Paris: Dunod, 1920. 8vo. cloth. (iv), 282 pages. Text in French. No. VI in "La Technique des Affaires" series. Guidebook for printing techniques, design, letters, advertising and catalogues. Black and white illustrations. 12 black and white plates. Boards faded at edges. Light tanning. READ MORE about LES AFFAIRES ET L'IMPRIMÉ
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 107632
(Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing, 2001). 8vo. cloth. viii, 403+(1) pages. Reprint of the 1890 first edition printed in Milano published by Ulrico Hoepli (Besterman 5149). The annotated listings describe 769 works created by the printing establishments of Andrea Torresano, Antonio Blado and Ragazzoni, which were operating in Venice and Rome during the 15th and 16th centuries. READ MORE about DEI TORRESANI, BLADO E RAGAZZONI CELEBRI STAMPATORI A VENEZIA E ROMA NEL XV E XVI SECOLO COGLI...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 63470
Ouvrage Orné de Planches. Enrichi de notes et d'un appendice renfermant tous les nouveaux procédés, les découvertes, méthodes et l'invention nouvelles appliquées ou applicables a cet art, par plusieurs imprimeurs de la capitale.
Paris: Chez Leonce Laget, 1978. thick small 8vo. cloth. (iv), 320 pages. Ouvrage Orné de Planches. Enrichi de notes et d'un appendice renfermant tous les nouveaux procédés, les découvertes, méthodes et l'invention nouvelles appliquées ou applicables a cet art, par plusieurs imprimeurs de la capitale. Photo-facsimile re-publication limited to 500 copies of the Paris, Roret, 1840 edition (See Bigmore & Wyman I,52 for 1837 edition). Contains four plates. With the bookplate and pencil signature of..... READ MORE about NOUVEAU MANUEL COMPLET DE L'IMPRIMEUR EN TAILLE-DOUCE
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 98707
An Exhibition to Commemorate the Bicentenary of the Birth of Peter Buchan (1790-1854)
N.P. North East of Scotland Museums Service, (1990). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. An Exhibition to Commemorate the Bicentenary of the Birth of Peter Buchan (1790-1854). The primary contents of this catalogue are the short biographies of the members of the family of Peter Buchan who held literary significance. Peter Buchan was a 19th century Scottish printer. Contains six black-and-white figures, four of which are portraits and two are title pages of books printed..... READ MORE about LITERARY FAMILIES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 100113
(Berkeley): George L. Harding & Roger Levenson, 1976. small 8vo. cloth. xii, 26, (2) pages. Limited to 100 copies for sale. Information on D.B. Updike. READ MORE about SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF THE MERRYMOUNT PRESS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 62428
(Berkeley): George L. Harding & Roger Levenson, 1976. small 8vo. cloth. xii, 26, (2) pages. One of 15 copies printed for the Companions of the Moxon Chappel. Information on D.B. Updike. READ MORE about SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF THE MERRYMOUNT PRESS
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 21560
Chicago: The Lakeside Press Galleries, (1957). folio. stiff paper wrappers. (12) pages. Designed as an invitation to the exhibition, the text contains some background on early printed Bibles. Also contains a wood engraving in three colors by Bernard Brussel-Smith. Covers faded. READ MORE about YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEE AN EXHIBITION ON FIVE CENTURIES OF THE PRINTED...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 36428
New York: Scholastic Press, (1997). 8vo. dust jacket, boards. (iv), 220 pages. First edition. Juvenile fictional novel set in the 1600's in a printing office. READ MORE about JAMES PRINTER, A NOVEL OF REBELLION
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 105345
New York: Ward and Drummond, n.d. (circa 1870s). small 8vo. original cloth. 393 pages. A fictional tale about Gutenburg and his adoption of a young, wild girl. Includes references to papermaking, writing, printing and more. Illustrated frontispiece. Covers rubbed. Paper is yellowed. READ MORE about THE NOBLE PRINTER AND HIS ADOPTED DAUGHTER, A TALE OF THE FIRST PRINTED BIBLE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 69782
(Hranicích: Druzstvo, 1930). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, edges uncut. unpaginated. Text in Czech. Limited edition of 200 (Sáñka III, 2577). Bibliophiles and Printers. Two woodcuts, two drawings. Includes a tribute to T.G. Masaryk, then President of Czechoslovakia. Wrappers bent at edges and torn at spine. READ MORE about BIBLIOFILIE V TISKÁRNE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 108253
Hamden: Archon Press, (1967). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 129 pages. First U.S. edition. Two major sections; The History of Books and The Analysis and Description of Books. Chapters on printing, illustration, paper, binding, the book trade, etc. Bookplate. READ MORE about HISTORICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 20638
3 Volumes.
New York, NY: Allworth Press, (1994). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, slipcase. xviii, 19-245+(1); xiv, 273+(1); xx, 283+(1) pages. 3 Volumes. A collection of essays on graphic design. Introduction by Steven Heller. Each volume with introduction, acknowledgments, biographical sketches of contributors, and index. Foreword by Heller in Volume 3, in which Rick Poyner contributed to the introduction. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about LOOKING CLOSER: CRITICAL WRITINGS ON GRAPHIC DESIGN
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 121625
San Francisco: Fine Print, 1989. 4to. cloth, dust-jacket. (viii), 148 pages. First edition. An anthology of the most interesting and informative articles published in Fine Print under the title "On Type." Covers a wide range of topics from the sixteenth century to the present day. Review copy with material inserted. READ MORE about FINE PRINT ON TYPE. THE BEST OF FINE PRINT MAGAZINE ON TYPE AND TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 23196
2 Volumes.
London, England: Bernard Quaritch, 1880, 1884, 1886. 8vo. quarter leather, cloth (Volume I); cloth (Volume II). xii, 449, (3); viii, 412, viii, 115+(1) pages. 2 Volumes. Volumes 2 and 3 are bound together. Introductory comments precede text in all three volumes. Black and white illustrations. Volume II a later edition. Prospectus, portrait of publisher Bernard Quaritch, and newspaper clipping laid in Volume I. Front cover and endpapers separated on Volume I. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTING
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 129128
London: Published jointly by The Holland Press and Oak Knoll Books, (1978). thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii,449+(1); viii,412; (ii),115 pages. Reprint taken directly from the original edition of 1880. The definitive work on printing history; with illustrations and biographical notes. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTING WITH NOTES & ILLUSTRATIONS
Price: $80.00 Order nr. 1345
3 volumes bound in one.
London: Holland Press, (1969). thick 8vo. cloth. xii,499+(1); viii,412; (ii),115 pages. 3 volumes bound in one. Reprint taken from the original edition of 1880. The definitive work on printing history. Includes illustrations and many biographical notes. Some spotting of covers. Lacks jacket. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTING WITH NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 120195
N.P. n.p., 1823. narrow 4to. disbound. (i), 19 + 1 pages. The bill repealing two acts passed in the 39th, 40th and in the 41st years of the reign of King George III which themselves were repeals of acts passed in the reign of King James I all to do with the use of Horse Hides in the making of Boots and Shoes, and for better prevention of damaging raw hides and skins . These..... READ MORE about Bill for Repealing Two Acts
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 87788
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1991. 4to. Japanese cloth with leather spine label. 56 pages. First edition, limited to 230 numbered copies (Berger A50). Henry Morris printed only 160 copies of this book (Leaf Book - Chalmers 198). With introduction by Henry Morris. Discusses the history and invention of one the lesser-known graphic processes. Includes an original complete folio leaf from Achille Collas' Tresor de numismatique-- which was illustrated by this process-- and photographic..... READ MORE about THE ART OF MEDAL ENGRAVING
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 61557
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1991. 4to. Japanese cloth with leather spine label. 56 pages. First edition, limited to 230 numbered copies; this copy is not numbered and has the following note by Morris on the colophon page "Binder's sample 6-27-91." (Berger A50). Henry Morris printed only 160 copies of this book (Leaf Book - Chalmers 198). With introduction by Henry Morris. Discusses the history and invention of one the lesser-known graphic processes. Includes..... READ MORE about THE ART OF MEDAL ENGRAVING
Price: $110.00 Order nr. 120211
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 2008. small 4to. quarter morocco with Japanese cloth sides, leather spine label. 194 pages. First edition, limited to 150 numbered copies. The private press has been with us in one form or another for 200 years or more. The equipment for a small private press was inexpensive, required little space and almost anyone could learn to do basic printing in a short time. Private typecasting is entirely different. A...... READ MORE about PRIVATE TYPECASTERS, PRESERVING THE CRAFT OF HOT-METAL TYPE INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Price: $750.00 Order nr. 100094
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 2008. small 4to. unbound signatures. 194 pages. First edition, limited to 150 numbered copies; this copy is not numbered and consists of unbound signatures for the book. The private press has been with us in one form or another for 200 years or more. The equipment for a small private press was inexpensive, required little space and almost anyone could learn to do basic printing in a short time..... READ MORE about PRIVATE TYPECASTERS, PRESERVING THE CRAFT OF HOT-METAL TYPE INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Price: $325.00 Order nr. 120691
N.P. (but Newtown, PA): Bird & Bull Press, 1998. 4to. quarter black morocco, leather spine label, Japanese cloth-covered boards, cloth-covered clamshell box with leather spine label. 152, (6) pages, with 30 additional pages and 6 additional leaves of paper & printing samples and reproductions. This fine letterpress work is an edition limited to only 225 numbered copies, of which 180 are pre-subscribed (Berger A61; Leaf Book - Chalmers 215). Henry Morris's Bird & Bull Press..... READ MORE about DARD HUNTER & SON
Price: $850.00 Order nr. 53318
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1999. large 4to. cloth with leather spine label, in special cloth solander case with leather spine. 72, (5) pages, with additional pages of color illustrations. Limited to 150 numbered copies printed at the Bird & Bull Press (Berger A62). Includes chapters on Bird & Bull Incunabula, 19th-Century Security Papers, Lessing J. Rosenwald, Numismata Typographica, Farewell to Papermaking, A History of Die Cutting, The Wurzburg Lithography and more. Includes a...... READ MORE about VIGNETTES, AN ECLECTIC ASSEMBLAGE OF ANECDOTES ABOUT PAPERMAKING
Price: $240.00 Order nr. 56850
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1999. large 4to. cloth with leather spine label, in special cloth solander case with leather spine. 72, (5) pages, with additional pages of color illustrations. Limited to 150 numbered copies printed at the Bird & Bull Press; this is one of the first four numbered copies and is a copy "with extra material" according to the pencil note by Henry Morris in the colophon (Berger A62). Includes chapters on..... READ MORE about VIGNETTES, AN ECLECTIC ASSEMBLAGE OF ANECDOTES ABOUT PAPERMAKING
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 120383
North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1979. tall 8vo. quarter leather over decorated paper-covered boards. 123 pages. Limited to 300 numbered copies; this copy is not numbered but has "binder's sample 2/20/79" written on the colophon (Taylor A21). This work is an excellent, scholarly study, finely printed by Henry Morris. With two original plates intended for Bigelow's book, Jacob Bigelow's American Medical Botany shows a plate that Bigelow had meant to use in his..... READ MORE about JACOB BIGELOW'S AMERICAN MEDICAL BOTANY, 1817-1821, AN EXAMINATION OF THE ORIGIN, PRINTING,...
Price: $400.00 Order nr. 120357
