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Annenberg, Maurice TYPE FOUNDRIES OF AMERICA AND THEIR CATALOGS
With additions and an introduction by Stephen O. Saxe and an index by Elizabeth K. Lieberman. New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 1994 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 276 pages.
Reprint of the first edition with an added appendix. Recognized by booksellers, collectors, librarians and bibliographers for its great usefulness as the definitive bibliography of American type specimen books. This edition contains an appendix listing 73 type specimen books unknown at the time of the first edition, more than 10 percent of the former total. TYPE FOUNDRIES contains historical accounts of each foundry, a list of their specimen books with size and number of pages and countless tidbits of fascinating historical and typographical information. Oak Knoll's edition has been updated and amended by the well-known printing historian, Stephen O. Saxe. He has added eight appendixes to the book, as well as a four-page introduction and a biographical sketch of the author. In addition, one new type foundry, Abraham Riggs of New York City, has been discovered and is described in a separate appendix. There are also listings of the complete type specimen holdings of the New York Public Library, the Smithsonian Institution and Stephen O. Saxe's personal collection. The appendixes conclude with a list of errata, omissions and duplications in the first edition; and a select bibliography. Also, of the greatest importance, the much-lamented lack of an index has now been corrected through the efforts of Elizabeth Lieberman.
Price: $ 49.95 other currencies Order nr. 40614

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Annenberg, Maurice TYPE FOUNDRIES OF AMERICA AND THEIR CATALOGS
With additions and an introduction by Stephen O. Saxe and an index by Elizabeth K. Lieberman. New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 1994 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 276 pages.
Reprint of the first edition with an added appendix. Recognized by booksellers, collectors, librarians and bibliographers for its great usefulness as the definitive bibliography of American type specimen books. This edition contains an appendix listing 73 type specimen books unknown at the time of the first edition, more than 10 percent of the former total. TYPE FOUNDRIES contains historical accounts of each foundry, a list of their specimen books with size and number of pages and countless tidbits of fascinating historical and typographical information. Oak Knoll's edition has been updated and amended by the well-known printing historian, Stephen O. Saxe. He has added eight appendixes to the book, as well as a four-page introduction and a biographical sketch of the author. In addition, one new type foundry, Abraham Riggs of New York City, has been discovered and is described in a separate appendix. There are also listings of the complete type specimen holdings of the New York Public Library, the Smithsonian Institution and Stephen O. Saxe's personal collection. The appendixes conclude with a list of errata, omissions and duplications in the first edition; and a select bibliography. Also, of the greatest importance, the much-lamented lack of an index has now been corrected through the efforts of Elizabeth Lieberman. Jacket wrinkled in a few places.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 104949

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(Appleton, Anthony) CHISWICK PRESS TYPE SPECIMEN BOOK (SAMPLE PAGES).
Buckland Dinham, England Old School Press 1984 narrow 8vo. stapled stiff paper wrappers (16 pages)
Printed in an edition limited to 100 numbered copies. Sample pages of initial letters, borders & ornaments, etc., extracted from the Chiswick Press type specimen book of 142 leaves and issued as a Christmas keepsake for friends, December, 1984. Most of these examples were designed by Mary Byfield, or Charlotte and Elizabeth Whittingham. A presentation copy from the bookseller,Tony Appleton, who compiled A Handlist of The Writings of Stanley Morison, and also wrote the introductory copy to this booklet "for Bill & Nina Matheson from Tony & Patsy Appleton, Christmas '84."
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 63898

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AUTHOR'S PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ASSISTANT
London Saunders and Otley n.d. 12mo. original cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on cover, edges gilt (vi), 67, (36) pages plus 2 fold-out plates
Fifth edition (Bigmore & Wyman I,24). Subtitle continues, "Comprising Explanations of the Process of Printing, Preparation & Calculation of Manuscripts, Punctuation, Choice of Paper, Type, Binding, Illustrations, Publishing, Advertising, &c, with an Exemplification and Description of the Typographical Marks unused in the Correction of the Press." One fold-out displays specimens and names of the different sizes of type, the other shows a page properly annotated with corrections and the revised version. Section at the back listing works published by Messrs. Saunders and Otley. Covers blind stamped with border design. Front cover blind stamped with the words Mercantile Library Company with so much force that the indentation is visible through the cover and the endpapers. Library marks throughout. Spine missing, pages are loose, covers detached. Paper catalogue label on lower left corner of front cover. Mercantile Library Company stamp less forceful on the rear cover. Corners rubbed. Pages darkened. Front endpapers missing.
Price: $ 185.00 other currencies Order nr. 79400

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Axel-Nilsson, Christian TYPE STUDIES, THE NORSTEDT COLLECTION OF MATRICES IN THE TYPEFOUNDRY OF THE ROYAL PRINTING OFFICE. A HISTORY AND A CATALOGUE.
Stockholm Norstedt Tryckeri 1983 4to. cloth. 199 pages.
Limited to 1800 copies. Norstedts, the Swedish Royal Printing Office, has a collection of about 20,000 matrices made between 1500 and 1850 by such famous founders as Francois Guyot, Robert Granjon and P.S. Fournier le jeune. In addition to the history of the firm, Axel-Nilsson has reproduced hundreds of specimens by casting new type from the original matrices. An important history of typefounding. Four page prospectus loosely inserted. Covers rubbed around edges.
Price: $ 60.00 other currencies Order nr. 170

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Berg, N. Edward ELECTRONIC COMPOSITION: A GUIDE TO THE REVOLUTION IN TYPESETTING
Pittsburgh, PA Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (1975) 4to fabroid covers variouisly paginated
Guide to electronic type setting, a new technology in 1975. LIst of figures and tables included. Glossary, bibliography and index. Remnants of label on spine and remnants of label on back board.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 107060

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Bjorkbom, Carl. DET GAMLA TRYCKERIET, ETT TRYCKERI PA 1500-TALET, ETT FRANSKT LANDSOR.
N.P. (Stockholm?) "Bibliophiles" (i.e. Society of B...?) n.d (c1960) 12mo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. 79 pages.
Limited to 700 copies. Three articles by Björkbom, previously published elsewhere. The "printing shop of the 1500's" is that of C. PLantin. No.10 in the "Bibliophile's Miniature Series."
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 52925

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Blumenthal, Joseph THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA.
Boston David R. Godine (1977) 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 250, (2) pages.
First edition. A study of the more interesting of American typographers from colonial times to the present. Well-illustrated. Presentation on half-title "Inscribed for Mike McCurdy, Joe Blumenthal."
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 114825

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(Bodini, Giambattista) MANUALE TIPOGRAFICA DEL CAVALIERE GIAMBATTISTA BODINI.
Volume 1 (Berlin H. Berthold 1967) 8vo stiff paper wrappers variously paginated
Text in Italian, summary in German. Reprint of excerpts of original 1818 edition (Parma: Presso La Vedova). Type specimens offered by Bodini.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 108361

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Bodoni, Giambattista MANUALE TIPOGRAFICO DEL CAVALIERE GIAMBATTISTA BODONI
2 volumes. London The Holland Press 1960 4to. decorated paper cover boards, paper spine labels, slipcase. lxxii,267; (iv),279 pages.
One of 500 copies. An exact facsimile of the famous Bodoni specimen book - manual originally printed in Parma by the Presso la Vedova in 1818. Slipcase with top and bottom partially detached. Spines of books show some foxing.
Price: $ 650.00 other currencies Order nr. 700

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(Bodoni) A PRINTED EXHIBIT OF BODONI TYPE WITH APPROPRIATE ORNAMENTS, BEING THE SECOND OF A SERIES OF BOOKS SHOWING THE MANY BEAUTIFUL TYPES IN THE COMPOSING ROOM OF REDFIELD-KENDRICK-ODELL CO..
New York Redfield-Kendrick-Odell (1923) small 4to. boards, paper cover label. (44) pages.
Limited to 500 numbered copies. With a frontispiece portrait of Bodoni and a biography sketch by Arthur K. Willyoung. AIGA notice of this book loosely inserted. Head of spine bumped.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 18838

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Bossange, Hector CATALOGUE DE LIVRES FRANÇAIS, ANGLAIS, ALLEMANDS, ESPAGNOLS, GRECS ET LATINS, ITALIENS, PORTUGAIS, ORIENTAUX, ETC. ... SUIVI DE PRIX COURANTS.
Paris Hector Bossange, Maison de Commission 1845 thick 8vo. contemporary half morocco, top edge gilt (xvi), 984 pages
A massive catalogue of 984 pages, the vast bulk of which (pp.1-802) is devoted to books as noted in the title. Some of this is very interesting, especially the section on the arts and architecture, which includes some rare and expensive books. The second part is of even more interest as it contains sections on maps, globes and spheres, astronomical instruments, and "machines typographiques" (with lithographic illustrations of the Stanhope Press, the Columbian Press, the Presse Française and the Machine à Glacier). This is followed by eight leaves of type specimens and "Les Articles pour la Reliure" which includes four folding plates of shiny glazed black paper printed in gold showing 'Fers a Doreur.' The two final plates are more fers a doreur and include two fully blocked spines, a fully blocked cover and other stamps, rolls and lines. These are in perfect condition and have great appeal as well as obvious documentary value for historians of 1840s binding. The letterpress lists also include skins for binding with prices. The final leaf of this section is Daguerreotypes, both full apparatus and plates. Contemporary bookplates of the Franklin Library of Boston and the later 19th century bookplate of the Lawrence Public Library. Rubbed, hinges rubbed but sound.
Price: $ 950.00 other currencies Order nr. 81799

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(Bradley, Will) Hornung, Clarence P. (editor) WILL BRADLEY, HIS GRAPHIC ART, A COLLECTION OF HIS POSTERS, ILLUSTRATIONS, TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGNS & DECORATIONS.
New York Dover Publications (1974) 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xxxviii pages by 89 plates.
First edition thus. With an autobiographical sketch by Bradley included that he wrote in 1954. Rubbed along edges.
Price: $ 8.00 other currencies Order nr. 25315

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(Bradley, Will) Hornung, Clarence P. (editor) WILL BRADLEY, HIS GRAPHIC ART, A COLLECTION OF HIS POSTERS, ILLUSTRATIONS, TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGNS & DECORATIONS.
New York Dover Publications (1974) 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxxviii pages by 89 plates.
First edition thus. With an autobiographical sketch by Bradley included that he wrote in 1954. Jacket chipped at head of spine with some spotting and toning.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 114967

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Bruce, David THE HISTORY OF TYPEFOUNDING IN THE UNITED STATES EDITED AND ANNOTATED FROM THE HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT BY JAMES ECKMAN.
New York The Typophiles 1981 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 66 pages.
Limited to 1500 copies. Typophiles Chap Book 55.The first accurate printing of this 19th century manuscript. Much of biographical interest. Author and title in ink on spine.
Price: $ 7.00 other currencies Order nr. 4069

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(Bullen, henry Lewis) Mallison, David Walker HENRY LEWIS BULLEN AND THE TYPOGRAPHIC LIBRARY AND MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS COMPANY
N.P. n.p. 1976 8vo. cloth 320 leaves
D.L.S dissertation, bound Xerox printed from microfilm. With listing of works cited.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 104883

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(Calligraphy) Valpey, F.B. THE ART OF LETTERING FOR THE USE OF ARCHITECTS, CIVIL ENGINEERS, DRAUGHTSMEN, DESIGNERS, ILLUMINATORS, MARBLE WORKERS AND THE DECORATIVE ARTIST.
Lynn, MA F.B. Valpey n.d., circa. 1890 oblong small 8vo. original quarter cloth, paper-covered boards Unpaginated
A collection of specimens including letters, numerals, scenery vignettes and punctuation. Designed for advertising and show-card work, as well as sign and decorative painters. Rear cover is stamped "Press of Thos. P. Nichols, Lynn, Mass." Includes one page of advertising before, and one page after, text. Printed recto only. OCLC lists three North American copies. A Fred B. Valpey is listed on the 1913 tax assessment list of Lynn, living in Ward Six at 15 Anoka Place, occupation designer (www.lynnhistory.com/Taxlists/1913JuryList.html). A March 14, 1893, account from the Worcester Daily Spy described the destruction of Valpey's office by fire. Boards soiled and worn at edges. Free endpapers detached. Hinges cracked. Facsimile of newspaper account cited above laid in.
Price: $ 295.00 other currencies Order nr. 109405

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Cirier, Nicolas L' OEIL TYPOGRAPHIQUE.
Offert aus Hommes de Lettres. De l'un de l'autre sexe (1), notamment a MM. Les correcteurs, protes, sous-protes, etc. N.P. Éditions des Cendres (2004) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers (iv), 34 pages
Text in French. Limited to an edition of 375 numbered copies printed on Munken Ivoiré. Facsimile of the original published by Didot in 1839. Includes fold-out Cirier illustration from the collection of the Bibliothèque de Reims. Pamphlet with a note from the publisher, a facsimile page from L'Oeil Typographique with Cirier's writing and signature, and a chronology of Cirier's life laid-in.
Price: $ 22.00 other currencies Order nr. 94603

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Clouse, Doug MACKELLAR, SMITHS & JORDAN: TYPOGRAPHIC TASTEMAKERS OF THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2008 8.5 x 11 inches Hardcover, dust jacket. 176 pages
First edition. This is the first full-length study of the leading American type foundry of the nineteenth century. It is an interesting history of the foundry from both a business and a design point of view. The emphasis is on the design of the hundreds of typefaces that were produced by the foundry, from its inception in the 1860s until its merger with most other American foundries at the end of the century. The author describes (with many detailed photographic illustrations) how changing business conditions and technical improvements in typefounding interacted with changes in public taste to modify, over the decades, the appearance of the typefaces that Americans found in their publications. While this is a study of only one of many American foundries, in many ways MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan can stand as an exemplar of all the rest. It was the descendant of the first successful American type foundry, Binny and Ronaldson, started in Philadelphia in 1796. Extensive business records of the firm exist, as do scores of type specimen books and promotional publications of the foundry. All of these have been used extensively by the author. The scores of typefaces illustrated and described are considered as the ever-changing output of a corporation, with lesser emphasis on the individual creators of each typeface. At the turn of the twentieth century, taste turned away from the florid, ornamented style of the earlier decades. Mr. Clouse has shown in this well-written study that the earlier styles were very successful in their own time and should be judged on that basis. A completely illustrated appendix showing MS&J's patented typefaces is extremely helpful.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 96669

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Cooper, Jeremy VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN DECOR
From the Gothic Revival to Art Nouveau New York Abbeville Press (1987) 4to. cloth, dust jacket 256 pages
A survey of the decorative arts from the Victorian to the Edwardian period. Includes over 600 color and black-and-white illustrations of home interiors and furniture. Minor wear to book and jacket.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 92692

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Day, Kenneth (editor) BOOK TYPOGRAPHY, 1815-1965 IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Chicago University of Chicago Press (1966) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxiii, 401 pages.
First U.S. edition, first published in Holland by Thieme in Dutch. Various authors discuss book typography for different countries including Handover on British Book Typography and James Wells on Typography in the U.S. 192 pages of illustrations.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 16315

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Day, Kenneth (editor) BOOK TYPOGRAPHY, 1815-1965 IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Chicago University of Chicago Press (1966) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxiii, 401 pages.
First U.S. edition, first published in Holland by Thieme in Dutch. Various authors discuss book typography for different countries including Handover on British Book Typography and James Wells on Typography in the U.S. 192 pages of illustrations. Minor rubbing. Bookplate.
Price: $ 17.50 other currencies Order nr. 19876

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Day, Kenneth (editor) BOOK TYPOGRAPHY, 1815-1965 IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Chicago University of Chicago Press (1966) 8vo. cloth. xxiii, 401 pages.
First U.S. edition, first published in Holland by Thieme in Dutch. Various authors discuss book typography for different countries including Handover on British Book Typography and James Wells on Typography in the U.S. 192 pages of illustrations. Jacket spine very faded.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 41422

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Day, Kenneth (editor) BOOK TYPOGRAPHY, 1815-1965 IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
London Ernest Benn Ltd. (1966) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxiii, 401 pages.
First English edition, first published in Holland by Thieme in Dutch. Various authors discuss book typography for different countries including Handover on British Book Typography and James Wells on Typography in the U.S. 192 pages of illustrations. Jacket faded and rubbed.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 53219

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Day, Kenneth (editor) BOOK TYPOGRAPHY, 1815-1965 IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Chicago University of Chicago Press (1966) 8vo. cloth. xxiii, 401 pages.
First U.S. edition, first published in Holland by Thieme in Dutch. Various authors discuss book typography for different countries including Handover on British Book Typography and James Wells on Typography in the U.S. 192 pages of illustrations. Ink inscription on free endpaper.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 76847

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