N.P. Privately printed, n.d. small 8vo. cloth. (ii), 119, (3) pages. Limited to 200 copies and printed by Patrick Reagh. Short history followed by displays of printing. READ MORE about EXAMPLES OF PRINTING DESIGNED BY STUDENTS AT THE SCRIPPS COLLEGE PRESS 1946-1971
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 17947
Toronto: Bantam Books, (1987). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xvii, (iii), 299+(1) pages. A volume in the Bantam Desktop Publishing Library. Foreword by William Hohns, Executive VP, Waldman Graphics Inc. Acknowledgments, table of contents, introduction. Guide to desktop publishing with black and white illustrations. Two appendices, index. READ MORE about PUBLISHING FROM THE DESKTOP
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 109630
Paris, France: Gilles Tompere, 1667. 16mo. original leather, gilt stamping and four raised bands on spine, marbled edges, in later clamshell box. (xviii), 364 pages. Text in French. Table of contents. Includes the works of Plutarch, Seneca, Socrates (represented by Plato), and Epicetus. Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges and corners. Outside joints cracked. Front free endpaper slightly torn at top outside corner and fore-edge. Pencilled notations on endpapers. READ MORE about LES MORALES DE PLUTARQUE, SENEQUE, SOCRATE, ET EPICTETE
Price: $275.00 Order nr. 133929
Atlanta, GA: Dickson's, n.d. 8vo. quarter paper, cloth with paper front cover label, in cloth and paper slipcase, all in clamshell box. unpaginated. Limited to 3000 numbered copies. Specimens of engraving, embossing, foil stamping, die-cutting, lithography, and thermography in stamp-sized format. All specimens in color with descriptive text. Order form laid in. READ MORE about THE DICKSON STAMP COLLECTION
Price: $90.00 Order nr. 134130
(London): Spring Books, (1988). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 280 pages. S-K 1617. Reprint of first edition. With 40 color and 250 black-and-white illustrations. A survey of book production and collecting that should be in the library of all book collectors. With a 16 page chapter on bookbinding which includes 32 illustrations of bindings. (Brenni no.346). READ MORE about GREAT BOOKS AND BOOK COLLECTORS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 34300
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1967). square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 120 pages with 24 color plates and 100 other illustrations. First U.S. edition. Well illustrated. READ MORE about FINE BOOKS, PLEASURES AND TREASURES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 10595
Boston: Harvard College Library, 1972. 12mo. paper wrappers. 63 pages. A checklist of the Harvard collection with twenty-four full page illustrations. READ MORE about TOULOUSE-LAUTREC; BOOK COVERS AND BROCHURES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 78156
Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, )1980). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 34 pages. First edition. READ MORE about BOOK DESIGN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 121370
Hartford, CT: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1938. 8vo. cloth. xvi, 280 pages. Index of type faces according to family and size, a sample of copy-fitting. A selection of type faces offered by the publisher. READ MORE about TYPE FACES FOR LINOTYPE COMPOSITION
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 134252
Sturbridge, MA: Privately printed, 1986. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Unpaginated. Second edition. A booklet of type specimens patterned after an example printed in 1810, containing alphabets, borders and ornaments. Near fine. READ MORE about SPECIMENS OF TYPES IN THE OLD STURBRIDGE VILLAGE PRINTING OFFICE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 48438
Easthampton, MA: Warwick Press, 1985-1993. Variuos sizes. unbound. unpaginated. A collection of prospectuses, publication announcements, catalogues, and greeting cards from the Warwick Press of Easthampton, Massachusetts. Many signed by publisher Carol S. Blinn. Most addressed to Mr. Sanford Rich of New Britain, Connecticut. READ MORE about Collection of Warwick Press Ephemera
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 133955
Salt Lake City, UT: Sam Weller Books, 1999. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 38 pages. Limited to 500 copies. Introduction by Joan Nay. A collection of essays to commemorate the press's 70th anniversary. Wrappers very lightly soiled. READ MORE about SAM WELLER BOOKS 1929-1999: A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 134235
Manor Farm: The Whittington Press, 1985. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 70, (8) pages. Second edition of the first volume limited to 450 copies, of which this is one of 400 trade editions. Articles by Edward Craig, Paul Morgan, John Randle, Richard Kennedy, Glenn Storhaug, Brocard Sewell, and others. With an index to the first five issues of Matrix which is not in the original edition. Fine condition. READ MORE about MATRIX 01. NUMBER ONE, AUTUMN 1981
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 42249
Manor Farm: The Whittington Press, 1990. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 237 pages. Limited to 925 copies of which this is one of the 820 copies of the trade edition bound thus. (Butcher 106). Filled with tipped in plates and other illustrations. This year's articles include "Berthold Wolpe, 1905-89" by Montague Shaw, "Gerard Meynell and the Westminster Press" by John Dreyfus, "Stanley Morison and Jan van Krimpen" by Sebastian Carter, and "From a Cambridge..... READ MORE about MATRIX 10
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 31725
Risbury, Herefordshire, England: The Whittington Press, 1992. 4to. stiff decorated paper wrappers. (vi), 222 pages. Limited to 925 copies, this being one of 825 copies bound thus. (Butcher 116). Filled with tipped-in plates, photographs and samples of private press items. Some of the articles in this issue are "The Library of Emery Walker" by William Peterson, Simon Lawrence on "The Fleece Press", Roderick Cave on the "Ceremonial Papers of the Chinese, Part One," "Dennis Cohen..... READ MORE about MATRIX 12
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 125929
Herefordshire: Whittington Press, 1993. 4to. stiff decorated paper wrappers. (vi), 234 pages. Limited to 925 copies, this being one of 835 copies bound thus. (Butcher 120). Filled with tipped in plates, photographs and samples of private press items. Some of the articles in this issue are "Epinal's Imagerie - the Pochoir Image Factory of France" by Peter Allen, "The Vine Press, 1957-1963" by John Dreyfus, James Mosely on "The Caslon Type Foundry in 1902," and..... READ MORE about MATRIX 13
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 39892
Herefordshire: Whittington Press, 1995. 4to. limp boards, dust jacket. (vi), 234, (2) pages. Limited to 950 copies. Filled with tipped in plates, photographs and samples of private press items. Some of the articles in this issue are "Letters are Things: The Wood-engraved initials of Eric Gill" by Sebastian Carter, Fiona MacCarthy on William Morris, Ruari McLean on "Typography and Parsons," Ward Ritchie on "Paul Landacre and the Ward Ritchie Press," Henry Morris on his Bird..... READ MORE about MATRIX 15
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 43420
Herefordshire: Whittington Press, 1996. 4to. limp boards, dust jacket. (vi), 203, (3) pages. Limited to 925 copies. Filled with tipped in plates, photographs and samples of private press items. Some of the articles in this issue are "The Hammersmith Hot-house" by John Dreyfus, "Making a Visible Spirit" by Dan Carr, "Cave Paper" by Bridget O'Malley and Amanda Degener, "Borders Designed by Edward Bawden" by Michael Johnson, "Weather Bird and Disney" by Vance Gerry, "The Wood..... READ MORE about MATRIX 16
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 46634
Manor Farm: Whittington Press, 1986. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 166, (2) pages. Limited to 960 copies of which this is one of the 850 copies of the trade edition. (Butcher 92). Filled with tipped-in plates and other illustrations. Articles by Douglas Cleverdon on Morison and Gill, John Dreyfus on French Resistance printing, Sebastian Carter on Victor Hammer, Roderick Cave on Golden Cockerel, Ian Mortimer on ornamented types, Edward Thompson on Gordon Craig, Brooke..... READ MORE about MATRIX 07
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 20957
Manor Farm: The Whittington Press, 1988. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 166, (2) pages. Limited to 900 copies of which this is one of the 800 copies of the trade edition bound in a pattern paper by Vance Gerry. Filled with tipped-in plates and other illustrations. Articles by Michael Taylor on Douglas Cleverdon, David Butcher on the Curwen Press, Tanya Schmoller on The Fancy Paper Company, David McKitterick on Edward Bawden, Mark Arman on..... READ MORE about MATRIX 08
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 23485
Manor Farm: The Whittington Press, 1989. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 200, (2) pages. Limited to 925 copies of which this is one of the 820 copies of the trade edition bound thus. (Butcher 103). Filled with tipped in plates and other illustrations. This year's articles include "Thoughts on Wood" by Robert Gibbings, "Notes on the Printing Methods of the Golden Cockerel Press" by A. C. Cooper, "Jan Tschichold and Chinese Woodblock Printing" by..... READ MORE about MATRIX 09
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 27804
London: Oxford University Press, 1956. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 430, (2) pages. S-K 641. First edition. Excellent book covering all facets of the book including the dust jacket, bookbinding, paper and color work. Jacket spine shows some fading. Foxing of edges. READ MORE about METHODS OF BOOK DESIGN, THE PRACTICE OF AN INDUSTRIAL CRAFT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 26860
