Paul Revere's Bookplate for
John Gardiner of Gardiner's Island
By Thomas G. Boss

Printed letterpress in an edition of 50 copies by John Kristensen of
the Firefly Press in Boston. All copies have tipped in reproductions
of the John Gardiner bookplate and other Revere plates, including the
John Butler plate which is only known in two copies and which has
hitherto not been reproduced in print. The first fifteen deluxe copies
are printed on Zerkall handmade paper and are accompanied by an
original print of the Gardiner Revere plate, mounted in a gilt frame
but easily removable for placement elsewhere in a collection. All
copies of the work are hand bound in red wrappers. The thirty-five
regular copies are printed on Neenah Laid paper.

The text of the book comprises a short history of the Gardiners and
Revere bookplates followed by a list of holdings of Revere plates and
a ranking of rarity of each one, ranging from no known copies
to thousands of examples!

Regular edition......$150

Deluxe edition........$3500

Bookplates of The Club of Odd Volumes

Bookplates of The Club of Odd Volumes......A small number of this privately-issued book are now available to the general public. There are photographs of the plates of 168 past and present members(1887-2010), one bookplate per page with descriptions , those employing color printed in color. Includes the full text of Charles Dexter Allen's "A Talk on Book-Plates" given before the Club in 1901 and heretofore only available in the very rare Club edition.Bound in full blue cloth, 6 x 9 inches, 212 pp. and issued in a very limited edition. $75 plus $5 postage.

Tipped in bookplate.

Book Of Dreams Gyula Krúdy
Translated by Robert Elton Brooker III
and Robert Zebulon Erdősis

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An abridged English translation of Hungarian novelist Gyula Krúdy's best-selling work, published on the 100th anniversary
of its first edition in 1920. This book explains the meaning of dreams and the things that one encounters in dreams, arranged
alphabetically from Acacia Tree to Zinc. Krúdy draws his research from Hungarian and Russian dream interpretation texts
dating back to 1759, interviews with his soothsayer grandmother, the writings of Sigmund Freud and Freud's Hungarian
contemporary, Dr. Sándor Ferenczi, and pillow talk from Krúdys mistresses. Krúdy ad-libbed mischievously
on these so-called scholarly sources, as his distinctive style of prose is recognizable to any Krúdy fan..

Catullus The Poems
Translated By Rodney G. Dennis
Introduction by David Lattimore

Published by Roger L. Michel, Jr. of The Club of Odd Volumes, Boston
in an edition of 277 copies, of which seven printed on Twinrocker handmade paper.
and were bound in full shagreen, and twenty were bound in quarter shagreen. All were printed
letterpress by Bradley Hutchinson, and designed and typeset in Quartro types by Jerry Kelly.

"I Invite You"
By Karen Boss

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The first imprint of Dale & Ginnel. Boston.
50 copies. 20 for presentation, letterpress printed
in Weiss by Marsolais Press in May 2014.
Pastepaper by Elisabeth Hyder.

Reproduced in the original size on fine paper, printed by the Stinehour Press
with the blue paper folder with paper label printed letterpress in an edition of 100 copies
by the Firefly Press of Boston. The woodcut on this page is by Edward Burne-Jones,
who made all the illustrations for the Chaucer, the monument of printing and high achievement
of William Morris' Kelmscott Press. Original leaves may sometimes be obtained
but they are extremely expensive and the book itself costs many tens of thousands of dollars.
This fine reproduction is an affordable alternative at $95 plus postage.

Lewis, Jim. A Bookplate for the New York Yacht Club Library. 2012.

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8vo, original printed wrappers. One of 40 copies of which 30 were for sale.
Jim Lewis has written a short history of the iconic NYYC bookplate designed and engraved by E. D. French.
Each copy has the original bookplate mounted in the book as a frontispiece. Fine. $75.00

Sidney Lawton Smith.
Original Etching

First Church in Boston “The Old Brick.” Second Series, Ninth Publication (1912) of the Iconographic Society. On handmade paper. One of 80 impressions and the plate destroyed. Image size 6” x 4 1/2” on a 10” x 12” sheet. In the original folder with descriptive text. Fine.

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Sidney Lawton Smith.
Original Etching

The Hancock House, the Fourth Publication of the Iconographic Society (1901) On Japanese vellum, one of 73 impressions and the plate destroyed. Image size 5” x 9” on a 10” x 12” sheet.With original descriptive leaf. Fine.

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NEW PUBLICATION!

Bound To Be The Best: The Club Bindery
Boss, Thomas G. and Antonetti, Martin

Published to coincide with The Grolier Club
exhibition "Bound To Be The Best: The Club Bindery"

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Book Description: Boston: Thomas G. Boss Fine Books, 2004. Small quarto, full royal blue cloth, gilt. 10" by 12", 137pp. One of 550 copies printed on Monadnock Dulcet paper. Design and typography by Jerry Kelly. With 28 full-page color plates of which four are tipped-in and 46 full-page black and white plates of fine bindings crafted by The Club Bindery, The Rowfant Bindery, The Booklover's Shop and The French Binders. There are 59 descriptions of books exhibited at The Grolier Club show along with informative material and photographs relating to binding tools and brass plate dies in addition to indices of author, title, and exhibition history. A thoroughly researched essay on the history of the Club Bindery and its later incarnations by former Grolier club and present Smith College Librarian Martin Antonetti leads off the catalogue. Published to coincide with The Grolier Club exhibition "Bound To Be The Best: The Club Bindery" taking place from September 14. 2004 to November 20, 2004, this book represents the only major treatment of the finest hand bindery ever to exist in the United States. An indispensible book for all those interested in fine bindings, bookbinding history and the development of Americam bookmaking. Inventory #18951909 $195.00

Deluxe Edition: fifty numbered copies signed by Thomas G. Boss and Martin Antonetti enriched by a leather plaquette ( binding sample cover, pictured below) struck with one of the elaborate brass plate dies from the Club bindery shop, backed with marble paper, accompanied by a portfolio of over 100 photographs not appearing in the regular edition, including a complete reproduction of the tool book, additional photographs of brass plate dies and photographs from Robert Hoe's own scrapbook of Club Bindery bindings. The book, plaquette and the photographic portfolio are contained in a folding case made by the Harcourt Bindery. Inventory #18951909A $750.00 ( SOLD OUT).

Egmont H. Arens and Theodore C. Brookhart
Streamliner Meat Slicer, des. 1940, mfd. from 1944

Rockwell Kent's Bookplate for John Whiting Friel

by Ben Mazer. Boston: Boss Fine Books / Boss Fine Art, 2002. The largest of the four sizes of the Kent Friel bookplate is the biggest of all Rockwell Kent bookplates. This limited edition publication features all four sizes of the original 1953 bookplate tipped in, together with a facsimile reproduction of the rare Kent Friel Society of Jesus bookplate. Designed by Jerry Kelly and finely printed by letterpress on mold-made paper. A special clothbound edition, limited to 50 copies, is numbered and signed and enclosed in a special slipcase.

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William Morris Poster

"William Morris Centenary 1834-1896." A reproduction of Carl S. Junge's portrait drawing of Morris. Boston: Thomas G. Boss Fine Books, 1996

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Vienna Workshop Poster

A large Poster for an exhibit of the James May Collection of textiles, wallpapers and other objets d'art from the Vienna Workshop. New York:1982

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Aubrey Beardsley Checklist

Samuels Lasner, Mark. A Selective Checklist of the Published Work of Aubrey Beardsley. Boston: Thomas G. Boss Fine Books, 1995. Printed by the Stinehour Press.

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The Turn of the Century.

Thomas G. Boss Fine Books Catalogues, Parts 1-6. Boston: Thomas G. Boss Fine Books, 1990-92.

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Chicago Poster

WELSH, WILLIAM. Chicago 1929. Boston: Thomas G. Boss Fine Books, 1995.

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Will H. Bradley: His Work

A Bibliographical Guide Compiled by Anthony Bambace. New Castle, DE and Boston: Oak Knoll Press and Thomas G. Boss Fine Books, 1995

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Will H. Bradley: His Work. Deluxe Edition.

A Bibliographical Guide Compiled by Anthony Bambace. New Castle, DE and Boston: Oak Knoll Press and Thomas G. Boss Fine Books, 1995 ( SOLD OUT).

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Beardsley Posters

A facsimile reproduction of the complete set of 20 miniature posters for John Lane's Keynotes Series. Boston: Thomas G. Boss Fine Books, 1997

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Modern Erotic Bookplates

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Modern Erotic Bookplates by Luc Van den Breile. Large Octavo. London: Primrose Press, 1999

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Ethel Reed Poster

Original Lithograph for the novel Folly or Saintliness. Boston:Lamson, Wolffe and Co. 1895 SOLD

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Ethel Reed Poster

Original Lithograph for the novel Miss Traumerei. Boston:Lamson, Wolffe and Co. 1895 SOLD

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New York Poster

Presenting our own new poster the design of which is taken from Ludwig Goldscheider's design for the cover of Paul Morand's "New York" (Vienna, 1930.)

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New York Poster Second Version

Available for the first time our own new poster taken from the image on the dustjacket of Paul Morand's "New York" (N.Y., 1930.) The great image by Juan Vaquero is the eptimome of art deco style

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