Marcham: Alembic Press, 2000. 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. 19, (3) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 120 numbered copies. A reprint of a chapter from Robert Gibbings' book "Till I End my Song," along with his original wood engraving. Included is an introduction describing how Gibbings came to be in Marcham, a history of the Pointer family and Simon Brett's engraving of one of Bill Pointer's benches, who to this day still... READ MORE about A TALE OF TWO BENCHES

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New York: American Printing History Association, 2006. 8vo. contributions loosely inserted in cloth clamshell box, paper spine label. Limited to 225 copies.Various typographic arrangements of seventeen poems, both contemporary and classic, using a variety of typefaces, colors, formats, and papers, all printed letterpress. The poems were selected by the printers. Contributors include Mindy Beloff, Robin Price, Sandy Connors, Barbara Henry, Ed Colker, Ron Gordon, David Pankow, Jerry Kelly, Kay Michael Kramer, Michael Peich, Gaylord Schanilec... READ MORE about VERSE INTO TYPE: THE APHA POETRY PORTFOLIO

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New York: The Grolier Club, 2005. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 32 pages. This catalogue contains some of the most beautiful books of the twentieth century from the collection of Kenneth Auchincloss. It includes a three page biographical sketch of Ken, by his wife Lee Auchincloss, as well as ten facsimiles. Gaylord Shanilec contributed the wood engraving, Bradley Hutchinson printed the cover, and Jerry Kelly contributed the design. The exhibition was held on May 19 to June 17, 2005. READ MORE about FINE PRINTING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: SELECTIONS FROM THE COLLECTION OF KENNETH AUCHINCLOSS

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Eugene, OR: Aster Publishing Corporation, 1998. 4to. paper wrappers. 72 pages. VOLUME 4, NO.1, JAN., 1999. IN THIS ISSUE: K. Ramsland on A. Camus, B. Roismann-Cooper on the private press printer Gloria Stuart (who learned printing from Ward Ritchie and is at the moment better known for her role in a recent movie), S. Stipe on "the book that ruined Kate Chopin's career," B. Hicks on Powell's Books in Portland, N. Basbanes on the London Library, AND MUCH MORE. READ MORE about BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS

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Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 2013. 8vo. cloth, paper cover label, gilt on spine. (4), 22, followed by 80 pages of colored reproductions. One of 120 copies. Beautiful example of three books on the subject of criers and hawkers. Introduction by Joel Silver. Contains color reproductions of Criers of London and Costumes of the Lower Orders concerning the criers of Paris. Each section covers the many different variants of hustlers, criers, hawkers, and beggars... READ MORE about BUSBY'S STREET SCENES: IMAGES OF STREET HAWKERS AND CRIERS IN 19TH-CENTURY LONDON AND PARIS

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With an introduction by Gordon A. Pfeiffer and four wood engravings by John DePol.
New Castle, DE: Delaware Bibliophiles and Oak Knoll Books, 1991. 8vo. quarter cloth, printed paper over boards, leather spine label. 81, (3) pages. With an introduction by Gordon A. Pfeiffer and four wood engravings by John DePol. Limited to 200 numbered copies (Berger B40). Set in Bell and printed on mouldmade paper by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press. This work is based on an original article written by Barbara Benson about the... READ MORE about AN ANTHOLOGY OF DELAWARE PAPERMAKING

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Melbourne, Australia: Douglas Stewart Fine Books, 2014. small folio. cloth, gilt on cover and spine, slipcase. (xii), 130 pages. Limited to 215 copies, of which this is one of 200 numbered copies bound thus. Tipped-in illustrations and photographs of Corrigan and the bookplates. Text set in Monotype Baskerville at Whittington Press, England. Includes an exclusive 90 minute interview with Pat Corrigan on DVD. Finely bound by hand in gilt-illustrated full cloth, with slipcase, at The... READ MORE about BOOKPLATES FOR PAT CORRIGAN & FAMILY

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New York: The Grolier Club, 1994. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. paperback. 86 pages. This catalogue describes the career of poet and publisher Pierre Lecuire. As one of France's most important contemporary publishers, Lecuire published nearly all of his own work. Deriving from elaborate philosophical and poetical reflections, his work often focused on the relationship between the book and the poem. Books of Pierre Lecuire examines Lecuire's work and contains a frontispiece and thirteen illustrations. Produced... READ MORE about THE BOOKS OF PIERRE LECUIRE: FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

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Plains, PA: Boss Dog Press, 2017. 9" x 12" paste-paper covered boards, paper label on cover and spine, slipcase. 68, (3) pages. Limited to 96 copies, of which this is one of 50 numbered and signed copies. The Bone Folder is the fifth, and most ambitious, publication of the Boss Dog Press. A letterpress edition of Ernst Collins Der Pressbengel, translated from the original German by Peter D. Verheyen, the text is a dialog between... READ MORE about THE BONE FOLDER

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Plains, PA: Boss Dog Press, 2014. 8vo. paper-covered boards, labels on spine and front cover, top edge cut, other edges uncut. iv, 39+(1) pages. Limited to 100 numbered copies, 70 numbered and signed by Don Rash, writer of the introduction and designer of this work. Moku hanga woodblock print color frontispiece after a photograph by A. Pierce Bounds. Three lectures on bookbinding by a noted artist, bookbinder, and calligrapher. READ MORE about THREE LECTURES

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Number one of the CODE(X) Monograph Series
Berkeley, California: CODEX Foundation, 2008. 5.5 x 7.75 inches. paperback pamphlet. 16 pages. Number one of the CODE(X) Monograph Series. Number one of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. Adapted from The Surface of Meaning: Books and Book Design in Canada, published in fall 2008 by CCSP Press at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver. Robert Bringhurst's essay talks about book design and typography, as well as the future of the book. This book was designed and printed in... READ MORE about WHY THERE ARE PAGES AND WHY THEY MUST TURN

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New York, NY: Kelly-Winterton Press, 2016. 4to. cloth, gilt on cover and spine. (iv), 141 pages. First edition. A first-ever compilation devoted to Alice Koeth's calligraphy and drawing. New Yorkers or any of the city's millions of visitors who walked along Madison Avenue in the 60s, 70s and 80s know her masterful posters for the Morgan Library. Scribes in the U.S. and abroad know her through her celebrated workshops. She is Alice Koeth, known professionally... READ MORE about ALICE: A SURVEY OF THE CALLIGRAPHY OF ALICE

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New York: Center for Book Arts, 2015. 6.5 x 9 inches. paperback, paper dust jacket. unpaginated. Limited to only 40 numbered copies. In honor of the 40th Anniversary of the Center for Book Arts, the past curators of the annual Broadside Reading Series, now in it's 15th year, were invited to write a collaborative poem. Sharon Dolin, who co-founded the Broadside Reading Series with former Center for Book Arts Executive Director Rory Golden, served as... READ MORE about 7 NIGHTS, 28 POETS: A CENTER FOR THE BOOK ARTS 40TH CENTURY ANNIVERSARY PUBLICATION

Price: $400.00 save 15% $340.00  other currencies  Order nr. 127060