Chicago: The Society of Typographic Arts, 1950. 8vo. boards. (iv), 13, (3) pages. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. Humorous tales of printerdom. Illustrations in color. Covers soiled. Bookplate. READ MORE about FOLKLORE OF THE CHAPEL
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 5227
Grosse Pointe Park: Adagio Press, 1960. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 24 pages. Limited to 550 copies. Tanner and Alstrom 4. Surveys by Levenson and Lieberman, notes on the colophons of various private presses, an article by Steve Watts on 19th century typefaces, and a discussion of work in progress. Handprinted. READ MORE about PRINTING IN PRIVACY: A REVIEW OF RECENT ACTIVITY AMONG AMERICAN PRIVATE PRESSES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 8177
New York, NY: Strathmore Paper, 1954. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (4) pages. Program for a luncheon commemorating the nearly 60 year business relationship between Bradley and the Strathmore Paper Company. With a black and white portrait of Bradley. READ MORE about STRATHMORE LUNCHEON HONORING WILL BRADLEY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 133780
Stamford: Overbrook Press, The, 1950. 8vo. paper wrappers. 32 pages. Second edition. Printed by the Overbrook Press in an edition of 1000 copies in 1950. READ MORE about PROGRESS IN THE GRAPHIC ARTS AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY IN CHICAGO ... ON THE...
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 1454
Paramus, NJ: All Purpose Roll Leaf Corporation, n.d. oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, spiral bound. 10 pages. Introduction, Specimens of colors for foils. Covers lightly soiled. READ MORE about COLOR CHART
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 133970
New York, NY: Philip C. Duschnes, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 24 pages. A selection of fine and rare books, and manuscript leaves. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about FINE BOOKS RARE BOOKS MANUSCRIPT LEAVES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133966
An Essay by Eric Gill
N.P. Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. 12mo. orange cloth. (vi), 18, (2) pages, 2 plates. An Essay by Eric Gill. Limited to 500 copies (Cave 61; Chanticleer: 61). The essay was originally a lecture at Manchester University on 7 February 1928. Two engravings on copper by the author accompany the text. Printed on Kelmscott hand-made paper, using Caslon O.F. type. (Wolfe 31). Spine slightly faded. With previous owners stamp on front pastedown. READ MORE about ART & PRUDENCE
Price: $120.00 Order nr. 124160
Cabot, VT: The Green Leaf Press, 1959. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. The first in a series by this press "to include representative countries of the world" beset by poverty. Introduction, bibliography, endnotes. Tipped-in illustrations. READ MORE about OUTLINES OF POVERTY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133770
New York: Marble Hill Press, (1965). 4to. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 22, (2) pages. A keepsake edition, limited to 100 copies for private distribution. A reprint of a paper read before The Society of Arts in London, April 16, 1890, taken from the Vol. I, No. 3, 1920 issue of "Ars Tyographica." Printed by George Sas from handset De Roos and Jessen types in black, with margin titles in ochre. Sewn into a pale green..... READ MORE about OLD & NEW FASHIONS IN TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 47122
Hamilton, OH: Beckett Paper Company, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Advertisement for Beckett Offset, with list of colors and finishes offered. READ MORE about BECKETT OFFSET
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133957
Canton, MA: Diamond International Corporation, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. A selection of pastel colors, with table of sizes and weights. READ MORE about FAIRMOUNT COLORS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133962
Mittineague, MA: Mittineague Mills, Strathmore Paper Company, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. Introductory comments by Goudy. A selection of Old Stratford Book Papers. Covers tanned at edges and lightly soiled. READ MORE about OLD STRATFORD BOOK PAPERS: A FEW SPECIMEN PAGES AND AN INTRODUCTORY NOTE ON FINE PRINTING
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 133961
Erie, PA: Hammermill Papers Group, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. A selection of papers offered by Hammermill, with table of weights. Includes bond and linen finiahes. READ MORE about HAMMERMILL BOND
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133963
Erie, PA: Hammermill Papers Group, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. A selection of papers offered by Hammermill, with table of weights, finishes, and colors. Covers soiled. READ MORE about HAMMERMILL OFFSET OPAQUE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133964
Savannah, GA: The Pigeonhole Press, (1959). 8vo. paper-covered boards. x, 64, (2) pages. Second printing. Table of contents, author's note, endnotes. Designed and printed by Ray Dilley. Illustrations throughout text, with one foldout. Covers tanned. Light foxing on front endpapers and title. READ MORE about SAVANNAH, AHOY!
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133774
Amsterdam, NY: The Private Press of Alvin S. Fick, (1977). 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 12, (2) pages. Limited to 300 copies. Foreword by publisher Alvin Fick. An account of Brown's last visit to Elizabethtown before his raid on Harper's Ferry. A.L.s. from publisher Alvin S. Fick and a small booklet Castle for Rent, about "miniature bookdom's finest hour." READ MORE about JOHN BROWN AT ELIZABETHTOWN
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 133768
Fort Johnson, NY: Pinion Press, 1958. 12mo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (16) pages. Limited to 75 copies. Printed by Alvin Fick. A collection of three essays.Illustrations. Dust jacket lightly tanned. READ MORE about SHADOWS REFLECTIONS RETREAT
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 133766
Fort Johnson, NY: A private press, 1964. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. x, 12, (2) pages. Limited to 120 numbered copies. Introduction by Dale L. Walker. A collection of three poems. Front and back free endpapers and half title loose. Printed by A. S. Fick. READ MORE about A WINE OF WIZARDRY AND THREE OTHER POEMS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 133769
Iowa City, IA: The Prairie Press, 1951. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 33+(1) pages. Foreword by Paul Engle, table of contents listing poets included. A sampling of contemporary poetry by Iowans. Lightly soiled, else near fine. READ MORE about POEMS FROM THE IOWA POETRY WORKSHOP
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 130203
Iowa City, IA: The Prairie Press, 1951. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 34, (2) pages. Designed and printed by Carroll Coleman. Table of contents. A collection of poetry. Near fine. READ MORE about OCTOBER SHEAF
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 130366
(Iowa City, IA): The Prairie Press, 1952. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Designed and printed by Carroll Coleman. Table of contents. A collection of poetry. READ MORE about BRIEF INHERITANCE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 130361
New York: The New York Chappel, 1960. 12mo. cloth, paper label. Not paginated. Limited to approximately 200 copies. This is the first book printed by the New York Chappel members. Some of the contributions are "Printing as a Hobby for Women" by the Private Press of the Haywoods; "The Typographic Taxonomy" by J. Ben Leiberman of The Herity Press; and "Bookplates" by Charles Antin of the Serendipity Press. Most entries are of a bookish or..... READ MORE about AN UNCOMMONPLACE BOOK
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 49733
Brisbane, Australia: The Shapcott Press, 1964. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. Limited to 144 numbered copies. Foreword by Ian R. Stubbin and T.E. Dutton. A letter from Twain to Anglican priest David Morgan Jones, dated December 27, 1906. READ MORE about A LETTER FROM MARK TWAIN
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 133773
New York, NY: Bauer Alphabets, n.d. 4to. fold-out brochure. unpaginated. A selection of type faces offered by Bauer. READ MORE about FOUNDRY TYPES FROM BAUER ALPHABETS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133967
Lancaster, PA: Graphic Crafts, n.d. 8vo. cloth. unpaginated. Ludlow Matrices offered by Graphic Crafts. Includes initials and ornaments. Printed on recto only. READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES AT GRAPHIC CRAFTS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 134508
