Just completed for the Grolier Club in an edition of 300 copies using Sabon for the types. 72 pages, 7.75 x 10.5 in.

by Heather Cole and R.W.G. Vail (Oak Knoll Press, 2020, publication supported by a grant from the Houghton Library, Harvard University).

This is the first complete descriptive bibliography of Roosevelt's works to be published.

“…handsomely produced.” — J.C., in the “NB” column in the Times Literary Supplement

"Oak Knoll Press [is] the leading source for author and subject bibliographies. A stellar recent example is Theodore Roosevelt: A Descriptive Bibliography.”
— Michael Dirda, The Washington Post

Printed in an edition of 100 by Acme Bookbinding. An additional 10 copies, signed by Rocky Stinehour, are enclosed in a black cloth box and are bound with a set of letterpress printed type specimens designed and produced at the Stinehour Press as promotional materials. The book sold out very quickly.

Emery Walker's Three Lectures for the Sandars Readership in Bibliography, Delivered at Cambridge, November6, 13 & 20, 1924

by Richard Mathews and Joseph Rosenbloom (Oak Knoll Press, 2017)

7.5 x 10.75 inches, hardcover, dust jacket, 256 pages. The first publication of the 1924 lectures, with Walker’s original slides and additional images. The text and some 300 pictures in color and black and white combine to provide an excellent history of the printed book from Gutenberg to the early 20th century.

Chamberpot & Motherfuck: The Price-Codes of the Book Trade. By EXHUMATION [i.e. Ian Jackson]. with an Afterword on the Use of Price-Codes (and Associated Marks) in Provenance Research by PETER KIDD. Narberth, PA: Bruce McKittrick. 2017.

by William J. Glick

7.375 x 10.5 inches, cloth with dust jacket, 208 pages (Oak Knoll Press, 2017).

“A handsome book that alludes in choice of type, layout, printing quality, and binding to a Meriden Gravure publication."
— Paul M. Wright, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America

by Margit J. Smith

7.375 x 10 inches, 380 pages, set in Adobe Caslon (Oak Knoll Press, 2017).

Between the 14th and 16th centuries a little-known book format, now called the girdle book, was used throughout various European countries. The girdle book is distinguished by a cover that extends beyond the limits of the book itself and may end in a knot, hook or ring, or may be left ungathered. By this extension the book was hung from the belt with its head down, so when swung up it could be read without detaching it from the belt.

Praise:

“My copy was here when we returned from Portland and I am absolutely delighted with the way you made it turned out. I was also very pleased to see you being given credit for designing and typesetting it. Sincerely, Margit” [the author]

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“The book arrived yesterday. Wow. I'm plunging in tonight, but I had to tell you how much I enjoy the book's sleek and elegant presentation. It feels as good in the hand as it looks to the eye. The book design is a delight — it draws my eye from one beautiful image to an eye-catching piece of text so much so that I want to read every page simultaneously. I love everything about it. Scott Vile has designed a wonderful book.”
— Pat Sweet, Bo Press

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“Production values for The Medieval Girdle Book are high in terms of design, typography, and printing., with the glossy paper letting the more than 290 photographs stand out.”
— Peter D. Verheyen, review in The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America

Printed in an edition of 350 copies by Penmor Lithographers. The dust jacket’s bee is a gold foil multi level deboss. Bound by Acme Bookbinding in Japanese silk cloth. A limited edition of 4 copies were handbound by Gray Parrot in 1/4 leather with paper boards and hand sewn headbands.

The Abbé de Vertot and his ‘Histoire de Malte’

by Robert Thake

6.5 x 9.5 inches, cloth with dust jacket, (Oak Knoll Press, 2016).

This remarkable and entertaining study examines perhaps the most notorious example of a book whose enormous popular success was due almost entirely to its being banned by the Vatican.

"Collectors, booksellers, cultural historians and librarians are the target audience of Robert Thake's scrupulous, meticulous, sumptuously produced and painstakingly researched biography of a book."
— David Coward, the Times Literary Supplement

by Nicholas D. Smith

7 x 10 inches, cloth, dust jacket, 368 pages (Oak Knoll Press, 2017).

Book collecting was no fringe leisure interest for Garrick; it was a lifelong preoccupation. He assembled a general library of over 3,000 volumes and a renowned dramatic library of ca. 1,300 old plays, the latter bequeathed to the British Museum in 1779. Garrick extended liberal access and borrowing privileges to friends and acquaintances such as Samuel Johnson, Charles Burney, Thomas Percy, George Steevens and Thomas Warton.

Praise…

“The book is a lovely production."
— Millicent Weber, Script & Print

"Splendidly designed."
— William Baker, The Year's Work in English Studies

We redesigned Maine History in the mid 1990s, and knowing that the Bicentennial was around the corner, Maine Historical Society hired Scott Vile and Sandra Heutz-Lee to come up with a new version, full color, 8.5 x 11. Sandra gets all the credit!!

Essays on the Early Art of Printing & The King Memorial Windows of Johns Hopkins University