New York: Times, 1927. small 4to. two toned cloth. (iv), 83 pages. First edition. Near fine. Series 24. The section on illustrations is interesting because of the plates. READ MORE about NEW YORK TIMES TYPOGRAPHICAL STANDARDS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 9810
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. 8vo. cloth. xii, 438 pages. First edition. Chapters on Theodore Watts-Dunton, George Gissing, Robert Burns, Shakespeare, etc. Minor cover rubbing. READ MORE about A BOOKMAN'S LETTERS
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 88036
Copenhaven: Forening for Boghandvaerk [Association for Book Craft], 1960. small 8vo. paper-covered boards. 112, (4) pages. Basic information on many things: paper, type, title pages, text pages, citations, margins, colophons, types of text (poetry, etc.), illustrations, etc. With bibliography. Backing lightly browned. READ MORE about TYPOGRAFISK ABC FOR BOGVENNER
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 51403
N.P. Parsimony Press, (1993). 8vo. paperback. unpaginated. First edition. Spine faded, else a fine copy. Bound dos-à-dos. Opinions of individuals affected by the advent of desk top publishing. Introduction by the editor. Illustrations.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about TYPES BEST REMEMBERED/TYPES BEST FORGOTTEN
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 136370
(Los Angeles: Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs, 1982). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (4) pages. Printed by Tyrus G. Harmsen at the Occidental College Library Press in an edition limited to 150 copies for members of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs, on the occasion of their joint meeting, October 9-10, 1982. Prefatory note by Harmsen. The Subiaco was modelled after the first type of Sweynheym and Pannartz, with which they had printed three books in 1465. READ MORE about SUBIACO, A LETTER FROM C.H. ST. JOHN HORNBY TO ROBERT GEORGE COLLIER PROCTOR
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 63821
Frankfurt: D. Stempel and Classen-Papier, (1989). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 101 pages. A history of this printing house. A fine copy in fine jacket. Introduction by Hermann Zapf. READ MORE about SCHWARZE KUNST - FARBIG : EINE DRUCKEREI IM WANDEL DER TECHNIK
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 136774
(London: Printing Historical Society, 1965). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. 22 pages. Limited to 175 copies. A facsimile of the 1788 catalogue printed by T. Rickaby of London showing 52 of Cornelius and John Paas's beautiful brass ornaments for card borders. Includes historical note. READ MORE about A SPECIMEN OF BRASS CARD BORDERS, ON AN ENTIRE NEW PRINCIPLE, BY C. & A. PAAS, ENGRAVERS TO...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 56448
New York: American Printing History Association, 1998. 8vo. cloth. 176, (4) pages followed by 38 plates. This book is a fascinating survey of typefaces developed in America after 1892 and intended for composition in metal for the use of an individual or press. It includes essays by the following: Susan Otis Thompson on American Arts & Crafts typefaces, Martin Hutner on the Merrymount Press, Herbert Johnson on Bruce Rogers's Centaur type, Cathleen Baker on Dard..... READ MORE about AMERICAN PROPRIETARY TYPEFACES
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 97457
Research Triangle Park: Ventana Press, 1993. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xxxvi, 428 pages. Third edition. A guide which outlines the skills necessary to create attractive printed materials, such as advertisements, newsletters, brochures, and manuals. Illustrated with many examples of design techniques. Indexed. Rear corner bumped. Previous ownership stamp on front pastedown.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about LOOKING GOOD IN PRINT
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 56647
Zürich, Switzerland: Graphis Press Corp. (1994). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 251, (5) pages. Table of contents, introduction by the editor, glossary, biographical sketches of contributors, index. Color frontispiece, color illustrations throughout. An examination of typography from classical to modern times. Advertisements for other books and magazines by the publisher follow text. READ MORE about GRAPHIS TYPOGRAPHY I: THE INTERNATIONAL COMPILATION OF THE BEST TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGN
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 122714
Cambridge: Double Crown Club, Printed for the Club by Lund Humphries, 1979. folio. paper wrappers. 15 pages. Very scarce pamphlet reciting the talk by Charles Peignot on French Typography, with type specimen illustrations. Probably only about 120 copies issued. An unusually large format for a Double Crown Club publication. The pamphlet of type specimens - printed by the Cambridge University Press - shows 20th Century work by Naudin, Carlegle, Girard, the Peignots, Maximilien Vox, Cassandre..... READ MORE about FRENCH TYPOGRAPHY 1920 - 1939: AN ADDRESS GIVEN TO THE 249TH MEETING OF THE DOUBLE CROWN CLUB BY...
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 136138
Paris: Éditions des Cendres, 1994. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 118, (40) pages. Text in French. Limited to an edition of 850 printed on satin laid paper by Lana. A look at Perrin by a friend and contemporary. Includes 34 pages of illustrations of Perrin's typography and printing. Introduction and notes by Laurent Guillo. Afterword by René Ponot. READ MORE about ÉTUDE SUR LOUIS PERRIN, IMPRIMEUR LYONNAIS
Price: $38.00 Order nr. 94607
New York: Columbia University, 1974. 8vo. paper wrappers. (iv), 40 pages. Illustrated. Staples are rusted. Some foxing of covers. READ MORE about TYPE PUNCHES AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, AN INVENTORY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 114349
N.P.: The Pickering Press, n.d. small 8vo. (2) french fold leaves.
N.P.: The Pickering Press, n.d. small 8vo. (2) french fold leaves. A brief history of the printer/typographer accompanied by a wood engraving by John DePol. Printed by John Anderson at The Pickering Press for Lanston Monotype Company. READ MORE about A PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM BULMER PRINTED FROM AN ENGRAVING BY JOHN DEPOL
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 48175
A Spectrum Specimen.
(Verona, Italy: Plain Wrapper Press, 1978). 8vo. brown stiff paper wrappers. Unpaginated (but 4 pages). A Spectrum Specimen. A "keepsake, limited to seventy copies" (Taylor, Item 23). Excellent condition. Contains type specimens and mottos of Sabastian Gryphius, Christopher Plantin, Geofroy Tory, Mark Flynn, Theodore Martens, and Aldus Manutius. Commemorates Abe Lerner's seventieth birthday, September 14, 1978. Very scarce. READ MORE about SIX PRINTERS MOTTOS
Price: $600.00 Order nr. 136293
Washington: RC Publications, Inc., (1975). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 95+(1) pages. Contains 90 examples of current covers. Well illustrated. An interesting design book. Jacket soiled. READ MORE about THE PRINT CASEBOOKS, FIRST ANNUAL EDITION, THE BEST IN COVERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 121241
First Series
Berkeley (CA): Poltroon Press, 1986. cards (approx. 5.5 x 3.875 in. / 14 x 9.8 cm.) in a folder with flaps. First Series. Revised and expanded. Eleven "typost" cards (like postcards) with a text on the reverse side describing a typeface and printed in that face. READ MORE about THE DEVELOPMENT OF BOOK TYPES, ILLUSTRATED IN COMPOSITIONS FROM THE CASES AT THE POLTROON PRESS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 121430
N.P. Poltroon Press, 1978. 8vo, foldout brochure. Limited to 40 copies. Type faces employed in the publications of the Poltroon Press. Foldout brochure. READ MORE about DISPLAY OF TYPE IN THE CASES OF POLTROON PRESS & NOVELTY CO
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 132472
Berkeley: Poltroon Press, (1992). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (16) pages. Limited to 200 copies printed as a Keepsake for the Monotype Conference held in Cambridge, MA. A fine copy. Composed, illustrated and printed by Alastair Johnston at his Poltroon Press. Has a section entitled "Some Curious Specimens of Nineteenth-Century Types."From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about RECOLLECTIONS OF A COUNTRY PRINTING OFFICE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 87644
Paris: Éditions des Cendres, 1998. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 113, (5) pages. Text in French. Limited to an edition of 380 numbered copies on Vergé Légende Ivoire. A history of Perrin as a printer and typographer, with special attention to Perrin's Augustaux type. Contains two fold-out Augustaux type specimens and several examples of Perrin's printing in black-and-white. Preface by Fernand Baudin. Printed in Perrin type redesigned by L'Atelier National de Création Typographique in 1986. READ MORE about LOUIS PERRIN & L'ÉNIGME DES AUGUSTAUX
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 94595
New York, NY: Jack Rau, 1959. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Type faces offered by the press, its first publication. READ MORE about THE PRE-COLUMBIAN PRESS PRESENTS ITS FIRST PUBLICATION, BEING A LIST OF TYPES IN STOCK
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 119362
Various issues of this periodical.
Lunenburg: The Stinehour Press, 1953-. 8vo. paper wrappers. Per issue. Various issues of this periodical. Various Issues. Have the following available: 1953 - Vol. 1:2 (1), Vol. 1:4 (1); 1954 - Vol. 2:1 (2), Vol. 2:2 (2), Vol. 2:3 (1), Vol. 2:4 (2); 1955 - Vol. 3:1 (2), Vol. 3:2 (3), Vol. 3:3 (2), Vol. 3:4 (1); 1956 - Vol. 4:1 (3), Vol. 4:2 (6), Vol. 4:3 (3), Vol. 4:4 (4); 1957 - Vol. 5:1..... READ MORE about PRINTING & GRAPHIC ARTS (PAGA
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 4791
Long Island City, NY: American Printing Equipment & Supply Co., 1976. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 332 pages. The "Bicentennial Edition" of the company's catalogue. Organized by type of equipment, including type specimens. Index of products available. "Prices Void" stamped on front wrapper. Wrappers slightly bent at edges. Back wrapper and spine soiled. READ MORE about AMERICAN PRINTING EQUIPMENT & SUPPLY CO. 1976-1977 CATALOG. BICENNTENNIAL EDITION
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 110213
Meriden, CT: The Kelsey Press Company, n.d. (circa 1925). 8vo. self paper wrappers. unpaginated. Catalogue of products offered by the Kelsey Press Company. Introduction of the company on inside front wrapper. Includes equipment, type faces, borders, ornaments, and other items. READ MORE about DO YOUR OWN PRINTING
Price: $37.50 Order nr. 128395
N.P. n.p., n.d. 4to. paper-covered boards, loose leaf bound. variously paginated. Handwritten information about dashes, advertising dashes, and piece accents. Includes catalogue from Lanston Monotype Machine Co., of Philadelphia. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Many pages soiled. READ MORE about CASTING ROOM MATRIX RECORD
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 126381
