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  (Bradley, Will) Lamb, Charles A DISSERTATION UPON ROAST PIG BY CHARLES LAMB.
(Concord, Ma. Will Bradley n.d.) 12mo. original boards, paper cover label. xviii, (4) pages.
First edition thus with designs by Bradley (Bambace A62). Spread title page printed in red and black, initial letter and head and tail pieces. Distributed as a Christmas gift.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 882

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  Bradley, Will MEMORIES OF A FEW VICTORIAN YESTERDAYS
N.P. n.p. n.d. (circa 1950s) 8vo. paper wrappers. (12) pages.
Short autobiography by Bradley. Decorated with Bradley ornaments.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 16191

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  (Bradley, Will) WILL BRADLEY, HIS CHAP BOOK
New York The Typophiles 1955 tall 12mo. decorated boards, paper spine label, dust jacket. viii, 104, (2) pages.
First edition, limited to 650 copies. Introduction by Walter Teague followed by 82 page autobiography by Bradley, a chronology and an afterword by Paul Bennett. The 30th Chapbook and one of the more interesting.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 889

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  (Bradley, Will) WILL BRADLEY, HIS WORK, AN EXHIBITION
San Marino The Huntington Library 1951 8vo. paper wrappers. (ii), 27, (3) pages.
Limited to 1000 copies and printed by Grant Dahlstrom at the Castle Press. With frontispiece portrait showing Bradley and Cleland. Exhibition and handlist prepared by Bliss and cover and initials by Bradley. Minor fading and chipping along edges.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 19666

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  (Bradley, Will) WILL H. BRADLEY, AMERICAN ARTIST AND CRAFTSMAN (1868-1962).
New York The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1972 8vo. paper wrappers. (20) pages.
A biographical sketch of Bradley followed by descriptions of 126 Bradley items exhibited. Illustrated. Minor soiling.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 25792

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  Bridgewater, Peter, et. al. DESIGN, GRAPHICS, ILLUSTRATION, AIRBRUSHING.
(Secaucus, NJ) Wellfleet Press (1988) 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket 336 pages
This is a one-volume reference source for aspiring designers, whatever their level of expertise. The materials and techniques of graphic design, illustration, and airbrushing are all described and illustrated, and their practical application in the commercial world is explained. Finished illustrations and step-by-step commissions by established artists reveal the process of design and illustration and how the end results are achieved. Light soiling to dust jacket.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 65114

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  Bright, Betty (editor). OFF THE SHELF AND ON-LINE: COMPUTERS MOVE THE BOOK ARTS INTO TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY DESIGN.
Minneapolis Minnesota Center for Book Arts 1992 large 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 61+(1) pages.
Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name, sponsored by the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. A series of essays and articles on the uses of modern technology in book design. Well-illustrated.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 46649

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  Bringhurst, Robert and Peter Rutledge Koch, et al. CARVING THE ELEMENTS: A COMPANION TO THE FRAGMENTS OF PARMENIDES
Berkeley Editions Koch 2004 6 x 9 inches Paperback 138 pages
First edition. This companion piece to The Fragments of Parmenides reveals the "blood, sweat and tears" the creators put into their original book. Carving the Elements tells the detailed story of the making of The Fragments of Parmenides, a grandiose book project meticulously crafted by: master letterpress printer Peter Koch; poet, translator and typographer Robert Bringhurst; punchcutter, type designer, typefounder and poet Dan Carr; master stonecutter and type designer Christopher Stinehour; master bookbinder Daniel Kelm; bookbinder, casemaker and printer Peggy Gotthold; and visual artist and master wood engraver Richard Wagener.
The text of the book, actually written by the book artists themselves, takes the reader through their journey in the making of The Fragmentswith essays including the following: "Philosophy & Printing in the Real West: or Herakleitos in Montana and Fly Fishing on Telegraph Avenue" by Peter Koch; "Deep in the Stone: A Conversation about Hand-Crafted Letters" by Christopher Stinehour; "Parmenides, Craft and Being: Designing and Cutting an Archaic Greek Typeface" by Dan Carr; "Finding the Form of an Ancient Text" by Robert Bringhurst; "A Dream of Pre-Socratic Color: From Joshua Tree to Baudelaire" by Richard Wagener; "How Is It Possible for the "One" to Have So Many Parts?" by Daniel E. Kelm; "Binding Parmenides" by Peggy Gotthold; and "Raven's Wine Cup" by Robert Bringhurst.
Well-illustrated and written by true bibliophiles, "This book is ... a guided tour of ... the philosophy of artisanship, in some of its many forms." Distributed for Editions Koch.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 78258

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  Bringhurst, Robert WHY THERE ARE PAGES AND WHY THEY MUST TURN.
Number one of the CODE(X) Monograph Series Berkeley, California CODEX Foundation 2008 5.5 x 7.75 inches paperback pamphlet 16 pages
Number one of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. Adapted from The Surface of Meaning: Books and Book Design in Canada, published in fall 2008 by CCSP Press at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver. Robert Bringhurst's essay talks about book design and typography, as well as the future of the book.

This book was designed and printed in an edition of 500 copies on a Heidelberg cylinder press by Peter Koch, assisted by Jonathan Gerken and Shanna Mahan for the CODEX Foundation. The cover was printed from antique wood and metal types in the Koch collection.

Robert Bringhurst is a philosopher, poet, linguist, and typographer living in British Columbia.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 102896

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  (Brittain, Beatrice M.) HONORING WORDS: THE ART OF BOOK DESIGN.
(Lunenburg, VT The Stinehour Press 1995) 4to stiff paper wrappers unpaginated
Limited edition of 500. Exhibition, September-October 1995 celebrating the centennial of the Greenwich Library, Greenwich, Connecticut. Beatrice Brittain (1926-88) was a founder of the Greenwich Arts Council whose collection focused on American books 1890 to the present. Introduction by Pam Koob, curator. Listing of exhibited items with black and white illustrations. Listing of lenders to the exhibition.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 108652

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  (Brody, Neville) Wozencraft, Jon THE GRAPHIC LANGUAGE OF NEVILLE BRODY.
(New York) Rizzoli (1988) large 4to. cloth, dust jacket 160 pages
A collection of much of Brody's output in the 1980's, including his ground-breaking design and typography for the international style journal, The Face. The text features many direct quotes and observations on design theory and practice. With over 450 illustrations, 101 in color, this book provides a thorough introduction to important developments in graphic design. "When it becomes time to produce an 80's volume of Pioneers of Modern Typography,it is possible that the British section will be a one-man show (Martin Colyer, Blueprint, 1985)." Small tear in jacket along back hinge at top.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 62888

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  Bromer, Anna C. and Edison, Julian I. MINIATURE BOOKS: 4,000 YEARS OF TINY TREASURES
New York The Grolier Club and Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 2006 small 4to. paper covered boards, top edge gilt, dust jacket 216 pages
Color illustrations; foreword by Stanley Marcus, preface by Eric Holzenberg, introduction by Anne C. Bromer and Julian I. Edison. Published to accompany the public exhibition held May 15-July 28, 2007; red-bordered white pictorial boards, with color photographs of miniature books in a line extending across lower and upper covers, printed title on spine, with Abrams and Grolier Club devices; pictorial dust-jacket similar in design to the binding, all edges coppered, silk bookmark. Dust jacket with tears
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 106802

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  BUCHKUNST.
Leipzig Institut für Buchgestaltung (1963) 4to. cloth. 236, (6) pages.
Volume IV of this journal devoted to book design and book illustration. Includes several chapters devoted to Japan, China, and Korea, and an article by Diego Rivera. Well-illustrated with many plates in color.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 45530

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  BUCHKUNST DER DEUTSCHEN DEMOKRATISCHEN REPUBLIK. AUSSTELLUNG DES VERBANDES BILDENDER KÜNSTLER DEUTSCHLANDS.
Berlin (Zentralen Sektionsleitung Gebrauchsgrafik des VBKD) 1969 square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers xi, (1), 155, (1), xiii-xv, (3) pages
First edition. German book art from the 1960s was the focus of this 1969 Berlin exhibition. The Catalogue is arranged by artist with black-and-white photos of their illustrations, bindings and title pages. In German. Corners slightly rubbed and bumped.
Price: $ 17.00 other currencies Order nr. 62500

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  BULLETIN OFFICIEL DES COURS PROFESSIONNELS.
Paris Chambre Syndicale Typographique Parisienne 1925 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 80 pages followed by the specially printed typographic examples.
A special number issued by this group of Pariesene book professionals. This magnificent issue has paper supplied by different manufactures containing printing by various type founders. Filled with illustrations and a section of typographic examples printed on different colored paper stock. Small tear in front hinge at top; corner bumped.
Price: $ 275.00 other currencies Order nr. 105400

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  Bunke, Horst. BUCHGESTALTUNG IN LEIPZIG SEIT DER JAHRHUNDERTWENDE.
Leipzig Deutsche Bücherei 1979 8vo. quarter cloth with paper wrappers, paper cover label. 48, (2) pages, with illustrations.
Printed as the New Year's gift of Deutsche Bücherei. Two leaves of illustrations loose.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 48670

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  Burton, Anne Ward (curator) THE BOOK AS ART.
Santa Fe, NM Edith Lambert Gallery n.d. oblong 16mo. stiff paper wrappers unpaginated
A collection of 15 black and white post cards with illustrations of book art exhibited at the gallery. Designs are based on the avant-garde movements of the 20th century.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 115080

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  Caflisch, Max TYPOGRAPHY NEEDS TYPE
N.P. Assoc. Typographique Internationale 1977 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 36 pages.
Text in German, English and French. Reprint of his speech given on the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Association.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 16995

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  Cantor, Eli THE DEVIL'S PI.
New York The Composing Room 1967 8vo. red boards. 27, (5) pages.
Issued as a Christmas greeting from the Composing Room. All the printers out there will know what "pi" refers to in this case. Unusual book printed in red and green. Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 1141

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  Carlsen, Darvey E. GRAPHIC ARTS.
Peoria Chas. A. Bennett Co., Inc. (1958) 8vo. cloth. 158 pages.
Covers the basic fundamentals of general graphic arts with many illustrations. Covers rubbed. Private ownership stamp in a few places and pencil notes on free endpaper. Foxing of preliminary end pages.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 37824

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  (Carroll, Mark) Frugé, August DESIGN & PRINTING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Berkeley Western Heritage Press 1991 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label (ii), 19+(1) pages
Limited to 500 copies. Presentation form the author to Mark Carroll and his wife on free endpaper. Printed for distribution to members of the Roxburghe Club, the Zamorano Club and to selected libraries and printing associations.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 105585

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  CA, THE JOURNAL OF THE COMMUNICATION ARTS.
Palo Alto, CA Coyne & Blanchard, Inc. 1968- 4to. stiff paper wrappers. various pagination.
A huge run of this important magazine. 124 issues. Includes the following:
Volume X, No.1-6. (1968)
Volume XI, No.1-6. (1969)
Title changes to Communications Arts Magazine with volume XI, No.2.
Volume XII, No.1-6. (1970)
Volume XIII, No.1-6. (1971)
Volume XIV, No.1-6. (1972)
Volume XVI, No.3,4,5. (1974)
Volume XVII, No.2-6. (1975)
Volume XVIII, No.1-6. (1976)
Volume XIX, No.1-6. (1977)
Now switches to whole number issues. Volume XIX, No.6 (whole issue 129).
130-155, 165, 167-170, 172-175, 177, 179--188, 190-192, 194, 195, 200, 203, 205, 206, 214, 215, 220, 223-226, 228, 236, 256-259, 261, 263-266, 268 (1996).
Price: $ 1,250.00 other currencies Order nr. 105705

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  (Center for Book Arts) THE ALTERED PAGE, SELECTIONS FROM THE RUTH AND MARVIN SACKNER ARCHIVE OF CONCRETE AND VISUAL POETRY.
New York Center for Book Arts 1988 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, flaps on cover open to reveal title, (32) pages.
An exhibition of selections from the Ruth and Marvin Sackler Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry was held at the Book Arts Gallery from February 6 to March 26, 1988. The artwork represented in this show breaks the barrier of traditional books, artists books and even the two dimensional page. The works of these artists and poets were grouped into the following seven categories of visual/verbal alterations: Hidden Meanings; Canceled; Cut, Torn, Crumpled, Perforated; Fragmented; Layered; Sculpted; Sewn and Woven. Illustrations are in black and white and in color. The introduction by Marvin Sackler describes the collection from which the works were selected and provides the background of several of the projects.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 103185

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  (Center for Book Arts) THE FIRST DECADE, CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS, AN EXHIBITION AT THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY SEPTEMBER 7 - NOVEMBER 29, 1984.
New York Center for Book Arts 1984 4to. stiff paper wrappers with illustration on front cover 56 pages
An exhibition held at the New York Public Library from September 7 to November 29, 1994 celebrated the first ten years of the Center's existence. Including 132 works by 112 artists, it was not intended as a retrospective, but rather as an overview of traditional book forms, paper arts, bookbinding and art works based on, or alluding to, book forms. Introduction by Frances O. Mattson, curator of Rare Books at The New York Public Library. Each entry is accompanied by a black and white photograph.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 103186

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  (Center For Book Arts) THE FIRST DECADE, CENTER FOR THE BOOK ARTS, AN EXHIBITION AT THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY SEPTEMBER 7 - NOVEMBER 29, 1984.
New York Center for Book Arts 1984 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 56 pages.
An exhibition held at the New York Public Library from September 7 to November 29, 1994 celebrated the first ten years of the Center's existence. Including 132 works by 112 artists, it was not intended as a retrospective, but rather as an overview of traditional book forms, paper arts, bookbinding and art works based on, or alluding to, book forms. Introduction by Frances O. Mattson, curator of Rare Books at The New York Public Library. Each entry is accompanied by a black and white photograph.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 36530

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