London: Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd., 1925. small 8vo. cloth stamped in gilt. 74 pages. First edition. Spine lightly faded, very minor rubbing to spine ends, two small dampstains to the front cover, toning to the endsheets, else a near fine copy. Printed by the Benedictine Dames of Stanbook Abbey Worcester. A very scarce book. READ MORE about STANBROOK ABBEY: A SKETCH OF ITS HISTORY 1625-1925
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 143393
London & Oxford: Mowbrays, (1973). 8vo. quarter green morocco over green cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, slipcase. xx, 101, (3) pages. First edition, one of 75 numbered copies printed at The Stanbrook Abbey Press of which this is one of the 30 to be printed on "Medway," a handmade paper produced by Green (Butcher B20a). Very fine copy. READ MORE about EARNEST-PENNIES, AN ANTHOLOGY OF PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS ON THE HOLY E UCHARIST
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 23979
(Oldham): Incline Press, 2001. narrow folio. broadside. A fine copy of a broadside privately printed by Graham Moss and Kathy Whalen featuring a linocut by Ken Ferguson, maker and publisher of illustrated books from Northumberland. Moss is the proprietor of Incline Press. Printed in an edition of "less than a hundred copies". The linocut features a scene from Newcastle-on-Tyne in England. READ MORE about A KEEPSAKE TO CELEBRATE THE EIGHTH OAK KNOLL BOOK FESTIVAL
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 137387
Bangor (ME): Eastern Corporation, 1948. 17" x 22" Single broadside sheet, folded to small 4to. with explanatory broadside inserted. Reproduction of two pages from Arrighi's Operina along with some other material from the book. Large broadside is folded twice, else a fine copy. Bottom half of broadside contains a modern calligraphic text by Raymond F. DaBoll based on Arrighi's roman lettering. READ MORE about THIS IS A SPECIMEN SHEET OF CALLIGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 53404
New York: Bruce Rogers & The Press of A. Colish, 1954. 8vo. paper wrappers. (8) pages. Prospectus for this folio edition of Dante with Bruce Roger's illustrations from Botticelli's original drawings. Creased along the front cover, else a fine copy. The folio was to be limited to 300 copies. The translation was done by Charles Eliot Norton. The typography is by the notable American book designer Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), who "was appreciated in his lifetime..... READ MORE about THE DIVINE COMEDY OF DANTE ALIGHIERI
Price: $5.12 Order nr. 20008
New York: The Typophiles, 1955. oblong 12mo. cloth, slipcase. xv, 119, (3) pages. First edition, limited to 800 copies. A near fine copy (Chapbook 28). Foreword by Paul Bennett followed by 25 short sayings on calligraphy and writing written in calligraphic form by 25 American calligraphers. With biographical information on each in the back. Includes Dwiggins, Beilenson, Armitage, Arnold Bank, etc. READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHICS - HANDS & FORMS, RENDERED BY TWENTY-FIVE AMERICAN SCRIBES FOR THE TYPOPHILES
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 17183
LaCrosse: Sumac Press, 1976. 8vo. wrappers with signatures loosely inserted. 12 pages. Limited to 295 copies printed by hand by Emerson Wulling. With some title page facsimiles. Corners bumped. READ MORE about A WALTER KLINEFELTER BIBLIO-LIST
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 63457
London: Methuen & Co., (1966). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 323 pages. First Edition. Well preserved copy in a near fine dust jacket. READ MORE about THE LIFE OF ERIC GILL
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 26885
New York: Collier Books, (1974). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 113 pages followed by practice sheets. First edition, second printing. A near fine copy. READ MORE about ITALIC WAY TO BEAUTIFUL HANDWRITING, CURSIVE & CALLIGRAPHIC
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138107
London: Ernest Benn, 1962. 8vo. boards. 79 pages. Revised and enlarged edition. (Appleton 53c). Lacking the dust jacket. Spine faded, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about ON TYPE DESIGNS, PAST AND PRESENT, A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 128952
Salt Lake City: Porte Publishing Co., 1932. small 8vo. riginal paper wrappers. (60) pages. Well-illustrated. One of the articles is on Baskerville. A near fine copy of this very scarce pamphlet. READ MORE about THE BUSINESS PRINTER FOR MAY OF 1932. WHEREIN IS RECORDED AN ACCOUNT OF BASKERVILLE, THE MYSTERY...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 79927
London: Lund Humphries, (1988). 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. 133 pages. Fifth edition, facsimile reprint of the revised 1936 edition, with a new introduction by Christopher Skelton. Fine in fine jacket. Discussion of composition, lettering, typography, punch-cutting, paper and ink, etc. An important essay. READ MORE about AN ESSAY ON TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 52156
New York: the Stevens-Nelson Paper Corporation, n.d. oblong 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. (50) leaves. Samples of French marbled papers, bound into a paper wrapper with tape. Cover edges rubbed, notes in ink on back. Three of the leaves are clipped. READ MORE about FRENCH MARBLED PAPERS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 45655
Antwerp: Plantin-Moretus Museum, 1925. small 4to. boards, paper cover label. (80) pages. Illustrations of portraits, illustrated title pages, etc. Lacking the spine, cracked hinges, else a good copy. READ MORE about WORKS OF ART FROM THE PLANTIN-MORETUS MUSEUM
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 33501
Freeport, Maine: The Bond Wheelwright Co., (1975). square 4to. spiral bound boards. ix, 55 pages. First edition. A near fine copy. Essentially a text book of letter construction with many illustrations. READ MORE about WRITTEN LETTERS, 22 ALPHABETS FOR CALLIGRAPHERS, WRITTEN OUT
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 22783
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1971. small 4to. later cloth, original wrappers bound-in. xv, 263 pages. First edition (S-K 3707, Brenni no.240). Bound in later buckram. Exlibrary with markings, else a near fine copy with the original wrappers bound-in. Preface by Charles Ryskamp, followed by a two-page introduction by Nixon. The sixty-six bindings are described in great detail and each is accompanied by an illustration. Includes an index of binders, owners and authors. Important book..... READ MORE about SIXTEENTH-CENTURY GOLD-TOOLED BOOKBINDINGS IN THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 13323
London: Ernest Benn Limited, (1949). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 342 pages. Second revised octavo edition (Appleton no.35c). With the private bookplate of Lee Edmonds Grove on the front pastedown. Spine of the jacket faded, else a well-preserved copy. READ MORE about FOUR CENTURIES OF FINE PRINTING TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTH-TWO EXAMPLES OF THE WORK OF PRESSES...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 12477
Built in 1795 for Elias Hasket Derby of Salem by Samuel McIntire and now at Glen Magna Farm, Danvers, Massachusetts.
Boston: The Merrymount Press, 1922. large 8vo. folded sheet. (2) pages. Built in 1795 for Elias Hasket Derby of Salem by Samuel McIntire and now at Glen Magna Farm, Danvers, Massachusetts. A near fine copy with a colored print by Rudolph Ruzicka. A scarce piece of ephemera. With Greetings for the Year 1940 to the Friends of The Merrymount Press. READ MORE about A VIEW OF THE SUMMER HOUSE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 143381
Frankfurt am Main, Germany: n.p., 1959. broadside, 14 x 18 inches. Specimen of a Zapf alphabet with tributes from Douglas McMurtrie, Emanuel Geibel, and three anonymous. Tributes in English, French, Greek, and German. For Philip Hofer in Cambridge. A small tear along the top edge, else a fine copy. READ MORE about Broadside with Hermann Zapf specimen alphabet
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 119865
With Greetings for the New Year from Mr. Updike to the Friends of the Merrymount Press, Boston, 1922.
Boston: The Merrymount Press, 1922. large 8vo. folded sheet. (2) pages. With Greetings for the New Year from Mr. Updike to the Friends of the Merrymount Press, Boston, 1922. A near fine copy with a colored print by Rudolph Ruzicka. A scarce piece of ephemera. READ MORE about A VIEW OF CHARLES STREET CHURCH, BOSTON, AS LATELY RESTORED
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 84375
Together with a Note by the Artist. Compiled and arranged by Dorothy Abbe.
Boston: Boston Public Library, 1980. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. ix, 74, (2) pages. Together with a Note by the Artist. Compiled and arranged by Dorothy Abbe. Reprint of the scarce 1979 first edition. A near fine copy. READ MORE about STENCILLED ORNAMENT & ILLUSTRATION, A DEMONSTRATION OF WILLIAM ADDISON DWIGGINS' METHOD...
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 42084
New York: Mike Leeds Lithographics / Paddy Gordon, 1978. 4to. wrappers. unpaginated. Reprint edition. Small sticker on front cover, else a near fine copy. Originally published in 1883, this reprint is the "Holy Grail" working reference guide for modern calligraphers, sign painters, typography designers, and lettering artists. Contains original pen and ink designs directly via photo-lithography to capture the exact skill of the artist. Key Topics & Features Included Widely considered one of the most..... READ MORE about AMES' COMPENDIUM OF PRACTICAL AND ORNAMENTAL PENMANSHIP
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 143378
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1928. 4to. cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards. xiii followed by about 200 pages. First U.S. edition (Appleton p.37). Lacking the dust jacket. Spine separated, yet present, else a very good copy. Printed at the Curwen Press. Reproduces title pages of 100 of the most famous books with information on the book. READ MORE about ONE HUNDRED TITLE-PAGES, 1500-1800, SELECTED AND ARRANGED WITH AN INTRODUCTION & NOTES
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 143377
With Diagrams and Illustrations by the Author and Noel Rooke.
London: Pitman Publishing Corp. (1977). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xxx, 439 pages. With Diagrams and Illustrations by the Author and Noel Rooke. Reprint of the first paperback edition. A near fine copy. Contains b&w illustrations throughout. READ MORE about WRITING & ILLUMINATING, & LETTERING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 123253
(New York: Association Typographique Internationale (ATypl), 2002). 4to. cloth, dust jacket, marker ribbon. ix+(i), 373+(1) pages. First edition. Fine in near fine jacket. Includes a special section showing the winners of the Bukva:Raz!, the association's design competition. Acknowledgments, foreword by Mark Batty, preface by the editor. Essays, with endnotes, concerning printing in non-Roman alphabet languages. Results of the competition, some color illustrations. Listing of contributors and index to the essays. Some essays illustrated... READ MORE about LANGUAGE CULTURE TYPE: INTERNATIONAL TYPE DESIGN IN THE AGE OF UNICODE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 109738
