London, UK: Curwen Gallery, n.d. (circa 1977). oblong 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. This is a price list of lithographs printed at tthe Curwen Studio. Small black and white thumbnail images are throughout this extensive list. READ MORE about CURWEN PRINTS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 124982
Los Angeles: Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc., (1966). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 11 pages. A collection of Fact Sheets mailed out "To museum curators, art educators, critics, artists, collectors, dealers, librarians" from this company. Large number of separately paginated pamphlets, broadsides, etc. With a typed note attached by paperclip to the folder stating "With my Compliments, June Wayne." Folder faded. READ MORE about TAMARIND MANUAL OF STYLE AND USAGE INCLUDING TERMS THAT MAKE TROUBLE AND WORDS TO AVOID
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 91490
(New York: U.S. Lithograph, Inc., 1981). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Adaptation of typesetting to computerization. Illustrations of numerous type forms. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHY IN A COMPUTERIZED WORLD
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 106902
Minneapolis: Federal Schools, Inc., 1930. large 4to. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. 67 pages. Part twelve of a correspondence course for commercial artists: Methods of reproduction and the constraints which a chosen method of reproduction may impose on the designer or illustrator. Inserted is a sheet showing drawings in different stages of reproduction. With test questions and assignments. Cover soiled, irregularly browned. READ MORE about COMMERCIAL DESIGNING, REPRODUCTION OF ILLUSTRATION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 50774
Worcester, Massachusetts: American Antiquarian Society, 2013. 8.5 x 10 inches. paperback. 128 pages. À la Mode Française: La Lithographie aux Estats-Unis, 1820-1860 from the American Antiquarian Society features five essays from Georgia B. Barnhill, Lauren B. Hewes, Catherine Wilcox-Titus, Marie-Stéphanie Delamaire, and Helena E. Wright that explore several topics of interest to scholars of American print publishing. Together, the essays examine the impact of French lithographic practice on the American lithographic industry and American visual..... READ MORE about À LA MODE FRANÇAISE: LA LITHOGRAPHIE AUX ESTATS-UNIS, 1820-1860
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 118846
Frankfurt am Main: Polygraph Verlag, (1958). 8vo. cloth. 526 pages. First edition. An illustrated lexicon of terms related to graphic priocesses such as photography, lithography, offset printing, etc. Includes some fold-out diagrams. A thorough and detailed reference source. In German. Ex-library copy with label removed from spine and ink stamp on title page. READ MORE about LEXICON FÜR DAS GRAPHISCHE GEWERBE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 62594
Nouv. édition, revue, corrigée, augmentée, et ornée de vingt lithographies.
Paris: Chez Leonce Laget, 1978. thick small 8vo. cloth. (iv), xxxvi, 304 pages. Nouv. édition, revue, corrigée, augmentée, et ornée de vingt lithographies. Photo-facsimile re-publication in 500 copies of the Paris, Roret, 1839 edition (See Twyman, Lithography 1800-1850, p.264; Bigmore & Wyman I,80). Six plates. Issued as part of the series entitled Encyclopédie-Roret. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about NOUVEAU MANUEL COMPLET, THÉORIQUE ET PRATIQUE, DU DESSINATEUR ET DE L'IMPRIMEUR LITHOGRAPHE
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 98706
San Luis Obispo, CA: Graphic Communication Institute at Cal Poly, 2017. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 95 pages. Pioneers of Modern Offset Lithography presents short biographies of 57 people who helped, from during the early 1940s to the mid-1990s "modern era", shape the technologies of today's dominant printing process - offset lithography. This book is a companion to Mike Bruno's History of Printing in the 20th Century. Mike, who was known as "Mr. Lithography", probably did..... READ MORE about PIONEERS OF MODERN OFFSET LITHOGRAPHY
Price: $14.95 Order nr. 131553
London: Harrison & Sons Ltd., 1928. 8vo. printed paper wrapper bound in cloth-backed pamphlet binder. pages 59-66. Reprinted from "The Photographic Journal', Volume LXVIII, February 1928. Illustrated with six figures showing examples of different types of printing on different types of paper apparently under a microscope. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about THE PRINCIPLES OF PHOTO-ENGRAVING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 98436
Ilford, Essex: Ilford Limited, (1966). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvii+(i), 473+(1) pages. An Ilford Graphic Arts manual. Overview of photolithography, including its history. The bulk of the text is instructional. Preface by the author. Black and white illustrations. Two appendices, addendum, bibliography and index. Dust jacket faded and slightly torn at edges. READ MORE about ILFORD GRAPHIC ARTS MANUAL VOLUME 2. PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 109598
Eine Arbeitsbeschreibung mit Angaben der Fehlerquellen und Rezeptvorschriften. Volume 12.
Halle (Saale): Veb Wilhelm Knapp, 1953. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. viii, 154, (6) pages. Eine Arbeitsbeschreibung mit Angaben der Fehlerquellen und Rezeptvorschriften. Volume 12. Written in German. Volume 12 of "Der Grafische Betrieb Wissen und Praxis". With a foreword, introduction, and index of topics. With 44 black-and-white illustrations throughout, as well as six pages of advertisements. A description of the work of offset lithography, with information about the sources of trouble and prescriptions for..... READ MORE about HANDBUCH DER OFFSETKOPIE
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 100667
London: Raithby, Lawrence & Co., 1923. 8vo. cloth. (viii), 148, (4), xviii pages. First edition. Introduction by the editor followed by chapters on this new method of printing. Chapters include articles by such well-known experts as J.H. Benton, William Gambleand C.A.F. Lewin. With a full-color frontispiece printed by "the New Photo Offset Process." An 18 page section of ads for printing equipment follows text. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Another ownership..... READ MORE about PHOTO-LITHO. AND THE OFFSET PRINTING
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 38621
Londres: W.H. Allen, 1836. 4to. publisher's blind stamped cloth. x, (6), lxxx, 214 pages, 5 lithographs, (2) with errata. First edition of the French translation done by Sarah Davids. A grammar of the Turkish language with a preliminary discourse and Ottoman Turkish excerpts with translations. In the discourse, Davids (1811-1832) argues that the Turks are a separate, honorable, and intelligent race with a beautiful and complex language. Davids' writings were translated into Turkish in 1851..... READ MORE about GRAMMAIRE TURKE: PRÉCÉDÉE D'UN DISCOURS PRÉLIMINAIRE SUR LA LANGUE ET LA LITTÉRATURE DES...
Price: $650.00 Order nr. 75647
Le Peintre-Graveur Illustré. Volume XXVIII. The graphic works of nineteenth and twentieth century artists. An illustrated catalog.
New York: Collectors Editions Ltd. Da Capo Press, 1969. 4to. cloth. not paginated. Le Peintre-Graveur Illustré. Volume XXVIII. The graphic works of nineteenth and twentieth century artists. An illustrated catalog. This is the unabridged and authorized republication of the 1926 Paris edition. Oeuvre Lithographie de Honoré Daumier. Troisième Section. There is very little text, just a few lines under each illustration. Most of the illustrations are one per page, but some have three. Plates #3243-3685..... READ MORE about DAUMIER
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 94217
Le Peintre-Graveur Illustré. Volume VI. The graphic works of nineteenth and twentieth century artists. An illustrated catalog.
New York: Collectors Editions Ltd., 1968. 4to. cloth. not paginated. Le Peintre-Graveur Illustré. Volume VI. The graphic works of nineteenth and twentieth century artists. An illustrated catalog. This is the unabridged and authorized re-publication of the 1910 Paris edition. Four artists are in this volume: François Rude - one plate, A.L. Barye - thirteen plates, J.B. Carpeaux - thirteen plates, and Auguste Rodin - seventeen plates. There is a short essay about each. A little..... READ MORE about RUDE BARYE CARPEAUX RODIN
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 94219
New York, NY: Abrams for the Tamarind Institute, College of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico, (2008). 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 302 pages. With Bill Lagattuta and Rodney Hamon. Table of contents, foreword, acknowledgments, introduction, two appendices, glossary, bibliography, index. Color illustrations throughout. Covers all facets of lithography, fron setup to printing. READ MORE about TAMARIND TECHNIQUES FOR FINE ART LITHOGRAPHY
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 126386
Neenah (WI): Kimberly-Clark Co., n.d. small 8vo. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. 24 pages. Guide for art directors et al. Ettenberg discusses selection of artwork, engraving requirements, etc. for letterpress. Eckerstrom explains processing of artwork for offset. Probably late 50's. READ MORE about HOW TO PREPARE ARTWORK FOR LETTERPRESS, FOR LITHOGRAPHY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 51428
New York: Viking Press, (1967). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 111+(1) pages. First edition. Many illustrations. Jacket is price clipped. READ MORE about PRINTING FROM A STONE, THE STORY OF LITHOGRAPHY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 23477
Washington: Printing Industry of America, 1954. 4to. pamphlet holder. (ii), 73, 104 pages. Second edition. Typescript of this work. READ MORE about GRAPHIC ARTS DICTIONARY, LITHOGRAPHIC TERMS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 30410
Leiden: D. du Mortier en Zoon, 1818. 4to. original self papers wrappers. 17 plates. First edition. (Twyman p.211). First manual of Dutch paleography compiled from the manuscript collection of Jacobus Koning. Reproductions achieved with an early form of lithography. Contains seventeen single-sided pages of facsimiles of Dutch writing from medieval times through the seventeenth century. Original sell paper wrappers. Chipping to ourter edges. Folding to corners. Title on front cover in ink. READ MORE about algemeene ophelderende verklaring van het oud letterschrift in steenplaatdruk
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 76805
Stockholm: Litografiska Anstalt, 1923. 4to. quarter vellum, paper-covered boards. (14), 169, (3) pages, with 44 additional leaves of plates. A festschrift, limited to 600 copies, for A. Lagrelius, and signed by him under his portrait. Contains five articles: An historical survey of reproduction of illustrations in Sweden, photographic methods, 3-color photography and printing, Swedish cartography in the last half century, and the reproduction of illustrations and modern man. Forty-four plates (mostly of the works of..... READ MORE about BILDREPRODUKTIONEN I SVERIGE FRAN BORJAN AV NITTONDE ARHUNDRADET
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 51246
New York: Lithographic Technical Foundation, Inc, 1956. small 8vo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 99, (3) pages. Revised edition. History, offsetprinting, photomechanical processes and platemaking, inks, color separation & correction, composition, copy preparation, etc. Illustrations. Index. Remnants of label on corner of front cover; corner creased. READ MORE about SURVEY OF LITHOGRAPHY
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 52038
New York: Lithographic Technical Foundation, Inc, (1962). small 8vo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 99, (3) pages. Reprint of the revised edition. History, offsetprinting, photomechanical processes and platemaking, inks, color separation & correction, composition, copy preparation, etc. Illustrations. Index. Minor cover rubbing. READ MORE about SURVEY OF LITHOGRAPHY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 58604
London: William Heinemann Ltd., (1953). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. lxii pages and 125 plates including 13 in color. First edition. Jacket slightly chipped. READ MORE about 150 YEARS OF ARTISTS' LITHOGRAPHS, 1803-1953
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 34786
Chicago: The Graphic Arts Publishing Co., 1937. 8vo. cloth. (xvi), 292 pages. First edition. A handy reference of modern photolithographic methods. Illustrated and indexed. Written with the assistance of Harry Keusch. well-preserved. READ MORE about PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY & OFFSET PRINTING, A REFERENCE MANUAL OF MODERN PROCEDURE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 74148
