New York: The Printing House of Leo Hart, 1948. 8vo. red cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 94 pages. First edition. Jacket chipped. Crease mark below frontispiece portrait of Thomas. READ MORE about ISAIAH THOMAS, PRINTER, PATRIOT AND PHILANTHROPIST, 1749-1831
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 4877
New York: The Printing House of Leo Hart, 1948. 8vo. red cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 94 pages. First edition. Ex-library copy with markings. Bookplate on front pastedown. READ MORE about ISAIAH THOMAS, PRINTER, PATRIOT AND PHILANTHROPIST, 1749-1831
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 74122
Worcester: Worcester Bicentennial Commission, 1975. 8vo. paper wrappers. 31 pages. With a reproduction of Thomas' bookplate, printing press and other illustrations. READ MORE about ISAIAH THOMAS
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 4875
New York: William Bradford Press, 1936. 12mo. decorated boards, paper cover label. 7 pages. Limited to 500 numbered copies and signed by the designer, Eugene M. Ettenberg. Most of spine covering chipped away. READ MORE about EXCERPTS FROM THE LIFE OF ISAIAH THOMAS, EDUCATOR
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Vienna: Herbert Reichner, 1927. small 4to. boards, paper spine label. (ii) pages followed by the 27 page facsimile of the 1760 original edition. Limited to 200 numbered copies, being part of the series entitled Bibliotheca Typographica edited by Reichner. Reproduction of this 1760 book of type ornaments and ornamental arrangements. Covers faded with slight wear at spine ends. Front pastedown and free endpaper foxed. A scarce and interesting facsimile. READ MORE about ABDRUCK VON DENJENIGEN RÖSLEIN UND ZIERRATHEN WELCHE SICH IN DER K.K. HOFSCHRIFTGIESSEREY
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 19784
Volume 1
Cologne, Germany: Taschen, 2009. 4to. cloth. 360 pages. Volume 1. Vol 1: This exuberant selection of typographic fonts and styles traces the modern evolution of the printed letter, reproducing pages from exquisitely designed catalogs showing type specimens in roman, italic, bold, semi-bold, narrow, and broad fonts. Also included are borders, ornaments, initial letters and decorations, and many spectacular examples of their use. Victorian fonts, spectacular in their complexity, are accorded a prominent place. In addition..... READ MORE about A VISUAL HISTORY OF TYPEFACES AND GRAPHIC STYLES, VOLUME 1. 1628-1900
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 109837
N.P. Tamalpais Press, n.d. 12mo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Monograph 61. Reprint of part of a Franklin letter. READ MORE about BENJ. FRANKLIN, `REPUBLICAN PRINTER'
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 18495
London: Georges Newnes, n.d.(but circa 1910). small 4to. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. (ii), 21, (3), followed by 33 plates. Issued as a volume in the Great Etchers series. Printed by the Ballantyne Press. Introductory essay by the editor. "The most striking qualilty of the plates before us is their originality. Van Dyke (1599-1641) invented the freely-etched portrait, and left a tradition which still influences this branch of art." Illustrated with 34 portrait etchings from..... READ MORE about ETCHINGS OF VAN DYKE
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Konstanz: Universitätsverlag, 1980. 12mo. paper wrappers. 77, (3) pages. Speeches and reports on the 300th anniversary of this German printer. Small spot on front wrapper. READ MORE about WAGNERSCHE DRUCKEREI ULM, UBER DIE VERANSTALTUNG ZUM GEDENKEN IHRER
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 50654
Uppsala: Almquist & Wiksells, 1950. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 121, (3) pages. Detailed bibliographical account of the works of Jacob Pontus von Wulfschmidt. His works describe "various kinds of tools and gear for farming, cattle-raising, hunting and fishing, and contain explanatory illustrations." Eight editions were published between the years 1771-1783, of which only three were professionally printed. The others were printed by the author himself and three of those were printed with moveable types made..... READ MORE about JACOB PONTUS VON WULFSCHMIDTS BONDESTOLPE EN BIBLIOGRAFISK GRANSKNING. WITH AN ENGLISH SUMMARY
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 79941
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, (1951). small 8vo. cloth, paper dust jacket. (xii), 242 pages. First Edition. A fictionalized story of John Peter Zenger (1697-1746), colonial publisher and journalist, who was the central figure in the trial that established a legal precedence for freedom of the press in America. With a note from the author. Illustrated by Ralph Ray. The jacket (with price clipped) and the cover of this copy show minor wear and..... READ MORE about PETER ZENGER, FIGHTER FOR FREEDOM
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 90297
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, (1951). small 8vo. cloth, paper dust jacket. (xii), 242 pages. First Edition, second printing. A fictionalized story of John Peter Zenger (1697-1746), colonial publisher and journalist, who was the central figure in the 1735 trial that established a legal precedence for freedom of the press in America. With a note from the author. Illustrated by Ralph Ray. The jacket and cover of this copy show minor wear and soiling..... READ MORE about PETER ZENGER, FIGHTER FOR FREEDOM
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 90305
