(Bird & Bull Press). Craig, Gordon.

GORDON CRAIG'S PARIS DIARY 1932-1933.

North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1982. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut. 154, (2) pages. Limited to 350 numbered copies. Acknowledgments, prologue by Colin Franklin, endnotes. Includes facsimiles of the cover and pages from the diary. Commences on November 16, 1932, and ends on November 11, 1933. Recounts difficult times in Craig's life. Prospectus laid in. READ MORE about GORDON CRAIG'S PARIS DIARY 1932-1933

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 129242

(Black Sparrow Press). Krumhansl, Aaron.

A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PRIMARY PUBLICATIONS OF CHARLES BUKOWSKI.

Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1999. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper spine label, acetate dust jacket. 204, (4) pages. First edition, one of 750 hardbound trade copies. Preface, acknowledgments, index. 159 entries, with annotations, arranged chronologically. Biographical sketch of the author follows colophon. Frontispiece photograph of Bukowski, black and white plates. READ MORE about A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PRIMARY PUBLICATIONS OF CHARLES BUKOWSKI

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 127577

(Clinker Press). McCreery, John.

THE PRESS: A POEM IN TWO PARTS.

(Pasadena, CA): The Clinker Press, (2016). 4to. quarter cloth, marbled paper-covered boards, paper front cover label. (iv), 52, (6) pages. Limited to 50 numbered copies, signed by printer Andre Chaves on colophon. Postscript by the printer follows text. Bound by Mariana Blau. A poetic tribute to printing. Illustrations in text, two with quotatioins by William Caxton and Thomas Jefferson. READ MORE about THE PRESS: A POEM IN TWO PARTS

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 129860

Dickson, Robert and John Philip Edmond.

ANNALS OF SCOTTISH PRINTING FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ART IN 1507 TO THE BEGINNING OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.

2 volumes.
Cambridge: Macmillan & Bowes, 1890. 4to. original creme colored paper spine with light green paper covers. xv, 272; (iv), 273-530 pages. 2 volumes. Limited to 600 numbered copies signed by Edmond, of which this is one of the 100 large paper copies bound thus. Includes both a history and bibliographical descriptions of 333 books. Illustrated. Note that the large paper copies have a separate half-title and title page for the second volume. The bookplate of..... READ MORE about ANNALS OF SCOTTISH PRINTING FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ART IN 1507 TO THE BEGINNING OF THE...

Price: $850.00  other currencies  Order nr. 96228

Gerstner, Karl.

COMPENDIUM FOR LITERATES, A SYSTEM OF WRITING.

N.P. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974. square 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. 180 pages printed French-fold. First U.S. edition. "Not a history of the origin and development of writing." The book concerns "a system of writing" with chapters on language and writing, craft, picture, function and expression. Filled with examples including some color. Light shelfwear to dust jacket, else fine. READ MORE about COMPENDIUM FOR LITERATES, A SYSTEM OF WRITING

Price: $120.00  other currencies  Order nr. 49704

Johnson, Kevin R.

THE CELLULOID PAPER TRAIL: IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF TWENTIETH CENTURY FILM SCRIPTS.

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 8.5.x 11 inches. Hardcover, printed paper-covered boards. 232 pages. "Now Johnson has authored a deeper, more descriptive guide to film script identification. It's jam-packed with 130 examples of easily recognized American and British films in nearly every genre, documenting phase after phase of script development. ... landmark research and organization." - Kurt Brokaw, The Independent Foreword by Tony Bill, Academy Award-winning producer (The Sting), director and actor. The..... READ MORE about THE CELLULOID PAPER TRAIL: IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF TWENTIETH CENTURY FILM SCRIPTS

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 130880

Loxley, Simon.

EMERY WALKER: ARTS, CRAFTS, AND A WORLD IN MOTION.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 7.125 x 9.25 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 216 pages. This book is an attempt to give a comprehensive sense of Emery Walker as a person, along with his career and achievements, in part through correspondence with important people in his life. The letters are accompanied by brief biographies of the correspondents and essays that examine some of the key stages and achievements of Walker's career. Walker was a...... READ MORE about EMERY WALKER: ARTS, CRAFTS, AND A WORLD IN MOTION

Price: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133470

(Michigan). Greenly, Albert Harry.

A SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF IMPORTANT BOOKS PAMPHLETS AND BROADSIDES RELATING TO MICHIGAN HISTORY.

Lunenburg, VT: The Stinehour Press, 1958. 8vo. cloth. xvii, 165 pages. Limited to 500 copies. Contains 125 fully annotated descriptions of items relating to Michigan. Illustrated throughout with facsimiles of title pages of some of the items. Library bookplate and label removed from spine. READ MORE about A SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF IMPORTANT BOOKS PAMPHLETS AND BROADSIDES RELATING TO MICHIGAN HISTORY

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 35964

Newlands, James.

THE CARPENTER AND JOINER'S ASSISTANT: BEING A COMPREHENSIVE TREATISE ON THE SELECTION, PREPARATION, AND STRENGTH OF MATERIALS, AND THE MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES OF FRAMING, WITH THEIR APPLICATION IN CARPENTRY, JOINERY, AND HAND-RAILING; ALSO, A COURSE OF INTRODUCTION IN PRACTICAL GEOMETRY, GEOMETRICAL LINES, DRAWING, PROJECTION, AND PERSPECTIVE; AND AN ILLUSTRATED GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING.

Edinburgh, Scotland: Blackie and Son, 1867. small folio. half leather, paper-covered boards, decorative bronze stubs at corners of covers, four raised bands on spine, spine gilt-decorated, marbled endpapers. xiv, 291+(1) pages. Author was Borough Engineer of Liverpool, England. Originally projected by John White, author of Rural Architecture (Glasgow, Scotland: by the author, 1845). White died before supplying text, but prepared many of the drawings for the plates. First published 1860. Divided into eight parts: practical..... READ MORE about THE CARPENTER AND JOINER'S ASSISTANT: BEING A COMPREHENSIVE TREATISE ON THE SELECTION,...

Price: $185.00  other currencies  Order nr. 119970

Romano, Frank (with Miranda Mitrano).

HISTORY OF DESKTOP PUBLISHING.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 10.5 x 8.5 inches. printed paper-covered boards. 400 pages. History of Desktop Publishing is a personal and encyclopedic story of how the personal computer, unique applications, and many colorful people changed the creative and print communities. Author Frank Romano has documented the histories of hot metal and phototypesetting and continues the tale of document production in this book. This installment ends as the Internet becomes a primary focus..... READ MORE about HISTORY OF DESKTOP PUBLISHING

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133473

Smith, James.

THE PANORAMA OF SCIENCE AND ART.

Liverpool: printed at the Caxton Press, by Nuttall, Fisher, and Dixon, n.d. (circa 1815). 8vo. rebound in marbled paper-covered boards, paper spine and front labels. x, iii-xii, 697-799 pages and 4 plates. The present volume contains the title page for volume 1 and the indexes to both volumes 1 & 2. The text itself is three parts of volume 2 on Drawing. Painting and Engraving removed from the larger work at some point. There are..... READ MORE about THE PANORAMA OF SCIENCE AND ART

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(Tiessen). Schiller, Fredrich von.

DIE GESETZGEBUNG DES LYKURGUS UND SOLON.

(Neu-Isenburg, Germany: Edition Tiessen, 1980). 4to. paper-covered boards, paper spine label, slipcase. 41, (3) pages. Text in German. Limited to 25 copies numbered with Roman numerals. With an original etching by Ranier Zimnik. Prospectus laid in. Slipcase torn at fore-edge and lightly soiled. READ MORE about DIE GESETZGEBUNG DES LYKURGUS UND SOLON

Price: $145.00  other currencies  Order nr. 126190

(Untide Press). Coffield, Glen.

THE HORNED MOON.

Waldport, OR: Untide Press, 1944. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Limited to 600 copies. The press's first printed production. Tipped-in photograph of the author preceded title. Biographical sketch of the author. A collection of poetry. Library marking on title. Wrappers separated, chipped, and torn. Tanning. READ MORE about THE HORNED MOON

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 123584