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See More... Abney, W. de Wiveleslie A TREATISE ON PHOTOGRAPHY.
London Longmans, Green, and Co. 1883 8vo. modern cloth spine with modern paper spine labels, original cloth sides. xvi, 326 pages.
Second edition, an unaltered reprint of the first edition (Bridson & Wakeman E37 for this edition - "Includes a historical sketch and chapters on photo-lithographic transfers, photo-engraving and relief processes, and photo-collotype processes"). 105 text illustrations. Part of a series entitled Text-books of science [etc.]. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Ex Vassar College Library with their ex-libris.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 98489

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See More... Abney, W. de Wiveleslie A TREATISE ON PHOTOGRAPHY.
London Longmans, Green, and Co. 1901 8vo. original cloth. xvii, 425 pages.
Tenth edition, thoroughly revised (Bridson & Wakeman E37 for the 2nd edition and E51 for the 5th edition - "Includes a historical sketch and chapters on photo-lithographic transfers, photo-engraving and relief processes, and photo-collotype processes"). 134 text illustrations. Part of a series entitled Text-books of science [etc.]. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Ink ownership inscription on free pastedown. Minor cover rubbing.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 98492

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  Adams II, Richard M. and Joshua B. Weisberg THE GATF PRACTICAL GUIDE TO COLOR MANAGEMENT.
Pittsburgh GATFPress (1998) large 8vo. pictorial paper covered boards. (xiv), 221, (5) pages.
Illustrated in color throughout. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 99823

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See More... 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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See More... 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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See More... Allen, Lewis M. PRINTING WITH THE HANDPRESS
New York Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. (1969) 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 78 pages.
Printing With the Handpress has been reproduced from the original edition which was limited to only 140 copies, and original printed at The Allen Press. This is one of the best of the printing manuals to be issued in the 20th century. With many decorations printed in blue, this work is becoming a scarce book in the first trade edition. The jacket shows minor wear along edges.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 290

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  Allen, Lewis M. PRINTING WITH THE HANDPRESS
New York Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. (1969) 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 78 pages.
Reproduced from the original edition which was limited to only 140 copies printed at The Allen Press. One of the best of the printing manuals to be issued in this century. With many decorations printed in blue. Jacket spine is faded. Some chipping and tears along edges.
Price: $ 110.00 other currencies Order nr. 1877

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See More... Anderson, Donald M. THE ART OF WRITTEN FORMS, THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF CALLIGRAPHY.
New York Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1969 4to. cloth, dust jacket. ix, 358 pages.
First edition. Sixteen different chapters on Signs and Meaning, The Alphabet to Rome, Renaissance and Change, Greek, Aramaic, Syriac, Arabic, Hebrew and Chinese calligraphy. Only minor jacket wear.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 3217

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See More... Antonozzi, Leopardo DE CARATTERI.
Nieuwkoop HES & DE GRAAF 1971 22x30 cm oblong Decorative wrappers (vi, iv), 44, 2 pages.
Facsimile of 1638 edition published in Rome. Edition limited to 300 handnumbered copies. With numerous calligraphic specimens. Part of the Penman's Paradise series. Typographical design: Aldert Witte.

Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers.

Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 103724

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  Armstrong, Donald R. BOOK PUBLISHING, A WORKING GUIDE FOR AUTHORS, EDITORS AND SMALL PUBLISHERS.
Houston Bookman House (1979) 8vo. cloth. vii, 190 pages.
A manual.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 61129

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See More... THE ARTIST'S COMPANION, THREE CENTURIES OF DRAWING BOOKS AND MANUALS OF INSTRUCTION.
Catalogue Four. York Ken Spelman n.d. oblong 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. 54 pages.
A bookseller's catalogue describing 202 books for sale. Illustrated. Some notes in pencil on back cover.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 107973

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See More... (Art) Joyce, William L. (foreword) TEACHING AMERICA TO DRAW
Instructional Manuals and Ephemera 1749-1925. University Park, PA The Pennsylvania State University Libraries 2006 8vo. stiff paper wrappers xii, 34, (2) pages
Limited to 2000 copies. An exhibition catalogue for exhibition at the Grolier's Club 17 May to 29 July, 2006, and the Special Collections Library, the Pennsylvania State University Libraries, 29 September, 2006 to 7 January, 2007, principally from the collection of Albert A. Anderson, Jr., and Evelynn M. Ellis. Contains unnumbered entries. With black-and-white illustrations.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 101855

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See More... 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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See More... Bailey, Herbert S. THE ART AND SCIENCE OF BOOK PUBLISHING.
New York Harper & Row (1970) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 216, (2) pages.
First edition. Review copy with material loosely inserted including letters from the reviewer. With a letter from the author loosely inserted.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 631

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See More... Bain, Eric K. THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGN.
New York Hastings House Publishers 1970 square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 182 pages.
First U.S. edition. Filled with illustrations. Jacket rubbed with small tears.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 24788

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See More... Baird, Henry Carey (editor) THE PAINTER, GILDER AND VARNISHER'S COMPANION.
Containing Rules and Regulations in Everything Relating to the Arts of Painting, Gilding, Varnishing, Glass-Staining, Graining, Marbling, Sign-Writing, Gilding on Glass, and Coach Painting and Varnishing; Tests for the Detection of Adulterations in Oils, Colors, Etc. Philadelphia Henry Carey Baird 1870 12mo. original cloth 6, iii-viii, 356, 24 pages
Thirteenth edition. Manual for all forms of decorative painting and sign writing. With an appendix and an index. Cloth is soiled, foxing to the edges of the text block. Some wear to the head and tail of the spine. Corners bumped.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 104879

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See More... Banzhaf, Robert A. THE HISTORY AND PRACTICE OF LETTERPRESS PRINTING.
Boone, NC Appalachian State University (1977) 4to. stiff paper wrappers vi, 89+(1) pages
A historical overview of letterpress printing from its ancient origins to the 20th century. Part I has more of a historical focus; Part II focuses on equipment and techniques. Foreword by the author. Bibliography and glossary of terms. Wrappers very lightly soiled.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 114753

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See More... Barber, T.S. PHOTO-ENGRAVING, ELECTROTYPING AND STEREOTYPING.
BARBER, T.S. PHOTO-ENGRAVING, ELECTROTYPING AND STEREOTYPING. London Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons 1934 8vo. cloth. viii, 274, (8) pages.
Volume Four of the series entitled The Art and Practice of Printing, a Work in Six volumes under the general editorialship of William Atkins. Each volume is complete on to itself.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 30280

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See More... Basbanes, Nicholas A. AMONG THE GENTLY MAD, PERSPECTIVES AND STRATEGIES FOR THE BOOK HUNTER IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY.
New York Henry Holt and Company 2002 8vo. two-toned paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xi, 250, (2) pages.
First edition. The newest book from the author of A Gentle Madnessand Patience & Fortitude. Ten chapters of good advice mingled with great book stories. With a select bibliography of the subject.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 72626

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See More... Bauer, Friedrich HANDBUCH FÜR BUCHDRUCKER.
Frankfurt Klimsch & Co. 1909 large 8vo. cloth. xii, 612 pages
First edition. Text in German. Published as volume 9 of the Klimschs Graphische Bibliothek. Includes a brief history of printing followed by an extensive account of printing in the early twentieth century. Includes many illustrations. Wear along edges.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 100111

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See More... Bell, C.F. (editor) EVELYN'S SCULPTURA, WITH THE UNPUBLISHED SECOND PART.
Oxford At the Clarendon Press 1906 8vo. original limp paper covers with yap edges. xxiv, (32), 151, viii and 32 plates.
Reprint of this 1663 first part and with the first appearance of the second part (See Bridson B5 and B68 - "pages 15-94 deal with the history of chalcography; pages 95-126 with drawing and design, and pages 127-129 with mezzotinto."). With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Also with the bookplate of George Charles Williamson and containing a bound-in piece of the editor's stationery on which he has written "With the affectionate regard of the so-called editor. C.F.B." Spine and yap edges age darkened.
Price: $ 145.00 other currencies Order nr. 82891

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  Berkeley, Edmund (editor) AUTOGRAPHS AND MANUSCRIPTS: A COLLECTOR'S MANUAL
New York Charles Scribner's Sons (1978) thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xx, 565 pages.
First edition. Co-edited by Herbert E. Koingelhofer and Kenneth W. Rendell. Introduction by Clifton Waller Barrett followed by sections on the Fundamentals, Rudiments and Areas in Which to Collect. Includes sections on forgery and forgers. Presentation from Diana Rendell dated 1978. Jacket chipped around edges.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 25114

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See More... Berthiau et Boitard, MM. NOUVEAU MANUEL COMPLET DE L'IMPRIMEUR EN TAILLE-DOUCE.
Ouvrage Orné de Planches. Enrichi de notes et d'un appendice renfermant tous les nouveaux procédés, les découvertes, méthodes et l'invention nouvelles appliquées ou applicables a cet art, par plusieurs imprimeurs de la capitale. Paris Chez Leonce Laget 1978 thick small 8vo. cloth. (iv), 320 pages.
Photo-facsimile re-publication limited to 500 copies of the Paris, Roret, 1840 edition (See Bigmore & Wyman I,52 for 1837 edition). Contains four plates. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 98707

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See More... Berthollet, M. ELEMENTS OF THE ART OF DYEING TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY WILLIAM HAMILTON, M.D. .
2 volumes bound in 1. London Stephen Couchman for J. Johnson 1791 thick 8vo. modern leather spine with original marbled paper covered boards and leather tips, red leather spine label. xxxvii,302; v,385 pages.
First edition in English. Folding engraved plate of dyeing apparatus to volume two. Berthollet (1748-1822) was a noted chemist in France and collaborated with Lavoisier on his pioneering chemical nomenclature. He was appointed inspector of dye works and director of the Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins in 1784. He wrote this important treatise on dyeing in French in 1791; the British edition appeared in the same year as the French. Other editions appeared over the years. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company. Covers rubbed with some wear at tips.
Price: $ 2,250.00 other currencies Order nr. 102216

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See More... Besterman, Theodore LES DÉBUTS DE LA BIBLIOGRAPHIE MÉTHODIQUE.
Troisième édition revue. Traduit de l'anglais. Paris La Palme (1950) 8vo. later cloth, original paper wrappers bound in 95+(5) pages, with 12 plates
Third edition, translated from the English. (Besterman p.790). The best bibliographical guide to the study of the earliest bibliographies from the 16th and 17th centuries covers Tritheim, the earliest legal and medical bibliographies, Gesner, the beginnings of National bibliography and the history of bibliography in the 17th century. There are twelve black and white plates as well as a bibliography and an index. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 104244

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