Copenhagen, Denmark: Berlingske Bogtrykkeri, 1933. small 4to. cloth-backed boards. 58, (6) pages. A history of this printing firm issued on their 200th anniversary. Includes many facsimiles of material printed by them including full color foldout broadsides. Covers foxed. READ MORE about TO HUNDREDE AAAR, DET BERLINGSKE BOGTRYKKERI
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 34226
Paris: Dunod, 1920. 8vo. cloth. (iv), 282 pages. Text in French. No. VI in "La Technique des Affaires" series. Guidebook for printing techniques, design, letters, advertising and catalogues. Black and white illustrations. 12 black and white plates. Boards faded at edges. Light tanning. READ MORE about LES AFFAIRES ET L'IMPRIMÉ
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 107632
(Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing, 2001). 8vo. cloth. viii, 403+(1) pages. Reprint of the 1890 first edition printed in Milano published by Ulrico Hoepli (Besterman 5149). The annotated listings describe 769 works created by the printing establishments of Andrea Torresano, Antonio Blado and Ragazzoni, which were operating in Venice and Rome during the 15th and 16th centuries. READ MORE about DEI TORRESANI, BLADO E RAGAZZONI CELEBRI STAMPATORI A VENEZIA E ROMA NEL XV E XVI SECOLO COGLI...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 63470
Ouvrage Orné de Planches. Enrichi de notes et d'un appendice renfermant tous les nouveaux procédés, les découvertes, méthodes et l'invention nouvelles appliquées ou applicables a cet art, par plusieurs imprimeurs de la capitale.
Paris: Chez Leonce Laget, 1978. thick small 8vo. cloth. (iv), 320 pages. Ouvrage Orné de Planches. Enrichi de notes et d'un appendice renfermant tous les nouveaux procédés, les découvertes, méthodes et l'invention nouvelles appliquées ou applicables a cet art, par plusieurs imprimeurs de la capitale. Photo-facsimile re-publication limited to 500 copies of the Paris, Roret, 1840 edition (See Bigmore & Wyman I,52 for 1837 edition). Contains four plates. With the bookplate and pencil signature of..... READ MORE about NOUVEAU MANUEL COMPLET DE L'IMPRIMEUR EN TAILLE-DOUCE
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 98707
Philadelphia: The Manufacturing Photo-Engravers Association, 1927. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 25 pages. The history of Photo-engraving with illustrations. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about 30 MINUTES WITH A PHOTO-ENGRAVER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 38417
Dallas: Bridwell Library, (1996). small 4to. paper wrappers. unpaginated. Printed in an edition of 200 copies. A fine copy. Lists over 100 items, from medieval manuscripts to modern fine printing. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about THE ELIZABETH PERKINS PROTHRO BIBLE COLLECTION: A CHECKLIST
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 138349
Post Jacobi Le Long Et Christiani Friderici Boerneri Iteratas Curas Ordine Disposita, Emendata, Suppleta, Continuata.
Halae: Joannis Jac. Gebaveri, 1778-1790. large thick 8vo. half leather over paste-paper covered boards, all edges stained red. vol 1: (2), (iii), iv-cxxxii, (3), 4-465, (1), (iii), iv-xvi, (3), 4-352; vol 2: (iii), xx, (3), 4-754, (2), 3-192 pages. Post Jacobi Le Long Et Christiani Friderici Boerneri Iteratas Curas Ordine Disposita, Emendata, Suppleta, Continuata. First edition of this scarce reference book regarding religious texts. Early 20th century rebacking using newer leather. Worn along spine and..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA SACRA ITERATAS CURAS
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 138344
Post Jacobi Le Long Et Christiani Friderici Boerneri Iteratas Curas Ordine Disposita, Emendata, Suppleta, Continuata.
Halae: Joannis Jac. Gebaveri, 1778-1790. large thick 8vo. publisher's marbled paper covered boards, paper spine labels written in calligraphy, all edges stained red. vol 1: (2), (iii), iv-cxxxii, (3), 4-465, (1); vol 2: (iii), iv-xvi, (3), 4-352; vol 3: (iii), xx, (3), 4-754, (2); vol 4: 3-192 pages. Post Jacobi Le Long Et Christiani Friderici Boerneri Iteratas Curas Ordine Disposita, Emendata, Suppleta, Continuata. First edition of this scarce reference book regarding religious texts, which includes..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA SACRA ITERATAS CURAS
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 138412
Stalden, Switzerland: Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books, 2011. 4to. cloth, title and publisher gilt-stamped on spine and front board; illustrated label on front board. 231+(1) pages. A fine copy. Catalogue 10 issued by Günther. Frontispiece, preface and introduction. A beautifully illustrated catalogue of illuminated manuscript and printed Bibles from different sections of Europe. 30 entries with descriptions including condition, provenance and text. Earliest entry is the Four Gospels, Brittany, c. 1050. The latest is Dürer's..... READ MORE about PAGINA SACRA: BIBLES AND BIBLICAL TEXTS 1050-1511
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 109448
Eugene, OR: Aster Publishing Corporation, 1998. 4to. paper wrappers. 80 pages. VOLUME 3, NO.10, OCT., 1998. IN THIS ISSUE: K. Ramsland on Anne Rice, W.H. Scheuerle on the 19th-century color printer George Baxter, G. Turley on the Heritage Book Shop, L. Brumer on the printer Wilsted & Taylor, J. Ashton on the sentencing of the manuscript and rare book thief D. Spiegelman, an international auction report by I. McKay, AND MUCH MORE. READ MORE about BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS
Price: $4.95 Order nr. 53233
Eugene, OR: Aster Publishing Corporation, 1998. 4to. paper wrappers. 72 pages. VOLUME 3, NO.11, NOV., 1998. IN THIS ISSUE: A. Tufel on George Eliot, R. Armstrong on Alan Paton, and J. Waters on "Invasion of the E-Books" (yes, a certain software company has expressed interest). N. Basbanes tours that institution, The Strand; R. Brown and Tasha Tucker discuss Tasha Tudor (with notice of the new Tasha Tudor bibliography by John & Jill Hare, published by..... READ MORE about BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS
Price: $4.95 Order nr. 53574
(Hranicích: Druzstvo, 1930). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, edges uncut. unpaginated. Text in Czech. Limited edition of 200 (Sáñka III, 2577). Bibliophiles and Printers. Two woodcuts, two drawings. Includes a tribute to T.G. Masaryk, then President of Czechoslovakia. Wrappers bent at edges and torn at spine. READ MORE about BIBLIOFILIE V TISKÁRNE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 108253
8vo-4to. cardstock. Photocopies of a variety of topics, including the book trade, publishing, printing, auctions, libraries, and librarians. These are: City Printers, Welch; Scottish Printers & Booksellers, 1668-1775, a supplement; Some sixteenth century stationers' wills, Phelps; Augustus Applegath, Berry; Derbyshire printing and printers before 1800, Taylor, Norman; Eliots Court Press, Plomer; Richard Field, Printer, 1589, Kirwood; On Books published in liverpool, Mott; Notes on St. Omer, Newdigate; Notes on Sussex Printing, Piper; Book-auctions and book-sales..... READ MORE about Thirty-Nine individually bound photocopies relating to various subjects in the book arts
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 133702
Marina del Rey, California: Bieler Press, 1998. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, sewn. 37 pages, A technical guide written and designed by Gerald Lange. Digitally set in Stone Print and laser-printed on recycled acid-free Crescent Crest Writing paper. READ MORE about PRINTING DIGITAL TYPE ON THE HAND-OPERATED FLATBED CYLINDER PRESS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 55330
3 Volumes.
New York, NY: Allworth Press, (1994). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, slipcase. xviii, 19-245+(1); xiv, 273+(1); xx, 283+(1) pages. 3 Volumes. A collection of essays on graphic design. Introduction by Steven Heller. Each volume with introduction, acknowledgments, biographical sketches of contributors, and index. Foreword by Heller in Volume 3, in which Rick Poyner contributed to the introduction. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about LOOKING CLOSER: CRITICAL WRITINGS ON GRAPHIC DESIGN
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 121625
San Francisco: Fine Print, 1989. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 148 pages. First edition. The Best of Fine Print Magazine on Type and Typography. An anthology of the most interesting and informative articles published in Fine Print under the title "On Type." Covers a wide range of topics from the sixteenth century to the present day. Fine condition. READ MORE about FINE PRINT ON TYPE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 24490
2 volumes.
New York: Philip C. Duschnes, 1945. 8vo. cloth. xii,449; vii,527 pages. 2 volumes. Reprint of the 1880-1886 first edition. The most important bibliography of books about the history of printing and fringe areas surrounding the art of printing. The print size in this reprint is enlarged from the original. Near fine. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTING WITH NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 15676
2 Volumes.
London, England: Bernard Quaritch, 1880, 1884, 1886. 8vo. quarter leather, cloth (Volume I); cloth (Volume II). xii, 449, (3); viii, 412, viii, 115+(1) pages. 2 Volumes. Volumes 2 and 3 are bound together. Introductory comments precede text in all three volumes. Black and white illustrations. Volume II a later edition. Prospectus, portrait of publisher Bernard Quaritch, and newspaper clipping laid in Volume I. Front cover and endpapers separated on Volume I. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTING
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 129128
3 volumes bound in one.
London: Holland Press, (1969). thick 8vo. cloth. xii,499+(1); viii,412; (ii),115 pages. 3 volumes bound in one. Reprint taken from the original edition of 1880. The definitive work on printing history. Includes illustrations and many biographical notes. Some spotting of covers. Lacks jacket. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTING WITH NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 120195
N.P. n.p., 1823. narrow 4to. disbound. (i), 19 + 1 pages. The bill repealing two acts passed in the 39th, 40th and in the 41st years of the reign of King George III which themselves were repeals of acts passed in the reign of King James I all to do with the use of Horse Hides in the making of Boots and Shoes, and for better prevention of damaging raw hides and skins . These..... READ MORE about Bill for Repealing Two Acts
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 87788
Introductions by Carey S. Bliss.
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1982. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. 141 pages. Introductions by Carey S. Bliss. One of 500 copies (Heaney A33). This is the first reprinting in facsimile of two important first books on printing in English. The first is Atkyns' The Original and Growth of Printing(1664) which is the first book devoted to the subject of printing; the second is William Caslon's first type specimen book, also the first English..... READ MORE about A PAIR ON PRINTING
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 1353
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1991. 4to. Japanese cloth with leather spine label. 56 pages. First edition, limited to 230 numbered copies (Berger A50). Henry Morris printed only 160 copies of this book (Leaf Book - Chalmers 198). With introduction by Henry Morris. Discusses the history and invention of one the lesser-known graphic processes. Includes an original complete folio leaf from Achille Collas' Tresor de numismatique-- which was illustrated by this process-- and photographic..... READ MORE about THE ART OF MEDAL ENGRAVING
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 61557
N.P. (but Newtown, PA): Bird & Bull Press, 1998. 4to. quarter black morocco, leather spine label, Japanese cloth-covered boards, cloth-covered clamshell box with leather spine label. 152, (6) pages, with 30 additional pages and 6 additional leaves of paper & printing samples and reproductions. This fine letterpress work is an edition limited to only 225 numbered copies, of which 180 are pre-subscribed (Berger A61; Leaf Book - Chalmers 215). Henry Morris's Bird & Bull Press..... READ MORE about DARD HUNTER & SON
Price: $1,250.00 Order nr. 53318
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1999. large 4to. cloth with leather spine label, in special cloth solander case with leather spine. 72, (5) pages, with additional pages of color illustrations. Limited to 150 numbered copies printed at the Bird & Bull Press (Berger A62). Includes chapters on Bird & Bull Incunabula, 19th-Century Security Papers, Lessing J. Rosenwald, Numismata Typographica, Farewell to Papermaking, A History of Die Cutting, The Wurzburg Lithography and more. Includes a...... READ MORE about VIGNETTES, AN ECLECTIC ASSEMBLAGE OF ANECDOTES ABOUT PAPERMAKING
Price: $240.00 Order nr. 56850
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1999. large 4to. cloth with leather spine label, in special cloth solander case with leather spine. 72, (5) pages, with additional pages of color illustrations. Limited to 150 numbered copies printed at the Bird & Bull Press; this is one of the first four numbered copies and is a copy "with extra material" according to the pencil note by Henry Morris in the colophon (Berger A62). Includes chapters on..... READ MORE about VIGNETTES, AN ECLECTIC ASSEMBLAGE OF ANECDOTES ABOUT PAPERMAKING
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 120383
