New York: Press of Ars typographica (Battery Park Books), 1978. 8vo. cloth. vi, 52 pages. Reprint of the 1926 edition, the first issue with the McMurtrie introduction. Reprinted from the Original Edition of 1883, with an Introductory Note by Douglas C. McMurtrie. Bookplate on front pastedown. Near fine. READ MORE about MANUAL OF PRINTING OFFICE PRACTICE
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 2108
With a New Introduction by Irene Tichenor.
New York: Garland Publishing Co., 1980. thick 8vo. cloth. xvi page new material followed by the 468 page facsimile of the 1871 first edition, (4) pages. With a New Introduction by Irene Tichenor. Reprint of the first edition. This book is more than just a price list of costs for various aspects of job printing. It is "a comprehensive and authoritative guide for efficient printing management, listing the cost of paper, type and equipment for..... READ MORE about PRINTERS' PRICE LIST
Price: $24.00 Order nr. 22583
Newark: University of Delaware, (1931). 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper cover label. 143 pages. B1-4670. Seventh series. With a one page prefatory note by the editor, Ezra B. Crooks. Article by H. Clay Reed on "Lincoln's Compensated Emancipation Plan and its relation to Delaware", Joseph Sidney Gould on "Three Decades of Delaware's Manufacturers" and other articles by Delaware faculty on non-Delaware related subjects. Remnants of paper label on front cover. READ MORE about DELAWARE NOTES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 67275
Paris: J. Maisonneuve, 1902. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 203+(1) pages. Besterman, p.5079. A bibliography of early printing outside of Europe. Organized by location, this volume lists hundreds of imprints from small US towns like Lebanon, Ohio to more exotic places like Tahiti and Canton. Includes supplement. READ MORE about IMPRIMERIE HORS L'EUROPE
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 43494
Paris: J. Maisonneuve, 1902. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 203+(1) pages. Besterman, p.5079. A bibliography of early printing outside of Europe. Organized by location, this volume lists hundreds of imprints from small US towns like Lebanon, Ohio to more exotic places like Tahiti and Canton. Covers chipped along edges. Unopened copy. READ MORE about IMPRIMERIE HORS L'EUROPE
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 119123
Traduites en Vers Francais par Firmit Didot. Gravé, Fondu et Imprimé par le Traducteur.
Paris: Firmin Didot, 1806. 8vo. original plain paper wrapers. (xiv), 264 pages. Traduites en Vers Francais par Firmit Didot. Gravé, Fondu et Imprimé par le Traducteur. First edition of Didot's translation, and the first book published by Didot. (Brunet V: 1302; Updike I, p.218). As he notes in his 6 page dedication to this brother Pierre (printed in a beautiful large cursive type), Firmin notes that he is dedicating to his brother "le premier ouvrage..... READ MORE about LES BUCOLIQUES DE VIRGILE, PRÉCÉDÉES DE PLUSIEURS IDYLLES DE THÉOCRITE, DE BION ET DE...
Price: $1,250.00 Order nr. 121089
London: Privately printed at the Chiswick Press, 1885. 8vo. original cloth, beveled edges. x, 296 pages. Besterman 1658. About 1,250 entries, arranged by topic and then by date: Histories and Descriptions, Guide Books, Ecclesiastical Literature, Acts of Parliaments, etc. etc., with over half being "Works Related to Particular Parishes" (subarranged by place). With some annotations; entries for "Newspapers" give brief publishing histories. With a list of Dorset printers and index of author's names. Ex-library copy..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTECA DORSETIENSIS, BEING A CAREFULLY COMPILED ACCOUNT OF PRINTED BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS...
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 54097
Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1975. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xx, 51 pages. First edition. Introduction by Mason I. Lowanace, Jr. Facsimiles of numerous broadsides printed in Vermont during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Includes "A Wonderful Dream" by Dr. Isaac Watts, English hymn writer and author who was second only to Noah Webster in number of books published in Vermont. READ MORE about EARLY VERMONT BROADSIDES
Price: $18.00 Order nr. 24381
New Haven: Durrie & Peck, n.d.(1842). small 8vo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. A school notebook, with lined blank pages, from the 1840's. This is a teacher's copy, the possession of Orville W. Stevens, who began teaching in Clinton, CT in 1842. It contains class lists and poetry (by Stevens?). The front cover has three engravings inside a badly printed border; back cover has a multiplication table and several other edifying charts, all inside..... READ MORE about SOLD WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, AT THE SCHOOL BOOK REPOSITORY
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 50681
Brooklyn: Mergenthaler Linotype Co., (1936). square 8vo. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards. xiv, 166 pages. First edition. Designed by W. A. Dwiggins. A history of the linotype. Near fine. READ MORE about THE POWER OF PRINT - AND MEN COMMEMORATING THE FIFTY YEARS OF LINOTYPE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PRINTING...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 2281
N.P. California Historical Society, n.d. small 4to. paper covered boards. (iv), 28 pages. With foreword by J.S. Holliday. A bibliography of 100 entries. Covers soiled. READ MORE about THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS, A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 102057
Los Angeles: George Houle, 1987. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 21, (2) pages. First edition, limited to numbered 300 copies (26 hardbound) signed by the author and photographer, Leigh A. Wiener. Contains a two page introduction by Everson. Lehman visited Everson and this biographical sketch was the result. Printed by Richard J. Hoffman. With information on Lawrence Clark Powell. READ MORE about VISIT WITH WILLIAM EVERSON
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 21100
Berkeley, CA: Regional Oral History Office, Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley, 1966. 4to. cloth, library binding. iv, 97+(1) pages. Table of contents, list of works in the Oral History series, introduction, partial index, biographical sketch of the author. A series of interviews with William Everson, also known as Brother Antoninus. Photostat of clipping from The Daily Californian, November 8, 1966. Printed on recto only. READ MORE about BROTHER ANTONINUS: POET, PRINTER, AND RELIGIOUS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 124802
Wigan: Owl Books, (1993). small 8vo. leather. 127+(1) pages. First edition. Presents the rich history of the Eyres' Press in Warrington. Includes the family history of the press, chap and ballad sheets, their use of ornament, their business and clients, and a check list. Contains five appendixes with information on authors with multiple publications, a chronological list of publications, typographical ornament and illustrations, woodcuts and typographical ornament for ballad sheets and chap books, and Eyres'..... READ MORE about EYRES' PRESS WARRINGTON (1756-1803), AN EMBRYO UNIVERSITY PRESS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 56280
Ann Arbor: William L. Clements Library, 1955. 8vo. cloth-backed decorated boards. 48 pages. Limited to 750 copies. A history and bibliography of this early 19th century printer's work. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FATHER RICHARD'S PRESS IN DETROIT
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 3726
N.P. Ephemera Society of America, (1994). oblong 8vo. quarter leather, separate portfolio, inserted in slipcase. 224 pages. One of 175 special copies bound thus, numbered and signed by the authors, and containing two medals mounted in the front cover (not present in this copy). Also contains a separate portfolio of reproductions of rewards. This copy is not numbered but is signed by all four participants. READ MORE about REWARDS OF MERIT, TOKENS OF A CHILD'S PROGRESS AND A TEACHER'S ESTEEM AS AN ENDURING ASPECT OF...
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 52079
N.P. The Ephemera Society of America, (1994). oblong 8vo. quarter leather. 224 pages. One of 175 special copies bound thus and signed by the authors. This copy is not numbered and thus out of series. No accompanying portfolio and no metal dies inserted in front cover as called for. READ MORE about REWARDS OF MERIT, TOKENS OF A CHILD'S PROGRESS AND A TEACHER'S ESTEEM AS AN ENDURING ASPECT OF...
Price: $27.50 Order nr. 73856
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1985. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 24 pages. The Fifth Hanes Lecture. A series of lectures devoted to the history of the book. This one given by Alan Fern in 1985 is based on the similarities between the poster and the book. Includes a bibliography. Illustrated. READ MORE about OFF THE WALL
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 57220
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1894. large 12mo. modern marbled paper wrappers, original wrappers bound-in. viii,48,4 pages. Part of the Bibliothèque Photographique. Text in French. Original wrappers, some soiling, with a little paper loss, pages at each end have a bit more wear than the rest of the book, a few pages are smudged. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about LA PHOTOGRAVURE SANS PHOTOGRAPHIE
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 98536
San Luis Obispo, CA: California Polytechnic State University, 2015. 8vo. hardcover. 227 pages. The story of the modern color printing era from its birth in the 1890s to today. Digital technology produced astonishing advances in prepress productivity, unleashing many creative possibilities and image quality improvements. Progress in printing technologies also raised color quality and productivity. Todays subsequent availability of inexpensive, high-quality color images, has greatly enriched us all. Author Gary G. Fields account of modern..... READ MORE about THE COLOR PRINTING REVOLUTION: PRODUCTIVITY! CREATIVITY! QUALITY!
Price: $49.95 Order nr. 127605
San Luis Obispo, CA: California Polytechnic State University, 2015. 8vo. paperback. 227 pages. The story of the modern color printing era from its birth in the 1890s to today. Digital technology produced astonishing advances in prepress productivity, unleashing many creative possibilities and image quality improvements. Progress in printing technologies also raised color quality and productivity. Todays subsequent availability of inexpensive, high-quality color images, has greatly enriched us all. Author Gary G. Fields account of modern..... READ MORE about THE COLOR PRINTING REVOLUTION: PRODUCTIVITY! CREATIVITY! QUALITY!
Price: $39.95 Order nr. 127607
Columbia: Linotype School, School of Journalism, University of Missouri, 1952. 8vo. boards. xxiv, 52 pages. Limited to 175 copies. A look at the tramp printer in America over the period 1865 to 1915. READ MORE about AN UNCOMMON GENTRY
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 29988
London: Society of Arts, 1819. 8vo. modern paper wrappers with paper cover and spine labels. (iv), 72 pages. First edition (Levis, p.468; Bridson & Wakeman B48; Goldsmith 22503; Kress C. 414). All six plates present. With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson. An important comment on the prevention of forgery. Contains a number of articles including: one by T.C. Hansard who proposed the use of Diamond type arranged in patterns (including an example plate); by T...... READ MORE about REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS, &C, TOGETHER WITH THE APPROVED COMMUNICATIONS...
Price: $1,250.00 Order nr. 37893
(Nottingham: Thos. Forman & Sons), 1948. 4to. quarter cloth, cloth sides, dust jacket. 167 pages. Limited to only 200 numbered copies. Contains tipped-in color frontispiece, many tipped-in half-tones and is printed on handmade paper. A largely pictorial history of the firm that was founded in 1710. A brief essay, Centenary by Frank Fuller, is followed by a chronologically arranged sequence of facsimiles of a selection of the firm's printings, including title-pages, brochures, advertising posters from..... READ MORE about THOS. FORMAN & SONS LTD. NOTTINGHAM. IN SERVICE FOR BRITISH INDUSTRY ONE HUNDRED YEARS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 80219
Cleveland: The Imperial Press, 1903. 8vo. cloth-backed marbled boards, paper spine label. (viii), 118, (2) pages. First edition, limited to 935 copies. (Hart no. 118). "An important book in establishing the recognition of printing in the reaction after Morris's death." Label chipped along edges and with spot. Unopened copy. READ MORE about PRINTING IN RELATION TO GRAPHIC ART
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 13350
