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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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(Bookbinding) SPECIMEN BOOK NO. 3.
(Magdeburg, Germany Dornemann & Co. n.d. 4to. Self paper wrappers 30 pages
Text in German, English, Spanish, Italian and French. Preface. A catalogue of metal ornaments and types for bookbinders. Front wrapper missing. Tanning. Pages torn along edges. Pages loose.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 110075

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BOOKWAYS. 7
Austin, TX W. Thomas Taylor 1993 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 68 pages.
With special articles by Tom Taylor giving a survey of American typefounders, a look at the private collection of Travis Beck, a description of the Barrois collection of printing ephemera and a history of the Providence Public Library by Philip J. Weimerskirch.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 43040

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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, H.L.) Eckman, James THE COLLECTANEA TYPOGRAPHICA OF HENRY LEWIS BULLEN 1857-1938 IN THE INLAND PRINTER, 1918-1924, 1926, AND 1928-1931.
Rochester, MN Doomsday Press 1961 12mo. paper wrappers. (vi), 36, (3) pages.
A bibliography of his writings.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 1078

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(Caflisch, Max) "LE CÉLÈBRE GARAMOND", ZUR SCHRIFT DIESES HEFTES.
N.P. n.p. n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers 29-36 pages
Written in German. This is presumably an essay by Max Caflisch, originally for the "Typografische Monatsblätter", which he contributed many articles to. With several type specimens and black-and-white plates throughout. Caflisch has signed his name beneath the title.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 101416

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Caflisch, Max COLUMBUS
N.P. n.p. (1995) 4to. stiff paper wrappers 12 pages
Written in German. Reprinted from "Typografische Monatsblätter", Heft I, 1995, here bound separately. With various type specimens and some black-and-white plates throughout.
Price: $ 17.50 other currencies Order nr. 101413

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Caflisch, Max EINE NEUE EGYPTIENNE: DIE PMN CAECILIA.
N.P. n.p. (1993) 4to. stiff paper wrappers 16 pages
Written in German. Reprinted from "Typografische Monatsblätter", Heft 5, 1993, here bound separately. It demonstrates various type specimens throughout.
Price: $ 17.50 other currencies Order nr. 101408

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Caflisch, Max STONE PRINT
N.P. n.p. n.d. (circa 1992) 4to. self paper wrappers 8 pages
Written in German. Reprinted from the "Typografische Monatsblätter", a Swiss periodical on typography which Caflisch has contributed many articles to. Contains various type specimens throughout this essay.
Price: $ 17.50 other currencies Order nr. 101411

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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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(Caine, Michael) CONCATÉNATION DE CARACTÈRES TYPOGRAPHIQUES.
(Paris) Atelier de la Cerisaie 2001) thin folio stiff paper wrappers, slipcase. (20) pages.
Limited to 25 numbered copies signed by Michael Caine who was a co-printer wtih Jon von in handseting and printing this magnificent specimen book. With showings of type from the following founderies: Amsterdam, Bauer, Beaudoire, Deberny & Peignot, Doublet, Enschedè, Nebiolo, P. Ribaudeau & Dumas, Stempel, Stephenson Blake, Tipografica Cooperativa, Typographique Francaise, Wagner (Weber).
Price: $ 650.00 other currencies Order nr. 105414

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(Calligraphy) PRAKTISCHE REKLAME SCHRIFTEN.
Ravensburg Otto Maier n.d. oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers unpaginated
Text in German. Practical advertising publication formats. 12 patterns and samples of alphabets by R. Holder loosely laid in. Wrappers tanned and torn.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 108206

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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. 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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Carter, Sebastian. TWENTIETH CENTURY TYPE DESIGNERS.
New York Taplinger Publishing Company (1987) small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 168 pages.
First U.S. edition. Describes the careers of the great type designers of this century - Goudy, Rogers, Koch, Dwiggins, Gill, Morison, etc. Well illustrated. .
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 62292

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(Caslon, William) PORTFOLIO TO COMMEMORATE THE TWO-HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF WILLIAM CASLON
N.P. Wynkyn de Worde Society 1966 folio stiff paper portfolio holding seven Caslon-related items
Contains: A portrait of Caslon, wood engraving by David Gentleman, Type Specimen sheet - collotype facsimile, Notes on the 1734 Specimen by James Mosely, Specimen of Cason Old Face which includes a photograph of a selection of the original steel punches cut by William Caslon, The Chiswell Street Foundry facsimile reproduced from the Universal Magazine 1750, a folder for Letraset Caslon lacking the specimen, and a Students' Exercise by the College of Art Press, Canterbury. Portfolio has a hint of edgewear.
Price: $ 60.00 other currencies Order nr. 94532

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(Caslon, William) WILLIAM CASLON, 1692-1766
London The Wynkyn de Worde Society 1967 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (4) pages.
Printed in the US by Ludlow Typograph Company, Chicago, for the Wynkyn de Worde Society.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 17926

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(Caxton, William) PROPOSITIO JOHANNIS RUSSELL PRINTED BY WILLIAM CAXTON CIRCA A.D. 1476. REPRODUCED IN FACSIMILE.
Manchester and London University Press and Bernard Quaritch, and Sherratt and Hughes 1909 8vo. quarter vellum, cloth-covered boards. 35, (9) pages.
Facsimile of William Caxton's original printing reproduced here as book one of the John Rylands facsimile series. This book consists of an oration delivered by Russell on the occasion of his embassy in February 1470 to invest Charles the Bold with the Order of the Garter. Contains a new historical introduction by Henry Guppy along with a list of all works printed in this same "no.2" type. Some foxing of spine.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 59209

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(Chappell, Warren) WARREN CHAPPELL.
Charlottesville Department of Rare Books, University of Virginia Library 1983 small 8vo. paper wrappers. (15) pages.
A keepsake issued on the occasion of an exhibition in the University of Virginia Library of his graphic work: drawings, illustrations, type and designs, February-March 1983.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 60687

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Christian, Arthur DÉBUTS DE L'IMPRIMERIE EN FRANCE, L'IMPRIMERIE NATIONALE, L'HÔTEL DE ROHAN.
Paris Imprimerie Nationale 1905 small 4to. later cloth. xxiv, 340, (4) pages.
First edition. (St. Bride Cat. p.184). Preface by Jules Claretie followed by a history of the beginning of printing in France and histories of the two famous French printers, L'Imprimerie Nationale and Hotel de Rohan. Printed in different type faces to demonstrate types available and profusely illustrated with decorations, vignettes and other designs in various colors.
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 22254

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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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Coakley, J.F. THE TYPOGRAPHY OF SYRIAC: A HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF PRINTING TYPES, 1537-1958.
New Castle, Delaware and London Oak Knoll Press and The British Library 2006 7 x 10 inches hardcover 272 pages
Syriac, a dialect of the ancient Aramaic language, has a remarkable Christian literature spanning a thousand years from the fourth to the thirteenth century, including important versions of the Bible. It remains the liturgical language of several churches in the Middle East, India, and the west, and 'Modern Syriac' is a vernacular still in use today. It is no wonder that this language has a long and rich printing history. The challenge of conveying the beautiful cursive Syriac script, in one or another of its three varieties, was taken up by many well-known type-designers in the letterpress era, from Robert Granjon in the sixteenth century to the Monotype and Linotype corporations in the twentieth, as well as by many lesser-known ones. This study records and abundantly illustrates no fewer than 129 different Syriac types, using archival documents, type-specimens, and the often scattered evidence of the print itself. The Typography of Syriac will be of interest not only to scholars of Middle Eastern languages and scripts but also to all historians of type and printing.
J. F. Coakley is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and on the staff of Houghton Library, at Harvard University. His private press, the Jericho Press, occasionally makes use of Syriac and other exotic types.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 91843

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