(Douglas, Lester).

FIRST BIRTHDAY BOOK, 33 LD BALDY EAGLE MARKS BY ARTIST-DESIGNER FRIENDS OF BALDY FOR WHIMSY AND OTHER FORMS OF EPHEMERA.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 126904

(Douglas, Lester).

SONGS BETWEEN THE STATES.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 119200

(Douglas, Lester). Vaughan, Henry.

TWO POEMS.

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

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 51105

Drew, Ned and Paul Sternberger.

BY ITS COVER.

New York, NY: Princeton Architectural Press, (2005). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 192 pages. Table of contents, acknowledgments, endnotes, select bibliography, index, photographic credits. A history of American book cover design. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about BY ITS COVER

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 122256

Dreyfus, John (compiler).

THE HERITAGE OF THE GRAPHIC ARTS LECTURE SERIES: A COMPLETE LISTING.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 48729

Dreyfus, John.

ASPECTS OF FRENCH EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TYPOGRAPHY A STUDY OF TYPE SPECIMENS IN THE BROXBOURNE COLLECTION AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. With a Handlist Compiled by David McKitterick.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 14063

Drolsum, A. C.

UNIVERSITETS-BIBLIOTHEKETS FESTSKRIFT: I ANLEDNING AF 100-AARS-JUBILÆET, DET KGL. FREDERIKS UNIVERSITET.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 90909

(Dwiggins, W.A.). Bennett, Paul.

WAD, 1880-1956.

New York: The Typophiles, 1957. 8vo. self paper wrappers. 4 pages. Eulogy to Dwiggins printed by The Black Vine Press of San Francisco. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about WAD, 1880-1956

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 2292

(Dwiggins, W.A.).

FIFTY BOOKS OF THE YEAR - 1954.

N.P. American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1955. 8vo. paper wrappers. (32) pages. One Dwiggins design is illustrated. A near fine copy. Catalog of the Thirty-third annual exhibition. READ MORE about FIFTY BOOKS OF THE YEAR - 1954

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136738

(Dwiggins, W.A.). Phillips, John.

BOMB THAT WOULDN'T GO OFF AND OTHER FABLES FROM MORONIA.

With Pictographs by W.A. Dwiggins.
Boston: Bruce Humphries, 1941. 8vo. half cloth over marbled paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 81, (3) pages. With Pictographs by W.A. Dwiggins. First edition. (Agner 41-17). Dwiggins designed the book including the chapter illustrations and the design on the cover and jacket. Pieces of jacket missing along edges. READ MORE about BOMB THAT WOULDN'T GO OFF AND OTHER FABLES FROM MORONIA

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(Dwiggins, W.A.). Shimer, Florence.

TWELVE POEMS.

Hingham: Press of the Little Red Hen, 1950. square 8vo. boards, wrap-around paper cover label. (24) pages. First edition. Not in Agner. Title page with decorations by Dwiggins and printed in two colors. Printing by Dorothy Abbe. A copy of the prospectus which is inserted states that 225 copies were printed of which 125 were for sale. Spine faded and with wear along hinge. Presentation from Shimer on free endpaper. READ MORE about TWELVE POEMS

Price: $115.00  other currencies  Order nr. 25492

Ede, Charles (editor).

THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950.

London: The Studio Publications, (1951). 4to. cloth. xii, 214 pages. S-K 5740. First edition. Major sections on type design, lettering, printing, illustration, commercial binding and hand binding. Each section is well-illustrated. A different author summarizes the results of each country; ie, binding in the U.S. by E.W. Palmer and Edith Diehl. Jacket chipped and torn with pieces missing. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 25127

Ede, Charles (editor).

THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950.

London: The Studio Publications, (1951). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 214 pages. S-K 5740. First edition. Major sections on type design, lettering, printing, illustration, commercial binding and hand binding. Each section is well-illustrated. A different author summarizes the results of each country; i.e., binding in the U.S. by E.W. Palmer and Edith Diehl. With the Randeria bookplate. Preliminary pages foxed. Small tears on jacket repaired with clear tape. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 71815