New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1974). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 207 pages. First editon. Clearly explains the production of printed matter with many illustrations. Edited by Margit Malmstrom. READ MORE about PRODUCTION FOR THE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 121367
(Rome): Edizioni dell'Ateneo, 1985. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 329+(1) pages. Text in Italian, with articles in French, German, and English. Volume II, Transmission of Printed Texts in the Modern Era. 2nd International Seminar, Rome and Viterbo, June 1985. No XLIV in the Lessico Intellettuale Europeo series. Scholarly articles on publishing and bibliographical studies. Table of contents, list of contributors. Wrappers lightly tanned. READ MORE about TRASMISSIONE DEI TESTI A STAMPA NEL PERIODO MODERNO
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 115358
(Rome): Edizioni dell'Ateneo, 1983. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 205,(3) pages. Text in Italian, with articles in French, German, and English. Volume I, Transmission of Printed Texts in the Modern Era. 1st International Seminar, Rome and Viterbo, June 1985. No XXXVI in the Lessico Intellettuale Europeo series. Scholarly articles on publishing and bibliographical studies. Table of contents, list of contributors. Wrappers lightly tanned. READ MORE about TRASMISSIONE DEI TESTI A STAMPA NEL PERIODO MODERNO
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 115359
Easton: (Creekside Press), 1999. oblong miniature. cord tied stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Ode to the printer. READ MORE about THE SONG OF THE PRINTER
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 105483
Cambridge: University Printing House, (1971). small 4to. paper wrappers. xi, 133 pages. Four articles on printing in England during the time of Siberch followed by the Exhibition catalogue. Illustrated. READ MORE about SIBERCH CELEBRATIONS, 1521-1971
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 15472
London: The Bodley Head, (1980). 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 192 pages. First edition. A delightful memoir by Crutchley who was University Printer at Cambridge University Press from 1946 to 1974. Includes anecdotes about Walter Lewis, Stanley Morison, Bruce Rogers, Eric Gill and others. Covers slightly soiled, else fine. READ MORE about TO BE A PRINTER
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 12138
London: Bodley Head, 1980. 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 192 pages. First edition. A delightful memoir by Crutchley who was University Printer at Cambridge University Press from 1946 to 1974. Includes anecdotes about Walter Lewis, Stanley Morison, Bruce Rogers, Eric Gill and others. Ink inscription on free endpaper. READ MORE about TO BE A PRINTER
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 80147
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1938. square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. v, 35, (3) pages. Reprint of the first edition which was a Cambridge Christmas Book. Colored foldout frontispiece and 6 other plates in the text. Glue migration has stained the jacket along the spine; small holes in jacket. READ MORE about HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PITT PRESS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF MR. PITT FOR THE USE OF THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 1735
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1938. square 8vo. cloth. v, 35, (3) pages. Reprint of the first edition which was a Cambridge Christmas Book. Colored foldout frontispiece and 6 other plates in the text. Some foxing. READ MORE about HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PITT PRESS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF MR. PITT FOR THE USE OF THE...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 96441
Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1961. oblong 12mo. self paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. Reprint of revised edition. Illustrated by Jack Brough. Bound in solid stiff paper wrappers with original paper wrappers bound in. READ MORE about PRINTING
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 3296
London: Faber and Faber, (1963). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 171 pages. Revised and enlarged edition. Part one on autographic methods and part two on photographic reproduction. This edition also includes a section on bookbinding. Light jacket wear. READ MORE about PROCESSES OF GRAPHIC REPRODUCTION IN PRINTING
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 22816
London: Faber and Faber, (1949). 8vo. cloth. xvi, 143 pages. Reprint of the 1947 new edition. Part one on autographic methods and part two on photographic reproduction. This edition also includes a section on bookbinding. Endpapers foxed. READ MORE about PROCESSES OF GRAPHIC REPRODUCTION IN PRINTING
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 41089
London: Faber and Faber, (1947). 8vo. cloth. xvi, 143 pages. New edition. Part one on autographic methods and part two on photographic reproduction. This edition also includes a section on bookbinding. READ MORE about PROCESSES OF GRAPHIC REPRODUCTION IN PRINTING
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 78231
Berlin: Gebr. Mann, 1957. small 4to. cloth with dust jacket. (viii), 366 pages plus 64 leaves of plates and 1 fold out plate. First edition. This biography and account of Dürer's life work is arranged chronologically beginning with his childhood and family. Traces the trajectory and movement of his career in chunks of only a few years. Discusses Dürer's paintings, prints and drawings. Includes a large number of obscure works by the northern master. The..... READ MORE about ALBRECHT DÜRER LEBEN UND WERK
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 77726
N.P. D'Estienne, n.d. 4to. portfolio. unpaginated. Text in French. Samples of stationery, advertising, brochures and text leaves offered by this prominent French family firm of printers. In portfolio with color and black and white samples. Portfolio lightly worn at edges. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHES D'ESTIENNE
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 109687
Westfield, MA: Paper Makers Advertising Association, 1967-1977. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Twenty-seven issues of da , which had evolved from Direct Advertising (1911). Each issue contains many full color illustrations, samples of paper and great design concepts. The title changes to Printing Paper beginning with Volume 63, No.4. READ MORE about da, THE PAPER QUARTERLY FOR THE GRAPHIC ARTS
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 77725
Copenhagen: P. Haase and Søns Forlag, n.d.(c1960). 8vo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 309, (3) pages. Second revised, enlarged edition. History of the book from ancient times to the 20th century, by the Danish librarian Svend Dahl. Chronologically arranged, beginning with Egyptian papyrus rolls and ending with a survey of contemporary (c1960) libraries. Undated, probably around 1960. 115 illustrations (black-and-white or facsimile). Bibliography, index. Unopened. Jacket chipped. READ MORE about BOGENS HISTORIE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 51685
Isle of Wight: Yelf Brothers Ltd., 1967. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (xii), 92 pages. First edition. Profusely illustrated history of this printing firm. READ MORE about PRINTERS' PRIDE, THE HOUSE OF YELF AT NEWPORT ISLE OF WIGHT,1816-1966
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 1972
Urbana: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1968. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 134 pages. First edition. Talks about the William Morris effect on Scandinavia during the turn of the century. READ MORE about SCANDINAVIAN BOOKMAKING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 34611
London: Dawsons, (1974). 8vo. cloth. viii, 198, 12 pages and 15 plates. Reprint of the 1921-1922 Oxford University Press edition. Part of the addenda is a complete descriptive bibliography of the press. READ MORE about THE DANIEL PRESS, MEMORIALS OF C.H.O. DANIEL WITH ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 15176
Udsendt i anledning af 500-året for bogtrykkunstens indførelse i Danmark
(København): Dansk Typograf-Forbund, (1982). large 8vo. paper-covered boards. 90, (2) pages. Udsendt i anledning af 500-året for bogtrykkunstens indførelse i Danmark. First edition. Seven essays describing five centuries of printing in Denmark. Extensively illustrated with black-and-white photographs. READ MORE about BUDSKABER GENNEM DET TRYKTE ORD
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 74586
Kobenhavn: Den Danske Forlaeggerforening, (1954;1955;1962;1964;1965;1966;1967;1968. large 8vo. paper wrappers. Variously paginated. 17 issues of the Danish publication Det Danske Bogmarked. This publication is largely a bibliography of newly published Danish titles but contains short essays on book-related topics as well. Includes two commemorative issues celebrating the Danske Forlaeggerforening's 100th and 125th anniversaries. Illustrated in black-and-white. In Danish. READ MORE about DET DANSKE BOGMARKED
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 61903
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 258 pages. First edition. Darton "introduces us to the shadowy world of pirate publishers, garret scribblers, under-the-cloak book peddlers, smugglers, and police spies that composed the literary underground of the Enlightenment." READ MORE about THE LITERARY UNDERGROUND OF THE OLD REGIME
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 23948
Berkeley: University of California Press, (1989). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xv+(i), 351+(1) pages. First edition. This book discusses the role of printing in the French revolution. The printing press helped shape the events it recorded and was an active force in history, expecially during the decade of 1789-1799, when the struggle for power was a struggle for mastery of public opinion. Illustrated. Name in ink at top of half-title. READ MORE about REVOLUTION IN PRINT. THE PRESS IN FRANCE 1775-1800
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 60444
2 volumes (of 7).
Paris: Répertoire des Ventes Publiques Cataloguées, 1894-1896. thick 4to. quarter red morocco, marbled paper backed boards, top edges gilt; half calf, cloth backed boards. 1004, 328 double column pages; (iv), 1364, (2) double column pages. 2 volumes (of 7). Two volumes of a seven volume set that indexes European sales catalogues of books, prints, and paintings, many with prices listed. Each from an edition limited to 650 copies of which these are both one. Volume..... READ MORE about INDEX BIBLIO- ICONOGRAPHIQUE
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 76198
