GRAPHIC DESIGN USA: 7.
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1986). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 376, (8) pages. First edition. Profusely illustrated in color and black-and-white. READ MORE about GRAPHIC DESIGN USA: 7
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 105684
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1986). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 376, (8) pages. First edition. Profusely illustrated in color and black-and-white. READ MORE about GRAPHIC DESIGN USA: 7
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 105684
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Graphic Arts Forum, 1951. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 19+(1) pages. Designed by John Anderson. Rubbing to cover, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about TRIBUTE TO SOL HESS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138216
New York: Caxton Press, 1930. square 8vo. cloth, inlaid cameo design on front cover. 64 pages, printed French fold. First edition, limited to 750 numbered and signed copies. Lacking the slipcase. Exlibrary with markings. Spine faded as usual. Well printed book with the trade-marks printed in different colors. Now a very rare book. An impressive collection of business and corporate logos, and the first book from the prolific American illustrator and designer Clarence P. Hornung..... READ MORE about TRADE-MARKS DESIGNED BY CLARENCE P. HORNUNG
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 138847
46 issues.
New York: RC Publications, 1985-. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 46 issues. Have the following of this colorful periodical: Volume 1, No.1-6. (1985-86). Volume 2, No.1-6. (1986-87). Volume 3, No.3. (1988). Volume 4, No.1, 4-6. (1988-1990). Volume 5, No.6. (1990). Volume 6, No.2, 3, 5. (1991). Volume 7, No.1, 2, 3, 5, 6. (1991/92). Business Annual. 1993. Volume 8, No.5. (1993). Volume 9, No.1, 2, 4, 5, 6. (1994). Volume 10, No.1, 4. (1995). Volume 11..... READ MORE about HOW, IDEAS & TECHNIQUE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN
Price: $425.00 Order nr. 105708
With a Memoir by John F. Peckham & William J. Glick.
Lunenburg: The Stinehour Press, (1996). tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 62, (2) pages. With a Memoir by John F. Peckham & William J. Glick. Limited to 258 numbered copies. Beautifully printed and illustrated tribute to this noted American printer. Introduction by Roderick Stinehour. READ MORE about ADVENTURES IN PRINTING, A TALK ON THE CAREER OF HAROLD HUGO GIVEN AT THE CLUB OF ODD VOLUMES
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 44043
East Aurora: The Roycrofters, 1909. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (iv), 77-106, (4) pages. The title page is done in red and black and has been designed by Dard Hunter. With a number of other designs by Hunter throughout the text. Frontispiece of Girard loosely inserted. Chipped along spine. READ MORE about LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF GREAT BUSINESS MEN, STEPHEN GIRARD. VOL. 24, NO.3
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 116566
East Aurora: The Roycrofters, 1908. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (vi), 51-79, (5) pages. With front cover, title page and others designed by Dard Hunter. READ MORE about LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF GREAT TEACHERS. ERASMUS. VOL. 23, NO.3
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 20217
East Aurora: The Roycrofters, 1908. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (iv), 131-150, (4) pages. With front cover, title page and others designed by Dard Hunter. Front cover creased where it was folded at one time. READ MORE about LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF GREAT TEACHERS. FRIEDRICH FROEBEL. VOL. 23, NO.6
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 116571
East Aurora: The Roycrofters, 1908. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (viii), 30, (8) pages. With front cover, title page and others designed by Dard Hunter. READ MORE about LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF GREAT TEACHERS. MOSES. VOL. 23, NO.1
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 116572
East Aurora: The Roycrofters, 1908. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (vi), 27-49, xvii pages. With front cover, title page and others designed by Dard Hunter. READ MORE about LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF GREAT TEACHERS. THOMAS ARNOLD. VOL. 23, NO.2
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 116570
(Williamstown, MA): Chapin Library, Williams College, 1995. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 45, (3) pages. Limited to 500 copies. Foreword by Robert L. Volz, bibliography, index. Color and black and white illustrations. READ MORE about FINISHED BY HAND, DECORATION IN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY PRINTED BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 130638
Boston: Thomas G. Boss Fine Books, 2008. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. cloth-backed paper covered boards, stamped in gilt with the Riverside Press logo. 95 pages. As Daniel Berkley Updike's successor, from 1896-1912, Bruce Rogers worked at Houghton Mifflin's Riverside Press. This history of Bruce Rogers' work while at the Riverside Press was taken directly from the archives of his letters. Included in this book is how Rogers came to produce the series called Riverside Press..... READ MORE about THE FIRST FLOWERING: BRUCE ROGERS AT THE RIVERSIDE PRESS, 1896-1912, WITH A CHECKLIST OF THE...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 100315
Boston: Thomas G. Boss Fine Books, 2008. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. cloth-backed paper covered boards, stamped in gilt with the Riverside Press logo. 95 pages. Edition of 500 of which 323 copies with this imprint were produced. An A.L.s. from Jerry Kelly for Herbert H. Johnson is loosely inserted. A fine copy. As Daniel Berkley Updike's successor, from 1896-1912, Bruce Rogers worked at Houghton Mifflin's Riverside Press. This history of Bruce Rogers' work while at..... READ MORE about THE FIRST FLOWERING: BRUCE ROGERS AT THE RIVERSIDE PRESS, 1896-1912, WITH A CHECKLIST OF THE...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 133070
Boston, MA: David R. Godine, 2008. 8vo. cloth. 54 pages, plates. A history of Rogers and the Riverside Press. With a bibliography. Color plates. Acknowledgments. A fine copy. READ MORE about THE FIRST FLOWERING: BRUCE ROGERS AT THE RIVERSIDE PRESS, 1896-1912, WITH A CHECKLIST OF THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 131329
With an introduction by Hyder Edward Rollins.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1948. 8vo. cloth, paper spine and cover label. 125 pages. With an introduction by Hyder Edward Rollins. Bibliography of the publications of this noted Harvard professor and Shakespeare scholar. Paper spine label is chipped. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF GEORGE LYMAN KITTREDGE
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 6715
New York: The Typophiles, 1949. 12mo. cloth. (vi), 41 pages of text followed by 4 plates showing Borzoi marks and a colophon. First edition, limited to 1250 copies. Fine in a fine box. Typophile Chapbook XXII. Most of the marks reproduced were drawn by Dwiggins with some done by Warren Chappell. Set in Arcadia, a type designed by Dwiggins and used here for the first time. READ MORE about SOME RANDOM RECOLLECTIONS AN INFORMAL TALK MADE AT THE GROLIER CLUB, NEW YORK, 21 OCTOBER 1948 BY...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 2286
Creative Techniques for Making Beautiful Books, Journals, & Albums
(Asheville, NC): Lark Books, (1995). large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 144 pages. Creative Techniques for Making Beautiful Books, Journals, & Albums. This book gives ideas and instructions for various kinds of interesting bindings. It is heavily illustrated with color pictures of finished bindings and black-and-white diagrams to assist in creating bindings. Fine condition. READ MORE about COVER TO COVER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 95310
New York: American Printing History Association, 1997. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. vi, 181+(1) pages. D.B.U and R.R. prints for the first time extracts from the important correspondence between these major figures of American graphic arts, revealing a little-known closeness between the Merrymount Press fine printer Updike and the artist Ruzicka. The two men collaborated on a number of important books, including Newark and the Grolier Club's Irving, as well the exquisite series of Merrymount..... READ MORE about D.B.U. AND R.R.: SELECTED EXTRACTS FROM CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN DANIEL BERKELEY UPDIKE AND RUDOLPH...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 97458
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1903. 8vo. publisher's cloth, gilt on cover and spine, top edge gilt. 51, (2) pages. First edition. A near fine copy. Printed by The Riverside Press. Frontispiece. READ MORE about PHILLIPS BROOKS; A STUDY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 139791
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1902. 8vo. publisher's cloth, gilt on cover and spine, top edge stained black. 238, (2) pages. First edition. A near fine copy. Printed by The Riverside Press. Frontispiece. Biography of Roger Wolcott (1847-1900), the prominent Boston lawyer and businessman and 36th Governor of Massachusetts (1893-1897). The recipient of this volume, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, was a great grandson of Thomas Jefferson and the last American plenipotentiary to France, appointed by President W.H...... READ MORE about ROGER WOLCOTT
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 139792
Accompanied by an Original Leaf Printed on Vellum at the Merrymount Press
N.P. Chiswick Book Shop, 1990. folio. cloth, leather spine label, slipcase. xviii, 75+(1) pages. Accompanied by an Original Leaf Printed on Vellum at the Merrymount Press. Limited to 285 copies printed in Monotype Ehrhardt and Janson at A. Colish, Inc. with typography by Jerry Kelly (Leaf Book - Chalmers 192). A fine copy in fine slipcase. History of the production of this famous book designed and printed by D.B. Updike including information from the files..... READ MORE about THE MAKING OF THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER OF 1928
Price: $450.00 Order nr. 32191
New York: The Typophiles, 1987. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. "A Goodly Heritage". Uneven fading to the front cover, else a very good copy of this scarce piece of ephemera. Contains a b&w wood engraving by John De Pol. Celebrates the life of typographer and author, Dr. Robert L. Leslie. Handset in Emerson and printed on Mohawk Letterpress paper by the Stone House Press. READ MORE about ROBERT LINCOLN LESLIE, 1885 - 1987
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 139188
Numbers 1-4, a total of six volumes (all published).
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1933, 35, 38, 40-41. 4to. publisher's cloth. (viii),363,(18); 329,(20); xvi,507,(34); 104,(20); 109-232,(16); 233-312,(14) pages. Numbers 1-4, a total of six volumes (all published). Limitations vary from 1200 to 2000 copies (LEC S-02, 03, 04, 05). Prospectus loosely inserted. All in near fine condition. An extremely important series of books devoted to all aspects of fine book production. Includes the highly desirable encyclopedic third volume, The History of the Printed..... READ MORE about THE DOLPHIN, A JOURNAL OF THE MAKING OF BOOKS
Price: $450.00 Order nr. 2161
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1933, 35, 38, 40-41. 4to. publisher's cloth. (viii),363,(18); 329,(20); xvi,507,(34); 104,(20); 109-232,(16); 233-312,(14) pages. Limitations vary from 1200 to 2000 copies (LEC S-02, 03, 04, 05). Some minor wear to the boards of all six volumes. Front hinge starting in volume one. An extremely important series of books devoted to all aspects of fine book production. Includes the highly desirable encyclopedic third volume, The History of the Printed Book..... READ MORE about THE DOLPHIN, A JOURNAL OF THE MAKING OF BOOKS
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 2162
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1955. 8vo. quarter leather over marbled boards, slipcase, glassine wrappers. XIV, 314, (2) pages. Limited to 1500 copies signed by Guilbeau (LEC 260). With a Preface by Sir Francis Meredith Meynell and Illustrations by Honore Guilbeau. Designed and Decorated by W.A. Dwiggins. Wear to the spine, in particular the tail and, more substantially, the head. Slipcase lightly worn around the edges with the fore-edge corners cracked about 1". Original..... READ MORE about THE SHAVING OF SHAGPAT
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 53888