Honey Brook, PA: Quaker City Type Foundry, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 24 pages. Type faces offered by Quaker City. Fine condition. READ MORE about A SPECIMEN OF FACES FROM QUAKER CITY TYPE FOUNDRY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 129404
Chicago: Typefounders of Chicago, 1962. 4to. spiral bound (white plastic), stiff paper wrappers. 212 pages. Includes an index of Foreign Type Styles, Domestic Foundry Types, Quads and Spaces, Handy Packages, Emblems-Ornaments, Leaders-Quad Rule. Filled with hundreds of examples of different type faces and sizes. Business Reply Mail postcards are still included. Minor wear to edges, else near fine. READ MORE about REFERENCE BOOK OF TYPE FACES: PRICE LIST #2 - NEON TYPE DIVISION
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 93486
New York, NY: International Typeface Corporation, New York, 1996. large 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages. Copublished with St Bride Printing Library, London. Foreword by Mark Batty. Features information on Dave Farey, Colin Brignall, Mike Daines, Alan Meeks, Freda Sack, and Peter O'Donnell. Afterword by James Mosley. READ MORE about LETRASET & STENCIL CUTTING
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 134987
Woodstock, Vt. William E. Rudge, 1943. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. xii, 244 pages. An essential reference tool for those interested in the book arts, book trade, and other facets of the book world. Not only does this book list periodicals under specific subject areas, but also lists the contents of each periodical described. Gives the number of years of publication. Wrappers soiled. READ MORE about BOOKS AND PRINTING, A SELECTED LIST OF PERIODICALS 1800-1942
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 11216
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1924. small 8vo. cloth-backed boards, top edge gilt. 70 pages. First edition. Chapters on planning of printing, style in the use of type, seven champions of typography, etc. No dust jacket. Shaken. READ MORE about IN THE DAY'S WORK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 27911
With a New Introduction by Carey S. Bliss.
New York: Garland Publishing Co., 1981. 12mo. cloth. xii, 229, (54), (3) pages. With a New Introduction by Carey S. Bliss. Reprint of the first American printer's manual to be written by an American (Bigmore & Wyman, III, 42) with introductory history and bibliography. Near fine. READ MORE about THE PRINTERS' GUIDE; OR, AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ART OF PRINTING
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 20954
Cambridge: Privately printed, 1973. 4to. quarter leather over decorated paper-covered boards. vii, 36 pages. First edition, limited to 500 copies. The Cambridge Christmas book for 1973 contains a two page preface by the printer, Brooke Crutchley. The blue Morocco binding nicely compliments the printed paper covered boards. Includes ephemera. Spine lightly faded and some scuffing to the leather, else near fine. READ MORE about EMERY WALKER, SOME LIGHT ON HIS THEORIES OF PRINTING AND ON HIS RELATIONS WITH WILIAM MORRIS AND...
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 20028
Blue Ridge Summit: Tab Books, (1981). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 308 pages. A how to book on the fascinating art of hand printing and binding. It has a thorough introduction to the basics of printing including a brief history of the art, and then covers planning, designing, choosing papers and inks, selecting type faces, the actual printing process, and binding your completed work. Illustrated and indexed. READ MORE about GETTING STARTED IN HAND PRINTING & BINDING
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 60124
Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, (1964). 8vo. cloth. 59 pages. Many illustrations. The cloth bound variant. A fine copy. READ MORE about THE SCHOLAR PRINTERS: TWO EXHIBITIONS AT THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY ... I. PRINTERS, PUBLISHERS, AND...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 5123
Los Angeles: n.p., 1956. 4to. cloth-backed boards. (ii), 57, (3) pages. First edition. Designed and printed by Richard Hoffman in an unmentioned limited edition. Slight rubbing of covers. READ MORE about ELEVEN WESTERN PRESSES, AN ACCOUNT OF HOW THE FIRST PRINTING PRESS CAME TO EACH OF THE ELEVEN...
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 62165
West Chester, NY: Westchester Chappel, The, 1999 (but 2002). small 8vo. self paper wrappers. A collaboration of works published as 'Chapter 2: The Tread-Not Press Goes to Maine' by the Tread-Not Press for The Westchester Chappel and printed by The Cedar Cliff Press for the Westchester Chappel's book The Joys of Printing Continues.. Spine lightly sunned, else fine condition. The Westchester Chappel was founded by J. Ben Lieberman in 1960 as an effort to give..... READ MORE about A MOVING EXPERIENCE
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 134984
New York: The Grolier Club, 2003. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 39+(1) pages. Design and typography by Jerry Kelly. READ MORE about WHISTLERIANA: WORKS BY AND ABOUT JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARTIN HUNTER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 90502
With Remarks by John Randle, John Dreyfus & Mark Batty.
N.P. International Typeface Corporation and The Grolier Club, 1994. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 63+(1) pages. With Remarks by John Randle, John Dreyfus & Mark Batty. Limited to 2,500 copies printed by letterpress at the Stinehour Press with design by Jerry Kelly. A well annotated exhibition catalogue describing the production of the Whittington Press. Includes illustrations. READ MORE about PRINTING AT THE WHITTINGTON PRESS, 1972-1994, AN EXHIBITION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 40906
London: Elkin Mathews, 1927. 8vo. cloth. (viii), 171 pages. First edition. (Webber p.129). "A great deal of practical information and suggestions which will prove of value to even the most experienced collector." Lacks dust jacket. Crack on spine. Spot on front cover. READ MORE about THE ELEMENTS OF BOOK-COLLECTING
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 19273
N.P. n.p., (1936). small 4to. two-toned cloth. (iii), 152 pages. A thesis submitted by Willmot to the Leeds College of Technology, either a unique copy or one of a very small number printed. Thirteen separate chapters covering each part of machine printing, including platen machines, roller casting, make-ready, printing inks, three- colour printing, and paper. Filled with tipped-in illustrations showing equipment, hand-drawings, examples of color work and paper specimens. READ MORE about THESIS ON LETTERPRESS MACHINING
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 21073
New York: Hastings House, 1972. Publishers. (1972), 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. ix, 301 pages. A study of changes in typesetting practive as influenced by changing technology. READ MORE about LETTER ASSEMBLY IN PRINTING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 31712
New Rochelle: The Myriade Press, (1978). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), v, 77 plates, (10) pages. Reprint of the scarce first edition including reproduction of the color work. Wear along edges. Near fine. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIC VARIATIONS DESIGNED BY HERMANN ZAPF ON THEMES IN CONTEMPORARY BOOK DESIGN AND...
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 28146
