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Wolfe, Richard J. JACOB BIGELOW'S AMERICAN MEDICAL BOTANY, 1817-1821.
An Examination of the Origin, Printing, Binding and Distribution of America's First Color Plate Book, With Special Emphasis on the Manner of Making and Printing Its Colored Plates. New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2012 6 x 9 inches hardcover 128 pages
Second edition, limited to 260 copies.

Jacob Bigelow's American Medical Botany, published in three volumes between 1817 and 1821 and containing sixty colored plates, occupies a unique place in American book printing and book illustration. Of all the books published in the United States before the mid-nineteenth century introduction of chromolithography, it was the only one to have its plates mechanically printed in color, not colored by hand in the usual manner of the day.

Richard J. Wolfe's classic study of this seminal work, issued initially in 1979 and now reissued in a revised and augmented edition, has made use of Dr. Bigelow's previously unavailable manuscript papers and other previously unknown or little known records to come up with some startling conclusions. His investigations show that Dr. Bigelow's original plan was to have his plates colored by hand by artists. But this plan proved overly ambitious and the project faced failure. So, he and those working with him invented a method of printing the book's plates on stone in a simple manner that prefigured and predated chromolithography by about two decades, thus enabling him to bring his projected work to a successful conclusion. Wolfe's investigation of the origin, printing, binding, and distribution through subscription of this signal work also constitutes an important case study of the production, from conception to completion, of a significant book of that early period.

The 1979 edition of Wolfe's work went out of print quickly. As in that edition, this second edition contains, tipped in, two of Bigelow's original plates, one left uncolored and one colored by hand. These plates were rendered obsolete when the doctor and his cohorts discovered a novel way of printing them in color.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 108936

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Woodfield, Denis B. SURREPTITIOUS PRINTING IN ENGLAND, 1550-1640.
New York Bibliographical Society of America 1973 4to. cloth. ix, 203 pages.
This book deals with those books, pamphlets and broadsides in contemporary foreign languages, including French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch, that were surreptitiously printed in England before 1640. Each of the 65 works is discussed in one of the six chapters. Printers and printing historians will also enjoy the reproductions of the titles pages and all 305 printer's ornaments and initials used in every work except for one.
The introduction of this book attempts to present the story of the origins and development of surreptitious printing in foreign vernaculars in chronological form. Woodfield distinguishes between the word "surreptitiously printed" and "secretly printed" to describe these books as not illegal, but having meant to mislead the average reader, English or foreign, into believing that the work had been published in the country in whose language it was printed. A book in a foreign vernacular which was printed for the private order of a customer would also be considered to have been "surreptitiously printed" if it lacks an imprint. Some books may also have been printed because the author or patron decided to subsidize a possibly uneconomic edition. Included is a section on typography as well as a bibliography.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 19752

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(Worde, Wynkyn de) Moran, James WYNKYN DE WORDE: FATHER OF FLEET STREET.
New Castle DE Oak Knoll Press 2003 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket 76 pages
Wynkyn de Worde was William Caxton's assistant, and, in about 1500, he was the first printer to set up his shop in London's Fleet Street, which was for centuries perhaps the world's most famous center of printing. He was not just a craftsman; his place in history is that of the first publisher to popularize the products of the printing press. His output was huge - more than 700 works over a period of forty years. He produced a great variety of books: children's books, short histories, poetry, romances, instructions for pilgrims, and works on good manners, marriage, household practice, medicines for horses, and husbandry. Wynkyn de Worde laid the foundations of commercial publishing in Britain.
For this revised third edition of James Moran's book, Lotte Hellinga and Mary Erier have provided a new introduction, which takes account of recent research, and also a detailed chronological bibliography of works on Wynkyn de Worde.
1 map, 9 black-and-white illustrations. Sales Rights: Available in North & South America from Oak Knoll Books. Available outside North & South America from The British Library.
Price: $ 22.95 other currencies Order nr. 73568

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(Wynkyn De Worde Society) Chave, Leonard FORTY YEARS ON: THE WYNKYN DE WORDE SOCIETY 1957-1997.
Hertfordshire, England The Wynkyn de Worde Society 1997 8vo. cloth 55 pages
First edition. This work celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Society, one that is concerned with the development of the graphic arts industry. The existence of the Society coincides with immense technological and human changes that have affected the industry, and this record of the Society's activities mirrors these profound changes year by year. The Society's archivist and compiler of this work has industriously assembled an archive documenting the Society's activities since 1957. From this archive, he has created this printed account with details of some 200 speakers, principal outings, and events, drawing on Minute Books, printed table offerings and keepsakes, and more substantial publications of the Society. Well-illustrated.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 50260

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Yamada, Akihiro PETER SHORT: AN ELIZABETHAN PRINTER
Mie Mie University Press 2002 large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 265+(1) pages.
First edition. Peter Short's printing house produced, among other notable works, the first two quartos of Shakespeare's Henry VI Part One (1598), and editions of The Rape of Lucrece and Venus and Adonis. Also from his house came the first editions of Thomas Morley's Canzonets or Little Short Songs to Four Voices (1597) and the first three editions of John Dowland's The First Book of Songs or Airs of Four Parts (1597). This book aims to examine all the books he printed, to make an accurate assessment of his house's productivity and to give the master printer his due place in the history of printing. A brief but fully documented biography of Short is followed by a list of all the books he printed, including several new ascriptions. For each book, the STC number is given, together with date and collation, and the location of all copies consulted in the preparation of the study. On the basis of this list, Short's productivity is discussed, including shared printing, and his extensive stock of decorative blocks and types is catalogued. Nearly half the book is occupied by reproductions of all his title-page borders, decorative initials and factotums, with most of his flowers, woodcuts and other ornamental blocks. These reproductions provide a useful reference tool for studies in the printing business and book trade in contemporary London. Distributed for Akihiro Yamada.
Price: $ 50.00 other currencies Order nr. 75325

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Young, Matthew McLennan THE RISE AND FALL OF THE PRINTERS' INTERNATIONAL SPECIMEN EXCHANGE.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2012 8.5 x 11 inches hardcover, dust jacket 160 pages
The Rise and Fall of the Printers' International Specimen Exchange is the first in-depth study of an institution whose goal was nothing less than a renaissance of fine printing at a time when quantity mattered far more than quality. The Printers' International Specimen Exchange was founded in 1880, first and foremost as a means to encourage British printers to improve their technical and artistic skills, which lagged far behind those of their American and European counterparts. It came to be a far more international and influential institution than its originators imagined, its 16 volumes including the work of more than 1,000 printing establishments (several times that number of contributors, including employees and apprentices) from 28 different nations.

The story of the Specimen Exchange involves the development of new machinery and processes, "Old Style" vs. "Artistic" printing, the histories of the two innovative printing houses that managed the Exchange, cooperation and conflict among outsize personalities, and the extraordinary efforts of a few talented and dedicated people. The history of the Specimen Exchange also involves a Victorian-style hostile takeover and a separate breach-of-contract court case.

The Specimen Exchange is a record of a remarkable period in letterpress and lithographic printing. As a subscription publication distributed primarily to contributors, only a few hundred copies of each volume were issued, and many of the specimens were produced expressly for the Exchange. Consequently, some of the examples reproduced in this book have not been seen before outside the original volumes, and the selection presented here should delight any printing historian or admirer of good graphic design. This book includes 81 full-page reproductions of some of the best examples, in a wide range of styles and from many countries.

Matthew McLennan Young is a practicing graphic designer and book collector, and the author of a previous study, Field & Tuer, the Leadenhall Press, (Oak Knoll Press and the British Library, 2010) that earned positive reviews in the TLS, the Book Collector and elsewhere. He has presented papers on the Printers' International Specimen Exchange, the Caxton Celebration of 1877, and the Leadenhall Press at various conferences. He and his wife, Valerie, live in Hopewell, New Jersey.
Price: $ 59.95 other currencies Order nr. 108704

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Zboray, Ronald J. and Mary Saracino Zboray HANDBOOK FOR THE STUDY OF BOOK HISTORY IN THE UNITED STATES.
Washington Center for the Book - Library of Congress (2000) small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. ix, (3), 155+(1) pages.
Preface by John Cole. Arranged in three major sections: Introduction on the field of book history; How to Locate and Use Sources including information on publishers, writers, printers, booksellers, distributors, consumers, etc.; and Conclusion giving thoughts on the future of book history. With appendices giving important periodicals in the field and suggested reading.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 59790

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