New York: Walker and Co., for Harvard College Library, 1969. 8vo. cloth-backed boards. xvi, 94 pages followed by 66 plates. Second printing of these two essays; the first printing took place in 1943. Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about ARTISTIC AND INTELLECTUAL TRENDS FROM RUBENS TO DAUMIER AS SHOWN IN BOOK ILLUSTRATION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 397
N.P. Bird & Bull Press, n.d. 4to. cardboard frame with title and Bird & Bull insignia printed at the bottom enclosing 12 broadsides printed on different colored paper. Each broadside shows a different example of typography and is printed in two colors. Meant as a gift for standing order customers of his fine private press. Displays Henry Morris's design work and sense of humor. Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about BON MOT
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 15851
Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College Library, (1989). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xvi, 250, (2) pages. Reprint of first edition. A study of the more interesting of American typographers from colonial times to the present. Well-illustrated. Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 45842
New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1979). thick 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 320 pages. First edition. With over 1,000 illustrations including more than 530 plates in full color. Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about THE LANGUAGE OF GRAPHICS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 40507
New York, NY: Crescent Books, 1995. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 302 pages. Introduction, Bibliography. Clip art and motifs from Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, Australasia. Fine condition.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about THE CLIP ART BOOK OF DESIGNS: MORE THAN 5,000 MOTIFS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135187
New York: Hudson Hills Press, (2002). large 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (vii), 205+(1) pages. A lovely illustrated guide to all of Bradley's works. Many full color illustrations and photographs throughout. A passage on illustrating chapbooks is included as well as a short biography and bibliography. Will H. Bradley (1868-1962), a master of American Art Nouveau, was an illustrator, designer, printer, typographer and art director. Like new.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about WILL H. BRADLEY, AMERICAN ARTIST IN PRINT, A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 94229
With an introductory note on the Bulmer-Martin types by Laurance B. Siegfried.
Syracuse: Syracuse Univ. Press, 1957. 12mo. black cloth. iv, 36 pages. With an introductory note on the Bulmer-Martin types by Laurance B. Siegfried. With illustrations by John DePol. READ MORE about WILLIAM BULMER AND THE SHAKESPEARE PRESS A BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM BULMER FROM A DICTIONARY OF...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 950
With a foreword by James M. Wells.
Boston: David R. Godine, (1988). oblong 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 183 pages. With a foreword by James M. Wells. First edition. Comprehensively describes and annotates twenty-two copybooks providing information on the scribe, the printer, intended audience, etc. Also contains a chapter on letter study and a selected bibliography. Well illustrated. Well preserved copy.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about MASTERS OF THE ITALIC LETTER, TWENTY-TWO EXEMPLARS FROM THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 24272
New York: Dover Publications, (1973). oblong 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 155 pages. A sampling of the calligraphy of this well-known type designer. Includes 100 original alphabets as well as single letters, words, sentences and examples of Oriental and abstract calligraphy. Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 47305
Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia, (1975). oblong small 8vo. two-toned cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 50 pages. First edition. History of the Roman alphabet with reproductions of letters throughout text printed in red ink. Dust jacket lightly soiled.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about THE LIVING ALPHABET
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 22561
New York: The Typophiles, 1974. tall 12mo. paper wrappers, dust jacket. (iv), 18 pages. A Typophile keepsake designed and produced by Bert Waggott. An autobiographical story of type design and calligraphy.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about MY LIFE WITH LETTERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 20754
Translated by Lydia G. Cochrane.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, (1989). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 351 pages. Translated by Lydia G. Cochrane. First edition in English. An account of the cultural transformation brought about by the discovery and development of printing. Illustrated. Private ownership inscription at top of half-title.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about THE CULTURE OF PRINT, POWER AND THE USES OF PRINT IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 31369
Ft. Lauderdale, FL: Ivy Press, 2003. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 400 pages. Color illustrations on every page. Very informative about the history of currency.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about AMERICAN HISTORY AS SEEN THROUGH CURRENCY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 135189
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, (1973). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 46 pages. Reprint of the 1971 first edition. Four sections: History of Papermaking, The Enemies of Paper, Matting and Framing, and A Note on Restoration. Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about HOW TO CARE FOR WORKS OF ART ON PAPER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 39333
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
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 45937
London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1972. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 89 pages. First edition. A biography of Pierre Simon Fournier. Reprints his CARACTERES DE L'IMPRIMERIE (1742) in facsimile of the original edition. Near fine.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about FOURNIER, THE COMPLETE TYPOGRAPHER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 42365
N.P. Monotype Recorder, 1990. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 39 + (1) pages. New series Autumn 1990 number eight. Issue of the Monotype Recorder that concentrates on the type design of Eric Gill. The text is profusely illustrated . The issue was set using Gill's own faces which had been adapted to the MonoText (computerized) system. Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about ERIC GILL: THE CONTINUING TRADITION
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 93477
Boston: David R. Godine, (1988). 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. 133 pages. Facsimile reprint of the revised 1936 edition, with a new introduction by Christopher Skelton. Discussion of composition, lettering, typography, punch-cutting, paper and ink, etc. An important essay. Bookplate on front free endpaper. Fine condition.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about AN ESSAY ON TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 24665
Boston: Godine, (1990). thick 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 478 pages. Reprint of the edition designed by Skelton. Over 1000 engravings described and illustrated. Near fine.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about ERIC GILL, THE ENGRAVINGS
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 33357
New York: Universe Books, (1982). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 304 pages. Reprint of the first U.S. edition. Biography with over 100 examples of his work reproduced.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about ERIC GILL, MAN OF FLESH AND SPIRIT
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 28339
(Aldershot): Scholar Press, (1996). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 331+(1) pages. First edition in English. A biography of Johannes Gutenberg, covering both his personal life and his achievements. Well illustrated with photographs, diagrams, drawings and facsimile pages, many in full color. With end notes, chronology, suggested readings, glossary, indexed by name and subject. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned, else fine. Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about JOHANN GUTENBERG, THE MAN AND HIS INVENTION
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 93704
Chicago: United Typothetae of America, 1918. 8vo. cloth. (vi), 49, ix pages. First edition. Volume 37 in the series of books issued by the UTA for the training of their apprentices. Covers lightly soiled, else fine.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGNS, A PRIMER OF INFORMATION ABOUT ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGNS, WITH CLASSIFIED...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 22864
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., (1975). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 252 pages. Revised edition. With reproductions of over 300 cartoons by such artists as Thomas Nast, Bernard Gillman, Frederick B. Opper, Homer Davenport, and Herbert Block. Jacket faded along spine, with some tears around the edges.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about THE UNGENTLEMANLY ART, A HISTORY OF AMERICAN POLITICAL CARTOONS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 32736
Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, Inc., (1990). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 128 pages. First edition. Covers the development of type design, basic terminology, copyfitting, photography and the computer, faults to avoid, etc. Well illustrated.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about INTRODUCTION TO TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 29689
Boston: The Graphic Arts Co., 1924. small 4to. cloth, paper cover label. 160 pages. First edition. Fine copy.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about PRINTING TYPE SPECIMENS, STANDARD AND MODERN TYPES WITH NOTATIONS ON THEIR CHARACTERISTICS AND...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 15666
