Brooklyn: Linotype, (1945). small 8vo. decorated paper wrappers. 72 pages. Monograph XIV, a limited edition. Loosely inserted is a presentation slip meant to accompany this copy. A fine copy. The typeface and decorations designed by W.A. Dwiggins; the typography by Paul Bennett. Newspaper verse. READ MORE about BULLDOGS AND MORNING GLORIES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 2266
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 Order nr. 2292
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
N.P. American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1950. 8vo. quarter cloth over paper-covered boards. unpaginated. One Dwiggins design is illustrated. A near fine copy. Catalog of the 28th annual exhibition. READ MORE about FIFTY BOOKS OF THE YEAR 1949 - 1950 EXHIBITION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138863
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: 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
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
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 Order nr. 25492
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
Rochester: The Printing House of Leo Hart, 1933. 8vo. cloth-backed decorated boards. xxxviii, 414 pages. First edition thus. Lacking slipcase. Two bookplates on front pastedown, else a near fine copy. With typography, illustrations and binding by W.A. Dwiggins. (Agner no. 33.03). One of the AIGA 50 Books of the Year. READ MORE about THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO, THE MARSDEN TRANSLATION REVISED & EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 69572
New York: Privately printed for Friends of Hermann Puterschein at the Inkwell Press, 1980. 8vo. cloth. 153, (3) pages. Limited to 500 copies. Near fine condition. This work was privately printed for the Friends of Hermann Puterschein at The Inkwell Press on the 100th anniversary of Dwiggins' birthday. Dwiggins was a multi-talented designer, artist, and writer among many other things. This work contains tributes to Dwiggins with contributions by Dorothy Abbe, Warren Chappell, Charles Skaggs..... READ MORE about A TRIBUTE TO W.A. DWIGGINS ON THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 11741
New York: Afred A. Knopf, 1926. small 8vo. quarter cloth, marbled paper covered boards, paper spine label. 337 pages. First edition printed in an edition of 190 numbered copies signed by the author of which this is one of 160 copies printed on Borzoi Rag Paper. Ownership inscription in ink on front pastedown. Lacking the publisher's slipcase, else a fine copy. A lovely production typical of this publisher. A novel by one of the most..... READ MORE about THE ORPHAN ANGEL
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 137473
San Francisco: The Pacific Center for the Book Arts, 1987. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages. A reprint of the 1974 edition published by the Boston Public Library. A fine copy. Designed by Wesley B. Tanner, set in Dwiggins' Electra type on Mohawk Superfine paper. Frontis photograph by Dorothy Abbe. Among his prodigious output, Dwiggins designed almost three hundred books for Knopf alone. READ MORE about WILLIAM ADDISON DWIGGINS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 64021
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
