New York: The Colophon Ltd, 1936. 8vo. cloth. 157+(1) pages. F.W. Reed writing a "Prescription for a Collection," Louise Blake Duff on the seventeenth century printer Sebastien Cramoisy, Lawrance Thompson writing about book collectors in Colonial Massachusetts, and a wood engaving by Emil Ganso are among this issue's offerings of interest. READ MORE about COLOPHON, N.S., A Q FOR BKMEN, V.II N.1
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 45431
(New York, NY: The Cooper Union), 1994. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. A brochure published in connection with the exhibition "From Gutenberg to the Government." Commentary by William Bevington. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about CONCISE INFORMATION: A GENERAL SURVEY OF CONCISION: TYPOGRAPIC, EDITORIAL, AND VISUAL
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131768
Washington: American Print Alliance, 1993-98. large 8vo. paper wrappers. 32 pages each. Eleven issues from Spring 1993 through Spring 1998. Each issue is broken up into three sections: Issue & Insights; Views & Reviews; The American Print Alliance. Well-illustrated. Includes interviews and articles on artists of book printing. READ MORE about CONTEMPORARY IMPRESSIONS, THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PRINT ALLIANCE
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 55496
(Amsterdam, Netherlands): The Pepin Press, (1998). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 352 pages. Reprint of 1996 edition. Introduction in English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish. Illustrates a wide range of "decorative possibilities" for publishing at the beginning of the twentieth century. READ MORE about CORNER & BORDER DESIGNS: ECKEN & REIHEN ANGULOS & ORLAS COINS & BORDURES ANGOLIO...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 125212
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
Kobenhavn: Den Danske Forlaeggerforening, (1954;1955;1962;1964;1965;1966;1967;1968. large 8vo. paper wrappers. Variously paginated. 17 issues of the Danish publication Det Danske Bogmarked. This publication is largely a bibliography of newly published Danish titles but contains short essays on book-related topics as well. Includes two commemorative issues celebrating the Danske Forlaeggerforening's 100th and 125th anniversaries. Illustrated in black-and-white. In Danish. READ MORE about DET DANSKE BOGMARKED
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 61903
San Francisco, CA: Black Stone Press, 1980. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 42 pages. Limited to 250 copies. Table of contents, biographical sketches of contributors. A collection of essays and poetic works. Illustrations. Corrigenda laid in. READ MORE about DEAD START: A JOURNAL OF LETTERS, DESIGN AND TYPOGRAPHIC PRINTMAKING
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 125060
Newark: University of Delaware, (1931). 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper cover label. 143 pages. B1-4670. Seventh series. With a one page prefatory note by the editor, Ezra B. Crooks. Article by H. Clay Reed on "Lincoln's Compensated Emancipation Plan and its relation to Delaware", Joseph Sidney Gould on "Three Decades of Delaware's Manufacturers" and other articles by Delaware faculty on non-Delaware related subjects. Remnants of paper label on front cover. READ MORE about DELAWARE NOTES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 67275
München: Südwest, 1964. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. Unpaginated. A lavish book of printing specimens from German printing firms. Over 75 specimens of fine printing, most in color; specimens include full-color reproductions of paintings, illuminated manuscripts, book illustrations, and title pages. Indexed. Jacket chipped and torn. READ MORE about DEUTSCHE DRUCKKUNST I
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 49506
4 volumes.
Princeton: Princeton University Library, 1938-1939. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 23; 24; 28; 24 pages. 4 volumes. Part 1 is on writing materials, part 2 is on the alphabet, part 3 is on the different forms and structures that the physical book developed in and part 4 is on illustrations in manuscripts. Written by Lawrence Thompson (1 and 3), Nabih Faris (part 2), and Albert M. Friend (part 4). READ MORE about DEVELOPMENT OF THE BOOK (THE
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 2155
Toronto, ON, Canada: The Devil's Artisan, 2009. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 103, (5) pages. Volume 64, feature articles about Gerard Brender à Brandis and Wesley W. Bates. READ MORE about THE DEVIL'S ARTISAN: A JOURNAL OF THE PRINTING ARTS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133456
Number 1. Milano: Edizioni Rovello, April 1979. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 96, (20) pages. The first issue of this well produced periodical. With a summary of articles in English. Includes Dino Villani giving a history of posters and Pietro Maroni on the Giunti. READ MORE about L' ESOPO, RIVISTA TRIMESTRALE DI BIBLIOFILIA
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 36312
(Schaffhausen: Peter Meili, 1973). oblong small 8vo. paper-covered boards. irregular pagination. Text in German and French. Numbered copy, 1105. This is a reprint of a Swiss "military exercise" book originally published in Schaffhausen, Switzerland in 1677. The original book was written by Johannes Schalch, a lieutenant, who was a Bailiff of Neuenkirch (1681-1687) and son of the riding master, Philipp Schalch. Several lovely engravings are included and there are many elaborate drawings of different battle... READ MORE about EXERCIER-BÜCHLEIN: DARINN ADELICHE UND KRIEGS-EXERCIEN/AUCH ALLERHAND STELL- ZUG- UND...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 92847
Buenos Aires: 11th Congress of the Argentine Graphics Industry, 1964. 4to. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. 76, (4) pages. Limited to 2,000 copies. catalogue for an exhibition, "Forms and stages of the book," held in Buenos Aires in 1964. Eight-hundred-nineteen entries. Numbered entries (the first 573, including 39 incunabula) are arranged chronologically and then by printer, editor or publisher. Other entries are mostly groupings of works by specific Argentine printers. With index. Covers soiled, chipped. Front... READ MORE about EXPOSICION, FORMAS Y ETAPAS DEL LIBRO
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 52002
San Francisco: Fine Print, 1981. 4to. later cloth-backed paper covered boards. 150, (2) pages. Complete set of volume seven. Four issues bound in one with covers preserved. READ MORE about FINE PRINT, THE REVIEW FOR THE ARTS OF THE BOOK VOLUME VII, NO.1-4, BOUND
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4 volumes.
Stockholm: Graphic Institute, 1954/1948/1947/1948. large 12mo. to 8vo. stapled or sewn, stiff paper wrappers. 117; 44; 12; 16 pages. 4 volumes. Four brochures from the early years of the Graphic Institute in Stockholm: An retrospective of 1954 with four articles (and text illustrations) on typography and printing, a report for 1947-48, introductory brochure of 1947 with photos, and an account of the first 5 years. Occasional soiling or browning; wrappers of "Redogörelse..." are starting to detach. READ MORE about GRAFISKA INSTITUTET, 1944-1954, MINNESKRIFT / REDOGORELSE FOR
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 52834
Ann Arbor: Edwards Brothers, Incorporated, (1978). 4to. wrappers. (iv), 107+(1) pages. Glossary of terms for the graphic arts and printing. Wrappers slightly soiled. READ MORE about GRAPHIC ARTS GLOSSARY
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 105272
Ann Arbor: Edwards Brothers, Incorporated, (1978). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 110 pages. Glossary of terms for the graphic arts and printing. READ MORE about GRAPHIC ARTS GLOSSARY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 105273
New York, NY: Graphis, Inc., 2010. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 303+(1) pages. Introductory comments by B. Martin Pedersen, publisher. A collection of articles on the state of graphic design in the Americas. Includes illustrations of noteworthy works, by nation, in North and South America. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about GRAPHIC DESIGN JOURNAL: AMERICAS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 122718
Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft. 4to. various bindings. Per issue:. An excellent collection of one of the most important periodicals concerning the book arts. Articles in various languages, including English, on facets of printing, papermaking, bibliography, illustration and binding. The following volumes are present: 1950, 1952, 1954 (2), 1955 (2), 1956, 1957 (2), 1958 (2), 1959 (2), 1961, 1962 (2), 1963, 1965, 1966 (2), 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977 (2), 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 (2), 1982, 1983, 1984 (2), 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 (4), 1989 (2), 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995 (3), 1996, 1998. READ MORE about GUTENBERG-JAHRBUCH, VERLAG DER GUTENBERG-GESELLSCHAFT IN MAINZ
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 20691
New York: The Haberule Co., (1959). square 8vo. fabric covers with plastic spiral binding. (68) pages. "A new and improved method of type calcualting which reduces to simple terms the whole complex problem of copy-casting." Text following by list of type faces and point sizes, a plastic rule inserted in a pocket in the booklet and a built in pica scale. READ MORE about HABERULE VISUAL COPY-CASTER
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 121988
Frankfurt am Main: Gesellschaft der Bucherfreunde, 1984. small 4to. cloth, leather spine label. 321+(1) pages. The eleventh volume of the new series of this yearly periodical. Ulrich & Kup p.20. The German equivalent to the Dolphin with surveys of the field of bookmaking and illustration. READ MORE about IMPRIMATUR, EIN JAHRBUCH FUR BUCHERFREUNDE NEUE FOLGE XI
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Frankfurt am Main: Gesellschaft der Bucherfreunde, (1965). small 4to. decorative cloth. 181 pages followed by ads. The fourth volume of the new series of this yearly periodical. Ulrich & Kup p.20. The German equivalent to the Dolphin with surveys of the field of bookmaking and illustration. Illustrations, some in color, and tipped-in examples. READ MORE about IMPRIMATUR, EIN JAHRBUCH FUR BUCHERFREUNDE NEUE FOLGE. BAND IV
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Frankfurt am Main: Gesellschaft der Bucherfreunde, 1972. small 4to. cloth, leather spine label, dust jacket. 349, (3) pages. The seventh volume of the new series of this yearly periodical. Ulrich & Kup p.20. The German equivalent to the Dolphin with surveys of the field of bookmaking and illustration. Illustrations, some in color. READ MORE about IMPRIMATUR, EIN JAHRBUCH FUR BUCHERFREUNDE NEUE FOLGE. BAND VII
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 78355
Bearbeitet von Herta Schwarz. Mit einer Bibliographie und einem redaktionsgeschichtlichen Versuch von Bertold Hack. Geleitwort von Fritz Homeyer.
Frankfurt am Main: Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen, 1966. 8vo. cloth. 127+(1) pages. Bearbeitet von Herta Schwarz. Mit einer Bibliographie und einem redaktionsgeschichtlichen Versuch von Bertold Hack. Geleitwort von Fritz Homeyer. Index to this periodical (See Ulrich and Kup p.20. The German equivalent of the Dolphin with surveys of the field of bookmaking and illustration. Illustrated. Limited to 1200 copies. READ MORE about IMPRIMATUR, EIN JAHRBUCH FUR BUCHERFREUNDE. REGISTER ZU BAND I BIS XII UND ZU BAND I BIS IV DER...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 104034
