New York: Farrar, Straus and Co., 1949. 8vo. cloth. 342 pages. Second revised octavo edition (Appleton no.35c). Jacket has a piece missing from front cover. READ MORE about FOUR CENTURIES OF FINE PRINTING TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTH-TWO EXAMPLES OF THE WORK OF PRESSES...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4559
London: Theodore Brun, (1949). 8vo. original full tan leather, top edge gilt. 106 pages. First printing of The Typographic Arts and The Art of Printing in one volume. Limited to 250 numbered copies and in full leather binding as issued. Contains 32 illustrations. Leather scuffed along top of front and back hinges. READ MORE about THE TYPOGRAPHIC ARTS, TWO LECTURES
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 13308
London: The Sylvan Press, 1949. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 106 pages. First edition. Reprints THE TYPOGRAPHIC ARTS and THE ART OF PRINTING. (Appleton no.148c). With information on William Morris throughout. Jacket soiled and chipped with piece missing at head of spine. READ MORE about THE TYPOGRAPHIC ARTS, TWO LECTURES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 41995
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1950. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 106 pages. First U.S. edition. Reprints The Typographic Artsand The Art of Printing. (Appleton no.148c). With information on William Morris throughout. Jacket has pieces missing along edges. READ MORE about THE TYPOGRAPHIC ARTS, TWO LECTURES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 128441
Vol. V.
Cambridge: The University Press, 1926. 4to. cloth. xvi, 205, (21) pages. Vol. V. Limited to 1370 copies. Article on Karl Klingspor by Julius Rodenberg including a list of books printed at the Private Press of the Gebr. Klingspor, articles on Laboureur, Bulmer, and "Towards an Ideal Italick" by Stanley Morison. Small bump along bottom of front cover and small tears at spine ends. READ MORE about FLEURON, A JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 73564
Paris, France: n.p., 1957. 8vo. self paper wrappers, later dust jacket. 30 pages. Text by Morison is in English. Quite rare. READ MORE about DOCUMENTS TYPOGRAPHIQUES FRANCAIS: L'INVENTAIRE DE LA FONDERIE LE BE SELON LA TRANSCRIPTION DE...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 84604
London: The Collector Ltd., 1978. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 559-570. An offprint from The Book Collector, Vol. 27, No. 4, Winter, 1978. Muir's review of the book "Buchkunst und Literatur in Deutschland" by Ernst L. Hauswedell and Christian Voigt. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK IN GERMANY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 59715
2 volumes.
Mittineague: Strathmore Paper Company, 1921. tall 4to. cloth-backed boards, later cardboard slipcase. 28, (4) pages followed by the 19 paper samples and folded specimen sheets. Accompanied by additional sample sheets numbered 20 to 46 which are loosely inserted. 2 volumes. Includes text illustrating the application of the system by T.M. Cleland, who also designed the book and provided the decorations on the color sheets along with Rudolph Ruzicka. Includes a separately-issued portfolio of sheets of..... READ MORE about GRAMMAR OF COLOR, ARRANGEMENTS OF STRATHMORE PAPERS IN A VARIETY OF PRINTED COLOR COMBINATION...
Price: $750.00 Order nr. 121620
Number six of the CODE(X) Monograph Series. Translated from the French by Jonathan von Zelowitz, with an Introduction by Timothy Young.
Berkeley, California: CODEX Foundation, 2011. 5.5 x 7.75 inches. paperback pamphlet. 24 pages. Number six of the CODE(X) Monograph Series. Translated from the French by Jonathan von Zelowitz, with an Introduction by Timothy Young. Number six of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. Didier Mutel is a synaesthetic printer focused on the bite of acid on metal, of the metal plate on paper, and of the printed words on the mind. This book discuses the acide brut..... READ MORE about ACIDE BRUT MANIFESTO
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 107489
Westminster: Nichols and Sons, 1885. folio. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 20 pages, edges uncut. Includes two articles, "The Golden Jeweled Covers" and "The Manuscript Text," with two color plates depicting lower and upper covers of the Gospels. The manuscript was long in the possession of the Abbey of Noble Canonesses in Lindau, founded in 834 by Louis the Pious, before its acquisition by Ashburnham after the dissolution of the abbey in 1803. The manuscript was..... READ MORE about TWO MEMOIRS OF THE "EVANGELIA QUATUOR" ONCE BELONGING TO THE ABBEY OF LINDAU AND NOW TO...
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 109470
New York: The Typophiles, 1967. tall 12mo. leather-backed decorated boards. 86 pages. Limited to 400 copies of which 100 are for sale. Chapbook 46 issued by the Typophiles. Contains illustrations. Pocket removed from back pastedown. READ MORE about LETTER FROM A DANISH TYPOGRAPHER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 63659
Petersham: Ant Press, 2011. 8 x 9.5 inches. paperback. 190 pages. The Silent Scream: Political and Social Comment in Books by Artists presents not only a companion catalogue to an exhibition held at the Monash University Rare Books Library, but also a journey through some of humanity's most inhumane and hypocritical moments. The catalogue provides insights into 77 influential books and works presented in book form in the past 90 years. Monica Oppen and Peter..... READ MORE about THE SILENT SCREAM: POLITICAL AND SOCIAL COMMENT IN BOOKS BY ARTISTS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 108927
Moscow: Publishing House "Iskustvo" ("Art"), 1961. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 422, (2) pages. The design and making of books from an editorial point of view. Discusses the initial concept, format, typeface, text format, rubrication and decoration, the role of illustration in the design, covers and wrappers, bindings, typography, and book layout and mock-up in various stages. The section on book layout and mock-up is rather lengthy, with many examples of mock-ups from actual practice..... READ MORE about KNIZHNOY ISKUSTVO, ZAMUISEL OFORMLYENIYA
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 51930
Rotterdam, Netherlands: W.L. & J. Brusse's Uitgeversmaatschapppij, 1927. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 68 pages. Text in Dutch. Second edition. A volume in the "Applied arts in the Netherlands" series. Focuses on book design and illustration. 49 illustrations. Index of names. List of craftsmen with addresses and advertisements follow text. Covers lightly worn. READ MORE about DE VERLUCHTING VAN HET BOEK
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 124600
Frankfurt: Stiftung Buchkunst, (1988). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 80, (2) pages. Catalogue of an exhibition of books about art and art in books since 1945, describing thirty-five items. Illustrated. Wrapped stained near spine. Bottom edge bumped near corner. READ MORE about BUCHER UBER KUNST--KUNST IM BUCH SEIT 1945
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 49326
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. x, 290, (2). First Edition. The ways in which the housing of books evolved, from the scroll, to the codex, to the volume we are used to. The author takes us into the pre-Gutenberg world, where books were so scarce they were chained to lecturns for security. He explains how the printing press not only changed the way books were made and shelved, but..... READ MORE about THE BOOK ON THE BOOKSHELF
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 72679
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 290, (2). First edition, paperback. The ways in which the housing of books evolved, from the scroll, to the codex, to the volume we are used to. The author takes us into the pre-Gutenberg world, where books were so scarce they were chained to lecterns for security. He explains how the printing press not only changed the way books were made and shelved..... READ MORE about THE BOOK ON THE BOOKSHELF
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 75501
(Harmondsworth): Penguin Books, (1970). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 255+(1) pages. Reprint of the second edition. This exhibit was designed to prove that Morris laid the foundation of the modern style, with Walter Gropius ultimately defining its character. READ MORE about PIONEERS OF MODERN DESIGN
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 115218
Washington: RC Publications, Inc., (1975). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 95+(1) pages. Contains 90 examples of current covers. Well illustrated. An interesting design book. Jacket soiled. READ MORE about THE PRINT CASEBOOKS, FIRST ANNUAL EDITION, THE BEST IN COVERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 121241
Mainz: Gutenberg-Museum, 1974. small 8vo. paper wrappers, cord-tied binding. 27+(1) pages. Exhibition catalogue lists 55 well-designed books and 47 facsimile editions. Includes an essay on the artist Carl Gustav Carus. READ MORE about SCHONE BUCHER UNSERER ZEIT
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 48908
St. Gallen: Verlag Zollikofer & Co., 1945. small 4to. boards. 122 pages. First edition. A study of monograms, marks and ornamentation. 288 illustrations done in black and red. Pastedowns and endpapers show age darkening. READ MORE about DAS BUCH DER WERKZEICHEN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 25746
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: Van Nostrand Reinhold, (1990). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xi, (iii), 209+(1) pages. First edition. Look at trends in graphic design and computer technology. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY, ERASING THE BOUNDARIES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 121406
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
