains, but mountains of delicious food, don's you know. FREE SAMPLES of our intoxicating powerhouse punch. If you can waddle around after two samples, we'll let you buy one. DANCING to the Freddy Gample trio, from five p. M. Al White and his orchestra take over at 8." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Condition: Good. 12mo. Folded Page, Very Good with minor rubbing. Letterpress on fine rag paper. Industrial Indemnity Company embossed on cover of invitation.

Poster. Single sheet, 26.2 x 18.5 inches, folded once to create 4 leaves, 18.5 x 13.1 inches. Printed in red, blue and black on cream. Facsimile edition originally printed in 1799. Contains a facsimilie of the decree side-by-side with an English translation. First edition thus. A fine copy.

Condition: Good. Broadside. Single sheet printed one side only on heavy tan paper with one deckle edge. Decorative initial in gray and black inks; drop caps in text printed in red. 16 x 21-3/8 inches. A patriotic essay by Lieutenant-Colonel William A. Brewer. Written at bottom in unidentified hand: "1/200. designed and printed by Harold Seeger, Lawton Kennedy & Philip Case." Some creasing and denting at edges, otherwise Near Fine. …

Condition: Good. Broadside, Folded Sheet. Folio. Letterpress on Deckled Wove, with Illustration. Very Good. Scarce.