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(Balding & Mansell, Printers).

TYPE, PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATION.

Wisbech, Cambs.
Balding & Mansell, Printers, n.d. small 8vo. cloth. 80, (8) pages. Wisbech, Cambs. WITH TWO OTHER BOOKLETS. The style book of this printing house. Illustrated and with a glossary of terms. Loosely inserted in a cardboard case with two other specimen booklets issued by the firm.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about TYPE, PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATION

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 21913

Benesch, Otto.

ARTISTIC AND INTELLECTUAL TRENDS FROM RUBENS TO DAUMIER AS SHOWN IN BOOK ILLUSTRATION.

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

(Bird & Bull Press). Morris, Henry.

BON MOT.

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

Blackwell, Lewis.

20TH CENTURY TYPE.

(Corte Madera, CA: Gingko Press Inc., 1998). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 191+(1) pages. First edition. Printed in full color throughout.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about 20TH CENTURY TYPE

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 124867

Blumenthal, Joseph.

THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA.

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

(Bookbinding).

STEPHEN CONWAY: BOOKBINDER.

Bradford, United Kingdom: Cheapside Chambers, c. 2001. square 8vo. paper wrappers. (12) pages. Catalogue of bindings by award-winning binder, Stephen Conway, up until 1999.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about STEPHEN CONWAY: BOOKBINDER

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 135181

Booth-Clibborn, Edward and Daniele Baroni.

THE LANGUAGE OF GRAPHICS.

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

Bosomworth, Dorothy.

THE CLIP ART BOOK OF DESIGNS: MORE THAN 5,000 MOTIFS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

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

(Bradley, Will H.). Koch, Robert.

WILL H. BRADLEY, AMERICAN ARTIST IN PRINT, A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE.

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

(Bulmer, William). Siegfried, Laurance B.

WILLIAM BULMER AND THE SHAKESPEARE PRESS A BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM BULMER FROM A DICTIONARY OF PRINTERS AND PRINTING BY C. H. TIMPERLEY, LONDON, 1839.

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. Loosely inserted in a commemorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about WILLIAM BULMER AND THE SHAKESPEARE PRESS A BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM BULMER FROM A DICTIONARY OF...

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 950

(Calligraphy). Atkins, Kathryn A.

MASTERS OF THE ITALIC LETTER, TWENTY-TWO EXEMPLARS FROM THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.

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

(Calligraphy). Baker, Arthur.

CALLIGRAPHY.

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

Chappell, Warren.

THE LIVING ALPHABET.

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

Chappell, Warren.

MY LIFE WITH LETTERS.

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

Chartier, Roger (editor).

THE CULTURE OF PRINT, POWER AND THE USES OF PRINT IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE.

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

Dauer, Joanne C. & Edward A. Dauer.

AMERICAN HISTORY AS SEEN THROUGH CURRENCY.

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

Dolloff, Francis W. and Roy L. Perkinson.

HOW TO CARE FOR WORKS OF ART ON PAPER.

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

Dreyfus, John.

INTO PRINT, SELECTED WRITINGS ON PRINTING HISTORY, TYPOGRAPHY AND BOOK PRODUCTION.

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

(Fournier, Pierre Simon). Hutt, Allen.

FOURNIER, THE COMPLETE TYPOGRAPHER.

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

Friedl, Friedrich and Nicolaus Ott and Bernard Stein.

TYPOGRAPHY.

(New York): Black Dog & Leventhal, (1998). large 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (v), 592+(1) pages. An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques throughout History. " Donn- As another association CEO who makes his living by the printed word, I thought you might enjoy this reference. Stein 9 July 1998. " An enormous reference with over 2,000 illustrations in color and black & white, it presents over 700 typographers, type designers, calligraphers and much more..... READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHY

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 93955

(Gill, Eric). Carter, Sebastian.

ERIC GILL: THE CONTINUING TRADITION.

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

Gill, Eric.

AN ESSAY ON TYPOGRAPHY.

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

(Gill, Eric). Skelton, Christopher.

ERIC GILL, THE ENGRAVINGS.

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

(Gill, Eric). Yorke, Malcolm.

ERIC GILL, MAN OF FLESH AND SPIRIT.

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

Gress, Edmund G.

FASHIONS IN AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHY 1780 TO 1930 WITH BRIEF ILLUSTRATED STORIES OF THE LIFE AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN SEVEN PERIODS.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. 8vo. cloth-backed gold paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xxx, 201 pages. First edition. (Hart no.20). Foreword by Frederic Goudy. Gress covers "the various periods at which decided changes in the matter of type design or changed tastes in type arrangement took place." Very interesting gold dust jacket printed in black. Jacket chipped with small piece missing along the top.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about FASHIONS IN AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHY 1780 TO 1930 WITH BRIEF ILLUSTRATED STORIES OF THE LIFE AND...

Price: $40.00 Order nr. 16151

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