London: BRMP, 1950. 8vo. cloth, leather spine label. xxvi, 249 pages. First edition. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Spine slightly faded. With a small indentation mark at bottom of spine. READ MORE about THE BRITISH FEDERATION OF MASTER PRINTERS, 1900-1950
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 98385
Worcester: Davis Publications, (1980). 4to. paper-covered boards. 127+(1) pages. First edition. Discussion of photo images and printing processes. Frontispiece. Six pages of color plates; black and white illustrations throughout. Listing of supply sources and bibliography. READ MORE about PHOTO ART PROCESSES
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 108468
Amsterdam: De Buitenkant, 1994. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 132 pages. First edition. Text in Dutch with summary in English. Based on the actual correspondence between Van Royen of the Zilverdistel Press and de Roos, the noted Dutch type designer. With an introduction by Jan Boterman, a complete type specimen of Zilvertype printed letterpress by Bram de Does and a contribution by Paul Hefting who describes Van Royen's work for PTT. Many illustrations. READ MORE about ZILVERTYPE, 15 POINTS. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN J.F. VAN ROYEN AND S.H. DE ROOS ON THE DESIGN OF...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 40362
Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1926. 8vo. paper wrappers. 40 pages. In praise of the printer's art. Text in French and German. Wrapper worn along spine. READ MORE about CECI TUERA CELA/HYMNUS AUF DIE DRUCKKUNST
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 50711
Munchen: G.J. Manz, 1902. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 98 pages. A careful study of Gutenberg's first printing. Illustrated. Damage to edge of cover and outer margin of pages. READ MORE about GUTENBERGS ERSTE DRUCKE, EIN WEITERER BEITRAG ZUR GESCHICHTE DER ALTES TEN DRUCKWERKE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 31120
Sofia: Publishing House of Bulgarian Artists, 1964. large 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 401, (3) pages. Covers writing and printing from the beginning: Cave drawing, pictograms, ideograms, cuneiform, graeco-roman alphabet, development of large and small letters, Chinese block printing, invention of printing, etc., to the 20th century, with many examples. Pages 151 to 196 cover the development of general slavic and Bulgarian writing and printing. Pp. 199-242 deal with type design, followed by 134 pages of..... READ MORE about SHRIFT PREZ VYEKOVETEH
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 50104
Zur 450 jährigen Feier der Erfindung der Buchdruckerkunst
Braunschweig: (George Westermann), 1890. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iii), 54, (2) pages. Zur 450 jährigen Feier der Erfindung der Buchdruckerkunst. The wrappers of this copy are detached and present, but with much loss around the edges. A loosely laid-in plate indicates that this copy came from the reference library and stock of H. P. Kraus. The leaves show minor soiling and wear, including some scattered pencil marks. READ MORE about KURZE GESCHICHTE DER BUCHDRUCKEREIEN IM HERZOGTUME BRAUNSCHWEIG
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 91227
2 Volumes.
N.P. Printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Oxford University Press, 1930-32. 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. unpaginated. 2 Volumes. First editions. Facsimiles and Illustrations II and III. Preface by A.W. Pollard in II. Introduction by the author and errata in III. List of facsimiles in both volumes. 32 printers with biographical sketches in II. 76 printers in III. Facsimile illustrations of their work. Spines of both volumes chipped..... READ MORE about ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH PRINTING TYPES 1501-35 * 1508-41 and ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH PRINTING TYPES...
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 126806
New Castle, Delaware & Winchester, England: Oak Knoll Press & St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1998. small 8vo. Hardback printed covers. 230 pages. First edition. Second volume of the series PRINT NETWORKS. More than a century has passed since W. H. Allnut's paper on provincial printing was presented at the meeting of the Library Association in 1878. This topic has now moved to the forefront of investigating the history of the book. The annual Seminar on the..... READ MORE about THE REACH OF PRINT, MAKING, SELLING AND USING BOOKS
Price: $39.95 Order nr. 52300
Bussum: F.G. Kroonder, 1950. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 28, (6) pages followed by 46 plates of illustration. First edition. Menno Jaarsma discusses the aesthetic and romance of the book from the beginning of printing through the eighteenth century. Illustrated in black-and-white with many examples of early bindings. This is number seven in the "Vorm en Kleur" series. In Dutch. Small tears along upper and lower edges of dust jacket. READ MORE about HET SCHOONE BOEK
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 61656
(San Francisco, CA): San Francisco Club of Printing House Craftsmen, 1940. 32mo. cloth. (viii), 43, (5) pages. Foreword, biographical sketch of the author. Published as a keepsake for those attending the 21st Annual Convention of The International Association of Printing House Craftsmen. READ MORE about THE GOOD NEW DAYS & HOW FEW THE THINGS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133500
Stockholm: Tidens Förlag, 1958. large 12mo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 79+(1) pages. "a quick trip through the history of the book, from old Egyptian papyrus rolls...to the democratic era of public libraries and study circles." A few illustrations. Simply written, probably for juvenile readers. READ MORE about BOK OCH KULTUR
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 52851
(Paris): Éditions des Cendres, 2005. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 35, (3) pages. Limited to 521 copies, of which this is one of 21 printed on Old Mill paper and numbered in Roman numerals. Text in French. Unopened. READ MORE about ALDE, RENOUARD & DIDOT
Price: $115.00 Order nr. 100369
(Paris): Éditions des Cendres, 2005. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 35, (3) pages. Limited to 521 copies, of which this is one of 500 printed on Vellum Fedrigoni paper Text in French. Even though this is a new book,there are a few faint creases. READ MORE about ALDE, RENOUARD & DIDOT
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 100370
Enquêtes policières et secrets bibliographiques Documents inédits
(Paris): Éditions des Cendres, 2008. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 83, (3) pages. Enquêtes policières et secrets bibliographiques Documents inédits. Limited to 521 copies, of which this is one of 500 printed on Vellum Fedrigoni paper Text in French. A new look at the Libri scandal. Even though this is a new book,there are a few creases. READ MORE about LIBRI VAINCU
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 100371
Paris: Henri Babou, (1929). large 8vo. unbound as issued, portfolio, cloth ties. (ii), 36, (4) pages, with 40 additional leaves of illustrations. Printed in an edition limited to 1140 numbered copies. Forty reproductions from fine books of the 15th century, with an introduction. Portfolio partially cracked along hinge. READ MORE about LES BEAUX LIVRES D'AUTREFOIS, LE XVème SIÈCLE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 51532
Austin: The Pemberton Press, 1981. 8vo. paper wrappers. (12) pages. Limited to 450 copies. With greeting slip loosely inserted. Bangs was the first printer in Texas. A Christmas greeting. READ MORE about THE SAGA OF SAMUEL BANGS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 6324
London: Faber & Faber, (1951). 8vo. cloth. 473 pages. First edition. Covers printing and binding and book design. With specific chapters on binding design (Brenni no.32) and the dust jacket (Brenni no.1487). Spine rubbed. READ MORE about THE MAKING OF BOOKS
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 19871
London: Faber & Faber, (1951). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 473 pages. First edition. Covers printing and binding and book design. With specific chapters on binding design (Brenni no.32) and the dust jacket (Brenni no.1487). Jacket spine chipped and faded. With the Randeria bookplate. READ MORE about THE MAKING OF BOOKS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 25113
N.P. Pantheon, (1951). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 473 pages. S-K 761. First U.S. edition. Covers printing and binding and book design. With specific chapters on binding design (Brenni no.32) and the dust jacket (Brenni no.1487). Jacket chipped and soiled. READ MORE about THE MAKING OF BOOKS
Price: $37.50 Order nr. 26712
N.P. Pantheon, (1951). 8vo. cloth. 473 pages. S-K 761. First U.S. edition. Covers printing and binding and book design. With specific chapters on binding design (Brenni no.32) and the dust jacket (Brenni no.1487). Spine rubbed. READ MORE about THE MAKING OF BOOKS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 78129
N.P. Pantheon, (1956). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 512 pages with 199 illustrations. Second edition, revised and corrected with new illustrations; the U.S. printing. Covers printing and binding and book design. With specific chapters on binding design (Brenni no.32) and the dust jacket (Brenni no.1487). Jacket has pieces missing at spine ends. Offset from Jacket flaps on endpaeprs. Formerly the property of Roy Stokes with his ink ownership inscription on free endpaper. READ MORE about THE MAKING OF BOOKS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 96522
Hellerau: Demeter-Verlag, 1928. 8vo. two-toned paper-covered boards, paper cover label. 41, (5), 50 pages. Reprint of the 1927 first printing. A study of sixteenth-century Italian printing. With 50 reproductions of pages from sixteenth-century Italian books. Covers partially discolored. Bookplates on front pastedown and front free endpaper. Some light foxing. READ MORE about DIE BUCHDRUCKERKUNST ITALIENS IM SECHZEHNTEN JAHRHUNDERT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 50655
Chapter IV of "A History of the Printed Book"
N. P. n. p., n. d. 4to. cloth. (iv), 121-156, 20 blank pages. Chapter IV of "A History of the Printed Book" This volume is chapter IV of Johnson's "A History of the Printed Book." Includes several black-and-white illustrations and some facsimile manuscripts. Slight wear at corner and edges. Some foxing on back paste-down endpaper. READ MORE about THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 88278
London: British Museum, 1965. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 274 pages. First edition. With index of printers and publishers. READ MORE about SHORT-TITLE CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PRINTED IN THE NETHERLANDS AND BELGIUM AND OF DUTCH AND FLEMISH...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 24295
