Chicago, IL: R.R. Donnelley & Sons, The Lakeside Press, n.d. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers, paper front cover label. (16) pages. Table of contents. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about EXTRA BINDING FOR RARE AND VALUABLE BOOKS AND PAPERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131843
Bloomington: McKnight & McKnight, (1946). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. Revised edition. Illustrated manual. READ MORE about GENERAL BOOKBINDING
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 30854
Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., n.d. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 42 pages. Discusses their bookbinding work and restoration work. Illustrated. Near fine. READ MORE about THE HAND BINDERY AT DONNELLEY'S
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 13984
Santiago: Ismael Espinosa, 1986. 4to. limp boards, slipcase. 65, (3) pages. Limited to 275 numbered copies. With an eight page translation from Spanish to English loosely inserted. Contains 16 color plates, mostly of bindings executed in Chile during the 19th century. According to the publisher, only the second book on South American bindings to be issued. Minor soiling to slipcase, else fine condition. READ MORE about ENCUADERNACIONES ARTISTICAS HECHAS EN CHILE DURANTE EL SIGLO 19
Price: $135.00 Order nr. 18677
Seattle: University of Washington Press, (1973). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xi, 263 pages. Corrected edition. Contains a history of book-making and simple binding techniques for the amateur, including related crafts such as making folders, files, note pads, cards, boxes, etc. Includes a large section on various techniques for making decorated papers to use in binding. Illustrated with many drawings and photographs. READ MORE about CREATIVE BOOKBINDING
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 13949
N.P. n.p., n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, spiral bound. unpaginated. Introduction, statement of the purpose of the course. A syllabus for a course identified as Bookbinding 383, taught by Professor Knapp. Section I bookbinding, Section II silk screen printing, Section III related operations. Printed on recto only. Covers tanned at edges. Spiral binding broken. READ MORE about LET'S BIND A BOOK
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134174
New York: Arco Publishing Co., (1978). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 120 pages. First U.S. edition. Profusely illustrated. READ MORE about BINDING AND REPAIRING BOOKS BY HAND
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 5846
New York: Employing Bookbinders of America, 1927. 8vo. cloth. xx, 451 pages. First edition. (Not in Brenni). An elementary course for the practical binder. Has tipped-in paper samples and many folding plates. Minor cover rubbing. READ MORE about A COURSE IN BOOKBINDING FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 13954
Leicester: Dryad Press, (1964). small 8vo. paper wrappers. 40 pages. Second edition. With 33 illustrations in the text. READ MORE about UNSEWN BINDING
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 13935
London: British Museum, 1970. 12mo. cloth-backed boards. 32 pages. Reprint of the first edition (imposed in this new format in 1967). READ MORE about THE PRESERVATION OF LEATHER BOOKBINDINGS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 123845
New York: Bruce Publishing Co., (1940). 8vo. cloth. ix, 137 pages. First edition. Step-by-step approach to bookbinding with over 100 illustrations and a glossary of terms. Lacking dust jacket. Head of spine worn. Shaken. READ MORE about LET'S BIND A BOOK
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 31143
Washington: Guild of Book Workers, 1986. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 183 pages. Many illustrations with some in color. Foreword by Frank Mowery followed by exhibition descriptions of the works of 61 members. Shows fine bindings, calligraphy, decorated paper, artist's books, fine printing, models and limited edition binding. Issued to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Club. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about 80 YEARS LATER
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 17158
Berkeley: Wingbow Press, (1974). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 127 pages. Second printing. With Illustrations by Chuck Miller. READ MORE about PRINTING IT A GUIDE TO GRAPHIC TECHNIQUES FOR THE IMPECUNIOUS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 688
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, (1984). 4to. paper wrappers. 54 pages. Full of advice peculiarly fitted to calligraphy, with many useful ideas and examples on creating and improving calligraphic layouts and designs. READ MORE about LAYOUT AND DESIGN FOR CALLIGRAPHERS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 47574
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, (1987). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 168 pages. First U.S. edition. Describes the careers of the great type designers of this century - Goudy, Rogers, Koch, Dwiggins, Gill, Morison, etc. Well illustrated. Fine condition. READ MORE about TWENTIETH CENTURY TYPE DESIGNERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 62292
(St. Gallen, Switzerland): Heidelberg News, n.d. 8vo. self paper wrappers. 27+(1) pages. Table of contents, glossary. A guide to color reproduction and perception. Color illustrations. READ MORE about COLOUR IN PRINTING SPECTRAL COLOUR MEASURING AND COLORIMETRICS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 134144
Washington, DC: National Bureau of Standards, U. S. Department of Commerce, 1971. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 16 pages. NBS Consumer Information Series 5, edited by James E. Payne. Distributed by the U.S. Government Printing Office. Table of contents, foreword by Director Lewis M. Branscomb, introduction, bibliography. Illustrated. READ MORE about CARE OF BOOKS, DOCUMENTS, PRINTS AND FILMS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134172
(Los Angeles, CA): University of Southern California, 1988. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 46, (2) pages. Number 24. Introduction by librarian Charles R. Ritcheson, notes and announcements. A collection of articles related to books, printing, and typography, including recollections of Ward Ritchie. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about CORANTO: JOURNAL OF THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARIES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134155
(London): Faber & Faber, 1975. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 154 pages. Reprint of the 1973 first edition. A look through a designer's eyes at the main methods of graphic reproduction in use twenty-five years ago. "The book's aim is deliberately limited to the provision of facts" about production. Chapters on The Scope of Graphics Today, Printing and Printers, Words into Print, Pictures into Print, Graphics Not on Paper, and Functional Considerations. With 125 illustrations. Glossary..... READ MORE about GRAPHICS, DESIGN INTO PRODUCTION
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 64084
Salem, MA: Marine Research Society, 1933. 8vo. cloth. viii, plates, 206, (2) pages. Preface, index. Frontispiece and 37 black and white plates. Black and white illustrations in text. Spine and covers sunned. READ MORE about THE BUILT-UP SHIP MODEL
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134317
New York: New York Times National Book Fair, n.d. 12mo. boards. 16 pages. Autobiography of a book related by the book. The Second PM Keepsake. Covers soiled. Paper covering on spine partially chipped away. READ MORE about AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A BOOK
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 17412
Philadelphia: J.E. McClees & Co., (1911). 12mo. cloth-backed boards. (15) pages. With 3 tipped-in plates that show colored mezzotint printing executed by Dickins at his London publishing house. Some cover spotting. Slightly shaken. READ MORE about A NOTE ON THE ART OF MEZZOTINT AND MEZZOTINT PRINTING IN COLOURS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 98596
New York, NY: John F. Dobbs, 1928. 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. 386 pages. Preface, table of contents, index. Frontispiece. A guide to proof-reading. Edges of dust jacket chipped. READ MORE about PROOF-READING AND STYLE FOR COMPOSITION IN WRITING AND PRINTING
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 134321
Westmoreland Hills, MD: LD's Press of the Bald Eagle, 1960. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 72 pages. First edition, published after Lester Douglas's death. The designers represented in the book include Harry Carter, Warren Chappel, Fritz Eichenberg, John Fass and Edward Wilson. READ MORE about FIRST BIRTHDAY BOOK, 33 LD BALDY EAGLE MARKS BY ARTIST-DESIGNER FRIENDS OF BALDY FOR WHIMSY AND...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 2175
St. Petersburg, FL: Felten, 1970. 4to. cloth. 303+(1) pages. Completely revised edition. An approach to page design combining layout and typography. Various techniques and applications. "Kitsap Newspaper" written in black marker on top left corner of front paste-down. Slightly shaken, bumped. READ MORE about LAYOUT 4, PRINTING DESIGN + TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 49749
