THE RECORD GOTHIC FAMILY.
N.P. Ludlow Typograph Company, n.d. 4to. stapled stiff paper wrappers. (28) pages. Printed in multiple colors. Illustrated. a fine copy. READ MORE about THE RECORD GOTHIC FAMILY
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 77947
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MELIOR.
Frankfurt a.M. D. Stempel, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (18) pages. Specimen book printed in multiple colors demonstrating this Zapf designed type. READ MORE about MELIOR
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 29216
MATRIX 36.
REGULAR EDITION
Lower Marston Farm, Risbury, Herefordshire, United Kingdom: Whittington Press, 2020. large 8vo. paper wrappers. 192 pages. REGULAR EDITION. Limited to 660 copies, of which this copy is one of 600 copies bound in wrappers. The final full issue of the series, The Matrix, which was first produced in 1981. The issue is set in Bembo, Caslon, Perpetua, Times Roman, Baskerville, Centaur, Hungry Dutch, Walbaum, Neo Didot, Scotch Roman, Modern no. 7, Poliphilus, Univers Light, Cochin..... READ MORE about MATRIX 36
Price: $195.00 Order nr. 135548
Prospectus for MESA.
N.P. (various places): Herbert Steiner, 1945. small 4to. broadside. NOTE: THIS IS FOR THE PROSPECTUS ONLY. Slight creases, else a near fine copy. Mesa, a limited edition literary periodical (ULS 2615). The first issue had a run of 300 copies and the last a run of 280 copies. The first two issues were printed by Victor and Jacob Hammer at the Wells College Press, and the last issue by Jacob Hammer in Lexington, KY, in..... READ MORE about Prospectus for MESA
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 139252
TYPOGRAPHIA, AN ODE.
N.P. Kay Michael Kramer, 1991. 8vo. string tied marbled paper wrappers, paper cover label. 14+(1) pages. Limited to 90 copies. Printed to honor the 200th anniversary of the Bill of Rights for the Typecrafters Association. A fine copy of this very scarce pamphlet. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIA, AN ODE
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 105436
THE COMPLETE WRITINGS OF HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW.
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1904. 8vo. cloth, paper spine labels. variously paginated. Limited to 750 numbered copies of this Edition de Luxe edition. Spines slightly faded, minor rubbing to boards and spines. A very nice set. Designed by Bruce Rogers. READ MORE about THE COMPLETE WRITINGS OF HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 139250
Prospectus for HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES.
San Francisco, (CA): The Arion Press, 1985. folio. single broadside, folded twice. NOTE: THIS IS FOR THE PROSPECTUS ONLY. A fine copy. Printed in an edition limited to 400 copies. Includes a signed artist's statement and 50 photographs showing landscape studies of the moors by the artist Michael Kenna. These are reproduced through offset lithographic brown-black duotone with varnish. Initial letters designed by the English calligrapher Ward Dunham. READ MORE about Prospectus for HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 139248
PI CHARACTER CATALOG. SONDER ZEICHEN KATALOG. CATALOGUE DE CARACTÈRES SYMBOLIQUES.
(Wilmington, MA): Compugraphic, n.d. (ca 1979). 4to. self paper wrappers. 15 pages. A fine copy. Contains a large assortment of Special Characters. READ MORE about PI CHARACTER CATALOG. SONDER ZEICHEN KATALOG. CATALOGUE DE CARACTÈRES SYMBOLIQUES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 139247
PHOTOCOMPOSITION.
Binghamton, NY: The Vail-Ballou Press, n.d. (ca 1975). 4to. metal ring binder. In fine condition. Contains hundreds of pages. Foreword. READ MORE about PHOTOCOMPOSITION
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 139246
THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING ALL THE BOOKS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT, KING JAMES VERSION.
(New York): Viking Studio Edition, (1999). thick 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 994, (10) pages. Special copy of the first trade edition of Barry Moser's Pennyroyal Caxton Bible; the title page reads that "This is one of five hundred copies of the Viking Studio Edition of the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible that have been printed especially for the friends and patrons of the Pennyroyal Caxton Press." Signed in pencil by Moser at the end of the..... READ MORE about THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING ALL THE BOOKS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT, KING JAMES VERSION
Price: $750.00 Order nr. 102803
SIR EMERY WALKER, 1851-1933.
N.P. n.p., 1988. 8vo. stiff plain paper wrappers with brochure loosely inserted. (4) pages printed French fold. "150 copies of this keepsake were printed on the occasion of Herbert H. Johnson's talk, "What Hath Emery Wroght?" given at the Typophiles Christmas luncheon, 14 December, 1988." Reproduces type specimens. A fine copy. READ MORE about SIR EMERY WALKER, 1851-1933
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 95334
REDISCOVERING ROCKWELL KENT: BOOKS, GRAPHIC, AND DECORATIVE ARTS, SELECTIONS FROM THE COLLECTION OF ELIOT H. STANLEY.
New York: The Grolier Club, 1997. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 39+(1) pages. Catalogue for an exhibition on Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) at The Grolier Club, Fall, 1997, with an introduction and commentary by the collector. A fine copy. Watercolor as frontispiece. READ MORE about REDISCOVERING ROCKWELL KENT: BOOKS, GRAPHIC, AND DECORATIVE ARTS, SELECTIONS FROM THE COLLECTION...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 69707
CRAFT OF PRINTING AND THE PUBLICATION OF SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS.
Washington: The Folger Shakespeare Library, (1985). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 103 pages. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Traces the developments that led to the invention of printing and analyzes the publication of Shakespeare's poems and plays. READ MORE about CRAFT OF PRINTING AND THE PUBLICATION OF SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 33960
HOW TO PLAN PRINT.
London: Crosby Lockwood & Son Ltd., (1949). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 175 pages. Second edition, revised. Exlibris with markings. Else a very good copy. Sections on printing surfaces, arrangement and practical designing for print. READ MORE about HOW TO PLAN PRINT
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 22268
MADE IN NEW YORK, CASE STUDIES IN METROPOLITAN MANUFACTURING. STUDIES BY ROY B. HELFGOTT, W. ERIC GUSTAFSON, JAMES M. HUND.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1959. 8vo. cloth. xx, 388 pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket, spine age-darkened. Minor soiling to boards. Gustafson discusses printing and publishing. READ MORE about MADE IN NEW YORK, CASE STUDIES IN METROPOLITAN MANUFACTURING. STUDIES BY ROY B. HELFGOTT, W. ERIC...
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 19777
PRINTING IT A GUIDE TO GRAPHIC TECHNIQUES FOR THE IMPECUNIOUS.
With Illustrations by Chuck Miller.
New York: Ballantine Books, (1974). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 127 pages. With Illustrations by Chuck Miller. First edition. Covers and spine age-darkened, else a fine copy. READ MORE about PRINTING IT A GUIDE TO GRAPHIC TECHNIQUES FOR THE IMPECUNIOUS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 19237
BRIEFBOGEN IN DER WELT, AN INTERNATIONAL LETTERHEAD REVUE With a Preface by Eberhard Hoelscher.
N.P. J.W. Zanders, 1958. tall 4to. boards, slipcase, mailing box. Beautifully preserved copy in slipcase. Bookplate of Robert L. Leslie inside front cover. Spiral bound booklet containing 82 samples of letterhead design from all over the world printed on paper made by this papermaker. Includes 14 examples of the work of U.S. designers (Warren Chappell, George Salter, Jack Stauffacher, William Stone, etc). Text in German, French and English. READ MORE about BRIEFBOGEN IN DER WELT, AN INTERNATIONAL LETTERHEAD REVUE With a Preface by Eberhard Hoelscher
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 16495
A BAGATELLE FOR DAVID ON HIS BIRTHDAY.
n.p. (but Mission, B.C., Canada): Barbarian Press, (2023). 8vo (12 by 8 3/4 inches, 304 x 222 mm). single leaf, folded once. (4) pages. Printed in blue and black. Cover page set in Saphir, Poliphilus and Poliphilus Titling and Festival Figures, with a floating fleuron made from Monotype ornaments 24pt 1365 (David Bethel) and 12pt 1433 (John Peters). Inner text (recto) set in Poliphilus & Blado, with a second floating fleuron of David Bethel's Monotype..... READ MORE about A BAGATELLE FOR DAVID ON HIS BIRTHDAY
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 139237
WAYZGOOSE MENU.
n.p. (but Mission, B.C., Canada): Barbarian Press, n.d. (but 2022). 8vo (10 by 6 3/8 inches, 254 x 162 mm). single leaf. Printed in green and black. Titling in Thorne Shaded in green, with menu items in Octavian italic in black with 8pt Monotype ornaments 230/231. The whole page is set within a border of 12pt Monotype ornament 219 with 8pt 230/231 and rules, the innter ornaments printed in black and over-printed in green 24pt..... READ MORE about WAYZGOOSE MENU
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 139236
A WAYZGOOSE BAGATELLE.
n.p. (but Mission, B.C., Canada): Barbarian Press, 2022. 8vo (9 by 6 inches, 227 x 152 mm). single leaf. Printed in pale blue and black. Text comprising excerpts from the Tom Phillips' Summary Treatise on the Nature of Ornament set in black within a hand-set border in pale blue made up of 12pt Monotype ornaments 280 (Giolito's Venetian arabesque) and 468/469 (Fournier's leaf). Colophon in Van Dijck italic below border. Designed to be printed by..... READ MORE about A WAYZGOOSE BAGATELLE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 139235
THE ARCHITECTURE OF COLONIALISM.
(Mission, B.C., Canada): Barbarian Press, 2022. small 4to (10 3/8 by 7 1/2 inches, 263.5 x 191 mm). 1 leaf, folded once. (4) pages. Printed in red and black. Cover page title set in Grot R full caps. Innter opening (recto) sets four versions of the opening of S. John's Gospel arranged in the form of a post and lintel structure. The texts are the original Koine Greek (circa AD90), the Vulgate Latin of S...... READ MORE about THE ARCHITECTURE OF COLONIALISM
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 139234
AN EPISTOLARY GARLAND FOR JOHN AND ROSE.
n.p. (but Mission, B.C., Canada): Barbarian Press, 2021. 4to (10 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches, 267 x 191 mm). 1 leaf, folded once. (4) pages. Designed and privately printed in hand-set type by Crispin Elsted. Printed in green, orange and black. Inner texts of letter to the recipients on the verso, with a passage from Beatrice Warde's 'On Decorative Printing in America' enclosed in a hand-set ornamental border in green and orange made up of..... READ MORE about AN EPISTOLARY GARLAND FOR JOHN AND ROSE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 139233
ESTIMATING STANDARDS FOR PRINTERS.
New York: Fred W. Hoch Assoc. (1971). 8vo. cloth. 252 pages. Revised edition, sixth printing. A fine copy. Chapters on slug composition and trade typography, Monotype composition, hand composition, color presses, ink, art work, etc. Part of the Standard Management Series. READ MORE about ESTIMATING STANDARDS FOR PRINTERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 139231
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[Original uncorrected leaf from MAUD, A MONODRAMA].
(Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893). 8vo. single leaf. This leaf (page 15/16) was taken from Maud, A Monodrama.(Peterson, Bibliography, no.A17; Peterson, History, pp.317-18). Some foxing, else a clean leaf. Printed in black with the stanza numbers printed in red. The leaf is one of four uncorrected leaves that contained errors. "On 14 November 1893 Bertram Dobell, the bookseller, wrote to Macmillan that a customr had returned his copy of Maud complaining of typographical errors on pp..... READ MORE about Original uncorrected leaf from MAUD, A MONODRAMA
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 139222
PAPER-MILLS OF BERNE AND THEIR WATERMARKS, 1465-1859 (WITH THE GERMAN ORIGINAL).
X
Hilversum: The Paper Publications Society, 1964. thick tall 4to. cloth. xxiii, 203, (3) pages and 178 full-page plates. X. First edition, limited to 550 numbered copies. Printed in English and German and with 787 watermarks illustrated. With an historical account of the papermills of Berne and the papermills at Laufen and Bassecourt. Volume X published by the Paper Publication Society. READ MORE about PAPER-MILLS OF BERNE AND THEIR WATERMARKS, 1465-1859 (WITH THE GERMAN ORIGINAL
Price: $135.00 save 50% $67.50 Order nr. 70704