Chicago: Club of Printing House Craftsmen, 1939. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 42 pages. Illustrated. Second edition limited to 25,000 unnumbered copies. A Near fine copy. READ MORE about SOME FACTS CONCERNING THE INVENTION OF PRINTING
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 11561
Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1927. thick 8vo. original blue cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. xvi, 406 pages. First edition, limited to 2000 copies. Lacking the dust jacket. Spine age darkened. READ MORE about THE GOLDEN BOOK, THE STORY OF FINE BOOKS AND BOOKMAKING - PAST AND PRESENT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 5310
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1902. large 12mo. cloth. (vi), 50, (2) pages. Composition and electrotype plates by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press, Boston, set in Clarendon type (Smith, 120). Spine lightly faded. Gift inscription in ink on front free endpaper. READ MORE about RABBI BEN EZRA
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 63566
Würzburg, Germany: Stürtz, 1967. 8vo. paper wrappers. 17 pages. With 8 pasted drawings by Theo Dreher. Well-preserved, clean copy. Including: Jörn Göres, About a register sheet (by Friedrich Rückert). The Franconian Bibliophile Society on their 40th birthday. Munich: Society of Bibliophiles 1988. With 1 glued-in illustration. Two works in one. READ MORE about WÜRZBURG - 'WIE EIN IRDISCHES PARADIES'
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 136772
New York and London: The Studio Ltd., 1928. 4to. vellum backed decorated boards. viii, 186 pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Exlibrary with markings. Corners lightly worn, else very good. Profusely illustrated with facsimile pages, illustrations, and bindings, many of which are in color. Contributions from well known people of the time. Beautiful book. READ MORE about MODERN BOOK PRODUCTION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 38167
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1972. 8vo. cloth. 566 pages and many illustrations. First U.S. edition. (Appleton no.380). The best biography of Morison. Lacking the dust jacket, else near fine. READ MORE about STANLEY MORISON
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 11197
Frankfurt: D. Stempel and Classen-Papier, (1989). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 101 pages. A history of this printing house. A fine copy in fine jacket. Introduction by Hermann Zapf. READ MORE about SCHWARZE KUNST - FARBIG : EINE DRUCKEREI IM WANDEL DER TECHNIK
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 136774
Toronto, Canada: Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 2009. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 68 pages. Introduction by Martin Antonetti, checklist, acknowledgments. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. An exhibition of book-objects and artist books. READ MORE about WERNER PFEIFFER (CENSOR, VILLAIN, PROVOCATEUR, EXPERIMENTER): BOOK-OBJECTS AND ARTIST BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 136752
Kirkwood, MO: The Printery, 2002. small 8vo. quarter cloth, marbled paper-covered boards. x, (ii), 50, (2) pages. Limited to an edition of 90. Head of spine lightly faded, else near fine. The text is a previously unpublished talk delivered by Alexander S. Lawson as part of the Heritage of the Graphic Arts Lecture Series. The lecture was given on September 23, 1970 and traced the history of English language printer's manuals from 1683 to the..... READ MORE about PRINTER'S MANUALS FROM MOXON TO THE PIA
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 136770
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1929. 8vo. cloth. 493 pages. First edition, limited to 1200 copies printed by the Lakeside Press. Front hinge starting. Lacking the dust jacket. Stamp in red ink on title page. Elese very good. A 193-page history of private presses followed by bibliographies and biographies of many of the private presses. Bookplate. Blank page removed following colophon. READ MORE about PRIVATE PRESSES AND THEIR BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 16067
Indianapolis: Design Research Publications, (1974). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 79 pages. Revised edition. Illustrated. Very good condition. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHY: HOW TO MAKE IT MOST LEGIBLE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 107350
(Rochester, NY): Rochester Printing Company, n.d. (c. 1901. 4to. paper wrappers. (8) leaves. Advertisting pamphlet for the Rochester Printing Company. Light wear around edges, else near fine. READ MORE about ENGRAVING. PRINTING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 136771
New York: Clark & Way, 1951. 8vo. cloth. (60) pages. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies on English hand-made paper by the Thistle Press in New York City with design and hand-setting by Bruce Rogers. (Blumenthal, p.182-183). A fine copy in fine slipcase. Profusely illustrated throughout with illustrations for each month printed in a different color. Bound by Frank Fortney. A very attractive book with many classic illustrations. READ MORE about TWELVE MONTHS AND CHRISTMAS DAY FROM `FANTASTICKES'
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 57473
With a List of the Books Printed Under Mr. Roger's Supervision.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1926. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. 75 pages of text followed by 15 plates. With a List of the Books Printed Under Mr. Roger's Supervision. First edition, second impression. This essay and bibliography originally appeared in the Fleuron although this book contains some alterations. Hea of spine lightly worn, else a fine copy. READ MORE about BRUCE ROGERS, DESIGNER OF BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 126961
New Haven: Yale University Library, 1982. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 200 pages. First edition, limited to 300 copies. Short biographical sketch followed by a listing of over 1800 items designed by Rollins. Fine condition. READ MORE about THE WORKS OF CARL P. ROLLINS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 4672
Mount Vernon, NY: William Edwin Rudge, Inc., 1927. 4to. paper covered boards, four silk ties. 7 pages, folding map. First edition limited to 490 unnumbered copies. Some minor scuffing to the front cover. Else near fine. Beautifully printed. READ MORE about THE HOLY LAND AND EGYPT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 136762
n.p. Royal Composing Room/ Finch, Pruyn and Co./ A Horo, 1982. square 8vo. cloth, slipcase. unpaginated. First edition thus. A fine copy in fine slipcase. READ MORE about TIMON OF ATHENS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 136753
(n.p., but New York, NY: Tri-Arts Press, 1960). 8vo. paper covered boards. unpaginated. Copyright by Edmund W. Pavenstedt. Gilt illuminated letter on 4th unnumbered page. Near fine. Very scarce. READ MORE about TESTAMENT
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 136750
New York: Champion International Corporation, (1982). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 28 pages. Contains articles on the phonetic alphabet, phototypesetting, sans serif type and more. With a large folding colorful insert depicting eleven classic typefaces. READ MORE about PRINTING SALESMAN'S HERALD: BOOK 44, SPECIAL ISSUE ON TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 136739
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1934. small 8vo. cloth. 128 pages. Podeschi no.199. This copy is unnumbered and lacks the slipcase. Spine age darkened. Gutters browned. Bookplate of George T. Bailey on upper front pastedown. With a frontispiece portrait of Dickens. Designed by D.B. Updike. This story was not published until 1934 because of Dickens' restrictions on the manuscripts. READ MORE about LIFE OF OUR LORD, WRITTEN FOR HIS CHILDREN DURING THE YEARS 1846 TO 1849 ... AND NOW FIRST PUBLISHED
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 12717
2 volumes.
New York: Dover Publications, (1980). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xl,292; xvii,326 pages. 2 volumes. Reprint of the 1937 second edition. Profusely illustrated. Still the best book on the subject. Well preserved set. READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES, THEIR HISTORY, FORMS, AND USE A STUDY IN SURVIVALS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 2516
Washington, DC: Special Collections Research Center, Georgetown University, 2010. 8vo. paper wrappers. unpaginated. Exhibition catalogue. A fine copy. Illustrated with b&w and color illustrations. READ MORE about COLLECTING TO TEACH: THE EXTRAORDINARY LEGACY OF JOSEPH A. HALLER, S. J
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 136740
London: Constable and Co. by the Chiswick Press, 1923. 4to. quarter calf, leather spine label. xii, 152 pages. First edition, limited to 650 copies. Lacking the slipcase. Exlibrary with markings. Some minor foxing to the vellum covers. Corners lightly rubbed. Else an excellent copy. With 12 full-page illustrations. Important document in the study of the history of Walpole's private printing establishment. The American issue with the additional foreword by Percival Merritt not found in the..... READ MORE about JOURNAL OF THE PRINTING-OFFICE AT STRAWBERRY HILL, NOW FIRST PRINTED FROM THE MS OF HORACE...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 18840
New York: Kelly Winterton Press, 1983. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 14, (2) pages. Limited to 1000 copies printed from Optima type. A fine copy. Giovanni Mardersteig's talk, "Laudatio auf Hermann Zapf," was given in Mainz on June 24, 1974 upon the occasion of the awarding of the Gutenberg Prize to Hermann Zapf. Zapf's article, "In Memoriam Giovanni Mardersteig," originally appeared in the Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 1978, a year after Mardersteig's death. These pieces are both translated..... READ MORE about LAUDATIO FOR HERMANN ZAPF with HERMANN ZAPF. IN MEMORIAM GIOVANNI MARDERSTEIG
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 60025
