Frankfurt: Insel-Verlag, (1952). tall 12mo. pictorial paper-covered boards. 64 pages. Printed in two colors. Illustrated. Spine lacking. Gift inscription in pencil on front free endpaper. Beautifully printed. READ MORE about DEUTSCHE WEIHNACHTS LIDER. Vignetten von Willi Harwerth
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 26309
Rochelle Park, NJ: Hayden Book Company, (1973). small 4to. cloth. (x), 275 pages. With the bookplate of the ANPA Research Institute. READ MORE about TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 30776
N.P. Midland Master Printers' Alliance, n.d. small 4to. self paper wrappers, clear plastic wrapper on which is printed "With the compliments of the Midland Master Printers' Alliance" (6) pages. Photograph of author on first leaf. Two leaves showing German typography. READ MORE about THE TENDENCY IN MODERN GERMAN TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 78927
Windham: Hawthorn House, (1937). 12mo. leather-backed boards. 24 pages. Limited to 350 numbered copies printed by Edmund B. Thompson at his private press. Presentation from Thompson to Frank Rea Sloan Jr. on free endpaper dated 1937 and with Sloan's bookplate. Wear at spine ends and along hinge. READ MORE about PRINTER'S COMMON-PLACE BOOK
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 8354
Windham: Hawthorn House, (1937). 12mo. leather-backed boards. 24 pages. Limited to 350 numbered copies printed by Edmund B. Thompson at his private press, this being one of 50 special copies printed for the friends of Quincy P. Emery for Christmas. Bookplate of private collector William A. Kittredge on front pastedown. Dust jacket with some tears along the spine and rubbing, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about A PRINTER'S COMMON-PLACE BOOK
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 28485
Mainz: Gutenberg Gesellschaft, 1978. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32, (2) pages. Kleiner Druck 104. Includes a contribution by Hermann Zapf. A near fine copy. READ MORE about GUTENBERG-PREIS DER STADT MAINZ UND DER GUTENBERG-GESELLSCHAFT
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 38250
(Leipzig): Deutschen Buchdrucker Verein, 1919. large 4to. paper-covered boards. 32 pages plus 24 leaves of plates. First edition. Celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the German Book-Printing Society founded in 1869. Text gives an account of the history of the institution. Full page two-color chiaroscuro prints showcase the buildings or persons associated with the Society over the previous half century, including chairmen and members of the board of directors over the years. Printed on laid paper..... READ MORE about DER DEUTSCHE BUCHDRUCKERVEREIN UND SEIN WERDEN IN FÜNFZIG JAHREN (1869-1919
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 77779
Chicago: United Typothetae of America, 1926. 8vo. cloth. 50 pages. First edition. Volume 25 of the series of books issued by the UTA to help in the training of their apprentices. Near fine. READ MORE about PREPARING FORMS FOR THE CYLINDER PRESS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 22872
New York: John Wiley & Sons, (1917). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), xiv, 320 pages. First edition of 29,000 unnumbered copies, a corrected printing. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Profusely illustrated manual. Scarce in this condition with the original jacket. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about PRINTING FOR SCHOOL AND SHOP, A TEXTBOOK FOR PRINTERS' APPRENTICES CONTINUATION CLASSES, AND FOR...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 4282
(White Plains): The Herity Press, 1961. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages. Limited to 500 copies. This book answers questions for potential Chappel members, which is a club or society of private press proprietors or personal printers which live close enough together to meet. READ MORE about THE WHYS AND THEREFORES OF A CHAPPEL
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 57140
Menlo Park, CA: The Herity Press, 1957. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (12) pages. Limited to 50 copies. An excerpt from Moxon's MECHANICK EXERCISES, London, 1683, the first manual in English on printing. Printed by Ben Lieberman at the Herity Press. READ MORE about ANCIENT CUSTOMS USED IN A PRINTING-HOUSE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 116516
N.P. Privately printed, (1971). small 8vo. leatherette. not paginated. This is a keepsake booklet, bound into leatherette, from the 65th wedding anniversary celebration for printer Clarence D. Herr and his wife Mabel. It contains family photographs, a genealogy, a history of the Herr family's printing business, and a pasted in obituary of Mr. Herr's death in 1978 at the age of 92. Bookplate, embossed name plate. READ MORE about BIOGRAPHY OF AN AMERICAN FAMILY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 46539
El Paso, TX: University of Texas, 1990-1992. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 8, 9 pages. No. 1, No 2, and No 4 of the Carl Hertzog Lecture Series. The Southwest Printer by Clark Kimball, The Search for Januarius MacGahan, by Dale L. Walker, and You Can Come Home Again by W. Thomas Taylor. All three in fine condition. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about CARL HERTZOG LECTURE SERIES
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 135474
(Austin, TX): Dorothy Sloan Rare Books, n.d. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Sloan's Catalogue Ten, Part Three. 1171 entries. Table of contents, introduction by Al Lowman. Includes Hertzog's work and works from his personal library. References and sources, cross references from Al Lowman's Printer at the Pass, index. Frontispiece portrait of Hertzog, black and white illustrations throughout. Price list laid in. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely..... READ MORE about THE LIBRARY AND WORK OF CARL HERTZOG PRINTER AT THE PASS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 124613
A Keepsake Edition of Typographic Curiosities Number 12, May, 1980 "Baltimore Curiosities"
Terra Alta, WV: Hill & Dale Press and Typefoundry, 1980. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated (16 pages). A Keepsake Edition of Typographic Curiosities Number 12, May, 1980 "Baltimore Curiosities" Amusing text about contests to test the speed (or lack thereof) of composing type. From the Colophon: "This edition of Typographic Curiosities was produced in part while the author was displaying a working letterpress printshop a the Chesapeake Graphic Arts Exposition at Baltimore in May, 1980."..... READ MORE about YESTERDAY'S "SWIFT"
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 95368
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
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1929. 8vo. cloth. xviii, 315 pages. Second edition, revised. With a preface by Frederic Melcher. Includes a large section covering different aspects of binding. Lacking the jacket. Front hinge cracked. Moderate shelfwear. Some chipping to the edges of the textblock. Exlibrary, with markings. Bookplate on front pastedown. Overall a fair copy. READ MORE about THE BUILDING OF A BOOK A SERIES OF PRACTICAL ARTICLES WRITTEN BY EXPERTS IN THE VARIOUS...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 8014
Columbia University Studies in the Social Sciences Series
New York: Columbia University Press, 1917. 8vo. cloth. 130 pages. Columbia University Studies in the Social Sciences Series. Later library cloth. Spine lightly faded. Boards lightly soiled. Else near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN THE LITHOGRAPHIC INDUSTRY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 137114
New York: Fred W. Hoch Assoc. (1971). 8vo. cloth. 252 pages. Revised edition, sixth printing. A fine copy. Chapters on slug composition and trade typography, Monotype composition, hand composition, color presses, ink, art work, etc. Part of the Standard Management Series. READ MORE about ESTIMATING STANDARDS FOR PRINTERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 139231
New York: Fred W. Hoch Associates, 1966. 8vo. cloth. xiv, 142 pages. Revised edition. Some spotting to pastedowns and endpapers, else a near fine copy. Illustrated. Covers all facets of printing. READ MORE about HANDBOOK FOR PRESSMEN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 21920
New York: Fred W. Hoch Associates, 1936. 8vo. cloth. xii, 236 pages. First edition. Presentation from the author on the front free endpaper. Minor soiling to boards, else a fine copy. With 26 illustrations. Covers all facets of printing. Introduction by A.E. Giegengack. READ MORE about HANDBOOK FOR PRESSMEN
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 21922
New York: Fred W. Hoch Associates, 1936. 8vo. cloth. xii, 236 pages. First edition. With 26 illustrations. Covers all facets of printing. Introduction by A.E. Giegengack. Near fine. READ MORE about HANDBOOK FOR PRESSMEN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 22996
New York: Fred W. Hoch Associates, 1948. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 236 pages. First edition, fifth printing. Jacket torn at head of spine. Spine of jacket faded. A very good copy. With 26 illustrations. Covers all facets of printing. Introduction by A.E. Giegengack. READ MORE about HANDBOOK FOR PRESSMEN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138914
New York: Fred W. Hoch, (1947). 8vo. cloth. xiv, 258 pages. Second edition. A practical manual. With the ink ownership stamp of N.Y. Mergenthaler Linotype School. Some chipping to dust jacket, else near fine. READ MORE about PRESSROOM PROBLEMS AND ANSWERS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 24881
New York: Fred W. Hoch Assoc. 1947. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 268 pages. Fourth printing of revised edition. Jacket chipped and faded. READ MORE about STANDARD BOOK ON ESTIMATING FOR PRINTERS
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 33364
