Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1969. 8vo. cloth. xvi, 189 pages. Reprint of the first edition of 1895 which was limited to 375 numbered copies printed by the DeVinne Press. With 31 illustrations, a chronological list of printers and much other biographical information. READ MORE about SKETCHES OF PRINTERS AND PRINTING IN COLONIAL NEW YORK
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 74353
New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1895. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label, slipcase. xvi, 189 pages. First edition, limited to 375 numbered copies printed by the DeVinne Press. Spine lightly spotted. Slipcase lightly worn, with the back panel lacking. With 31 illustrations, a chronological list of printers and much other biographical information. READ MORE about SKETCHES OF PRINTERS AND PRINTING IN COLONIAL NEW YORK
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 17866
New York: Burt Franklin, (1971). 8vo. cloth. xv, 126 pages. Reprint of the 1907 first edition. With a number of reproductions. READ MORE about THE BOOK MAKERS OF OLD BIRMINGHAM, AUTHORS, PRINTERS AND BOOKSELLERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 4288
New York: Burt Franklin, (1971). 8vo. cloth. xv, 126 pages. Reprint of the 1907 first edition. With a number of reproductions. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about THE BOOK MAKERS OF OLD BIRMINGHAM, AUTHORS, PRINTERS AND BOOKSELLERS
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 97925
Fort Edward, NY: Privately printed, 1930. tall 8vo. cloth. 117, (3) pages. First edition, limited to 54 numbered copies. Printed at The Tory Press of Rutland, Vermont and designed by Vrest Orton. A scarce bibliography. Spine faded. READ MORE about A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PRINTING PRESS IN WASHINGTON, SARATOGA AND WARREN COUNTIES, STATE OF NEW...
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 22882
Delivered at the Twenty-second Conference on the History of the British Book Trade Birmingham, July 2005
New Castle, Delaware and London, England: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2008. 6 x 9 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 281 pages. Delivered at the Twenty-second Conference on the History of the British Book Trade Birmingham, July 2005. First edition. This ninth volume of the Print Networks series contains twelve exciting chapters from scholars working on the connections between the parties involved in the production of print artifacts; from author to printer, publisher, bookseller..... READ MORE about BOOK TRADE CONNECTIONS FROM THE SEVENTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES
Price: $49.95 Order nr. 96655
Rutland, UK: Martlet Books, 2010. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. vi, 138 pages. Limited to 300 copies. Born in South London in 1893, Herbert Hodgson is now regarded as "one of the great printers of the twentieth century". In the opening chapter of this book he gives a vivid account of life a century ago in the poorer areas of the capital. After an apprenticeship as a printer, he served from 1915 to 1918 in France..... READ MORE about IMPRESSIONS OF WAR; THE MEMOIRS OF HERBERT HODGSON 1893-1974
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 105869
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, Longman, and J. Taylor, 1834. small 8vo. original brown cloth, modern paper spine label. x, 414 pages. Part of a series entitled The cabinet cyclopaedia. Useful arts, volume 54. Chapter VIII: Type foundry (incl. Stereotyping). With 96 illustrations. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Cloth on front hinge split; wear at bottom of spine. READ MORE about THE CABINET CYCLOPÆDIA. USEFUL ARTS. A TREATISE ON THE PROGRESSIVE IMPROVEMENT AND PRESENT STATE...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 98561
Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1971. 8vo. cloth. xli, 88, xliii-xlviii pages. This edition reprints the first English manual intended for the private press printer. Fascinating reading, much of this information is good practical advice for those interested in letterpress printing, even today. With fifteen pages of type specimens, ornaments, and a priced catalogue devoted to all the other apparatus, this book describes the Parlour Press, a hinged bellows-type press operated by a beaked lever on..... READ MORE about CHARLES HOLTZAPFFEL'S PRINTING APPARATUS FOR THE USE OF AMATEURS REPRINTED FROM THE THIRD GREATLY...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 11930
Terra Alta: Hill & Dale Press, (1989). 8vo. leatherette, slipcase. (xiv), 100, (3) pages. Reprint of the first edition, reset from the original and containing a few corrections. A history, with bibliography, of the development of this American printing measurement system. Illustrated, including some foldout plates. Of course, with much information on Nelson C. Hawks. Fine condition. READ MORE about THE ORIGIN OF THE AMERICAN POINT SYSTEM FOR PRINTERS' TYPE MEASUREMENT
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 42194
Terra Alta: Hill & Dale Press, (1989). 8vo. leatherette, slipcase. (xiv), 100, (3) pages. Reprint of the first edition, reset from the original and containing a few corrections. A history, with bibliography, of the development of this American printing measurement system. Illustrated, including some foldout plates. Of course, with much information on Nelson C. Hawks. Presentation from the author "To Martin (Spector) Who inspired me to try harder when I was getting started. Rich Hopkins."..... READ MORE about THE ORIGIN OF THE AMERICAN POINT SYSTEM FOR PRINTERS' TYPE MEASUREMENT
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 121374
New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2008. 8.5 x 11 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 160 pages. First edition. Ephemera has been collected for many years, but only recently has it become widely accepted as material for academic study. This is the first book to discuss ephemera as an aspect of design history, showing how function, production process and period have affected the changing appearance of billheads, trade cards, flyers..... READ MORE about THE DESIGN AND PRINTING OF EPHEMERA IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA, 1720-1920
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 95868
Wien: A. Hartlebens Verlag, 1885. small 8vo. embossed cloth with original wrappers bound in. 142 pages followed by 7 plates. First edition. Exlibrary number on spine, spine cracked along back hinge. Some soiling to boards. Front free endpaper loose, yet present. Hartleben's chemical-technical library concerning the printing process to create illustrated reproductions. Seven plates in rear, four folded. A very scarce book. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about DIE REPRODUCTIONS-PHOTOGRAPHIE SOWOHL FÜR HALBTON- AND STICKMANIER
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 137015
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, (1973). square 8vo. cloth. xii, 307 pages. Only edition. A comprehensive description of 295 composition machines and systems. Huss has assembled much information from both United States and British Patents and translated it into understandable English. With many illustrations. Spots on half-title. READ MORE about THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRINTERS' MECHANICAL TYPE-SETTING METHODS, 1822-1925
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 15418
New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, 1985. tall 8vo. cloth. xii, 66 pages. Limited to 400 copies. This work discusses the development and use of the letterpress printer's composition matrix, showing its early and various forms in a way never described before. It describes details not revealed by the early makers of matrix-composing machines or by the historical texts which revealed the development of composing machines during the years 1885 to 1915. Printing aficionados are familiar..... READ MORE about THE PRINTER'S COMPOSITION MATRIX, A HISTORY OF ITS ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 12424
An Assessment of Dr. William Church
Lancaster: Graphic Crafts, 1976. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 76 pages. An Assessment of Dr. William Church. First edition. This book is about an original invention and an American mechanical genius, who is almost completely unknown on the American side of the Atlantic Ocean. This work brings this inventor out of obscurity and gives him long overdue credit for his important inventions. Among Church's creations were the first typesetting machine in history, a new style..... READ MORE about DR. CHURCH'S "HOAX"
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 4329
An Assessment of Dr. William Church
Lancaster: Graphic Crafts, 1976. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 76 pages. An Assessment of Dr. William Church. First edition. This book is about an original invention and an American mechanical genius, who is almost completely unknown on the American side of the Atlantic Ocean. This work brings this inventor out of obscurity and gives him long overdue credit for his important inventions. Among Church's creations were the first typesetting machine in history, a new style..... READ MORE about DR. CHURCH'S "HOAX"
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 109527
Oaxaca: Fundación Alfredo Harp Helú, Universidad Autonoma Benito Juarez de Oaxaca, & Biblioteca Francisco de Burgoa, 2011. square 4to. softcover. 387 pages. First paperback edition. Near fine condition. The first full history and bibliography of Oaxaca's Independence- and early Republic-era printerJosé María Idiáquez, with considerable background information on colonial-era printing not found in Medina or Nicolás León. Pascoe, a practicing and highly skilled hand-press printer and printing historian, worked here "en colaboración con Carolina Ballesteros..... READ MORE about JOSÉ MARÍA IDIÁQUEZ, IMPRESOR EN EL ORATORIO DE LA CONGREGACIÓN DE SAN FELIPE NERI DE OAXACA...
Price: $90.00 Order nr. 138329
Oaxaca: Fundación Alfredo Harp Helú, Universidad Autonoma Benito Juarez de Oaxaca, & Biblioteca Francisco de Burgoa, 2011. square 4to. cloth boards. 387 pages. First hardback edition. Near fine condition. The first full history and bibliography of Oaxaca's Independence- and early Republic-era printerJosé María Idiáquez, with considerable background information on colonial-era printing not found in Medina or Nicolás León. Pascoe, a practicing and highly skilled hand-press printer and printing historian, worked here "en colaboración con Carolina..... READ MORE about JOSÉ MARÍA IDIÁQUEZ, IMPRESOR EN EL ORATORIO DE LA CONGREGACIÓN DE SAN FELIPE NERI DE OAXACA...
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 138435
London: Coates Brothers, n.d. (1952). small 4to. cloth, wire-ring binding. (48) pages. History followed by full color demonstrations of color work. Covers bowed. READ MORE about SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS, COATES BORTHERS AND COMPANY LIMITED
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 21450
Edited by George S. Hellman. Two volumes.
New York: Putnam, 1915. 8vo. Bound in 3/4 leather, raised bands, red leather spine labels, gilt spine title. In cloth slipcase. lxiv, 164; 248 pages, Frontis illustration. 2 facsimile documents (fold-outs), [4] pages. Edited by George S. Hellman. Two volumes. First edition limited to 255 copies on Strathmore paper, of which this is one of 225 numbered copies offered for sale signed by the editor. A fine set in a beautiful rebinding, in fine slipcase..... READ MORE about THE LETTERS OF WASHINGTON IRVING TO HENRY BREVOORT
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 138029
Milano: Associazione Editoriale Libraria Italiana, 1927. 4to. later cloth. Not paginated. Exhibition catalogue showing highlights of Italian printing and design. 290 books described in detail accompanied by 52 full-page plates. Original paper front cover bound-in at the end. READ MORE about DAL QUATTROCENTO AL NOVECENTO, PRIMA MOSTRA DEL LIBRO ITALIANO A BUENO AIRES SOTTO L'ALTO...
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 33070
Milano: Associazione Editoriale Libraria Italiana, 1927. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. Exhibition catalogue showing highlights of Italian printing and design. 290 books described in detail accompanied by 52 full-page plates. Wrappers chipped with tear in spine covering. READ MORE about DAL QUATTROCENTO AL NOVECENTO, PRIMA MOSTRA DEL LIBRO ITALIANO A BUENO AIRES SOTTO L'ALTO...
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 49049
London: Chiswick Press, 1892. 8vo. original creme-colored cloth. viii, 54 pages followed by 38 plates of type specimens of the Chiswick Press and 13 paper samples, 6 of which are hand-made. First edition. (Hart no.136). Actually an expanded version of his On the Making and Issuing of Books which was published in 1891. Jacobi was the managing partner of the Chiswick Press. Covers soiled. Also has a section on bookbinding. Covers soiled with spotting. Front..... READ MORE about SOME NOTES ON BOOKS AND PRINTING; A GUIDE FOR AUTHORS AND OTHERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 114328
Paris: H. Jacquemart, n. d. 4to. self. one folded sheet. Catalogue for Lithography supplies, sold at cost by H. Jacquemart directly to lithographers and paper-mills. One page of supply listings. Edges and corners creased; a few horizontal creases. READ MORE about ARTICLES DE PARIS PRIX COURANT DES ARTICLES POUR LA PAPETERIE, LES FOURNITURES DE BUREAU LA...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 88318
