New York: Frederic C. Beil, (1982). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 153, (3) pages. Illustrated autobiography by this book designer. With information on The Spiral Press. Presentation copy "for Mike (McCurdy) affectionatly and respectfully, Joe, December /'86."Jacket chipped with large tear in front cover. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIC YEARS, A PRINTER'S JOURNEY THROUGH A HALF-CENTURY
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 114824
Berlin: Propyläen-Verlag, (1930). thick tall 8vo. half leather over paste-paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 516, (4) pages. First edition. Study of graphic art starting with the 16th century and going through the 19th century. Individual chapters for different countries. Mostly illustrations including a number of plates in color. Jacket worn. READ MORE about GESCHICHTE DER GRAPHISCHEN KUNST
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 45076
Boston: Society of Printers, 1916. 8vo. cloth backed boards, paper cover label. 50 pages. First edition, limited to only 250 copies. Printed by the University Press. Soiling around the edges of the covers. Spine lacking. Bookplate of Frederic Melcher on front pastedown. READ MORE about GIAMBATTISTA BODONI OF PARMA
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 134944
Leipzig: Deutsche Bücherei, 1976. narrow 4to. paper wrappers. 67+(1) pages. On fifty years of international book design exhibitions in Leipzig. Illustrated. Wrappers yellowed. READ MORE about 50 JAHRE INTERNATIONALE BUCHKUNST-AUSSTELLUNGEN IN LEIPZIG
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 51242
N.P. n.p., n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. various paginations. The following years are availabe: 6th Annual 1944, 14th Annual, 1952; 16th Annual, 1954; 20th Annual, 1958; 21st Annual, 1960; 22nd Annual, 1961 23rd Annual, 1963. Illustrated. Price is per issue. READ MORE about ANNUAL SELECTION OF OUTSTANDING TEXTBOOKS PRESENTED BY THE TEXTBOOK CLINIC OF THE AMERICAN...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 729
London: National Book League, 1983. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. An exhibition of books organized by the N.B.L., and exhibited at the Library Association in London and at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 1983. Foreword by Martyn Goff. Introduction by Rowley Atterbury, Gerald Cinamon, Gordon Gunn, Werner Guttmann and Anthony Kitzinger. Description and black and white illustration of each item in the exhibition. 30 entries. Indices of publishers; designers, illustrators, and photographers; and printers, originators..... READ MORE about BRITISH BOOK DESIGN AND PRODUCTION
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 114357
N.P. National Book League, 1951. 8vo. paper wrappers. 52 pages. Describes 100 books. READ MORE about EXHIBITION OF BRITISH BOOK DESIGN 1951
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 51788
N.P. National Book League, 1952. 8vo. paper wrappers. 40 pages. Describes 100 books. Wrapper slightly yellowed. READ MORE about EXHIBITION OF BRITISH BOOK DESIGN 1952
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 91941
Frankfurt am Main: Borsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, (1955). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 36 pages. Text in English. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about CONTEMPORARY GERMAN BOOK DESIGN
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 17825
Westerham: Westerham Press, 1974. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 31 pages and many illustrations including tipped-in facsimile specimen sheets. Talk on the book designers working in 20th century England. Includes information on Stanley Morison. READ MORE about CONTRIBUTORS BEING THE PAPER OF A TALK DELIVERED TO THE WYNKYN DE WORDE SOCIETY AT STATIONERS'...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 2429
Westerham: Westerham Press, 1974. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 31 pages and many illustrations including tipped-in facsimile specimen sheets. Talk on the book designers working in 20th century England. Includes information on Stanley Morison. Jacket worn along spine. READ MORE about CONTRIBUTORS BEING THE PAPER OF A TALK DELIVERED TO THE WYNKYN DE WORDE SOCIETY AT STATIONERS'...
Price: $8.50 Order nr. 63373
N.P. National Book League, 1949. 8vo. paper wrappers. 121, (7) pages. Describes 777 books. Introduction by Desmond Flower. READ MORE about FIFTH INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF BOOK DESIGN 1955
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 126263
New York, NY: American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1938. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. An exhibition of American bookmaking with descriptive information and illustration of each item. Lists of designers, printers, and binders. READ MORE about FIFTY BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133628
(London: First Edition Club), various. Have the following issues of this yearly catalogue: For the year 1936. 9th Exhibition. 27, (5) pages. Exhibition opened by Holbrook Jackson. Soiled (2) For the year 1937. 10th Exhibition. 23, (9) pages. Exhibition opened by Sir Hugh Walpole. Soiled (2) For the year 1938. 11th Exhibition. 22, (2) pages. Soiled. Introduction by A.J.A. Symons in each volume. Price is per issue. READ MORE about FIFTY BOOKS SELECTED BY THE COMMITTEE OF THE FIRST EDITION CLUB FROM THOSE PUBLISHED IN GREAT...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 124842
Newark, DE: Curtis Paper Co., 1977. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages. One of 3500 copies. Shows the work of Morris, Updike, Rogers, Cleland and others. Printed on Curtis Rag in different colors. Near fine. READ MORE about THE FINE BOOK: REBIRTH OF AN ART
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 12918
N.P. Westvaco, (1968). 4to. 16 folders loosely inserted in a cloth box. Sixteen designers each contributed a section to this book to express their thoughts on book design. Included are Joseph Blumenthal, Giovanni Mardersteig, Hermann Zapf, Jan Tschichold, Georg Trump, Leonard Baskin, Bert Clarke and many others. Beautifully illustrated. Fine in a near fine box. READ MORE about HOMAGE TO THE BOOK
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 24210
Large collection of booklets concerning the best books of the year from various countries. This interesting collection contains various exhibition catalogues for the "best" books of the year which parallel our own "Fifty Books of the Year" exhibitions. Included are Australia (3), France (8), Switzerland (12), Great Britain (8), Netherlands (2), Germany (41), Sweden (4), Spain (5), Hungary (5), Austria (14) and the Scandanavian Countries (2). Price is for the group. READ MORE about LARGE COLLECTION OF BOOKLETS CONCERNING THE BEST BOOKS
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 54082
8vo. cloth. Eighth of the year books showing book design for various catagories of publishing. Comprises the 13th, 17th, 22nd, 25th, 26th, 33rd, 34th and 36th Annuals. Well produced. Illustrated. READ MORE about PHILADELPHIA BOOK SHOW
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 9938
N.P. National Book League, 1949. 8vo. paper wrappers. 55+(1) pages. Describes 300 books. READ MORE about THIRD INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF BOOK DESIGN 1949
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 91942
Lock Haven: Hammermill Paper Co., 1968. 12mo. cloth-backed boards. 216 pages. Limited to 2500 numbered copies. Illustrated. Edited by Lee and with an essay by Kenneth Rexroth. READ MORE about THE TRIAL OF 6 DESIGNERS, DESIGNS FOR KAFKA'S THE TRIAL BY GEORGE SALTER P.J. CONKWRIGHT, MERLE...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 13829
Sacramento: Crocker Art Gallery, 1959. 12mo. paper wrappers. 12 pages. Printed by Anderson, Ritchie & Simon. READ MORE about TWENTY YEARS OF WESTERN BOOKS, AN EXHIBITION ARRANGED BY THE ROUNCE & COFFIN CLUB FOR THE...
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 94948
N.P. Rounce & Coffin Club, various dates. small 8vo. paper wrappers. Includes the exhibition No.6 1947 (piece torn away at corner of cover), No.7 1948 (5), No. 9 1950(4), No.10 1951 (4), No.11 1952, No. 12 1953(3), No.20 1961(3), No.21 1962(3), No.22 1963, 1965, 1966 (3), 1967, 1968(2), 1969 (2), 1997, Limited editions. Some covers spotted. Price is per issue. READ MORE about WESTERN BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 733
New York: American Institute of Graphic Arts Trade Book Clinic, 1951. oblong 8vo. paper wrappers. (12) pages. A catalogue from the exhibition which featured twelve young book designers. Illustrated with sample of their designs. Introductory comments by Merle Armitage, Eugen Ettenberg and Robert Josephy. READ MORE about YOUNG BOOK DESIGNERS EXHIBITION OPENING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 60292
Frankfurt a.M. Stiftung Buchkunst, 1971. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 103+(1) pages. History, explanation of judging categories, data and statistical tables for the competition "Die schönsten deutschen Bücher" [the most beautiful German books] for 1951-1970 (cover states "1950-1970), with bibliography of prizewinning books. READ MORE about ZWANZIG JAHRE BUCHKUNST, ERGEBNISSE DER WETTBEWERBE 1951-1970, BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND [20...
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 52862
Toronto: The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library University of Toronto, 2001. 4to. wrappers. 99 pages. Exhibition catalogue of book history and print culture held at the University of Toronto. With descriptions of ninety nine items, black-and-white and color illustrations. A fine copy. READ MORE about BOOK HISTORY AND PRINT CULTURE: AN EXHIBITION CELEBRATING THE COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM AT THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 104446
