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Doyen, F.D. BIBLIOGRAPHIE NAMUROISE, INDIQUANT LES LIVRES IMPRIMÉS À NAMUR ... ANNÉES 1473-1799 (1880) NAMUR, 1884-1902 (SOCIÉTÉ ARCHÉOLOGIQUE).
3 parts in 2 volumes Nieuwkoop HES & DE GRAAF 1973 8vo cloth (iv),810; (iv),360; (iv),458 pages.
Reprint of the 1884 edition published in Namur. The only topo-bibliography of Namur (Namen, Belgium). More than 2.650 entries.

Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers.
Price: $ 340.00 other currencies Order nr. 103397

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Drouin, F. LA PHOTOGRAPHIE DES COULEURS.
Paris Charles Medel 1896 large 12mo. modern cloth, paper spine label, original wrappers bound-in (iv), 115, (9) pages
Scarce book illustrated with 18 figures in the text. Includes a section on chromoscopes. Original wrappers soiled and worn at the edges. Cloth binding has minor wear. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. .
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 98437

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(Duncan, Harry) A GARLAND FOR HARRY DUNCAN.
Austin, TX W. Thomas Taylor 1989 large 8vo. quarter leather with cloth-covered boards. (10), 96, (9) pages.
Printed in an edition limited to 500 copies of which this is one of 30 bound thus. Contributions from fifty-eight poets on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Cummington Press. Some of the poets are Stephen Berg, Warren Slesinger, Gerald Stern, Jane Greer and others. Illustrated with a drawing by Keith Achepohl.
Price: $ 175.00 other currencies Order nr. 59014

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Dziatzko, Karl. SAMMLUNG BIBLIOTHEKSWISSENSCHAFTLICHER ARBEITEN
24 (bound in 10, of 38). Berlin A. Asher & Co. 1887-1919 8vo. cloth varied pagination
A significant collection of first editions from the important series begun by Karl Dziatzko (1842-1903), who was the first professor of library science in Göttingen University, Germany. This set includes volumes 1-17, 21, 24-25, 28, 31, and 37/38. Contains texts on various issues pertaining to printing, illuminated manuscripts, publishers, printers, etc. Some volumes with illustrations. Includes indexes. Many editions with original paper wrappers loosely inserted or bound in. Signed by W. Eames (American bibliographer, 1855-1937) on the front pastedown. Loosely inserted is a commemorative booklabel which indicates that this set came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus purchased by Oak Knoll Books at the auction sale.
Price: $ 650.00 other currencies Order nr. 76148

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Enschedé, Charles TYPEFOUNDRIES IN THE NETHERLANDS, FROM THE FIFTEENTH TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
Haarlem Stichting Museum Enschedé 1978 folio quarter leather, printed paper over boards. xxvii, 477 pages.
An English translation of the original edition of 1908 in Dutch with revisions and notes by Harry Carter with the assistance of Netty Hoeflake. Edited by Lotte Hellinga. Intended as a history of the Enschedé firm, it is also a wonderful contribution to typography in general. Not only is this book an extensive history of typefoundries in the Netherlands, but it also contains various alphabets from five centuries and hundreds of ornaments, type specimens and woodcuts. Also contains a bibliography of related items. Beautifully printed.
Price: $ 425.00 other currencies Order nr. 34977

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(Essex House Press) Ashbee, C.R. BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.
New York M. Walter Dunne 1904 folio purple cloth decorated in gilt, blue and pink, top edge gilt, others uncut. (xvi), 386, (2) pages with a laid in supplement of viii pages.
First North American edition published with the express permission of the Essex House Press and printed in America by the Plimpton Press. (see Ashbee p.73). Partially printed in the Endeavour type (as well as in the great primer type) specially designed for this book by Ashbee and also known as the Prayer Book type. Illustrated throughout with designs by Ashbee. A fine production printed in red and black throughout. Covers worn along spine ends and fading of spine and part of back cover. Wear at tips.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 105384

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(Farquhar, Samuel T.) Bacon, Francis OF STUDIES.
San Francisco (Johnck & Seeger) 1928 large 12mo. paper boards, paper cover label (9) pages
Printed in an edition of 50 copies to distribute to friends. Book designed and type hand set by Samuel T. Farquhar, his first work of type composition. Presswork done by well-known printer Lawton Kennedy, and the work completed in the shop of Johnck & Seeger in San Francisco. Bacon's famous brief essay on study and learning, with his famous quotation: "Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. . . ." Minor abrasion to front board.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 62595

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Faulkenstein, Constantin Karl GESCHICHTE DER BUCHDRUCKERKUNST IN IHRER ENTSTEHUNG UND AUSBILDUNG.
Leipzig B.G. Teubner 1840 thick 4to. twentieth-century cloth. xiv, 16, (2), 406, (2), pages followed by (10) plates.
First of three editions. (Bigmore & Wyman I, p.211). A history of the art of printing which Bigmore and Wyman write "is the most important of the works published in Germany, on the occasion of the 4th centenary of the invention of printing." Divided into several sections, this volume contains a chronological history of early printing from the 1450's, a history of famous printers and printing houses, a history of printing by continent with a state by state survey of the United States, and a catalogue of printing techniques. The first part is well-illustrated with reproductions of woodblock illustrations printed in early books. Many of these plates fold-out and are printed in color. The last section on printing techniques describes printing in gold and silver, xylographie, stereotypie, typographie and many other processes. Included are specimens of some of these processes printed by B.G. Teubner, many of these are printed in color, embossed, and some represent ornaments suitable for banknotes or are specimens of maps. Many other internal illustrations. Text is followed by ten pages of type specimens including specimens of Hebrew, Egyptian hieroglyphics, Chinese, Greek, and others. Includes a list of subscribers. One plate printed with metallic image oxidized. Faint dampstain along bottom of pages.
Price: $ 1,250.00 other currencies Order nr. 43999

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Faulmann, Karl ILLUSTRIRTE GESCHICHTE DER BUCHDRUCKERKUNST
Wien A. Hartleben's Verlag 1882 thick 8vo. original green cloth stamped in black and gilt with lettering in gilt, all edges marbled. viii, 806 pages with 26 plates (14 in color) and 380 text illustrations.
First edition. (St. Bride Cat. p.318). Standard 19th century history of book printing, copiously illustrated with facsimiles, type specimens, illustrations of printing presses, information on bookbinding practices and papermaking. With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson. Well-preserved copy in beautiful original cloth binding. Recased with new endpapers.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 91856

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(Fawcett, Benjamin) McLean, Ruari and Antonia. BENJAMIN FAWCETT ENGRAVER AND COLOUR PRINTER, WITH A LIST OF HIS BOOKS AND PLATES.
Hampshire, England Scolar Press 1988 small 4to. quarter leather, top edge gilt, dust jacket. 196 pages.
First edition, limited to 750 numbered copies, of which this is one of 25 special copies with three actual plates demonstrating Fawcett's work loosely inserted in a pocket in the back. In special binding and with limitation page bound in and with McLean's signature. A check-list of books and plates printed by Fawcett, plus letters to, from or concerning him. Contains an outline of Fawcett's life, an interesting article on Fawcett's woodblock printing techniques by Gavin Bridson, and a look at scientific publishing in the nineteenth century. Many black and white illustrations, plus 9 color plates. Spine of jacket faded.
Price: $ 315.00 other currencies Order nr. 23192

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Fenn, Patricia & Alfred P Malpa REWARDS OF MERIT, TOKENS OF A CHILD'S PROGRESS AND A TEACHER'S ESTEEM AS AN ENDURING ASPECT OF AMERICAN RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR EDUCATION.
N.P. Ephemera Society of America (1994) oblong 8vo. quarter leather, separate portfoliio, inserted in slipcase. 224 pages.
One of 175 special copies bound thus, numbered and signed by the authors, and containing two medals mounted in the front cover (not present in this copy). Also contains a separate portfolio of reproductions of rewards. This copy is not numbered but is signed by all four participants.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 52079

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Ferret, L'Abbé J. LA PHOTOGRAVURE SANS PHOTOGRAPHIE.
Paris Gauthier-Villars 1894 large 12mo. modern marbled paper wrappers, original wrappers bound-in viii,48,4 pages
Part of the Bibliothèque Photographique. Text in French. Original wrappers, some soiling, with a little paper loss, pages at each end have a bit more wear than the rest of the book, a few pages are smudged. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 98536

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(Feyl) 25 JAHRE DRUCKKUNST GEBR. FEYL. BERLIN, SW 48
Berlin Gebrüder Feyl 1925 folio quarter cloth, illustrated paper-covered boards not paginated
First edition limited to an unspecified number of numbered copies (but more than 255 copies according to OCLC). This anniversary edition commemorates the 25 years of the Graphische Kunstdruckerei Gebr. Feyl, Berlin. Text in German with essay on the history of the printing firm, tipped-in b/w and color plates, and decorative endpapers and upper and lower boards in the Art Deco style. Includes printing specimens and interior views of the printing plant. Some staining on upper cover, rubbed at extremities. Loosely inserted is a commemorative booklabel which indicates that this set came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus purchased by Oak Knoll Books at the auction sale.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 74643

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Fielding, T. H ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PAINTING IN OIL AND WATER COLOURS ... WITH A MANUAL OF LITHOGRAPHY
Illustrated with Plain and Coloured Plates. Fourth Edition, Much Enlarged London Ackermann & Co. 1846 8vo. modern cloth xii, 236, (2), 12 plates of illustration and 6 plates of mixed tint samples, 4 pages
The manual occupies pp. 201-228.The frontis is a color plate, as are some of the 12 plates that follow the text. A four page catalogue of Ackermann's artists' supplies at the end. Pages clean and nice, but with some scattered offset among the plates. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 98553

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Five older carved wooden stamps that were used to print designs on fabric.
N.P. n.p. n.d. four are 6 by 8 inches and are 1 inch thick.
Five wooden stamps made for fabric with various decorative patterns. "Made in India" sticker attached to two. Each has a unique pattern reflecting Indian artwork.
Price: $ 350.00 other currencies Order nr. 109727

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Flader, Louis (editor) ACHIEVEMENT IN PHOTO-ENGRAVING AND LETTERPRESS PRINTING
Chicago American Photo-Engraver's Association (1927) thick 4to. simulated leather decorated in blind and stamped with a red and yellow eagle on the front cover, top edge gilt. 488 pages.
First edition. Devoted to every aspect of the art of photo-engraving and letterpress printing with contributions by James Montgomery Flagg, Elmer Adler, N.A. Altmann and decorated with hundreds of illustrations by such artists as Held, Pyle, Parrish, Schoonover, Wyeth, Homer, Pennell, Rockwell, etc. Filled with examples of the best of color work. Covers rubbed with light wear along hinges and edges.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 19673

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(FlugBlatt-Presse) Artmann, H.C. DER AERONAUTISCHE SINDTBART ODER SELTSAME LUFTREISE VON NIEDERCALIFORNIEN NACH CRAIN, DREIßIGSTES ABENDTEUR AVT CAPITUL.
(Lahnstein) FlugBlatt-Presse 1987 8vo. paper-covered boards 67, (2) French fold pages
First edition, limited to 120 numbered and signed copies. Artmann's 1979 story of opera goers is transformed by Peter Malutzki through his imaginative illustrations. Malutzki takes a single image of an opera-going couple and overprints it with color zinc plates in a new way for each page. Handset and letterpress with Candida kursiv, gewöhnlich and halbfett.
Price: $ 350.00 other currencies Order nr. 62814

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(FlugBlatt-Presse) Rosei, Peter UNSER LANDSCHAFTSBERICHT
(Llahnstein FlugBlatt-Presse 1996) small 4to. accordion fold with stiff paper boards 42, (2) pages
First edition, limited to 60 signed and numbered copies. The text, by Peter Posei, is printed over 22 original black-and-white photographs by Ines v. Ketelhodt. The photographs feature a nude body, framed and lit to evoke a day landscape when the accordion-folded book is read from one direction and a night landscape when read from the other. Printed over the "landscapes" are figures by the graphic artist Peter Malutzki. These figures are printed with letterpress material, such as plates, brass rules, etc.
Price: $ 480.00 other currencies Order nr. 62819

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(Forgery) REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS, &C, TOGETHER WITH THE APPROVED COMMUNICATIONS AND EVIDENCE UPON THE SAME, RELATIVE TO THE MODE OF PREVENTING THE FORGERY OF BANK NOTES.
London Society of Arts 1819 8vo. modern paper wrappers with paper cover and spine labels. (iv), 72 pages.
First edition (Levis, p. 468; Bridson & Wakeman B48; Goldsmith 22503; Kress C. 414). All six plates present. With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson. An important comment on the prevention of forgery. Contains a number of articles including: one by T.C. Hansard who proposed the use of Diamond type arranged in patterns (including an example plate); by T. Ransom recommending copper plate engraving (including a sample bank note showing the work of three different engravers); by R.H. Sully also recommending copper plate engraving (with a sample bank note and an engraved plate showing the design for a new copper plate printing machine); and by Richard Williamson recommending steel engraving (with two fine steel engraved plates). Old ink stamp of Mercantile Library of Philadelphia on a number of the pages and all the plates. The plates are faintly water-stained.
Price: $ 1,250.00 other currencies Order nr. 37893

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FREIE KÜNST: FACHBLATT FÜR LITHOGRAPHIE, STEINDRUCKEREI UND BUCHDRUCKEREI.
Wien (Vienna) Josef Hein 1892 4to. magazines bound in quarter cloth, marbled paper-covered boards (iv), 348 pages.
Text in German. Union List 2, 1638. The magazine was published twice monthly from 1879 to 1914. A periodical for printers and publishers. Volume XIV, 24 issues, complete. Table of contents for all issues. Black and white illustrations. Includes advertisements. Boards rubbed, scuffed and worn at edges and along spine. Some tanning throughout text.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 114891

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Gent, Thomas THE LIFE OF MR. THOMAS GENT, PRINTER, OF YORK WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
Edited by Rev. Joseph Hunter London Thomas Thorpe 1832 8vo. original cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Gent; iv, 208 pages.
First edition. (Bigmore & Wyman I, 260). "A very interesting biography of a distinguished country printer. It contains also a number of details relative to the history of typography during the second half of the eighteenth century." Thorpe found this manuscript in an Irish collection he had purchased. Gent had written the manuscript in 1746, 32 years before his death at the age of 85. See Lowndes p.875 for further comment on this work. Cracked along back hinge. With an ink inscription on the front free endpaper "E.T. Mason, Feb. 1877" and a note by him stating that he had purchased this copy at the Hastie-Tracy sale 30c." Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 325.00 other currencies Order nr. 96430

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(Goes) GOES PRINTERS' HELPS, LITHOGRAPHED BOND BLANKS, COUPON SHEETS AND MORTGAGE NOTES.
(Chicago) Goes Lithographing Company n.d. (20th century) tall, thin folio. fabric-backed limp boards.
A stock book issued by this bank note and stock certificate printing company to demonstate their work. Filled with colorful examples of bond blanks, coupon sheets and mortgage notes all with engraving. certificates. Minor wear.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 101937

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Goldman, Yosef HEBREW PRINTING IN AMERICA, 1735-1926: A HISTORY AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY.
2 volumes. Research and editing by Ari Kinsberg. Brooklyn, New York YG Books 2006 9 x 12 inches cloth. 1188 pages
First edition. An exhaustive bibliography of 1208 items, extensively annotated with bio-bibliographical information, historical context, scholarly references, approbations, and location of copies in libraries world-wide. Arranged chronologically within broad subject or format (e.g., Bible, liturgy, Haggadah, reference works, education, periodicals, Rabbinica, etc.) with 13 indices, including Hebrew and English titles and authors, imprint places and years, publishers, printers, approbations, subscribers, typesetters, music arrangers and artists. Includes reproductions of most title pages and selected interior pages, and appendices containing reproductions of relevant manuscripts and portraits of early American rabbis. Supplemented by an extensive bibliography of pertinent scholarly books and periodical articles. Distributed for YG Books.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 99317

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Goudy, Frederic W. TYPOLOGIA, STUDIES IN TYPE DESIGN & TYPE MAKING With Comments on the Invention of Typography, the First Types, Legibility and Fine Printing.
Berkeley University of California Press 1940 small 4to. quarter leather over parchment covered boards, slipcase. xix, 170, (2) pages.
First edition, one of the 300 numbered and autographed copies. A landmark book in the history of typography. With ink inscription on free endpaper. Rubbed along hinges and at top of spine.
Price: $ 185.00 other currencies Order nr. 54290

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GUILD OF BOOK WORKERS JOURNAL.
New York Guild of Book Workers 1967-
Filled with articles of interest to binders, papermakers, printers, etc. Includes the following:
Volume I, No.1(Fall 1962),2,3.
Volume VI, No.1 (Fall 1967)- 2009, a partial run of this journal being 66 separate issues. With
Newsletter, Guild of Book Workers. 20 issues. With
Index to the Journal: Volumes 1-VIII (1972); IX-XVII (1928); XVIII-XXVII (1991); XXVIII-XXXIII (1999); With
By-Laws. 1966 revision; With
List of Books in the Guild of Book Workers Library (1967). Price if for the group
Price: $ 300.00 other currencies Order nr. 42255

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