Chicago: United Typothetae of America, 1926. 8vo. cloth. 50 pages. First edition. Volume 25 of the series of books issued by the UTA to help in the training of their apprentices. Near fine. READ MORE about PREPARING FORMS FOR THE CYLINDER PRESS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 22872
New York: John Wiley & Sons, (1917). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), xiv, 320 pages. First edition of 29,000 unnumbered copies, a corrected printing. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Profusely illustrated manual. Scarce in this condition with the original jacket. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about PRINTING FOR SCHOOL AND SHOP, A TEXTBOOK FOR PRINTERS' APPRENTICES CONTINUATION CLASSES, AND FOR...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 4282
Wiesbaden-Erbenheim: Marianne Breuer, (1966). small 8vo. paper wrappers. 142 pages, with one additional leaf of advertising. A handbook on offset printing. READ MORE about ARBEITSHILFEN FUR DEN OFFSET- UND KLEINOFFSETDRUCK
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 50818
Menlo Park, CA: The Herity Press, 1957. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (12) pages. Limited to 50 copies. An excerpt from Moxon's MECHANICK EXERCISES, London, 1683, the first manual in English on printing. Printed by Ben Lieberman at the Herity Press. READ MORE about ANCIENT CUSTOMS USED IN A PRINTING-HOUSE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 116516
New York: Fred W. Hoch Associates, 1936. 8vo. cloth. xii, 236 pages. First edition. With 26 illustrations. Covers all facets of printing. Introduction by A.E. Giegengack. Near fine. READ MORE about HANDBOOK FOR PRESSMEN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 22996
New York: Fred W. Hoch, (1947). 8vo. cloth. xiv, 258 pages. Second edition. A practical manual. With the ink ownership stamp of N.Y. Mergenthaler Linotype School. Some chipping to dust jacket, else near fine. READ MORE about PRESSROOM PROBLEMS AND ANSWERS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 24881
New York: Fred W. Hoch Assoc. 1947. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 268 pages. Fourth printing of revised edition. Jacket chipped and faded. READ MORE about STANDARD BOOK ON ESTIMATING FOR PRINTERS
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 33364
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1986). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 34 pages. Some illustrations. With glossary. READ MORE about BOOK MANUFACTURING
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 109820
Menton: Scolar Press Ltd., 1972. 4to. paper wrappers. 24 pages. First edition was completed in 1688. With a one page introduction by D. Nuttall & R.R. Perkin. Near fine. READ MORE about A REPRINT OF A PART OF BOOK III OF THE ACADEMY OF ARMORY CONCERNING THE ART OF PRINTING AND...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4292
Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, Inc., (1990). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 128 pages. First edition. Covers the development of type design, basic terminology, copyfitting, photography and the computer, faults to avoid, etc. Well illustrated.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about INTRODUCTION TO TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 29689
2 volumes.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1824. 12mo. original cloth with modern paper spine labels. (xiv),xii,610,(10); (iv),iv,664,(16) pages. 2 volumes. First edition. (Bigmore & Wyman I,371; Hart no.68). With attractive frontispiece and title page decorations. One of the most famous of the English printers' manuals. Ex-libris on front pastedown. From the private collection of Gavin Bridson, with his bookplate on front pastedown. Rear hinge of volume one separated. Front hinge of volume one..... READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIA, OR THE PRINTER'S INSTRUCTOR INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN OF PRINTING. With...
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 4363
Two volumes.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1824. thick 8vo. original quarter green cloth, paper spine labels. (xiv),xii,610,(10); (iv),iv,664,(16) pages. Two volumes. First edition, one of the larger paper copies measuring 7 inches in height and with this designation printed on the spine labels. (Bigmore & Wyman I,371; Hart no.68). A poor copy. Boards and spines detached on both volumes, but present. Wear to boards and spines, with the later loosely inserted. With attractive..... READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIA, OR THE PRINTER'S INSTRUCTOR INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN OF PRINTING. With...
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 30563
Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing Company, (1952). 8vo. stiff paper boards, plastic comb binding. 140 pages. A textbook for the beginning student in typographic design. Covers display composition, correct spacing, and copyfitting. With problems and projects. Well-illustrated with photographs and examples. Minor soiling, else near fine. READ MORE about BASIC LESSONS IN PRINTING LAYOUT
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 48855
New York, NY: Prentice-Hall, 1950. 4to. cloth. x, 169+(1) pages. Introduction, table of contents, glossary, index. A guide to printing from preparing copy to binding. Dust jacket has large piece missing from top of front flap and lower spine. Else near fine. READ MORE about HOW TO PLAN AND BUY PRINTING
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 122120
Stuttgart: Otto Blersch, (1949). small 8vo. cloth, gold lettering. viii, (12 pages of plates), 255, in addition to 4 pages of plates tipped in. Technical manual for linotype and Intertype setters, illustrated with diagrams, and black-and-white photographs of machinery. READ MORE about SETZMASCHINENKUNDE, 500 TECHNISCHE FRAGEN UND ANTWORTEN FÜR LINOTYPE- UND INTERTYPESETZER
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 74791
Heidelberg: Carl Winter, 1953. 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 250, (2) pages, with 17 illustrations as plates and 18 in the text. Second edition. An introductory guide to the study of library science, including discussions of scripts, printing, binding, and book illustration. Indexed. Jacket chipped. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHEKSWISSENSCHAFT, BUCH- UND BIBLIOTHEKSWESEN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 75567
Heidelberg: Carl Winter, 1951. 12mo. cloth. (viii), 250, (2) pages, with 17 illustrations. First edition. An introductory guide to the study of library science, including discussions of scripts, printing, binding, and book illustration. Indexed. Spine and board edges faded. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHEKSWISSENSCHAFT
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 48550
Scranton, PA: International Correspondence Schools, n.d., but 1930. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 86 pages. Revised edition. Prepared especially for home study. Black and white illustrations. Partly torn along spine. Covers stained and chipped at edges. READ MORE about GOTHIC AND ROMAN STYLES
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 134145
Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1946. 8vo. later paste paper-covered boards. 144 pages. Third edition, revised. Advice on typesetting, printing and binding. Indexed. Illustrated and indexed. Covers rubbed. READ MORE about SATZ DRUCK EINBAND UND VERWANDTE DINGE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 126097
Jameston: John C. Kunzog, 1917. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. Discussion of how to print stamped stationery. Includes 5 examples printed in color. READ MORE about STAMPED STATIONERY, A BOOK OF VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS POINTING THE WAY TO BETTER PROFITS FROM THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4392
Philadelphia: Lanston Monotype Machine Co., 1921. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 119 pages. With various foldout charts in the back. Writing on rear cover, else near fine. READ MORE about STRAIGHT MATTER COMPOSITION FOR STUDENTS OF THE KEYBOARD OPERATING COURSE OF THE MONOTYPE SCHOOL
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 30685
Pittsburgh: Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, Inc., 1963. (1965), small 8vo., stiff paper wrappers, xiv, 296 pages. First edition. A manual intended to help the pressman and the press crew achieve the higher standards called for by the speed and quality of current press equipment. Illustrated and indexed. READ MORE about ADVANCED PRESSMANSHIP, SHEET-FED PRESSES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 58679
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., (1977). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. x, 192 pages. First edition. Illustrated. Tears in jacket. READ MORE about PREPARING ART AND CAMERA COPY FOR PRINTING, CONTEMPORARY PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES FOR...
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 44444
Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, 1855-73. 8vo. contemporary quarter calf over marbled paper-covered boards. x, 440 pages. First edition. (Bigmore & Wyman I, 428). Has two folding plates and numerous figures in the text. Detailed descriptions of composition and includes work on the printing press, functions of the overseer, stereotype, electrotype and setting type in foreign languages. With 26 wood-engravings and various tables. Ex-library with markings. Covers worn with covers detached. The "Table Synoptique" between pages..... READ MORE about GUIDE PRATIQUE DU COMPOSITEUR D'IMPRIMERIE TYPOGRAPHE
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 40529
London: Longmans, Green, 1916. large thick 8vo. cloth. xxiv, 732 pages. First edition. Spine faded with some age darkening along edges. Private ownership stamp on front pastedown. Endpapers and pastedowns foxed. Contents relatively clean. An absolutely momumental achievement by Legros & Grant, this mighty tome is a definitive study of technical printing for its time with encyclopedic chapters on punch-cutting, casting machines, type faces, stereotyping, and 32 other subjects (a complete breakdown of the 36..... READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHICAL PRINTING-SURFACES THE TECHNOLOGY AND MECHANISM OF THEIR PRODUCTION
Price: $325.00 Order nr. 2222
