Wormerveer, Netherlands: In Usum Bibliophili, n.d. (circa 1964). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (30) pages. First edition, limited to 325 numbered copies. Minor wear along the edges of the jacket, else a near fine copy. With a two page introduction by Ruari McLean. Contains reproductions of various pages of 13 Doves Press books; with some of the printing in red. READ MORE about COBDEN-SANDERSON AND THE DOVES PRESS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 1625
Dollar, Scotland: Ruari McLean Assoc. 1976. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 96 pages. First edition. Fine in fine jacket. Much on color printing. READ MORE about JOSEPH CUNDALL, A VICTORIAN PUBLISHER. NOTES ON HIS LIFE AND A CHECK-LIST OF HIS BOOKS
Price: $14.40 Order nr. 7060
Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1976. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 96 pages. First edition. Fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket. Joseph Cundall was notable as a publisher, editor, author, book-designer, and pioneer photographer. Born in 1818, he was trained as a printer but became a publisher in his early twenties and produced many of the most attractive popular illustrated books of the 1850s and 1860s. His career as a photographer was also important, culminating..... READ MORE about JOSEPH CUNDALL, A VICTORIAN PUBLISHER. NOTES ON HIS LIFE AND A CHECK-LIST OF HIS BOOKS
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Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1976. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 96 pages. First edition. Joseph Cundall was notable as a publisher, editor, author, book-designer, and pioneer photographer. Born in 1818, he was trained as a printer but became a publisher in his early twenties and produced many of the most attractive popular illustrated books of the 1850s and 1860s. His career as a photographer was also important, culminating in 1871 when the British Government..... READ MORE about JOSEPH CUNDALL, A VICTORIAN PUBLISHER. NOTES ON HIS LIFE AND A CHECK-LIST OF HIS BOOKS
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 71611
London: Faber & Faber, 1958. 8vo. cloth. xii, 116 pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket, else a fine copy. Illustrated. An important study. Minor jacket wear along edges. Jacket is price-clipped. READ MORE about MODERN BOOK DESIGN FROM WILLIAM MORRIS TO THE PRESENT DAY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 22068
Fairlawn, NJ: Essential Books, 1959. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 116 pages. First U.S. edition. Illustrated. An important study. Jacket has small pieces missing along edge and is foxed. Pastedowns and endpapers also show foxing. READ MORE about MODERN BOOK DESIGN FROM WILLIAM MORRIS TO THE PRESENT DAY
Price: $28.00 Order nr. 60462
London: British Council, (1951). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. First edition. Inscribed by Ruari McLean for Max Caflisch. A near fine copy. carce booklet. McLean's first important comment on book design with sections on the early 20th century and the impact of the monotype and linotype machines. Also discusses Penguin Books. READ MORE about MODERN BOOK DESIGN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 19746
(New York): Thames and Hudson, (1988). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 216 pages. Reprint of the first U.S. paperback edition. Contains an historical introduction and chapters on equipment, methods of composition, casting-off, and jobbing, newspaper and magazine production. Well illustrated. READ MORE about THE THAMES AND HUDSON MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 76328
(New York): Thames and Hudson, (1992). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 216 pages. Reprint of the first U.S. paperback edition, with corrections for this printing. Contains an historical introduction and chapters on equipment, methods of composition, casting-off, and jobbing, newspaper and magazine production. Well illustrated. READ MORE about THE THAMES AND HUDSON MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 108565
London: Thames and Hudson, (1980). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 216 pages. First edition. Short history followed by practical manual. Illustrated. With 188 illustrations. Ink inscription on front free endpaper. READ MORE about THE THAMES AND HUDSON MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $32.00 Order nr. 122185
(New York, NY): Princeton Architectural Press, (1997). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 128 pages. First edition. Table of contents, chronology of Tschichold's life, bibliography, index. Covers lightly soiled, gift inscription on front endpaper.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about JAN TSCHICHOLD: A LIFE IN TYPOGRAPHY
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Boston: David Godine, (1975). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 160 pages. First U.S. edition. A well-illustrated and detailed examination of this European typographer's work. Presentation from the author on the half-title. Jacket is price clipped. Some foxing. READ MORE about JAN TSCHICHOLD: TYPOGRAPHER
Price: $52.00 Order nr. 123560
