Philadelphia, PA: The Netherlands Society of Philadelphia, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 8 pages. Remarks by the author on the occasion of his receiving the gold medal of the Netherlands Society. Printing directed by Richard Ellis. READ MORE about A THRIVING, HAPPY LAND
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N.P. n.p., 1960. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Announcement of an exhibition of reproductions of religious paintings from the Kress collection of art at the Free Library of Philadelphia, April 12, 1960. Included a lecture by Richard Ellis. READ MORE about KRESS-ELLIS EDITION OF THE FOUR GOSPELS AND THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
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New York, NY: Richard Ellis, n.d. 16mo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Announcement of Richard Ellis's move from Kingsport, Tennessee, to New York, but stating his intention to continue work with the Kingsport Press. READ MORE about Relocation Announcement by Richard Ellis
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N.P. n.p., 1941. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Limited to 435 copies. Published by Richard Ellis as a Christmas greeting from Mr. and Mrs. George Arents. Includes a facsimile of the author's original draft. Pages French fold. READ MORE about THE STORY OF THE HYMN AMERICA
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New York: Franklin Watts, Inc. 1975. square 8vo. boards. (vi) 66 pages. Second edition. An introductory manual to printing. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE FIRST BOOK OF PRINTING
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and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David; Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches (of King Edward VII.)
New York: M. Walter Dunne, 1904. folio. Bound in full red leather, black leather gilt cover title label, leather pastedowns and endpapers, in black cloth slipcase. (xvi), 386, (2) pages with a laid in supplement of viii pages. and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David; Pointed as they are to be sung..... READ MORE about BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
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New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., (1949). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 158 pages. Reprint of the first edition. Jacket is very worn with pieces missing. READ MORE about TYPE FOR BOOKS AND ADVERTISING
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New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1947. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 160 pages. First edition. "A detailed, comprehensive handbook on the many varied applications of all the phases of typography." Well preserved copy in lightly chipped dust jacket. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about TYPE FOR BOOKS AND ADVERTISING
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New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1949. 4to. cloth. 160 pages. First edition, later printing. "A detailed, comprehensive handbook on the many varied applications of all the phases of typography." A very good copy. READ MORE about TYPE FOR BOOKS AND ADVERTISING
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New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1948. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 160 pages. First edition, second printing. "A detailed, comprehensive handbook on the many varied applications of all the phases of typography." Jacket worn with pieces chipped away. READ MORE about TYPE FOR BOOKS AND ADVERTISING
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New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1947. 4to. cloth. 160 pages. First edition. "A detailed, comprehensive handbook on the many varied applications of all the phases of typography." Presentation on free endpaper "To my good friend, George L. McKay, Gene Ettenberg, May 7, 1947" and with a one page handwritten copy of a note to "Gene" thanking him for sending along this inscribed copy. READ MORE about TYPE FOR BOOKS AND ADVERTISING
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New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1947. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 160 pages. First edition. "A detailed, comprehensive handbook on the many varied applications of all the phases of typography." Jacket chipped with tears along edges. READ MORE about TYPE FOR BOOKS AND ADVERTISING
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New York: Van Nostrand Co., (1948). 4to. cloth. 160 pages. First edition, later printing. "A detailed, comprehensive handbook on the many varied applications of all the phases of typography." Inscribed on free endpaper "March 26, 1949. In memory of a happy day in Utica, To Howard Coggeshall, Gene Ettenberg, O. Alfred Dilman, Lawrence B. Siegfrid" where each of the three have signed their names. READ MORE about TYPE FOR BOOKS AND ADVERTISING
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Buenos Aires: 11th Congress of the Argentine Graphics Industry, 1964. 4to. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. 76, (4) pages. Limited to 2,000 copies. catalogue for an exhibition, "Forms and stages of the book," held in Buenos Aires in 1964. Eight-hundred-nineteen entries. Numbered entries (the first 573, including 39 incunabula) are arranged chronologically and then by printer, editor or publisher. Other entries are mostly groupings of works by specific Argentine printers. With index. Covers soiled, chipped. Front..... READ MORE about EXPOSICION, FORMAS Y ETAPAS DEL LIBRO
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N.P. n.p., 1984. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. Catalogue of an exhibition of fine book design. READ MORE about AMERICAN BOOKWORKS IN PRINT
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Pinner, Middlesex: Private Libraries Association, 2009. 7.25 x 10.75 in. hardcover. 328 pages. The book consists of a detailed history of the Press and a full bibliography of its publications and ephemera, tracing the venture from its origins in Sydney, Australia, in the early 1920s, to success in London from 1926, and its final dissolution in 1930. The Press was notable for the literary input of its proprietor Jack Lindsay, working initially with John Kirtley..... READ MORE about THE FANFROLICO PRESS: SATYRS, FAUNS AND FINE BOOKS
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N.P. Street of Crocodiles Printery, 1995. small 8vo. full cloth with paper title label on spine. 40, (204) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 195 copies. An introduction by Sandra Kroupa. This project was sparked by Faye's exploration on how and why women became printers and the obstacles they overcame on their journey to this end in the late nineteenth-century. In an effort to rectify the unbalanced representation of women in the study of..... READ MORE about THE LADIES PRINTING BEE: AN ANTHOLOGY OF THIRTY-NINE LETTERPRESS PRINTERS ADDRESSING THE SUBJECT...
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St. Petersburg, FL: Felten, 1970. 4to. cloth. 303+(1) pages. Completely revised edition. An approach to page design combining layout and typography. Various techniques and applications. "Kitsap Newspaper" written in black marker on top left corner of front paste-down. Slightly shaken, bumped. READ MORE about LAYOUT 4, PRINTING DESIGN + TYPOGRAPHY
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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...
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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
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Volume I, no.1 to Volume XVI, no.3, a complete set,
San Francisco: Fine Print, 1975-1990. small 4to. and 4to. self paper wrappers. Volume I, no.1 to Volume XVI, no.3, a complete set, Complete run of this periodical lacking only the index issue which was published separately by Oak Knoll Press in 2003. Volume I, 1 (1975) to Volume 16, 3 (1990) for a total of 63 issues. Filled with information on the private press, printing, and bookbinding. Early issues were designed and printed by Andrew..... READ MORE about FINE PRINT, A NEWSLETTER FOR THE ARTS OF THE BOOK (Title changed to FINE PRINT, THE REVIEW FOR...
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San Francisco: Fine Print, 1981. 4to. later cloth-backed paper covered boards. 150, (2) pages. Complete set of volume seven. Four issues bound in one with covers preserved. READ MORE about FINE PRINT, THE REVIEW FOR THE ARTS OF THE BOOK VOLUME VII, NO.1-4, BOUND
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Chicago: Modern Photoengraving Publishers, (1948). 4to. cloth. xl, 334 pages. First edition. A well illustrated manual. A very good copy. READ MORE about MODERN PHOTOENGRAVING, A PRACTICAL TEXTBOOK ON LATEST AMERICAN PROCEDURES
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Leipzig: Gesellschaft der Freunde der deutschen Bücherei/Poeschel & Trepte, 1921. large 8vo. later cloth spine with orignal marbled paper-covered boards, paper cover label. (vi), 169, (3) pages. Limited to 350 numbered copies. Festschrift presented by the Society of the Friends of the German Library to Dr. Georg Minde-Pouet, director of the Deutsche Bücherei (Ger. Lib.) in Leipzig (Rodenberg, p.272). With a portrait sketch of Dr. Minde-Pouet by Walter Tiemann, introduction, and eleven articles, including a...... READ MORE about ALERE FLAMMAM
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(Upper Denby, Huddersfield, England): The Fleece Press, 2013. 4to. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards, label on spine. 113, (5) pages. Limited to 240 copies. Includes recollections of Walters as "father and teacher" by the authors, and a checklist of his work by John Gray. Printer's note and acknowledgments. Frontispiece, fifty blocks printed from wood, forty color illustrations. Some illustrations tipped-in. A fine copy. READ MORE about EDWARD WALTERS PRINTER & ENGRAVER
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