London: Sylvan Press, 1951. 4to. cloth. Not paginated. First edition. Gives examples of printing in 1851 and 1951 to allow the reader to compare the progress of printing over the period. With a number of tipped-in plates. Spot at bottom of spine. READ MORE about PRINTER'S PROGRESS, A COMPARATIVE SURVEY OF THE CRAFT OF PRINTING 1851-1951
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 104899
Washington: Printing Industry of America, (1958). 4to. cloth. xviii, 339 pages. Reprint of the 1953 first edition. Manual on running a printing plant with sections on production, plant layout, etc. Many illustrations. READ MORE about MANAGEMENT OF PRINTING PRODUCTION
Price: $11.25 Order nr. 78396
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, (1970). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 182 pages. Second edition, enlarged. Supplements the 1963 report. Spine faded, else very good. READ MORE about BOOK PUBLISHING IN THE U.S.S.R., REPORTS OF THE DELEGATIONS OF U.S. BOOK PUBLISHERS VISITING THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 10254
(Paris): UNESCO, (1977). 4to. stiff wrappers. 44 pages. UNESCO Reports and Papers on Mass Communication No. 79. Statistical tables. Appendix. READ MORE about THE ECONOMICS OF BOOK PUBLISHING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 106426
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1966. 8vo. cloth. xi, 244 pages. First edition. A practical manual. A near fine copy. READ MORE about A GUIDE TO BOOK-PUBLISHING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 10423
New York: Greenwood Press, (1990). 8vo. cloth. (xii), 119+(1) pages. The librarian, scholar and the influence of technology on the future of the research library. Slight rubbing to the cloth. READ MORE about THE LIBRARIAN, THE SCHOLAR, AND THE FUTURE OF THE RESEARCH LIBRARY
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 105474
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, (1995). 8vo. cloth. ix, 350 pages. Bibliography of works on book and periodical publishing, and managing the publication process. READ MORE about MANAGING THE PUBLISHING PROCESS, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 106310
New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., (1948). 8vo. cloth. xiv, 483 pages. Later printing of the first edition. A practical manual of design with many illustrations. Covers rubbed. Minor wrinkling along bottom of pages. READ MORE about DESIGN AND MAKEUP OF THE NEWSPAPER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 37710
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. 8vo. cloth. xiv, 146, (iv) pages. First U.S. edition. Frank discussion of publishing and writing in the 20th century. The American edition has been edited for the American market by Frederic Melcher. Lacks jacket. Spine faded. READ MORE about AUTHORS AND THE BOOK TRADE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 105225
Oxon Hill, MD: Sycamore Press, 1990. broadside (17 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches). Keepsake printed with a "Lion-sized" handpress on occasion of the Fall 1990 meeting of The Virginia Amateur Press Association. With a large lion in brown ink. READ MORE about VAPA MEETS LION
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 105851
4 volumes, complete.
New York: R.R. Bowker, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1981. large 8vo. cloth. xvi, 646; xiv, 813; xiii, 774; xiv, 830 pages. 4 volumes, complete. First edition. An excellent history of publishing in the United States. Each volume covers a different chronological period. Presentation from the author on free endpaper of volumes 1 "for Mark- with admiration and affection John," and in volume 3 "for Mark with affection, admiration and very best wishes, John, Southbury, MA, Dec..... READ MORE about HISTORY OF BOOK PUBLISHING IN THE UNITED STATES. VOLUME I - VOLUME 4
Price: $275.00 Order nr. 46760
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., (1961). tall 12mo. cloth. x, 211 pages. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. Bookplate. READ MORE about THE BOOKMAN'S GLOSSARY
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 12374
Westerham: Westerham Press, n.d. broadside (27 x 21 inches). Large broadside showing borders and ornaments with printing in black and orange. Wrinkling along edges. READ MORE about A SELECTION OF BORDERS AND DEVICES IN USE AT WESTERHAM PRESS
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 105859
Westerham: Westerham Press, n.d. broadside (27 x 21 inches). Large broadside showing type faces with printing in black and green. Includes Wrinkling with chips along top edge. READ MORE about A SELECTION OF DISPLAY FACES IN USE AT WESTERHAM PRESS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 105861
New York: Exposition Press, (1956). 8vo. cloth. 248 pages. First edition. An autobiography. READ MORE about ROGUE OF PUBLISHERS' ROW, CONFESSIONS OF A PUBLISHER
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 97339
New York: Association of American University Presses, 1960. 8vo. tape-backed stiff paper wrappers, paper spine label. xvi, 254 pages. In depth study. READ MORE about PRODUCTION AND MANUFACTURING PROBLEMS OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PRESSES
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 23886
Mt. Vernon (NY): A. Colish Inc., 1980. broadside (18 x 24 in. / 46 x 61 cm.). Limited to 50 copies. A text excerpt from the 1962 Belknap Press/Harvard U. Press reprint of D. B. Updike's (1860-1941, founder of the Merrymount Press) 1922 work "Printing Types: Their History, Forms and Use." A "keepsake printed for The Second National Conference on Metal Typecasting & Design on the occasion of their visit to A. Colish, Inc., Mount..... READ MORE about ON THE INVENTION OF PRINTING; THE CUTTING AND CASTING OF TYPES IN RELATION TO THEIR DESIGN
Price: $96.00 Order nr. 52316
Boston: The Writer Inc., (1962). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 145 pages. First edition. Practical advice by the editor of the Atlantic Monthly. Jacket rubbed. READ MORE about BREAKING INTO PRINT, AN EDITOR'S ADVICE ON WRITING
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 23618
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, (1959). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 301 pages. First edition. Autobiography by the editor of the Atlantic Monthly. Jacket soiled and chipped, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about IN FRIENDLY CANDOR
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 23587
Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1981). 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. xii, 323 pages. First edition. Weeks was editor of the Atlantic Monthly. Jacket soiled, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about WRITERS AND FRIENDS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 23953
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1985. 8vo. paper wrappers. 31+(2) pages. James Russell Wiggins lectures on the history of the American book. READ MORE about AMERICAN PRINTING: THE SEARCH FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY
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Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1993. 8vo. paper wrappers. (iv), 353-377 pages. The James Russell Wiggins lecture on the history of the book in American culture at the American Antiquarian Society. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society Volume 102, Part 2, October 1992. READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY BRITAIN AND AMERICA: PERSPECTIVE AND EVIDENCE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 105188
N.P. n.p., n.d. 12mo. red cloth stamped in gilt. (iv), 32, (2) pages. Wilson was the director of Harvard University Press for over 20 years and, prior to that, director of the University of North Carolina Press. With tributes from Mark Carroll, August Frugé, Simon Michael Bessie, and Howard Mumford Jones. Loosely inserted in this copy is a letter from Wilson to Mark Carroll. READ MORE about MEMORIAL SERVICE, THOMAS JAMES WILSON, 25 OCTOBER 1902 - 27 JUNE 1969
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N.P. n.p., n.d. 12mo. red cloth stamped in gilt. (iv), 32, (2) pages. Wilson was the director of Harvard University Press for over 20 years and, prior to that, director of the University of North Carolina Press. With tributes from Mark Carroll, August Frugé, Simon Michael Bessie, and Howard Mumford Jones. READ MORE about MEMORIAL SERVICE, THOMAS JAMES WILSON, 25 OCTOBER 1902 - 27 JUNE 1969
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New York: Vantage Press, (1950). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 94 pages. First edition. American publishing history in the 20th century. Jacket chipped. READ MORE about THE LOUD LITERARY LAMAS OF NEW YORK
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