New York: Paul A. Struck, 1946. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 128 pages. First edition in English. Divided into sections beginning with the title page, trade and business cards, ornament, cartouches, calligraphy, bookplates, billheads, labels, etc. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about MODERN AND HISTORICAL TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 36537
New York: William E. Rudge's Sons, 1943. 4to. original cloth-backed pattern paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, glassine wrapper, slipcase, inserted in cardboard mailer. (ii), ix, 187 pages. First edition, one of the 199 numbered copies signed by Rogers constituting the large-paper edition. The large-paper copy is in a different binding than the trade edition and contains four decorations in color, all executed by Rogers. It also features one of Rogers' printer's..... READ MORE about PARAGRAPHS ON PRINTING
Price: $750.00 Order nr. 28113
New York: The Marchbanks Press, 1952. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (11) pages. Privately printed and limited to 250 copies for the Portfolio Club. Inscribed by Bruce Rogers on first blank page. Based on James Whitcomb Riley's "Alphabet," Charles Moores and Bruce Rogers reconstruct the alphabet based on their activities during a camping trip. Tanned around edges. READ MORE about THE CAMP STEELE ALPHABET
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 57200
New York: The Typophiles, 1949. 12mo. cloth-backed boards. 142 pages. Limited to 670 copies. The nineteenth chapbook issued by the Typophiles. Articles on Morris, Baskerville and others. Bookplate. READ MORE about OFF THE DEAD BANK, ADDRESSES, REVIEWS AND VERSES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 10275
New York: The Typophiles, 1949. 12mo. cloth-backed boards. 142 pages. Limited to 670 copies. The nineteenth chapbook issued by the Typophiles. Articles on Morris, Baskerville and others. Covers rubbed and spine faded. READ MORE about OFF THE DEAD BANK, ADDRESSES, REVIEWS AND VERSES
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 89374
New York: New York Public Library, 1950. 12mo. paper wrappers. 8 pages. Issued as Typophiles Monograph 25. READ MORE about SOUVENIRS OF MY INKY PAST
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 10181
Stuttgart: Verlag Gerd Hatje, (1954). 8vo. cloth. xxxiv, 74 pages. Text in German. Discussion of the art of book covers and dust jackets. Includes historical background in Britain, the United States, France, and Germany. 226 black and white illustrations. Directory of illustrations and list by general subject. Boards very lightly faded. READ MORE about DIE KUNST DES BUCHUMSCHLAGES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 114764
London: Sylvan Press, 1951. 4to. cloth. Not paginated. First edition. Gives examples of printing in 1851 and 1951 to allow the reader to compare the progress of printing over the period. With a number of tipped-in plates. Bookplate on free endpaper. READ MORE about PRINTER'S PROGRESS, A COMPARATIVE SURVEY OF THE CRAFT OF PRINTING 1851-1951
Price: $14.00 Order nr. 31031
London: Sylvan Press, 1951. 4to. cloth. Not paginated. First edition. Gives examples of printing in 1851 and 1951 to allow the reader to compare the progress of printing over the period. With a number of tipped-in plates. Covers faded. READ MORE about PRINTER'S PROGRESS, A COMPARATIVE SURVEY OF THE CRAFT OF PRINTING 1851-1951
Price: $11.00 Order nr. 104900
Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1951. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (xxiv), 125 pages. First U.S. edition. Gives examples of printing in 1851 and 1951 to allow the reader to compare the progress of printing over the period. Wonderful examples of printing bound-in. Filled with illustrations. Jacket chipped with small tears at wear at spine ends. READ MORE about PRINTER'S PROGRESS, A COMPARATIVE SURVEY OF THE CRAFT OF PRINTING 1851-1951
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 122845
London: Sylvan Press, 1951. 4to. green cloth. Not paginated. First edition. Gives examples of printing in 1851 and 1951 to allow the reader to compare the progress of printing over the period. With a number of tipped-in plates. Slightly faded. READ MORE about PRINTER'S PROGRESS, A COMPARATIVE SURVEY OF THE CRAFT OF PRINTING 1851-1951
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 123928
Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1951. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (xxiv), 125 pages. First U.S. edition. Gives examples of printing in 1851 and 1951 to allow the reader to compare the progress of printing over the period. Wonderful examples of printing bound-in. Filled with illustrations. Jacket chipped with small pieces missing at spine ends. READ MORE about PRINTER'S PROGRESS, A COMPARATIVE SURVEY OF THE CRAFT OF PRINTING 1851-1951
Price: $22.00 Order nr. 124950
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1951. 4to. cloth. (xxiv), 125 pages. First U.S. edition. Gives examples of printing in 1851 and 1951 to allow the reader to compare the progress of printing over the period. Filled with examples of printing including some tipped-in pieces of ephemera. Foxed. READ MORE about PRINTER'S PROGRESS, A COMPARATIVE SURVEY OF THE CRAFT OF PRINTING 1851-1951
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 5212
Chicago: The Caxton Club, 2003. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, smythsewn: drawn-on, hinge-scored cover; trimmed flush. 40 pages. Full color catalogue written for the Caxton Club exhibition: Inland Printers: The Fine-Press Movement in Chicago, 1920-45 ; at Columbia College in Chicago; held January 15, 2003. Features writings of 12 Caxtonians including: John P. Chalmers, Robert A. Cotner, Kim Coventry, Celia Hilliard, Thomas J. Joyce, Arthur H. Miller, Frank J. Piehl, Susan F. Rossen, Michael Thompson..... READ MORE about INLAND PRINTERS: THE FINE-PRESS MOVEMENT IN CHICAGO, 1920-45
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 73697
North Staffordshire: North Staffordshire Polytechnic, 1975. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 108 pages, 68 pages of specimens, 56 pages of plates, pages 109 to 136 with (10) leaves of plates inserted. A project for the students on the one-year full time integrated course in printing during the session 1973-74. It shows many examples of work produced by printers in North Staffordshire between 1783 and 1913. Includes bibliography. With the bookplate and pencil signature of..... READ MORE about A HISTORY OF PRINTING IN NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 97926
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, (1983). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 118, (2) pages. Revised edition. Foreword by Gyorgy Kepes. Well illustrated. Minor wear to jacket. READ MORE about BASIC DESIGN: THE DYNAMICS OF VISUAL FORM
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 122183
Leipzig: Deutsche Bücherei, 1979. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers with cloth spine. 55+(1) pages. On the winners of the Gutenberg Prize for fine book design. READ MORE about GUTENBERG-PREISTRAGER DER STADT LEIPZIG 1968-1978
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 49291
2 volumes.
Hamburg: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1963. 4to. cloth, paper spine and cover labels, later slipcase. 297, (7); (iv) pages followed by 161 full page plates each accompanied by a facing page of text describing over 1,600 books. 2 volumes. First edition. Beautiful survey of German fine printing and illustration. Both volumes in fine condition. READ MORE about DEUTSCHE BUCHKUNST, 1890 BIS 1960
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 44442
Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, (1985). 4to. cloth. xx, 192 pages. First edition. A survey of the von Zabern family's publishing history. Catalogue style format includes detailed entries on the keystone publications as well as company records, art objects and other important documentation connected to the previous generations of owners. Includes newspaper clippings, family photographs and hand-written correspondence. Several color plates in text and an index section at the back illustration covers. READ MORE about PH. VON ZABERN: 200 JAHRE EINER MAINZER OFFIZIN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 78177
New York, NY: Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, 2013. small 4to. illustrated stiff paper wrappers. 96 pages. A look at book jackets designed by Grushkin, also includes jackets designed by George Salter, Grushkin's teacher. Table of contents, introduction, a biography of Grushkin, book jackets and examples of graphic design by Grushkin. Glossary, biographical sketches of important figures, biographical sketch of the author. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about PHILIP GRUSHKIN: A DESIGNER'S ARCHIVE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 120400
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, n.d. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 137 pages. First U.S. edition. Printed at the Curwen Press in England. Excellent one volume look at typography. Jacket has pieces missing at spine ends. Bookplate on front pastedown. READ MORE about INTRODUCTION TO TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 19864
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, n.d. 8vo. cloth. xi, 137 pages. First U.S. edition. Excellent one volume look at typography. Spine faded. READ MORE about INTRODUCTION TO TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 31470
London: Peter Davies Limited and New York: Harper and Brothers, 1928. large 4to. cloth-backed boards. xix, 83 pages with 122 reproductions of various examples of typography. First edition. The facsimiles are often in two colors. . Printed at The Curwen Press. Covers soiled and wear at tips. Small damaged spot on spine. READ MORE about PRINTING OF TO-DAY, AN ILLUSTRATED SURVEY OF POST-WAR TYPOGRAPHY IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES....
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 62553
London: Peter Davies Limited and New York: Harper and Brothers, 1928. large 4to. cloth-backed boards. xix, 83 pages with 122 reproductions of various examples of typography. First edition. The facsimiles are often in two colors. . Printed at The Curwen Press. Light cover soiling with wear along edges. READ MORE about PRINTING OF TO-DAY, AN ILLUSTRATED SURVEY OF POST-WAR TYPOGRAPHY IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES....
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 123183
Chicago: Regan Publications, 1928. thick 8vo. cloth. x, 647 pages with over 400 illustrations. Taken from the second German edition. Covers rubbed with wear at spine ends. One corner torn off and loosely inserted. READ MORE about STYLES OF ORNAMENT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 126842
