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(Bird & Bull Press). Baronio, Giuseppe.

ON GRAFTING IN ANIMALS (DEGLI INNESTI ANIMALI).

Translated by Joan Bond Sax.
Boston: The Boston Medical Library in The Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, 1985. tall 8vo. quarter green morocco with decorated paper-covered boards, leather spine label. 87, (5) pages. Translated by Joan Bond Sax. Limited to 325 numbered copies, this work was printed by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press (Heaney B32) and features a historical introduction by Robert M. Goldwyn. Very minor wear to the corners of the paper-covered boards, else a...... READ MORE about ON GRAFTING IN ANIMALS (DEGLI INNESTI ANIMALI

Price: $300.00 Order nr. 103778

Order Nr. 141866 MATERIALIA LUMINA: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS' BOOKS FROM THE CODEX INTERNATIONAL...

(Codex). van Capelleveen, Paul (editor).

MATERIALIA LUMINA: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS' BOOKS FROM THE CODEX INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR.

Berkeley, California: The CODEX Foundation and Stanford University Libraries, 2022. 12.4 x 9.6 x 1.38 inches. hardcover. 392 pages. First edition. A very small bump to the bottom edge, else a fine copy. Published by the Stanford Libraries and the CODEX Foundation in conjunction with the traveling exhibition Materialia Lumina - Contemporary Artists' Books from the CODEX International Book Fair . Materialia Lumina has extensive full color images and essays by Martin Antonetti, Betty Bright..... READ MORE about MATERIALIA LUMINA: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS' BOOKS FROM THE CODEX INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 141866

Order Nr. 81271 Prospectus for MANUALE TIPOGRAFICO 1788. FACSIMILE A CURA DI GIOVANNI...

(Officina Bodoni). Bodoni, Giambattista.

Prospectus for MANUALE TIPOGRAFICO 1788. FACSIMILE A CURA DI GIOVANNI MARDERSTEIG.

Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1968. 8vo. paper wrappers. (4) pages. NOTE: THIS IS FOR THE PROSPECTUS ONLY. A fine copy. Originally limited to 206 copies of which 80 numbered copies contained an English translation of the introduction (xx pages) loosely inserted as a pamphlet. (Schmoller no.156). Reprint of the original edition of 1788 which was done in only 50 copies (Bigmore & Wyman I,68 who state that 100 copies were printed) but containing an introduction by..... READ MORE about Prospectus for MANUALE TIPOGRAFICO 1788. FACSIMILE A CURA DI GIOVANNI MARDERSTEIG

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 81271

Pearson, David.

PROVENANCE RESEARCH IN BOOK HISTORY.

New Castle, DE: The British Library & Oak Knoll Press, 1998. 6 x 9 inches. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 326 pages. Reprint of the first edition with a new introductory section containing additional references to update the original text. Covers with uneven fading, else a fine copy. This book has quickly established itself as a standard work in a field of rapidly growing interest. At a time when more and more people are studying private..... READ MORE about PROVENANCE RESEARCH IN BOOK HISTORY

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 53852

Order Nr. 43136 BOOKS AS PEOPLE, A ADDRESS TO OPEN AN EXHIBITION OF BOOKS PRINTED IN THE...

Winship, George Parker.

BOOKS AS PEOPLE, A ADDRESS TO OPEN AN EXHIBITION OF BOOKS PRINTED IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.

Philadelphia: Privately printed for Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1940. 8vo. paper wrappers. (8) pages. A talk on early printing. READ MORE about BOOKS AS PEOPLE, A ADDRESS TO OPEN AN EXHIBITION OF BOOKS PRINTED IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY

Price: $8.00 Order nr. 43136

Hirsch, Rudolf.

PRINTING, SELLING AND READING, 1450-1550.

Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1974. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 165 pages with 5 illustrations. Second printing of first edition; with a supplemental annotated bibliographical introduction. A fine copy of this very scarce title. An excellent one volume guide to the literature of the book. Broken down into eight sections including sections on printers and printing, cost of production, selling of books, etc. READ MORE about PRINTING, SELLING AND READING, 1450-1550

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 36646

(Caxton, William). Blake, N.F.

CAXTON: ENGLAND'S FIRST PUBLISHER.

London: Osprey, (1976). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (xii), 319 pages. First edition. Interesting look at Caxton, the publisher, and his effect on publishing in his time. Jacket is price clipped. Spine sunned. READ MORE about CAXTON: ENGLAND'S FIRST PUBLISHER

Price: $12.00 Order nr. 19367

Order Nr. 11426 THE BOOK IN ITALY DURING THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES SHOWN IN FACSIMILE...

Orcutt, William Dana.

THE BOOK IN ITALY DURING THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES SHOWN IN FACSIMILE REPRODUCTIONS FROM THE MOST FAMOUS VOLUMES.

London: George G. Harrop & Co., (1928). 4to. vellum-backed boards, top edge gilt. 222 pages. First English edition, one of 750 numbered copies printed for England. A beautifully produced book showing some of the highlights of Italian book production. Has 128 plates including a number in color. Dust jacket lightly soiled and chipped at edges, corners lightly bumped. READ MORE about THE BOOK IN ITALY DURING THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES SHOWN IN FACSIMILE REPRODUCTIONS...

Price: $150.00 Order nr. 11426

(Caxton, William).

SCRAMBLED EGGES PROLOGUE TO A TRANSLATION OF THE AENEID.

New York: Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 1976. 8vo. hand-sewn paper wrappers. 16 pages. With an introduction by Terry Belanger. READ MORE about SCRAMBLED EGGES PROLOGUE TO A TRANSLATION OF THE AENEID

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 1194

(Aldine Press).

ALDUS MANUTIUS AND HIS THESAURUS CORNUCOPIAE OF 1496.

Translated by Antje Lemke. Introduction by Donald P. Bean.
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, (1958). 12mo. cloth, paper cover label, printed clear plastic dust jacket. (32) pages. Translated by Antje Lemke. Introduction by Donald P. Bean. First edition thus, with the first appearance in English of the Prologue in which Aldus announces his plan to publish printed editions of Aristotle. A fine copy. READ MORE about ALDUS MANUTIUS AND HIS THESAURUS CORNUCOPIAE OF 1496

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 49

Garnett, Richard.

RUPERT HART-DAVIS LIMITED A BRIEF HISTORY WITH A CHECKLIST OF PUBLICATIONS.

New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2004. 5.5 x 8.75 inches. Paperback. 94 pages. This 96-page booklet was reprinted from the pages of The Book Collector. The work begins with a detailed history of the eclectic British publishing firm founded in 1946 by Rupert Hart-Davis. From each title they published to the company's finances, this book tells the story of Rupert Hart-Davis, revealing much about the man as well as..... READ MORE about RUPERT HART-DAVIS LIMITED A BRIEF HISTORY WITH A CHECKLIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 143326

(Grafisk Cirkel). Hansen, Ernst.

MINE FØRSTE TRÆSNIT.

København: Grafisk Cirkel, 1948. 8vo. pictorial paper-covered boards. 27, (3) pages. Grafisk Cirkel publication nr. 65. Edition limited to 150 signed and numbered copies. Danish illustrator Ernst Hansen describes his introduction to woodcuts. Illustrated with fifteen black-and-white reproductions of his early work. READ MORE about MINE FØRSTE TRÆSNIT

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 74581

McGrew, Mac.

AMERICAN METAL TYPEFACES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 1993. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 398 pages. Second, revised edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Discover 1,600 classical as well as bizarre typefaces in one of the most massive tributes to the history of printing and metal types. This edition of American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century contains 300 more typefaces in a clean, attractive format. This well-organized work captures the rapidly disappearing traditions and legacy that metal-type..... READ MORE about AMERICAN METAL TYPEFACES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Price: $475.00 Order nr. 108358

(Golden Hind Press). Tellier, Andre.

VAGABOND APRIL.

Madison, NJ: The Golden Hind Press, 1936. large 8vo. cloth over thin boards. (x), 9, (3) pages. First edition. Nine beautiful poems of spring, illustrated with four black and white drawings by Clinton Balmer, including one frontispiece. Title page printed in two colors. Hand-set in Weiss Antiqua and printed on Glenbourne paper from Quincy P. Emery. Minor warping to limp boards, with minor soiling. Minor foxing to preliminary pages. Else very good. READ MORE about VAGABOND APRIL

Price: $100.00 Order nr. 57093

(Baskerville, John).

SPECIAL CASTING. FALL 1984. THE TYPE DESIGNS OF JOHN BASKERVILLE.

(Neveda City, CA): Harold Berliner's Typefoundry, 1984. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. Special issue of this periodical devoted to John Baskerville's type faces. A fine copy. READ MORE about SPECIAL CASTING. FALL 1984. THE TYPE DESIGNS OF JOHN BASKERVILLE

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 137678

Order Nr. 13860 AMERICAN TYPE DESIGN IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WITH SPECIMENS OF THE OUTSTANDING...

McMurtrie, Douglas C.

AMERICAN TYPE DESIGN IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WITH SPECIMENS OF THE OUTSTANDING TYPES PRODUCED DURING THIS PERIOD.

With an Introduction by Frederic W. Goudy.
Chicago: Robert O. Ballou, 1924. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. 64 pages. With an Introduction by Frederic W. Goudy. First edition. With the private bookplate of N.O. Moore on the front pastedown. Gift presentation in ink on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket with some chipping along the top edge, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about AMERICAN TYPE DESIGN IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WITH SPECIMENS OF THE OUTSTANDING TYPES PRODUCED...

Price: $90.00 Order nr. 13860

(Hunter, Dard). Kreisman, Larry.

DARD HUNTER: THE GRAPHIC WORK.

San Francisco: Pomegranate, 2012. small square 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 112 pages. Later printing of this trade book. Fine in fine jacket. This book honors the lecture by Larry Kreisman at The Sidney D. Gamble Lecture Series on October 6, 2012. READ MORE about DARD HUNTER: THE GRAPHIC WORK

Price: $55.00 Order nr. 140538

(Type Specimens). Linotype.

LINOTYPE FACES.

Brooklyn, NY: mergenthaler Linotype Company, 1927 (but cover stated 1926). small thick 4to. original quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, three metal pegs. unpaginated. An exceptionally wide range of faces are shown in this thick specimen book. Spine ends worn, covers lightly rubbed, shaken textblock, else a near fine copy. The whole of the material, both type and decoration, for printing this booklet was composed on the Linotype Composing Machine and printed direct from the slugs..... READ MORE about LINOTYPE FACES

Price: $80.00 Order nr. 58579

(Calligraphy).

GOTISCH UNZIALE. EINE VERBORGEN SCHÖNE WELT.

Handwerkliche Einfuhrung In Die Schreibkunst Mit Anwendungsbeispielen.
Zurich: Jakob Buchel Albert Jub, (1950). 8vo. sprial bound stiff paper wrappers. 19 pages followed by examples of calligraphy. Handwerkliche Einfuhrung In Die Schreibkunst Mit Anwendungsbeispielen. Text on calligraphy followed by examples. Cover partly detached along the top edge of the hinge along the plastic spiral binding, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about GOTISCH UNZIALE. EINE VERBORGEN SCHÖNE WELT

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 26181

Order Nr. 40360 GLOSSARY OF THE BOOK, TERMS USED IN PAPER-MAKING, PRINTING BOOKBINDING AND...

Glaister, Geoffrey Ashall.

GLOSSARY OF THE BOOK, TERMS USED IN PAPER-MAKING, PRINTING BOOKBINDING AND PUBLISHING WITH NOTES ON ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, BIBLIOPHILES, PRIVATE PRESSES AND PRINTING SOCIETIES.

London: George Allen and Unwin, (1960). thick small 4to. rebound by 'Linari Roma' (binder's ticket on rear pastedown) in quarter-brown leather over marbled paper-covered boards, top edge stained purple, gilt ons pine. (xiv), 484 pages. First edition. Fading to the spine, minor rubbing to spine ends and hinges, else a fine copy. This first edition has numberous tipped-in examples of terms under discussion three color work, marbled papers, etc. READ MORE about GLOSSARY OF THE BOOK, TERMS USED IN PAPER-MAKING, PRINTING BOOKBINDING AND PUBLISHING WITH NOTES...

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 40360

Order Nr. 16489 PLUS BEAUX TYPES DE LETTRES D'APRES LES MAITRES DE CET ART Avant-Propos par...

(Calligraphy). Prunaire, Alfred.

PLUS BEAUX TYPES DE LETTRES D'APRES LES MAITRES DE CET ART Avant-Propos par Claudius Popelin.

Paris: Charles Schmid, n.d. (1895). small 4to. loose plates, later red cloth clamshell box with gilt lettering on spine. 23 pages followed by 80 plates. Examples of the finest calligraphic hands throughout the ages. Lacking the publisher's paper cord-tied portfolio, as usual. The later clamshell box is in fine condition. The plates themselves are in near fine condition. READ MORE about PLUS BEAUX TYPES DE LETTRES D'APRES LES MAITRES DE CET ART Avant-Propos par Claudius Popelin

Price: $50.00 Order nr. 16489

Order Nr. 15384 JAN VAN KRIMPEN, A LETTER TO PHILIP HOFER ON CERTAIN PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH THE...

(Van Krimpen, Jan). Dreyfus, John.

JAN VAN KRIMPEN, A LETTER TO PHILIP HOFER ON CERTAIN PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH THE MECHANICAL CUTTING OF PUNCHES. A FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND COMMENTARY BY JOHN DREYFUS.

Cambridge: Harvard College Library & David Godine, 1972. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 101 pages. First edition, limited to 2000 copies. Spine lightly faded, else a near fine copy. Many illustrations and a bibliography of books by Van Krimpen. Reprints the text of an important letter from Stanley Morison. (Appleton no.233). READ MORE about JAN VAN KRIMPEN, A LETTER TO PHILIP HOFER ON CERTAIN PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH THE MECHANICAL...

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 15384

Middleton, R. Hunter.

MAKING PRINTERS' TYPEFACES.

Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1938. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 36, (18) pages. First edition. Inscribed in ink for Joe (Blumenthal?) by R. Hunter Middleton on the front free endpaper. Spine of the dust jacket loosely inserted, torn along the front turn-in of the jacket, else a good copy. A detailed description of how to produce typefaces followed by 15 full page plates reproducing typeface alphabets by the author for Ludlow matrices. One of the..... READ MORE about MAKING PRINTERS' TYPEFACES

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 13615

Willoughby, Edwin Eliott.

FIFTY PRINTERS' MARKS.

Berkeley: The Book Arts Club, 1947. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 153, (3) pages. First edition, limited to 550 copies printed at the University of California Press and designed by A.R. Tommansini. Ownership inscription in ink on the front pastedown. Spine of jacket lightly faded, a small damptstain to the head of the spine of the jacket, else a near fine copy. Discussion of early printers in Germany, the Low Countries, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain..... READ MORE about FIFTY PRINTERS' MARKS

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 8096

Dwiggins, W.A.

PARAPHS BY HERMAN PUTERSCHEIN.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label, original slipcase. xciv pages. First edition, limited to 500 copies signed by "Puterschein" (i.e. Dwiggins). (Agner 28.03). Backstrip of the slipcase is lacking, paper spine label with a touch of age-darkening, else fine in near fine slipcase. "His (Dwiggins) first stencilled book ornaments." One of the AIGA Fifty Books of the Year. The slipcase has a Dwiggins design on the front cover and..... READ MORE about PARAPHS BY HERMAN PUTERSCHEIN

Price: $90.00 Order nr. 2279

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