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Adams, Thomas TYPOGRAPHIA; OR, THE PRINTER'S INSTRUCTOR: A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE ORIGIN, RISE, AND PROGRESS OF THE TYPOGRAPHIC ART, WITH PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR CONDUCTING EVERY DEPARTMENT IN AN OFFICE, HINTS TO AUTHORS, PUBLISHERS, &C..
Philadelphia L. Johnson & Co. 1858 8vo. contemporary half calf over patterned paper covered boards, five raised bands, leather spine label, a signed binding by Calvin S. Hartley (signature at bottom of spine), all edges gilt. viii, 7-286 pages.
Sixth edition. (Bigmore & Wyman I,3). The first edition was issued in 1837. This was the second practical printing manual issued by an American author; it was compiled from many of the facts given by Hansard and Johnson. This edition contains work on Gold, Bronze, Card and Xylographic printing and the printing of wood engravings. Illustrated. It also contains a four page section at the end showing L. Johnson type faces and other material which isn't in the earlier editions. Rubbed along edges with corner of leather spine label chipped off. With a note in pencil on verso of free endpaper "This book was bound complete (forwarded & finished) by C.S. Hartley in December 1859." With a pencil note in another hand below the first commenting on this Philadelphia bindery. Rebacked with original leather laid down. Fabric tape repair of front inner hinge.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 34091

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Adeline, Jules LES ARTS DE REPRODUCTION VULGARISES.
Paris Librairies-Imprimeries Réunies n.d. (circa 1894) 8vo. modern cloth with original stiff paper wrapper bound-in. (viii), x, 379, (3) pages.
First edition. A manual of reproduction processes. Includes 140 illustrations within the text and examples of each process reproducing original designs of the author. Techniques discussed in this volume include dry point, lithography, heliogravure, and various color processes. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. A xerox of the entry for Adeline in Balteau's Dictionnaire Biographie Francaise is loosely inserted in the back.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 42765

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(Anderson, Alexander) HUXLEY HOUSE ALMANAC FOR 1953.
New York Huxley House 1953 thin 8vo. boards. (44) pages.
Illustrated with engravings by Alexander Anderson, the father of white-line wood engraving in America. Huxley House was a design firm. Covers soiled.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 31812

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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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Apell, Aloys HANDBUCH FÜR KUPFERSTICHSAMMLER.
oder, Lexicon der vorzüglichsten kupferstecher des XIX. jahrhunderts welche in linienmanier gearbeitet haben, sowie beschreibung. Leipzig A. Danz 1880 large 8vo. half leather with raised bands and gilt decoration, marbled paper-covered boards, all edges stained red xxxxvii, (i), 478 pages
First edition. This dictionary of engravers and engraving was intended as a handbook for print collectors. Bookbinder's tag H. Sperling of Leipzig. Bookplate on front pastedown indicates that this book came from the reference library and stock of H. P. Kraus. Ink inscription, dated 1895 on first blank. Some rubbing along edges of leather binding, paper covering boards is chipped.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 75742

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(APHA) VERSE INTO TYPE: THE APHA POETRY PORTFOLIO.
New York American Printing History Association 2006 8vo. contributions loosely inserted in cloth clamshell box, paper spine label.
Various typographic arrangements of seventeen poems, both contemporary and classic, using a variety of typefaces, colors, formats, and papers, all printed letterpress. The poems were selected by the printers. Contributors include Mindy Beloff, Robin Price, Sandy Connors, Barbara Henry, Ed Colker, Ron Gordon, David Pankow, Jerry Kelly, Kay Michael Kramer, Michael Peich, Gaylord Shanilec, Jack Stauffacher, Michael Russum and Carolee Campbell. The printed poems are housed in a handmade traycase made by Judi Conant. Limited to 225 copies.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 97456

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(Applegath and Cowper) MESSRS. APPLEGATH AND COWPER’S PRINTING PRESS (drop title)
[London] Mechanic’s Magazine, No. 157 1826 8vo. self paper wrappers pp. (257)-272.
Shows a diagram of the press, accompanying a four column description of it. Disbound.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 79908

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(Argentina) Cabrera, Pablo. LA SEGUNDA IMPRENTA DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE CORDOBA, ADQVIRIDA POR SVSCR.
Cordoba (Argentina) U. of Cordoba 1930 small 8to. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 200, (2) pages.
History and documentation for the first years of the second press at the Univ. of Cordoba (Argentina), which was founded in 1823 (the first having been moved to Buenos Aires in 1780). Besterman 5186. Text plus letters, records, accounts, subscriber lists, biographies of editors, partial lists of publications (books, newspapers, pamphlets, journals, etc.), with about 65 pages of illustrations of titles of books and periodicals, colophons, and ornaments. Approx. 150 bibliographic items scattered throughout text. Relevant for persons interested in the history of Argentina or S. American universities, early 19th-century Argentine periodicals and their editors, or early 19th-century printing and typography in the region. Unopened. Wrappers soiled, chipped. Binding starting to separate between pages 62 and 63.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 50181

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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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(Bangs, Samuel) Spell, Lota M. PIONEER PRINTER, SAMUEL BANGS IN MEXICO AND TEXAS
Austin Univ. of Texas Press (1963) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 230 pages.
First edition. Bangs was the man who first printed a document in Texas. Discusses the introduction of printing into Texas and three Mexican states. With a bibliography of Bangs and his imprints.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 4852

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Bankes, Henry HENRY BANKES'S TREATISE ON LITHOGRAPHY.
Reprinted from the 1813 and 1816 Editions with an Introduction and Notes by Michael Twyman. London Printing Historical Society 1976 8vo. cloth. xxiv, (ii), 24 (8 pages of plates), 28, xxv-xl pages.
Important study. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 97957

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Bankes, Henry HENRY BANKES'S TREATISE ON LITHOGRAPHY.
Reprinted from the 1813 and 1816 Editions with an Introduction and Notes by Michael Twyman. London Printing Historical Society 1976 8vo. cloth. xxiv, (ii), 24 (8 pages of plates), 28, xxv-xl pages.
Important study.
Price: $ 12.50 other currencies Order nr. 15774

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Barber, Giles FRENCH LETTERPRESS PRINTING A LIST OF FRENCH PRINTING MANUALS AND OTHER TEXTS IN FRENCH BEARING ON THE TECHNIQUE OF LETTERPRESS PRINTING, 1567-1900.
Oxford Oxford Bibliographical Society 1969 square 8vo. paper wrappers. x, 39 pages.
An essential guide to the study of French printing manuals.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 57688

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Barker, Nicolas THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS AND THE SPREAD OF LEARNING, 1478-1978, AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY.
With a Preface by Charles Ryskamp. Oxford Clarendon Press 1978 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xiii, 69 pages followed by many full page plates.
First edition. Beautifully illustrated history.
Price: $ 13.00 other currencies Order nr. 19369

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Barnhill, Georgia B. (editor) WITH A FRENCH ACCENT: AMERICAN LITHOGRAPHY TO 1860.
Worcester, Massachusetts American Antiquarian Society 2012 8.5 x 11 inches paperback 100 pages
With a French Accent: American Lithography to 1860 from the American Antiquarian Society features five essays from Georgia B. Barnhill, Lauren B. Hewes, Catherine Wilcox-Titus, Marie-Stéphanie Delamaire, and Helena E. Wright that explore several topics of interest to scholars of American print publishing. Together, the essays examine the impact of French lithographic practice on the American lithographic industry and American visual culture; the circulation of French imagery in the United States with a case study on portraits of Napoleon and Lafayette; Goupil's French lithographs after American genre and history paintings; and the use of French lithographs in didactic displays at the Smithsonian Institution in the late nineteenth century.

The book explores the variations in quality among early American lithographs. The first essay by Georgia Barnhill closely looks at this phenomenon and examines the work of several academically-trained French lithographic artists who worked in New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, and Boston from the mid-1830s to 1860.

The essay by Lauren Hewes looks at the circulation of French imagery in the United States. Some lithographs in the American Antiquarian Society collection were published in France for an American market, and there is a selection of sentimental prints and portraits that were printed in the United States, but were French in derivation. The book provides reasoning for why prints of Napoleon and Lafayette were moved into the American culture. Using the paintings and prints of these two political leaders as a case study, Catherine Wilcox-Titus reveals the importance of lithography to the dissemination of fine art to a large mass audience.

Next, the essay by Marie-Stéphanie Delamaire considers how the American paintings reproduced by Goupil, Vibert and Company led to the transatlantic cultural understanding and exchange. Because Goupil published so many lithographs for American and European audiences, he is an important part of the link between French and American lithography. The last essay by Helena Wright provides thoughts on the afterlife of French lithographs in American culture and the collecting and use of French lithographs in the United States National Museum.

Illustrated with black-and-white and color prints, this publication will be an excellent resource for the study of American prints and the French influence on the development of early lithography in the United States.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 109010

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Barnhill, Georgia B. (editor) WITH A FRENCH ACCENT: AMERICAN LITHOGRAPHY TO 1860.
Worcester, Massachusetts American Antiquarian Society 2012 8.5 x 11 inches paperback 100 pages
With a French Accent: American Lithography to 1860 from the American Antiquarian Society features five essays from Georgia B. Barnhill, Lauren B. Hewes, Catherine Wilcox-Titus, Marie-Stéphanie Delamaire, and Helena E. Wright that explore several topics of interest to scholars of American print publishing. Together, the essays examine the impact of French lithographic practice on the American lithographic industry and American visual culture; the circulation of French imagery in the United States with a case study on portraits of Napoleon and Lafayette; Goupil's French lithographs after American genre and history paintings; and the use of French lithographs in didactic displays at the Smithsonian Institution in the late nineteenth century.

The book explores the variations in quality among early American lithographs. The first essay by Georgia Barnhill closely looks at this phenomenon and examines the work of several academically-trained French lithographic artists who worked in New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, and Boston from the mid-1830s to 1860.

The essay by Lauren Hewes looks at the circulation of French imagery in the United States. Some lithographs in the American Antiquarian Society collection were published in France for an American market, and there is a selection of sentimental prints and portraits that were printed in the United States, but were French in derivation. The book provides reasoning for why prints of Napoleon and Lafayette were moved into the American culture. Using the paintings and prints of these two political leaders as a case study, Catherine Wilcox-Titus reveals the importance of lithography to the dissemination of fine art to a large mass audience.

Next, the essay by Marie-Stéphanie Delamaire considers how the American paintings reproduced by Goupil, Vibert and Company led to the transatlantic cultural understanding and exchange. Because Goupil published so many lithographs for American and European audiences, he is an important part of the link between French and American lithography. The last essay by Helena Wright provides thoughts on the afterlife of French lithographs in American culture and the collecting and use of French lithographs in the United States National Museum.

Illustrated with black-and-white and color prints, this publication will be an excellent resource for the study of American prints and the French influence on the development of early lithography in the United States.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 114981

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Barringer, George M. (compiler and editor) ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF AMERICAN FINE PRINTING, AN EXHIBITION
N.P. Georgetown University 1981 8vo. stiff paper wrappers iii, 13 pages
An exhibition catalogue with a foreword and 120 entries.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 101736

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(Baxter, George) Lewis, C.T. Courtney GEORGE BAXTER, THE PICTURE PRINTER.
London Sampson Low, Marston and Co. n.d. (circa 1924) small 4to. cloth, top edge gilt. xxxvi, 608 pages and 80 plates.
Lewis's third and most definitive book on Baxter. The book is an extraordinary piece of scholarship giving a biography of Baxter, a minute, technical description of the Baxter Process, as well as an account of its impact on the industry. Lewis has added a comprehensive checklist of Baxter's prints as well as the books, etc., in which they appeared. The checklist is filled with comments about the items described. Finally, Lewis has reprinted the 80 plates from his 1911 book on Baxter. This is a landmark book instrumental in any understanding of printing during the 19th century. Covers slightly faded.
Price: $ 50.00 other currencies Order nr. 36808

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(Baxter, George) Lewis, C.T. Courtney THE PICTURE PRINTER OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, GEORGE BAXTER, 1804-1867.
London Sampson Low, Marston Low & Co. 1911 thick small 4to. green cloth decorated in light green and gilt with a cameo plate on the front cover, top edge gilt. xxvi, 363 pages.
First edition. Catalog of prints by the pioneer of the color printing process. Includes an excellent historical account of Baxter's life and work. Explains how he achieved his new process, which allowed for great volumes of cheap yet artistic color pictures to be taken into the homes of the masses. Also section with hints and advice on collecting his works. Includes twenty-one illustrations in full color and many others in black-and-white of Baxter's most famous works. Detailed commentary accompanies the prints. Indices and appendix included. Some marginalia; newspaper clippings inserted. Hinges bent. Spine, edges rubbed. Light foxing throughout. Small crease in spine covering.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 23022

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Beck, Victoria VICTORIAN ENGRAVINGS
London Victoria and Albert Museum 1973 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 76 pages, 64 plates
Written to accompany exhibitions and to form a permanent introduction to the subject of Victorian reproductive engravings, the author reveals the technical virtuosity of the Victorian engravers. With an introductory essay and selection of images that throws a great deal of light on what was most acceptable to the Victorians in their own contemporary paintings, as well as on the public issues and private interests with which they were most concerned. Cover and bottom edge lightly soiled; back wrapper scuffed on bottom; corners bumped . With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 8.00 other currencies Order nr. 99658

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Beck, Victoria VICTORIAN ENGRAVINGS
London Victoria and Albert Museum 1973 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 76 pages, 64 plates
Written to accompany exhibitions and to form a permanent introduction to the subject of Victorian reproductive engravings, the author reveals the technical virtuosity of the Victorian engravers. With an introductory essay and selection of images that throws a great deal of light on what was most acceptable to the Victorians in their own contemporary paintings, as well as on the public issues and private interests with which they were most concerned.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 115224

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Beijbom, Ulf "THE PRINTED WORD IN A NINETEENTH CENTURY IMMIGRANT COLONY: THE ROLE OF THE ETHNIC PRESS IN CHICAGO'S SWEDE TOWN."
Chicago, IL The Swedish Pioneer Historical Society 1976 8vo. stiff paper wrappers pp. 82-96
An article in "The Swedish Pioneer, Historical Quarterly", Vol. XXVIII, No. 2, April 1977. Spine and head of front cover faded, minor wear.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 100891

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(Bensley, Thomas) Isaac, Peter (compiler) A TENTATIVE CHECKLIST OF BENSLEY PRINTING.
Wylam Allenholme Press 1989 8vo. pamphlet binder with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. (ii), 32, (2) pages followed by facsimile
A checklist of unnumbered entries. Bound in at the back is an article by Hope Mayo printed for the Bibliographical Society of America, entitled "In Memoriam, Peter Charles Gerald Isaac 1921-2002". With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson on the inside front cover, and the ink signature of Gavin Bridson on the inside front cover of the pamphlet binder. Contains the bookplate of the maker of the pamphlet binder on the inside rear cover.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 101489

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