New York: Typophiles, 1976. 12mo. cloth spine, printed boards. 54, (10) pages. First edition, limited to 700 copies for the Typophiles and 400 copies for the Book Club of California. Typophile Chapbook 51. READ MORE about WILLIAM CAXTON AND HIS QUINCENTENARY
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Princeton: Princeton University, 1963. 8vo. paper wrappers, paper cover label. 10 pages with 8 pages of illustrations. With a checklist of books in the exhibition. READ MORE about P.J. CONKWRIGHT AND THE UNIVERSITY PRESS BOOK DESIGN
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New York: The Typophiles, 1994. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 42, (4) pages. Limited to 500 copies. A Typophile Monograph, New Series Number Eleven. A listing of the lectures, which ran in various series from 1965 to 1982, arranged by Dr. Robert L. (Doc) Leslie, the topics being typography, printing, paper, book design, calligraphy, and other aspects of the graphic arts. Illustrated by Lili Cassel Wronker. Distributed for the Typophiles by Oak Knoll Press. READ MORE about THE HERITAGE OF THE GRAPHIC ARTS LECTURE SERIES: A COMPLETE LISTING
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New York: The Typophiles, 1994. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 42, (4) pages. Limited to 500 copies. A Typophile Monograph, New Series Number Eleven. A listing of the lectures which ran in various series from 1965 to 1982, arranged by Dr. Robert L. (Doc) Leslie, the topics being typography, printing, paper, book design, calligraphy, and other aspects of the graphic arts. Illustrated by Lili Cassel Wronker. READ MORE about THE HERITAGE OF THE GRAPHIC ARTS LECTURE SERIES: A COMPLETE LISTING
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Boston: David R. Godine, (1995). 8vo. cloth. x, 339 +(1) pages. First edition. A compilation of writings on many aspects of printing and book design, chosen by the author. The topics are varied, and include eighteenth-& nineteenth-century studies, private presses, type design and manufacture, exhibitions and speculations. In an interesting chapter on twentieth-century typographers, the author discusses Stanley Morrison, Eric Gill, Bruce Rogers and several other well known printers. Illustrated with photographs and facsimiles. Handlist..... READ MORE about INTO PRINT, SELECTED WRITINGS ON PRINTING HISTORY, TYPOGRAPHY AND BOOK PRODUCTION
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Cambridge: For the Roxburghe Club, 1982. 4to. cloth. xvi, 119 pages. First edition. A fine copy. The first of these Roxburghe titles to be devoted to printing type. This important study is well-produced and illustrated. The specimens are described in great detail in the bibliography.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ASPECTS OF FRENCH EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TYPOGRAPHY A STUDY OF TYPE SPECIMENS IN THE BROXBOURNE...
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Los Angeles: Occidental College, 1990. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 37 pages. Illustrated. READ MORE about A LONDONER'S VIEW OF THREE LOS ANGELES PRINTER FRIENDS AND THEIR WORK: GRANT DAHLSTRON, SAUL...
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London: Bain & Williams Ltd., 1993. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 51 pages. First edition, limited to 1070 copies. Eric Gill engraved this woodcut for his friend, Desmond Chute, in 1926 for Chute's ordination. Dreyfus gives an historical sketch of Chute and Gill while Williams describes the woodblock and the various states of the printed woodcut. READ MORE about ERIC GILL FOR FATHER DESMOND
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London: The Monotype Corporation Ltd., (1967). 4to. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (40) pages. Introductory text followed by the examples of printing. Printed at the Stamperia Valdonega. Light soiling to covers, else near fine. READ MORE about THE WORK OF GIOVANNI MARDERSTEIG WITH `MONOTYPE' FACES
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London: William Morrris Society, 1989. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Sixth Annual Kelmscott Lecture. Illustrated. Uncommon pamphlet. READ MORE about MORRIS AND THE PRINTED BOOK, A RECONSTRUCTION OF HIS VIEWS ON TYPE AND BOOK DESIGN IN THE LIGHT...
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With an Introduction by Geoffrey Keynes & Descriptive Catalogue by David McKitterick, Simon Rendell & John Dreyfus.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1981. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xv, 319, (3) pages. With an Introduction by Geoffrey Keynes & Descriptive Catalogue by David McKitterick, Simon Rendell & John Dreyfus. Limited to 950 numbered copies. A fine copy. A beautifully printed history and bibliography of the Nonesuch Press. Set, printed and bound at the University Press, Cambridge on specially made paper from the Dalmore Mill of William Sommerville, Edinburgh. Many illustrations, some black and white..... READ MORE about A HISTORY OF THE NONESUCH PRESS
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Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 1991. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xv, 36 pages. First edition. The essays contained in this book examine the recent developments in printing technology. These new developments have opened the field of graphic arts from political, social or economic constraints that once threatened freedom of the press and helped assure the supremacy of the trade. Bidwell's introduction is followed by two essays entitled "Letterpress Printing, Photocomposition, and Desktop Publishing"..... READ MORE about CLASSICAL TYPOGRAPHY IN THE COMPUTER AGE. PAPERS PRESENTED AT A CLARK LIBRARY SEMINARY
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London and Offenbach: Wynkyn de Worde Society and Bund Deutscher Buchkünstler, (1989). 4to. cloth. 251, (2) pages. A collection of about forty essays reflecting upon the personality and career of typographer, Hermann Zapf, including one by Zapf himself. Text is in German and English. Illustrated, some in color. Small water spot on front cover, else near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ABC-XYZAPF, FÜNFZIG JAHRE ALPHABET DESIGN
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