New York: Bauer Type Foundry, n.d. (circa 1940). small 4to. cloth. Not paginated. Second edition. Well produced catalogue issued by this German firm with demonstrations in different colors. Spine faded with rubbing. Bookplate on front pastedown.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about SPECIMEN BOOK OF BAUER TYPES
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 15669
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, (1988). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xxvii, 257 pages. First edition. A type specimen book which greatly aids selection or comparison of typefaces. Each face is classified and numbered according to seven basic variables. A cross reference chart provides details of exact or similar faces. Full alphabets are shown, along with variations of weight, proportion and set where possible. Additional information is provided including the supplier, suggested usage and alternative..... READ MORE about MANUAL OF COMPARATIVE TYPOGRAPHY THE PANOSE SYSTEM
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 24454
Gloucester, MA: Rockport Publishers, 2003. 8vo. paper wrappers. 302 pages. Heavily illustrated. Virtually mint condition with no marks or inscriptions.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about 30 ESSENTIAL TYPEFACES FOR A LIFETIME
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 135179
Nevada City, CA: Harold Berliner's Typefoundry, (1982). large 8vo. paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. Catalogue of typographical ornament. READ MORE about A GARDEN OF PRINTERS' FLOWERS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 51732
New York: Garland Publishing Inc., 1983. 4to. cloth. xi,iii-liii,100,28-40,(3) pages. Reprint of the two important bibliographical pieces with a new introduction. Includes reproductions of the original fold-out plates and retains the Stanley Morison introduction (See Appleton 139). READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF SPECIMENS OF PRINTING TYPES BY ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH PRINTERS AND FOUNDERS,...
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 570
London: Blandford Press, 1949. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 152 pages. First edition. Well illustrated introduction to typography. Jacket worn with pieces missing. Name in ink on dust jacket and free endpaper. Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about APPROACH TO TYPE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 37525
London: Blandford Press, (1961). small 4to. cloth. 136 pages. Second edition. Well illustrated introduction to typography. Minor jacket chipping. Bookplate. READ MORE about AN APPROACH TO TYPE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 19724
(Arlington, VA): National Composition Association, 1980. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 22 pages. The pros and cons of in-house typesetting, mainly an economic analysis. Biographical sketch of the author, table of contents, endnotes. Brochures, a newspaper clipping and correspondence laid in. READ MORE about IN-HOUSE TYPESETTING. . .WEIGH THE FACTS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 109757
Skaneateles, NY: Michael Bixler, (1988). 4to. stiff paper wrappers with signatures loosely inserted. Unpaginated. A book of type specimens, focusing on Dante, Bembo and Walbaum in varying sizes. Also includes a list of British Monotype composition and display typefaces, and an impressive list of clients of the firm. READ MORE about SPECIMENS OF DANTE, BEMBO AND WALBAUM
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 46550
London: Architecture Design and Technology Press, 1990. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. ix, 106 pages. First edition. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about TYPEFACES FOR DESKTOP PUBLISHING, A USERS GUIDE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 98827
(Corte Madera, CA: Gingko Press Inc., 1998). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 191+(1) pages. First edition. Printed in full color throughout.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about 20TH CENTURY TYPE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 124867
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1975. 8vo. cloth. 71; 95; 130 pages. Covers soiled. Title written in ink on spine of two of the volumes. READ MORE about PRINTING HISTORY, FORMS AND USE, A CATALOGUE IN THREE PARTS OF THE COLLECTION FORMED BY JACKSON...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 120078
Leiden: Ter Lugt Press, 1983. folio. stiff paper wrappers. 23 pages. Limited to only 108 copies. With a facsimile of this specimen broadside. Prospectus loosely inserted. READ MORE about THE LEIDEN 'AFDRUCKSEL' A TYPE SPECIMEN OF THE PRESS OF WILLEM SILVIUS IN ITS LAST DAYS (1582), A...
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 78881
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, (1974). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 192 pages. First edition, second printing. Profusely illustrated. Near fine.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about ART OF THE PRINTED BOOK 1455-1955; MASTERPIECES OF TYPOGRAPHY THROUGH FIVE CENTURIES FROM THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 22373
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, (1984). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 192 pages. First edition, fourth printing. Profusely illustrated. Name in ink. READ MORE about ART OF THE PRINTED BOOK 1455-1955; MASTERPIECES OF TYPOGRAPHY THROUGH FIVE CENTURIES FROM THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 36775
London: The Bodley Head, 1974. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 192 pages. First English edition. Profusely illustrated. Jacket spine slightly faded. READ MORE about ART OF THE PRINTED BOOKS 1455-1955
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 15638
Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College Library, (1989). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 250, (2) pages. Reprint of first edition. A study of the more interesting of American typographers from colonial times to the present. Well illustrated. READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 34364
Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College Library, (1989). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xvi, 250, (2) pages. Reprint of first edition. A study of the more interesting of American typographers from colonial times to the present. Well-illustrated. Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 45842
Boston: David R. Godine, (1977). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 250, (2) pages. First edition. A study of the more interesting of American typographers from colonial times to the present. Well-illustrated. Jacket spine faded; chipped around edges. READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 64775
Boston: David R. Godine, (1977). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 250, (2) pages. First edition. A study of the more interesting of American typographers from colonial times to the present. Well-illustrated. With a small paper label on the free endpaper calling attention to the fact that this book was printed on Mohawk Superfine Text. READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 105191
Boston: David R. Godine, (1977). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 250, (2) pages. First edition. A study of the more interesting of American typographers from colonial times to the present. Well-illustrated. Presentation on half-title "Inscribed for Mike McCurdy, Joe Blumenthal." READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 114825
Boston: David R. Godine, (1977). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 250, (2) pages. First edition. A study of the more interesting of American typographers from colonial times to the present. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 124825
New York, NY: Crescent Books, 1995. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 302 pages. Introduction, Bibliography. Clip art and motifs from Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, Australasia. Fine condition.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about THE CLIP ART BOOK OF DESIGNS: MORE THAN 5,000 MOTIFS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135187
New York: Publishers Printing Company, the William Bradford Press, n.d. small 4to. cloth-backed boards. 35 pages. Printer's type specimen book produced to show work for this book auction house. Well preserved copy still in glassine jacket. READ MORE about TYPE & DECORATIVE MATERIAL USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF CATALOGUES FOR THE AMERICAN ART...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 41043
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1926. 8vo. printed paper-covered boards, slipcase. 23 pages. With the following as part of the title page "One hundred copies printed for Stanley Morison at the press of Doubleday, Page & Co." "Morison spent a month and a half in America. He got the 'The Influence of the Audience' printed, a neat plain little book set in Caslon, with capitals two sizes smaller than the lower-case letters" - (Barker..... READ MORE about THE INFLUENCE OF THE AUDIENCE. CONSIDERATIONS PRELIMINARY TO THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF...
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 80064
