THE BODONI MUSEUM.
(Parma: Bodoni Museo, 1979). 8vo. orange stiff paper wrappers. 13 pages. Illustrated. A fine copy. READ MORE about THE BODONI MUSEUM
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 40506
(Parma: Bodoni Museo, 1979). 8vo. orange stiff paper wrappers. 13 pages. Illustrated. A fine copy. READ MORE about THE BODONI MUSEUM
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 40506
Rochester: The Press of the Good Mountain, 1971. tall 8vo. quarter cloth over marbled paper-covered boards. xii, 129, (3) pages. Limited to 100 copies. A fine copy. Composed in 16-point Bauer Bodoni type by Alexander Lawson and printed by Archie Provan. With a foreword by Lawson, a reprint of H.V. Marrot's translation into English of Bodoni's preface to his MANUALE TIPOGRAFICOof 1818 and a frontispiece woodcut portrait of Bodoni by Bernard Brussel-Smith. READ MORE about BODONI, THE PRINTER OF PARMA. AN ESSAY
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 33763
Katalog II
München: Weiss & Co., (1926). thin 4to. cloth covered boards, paper cover label. 126 pages. Katalog II. A near fine copy. Impressive collection of Bodoni with 516 items bibliographically described. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about GIAMBATTISTA BODONI OPERA TYPOGRAPHICAE MDCCLXIX - MDCCCXXXIX
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 6283
Munchen: Weiss & Co., (1926). thin 4to. later two-toned cloth with paper cover and spine labels. 126 pages. 516 items bibliographically described. Fine copy. READ MORE about GIAMBATTISTA BODONI OPERA TYPOGRAPHICAE MDCCLXIX - MDCCCXXXIX
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 20950
London: Elkin Mathews Ltd., 1925. 8vo. boards, glassine dust jacket. (x), 57 pages. First edition in English, limited to 310 copies. With the original glassine, which has a tear and corresponding creasing and some loss on the upper rear panel. Some darkening to board edges, minor foxing to deckled edges. Bookplate of Daniel Berkeley Bianchi on front pastedown. Overall a near-fine copy in the publisher's near-fine glassine dust jacket. Scarce in this condition as the..... READ MORE about G.B. BODONI'S PREFACE TO THE MANUALE TIPOGRAFICO OF 1818 NOW FIRST TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH, WITH...
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 4472
New York: Diamant Typographic Service, 1946. 16mo. boards. 109, (3) pages. The fourth of the "Diamant Classic" reprints. Bohn covers a number of techniques of reproduction that were being used in the middle of the 19th century. Bookplate. READ MORE about ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF PRINTING A LECTURE DELIVERED AT TWICKENHAM, APRIL 8TH, AND REPEATED BY...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 703
Bonn: Wilhelm Stollfuss Verlag, (1969). square 8vo. cloth. 105, (11) pages. First edition. The Bonner Universitäts-Buchdruckerei celebrates its 150 year anniversary with this look back at their history. Illustrated with images of their books and their production processes. A facsimile of a 1819 map of Bonn is loosely inserted in an envelope at back. In German. READ MORE about 150 JAHRE BONNER UNIVERSITÄTS-BUCHDRUCKEREI 1819-1969
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 62730
San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Center for the Book, 2001. 4to. self paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. A catalogue of classes and exhibitions on book arts, binding, printing, and related subjects. READ MORE about BOOK ARTS CLASSES AND EXHIBITIONS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 129401
San Francisco: Book Club of California, The, 1999. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 95+(1) pages. A keepsake for the members of the Book Club of California, published to commemorate the birth of lithography two hundred years before. Michael Twyman, J. Curtiss Taylor, Gary F. Kurutz and George K. Fox all contribute articles to the keepsake, which cover the history, trade cards of early British Lithographers, prints of George Henry Goddard and more. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE BICENTENNIAL OF LITHOGRAPHY
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 103076
3 volumes, complete.
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1980-87. large square 8vo. paper wrapper. (vi),33,(5); (vi),34,(6); x,55,(3) pages. 3 volumes, complete. Keepsakes from the Book Club of California for the years 1980-1987. (Olmsted p.60.) Part I, edited by Muir Dawson and Carey S. Bliss, describes 30 books from the years 1833-1890. Part II, edited by Bruce L. Johnson and Robert D. Harlan, describes 23 books produced during the years 1890-1925. Part III, edited by Sandra Kirshenbaum and..... READ MORE about CALIFORNIA PRINTING, A SELECTED LIST OF BOOKS WHICH ARE SIGNIFICANT OR REPRESENTATIVE OF A...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 49141
With an Annotated Bibliography
San Francisco: Book Club of California, The, 1983. 8vo. cloth. 84, (4) pages. With an Annotated Bibliography. First edition, limited to 550 copies. Designed and printed by Harold Berliner. With a well-annotated 57-item bibliography of Doxey's publications. Illustrated. With errata slip. READ MORE about WILLIAM DOXEY'S SAN FRANCISCO PUBLISHING VENTURE, AT THE SIGN OF THE LARK
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 24732
Volume I, no. 1 to Volume 5, no.4
London: Printing News Ltd., 1958-1961. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Volume I, no. 1 to Volume 5, no.4. With twenty issues in all, complete from the first issue to the fourth issue of the fifth volume. The first issue has the following in ink on the front cover "Benham's marked copy" - Benham was the printer. The illustrations in this issue have a cross drawn through many of them. READ MORE about BOOK DESIGN AND PRODUCTION. Edited by James Moran
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 76456
A SERIES OF LUNCHEON DISCUSSIONS PRESENTED AS THE 1959-1960 PROGRAM OF THE TRADE BOOK CLINIC OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF GRAPHIC ARTS.
New York: American Institute of Graphic Arts. (1961). 12mo. cloth. 110. (2) pages. A SERIES OF LUNCHEON DISCUSSIONS PRESENTED AS THE 1959-1960 PROGRAM OF THE TRADE BOOK CLINIC OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF GRAPHIC ARTS. Eight talks are printed; Lusty on a British Publisher Looks at American Book Production, a talk by William Targ, Robert Josephy, Allen F. Hurlbut, etc. Minor spotting to boards, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about THE LOOK OF THE BOOK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 12135
Frankfurt a.M. Stiftung Buchkunst, 1971. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 103+(1) pages. History, explanation of judging categories, data and statistical tables for the competition "Die schönsten deutschen Bücher" [the most beautiful German books] for 1951-1970 (cover states "1950-1970), with bibliography of prizewinning books. READ MORE about ZWANZIG JAHRE BUCHKUNST, ERGEBNISSE DER WETTBEWERBE 1951-1970, BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND [20...
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 52862
London: The British Federation of Master Printers, 1953. small 8vo. cloth. 62, (2) pages. Third edition, revised, of adopted standards issued by the Technical Committee as information of value to Master Printers, Estimators, and others. Sections on Paper, Boards, Stationery, Books, Blocks, Types, and Miscellaneous, including "Standard conditions of the printing industry." READ MORE about TABLES AND DATA AND STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR PRINTERS AND BINDERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 72290
Introduction by J. Toulet.
Brussels: Bibliotheca Wittockiana, 1986. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 167 pages. Introduction by J. Toulet. Descriptions of 75 important bindings collected by Breslauer with illustrations of each. Some full color plates. Each book in the collection has text concerning bibliography, binding, printing or some other books about books theme. Spine and covers faded. READ MORE about HISTORIC & ARTISTIC BOOKBINDINGS FROM THE BIBLIOTHECA BIBLIOGRAPHICA BRESLAUERIANA
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 23487
Introduction by J. Toulet.
Brussels: Bibliotheca Wittockiana, 1986. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 167 pages. Introduction by J. Toulet. Descriptions of 75 important bindings collected by Breslauer with illustrations of each. Spine faded, else a near fine copy. Some full color plates. Each book in the collection has text concerning bibliography, binding, printing or some other books about books theme. READ MORE about HISTORIC & ARTISTIC BOOKBINDINGS FROM THE BIBLIOTHECA BIBLIOGRAPHICA BRESLAUERIANA
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 72029
Chicago: Caxton Club, 1901. 4to. original cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. 102 pages. First edition, limited to only 252 copies. (Mejer no.288; Brenni no.803; S-K 4201). Ex-library copy with mark on spine, spine label has pieces missing. Light wear to extremities. Only the slightest hint of offsetting to opposite pages for a handful of the color plates. All tissue guards are present. Earlham College Library bookplate stamped "withdrawn" on front free endpaper and another bookplate..... READ MORE about THOMAS BERTHELET, ROYAL PRINTER AND BOOKBINDER TO HENRY VIII, KING OF ENGLAND, WITH SPECIAL...
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 5743
N.P. Guild of Book Workers, 1992. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (120) pages. Introductions by Peter D. Verheyen, J. Franklin Mowery, etc. Illustrated in color. Spine faded. READ MORE about FINE PRINTERS FINELY BOUND TOO, THE 86TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION OF THE GUILD OF BOOKWORKERS
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 79882
New York: Thomas J. Watson Library, 1987. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (20) pages. With a woodcut by John DePol. Books selected by Ken Botnick and Steve Miller. READ MORE about FINE PRINTERS FINELY BOUND, FINELY MADE BOOKS IN EXCEPTIONAL EDITION BINDINGS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 33549
London: British Museum, 1939. 8vo. boards. 146 pages. The section on bookbinding contains 9 full-page illustrations of bookbindings (S-K 1041). Wear at head of spine. READ MORE about GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITION IN THE KING'S LIBRARY ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY OF PRINTING,...
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 5806
London: British Museum, 1926. 8vo. boards. 180 pages. The section on bookbinding contains 9 full-page illustrations of bookbindings (S-K 1041). Covers spotted and age darkened. READ MORE about GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITION IN THE KING'S LIBRARY ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY OF PRINTING,...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 49671
London: British Museum, 1901. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 149 pages. The section on bookbinding contains 7 illustrations of bookbindings (S-K 1041). READ MORE about GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITION IN THE KING'S LIBRARY ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY OF PRINTING,...
Price: $32.50 Order nr. 62282
London: Odhams Press Ltd., (1948). 8vo. cloth. 448 pages. Reprint of the 1946 first edition. Full of practical information. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Spine slightly faded. READ MORE about PRACTICAL PRINTING AND BINDING; A COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN ALL BRANCHES OF...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 5925
London: ABA, 1979. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 85, (3) pages. Fourth edition, revised. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS' ASSOCIATION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 87063