Ward Ritchie Printer (8 results)

Hard Cover with Slipcase. Condition: Like New. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Hardcover with dark-blue leather spine with red title panel and gilt lettering on spine; boards covered in blue-weave cloth; all edges lightly speckled with blue paint; limited edition 914/1500; signed by Shore and Ritchie. Book in like-new condition; still with original glassine wrapper. Slipcase in very good plus condition with a little scuffing and spotting. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Signed by Illustrator(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Landacre, Paul (illustrator). 1st Edition. One of 300 copies printed by Ward Ritchie (Anderson, Ritchie & Simon). Original publisher's light green patterned paper-covered boards backed with black cloth. Beige paper title label with black lettering on spine. 7 1/4" x 9 1/4." Fifty-six pages, complete. Two black-and-white engravings by Paul Landacre, complete. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for age toning. Covers are very clean and intact except for some darkening at top and bottom edges, all-over light age toning, slight rubbing, and minuscule wear to extremities. Binding is tight. A Near Fine copy. A collection of printed diary entries by Una Jeffers (1884-1950) which she wrote when she revisited Ireland in 1929 with her husband and poet, Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962), and their twin sons, Donnan and Garth. The diary also comprises entries written by Robinson, Donnan, and Garth, which are distinguished by their initials printed in the side margins. Back colophon: "Three hundred copies printed in Los Angeles by Anderson, Ritchie & Simon in December, 1954. Designed by Ward Ritchie, with wood engravings by Paul Landacre." Ward Ritchie (1905-1996) was an American printer, book designer, book collector, and author. He was a noted member of the Los Angeles printing and arts communities. Paul Landacre (1893-1963) was an American printmaker who, like, Ritchie, was also a prominent figure of the Los Angeles arts community. Landacre is best-known for his linocuts and wood engravings. He was associated with Ritchie and the Los Angeles book dealer, Jake Zeitlin.

One of 140 copies. Text designed and set by Gregg Anderson; title-page designed by Ward Ritchie. 8 1/2" x 4 13/16." 4 pp., printed in black and red. Large ornament on title. Buff colored wrappers, partially discolored. A very good copy. Ritchie Bibliography, p. 128.

George Arnold (1834-1865) was a writer of poetry and journalism during the mid-19th century. He gained a reputation as a humorist, writing under the name ŅMcAroneÓ for The Saturday Press, Vanity Fair, and Weekly Review. Arnold was a frequent customer at PfaffÕs Beer Cellar, a bar in New York City which was popular among writers, including Walt Whitman. His poem ŅBeer,Ó an introspective poem about drinking beer, appears in three sections in the present work. One sheet, folded twice to make 8 pp. ŅBeerÓ I, II, and III printed on rectos. Newsprint edition. Tan paper with minor chipping to lower corner. Text printed in black and olive green. Small tears to tail and 1.5 in. tear to lower hinge. Damp stain to lower corner. Very good copy of a fragile item. Also published in an issue on alcidine paper, limited to 24 copies. Ritchie printed both issues at the Abbey of San Encino Press. The alcidine paper edition is of course scarcer, but even this newsprint issue is becoming uncommon. Ritchie Bibliography, p. 127.

The Ward Ritchie Press was founded in 1932, though Ritchie also produced a number of student publications. Ritchie graduated from Occidental College in 1928, and so it was understandable why he was asked to produce this handbook. In addition to being a sample of the master type-designerÕs early work, it is an interesting glimpse into the life of girls attending a good liberal arts college in the thirties. ŅThe standard of Occidental womanhood has always been held high, and we are dependent upon you, the new women, to carry on its purposeÉOccidental does not try to pattern all women after the same moldŃrather she urges each woman to keep her own individuality, and through this individuality to contribute to Occidental and to its membersÓ (Ruth MacCluer, A.W.S.President). 5Ó x 3 .Ó 51 pp. Frontispiece, with portraits of the officers of the Associated WomenÕs Students of Occidental College, and other campus women leaders. Typographical vignette on title-page, decorative headbands. Mauve wrappers, stapled at spine, with title in black on front cover. Wrappers slightly creased and lightly toned. Small chip and minor tear to crown of spine. Pages untrimmed. A very good, clean copy. The Ward Ritchie Press and Anderson, Ritchie & Simon, p. 70.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of this collection of three maritime novellas. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and detailing to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, with color illustrations and initial decorations. Boldly signed by designer and printer Ward Ritchie and illustrator Robert Shore on the colophon page at the rear. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 511. In fine condition. Introduction by Leo Gurko. Illustrations by Robert Shore. Designed and printed by Ward Ritchie at The Ward Ritchie Press. Polish-British writer Joseph Conrad is widely considered one of the greatest novelists of the English language. Writing near the peak of the British Empire, Conrad drew, among other things, on his native Poland's national experiences and on his own experiences in the French and British merchant navies, to create short stories and novels that reflect aspects of a European-dominated worldā"including imperialism and colonialismā"and that profoundly explore the human psyche. Youth: A Narrative; Typhoon; The End of the Tether by Joseph Conrad is a collection of three maritime novellas that explore themes of endurance, disillusionment, and the psychological burden of duty through the lens of seafaring life. In Youth, Conrad presents a nostalgic reflection on the idealism of early manhood, while Typhoon examines a captainās stoic resolve amid natural catastrophe, emphasizing the moral dimensions of leadership. The End of the Tether offers a more somber meditation on aging, isolation, and the quiet heroism of a captain confronting blindness and obsolescence. Together, the stories form a thematically unified study of character under duress, showcasing Conradās mastery of impressionistic style, interior monologue, and maritime realism.

One of 200 copies, printed by Ward Ritchie. This is an early Ritchie publication, produced from Pasadena, near where he grew up, and printed at the press of the Abbey of San Encino. Note that Ritchie uses his full name, "Harry Ward Ritchie." The "Harry" was dropped from his professional name shortly afterwards. Octavo. 32, [1, colophon] pp. Fine. Ritchie Bibliography, p. 128.

First Edition. First edition. Limitation not stated. Selection of poems "of MacIntyre's buried in correspondence four decades now past, to be here printed many years after his death" (Ritchie, introduction). Prints 5 poems, most with snippets from correspondence and/or Ritchie's notes. INSCRIBED BY RITCHIE on colophon, "John from Ward/ November 8, 1975." Small 4to hand-sewn, pale green paperwraps printed on front only in dark rose and blue; 15 unnumbered pages; illustrated with nature prints of leaves (making each copy unique). Colophon reads, "Printed on an 1835 Albion hand press by Ward Ritchie/ in his first experiment with Nature Printing./ November, 1975/ wr 2." Near fine with mild toning to cover edges and light stain to upper inside corners last several leaves. Exceedingly scarce, especially so signed or inscribed. Signed.