Masson, Irvine.

THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF A SMALL INCUNABLE.

An offprint from The Biblographical Society.
N.P. n.p., 1936. smal 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 36-61, (2) pages. An offprint from The Biblographical Society. Reprinted by Oxford University in June 1936. A comprehensive survey of Andreas Brentius's reprint of Caesar's address to his men (circa 1481) giving information about the author, printer and layout of the book. Four black-and-white illustrations and diagrams.Presentation on front cover reads, "To the John Rylands's librarian with thanks, Irvine Masson." Tanned at the edges. Chipped around..... READ MORE about THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF A SMALL INCUNABLE

Price: $27.50  other currencies  Order nr. 114600

McMurtrie, Douglas C.

SOME FACTS CONCERNING THE INVENTION OF PRINTING.

Chicago: Club of Printing House Craftsmen, 1939. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 42 pages. Illustrated. Second edition limited to 25,000 unnumbered copies. Some foxing throughout. Spine lightly faded. READ MORE about SOME FACTS CONCERNING THE INVENTION OF PRINTING

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 11561

Middleton, R. Hunter.

CREATING TYPE.

New York: Diamant Typographic Service, 1949. 16mo. (11 x 7.4 cm.). boards. 75, (3) pages. First edition thus, thoroughly revised from an earlier work. Limited to 650 copies. The Seventh book in the Diamant Series on printing. READ MORE about CREATING TYPE

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 16154

Mores, Edward Rowe.

A DISSERTATION UPON ENGLISH TYPOGRAPHICAL FOUNDERS AND FOUNDERIES WITH APPENDIX BY JOHN NICHOLS.

Edited by D.B. Updike.
New York: The Grolier Club, 1924. 8vo. marbled cloth. xlii, 103, (3) pages. Edited by D.B. Updike. Limited to 250 copies and printed by D.B. Updike at his Merrymount Press (Asaf 84). Paper spine label is chipped, with some loss. Head of the spine is lightly worn. Else near fine. Bookplate of RIT Library on front pastedown. A reprint of the first edition of 1779 with Richard Gough's memoir of Mores and comments by Updike..... READ MORE about A DISSERTATION UPON ENGLISH TYPOGRAPHICAL FOUNDERS AND FOUNDERIES WITH APPENDIX BY JOHN NICHOLS

Price: $70.00  other currencies  Order nr. 19587

Morley, Jacqueline (editor).

A GERMAN PRINTER.

New York: Peter Bedrick, (1987). small 4to. paper-covered boards. 29 pages. First American edition. Nicely illustrated children's book relating the story of Martin, a young boy learning the printer's trade in Nuremberg in 1485. READ MORE about A GERMAN PRINTER

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 64966

Nielsen, Lauritz.

DANSK TYPOGRAFISK ATLAS, 1482-1600.

Kovenhavn: Glydendalske Bognahdel, 1934. folio. parchment-backed boards. 26 pages of text followed by 100 plates. With facsimile plates reproducing pages from books printed by famous Danish printers. Wear along edges of covers. With a bookplate indicating that this book came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus. READ MORE about DANSK TYPOGRAFISK ATLAS, 1482-1600

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 75427

Orcutt, William Dana.

THE BOOK IN ITALY DURING THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES SHOWN IN FACSIMILE REPRODUCTIONS FROM THE MOST FAMOUS VOLUMES.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928. 4to. cloth-backed boards, paper cover label, top edge gilt. 222 pages. First edition, limited to 750 copies. With three mounted color plates and 125 facsimile plates. Covers soiled with some rubbing and age darkening. Book description pasted in as well as a newspaper account of the Grolier Club's trip to Italy. READ MORE about THE BOOK IN ITALY DURING THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES SHOWN IN FACSIMILE REPRODUCTIONS...

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 75448

(Oxford Bibliographical Society).

OCCASIONAL PUBLICATIONS.

23 volumes
Oxford: Oxford Bibliographic Society, 1967-1992. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers (last 4 volumes with blue covers, others red). variously paginated. 23 volumes. Run of issues from the inception through volume 24. (volume 9 missing) Printed for the Oxford Bibliographic Society, Bodleian Library. Each volume is by a different scholar. Many issues concentrate on formulating a complete bibliography or checklist while others contain a single essay with illustrations. Also included are facsimiles and catalogues of printers'..... READ MORE about OCCASIONAL PUBLICATIONS

Price: $450.00  other currencies  Order nr. 79801

Penrose, Boies.

" ENGLISH PRINTING AT ANTWERP IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY."

1970. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp.21-31. An article in the Harvard Library Bulletin, Volume XVIII, Number 1, January 1970. READ MORE about " ENGLISH PRINTING AT ANTWERP IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY."

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(Presser, Helmut) (compiler).

MAINZER FRÜHDRUCKE.

(Mainz: Gutenberg-Museum, 1950). 4to. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. not paginated. Written in German. For the 500th anniversary of the invention of the printing press with movable type by Gutenberg. Contains four facsimiles of Gutenberg's works. I. "Das Fragment Vom Weltgericht", II. "Mahnung Wider die Türken", III. "Der Mainzer Psalter Von 1457", IV. "Die Meditationen des Turrecremata". Laid-in is an advertisement for a modern printing press with a facsimile of Gutenberg's work on the cover. Minor..... READ MORE about MAINZER FRÜHDRUCKE

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 100969

PRINTING HISTORY, THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PRINTING HISTORY ASSOC IATION. Number Eighteen.

1987. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Volume IX, No.2. A memorial article on Dr. Robert Leslie, Susan Allen on Jane Yetsweirt, Tyrus Harmsen on Robinson Jeffers, Tanselle, Petro on Gwasg Gregynog and Victor Margolin on Paul Theobald. READ MORE about PRINTING HISTORY, THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PRINTING HISTORY ASSOC IATION. Number Eighteen

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(Printing). Burn, William.

THE TYPE RUBBER.

(Princeton: The Typography Studio Princeton University, 1999). 8vo. accordion fold pamphlet. unpaginated. Limited to 300 copies. Extract from Life in "New York, In Doors and Out of Doors" from 1851. An essay concerning women's trades in New York. READ MORE about THE TYPE RUBBER

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 105162

(Printing).

THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS OF PRINTING.

New York, NY: The New York Public Library, 1987. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (12) pages. Introductory comments by Miriam Mandelbaum, Rare Book Librarian. Acknowledgments. Catalogue of an exhibition, March-June 1987. Bibliography, illustrations. READ MORE about THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS OF PRINTING

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 123830