TIPS.
Philadelphia: Bingham Company, 1960s. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 11 issues of this periodical. Includes practical hints on printing, a typeface of the month, and other information. READ MORE about TIPS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 24524
Printing History
TYPEMATTER, THE HOUSE MAGAZINE OF THE WESTERHAM PRESS.
Westerham, England: Westerham Press, 1978. 4to. self paper wrappers. ncludes no.4 (Christmas 1978)(2), no.5 (Winter 1979)(2). Filled with examples of fine printing including some use of color. About 12 pages each. Price is per issue. READ MORE about TYPEMATTER, THE HOUSE MAGAZINE OF THE WESTERHAM PRESS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 40830
TYPOGRAPHICA, SHOWING SOME NEW TYPES DESIGNED AND ENGRAVED BY FREDERIC W. GOUDY. No.6.
New York: Continental Typefounders Assoc. (1934). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages. Cary no.212 . The last issue of this periodical. An ornament has been cut out of one page of the specimen pages. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHICA, SHOWING SOME NEW TYPES DESIGNED AND ENGRAVED BY FREDERIC W. GOUDY. No.6
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 18749
TYPOGRAPHICA: THE VILLAGE LETTER FOUNDERY & THE VILLAGE TYPES. A SPECIMEN OF THE TYPES & BORDERS CAST & FOR SALE BY FREDERIC & BERTHA GOUDY.
New York: Continental Typefounders Assoc. (1926). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 33+(1) pages. No. 4 of the 6 issues of this periodical. Internally fine. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHICA: THE VILLAGE LETTER FOUNDERY & THE VILLAGE TYPES. A SPECIMEN OF THE TYPES &...
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 116573
UNWIN BROTHERS WILL BE PLEASED TO FORWARD ESTIMATES FOR PRICE LISTS, CATALOGUES AND PRINTING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. PRINTING IN OLD STYLE A SPECIALTY. ESTABLISHED 1826. THE GRESHAM PRESS... (From front cover).
London: Gresham Press, n.d. (ca. 1890’s). oblong 4to. original front cover present but worn; back cover lacking. (24) pages. Comprises priced specimens of labels, both blank and filled, and reversed for transfer, along with vignette specimens of pianos, piano stools, organs, musical cases, etc. Specimens printed in orange or black. No other copy traced. Front cover detached and heavily chipped around edges, contents very good. Back cover lacking. An incredible survival. READ MORE about UNWIN BROTHERS WILL BE PLEASED TO FORWARD ESTIMATES FOR PRICE LISTS, CATALOGUES AND PRINTING OF...
Price: $325.00 Order nr. 80255
VICTORIA CALLING CARDS.
New York: Hearst Books, (1992). 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 96 pages. First edition. Fascinating facts from the history of calling cards as graceful social accessories are recounted. Illustrated with a wonderful collection of contemporary cards. READ MORE about VICTORIA CALLING CARDS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 58574
ZENTRALBLATT FUR BIBLIOTHEKSWESEN VOLUME 28-30-35.
Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1968. thick 8vo. cloth. Reprint of the 1904, 1906, 1909 edition. Includes the following: 28. Hantzsch, V. Die Landkartenbestande der Kgl. offentlichen Bibliothek zu Dresden. vi, 146 pages. 30. Voullieme, E. Die Inkunabeln der Koniglichen Bibliothek und der anderen Berliner Sammlungen. Ein Inventar. vi, 400 pages. 35. Gunter, Otto. Die Wiegendrucke der Leipziger Sammlungen und der Herzoglichen Bibliothek in Altenburg. Ein Verzeichnis. ix, 352 pages. READ MORE about ZENTRALBLATT FUR BIBLIOTHEKSWESEN VOLUME 28-30-35
Price: $80.00 Order nr. 45962
ZENTRALBLATT FUR BIBLIOTHEKSWESEN VOLUME 38-41-43.
Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1968. thick 8vo. cloth. Reprint of the 1910, 1912, 1913 edition. Includes the following: 38. Vouillieme, E. Die Inkunabeln der offentlichen Bibliothek und der kleineren Buchersammlungen der Stadt Trier. xxxviii, 226 pagess. 41. Loffler, Karl. Die Handschriften des Klosters Weingarten. iv, (iii), 185 pages. 43. Schillmann, F. Wolfgang Trefler und die Bibliothek des Jakobsklosters zu Literature-und Bibliotheksgeschichte des ausgehenden Mittelalters. vi, (ii), 226 pages. READ MORE about ZENTRALBLATT FUR BIBLIOTHEKSWESEN VOLUME 38-41-43
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 45961
ZENTRALBLATT FUR BIBLIOTHEKSWESEN VOLUME 69-70.
Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1968. thick 8vo. cloth. Reprint of the 1937 - 1938 first editions. Includes the following: 69. Werner, G. und E. Schmidt-Herrling. Die Bibliotheken d. Universitat Altdorf. (x), 142 pages. 70. Kramm, Heinr. Deutsche Bibliotheken unter dem Einflusz von Humanismus und Reformation. Ein Beitrag zur deutschen Bildungsgeschichte. xxiv, 304 pages. READ MORE about ZENTRALBLATT FUR BIBLIOTHEKSWESEN VOLUME 69-70
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 45970
THE IMITATION OF CHRIST.
London, England: Elliot Stock, 1893. 4to. cloth, paper spine label, fore-edge uncut. unpaginated. A facsimile reporduction of teh first edition printed at Augsburg, Germany, in 1471. Introduction, with footnotes, by Canon W.J. Knox Little. Spine label rubbed. Covers slightly rubbed and scuffed at edges. Light tanning on endpapers. READ MORE about THE IMITATION OF CHRIST
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 130615
THE GATF PRACTICAL GUIDE TO COLOR MANAGEMENT.
Pittsburgh: GATFPress, (1998). large 8vo. pictorial paper covered boards. (xiv), 221, (5) pages. Illustrated in color throughout. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about THE GATF PRACTICAL GUIDE TO COLOR MANAGEMENT
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 99823
LES ARTS DE REPRODUCTION VULGARISES.
Paris: Librairies-Imprimeries Réunies, n.d. (circa 1894). 8vo. modern cloth with original stiff paper wrapper bound-in. (viii), x, 379, (3) pages. First edition. A manual of reproduction processes. Includes 140 illustrations within the text and examples of each process reproducing original designs of the author. Techniques discussed in this volume include dry point, lithography, heliogravure, and various color processes. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. A xerox of the entry for Adeline in..... READ MORE about LES ARTS DE REPRODUCTION VULGARISES
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 42765
TITLE PAGES AND INITIALS.
London, England: Coptic Press, 1965. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 48 pages. "Nineteenth Century Initials, Ornaments, and Borders: Part Two." Note on contents by the editor, Black and white illustrations of numerous initials and title pages. READ MORE about TITLE PAGES AND INITIALS
Price: $18.00 Order nr. 132137
DECORATIVE DEVICES.
London, England: Coptic Press, 1965. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 63+(1) pages. "Nineteenth Century Initials, Ornaments, and Borders: Part Three." Note on contents by the editor, Black and white illustrations of numerous pictorial ornaments, borders, and vignettes. READ MORE about DECORATIVE DEVICES
Price: $34.00 Order nr. 132139
THE PRINTED BOOK.
Cambridge: University Press, 1941. 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 141+(1) pages and 14 illustrations. Second edition, revised by John Carter and E.A. Crutchley. Excellent short guide to the history of printing. Jacket is tape repaired with red fabric tape at spine ends. READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 126848
PRINTING WITH THE HANDPRESS.
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., (1969). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 78 pages. Printing With the Handpress has been reproduced from the original edition which was limited to only 140 copies, and original printed at The Allen Press. This is one of the best of the printing manuals to be issued in the 20th century. With many decorations printed in blue, this work is becoming a scarce book in the first trade edition. Some scratches..... READ MORE about PRINTING WITH THE HANDPRESS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 290
SVERIGES BIBLIOGRAFISKA LITTERATUR FORTECKNAD AF J...TREDJE DELEN, HAFT 1, TYPOGRAFI OCH BOKHANDTVERK SAMT SUPPLEMENT TILL FOREGAENDE DELAR [SWEDEN'S BIBLIOGRAPHIC LITERATURE LISTED BY (THE AUTHOR), THE THIRD PART, FASICLE 1, TYPOGRAPHY AND BOOK ARTS, WITH SUPPLEMENT TO PRECEDING PARTS].
Stockholm: n.p. (Royal Library)), 1912. 8vo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 152 pages. Part III, fasc. 1 of the work listed in Besterman 5949. Entries no. 4951-5810 (i.e. 860) of this work. The making and selling of books, and the history thereof. The supplement lists bibliographies, biobibliographies, books on library science and archives, and library catalogues. Concludes with list of corrections and errata. Unopened. Covers detached and missing pieces; backing missing. READ MORE about SVERIGES BIBLIOGRAFISKA LITTERATUR FORTECKNAD AF J...TREDJE DELEN, HAFT 1, TYPOGRAFI OCH...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 52954
HANDSETZEREI, NEUEGESTALTUNG UND ORGANISATION IM BLICKFELD DES NORMEN- BEARBEITERS.
Berlin: Tribüne, n.d. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 39+(1) pages. On the organization of the composing room, for supervisors. Yellowed. READ MORE about HANDSETZEREI, NEUEGESTALTUNG UND ORGANISATION IM BLICKFELD DES NORMEN- BEARBEITERS
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 50670
BO SLAVNOM MESTE VILENSKOM: OCHERKI IZ ISTORII KNIGOPECHATANII (IN A GLORIOUS PLACE: ESSAYS FROM THE HISTORY OF BOOK PUBLISHING).
Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1962. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 170, (2) pages. Text in Russian. History of printing and publishing centered in Vilnius (Vilna), Lithuania. Focuses on the career of Frantsysk (ca. 1490-ca. 1535). Black and white illustrations throughout. English translation of author and title, University of Pennsylvania catalogue entry, and errata laid in. Dust jacket tanned and slightly worn at spine. READ MORE about BO SLAVNOM MESTE VILENSKOM: OCHERKI IZ ISTORII KNIGOPECHATANII (IN A GLORIOUS PLACE: ESSAYS FROM...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 108095
HANDBUCH FÜR KUPFERSTICHSAMMLER.
oder, Lexicon der vorzüglichsten kupferstecher des XIX. jahrhunderts welche in linienmanier gearbeitet haben, sowie beschreibung.
Leipzig: A. Danz, 1880. large 8vo. half leather with raised bands and gilt decoration, marbled paper-covered boards, all edges stained red. xxxxvii, (i), 478 pages. oder, Lexicon der vorzüglichsten kupferstecher des XIX. jahrhunderts welche in linienmanier gearbeitet haben, sowie beschreibung. First edition. This dictionary of engravers and engraving was intended as a handbook for print collectors. Bookbinder's tag H. Sperling of Leipzig. Bookplate on front pastedown indicates that this book came from the reference library..... READ MORE about HANDBUCH FÜR KUPFERSTICHSAMMLER
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 75742
A TYPOLOGICAL TALLY THIRTEEN HUNDRED WRITINGS IN ENGLISH ON PRINTING HISTORY, TYPOGRAPHY, BOOKBINDING AND PAPERMAKING.
Brighton: Privately printed, 1973. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 94 pages. S-K 59. Limited to 1250 copies. READ MORE about A TYPOLOGICAL TALLY THIRTEEN HUNDRED WRITINGS IN ENGLISH ON PRINTING HISTORY, TYPOGRAPHY,...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 235
A TYPOLOGICAL TALLY THIRTEEN HUNDRED WRITINGS IN ENGLISH ON PRINTING HISTORY, TYPOGRAPHY, BOOKBINDING AND PAPERMAKING.
Brighton: Privately printed, 1973. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 94 pages. S-K 59. Limited to 1250 copies. Jacket chipped along top with two tears. READ MORE about A TYPOLOGICAL TALLY THIRTEEN HUNDRED WRITINGS IN ENGLISH ON PRINTING HISTORY, TYPOGRAPHY,...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 120134
SOME HINTS ON PRINTING AND PUBLISHING IN NEPAL.
Kathmandu: Suresh B. Malla, (1974). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 32 pages. Discusses printing and publishing in general as well as children's books and the periodical press. READ MORE about SOME HINTS ON PRINTING AND PUBLISHING IN NEPAL
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 49491
LE LIVRE, SON ARCHITECTURE SA TECHNIQUE. Preface d'Henri Foucillon.
Paris: Les Editions G. Cres et Cie, 1924. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xiii, 280 pages. First edition. An impressive guide to the history of the book. Illustrated. One of the special sections is devoted to the different printing methods, arranged in chronological order; another is on different composing machines done in the same manner. READ MORE about LE LIVRE, SON ARCHITECTURE SA TECHNIQUE. Preface d'Henri Foucillon
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 39445
THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, FROM DRAWINGS MADE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR TERRITORIES.
7 Volumes.
New York, and Philadelphia, NY & PA: J. J. Audubon and J. B. Chevalier, [1839] 1840-1844. 8vo. full morocco bindings with gilt ornamentation around covers, five raised bands, gilt on spine, marbled edges, later cloth slipcases. variously paginated. 7 Volumes. Rinderknecht and Bruntjen 40-328, First octavo edition. From the private library of Dr. Elliott and Eileen Hinkes. Table of contents in each volume, Introductory comments by Audubon precede text in volumes I and II. List..... READ MORE about THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, FROM DRAWINGS MADE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR TERRITORIES
Price: $67,500.00 Order nr. 131435