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See More... (Day, Steven) Amory, Hugh. STEVEN DAY'S FIRST TYPE.
Cambridge, MA Houghton Library 1989 4to. paper wrappers. 4 leaves.
Printed in an edition limited to 1000 copies at the Meriden-Stinehour Press. Specimens of the types found in Day's Bay Psalm Book and the Harvard Theses.
Price: $ 12.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 9.60] other currencies Order nr. 51656

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See More... (DePol, John) DePol, John BEGINNINGS OF THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY IN PENNSYLVANIA
A series of wood engravings by John De Pol New York The Hamilton Division, Security-Columbian Banknote Company n.d. (1959) 4to. loose leaves placed in portfolio with folded tail and fore-edge unpaginated (8 plates)
Fraser and Friedl page 94. This keepsake was distributed by The Hamilton Division of the Security-Columbian Banknote Company of New York. The eight two-color wood engravings were commissioned by the Erie Natural Gas Company of New York to appear in the report "Oil in Pennsylvania" by H. Edward Wolf. They were printed from the original blocks and issued as this keepsake "on the eve of the centennial of the founding of the petroleum industry in Pennsylvania in 1859." Fraser and Friedl say the portfolio was issued with six wood engravings, but there are eight prints here.
Price: $ 160.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 128.00] other currencies Order nr. 95396

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Complete Set

(DePol, John) Franklin, Benjamin PRINTING WEEK LIBRARY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KEEPSAKES.
30 volumes. New York Privately printed 1953-1982 large 12mo. all paper-covered boards, with some quarter leather and some patterned boards variously paginated
The Library of Keepsakes were published for thirty years (one was not issued in 1954) in celebration of Printing Week in New York and commemorating the birthday of Benjamin Franklin, printer. Set complete from 1953 to 1982. Each volume reprints text by Franklin, illustrated with delightful wood engravings by John Depol. The books represent a cooperative project. They were edited by Charles V. Morris and designed by Lewis F. White (1953-66), A. Burton Carnes (1967-75), and Maxwell J. Baumwell (1976-79). This set belonged to Ben Lieberman and three of the volumes are inscribed to the Liebermans by the designer, A. Burton Carnes.
Price: $ 350.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 280.00] other currencies Order nr. 74440

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See More... DEVELOPMENT OF THE BOOK (THE)
4 volumes. Princeton Princeton University Library 1938-1939 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 23; 24; 28; 24 pages.
Part 1 is on writing materials, part 2 is on the alphabet, part 3 is on the different forms and structures that the physical book developed in and part 4 is on illustrations in manuscripts. Written by Lawrence Thompson (1 and 3), Nabih Faris (part 2), and Albert M. Friend (part 4).
Price: $ 40.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 32.00] other currencies Order nr. 2155

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See More... Diamant, E.M. TYPOGRAPHIA
N.P. Diamant Typographic Service n.d. (1953) 16mo. boards. 30 pages.
Limited to 1000 copies. The Eighth book in the Diamant Classics series. A compilation of writings by Diamant published as a tribute on his death.
Price: $ 17.50 [SALE PRICE: $ 14.00] other currencies Order nr. 16155

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  Doane, Gilbert Harry THE LEGEND OF THE BOOK.
Illustrations by John W. Alexander. Chicago The Bookfellows 1924 8vo. half cloth over boards, paper spine and cover labels. 30 pages.
First edition, limited to 300 copies. Part of The Little Bookfellow Series. Long poem on the beginning of printing. The illustrations are reproductions of the murals that Alexander did for the Library of Congress. Printed by the Torch Press. Presentation from George Steele Seymour, the husband of the publisher, dated 1924 on free endpaper. Covers soiled.
Price: $ 20.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 16.00] other currencies Order nr. 116328

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See More... Douglas, Lester NOTES ALONG THE TYPOGRAPHIC WAY
Washington AIGA 1949 8vo. paper wrappers. 35 pages.
Biographical comments by this book designer.
Price: $ 10.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 8.00] other currencies Order nr. 2177

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See More... Dreier, Thomas. LIKE JOYOUS TRUMPETERS IN A BELFRY.
N.P. n.p. n.d. 12mo. paper wrappers. 13+(1) pages.
A small booklet which tells the story of the growth of the Linotype Company.
Price: $ 15.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 12.00] other currencies Order nr. 57330

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See More... Dunlap, Joseph R. WILLIAM CAXTON AND WILLIAM MORRIS COMPARISONS AND CONTRASTS.
London William Morris Society 1964 small 4to. paper wrappers. 29+(1) pages.
First edition. A paper read to the William Morris Society.
Price: $ 8.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 6.40] other currencies Order nr. 116282

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See More... (Dwiggins, W.A.) Bennett, Paul A. (editor) POSTSCRIPTS ON DWIGGINS, ESSAYS & RECOLLECTIONS.
With a Selective Check List Compiled by Dorothy Abbe & Rollo Silver. New York The Typophiles 1960 small 8vo. cloth. xvi,141,(3),(16); viii,142-271,(3) pages.
First edition, limited to 1050 copies. Chap Books 35 and 36. Many color illustrations. Well preserved set.
Price: $ 150.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 120.00] other currencies Order nr. 116233

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See More... (Dwiggins, W.A.) Shimer, Florence TWELVE POEMS
Hingham Press of the Little Red Hen 1950 square 8vo. boards, wrap-around paper cover label. (24) pages.
First edition. Not in Agner. Title page designed by Dwiggins and printed in two colors. 225 copies were printed of which 125 were for sale. Minor spotting of front cover.
Price: $ 100.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 80.00] other currencies Order nr. 116237

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See More... Dwiggins, W.A. WAR AGAINST WAAK.
N.P. W.A. Dwiggins 1948 square small 8vo. decorated paper-covered boards, cardboard mailing box with hand-printed mailing label. 30, (6) pages.
Limited to 194 copies. (Agner 48.03). "Illustrations silk-screened directly from Dwiggins' stencils." Printed and bound by Dorothy Abbe. One of the most delightful of all Dwiggins's books, this title features his stencils reproduced in their original color by Abbe. This title is volume five of the Athalinthia series. Loosely inserted is the one page prospectus from the publisher. A very fine copy in original mailing box.
Price: $ 250.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 200.00] other currencies Order nr. 116227

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See More... (Elder, Paul) Jordan, David Starr THE PHILOSOPHY OF DESPAIR.
San Francisco Paul Elder and Morgan Shepard 1902 small 8vo. creme-colored spine with dark brown paper-covered boards, title and author in gilt on front cover, top edge gilt, others uncut. (iv), 39 pages.
First U.S. edition. Well designed by Paul Elder, the San Francisco craftsman, with printing in red and black and an especially ornate title page. Jordan (1851-1931) was President of the California Academy of Sciences and President of the World Peace Foundation. Ownership inscription erased from front pastedown.
Price: $ 15.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 12.00] other currencies Order nr. 94442

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See More... Fennell, James APOLOGY FOR THE LIFE OF JAMES FENNELL WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
Philadelphia Moses Thomas 1814 8vo. half morocce gilt, marbled paper-covered boards, top edge gilt, other edges uncut xvi, 17-516 pages
(Sabin 24065). Autobiographical account of an English actor and dramatist, who moved to Philadelphia in 1793 and acted at numerous theaters in American cities. Preface, "advertisement" to the reader, dedication. Frontispiece illustration of the author. Boards rubbed and scuffed at edges and along spine, light foxing on endpapers and through text. Loosely inserted is an invoice from Walpole Galleries addressed to Mr. R. Dague of New York and an ownership inscription in ink dated 1922 on first blank page.by Roswell Dague.
Price: $ 250.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 200.00] other currencies Order nr. 116018

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See More... (Franklin, Benjamin) Labaree, Leonard W. and Whitfield J. Bell, Jr. MR. FRANKLIN, A SELECTION FROM HIS PERSONAL LETTERS
New Haven Yale University Press 1956 4to. cloth-backed decorated boards. xxii, 61 pages.
First edition. Printed by the Lakeside Press. Rubbed along edges.
Price: $ 5.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 4.00] other currencies Order nr. 54155

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See More... Gid, Raymond. CÉLÉBRATION DE LA LETTRE.
N.P. The Composing Room n.d. square 12mo. self paper wrappers. 17, (3) pages.
A prose meditation on letters, typography, and printing. Text in English.
Price: $ 15.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 12.00] other currencies Order nr. 51018

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See More... (Gill, Eric) Harling, Robert THE LETTER FORMS AND TYPE DESIGNS OF ERIC GILL.
New York The Typophiles 1978 oblong 8vo. boards, dust jacket. 64 pages.
Taken from the second edition, limited to 400 copies issued by the Typophiles as Chapbook 55. Expanded from an article in Alphabet & Image. Well illustrated including two foldout inserts, one in color.
Price: $ 40.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 32.00] other currencies Order nr. 21326

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See More... (Gogmagog Press) Cox, Morris. 14 TRIADS.
London Gogmagog Press 1967 tall 12mo. Japanese Hana-asa paper-covered boards, paper spine label. 28 traditional french-fold leaves.
Printed in an edition limited to 100 numbered copies, of which 40 were bound in Japanese Hana-asa paper and distributed to the Society of Private Printer; this copy, though out of series, is one of the 40. (Chambers, Franklin, & Tucker no.18.) Text printed on dampened Japanese Hoso-shi paper. The illustrations--black-on-blue prints--are printed on blue Mingei paper. Publisher's presentation slip loosely inserted. A beautiful and delicate book.
Price: $ 250.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 200.00] other currencies Order nr. 49124

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See More... Goudy, Frederic W. THE ALPHABET, FIFTEEN INTERPRETATIVE DESIGNS DRAWN AND ARRANGED WITH EXPLANATORY TEXT AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
New York Mitchell Kennerley 1918 tall 4to. gilt stamped black cloth. (ii), 44, (2) pages.
First edition. Typeset by Bertha Goudy at the Village Press. Covers rubbed and bottom of spine bumped. Bookplate. Ink inscription on front free endpaper.
Price: $ 100.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 80.00] other currencies Order nr. 2977

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See More... (Goudy, Frederic W.) Ehrmann, Max. DESIDERATA.
(Mount Vernon, NY The Press of A. Colish n.d.) 4to. bi-fold sheet, original mailing envelope.
Limited to 925 copies. Printed in Frederic Goudy's 18-point Newstyle, which was first cut in 1945 for use by A. Colish in printing the Bruce Rogers World Bible. Text in black, introductory material, front ornament and initial in brick red.
Price: $ 20.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 16.00] other currencies Order nr. 48589

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Signed by Goudy

Goudy, Frederic W. ELEMENTS OF LETTERING
New York Mitchell Kennerley 1922 4to. cloth, inserted in original cardboard mailing slipcase, paper spine label. (iv), 48, (4) pages.
First edition. (Appleton p.27). Set by Bertha Goudy at the Village Press. 13 plates. A landmark book. Signed and dated by Goudy and on colophon page. Slipcase is defective, yet intact, with piece missing along top and is tape repaired. Former owner has signed this copy on the free endpaper. Well preserved copy of this landmark book with chipped original glassine wrappers.
Price: $ 300.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 240.00] other currencies Order nr. 64253

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See More... (Goudy, Frederic W.) FREDERIC WILLIAM GOUDY, ART DIRECTOR TO THE LANSTON MONOTYPE MACHINE COMPANY 1920-1939, TYPOGRAPHIC COUNCIL 1939-1947.
Philadelphia (Lanston Monotype Machine Co. 1947) tall 8vo. paper wrappers, stapled. (14) pages.
Contains tributes to Goudy including a one page tribute from Bruce Rogers and a display of all the faces that Goudy designed for Monotype. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Staples rusted.
Price: $ 25.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 20.00] other currencies Order nr. 4195

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See More... (Goudy, Frederic W.) GOUDY GAUDEAMUS, IN CELEBRATION ...
N.P. Marchbanks Press 1939 tall 12mo. cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards, top edge cut, others uncut. Not paginated.
First edition, limited to 195 numbered copies. Designed and stenciled by Lucina Wakefield. Beautifully printed under the guidance of Edna Beilenson, Evelyn Harter, Emily Connor and Fanny Duschnes with many plates in color including some foldouts. Produced by "The Distaff Side." Each signature was printed by a different press. Includes work by Christopher Morley, D.B. Updike, and others. Includes the special birthday broadside tipped-in to the front. Rubbed along edges.
Price: $ 260.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 208.00] other currencies Order nr. 109179

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See More... (Goudy, Frederic W.) GOUDY, THE TYPE MASTER
New York Underwood Elliott Fisher Co. 1941 12mo. self paper wrappers. (16) pages.
Goudy was typographic consultant to this typewriter producer.
Price: $ 15.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 12.00] other currencies Order nr. 18596

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See More... Goudy, Frederic W. A HALF-CENTURY OF TYPE DESIGN AND TYPOGRAPHY.
Two volumes. New York The Typophiles 1946 tall 12mo. cloth, slipcase 142,(9); (vi),143-283+(1) pages.
First edition, limited to 825 copies. Typophiles Chapbooks numbers XIII and XIV. With frontispieces and reproductions of complete alphabets and figures of more than 100 types. Has an index of the types and a Bibliography of Goudy's writings by George L. McKay. Presentation from Goudy dated 1946 on first blank page.
Price: $ 200.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 160.00] other currencies Order nr. 116235

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