Old Georgetown: Ken Hammel and Lynn Moore, 1959. small 4to. paper wrappers, paper cover label, cord-tied. 10 leaves. Christmas poems. Designed and directed by Lester Douglas, with drawings by Lyle Justis. READ MORE about TWO POEMS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 51105
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
6 Volumes
New York, NY: The Dryden Press, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, enclosed in box. variously paginated. 6 Volumes. A six-volume set offering advice to prospective authors on a number of subjects. Front wrapper of first volume bent, wrappers of third and fourth volumes stained, and sixth volume tanned. READ MORE about IF YOU ARE WRITING A BOOK
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 119027
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. READ MORE about TWELVE POEMS
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 116237
N.P. For the friends of William Gleason, Christmas 1938. 12mo. blue paper covered boards stamped in gilt. (ii), 32, (2) pages. A Christmas book issued by Gleason. The text is present in both French and English with translation by Frederic Chapman. Color frontispiece wood block by Fritz Eichenberg. Loosely inserted is the mailing label hand-addressed by Gleason to O.A. Dickman. READ MORE about OUR OADY'S JUGGLER, LE JONGLEUR DE NOTRE DAME
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 118924
New York: Spiral Press, 1952. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. Limited to 2200 copies. With a wood-engraving by Fritz Eichenberg. READ MORE about THE FAITH AND HOPE OF AN AMERICAN
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 15897
Berkeley, CA: The Elmwood Press, 1981. 12mo. cloth, paper spine label. unpaginated. Limited to 50 numbered copies. Printed and bound for companions of the Moxon Chappel. A calendar book with pages printed in color. READ MORE about THE BIRTHDAY BOOK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 119218
Detroit, MI: Gale Research Company, 1967. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (xii), xvi, 60 pages. Reprint of a work first published by Field & Tuer, 1883. Introduction by James Millington. Preface by Leslie Shepard. Previous owner's name on title. READ MORE about ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKE OR A JEST IN SOBER EARNEST
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 119288
Forest Hills, NY: Herman Jaffe, 1963. 12mo. self paper wrappers. 15+(1) pages. An American Credo Profile booklet, published in conjunction with a series of postage stamps on that theme. Presentation by the publisher to Ben Lieberman on back wrapper. Folded. READ MORE about BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 119157
New York: Privately printed, 1965. small 8vo. self paper wrappers. Unpaginated. A keepsake celebrating the dedication of the Robert Frost Library at Amherst College. Includes a facsimile of the poem "Departmental" in the poet's hand. READ MORE about ROBERT FROST SPEAKS DEPARTMENTALLY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 48475
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
(Madison, NJ): The Golden Hind Press, 1955. 12mo. self paper wrappers printed French-fold. (4) pages. Presentation by publisher Edna Rushmore on back wrapper. Christmas greeting with Psalm 23 from the Bay Psalm Book and the Scottish Psalter. Lightly soiled. READ MORE about CHRISTMAS GREETINGS 1955
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 118957
Madison: The Golden Hind Press, 1953. tall 8vo. marbled paper wrappers. (x), 12, (2) pages. Limited to 150 copies. With a frontispiece portrait of Lincoln and a tipped-in photograph of Dr. A.V.T. Gilbert. READ MORE about WHISTLE STOP, OCTOBER 11, 1858 POLITICAL NEWS REPORTING OF A CENTURY AGO
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 18187
Madison: Golden Hind Press, 1939. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper covered boards, paper spine label. (viii), 23+(1) pages. Limited to 245 numbered copies. Signed by Arthur Rushmore on the colophon page. Reprint of the first edition of the Faerie Queen from 1590. Tipped in black-and-white frontispiece. Rubbing to the boards. Christmas bookmark from Rushmore laid in. READ MORE about OF THE BROOD OF ANGLES
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 106095
Preface by Frank Stanton.
New York: George Braziller, 1962. oblong 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 156 pages. Preface by Frank Stanton. First edition. Introduction by Will Burtin. Illustrated with numerous examples of books advertisement and brochures illustrated and designed by Golden. Jacket chipped and rubbed along edges. READ MORE about THE VISUAL CRAFT OF WILLIAM GOLDEN
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 22468
New York: n.p., 1966. 4to. stiff paper folder with 15 articles and broadsides about Goudy produced especially for this dinner by various pressmen loosely inserted. Includes contributions by Earl Emmons, Roland Baughman, Earnest Calkins, Frances Perkins and others. Some of the tributes have been hand-set. A fine collection of material about one of America's finest type designers. Covers faded. READ MORE about KEEPSAKE TRIBUTE TO FREDERIC W. GOUDY TO COMMEMORATE THE GOUDY CENTENN IAL DINNER, MARCH 8, 1966
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 22058
New York: New York School of Printing, 1949. 4to. paper wrappers, cord-tied. (8) pages. Printed at The School of Printing. With a tipped-in photograph of the plaque. READ MORE about ON THE OCCASION OF THE UNVEILING OF A PLAQUE IN MEMORY OF FREDERIC W. GOUDY
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 18571
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Graphic Arts Forum, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (4) pages printed French fold. Limited to 75 copies. Produced on the occasion of a visit by the group to Goudy's shop. Some offset from flaps of cover on title page. READ MORE about PHILADELPHIA TO DEEPDENE, OR A TRIP ACROSS THE TYPOGRAPHIC UNIVERSE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 4203
N.P. (Designed and composed by Florence Horn Lush, 1939). small 4to. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Agenda for a meeting held in Goudy's honor. Printed by Robert Goldstein of the Kingsland Press. Crease in covers from folding. READ MORE about TESTIMONIAL MEETING TO GOUDY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 18584
N.P. n.p., 1947. 12mo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. An illustrated saying taken from the Chinese of Wun Ti Po. READ MORE about FOR THE BIRTHDAY OF FREDERIC WILLIAM GOUDY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 18582
Oakland, CA: Hartmus Handpress, 1957. 16mo. cloth, label on spine. (14), 75+(1) pages. Limited to 517 numbered copies, signed by author on front free endpaper. Frontispiece, preface, table of contents. Poetry based on the author's adolescence between the two world wars. Spine sunned, small stain at top of front cover. Endpapers tanned. READ MORE about THE BERKELEY LOVE AND WAR SONGS
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 119195
N.P. (Herity Press, 1978). 12mo. self paper wrappers. 8 pages. Revised from the 1974 first edition, limited to 200 copies. Produced for Charles Antin's Private Press Keepsake. READ MORE about THE PURPOSES OF THE HERITY PRESS OF ELIZABETH AND BEN LIEBERMAN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 116280
Menlo Park, CA: The Herity Press, 1957. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (12) pages. Limited to 50 copies. An excerpt from Moxon's MECHANICK EXERCISES, London, 1683, the first manual in English on printing. Printed by Ben Lieberman at the Herity Press. READ MORE about ANCIENT CUSTOMS USED IN A PRINTING-HOUSE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 116516
N.P. Goudy Chappel, 1967. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers, label on front cover. unpaginated. Tributes to Hopkins privately printed by member presses of the Goudy Chappel and bound together. READ MORE about GOUDY CHAPPEL SALUTES RICHARD HOPKINS ON HIS RETURN FROM VIETNAM, JULY 1967
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 119177
Baltimore, MD: The House of Type, 1978. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 28, (2) pages. A selection of quotations about typefaces and typography set in a number of typefaces. Includes a listing of different typefaces used in the text. READ MORE about TYPOGRAFIKS 2
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 118881
