London: B.T. Batsford, 1887. 12mo. original blue cloth. xi, 49, (3) pages. Textbooks of Ornamental Design series, II. Frontispiece. Preface by the author. Decorated endpapers. 38 black and white plates with descriptive list of plates. Boards warped and stained. Hinges cracked. Early pages detached. Bookplate on front pastedown. READ MORE about THE PLANNING OF ORNAMENT
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 108672
With an introduction by Hermann Zapf
New York: The Grolier Club, 2006. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 48 pages. With an introduction by Hermann Zapf. Gotthard de Beauclair was a leading twentieth-century book designer. A fine copy. He produced some of the finest limited edition books through his craft techniques and use of precious materials. He stands as a model of fine bookmaking. This exhibition catalogue reveals his typography and design work for various German publishers. It includes fifteen color and..... READ MORE about GOTTHARD DE BEAUCLAIR: ART AND LITERATURE THROUGH TYPOGRAPHY AND DESIGN
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2 volumes.
New York: The Typophiles, 1968. 12mo. cloth, slipcase. viii,87+(1); (viii),173,(3) pages. 2 volumes. Limited to 500 copies. Chap Book no.XLVII. Slipcase faded along edges. READ MORE about THEODORE LOW DE VINNE, TOGETHER WITH A LIST OF DEVINNE'S WRITINGS, HIS REFLECTIONS ON THE CENTURY...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 2109
New York: The Century Co., 1902. 8vo. cloth, leather spine label, top edge gilt. xx, 485 pages. First edition. (Hart no.15). Hundreds of illustrations.With the bookplate and ink signature of Gavin Bridson. Covers rubbed with wear at spine ends. Leather spine label partially lacking. READ MORE about A TREATISE ON TITLE-PAGES, WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS IN FACSIMILE AND SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE...
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 20029
New York: The Century Co., 1914. 8vo. cloth, leather spine label. xx, 485 pages. Reprint of the 1902 first edition. (Hart no.15). Hundreds of illustrations. Leather spine label chipped and rubbed with loss. Name stamped in ink on front pastedown. READ MORE about A TREATISE ON TITLE-PAGES, WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS IN FACSIMILE AND SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 88448
N.P. The Typophiles, 1984. small 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. With a full color woodcut by John DePol of Leslie on front cover. READ MORE about TO DR. ROBERT LINCOLN LESLIE ON HIS NINETY-NINTH BIRTHDAY. THE TYPOPHILES. DECEMBER 1984
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 88420
Mainz: Gutenberg-Museum, 1966. 8vo. self paper wrappers. unpaginated. Text in German. Exhibition of book covers presented by the Gutenberg Museum, Mainz, in 1966. Includes the 19th century, the Jugendstil movement, and the post-World War II period. Black and white illustrations. List of artists and bibliography. READ MORE about DEUTSCHE BUCHUMSCHLÄGE AUS SIEBZIG JAHREN
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 114765
Leipzig: Buch-und Bibliothekswesen, 1962. 4to. cloth. xxiv, 402 pages of text followed by plates of illustrations. Nineteen chapters concerning German books written as part of this Festschrift. READ MORE about DEUTSCHE BUCHEREI, 1912-1962 FESTSCHRIFT ZUM FÜNFZIGJÄHRIGEN BESTEHEN DER DEUTSCHEN...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 2099
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1933. square 8vo. cloth. 49, (7) pages. Well illustrated manual covering all aspects of design with some application to books. READ MORE about THE ELEMENTS OF DESIGN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 39225
London: Faber & Faber, (1967). thick 8vo. cloth. 514 pages. Revised edition. "Virtually an encyclopedia of the hand-illuminated book." An historical account. Many illustrations including some in color. READ MORE about THE ILLUMINATED BOOK, ITS HISTORY AND PRODUCTION
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 53617
Washington, DC: (House of Judd & Detweiler), 1932. small 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. 39+(1) pages. Limited to 675 copies. Published at Christmastime 1932. Designed and directed by Lester Douglas. Illustration by Benjamin Greenstein. Boards scuffed and rubbed at edges and along spine. READ MORE about IN THE IMAGE OF MAN
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Washington: Lester Douglas, 1949. 8vo. limp cloth. (22) pages. Douglas's Christmas booklet. Presentation from Douglas on colophon page. Initial letters by Cal Hoke. READ MORE about ONE THERE WAS IN PALESTINE
Price: $11.00 save 30% $7.70 Order nr. 41355
Westmoreland Hills, MD: LD's Press of the Bald Eagle, 1960. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 72 pages. First edition, published after Lester Douglas's death. The designers represented in the book include Harry Carter, Warren Chappel, Fritz Eichenberg, John Fass and Edward Wilson. READ MORE about FIRST BIRTHDAY BOOK, 33 LD BALDY EAGLE MARKS BY ARTIST-DESIGNER FRIENDS OF BALDY FOR WHIMSY AND...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 2175
Westmoreland Hills, MD: LD's Press of the Bald Eagle, 1960. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 72 pages. First edition, published after Douglas's death. The designers represented in the book include Harry Carter, Warren Chappel, Fritz Eichenberg, John Fass and Edward Wilson. Presentation on free endpaper "To Norman Bate, Prop, the Sometime Press, A.S. Lawson, Press of the Good Mountain, Dec. 1961." READ MORE about FIRST BIRTHDAY BOOK, 33 LD BALDY EAGLE MARKS BY ARTIST-DESIGNER FRIENDS OF BALDY FOR WHIMSY AND...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 126904
Washington: AIGA, 1949. 8vo. paper wrappers. 35 pages. Biographical comments by this book designer. READ MORE about NOTES ALONG THE TYPOGRAPHIC WAY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 2177
Washington, DC: (Judd and Detweiler), 1946. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 41+(1) pages. A collection of songs sung by North and South during the American Civil War. Designed and directed by Lester Douglas. Illustrations by Charles Dunn and Ralph Patterson. Note by Douglas on front free endpaper notes this copy printed "before corrections." Gift card laid in. READ MORE about SONGS BETWEEN THE STATES
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 119200
Washington, DC: (Printing House of Judd & Detweiler), 1946. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. (ii), 41, (1) pages. Designed and directed by Lester Douglas. Illustrated by Charles Dunn and Ralph Patterson. A collection of songs sung by Union and Confederate troops during the Civil War. Dust jacket torn along top of spine. READ MORE about SONGS OF THE STATES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 118872
Old Georgetown: Ken Hammel and Lynn Moore, 1959. small 4to. paper wrappers, paper cover label, cord-tied. 10 leaves. Christmas poems. Designed and directed by Lester Douglas, with drawings by Lyle Justis. READ MORE about TWO POEMS
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London: Wace & Company, 1957. small 8vo. cloth. xiv, 131 pages. The second book by the author on this subject. This title is compliments his FINER POINTS IN THE SPACING AND ARRANGEMENT OF TYPE. Spine faded. Bookplate on front pastedown. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about FACTORS IN THE CHOICE OF TYPE FACES
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 26040
New York: The Typophiles, 1994. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 42, (4) pages. Limited to 500 copies. A Typophile Monograph, New Series Number Eleven. A listing of the lectures, which ran in various series from 1965 to 1982, arranged by Dr. Robert L. (Doc) Leslie, the topics being typography, printing, paper, book design, calligraphy, and other aspects of the graphic arts. Illustrated by Lili Cassel Wronker. Distributed for the Typophiles by Oak Knoll Press. READ MORE about THE HERITAGE OF THE GRAPHIC ARTS LECTURE SERIES: A COMPLETE LISTING
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 61090
New York: The Typophiles, 1994. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 42, (4) pages. Limited to 500 copies. A Typophile Monograph, New Series Number Eleven. A listing of the lectures which ran in various series from 1965 to 1982, arranged by Dr. Robert L. (Doc) Leslie, the topics being typography, printing, paper, book design, calligraphy, and other aspects of the graphic arts. Illustrated by Lili Cassel Wronker. READ MORE about THE HERITAGE OF THE GRAPHIC ARTS LECTURE SERIES: A COMPLETE LISTING
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 48729
Cambridge: For the Roxburghe Club, 1982. 4to. cloth. xvi, 119 pages. First edition. A fine copy. The first of these Roxburghe titles to be devoted to printing type. This important study is well-produced and illustrated. The specimens are described in great detail in the bibliography.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ASPECTS OF FRENCH EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TYPOGRAPHY A STUDY OF TYPE SPECIMENS IN THE BROXBOURNE...
Price: $240.00 Order nr. 14063
2 volumes
Kristiania: S. M. Brydes Bogtrykkeri, 1911. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (x),118; (xii),79+(1) pages. 2 volumes. Published on the occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of the library's founding, this history includes a floor plan and several black-and-white illustrations. The wrappers of this set are worn, moderately soiled, and have darkened around the edges. The spines of both volumes are damaged. The front wrapper of the first volume is detached but present. The interiors, notable for..... READ MORE about UNIVERSITETS-BIBLIOTHEKETS FESTSKRIFT: I ANLEDNING AF 100-AARS-JUBILÆET, DET KGL. FREDERIKS...
Price: $34.00 Order nr. 90909
Austin, TX: W. Thomas Taylor, 1987. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 99, (3) pages. Second printing, reprinted from the first edition which was limited to only 325 copies. A fine copy. Five provocative essays describe Duncan's ideal in his own life and explores its implications for today's hand-printer and for future generations interested in typography and printing. This popular book contains essays on the Cummington Press, The Technology of Hand Printing, The Art of the..... READ MORE about DOORS OF PERCEPTION, ESSAYS IN BOOK TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 63597
New York, NY: Book Jacket Designers Guild, 1953. oblong 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Prepared for the Sixth Annual Book Jacket Designers Guild's sixth annual exhibition. A fine copy. Includes essays, illustrations, and list of exhibitors. READ MORE about SIXTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION BOOK DESIGNERS GUILD
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 132814
