Brooklyn: Mergenthaler Linotype, 1932. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 204 pages. With an introduction by Dwiggins followed by pages of designs by Dwiggins, Adler, Johnston, Rogers, Rudge and others. Crude tape repair along head of spine, minor shelfwear. For the year 1931. READ MORE about CONTEMPORARY TITLE PAGES, A SELECTION OF OUTSTANDING BOOKS COMPOSED ON THE LINOTYPE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 15664
New York: The Heritage Press, (1935). 8vo. cloth-backed decorated boards, paper spine label, slipcase. (viii), 280 pages. First edition thus. Spine faded, slipcase tape repaired and cracked at hinges. A good copy. Designed and illustrated by W.A. Dwiggins. (Agner 35.07). Illustrations are in multiple colors. READ MORE about THE SCARLET LETTER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 139225
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. 8vo. red cloth, gilt, top edge stained red. xii, 430, xvi pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Else a near fine copy. Designed by W.A. Dwiggins. READ MORE about THE SUNPAPERS OF BALTIMORE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 139226
New York: Marchbanks Press, 1925. 9.25" x 4" Single sheet. With 3 inch square drawing by Dwiggins printed in brown ink at the head of the calendar. READ MORE about MARCHBANKS PRESS CALENDAR FOR JUNE, 1925
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 2274
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. (x), 178, xii pages. First edition thus, limited to 1475 copies. Schrader B131.1. Q15712. Lacking the dust jacket. Else a near fine copy. With typography, ornaments and binding by W.A. Dwiggins. (Agner 37.07). 4 collotype illustrations. Mencken here introduces and comments on 18th-century lectures of Johann. The two were unrelated, although they focused on the same subject matter: quack doctors, religious schemers, and other..... READ MORE about CHARLATANRY OF THE LEARNED (DE CHARLATANERIA ERUDITORUM, 1715). Translated from the Latin by...
Price: $160.00 Order nr. 30851
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. 8vo. blue cloth, embossed stamp in blind on cover, top edge stained green. 359, iv pages. First edition. Spine faded, else a near fine copy. Designed by W.A. Dwiggins. READ MORE about BY LAND AND BY SEA : ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 139228
New York: The Typophiles, 1947. 12mo. cloth. xiv, 152, (3) pages. First edition, limited to 900 copies. Exlibrary with markings. Else a fine copy. Chapbook XVII. With many illustrations. Printed at the Anthoensen Press. READ MORE about MSS. BY WAD, BEING A COLLECTION OF THE WRITINGS OF DWIGGINS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, SOME CRITICAL,...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 2277
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. 8vo. cloth, top edge stained blue. lxiii, 626, (xvi) pages. First Borzoi edition. Spine lightly soiled, else a near fine copy. Typography and binding design by Dwiggins. READ MORE about THE COTTON KINGDOM: A TRAVELLER'S OBSERVATIONS ON COTTON AND SLAVERY IN THE AMERICAN SLAVE STATES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 139224
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
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 16125
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 designed by Dwiggins and printed in two colors. 225 copies were printed of which 125 were for sale. Minor spotting of front cover. READ MORE about TWELVE POEMS
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 116237
New York: n.p., 1949. 8vo. paper wrappers. (24) pages. The presentation pamphlet given to Silve is reproduced which shows the drawings and inscriptions made by most of the famous people in printing of the time. A fine copy. With explanatory text. Shows the work of Dwiggins, Cleland, Rogers, etc. READ MORE about SILVE TO SILVE, A RECORD OF 37 INSCRIPTIONS JANUARY 26, 1940 - MAY 27, 1941 AND A DINNER IN HONOR...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 3864
New York: Random House, (1945). cloth-backed boards. cloth. 162 pages. First trade edition. Lacking the slipcase. Spine lightly rubbed. Boards lightly soiled. Else a near fine copy. With a note on the copyright page stating that this edition was copyrighted and published by Random House of Canada. Stamped on gold on spine and blind stamped cover. A reprint of the 1929 New York Random House imprint which was one of the AIGA 50 Books of..... READ MORE about STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE. ILLUS. BY DWIGGINS With Illustrations by W.A. Dwiggins
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 30468
With Illustrations by W.A. Dwiggins.
New York: Random House, 1929. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, slipcase. 162 pages. With Illustrations by W.A. Dwiggins. Limited to 1200 numbered copies printed by the Pynson Printers and signed by Dwiggins. (Agner 29.07). A tight, bright, and unmarred copy in a near fine slipcase. Stamped on gold on spine and blind stamped cover; highly decorative slipcase, all designed by Dwiggins. Includes facsimile sheet of author's manuscript. A AIGA 50 Books of the Year winner. A scarce..... READ MORE about THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 3086
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. Dust jacket has a few creases, chips and short closed tears. Ink inscription on endpaper. Corner bumped. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 15667
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 Order nr. 25127
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 Order nr. 71815
(Sonneberg, Germany: Comptoir Kunstmagazin, 1998). 8vo. cloth. 95+(1) pages. Text in English and German. Four essays, by Wulf D. v. Lucius, Reinhard Grüner, Thomas Glöß, and Christa Wolf, on book art and artists' books. Bibliography and list of exhibitions. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about EDITION BALANCE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 121048
Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1951. small 4to. paper wrappers. 12 pages. A look at modern German illustration and design in the production of more ephemeral material. Kleiner Druck Nr.47. Covers soiled. READ MORE about BROSCHUR UND SCHUTZUMSCHLAG AM DEUTSCHEN BUCH DER NEUEREN ZEIT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 22362
Essays on Five Classical Poets.
New Rochelle, NY: The Elizabeth Press, (1978). 8vo. paper covered boards, slipcase. 50, (2) pages. Essays on Five Classical Poets. Limited to 500 copies designed by Martino Mardersteig. With the works of Archilochos and Sappho, Theokritos, Catullus, and Martial. Minor wear, spine of slipcase protruding. READ MORE about THE UNHEROIC MUSE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 102927
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1941. 8vo. self-paper wrappers. 10,(2) pages. The pamphelt was produced on the University's 175th anniversayr. It was designed by Richard Ellis, composed in Monotype Janson. There is a little general wear. READ MORE about RUTGERS UNIVERSITY AND THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 93478
New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., (1949). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 158 pages. Reprint of the first edition. Jacket is very worn with pieces missing. READ MORE about TYPE FOR BOOKS AND ADVERTISING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 2633
New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1947. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 160 pages. First edition. "A detailed, comprehensive handbook on the many varied applications of all the phases of typography." Well preserved copy in lightly chipped dust jacket. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about TYPE FOR BOOKS AND ADVERTISING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 2634
New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1949. 4to. cloth. 160 pages. First edition, later printing. "A detailed, comprehensive handbook on the many varied applications of all the phases of typography." A very good copy. READ MORE about TYPE FOR BOOKS AND ADVERTISING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 19627
New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1948. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 160 pages. First edition, second printing. "A detailed, comprehensive handbook on the many varied applications of all the phases of typography." Jacket worn with pieces chipped away. READ MORE about TYPE FOR BOOKS AND ADVERTISING
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 21827
New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1947. 4to. cloth. 160 pages. First edition. "A detailed, comprehensive handbook on the many varied applications of all the phases of typography." Presentation on free endpaper "To my good friend, George L. McKay, Gene Ettenberg, May 7, 1947" and with a one page handwritten copy of a note to "Gene" thanking him for sending along this inscribed copy. READ MORE about TYPE FOR BOOKS AND ADVERTISING
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 54395
