New York: Van Nostrand Co., (1948). 4to. cloth. 160 pages. First edition, later printing. "A detailed, comprehensive handbook on the many varied applications of all the phases of typography." Inscribed on free endpaper "March 26, 1949. In memory of a happy day in Utica, To Howard Coggeshall, Gene Ettenberg, O. Alfred Dilman, Lawrence B. Siegfrid" where each of the three have signed their names. READ MORE about TYPE FOR BOOKS AND ADVERTISING

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 64359

Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, (1985). 4to. cloth. xx, 192 pages. First edition. A survey of the von Zabern family's publishing history. Catalogue style format includes detailed entries on the keystone publications as well as company records, art objects and other important documentation connected to the previous generations of owners. Includes newspaper clippings, family photographs and hand-written correspondence. Several color plates in text and an index section at the back illustration covers. READ MORE about PH. VON ZABERN: 200 JAHRE EINER MAINZER OFFIZIN

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 78177

Portland, ME: The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1938. tall 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. xxiv, 368 pages. Second edition, revised, limited to 1500 copies. With chapters on the first presses, the Colonial printing house, ink, type, bookbinding, etc. With illustrations. Rubbed along hinges with small split in front hinge at top. READ MORE about THE COLONIAL PRINTER

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 5135

Chadds Ford, PA: Brandywine River Museum, 1976. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 62 pages. With a lengthy introduction by Joan H. Gorman followed by the illustrated exhibition catalogue covering work from the 1850s to the 1970s. READ MORE about THE ART OF AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 26895

N.P. Westminster Bank Limited, 1932. tall 12mo. printed paper-covered boards. (iv) pages followed by printed forms. Paper covering chipped away from spine. With the booklabel of R.S. Hutchings. READ MORE about RULES OF COMPOSITION AND PRESSWORK TO BE OBSERVED BY PRINTERS TO THE WESTMINSTER BANK

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 89883

Londini: Apud P.H. Lee Warner Mediceae Societatis librarium, 1911. 8vo. publisher's quarter cloth with blue paper-covered boards, paper spine and cover labels, paper-covered slipcase, dust jacket. viii, 318, (2) pages. Finely printed in an edition limited to 1000 numbered copies by the Riccardi Press for the members of the Medici Society. Printed with initial letters in dark green throughout on specially watermarked Riccardi Press paper. The collected works of this Roman lyric, erotic, and epigrammatic..... READ MORE about CATULLI, TIBULLI, PROPERTI CARMINA QUAE EXTANT OMNIA

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 56613

Paris: Fondation Nationale pour la Reproduction des Manuscrits Précieux et Pièces Rares d'Archives, (1937). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), iv, (i), 65, (3) pages. This book is part of a numbered edition limited to 1250 copies. It publishes the correspondence between George Washington and the French admiral d'Estaing. D'Estaing's letters are presented in French and English; Washington's in English only. The book includes a fold-out facsimile of one of Washington's letters. Limited edtion to 1250..... READ MORE about WASHINGTON SA CORRESPONDANCE AVEC D'ESTAING

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 79743