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LIVRE D'OR DU BIBLIOPHILE PREMIER ANNEE.
Paris Chambre Syndicale des Editeurs de Livres D'Art 1925 4to. stiff paper wrappers.
The first of three issues of this spectacular periodical. Ulrich and Kup p.45. "Specimens of recently published French works, including title pages and illustrations." Many of the illustrations are in full color and include famous French illustrators of the day. Minor chipping at spine ends. Binding partially broken.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 25154

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Loney, Alan EACH NEW BOOK.
Number three of the CODE(X) Monograph Series Berkeley, California CODEX Foundation 2008 5.5 x 7.75 inches paperback pamphlet 24 pages
Number three of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. Loney's essay discusses his thoughts on both the physical value as well as the textual value of books and libraries.

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.

Alan Loney is a poet/printer living in Melbourne, Australia, where he runs Electio Editions.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 102903

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Lorck, Carl B DIE ZUKUNFT DES BUCHGEWERBES IN LEIPZIG.
Leipzig Deutsche Bucherei 1977 8vo. paper wrappers. 79+(1) pages, with 1 illustration.
Reprint of the 1884 edition, printed as Deutsche Bucherei's New Year's gift for 1978. Essay on the future of the book trades in Leipzig. Afterword by Helma Schaeffer. Illustration is tipped-in facsimile of original title page. Wrappers soiled.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 48864

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Louisy, M.P. LE LIVRE ET LES ARTS QUI S'Y RATTACHENT DUPUIS LES ORIGINES JUSQU'A LA FIN DU XVIIIE SIÈCLE.
Paris Firmin-Didot et Cie 1887 8vo. original red cloth decorated in black and gilt, all edges gilt. (iv), 270, (2) pages.
Reprint of 1886 first edition. Chapters on papermaking, binding, printing, etc. With 221 illustrations including a beautiful chromolithographic frontispiece. Very decorative cover. With the Randeria bookplate.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 71822

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Lowry, Glenn D. With Susan Nemazee JEWELER'S EYE, ISLAMIC ARTS OF THE BOOK FROM THE VEVER COLLECTION. With AN ANNOTATED AND ILLUSTRATED CHECKLIST OF THE VEVER COLLECTION BY GLENN D. LOWRY AND MILO CLEVELAND BEACH.
2 volumes. Washington Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian in association with the University of Washington Press (1988) 4to. cloth, slipcase. 240; 446 pages.
Printed by Meriden-Stinehour. Filled with color illustrations in the first volume and black and white illustrations in the second. Well preserved set.
Price: $ 425.00 other currencies Order nr. 36837

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Loy, William E. (edited by Alastair M. Johnston and Stephen O. Saxe) NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN DESIGNERS AND ENGRAVERS OF TYPE.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2009 9 x 12 inches hardcover, dust jacket 164 pages
New technology, such as electrotyping, the pantograph and router, introduced in the middle of the nineteenth century, combined with the expansion of commerce as America moved westward, created a great outpouring of exuberantly ornamented typefaces. Though these "Victorian" faces have moved in and out of favor, many of them have great charm and usefulness. They were produced in conditions of a commercial free-for-all, even outright piracy, not unlike the "desktop font" boom of the 1990s. While many Victorian types have been revived by digital foundries, their sheer number has intimidated historians unable to establish their true origins.

In 1896 William E. Loy, a San Francisco printing equipment salesman and scholar, had the idea of writing a series of profiles of type designers. Loy took a long view of history, and realized that it was important to document the men in the background who created the nineteenth century's fanciful types, even as the furiously competing type foundries got the credit for introducing them to the printing trade. His work was serialized in The Inland Printer over the next three years and included biographies, photographs of the artists, and lists of the type they had designed or cut, which Loy had painstakingly compiled through correspondence with the type founders and other craftsmen. Unfortunately, due to the technical limitations of a monthly periodical, it was not possible to show the typefaces mentioned. Finally here is the work as Loy envisioned it, with over 800 illustrations of typefaces designed by the craftsmen he discusses.

Here, written by a man who knew many of the designers and engravers, is the behind-the-scenes story: biographies of men - artists, sportsmen, blacksmiths, soldiers, even a game warden - who were the creators of these innovative types. Loy traces their personal stories adding much incidental detail about the politics & business practices of the time and the innovations of each of these thirty men. Now, a century later, typographical historians Alastair Johnston and Stephen Saxe have realized Loy's vision, fully illustrated and annotated. This is one of the first reference books on nineteenth-century American type design, and as such is an important addition to typographical history.

William E. Loy (1847-1906) grew up in the Midwest and moved to California in 1874. He worked as a newspaperman, printer and printing equipment salesman. He was associated with Nelson Crocker Hawks at the Pacific Type Foundry in San Francisco, before branching out on his own. His vast typographical library formed the core of the Kemble Collection now at the California Historical Society.

Stephen O. Saxe is the author of American Iron Hand Presses (Oak Knoll & The British Library, 1995); he annotated the revised edition of Annenberg's Typefoundries of America and their Catalogs (Oak Knoll & The British Library, 2000). A graduate of Harvard and Yale, he was a stage and television scenic designer before he became interested in printing history. Alastair Johnston is the author of Alphabets to Order: the Literature of Nineteenth-Century Typefounders' Specimens (Oak Knoll & The British Library, 2000). A co-founder of Poltroon Press, he has taught at the University of California since 1979. He also teaches book arts in public elementary schools. He is currently writing a biography of Richard Austin, the English type cutter, and his son the wood-engraver.
Price: $ 59.95 other currencies Order nr. 96679

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Macrobert, T.M. PRINTED BOOKS, A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO FINE TYPOGRAPHY
London Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1971 tall 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 8 pages followed by 46 full-page plates.
Revised edition. Plates show pages by Schoffer, Froben, Tory, Caslon, Bodoni, Fournier, Baskerville, Kelmscott and others.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 4461

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(Malik-Verlag) Fraser, James and Steven Heller THE MALIK-VERLAG 1916-1947, BERLIN, PRAGUE, NEW YORK.
New York Goethe House (1984) tall 8vo. paper wrappers. 88 pages.
First edition. A fascinating exhibition catalogue which examines the history of this German publishing firm and shows examples of some of the work it produced. Well illustrated.
Price: $ 50.00 other currencies Order nr. 28251

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(Mame) MAME ANGERS-PARIS-TOURS: DEUX SIECLES DU LIVRE.
Tours Association "Hotel Mame Centre Culturel" 1989 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 95+(1) pages
Catalogue published in connection with the 1989 Inagural Exposition, Tours, October-November 1989, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Mame publishing firm. Preface by Alfred Mame. Bibliography, acknowledgments, table of contents. Color and black and white illustrations.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 115422

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Mangan, James T. DESIGN.
(Alhambra, CA The Cunningham Press) (n.d.) 12mo. cloth-backed boards, paper cover label. (18) pages.
Reprint from Mangan's "Design: The New Grammar of Advertising" first printed in 1940. Reprinted for those engaged in the Graphic Arts. David Green designed both this sample and the original work. Presentation on free endpaper "To John Michael, One of History's Great Printers and typographic Designers, With Sincere Regards, James Thomas Mangan, F.R., National of Celestial Space, Evergreen Park, IL, Jan 10, 1960."
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 115448

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Mangan, James T. DESIGN.
(Alhambra, CA The Cunningham Press) (n.d.) 12mo. cloth-backed boards, paper cover label. (18) pages.
Reprint from Mangan's "Design: The New Grammar of Advertising" first printed in 1940. Reprinted for those engaged in the Graphic Arts. David Green designed both this sample and the original work.
Price: $ 22.00 other currencies Order nr. 24378

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(Marchbanks Press) Warde, Beatrice PRINTING SHOULD BE INVISIBLE
New York The Marchbanks Press 1937 12mo. paper wrappers, paper cover label, cord-tied. 12 pages.
An address delivered by Warde before the British Typographers' Guild at St. Bride's Institute. Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 10780

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(Mardersteig, Giovanni) Dreyfus, John THE WORK OF GIOVANNI MARDERSTEIG WITH `MONOTYPE' FACES.
London The Monotype Corporation Ltd. (1967) 4to. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (40) pages.
Introductory text followed by the examples of printing. Printed at the Stamperia Valdonega.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 19540

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(Mardersteig, Martino) Arnett, Carroll EARLIER
New Rochelle, NY The Elizabeth Press (1972) 8vo. paper-covered boards, slip case 45, (2) pages
A collection of poetry, limited to 400 copies designed by Martino Mardersteig. Edges of slipcase faded, some wear to slipcase.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 102926

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(Mardersteig, Martino) Jaffin, David THE HALF OF A CIRCLE
New Rochelle, NY The Elizabeth Press (1977) 8vo. paper-covered boards, slip case 64, (2) pages
A collection of poetry, limited to 400 copies designed by Martino Mardersteig. Spine slightly faded, minor tanning around slipcase edges.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 102925

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(Mardersteig, Martino) Jaffin, David SPACE OF
(New Rochelle, NY) The Elizabeth Press (1978) 8vo. paper-covered boards, slipcase not paginated
A collection of poetry, limited to 300 copies designed by Martino Mardersteig. Minor wear at spine ends, Spine and corners of slipcase worn.
Price: $ 8.00 other currencies Order nr. 102897

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(Mardersteig, Martino) Mills, Barriss THE UNHEROIC MUSE.
Essays on Five Classical Poets. New Rochelle, NY The Elizabeth Press (1978) 8vo. paper covered boards, includes slip case 50, (2) pages
Limited to 500 copies designed by Martino Mardersteig. With the works of Archilochos and Sappho, Theokritos, Catullus, and Martial. Minor wear, spine of slipcase protruding.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 102927

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Maret, Russell VISIONARIES & FANATICS: TYPE DESIGN & THE PRIVATE PRESS
Number five of the CODE(X) Monograph Series. Berkeley, California CODEX Foundation 2010 5.5 x 7.75 inches paperback pamphlet 24 pages
Number five of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. Russell Maret explores the future of the private press and the division between the private press and the fine press. The fine printer, often a commercial outfit, leaves proportion, legibility, and craftsmanship as secondary principles, where as the private press printer is possessed with an irrepressible need to make books, containing characteristics of iconoclasm and reverence.

Richly illustrated with color images, the book was designed by Russell Maret and printed in an edition of 500 copies at Peter Koch Printers. The cover was printed from antique wood and metal types in the Koch collection.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 107488

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Marinetti, Filippo Tommaso PAROLE IN LIBERTA.
Berkeley, California CODEX Foundation 2012 5.5 x 7.75 inches paperback pamphlet 24 pages
Number two of the CODE(X)+2 Monograph Series. This book is a photographic reproduction of the metal book Parole in Liberta Olfattive Tattili-Termiche, a collection of futurist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's poetry, made by Tullio d'Albisola and Vincenzo Nosenzo in 1932. It contains photos of every page, the covers, and the slipcase.

The photographed copy is held by The Beinecke Rare Book and Manusrcipt Library, Yale University.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 115572

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Mathey, Georg Alexander DAS SCHÖNE BUCH DER LETZTEN FÜNFZIG JAHRE.
Mainz Gutenberg-Gesellschaft 1952 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (18) pages.
The 52nd publication of this Union of printing craftsmen. Filled with illustrations, some in color.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 17908

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McCrillis, John O.C. PRINTER'S ABECEDARIUM.
Edited by Susan C. McCrillis. Boston David R. Godine (1974) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated.
First edition. Set by hand by McCrillis; each initial is on a full page and done in two colors.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 4444

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McCrillis, John O.C. PRINTER'S ABECEDARIUM.
Edited by Susan C. McCrillis. Boston David R. Godine (1974) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. Not paginated.
First edition. Set by hand by McCrillis; each initial is on a full-page and done in two colors.
Price: $ 12.00 other currencies Order nr. 35802

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McCrillis, John O.C. PRINTER'S ABECEDARIUM
Edited by Susan C. McCrillis. Boston David R. Godine (1974) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. Not paginated.
First edition. Set by hand by McCrillis; each initial is on a full-page and done in two colors. Presentation on half-title "To my good friend John Peckham, John McCrillis." Jacket rubbed.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 41663

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McKitterick, David (editor) STANLEY MORISON & D.B. UPDIKE, SELECTED CORRESPONDENCE
New York The Moretus Press 1979 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxxvi, 219 pages.
First edition. Printed by the Stinehour Press. Filled with interesting information on book design in the United States and England.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 2487

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McKitterick, David (editor) STANLEY MORISON & D.B. UPDIKE, SELECTED CORRESPONDENCE
NY The Moretus Press 1979 8vo. cloth, dust jacket xxxiv, (ii), 271, (3)
First edition. Chipped around edges of jacket.
Price: $ 11.00 other currencies Order nr. 3843

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