(New York, NY): Amalgamated Printers Association, 1978. 16mo. loose broadsides inserted in box with printed cover label. unpaginated. A set of 17 privately printed keepsakes from the APA's Wayzgoose meeting of 1979. READ MORE about APA WAYZGOOSE GEM BOX
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 121886
(New York, NY: The Bettmann Archive, 1963). square 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Bettmann Archive. Conceived as a "forum where young designers could express their views, unhampered by commercial strictures." Black and white illustrations throughout. Introductory comments by the publisher. READ MORE about BETTMANN PANOPTICON
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 119234
4 volumes.
Princeton: Princeton University Library, 1938-1939. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 23; 24; 28; 24 pages. 4 volumes. 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). READ MORE about DEVELOPMENT OF THE BOOK (THE
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 2155
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. (1961). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. x, 66 pages. Preface, foreword by Brendan Byrne, table of contents. Includes text, comments and a facsimile reproduction of each document. READ MORE about LET FREEDOM RING: TWENTY-SIX FAMOUS AMERICAN DOCUMENTS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 119255
London and New York: Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton & Co., n.d. (circa 1900). small 8vo. original padded cloth covers with color illustration of violets on front. Printed in color in Bavaria. A gift book of poetry with full color illustrations of violets throughout. Covers slightly soiled. Front free endpaper partially detached. Ownership inscription from 1900 on free endpaper and bookstore stamp beneath it. READ MORE about VIOLETS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 118938
New York, NY: William E. Rudge's Sons, 1942. 4to. cloth, fore-edge uncut. (xviii), 201+(1) pages. A travel narrative with illustrations from photographs and drawings by the author. Prefatory note, table of contents, list of illustrarions. Prospectus laid in. Covers soiled and spotted. READ MORE about VANISHING EDEN: WANDERINGS IN THE TROPICS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 119203
Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Collegium Vini, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 21, (3) pages. Text in German. Black and white illustrations. Biblical references to wine. READ MORE about DER WEIN IN DER BIBEL
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 119097
Jersey City: American Type Founders Co., 1904. 12mo. printed paper-covered boards, paper cover label. 16 pages. Contains "Eighteenth-Century Chap-Books and Broadsides" by Bradley. (Huntington Exhibition no.36). Bradley was hired by the ATF to design ornaments and figures. He did a total of 12 issues of the American Chap-Book. Lacks the separately issued supplement. The hardbound version of these chapbooks were sold at a premium. Cracked along back hinge and wear at spine ends. READ MORE about AMERICAN CHAP-BOOK, I,1
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 116223
Jersey City: American Type Founders Co., October 1904. 12mo. printed paper-covered boards, paper cover label. 16 pages. Accompanied by a large foldout broadside printed on both sides with Bradley designs. Accompanied by an 8 page self-paper-wrappered brochure entitled "Cheltenham Borders" and also issued in October 1904. Contains "Directness and Simplicity" by Bradley with many illustrations. With both supplementary pieces present. Wear at spine ends. READ MORE about AMERICAN CHAP-BOOK, I,2
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 874
Jersey City: American Type Founders Co., Christmas 1904. 12mo. decorative paper-covered boards, paper cover label. (32) pages. Contains "Appropriateness" by Bradley with many illustrations. The hardbound version of these chapbooks are more difficult to find than the paperbound. Only minor wear. READ MORE about AMERICAN CHAP-BOOK, I,4
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 35589
(New York: H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Co., 1936). 8vo. cloth. 17, (3) pages. First edition. An address given by Bryson at the National Arts Club of New York. 52nd Keepsake of the A.I.G.A. READ MORE about THE TEXTBOOK OF THE FUTURE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 945
Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1962. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 37, (3) pages. An examination of some of the famous book collections in America. With a number of plates. Kleiner Druck nr. 71. READ MORE about NEUE KUNST UND NEUE WELT: DER BUCHDRUCK UND AMERIKA
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 26064
Illustrations by John W. Alexander.
Chicago: The Bookfellows, 1924. 8vo. half cloth over boards, paper spine and cover labels. 30 pages. Illustrations by John W. Alexander. 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..... READ MORE about THE LEGEND OF THE BOOK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 116328
(North Harrow, Middlesex, England): Private Libraries Association, 1961. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 14, (2) pages. An overview of the papers deposited by Lord Grey in the archive at Prior's Kitchen, Durham. Details on the contents and arrangement of the collection. READ MORE about EARL GREY'S PAPERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 118917
Washington: AIGA, 1949. 8vo. paper wrappers. 35 pages. Biographical comments by this book designer. READ MORE about NOTES ALONG THE TYPOGRAPHIC WAY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 2177
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. READ MORE about LIKE JOYOUS TRUMPETERS IN A BELFRY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 57330
New York, NY: George H. Doran Company, 1918. 8vo. paper-covered boards, labels on spine and front cover. xiv, 15-90 pages. Addresses at a dinner in honor of the Earl of Reading at the Lotos Club in New York, March 27, 1918. Includes addresses by Frank R. Lawrence (president of the club), The Earl of Reading, Governor Charles S. Whitman of New York, Charles Evans Hughes, and Col. George Harvey. Held to support American participation in..... READ MORE about " ACROSS THE FLOOD"
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 120743
Buffalo, NY: Wm. J. Keller, 1953. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 11+(1) pages. Frontispiece, portrait of Eisenhower. The text of President Eisenhower's first inaugrual address on January 20, 1953. Laid in are a program of the ceremonies, a formal invitation with portraits of President Eisenhower and Vice-President Richard M. Nixon, and an admission ticket. Wrapper faded in spots. READ MORE about ADDRESS ON THE OCCASION OF HIS INAUGURATION AS THRITY-FOURTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 118909
New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1960. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. First printing. A collection of 43 word pictures. Interesting use of graphic design. Wrappers lightly worn at edges. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Tanning throughout text. READ MORE about WORLDLES
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 119208
New York, NY: privately printed, 1966. 12mo. cloth, glassine dust jacket. vi, 7-30, (4) pages. Typophiles Monographs No. 80. A keepsake published in connection with The Celebration of Printing Week, New York, commemorating the 260th anniversary of Franklin's birth. Foreword by Charles V. Morris. List of contributors includes John Depol. Illustrated. READ MORE about ARTICLES OF BELIEF
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 119128
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. READ MORE about CÉLÉBRATION DE LA LETTRE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 51018
(New York: Press of the Whooly Whale, 1938). 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Facsimile printed in black and red of a type specimen circular, the first piece of printing issued by The Village Press. Prepared for participants in the Pilgrimage to Deepdene, July 23, 1938, in celebration of the thirty-fifth anniversary of the press. "This is the first showing of a new type designed by Mr. Goudy for the exclusive use of the Village..... READ MORE about VILLAGE PRESS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 63881
New York: Center for Inter-American Relations, Inc, (1971). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 63 pages. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE ART OF MAYA HIEROGLYPHIC WRITING
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 105105
New York: Privately printed, 1955. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers enclosed in outer wrapper and slipcase. (4), 10 pages. First separate edition, reprinted from Bouillabaise for Bibliophiles. Limited to 568 numbered and signed copies. Story of the restoration of the famous Diaz manuscript. Designed by John DePol. Presentation from Grauer to Ben Lieberman on a separately enclosed card. Slipcase faded. READ MORE about HOW BERNAL DIAZ'S "TRUE HISTORY" WAS REBORN
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 13445
N.P. n.p., n.d. small 4to. four broadsides loosely inserted in a paper folder with a paper cover label and pasted in description of the four plates on the inside of the flap. Must have been meant as an addendum to Green's THE IRON HAND PRESS IN AMERICA, issued in 1948 in 160 copies. The four plates, 10.25 x 8 inches, are larger versions of the four illustrations in the book of Clymer's Columbian, the Press..... READ MORE about ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE IRON HAND PRESS IN AMERICA
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 11845
