West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 2004. 12mo. cloth, paper front cover label, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 100 copies. Signed by author on colophon. Bembo type on Frankfurt paper. A collection of poetry, some of which previously appeared in The Formalist and The New Criterion. READ MORE about UNUSED LINES
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 129590
Oakland: Rather Press, (1982). large 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. 75 (3) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 100 numbered copies. Researched, written, designed, hand-set in Bembo type printed on Tweedweave paper, hand-sewn, and cased by Clif and Lois Rather. Illustrated with wood engravings by Stanley H. Cohen. Continues the author's series of books dealing with California history. Dunsmuir House is a thirty-seven room mansion built in the San Leandro section of Oakland..... READ MORE about DUMSMUIR HOUSE
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 96339
Sylvan Lake, MI: Privately printed, n.d. tall narrow 8vo. cloth, paper title label. Unpaginated. Limited to 100 copies. Twelve flowers indigenous to Hawaii, described and illustrated with line drawings. Type hand-set by Jack Rau, papers used are Curtis Colophon for the text and a hand-made Shiji from Japan for the illustrations, which are folded over, and bound in, at the head and foot of the leaves. Bound in the Japanese style, boards covered in slubbed..... READ MORE about A HAWAIIAN ALPHABET OF FLOWERS
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 48346
Stamford, CT: Glad Hand Press, 1981. 8vo. stiff paper wrapper. (12) Pages. Collection of humours quotations that parody Ben Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack.Attributed to Herman Raucher, "a reformed advertising executive, novelist, playright and screen-writer, also a fine raconteur." The type is hand-set Monotype and SB Times Roman on Torino Cover / 80 paper. READ MORE about FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS FROM POOR HERMAN'S ALMANAC
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 76044
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New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Hardcover. 368 pages. (TDR). "A functional, comprehensive, postmodern approach... This reference source places clearly written, succinct explanations at the reader's fingertips." - Miriam, Kahn, SHARP News The Typographic Desk Reference (aka TDR) is an encyclopedic reference guide of typographic terms and classification with definitions of form and usage for Latin based writing systems. The second edition, in the works since 2010, has more than..... READ MORE about THE TYPOGRAPHIC DESK REFERENCE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 108705
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With a Foreword by Erik Spiekermann
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Paperback. 368 pages. (TDR) With a Foreword by Erik Spiekermann. "A functional, comprehensive, postmodern approach... This reference source places clearly written, succinct explanations at the reader's fingertips." - Miriam, Kahn, SHARP News The Typographic Desk Reference (aka TDR) is an encyclopedic reference guide of typographic terms and classification with definitions of form and usage for Latin based writing systems. The second edition, in the..... READ MORE about THE TYPOGRAPHIC DESK REFERENCE
Price: $24.95 Order nr. 108706
New York, NY: Center for Book Arts, 2016. 6.25 x 7 inches. cloth. unpaginated. Five Poems was designed as a 5-sided book on the occasion of The Center for Book Arts 2016 chapbook, to which Mary Ruefle was a judge. The hand-set type families are Consort and Bernhard. Images are from collographs, paper is Colorplan, binding is Sewn-boards. Concept, press work and binding by Ana Paula Cordeiro at The Center for Book Arts, New York..... READ MORE about FIVE POEMS
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 129164
N.P. (West Chester, PA): Aralia Press, 1999. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. unpaginated (8) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 100 copies. Number Two in Aralia Press Solo Voices series. Romanée Type on Johannot paper. READ MORE about WRECKAGE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 75874
N.P. (West Chester, PA): Aralia Press, 1999. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper front cover label, top edge cut, other edges uncut, cord-tied. unpaginated (8) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 100 copies, 30 signed by the author and numbered. This is a signed, numbered copy. Number Two in Aralia Press Solo Voices series. Romanée Type on Johannot paper. A poetic work published in memory of James Merrill. READ MORE about WRECKAGE
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 129614
N.P. (West Chester, PA): Aralia Press, 1999. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut, cord-tied. unpaginated (8) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 100 copies, of which this copy is signed. Number Two in Aralia Press Solo Voices series. Romanée Type on Johannot paper. READ MORE about WRECKAGE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 129703
Zeipzig: Oscar Brandstetter, 1939. tall 8vo. cloth. 184 pages. Later edition. A discussion of all facets of the printing business. Of added interest is the pocket in the back containing paper samples and actual samples of type and a slug of linotype. Spot on front cover and first few pages at top of spine. READ MORE about BUCHGEWERBLICHES HILFSBUCH, DARSTELLUNG DER BUCHGEWERBLICH -TECHNISCHEN VERFAHREN FÜR DEN...
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 4831
Leipzig: Oscar Brandstetter, 1927. 8vo. cloth. 164 pages. Later edition. A discussion of all facets of the printing business. Of added interest is the pocket in the back containing paper samples and actual samples of type and a slug of linotype. READ MORE about BUCHGEWERBLICHES HILFSBUCH, DARSTELLUNG DER BUCHGEWERBLICH -TECHNISCHEN VERFAHREN FÜR DEN...
Price: $18.00 Order nr. 12411
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
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 1992. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 108, (2) pages. First edition, paperback edition. 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 brought the..... READ MORE about AMERICAN IRON HAND PRESSES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 105309
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: $15.00 Order nr. 108590
(Saint Paul, MN): Midnight Paper Sales, 2017. 8vo. duplex paper covers are made of Degener Black and O'Malley Crackle papers, in tribute to the Ladies of the Cave, cloth slipcase. 48 pages. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Gaylord Schanilec, with a slight poem by him hand-set in Bodoni metal type. Nine multi-color wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec and a wood engraving by Thomas Bewick, all printed from the original blocks. From the author..... READ MORE about A LITTLE BOOK OF BIRDS
Price: $680.00 Order nr. 134699
With a wood engraving by Peter Reddick
Iowa City: Windhover Press, The, 1978. 8vo. cloth-backed, paper-covered boards. not paginated. With a wood engraving by Peter Reddick. (Berger p. 67). Limited to 450 copies, this being one of the 225 printed by The Windhover Press. A collection of poems by British author Peter Scupham. Typed on Windhover paper using Romanée type and bound by Rebecca Henderson using green cloth and Japanese paper. Fine condition. READ MORE about NATURA
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 96964
N.P. (but NY): n.p. (but Tideline Press), n.d. broadside (14 3/4 in. x 10 1/2 in.). A type specimen of capitals at the bottom, along with & and !, as well as capitals artistically arranged, interspersed with a quote by Seastone above. "For those of us for whom the world of letters is a powerfully real experience the encounter of thought in words and words on paper in ways that justify our passionate life of..... READ MORE about FOR THOSE OF US FOR WHOM THE WORLD OF LETTERS IS A POWERFULLY REAL EXPERIENCE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 100582
Stamford: Overbrook Press, 1956. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 21, (3) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 1000 copies by Frank Altschul at the Overbrook Press (Cahoon, p.77). Handset in Caslon Old Face type and printed on Bethany paper. Reprinted from Foreign Affairs. The author was President Emeritus of Yale University. READ MORE about WOODROW WILSON IN PERSPECTIVE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 63825
N.P. Printed by A. Colish for Bruce Rogers and his friends, 1955. small 4to. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Limited to 85 copies. A poem about Rogers written by Shapiro and arranged in type by Colish. Printed on the special handmade paper produced for Colish and containing the joint watermark of Rogers and Colish. Printed on the first page only. Some wrinkling. READ MORE about 85, MAY 14, 1955
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 33146
(Iowa City, IA): Windhover Press, The, 1971. small folio. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edge uncut, cloth slipcase, paper spine label. unpaginated. Limited to 350 numbered copies. Introduction by editor Jerald E. Bringle, note on the text, Romané type, Italian Umbria paper. READ MORE about PASSION PLAY
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 130957
(Iowa City, IA): Windhover Press, The, 1971. small folio. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edge uncut, cloth slipcase, paper spine label. unpaginated. Limited to 350 numbered copies, of which this is one of 250 numbered copies reserved for the Windhover Press. Introduction by editor Jerald E. Bringle, note on the text, Romané type, Italian Umbria paper. Near-fine condition. READ MORE about PASSION PLAY
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 132998
(Droogenbosch-lez-Bruxelles: Papeteries Catala, 1946). large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 374, (10) pages. First published as 23 Etudes sur la Typographie Moderne in 1937. Smal greatly expanded his practical manual on modern type, from 23 to 71 chapters, in this edition. With a preface by M. Paul Lacoste. Includes chapters on the essential qualities of modern typography, the role of machines in its development, and the symbolism of type. Appendix lists paper weights by the ream..... READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIE MODERNE, 71 ETUDES SUR LA REALISATION DES IMPRIMES
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 73894
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press and Kotinos Publications, 2004. 6.5" x 9.5" Half faux leather/printed paper-covered boards, 710 pages. Printed letterpress in an edition limited to 1000 copies. In May of 2001, an International Congress on the History of Greek Printing was held in Delphi, Greece where leading scholars presented over 40 papers pertaining to dissemination of the Greek language via manuscripts, books and documents. The collection of essays compiled in this book is..... READ MORE about THE PRINTED GREEK BOOK 15TH - 19TH CENTURY
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 76423
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press and Kotinos Publications, 2004. 6.5" x 9.5" Half faux leather/printed paper-covered boards, 710 pages. Text in Greek. Some portions of text in English. Printed letterpress in an edition limited to 1000 copies. In May of 2001, an International Congress on the History of Greek Printing was held in Delphi, Greece where leading scholars presented over 40 papers pertaining to dissemination of the Greek language via manuscripts, books and documents..... READ MORE about THE PRINTED GREEK BOOK 15TH - 19TH CENTURY
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 116359
