Newark: The Curtis Paper Company, 1958. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 33+(1) pages. The 5th booklet issued by Curtis and printed by The Spiral Press with design by Joseph Blumenthal. Illustrated by Antonio Frasconi. READ MORE about FUNDAMENTAL CREED OF ROBERT E. LEE
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 67027
Newark: The Curtis Paper Company, 1954. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (20) pages. The first keepsake booklet issued by Curtis and printed by The Spiral Press. With wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. Foreword by Marshall B. Davidson. READ MORE about GEORGE WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS TO HIS COUNTRYMEN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 67855
Newark: The Curtis Paper Company, 1969. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 35, (3) pages. The 16th booklet issued by Curtis and printed by The Spiral Press with design by Joseph Blumenthal. Has reproductions of illustrations by W.H. Bartlett and Granville Perkins. READ MORE about SUSQUEHANNA, RIVER AND LEGEND
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 32028
Westfield, MA: Paper Makers Advertising Association, 1967-1977. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Twenty-seven issues of da , which had evolved from Direct Advertising (1911). Each issue contains many full color illustrations, samples of paper and great design concepts. The title changes to Printing Paper beginning with Volume 63, No.4. READ MORE about da, THE PAPER QUARTERLY FOR THE GRAPHIC ARTS
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 77725
Paris: Librarie Larousse, 1925. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 86, 106 pages and 96 plates. First edition. This Catalogue from the 1925 World's Fair features the latest innovations in the book arts. Fernand David supplies an introduction in which he outlines the most recent developments in the book arts in various countries. The international highlights are represented in 96 full color plates. Top and bottom edges of spine chipped. Rubbed. Inscription in ink on spine. Unopened copy. READ MORE about MINISTRE DU COMMERCE, DE L'INDUSTRIE, DES POSTES ET DES TÉLÉGRAPHES
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 59721
3 volumes, complete.
Paris: Leopold Carteret and Lille: Émile Raoust-Leleu, 1925. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv),vi,98,(4); (iv),203,(7); (iv),vi,247,(7) pages. 3 volumes, complete. (Blogie Volume II, pp.299,300,301) The complete set of this important auction sale. Filled with tipped-in plates showing many of the fine bindings in the collection. The plates for volumes two and three are loosely inserted in separate paper portfolios as issued. Wrappers worn; pages fine. Spine mostly missing on volume one, but complete. Volume three, spine..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE M. RÉNE DESCAMPS-SCRIVE
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 25152
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, (1973). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 46 pages. Reprint of the 1971 first edition. Four sections: History of Papermaking, The Enemies of Paper, Matting and Framing, and A Note on Restoration. READ MORE about HOW TO CARE FOR WORKS OF ART ON PAPER
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 39333
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, (1979). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. Third edition. Four sections: History of Papermaking, The Enemies of Paper, Matting and Framing, and A Note on Restoration. READ MORE about HOW TO CARE FOR WORKS OF ART ON PAPER
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 44085
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, (1971). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 46 pages. First edition. Four sections: History of Papermaking, The Enemies of Paper, Matting and Framing, and A Note on Restoration. READ MORE about HOW TO CARE FOR WORKS OF ART ON PAPER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 105238
Holyoke: Powers Paper Company, n.d. (circa 1930s). 12mo. limp cloth. 72 pages. Price list 51 issued by this company. A number of the pages have another sheet of prices pasted on. READ MORE about ENVELOPE DEPARTMENT. POWERS PAPER COMPANY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 42889
N.P. (Editions Rencontre and Erik Nitsche International, 1963). 8vo. paper-covered boards. (i), 105, (7) pages. A history of communication, with chapters on writing, on printing, books, and paper, and on newspapers. Some wear to corners and head and tail of spine. Stamps on front free endpaper and p.1. READ MORE about GESCHICTE DER UBERMITTLUNGSWEGE
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 50902
New York: Hawthorn Books, (1963). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 105, (7) pages. First edition. Volume 9 in a series entitled "The New Illustrated Library of Science and Invention." Sections on writing, books, paper and printing, rise of the press, etc. Jacket chipped with tears. READ MORE about HISTORY OF COMMUNICATIONS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 17176
Wien: A. Hartleben's Verlag, 1882. thick 8vo. original decorated and embossed cloth with gilt. viii, 806 pages with 26 plates (14 in color) and 380 text illustrations. First edition. (St. Bride Cat. p.318). Standard 19th century history of book printing, copiously illustrated with facsimiles, type specimens, illustrations of printing presses, information on bookbinding practices and papermaking. Original binding held together with cloth, with the original spine pasted on top. Front hinge cracked and separating from... READ MORE about ILLUSTRIRTE GESCHICHTE DER BUCHDRUCKERKUNST
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 32355
Wien (Vienna), Austria: A. Hartleben's Verlag, 1882. thick 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. viii, 806 pages with 26 plates (14 in color) and 380 text illustrations. Text in German. First edition. (St. Bride Cat. p.318). Standard 19th-century history of book printing, type specimens, illustrations of printing presses, information on bookbinding practices and papermaking. Copiously illustrated with facsimiles. Later cloth binding. Bookplate on front free endpaper. READ MORE about ILLUSTRIRTE GESCHICHTE DER BUCHDRUCKERKUNST
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 48636
Edited by Richard J. Wolfe
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2010. 5 x 7.25 inches. hardcover. 242 pages. Edited by Richard J. Wolfe. New and Complete Manual on the Making of Fancy Papers was originally written in French by M. Fichtenberg in 1852. Richard Wolfe has translated the book into English and added a new preface. The craft of marbling paper was introduced into Europe and the Middle East from Turkey and Germany during the last two decades of... READ MORE about NEW AND COMPLETE MANUAL ON THE MAKING OF FANCY PAPERS BY M. FICHTENBERG
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 106047
Leipzig: Dieterich'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung Theodor Weicher, 1910. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 51, (3) pages. This volume reports on the design and decoration of a new edition Lutheran hymnal for Alsace-Lorraine issued by the Strassburger Pastoral-Konferenz. It describes small-format and large-format editions, reproducing multicolor illustrated title and sample pages, photo-illustrations of eleven bindings, etc., and includes four (tipped-in) multicolor endpaper samples. The beautiful designs are the work of Otto Hupp and Karl Spindler. The hymnal was... READ MORE about NEUER DRUCK UND SCHMUCK DES EVANGELISCHEN GESANGBUCHS FÜR ELSAß-LOTHRINGEN
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 91031
Introduction by Barry McKay & new marbled samples by Ann Muir.
Denby Dale: Fleece Press, 1996. small 8vo. quarter vellum with marbled paper-covered boards, paper portfolio, all enclosed in cloth clam-shell box with paper spine label. 51, (5) pages. Introduction by Barry McKay & new marbled samples by Ann Muir. Limited to 300 copies, of which this is one of 30 special copies in a special binding and with an extra portfolio of eight nineteenth century marbled specimens. Printed by hand by Simon Lawrence at his... READ MORE about A PRETTY MYSTERIOUS ART, A LECTURE BY C.W. WOOLNOUGH TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS
Price: $275.00 Order nr. 70868
Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1974. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xc, 583 pages. First edition. With many facsimile title pages. An excellent reference book. With information on American papermaking (Bidwell no.76). Some minor spotting of jacket. READ MORE about BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S PHILADELPHIA PRINTING, 1728-1766 A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 86967
Philadelphia, PA: M. Carey and Son, 1819. 8vo. original paper-covered board back cover only; others missing. xvi, (9)-280 pages. First edition (Shaw and Shoemaker 49094; Sabin 62041; Rink, Technical Americana 3014). Preface, index, Thirteen essays dealing with the question of manufacturing in the United States and the need for protective tariffs. A supplement to the text includes petitions to the U.S. Congress on the subject, with one from the Society for the Promotion of American... READ MORE about ADDRESSES OF THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF NATIONAL INDUSTRY
Price: $425.00 Order nr. 122168
Philadelphia, PA: M. Carey and Son, 1819. 8vo. boards missing. xvi, (9)-280 pages. First edition (Shaw and Shoemaker 49094; Sabin 62041; Rink, Technical Americana 3014). Preface, index, Thirteen essays dealing with the question of manufacturing in the United States and the need for protective tariffs. A supplement to the text includes petitions to the U.S. Congress on the subject, with one from the Society for the Promotion of American Manufactures of Delaware, E.I. duPont, President... READ MORE about ADDRESSES OF THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF NATIONAL INDUSTRY
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 122169
Cleveland: World Publishing Co., (1960). small 4to. cloth. (xiv), 484 pages. First edition. Over 2600 definitions arranged alphabetically containing many illustrations. Covers faded. READ MORE about AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BOOK, TERMS USED IN PAPER-MAKING, PRINTING BOOKBINDING AND PUBLISHING WITH...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 20530
Cleveland: World Publishing Co., (1960). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (xiv), 484 pages. First edition. Over 2600 definitions arranged alphabetically with many illustrations. Fine condition. READ MORE about AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BOOK, TERMS USED IN PAPER-MAKING, PRINTING, BOOKBINDING AND PUBLISHING...
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 6413
With a new introduction by Donald Farren.
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2001. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 576 pages. With a new introduction by Donald Farren. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1979. The breadth of this work is remarkable. Encyclopedia contains almost 4,000 terms and definitions used in bookbinding, printing, papermaking and the book trade. Biographical details of printers, authors, bookbinders and bibliophiles are included as well as precise notes on machinery and equipment, famous books, printing societies, book-related organizations... READ MORE about THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BOOK
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 42509
With a new introduction by Donald Farren.
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2001. small 4to. paperback. 576 pages. With a new introduction by Donald Farren. Paperback edition. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1979. The breadth of this work is remarkable. Encyclopedia contains almost 4,000 terms and definitions used in bookbinding, printing, papermaking and the book trade. Biographical details of printers, authors, bookbinders and bibliophiles are included as well as precise notes on machinery and equipment, famous books, printing societies, book-related organizations... READ MORE about THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BOOK
Price: $49.95 Order nr. 42510
With a new introduction by Doanld Farren.
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 1996. small 4to. paperback. 576 pages. With a new introduction by Doanld Farren. Paperback edition. Covers faded. Ink ownership inscription on half-title. READ MORE about THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BOOK
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 42511
