FOUNDATIONS OF QUALITY.
Ipswich: Cowells, 1974. 8vo. cloth. 29, (3) pages. Illustrated history of this printing firm. Covers faded. Ink inscription on free endpaper. READ MORE about FOUNDATIONS OF QUALITY
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 1707
Ipswich: Cowells, 1974. 8vo. cloth. 29, (3) pages. Illustrated history of this printing firm. Covers faded. Ink inscription on free endpaper. READ MORE about FOUNDATIONS OF QUALITY
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 1707
Edited by Susan E. Meyer.
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1971). 4to. boards, spiral bound. (ix), 176 pages. Edited by Susan E. Meyer. First edition. A near fine copy. A good introductory manual to the subject. READ MORE about DESIGNING WITH TYPE, A BASIC COURSE IN TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 30285
Edited by Susan E. Meyer.
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1981). 4to. boards, spiral bound. (ix), 176 pages. Edited by Susan E. Meyer. Reprint of the 1980 revised edition with a new introduction to the phototypesetting process. A good introductory manual to the subject. READ MORE about DESIGNING WITH TYPE, A BASIC COURSE IN TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 104981
Edited by Susan E. Meyer.
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1979). 4to. boards, spiral bound. (ix), 176 pages. Edited by Susan E. Meyer. Revised edition with a new introduction to the phototypesetting process. A good introductory manual to the subject. A near fine copy. READ MORE about DESIGNING WITH TYPE, A BASIC COURSE IN TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138854
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1974). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 207 pages. First editon. A near fine copy in near fine jacket. Clearly explains the production of printed matter with many illustrations. Edited by Margit Malmstrom. READ MORE about PRODUCTION FOR THE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 121367
London: Pitman Publishing Ltd., (1980). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 207 pages. Sixth printing. Gift inscription in ink on front free endpaper. Fine in lightly soiled dust jacket. Clearly explains the production of printed matter with many illustrations. Edited by Margit Malmstrom. READ MORE about PRODUCTION FOR THE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 139455
(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
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988. large 8vo. blue cloth. 270 pages. First Edition. Lacking the dust jacket, else a fine copy. Contains at rear microfiche appendix in rear pockets, containing 20 sheets comprising some 1600 pages of detailed bibliographical information. During the first half of the sixteenth century, three generations of the Cromberger family dominated printing in Seville, a city which at the time was Castile's population center and seat of book production. This volume, based..... READ MORE about THE CROMBERGERS OF SEVILLE - THE HISTORY OF A PRINTING AND MERCHANT DYNASTY
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 138306
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. A near fine copy. Illustrated. READ MORE about SIBERCH CELEBRATIONS, 1521-1971
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 15472
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
London: Faber and Faber, (1934). 8vo. cloth. xvi, 142 pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. A fine copy. Part one on autographic methods and part two on photographic reproduction. This edition also includes a section on bookbinding. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about PROCESSES OF GRAPHIC REPRODUCTION IN PRINTING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 23108
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
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
Metuchen: The Scarecrow Press, 1958. 8vo. cloth. 279 pages. First edition in English. Illustrated. Reproduced from typescript. An excellent one volume guide to the book. Two postage stamps on front pastedown. Covers soiled. Textblock marked throughout in red. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 44672
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. A near fine copy. 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
Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1989. 8vo. cloth. ix, 262 pages. First edition. A fine copy. "During the second half of the 18th century the most powerful literary work in Britain was nonfictional - philosophy, history, biography, and political controversy, Leo Damrosch argues that this tendency is no accident" READ MORE about FICTIONS OF REALITY IN THE AGE OF HUME AND JOHNSON
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 137620
Oxford: Daniel Press, 1921. square 8vo. cloth-backed boards. viii, 200 pages and 15 full page plates. First edition, limited to 550 copies. Spine with some dampstaining. Front hinge has a two inch crack near the head of the gutter. Very light wear to the corners. Else a very good copy. The first 36 pages contain a memoiral of Dr. Daniel, followed by the bibliography of the press. Each book is thoroughly described with notes. READ MORE about DANIEL PRESS, MEMORIALS OF C.H.O. DANIEL WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PRESS, 1845-1919
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 20731
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. stiff paper wrappers. xvi, 258 pages. Reprint of the first edition. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. A fine copy. 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: $20.00 Order nr. 86890