(Asheville, NC): Lark Books, (1992). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 144 pages. Table of contents, introduction, glossary, index, list of suppliers, acknowledgments, photographic credits. Color illustrations throughout. A thorough discussion. READ MORE about ART AND CRAFT OF PAPERMAKING: STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING DISTINCTIVE HANDMADE PAPER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134098
New York: Dover Publications, (1986). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 96 pages. With text by Maureen Hollander. READ MORE about EASY-TO-MAKE DECORATIVE BOXES AND DESK ACCESSORIES, 73 PROJECTS USING PRINTED PAPERS AND FABRICS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 39309
Vällinby, Sweden: Rudins, (1990). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 278, (2) pages. Translated from the Swedish by Roger G. Tanner. Table of contents, preface, bibliography, index. A history of papermaking worldwide. Black and white illustrations throughout text. Sixteen pages of color plates. READ MORE about MAKING PAPER: A LOOK INTO THE HISTORY OF AN ANCIENT CRAFT
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134105
New York: Dover Publications, (1990). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 112 pages. Corrected republication of the first edition which was published in 1977. A step-by-step guide to making paper which includes 160 black and white detailed illustrations to introduce the various techniques of making paper and the necessary materials, tools and equipment used. Includes a bibliography and index. Name in ink. READ MORE about ART & CRAFT OF HANDMADE PAPER
Price: $7.95 Order nr. 30905
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., (1977). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 112 pages. Illustrated. Near fine. READ MORE about THE ART & CRAFT OF HANDMADE PAPER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 5609
New York, NY: Parnassus Press, 1940. 4to. limp velvet, string bound, paper-covered slipcase with front cover label. 47+(1) pages. Signed by the author on half title. Illustrations, including frontispiece, by Elisabeth Fulda. A collection of poetry. Slipcase lightly soiled. Covers sunned at edges. READ MORE about THE SHOEMAKER OF THE START
Price: $60.00 save 30% $42.00 Order nr. 134129
Chicago: United Typothetae of America, (1926). 8vo. cloth. x, 188 pages. Revised edition. Includes Unit 1. Principles of Typesetting in five lessons, Unit II. Proving Composition in five lessons, Unit III. Distribution in three lessons, Unit IV. Style Aids in Composition in nine lessons and Unit V. Calculation in Composition in three lessons. Exlibris with markings. Water stain on the upper edge of some of the front pages. READ MORE about ELEMENTS OF COMPOSITION
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 58486
(St. Croix Falls, WI: Brandtjen & Kluge), n.d. 8vo. self paper wrappers. 26, (2) pages. Table of contents, introduction. An overview of the uses of the letterpress, dies, foil, and die and foil paper. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about EMBOSSING AND FOIL STAMPING: TECHNIQUES MADE EASY
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 134255
New Britain, CT: Central Connecticut State College, (1965). 4to. stiff paper wrappers, spiral bound. unpaginated. Foreword, acknowledgment. A study of the history of printing compiled by the Graphics Arts I class at Central Connecticut State College, fall semester 1965. READ MORE about THE EVOLUTION OF PRINTING
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134253
(Tempe, AZ: Earle Die Company), n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. A guide to duotone selections, with eleven specimens, for both color and black and white printers, in pockets. READ MORE about GRAPHIC ARTS DUOTONE SELECTION GUIDE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134326
New York, NY: International Paper Company, 1974. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, spiral bound. unpaginated. Introduction, copy fitting guide, proportion wheel. Color illustrations. READ MORE about PAPER 'N GRAPHICS MINI GUIDE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134244
Meriden, CT: The Kelsey Press Company, n.d. (circa 1925). 8vo. self paper wrappers. unpaginated. Catalogue of products offered by the Kelsey Press Company. Introduction of the company on inside front wrapper. Includes equipment, type faces, borders, ornaments, and other items. READ MORE about DO YOUR OWN PRINTING
Price: $37.50 Order nr. 128395
Chicago: The Lakeside Press Galleries, 1933. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. Filled with illustrations. Spots along hinge of front cover. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF A LOAN EXHIBITION, TWENTIETH CENTURY PRINTS FROM SEVERAL IMPORTANT AMERICAN COLLECTIONS
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 25931
Brooklyn: Mergenthaler Linotype Co., (1936). small 8vo. cloth-backed paper-covered boards. 99 pages. The hardbound variant of this interesting book. Several prominent book designers created a design for each letter in the alphabet. Included are John Fass, Blumenthal, Dwiggins, Anthoensen, the Grabhorns, Valenti Angelo, Boris Artzybasheff and many others. Rogers designed the title page and the ampersand page, here printed on sandpaper. Corners lightly bumped and a few small spots on the front and rear covers..... READ MORE about PETER PIPER'S PRACTICAL PRINCIPLES OF PLAIN & PERFECT PRONUNCIATION
Price: $185.00 Order nr. 10162
East Aurora, New York: The Roycrofters, (1918). large 12mo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. 372, (2) pages. Portrait photograph of Elbert Hubbard as frontispiece. "This is the book we offer--a book written by Americans, for Americans. It is a book without myth, miracle, mystery, or metaphysics--a commonsense book for people who prize commonsense as a divine heritage. The book that will benefit most is the one that inspires men to think and to act for..... READ MORE about AN AMERICAN BIBLE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 73611
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 1992 (BUT 1995). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 108, (2) pages. Paperback edition. Second printing. For 350 years from the fifteenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth century, the methods and equipment of printing changed remarkably little. Decade after decade, the essential techniques of punch, matrix, type mould and handset type remained unaltered. The printing press continued with perhaps only one improvement of consequence. Then the nineteenth century..... READ MORE about AMERICAN IRON HAND PRESSES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 34756
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
Sidney, OH: Baumfolder Corporation, (1987). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 139+(1) pages. Preface, table of contents, glossary. Black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about OPERATING BAUMFOLDERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134238
(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
