New York: School of Library Service, Columbia University, 1983. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. ix, 121 pages. With four major sections; Paper, Bookbinding, Ink and Type. Illustrated. Fine condition. READ MORE about PROCEEDINGS OF THE FINE PRINTING CONFERENCE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HELD MAY 19-22, 1982
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Brussels, Belgium: Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België/Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, 1942. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 105+(1) pages. Text in Flemish and French. An exposition in Brussels in 1942. Exhibition held in 1942 of the Library's collections of works published in Brussels in the 16th century. Preface and introduction, Wrappers tanned; tanning throughout text. Pencil notations throughout text. READ MORE about EXPOSITION L'IMPRESSION ET L'ÉDITION A BRUXELLES AU XVIE SIÈCLE/DRUK EN UITGAVE TE BRUSSEL IN...
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Amsterdam: N.V. Drukkerij G.J. Thieme, 1934. 4to. cloth. 258 and 12 pages of facsimiles. First edition. This book was printed in celebration of the twenty five year anniversary of the Dutch book printers organization, "Federatie der Werkgeversorganisatien in het Boekdrukkersbedrijf." The authors, H.J. Belinfante and P. Borst, take the reader through the history of this organization, concentrating on the notable individuals. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs. Includes an index of photographs and names. READ MORE about VIJF-EN-TWINTIG JAREN BOEKDRUKKERSORGANISATIE IN NEDERLAND GEDENKBOEK. UITGEGEVEN DOOR DE...
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Birmingham: Birmingham School of Printing and Graphic Arts, 1993. 8vo. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. 17 pages. Offset reprint of the original 1935 publication by the City of Birmingham School of Printing. Brief account with excerpts from contemporary documents of one of Dr. Johnson's Lichfield relations. READ MORE about JOHNSONIANA, DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON AND HIS FRIENDS, RICHARD GREENE, THE LICHFIELD APOTHECARY AND HIS...
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Pittsburgh, PA: Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, (1975). 4to. fabroid covers, slipcase. variouisly paginated. Guide to electronic type setting, a new technology in 1975. LIst of figures and tables included. Glossary, bibliography and index. Errata loosely inserted. A near fine copy in near fine slipcase. Scarce. READ MORE about ELECTRONIC COMPOSITION: A GUIDE TO THE REVOLUTION IN TYPESETTING
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Copenhagen, Denmark: Berlingske Bogtrykkeri, 1933. small 4to. cloth-backed boards. 58, (6) pages. A history of this printing firm issued on their 200th anniversary. Includes many facsimiles of material printed by them including full color foldout broadsides. Covers foxed. READ MORE about TO HUNDREDE AAAR, DET BERLINGSKE BOGTRYKKERI
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Paris: Dunod, 1920. 8vo. cloth. (iv), 282 pages. Text in French. No. VI in "La Technique des Affaires" series. Guidebook for printing techniques, design, letters, advertising and catalogues. Black and white illustrations. 12 black and white plates. Boards faded at edges. Light tanning. READ MORE about LES AFFAIRES ET L'IMPRIMÉ
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Eugene, OR: Aster Publishing Corporation, 1998. 4to. paper wrappers. 80 pages. VOLUME 3, NO.10, OCT., 1998. IN THIS ISSUE: K. Ramsland on Anne Rice, W.H. Scheuerle on the 19th-century color printer George Baxter, G. Turley on the Heritage Book Shop, L. Brumer on the printer Wilsted & Taylor, J. Ashton on the sentencing of the manuscript and rare book thief D. Spiegelman, an international auction report by I. McKay, AND MUCH MORE. READ MORE about BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS
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Eugene, OR: Aster Publishing Corporation, 1998. 4to. paper wrappers. 72 pages. VOLUME 3, NO.11, NOV., 1998. IN THIS ISSUE: A. Tufel on George Eliot, R. Armstrong on Alan Paton, and J. Waters on "Invasion of the E-Books" (yes, a certain software company has expressed interest). N. Basbanes tours that institution, The Strand; R. Brown and Tasha Tucker discuss Tasha Tudor (with notice of the new Tasha Tudor bibliography by John & Jill Hare, published by..... READ MORE about BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS
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(Hranicích: Druzstvo, 1930). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, edges uncut. unpaginated. Text in Czech. Limited edition of 200 (Sáñka III, 2577). Bibliophiles and Printers. Two woodcuts, two drawings. Includes a tribute to T.G. Masaryk, then President of Czechoslovakia. Wrappers bent at edges and torn at spine. READ MORE about BIBLIOFILIE V TISKÁRNE
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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1941. 8vo. cloth. xvi, 225 pages. Second edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Ink stamp on front free endpaper. Some rubbing to boards. With full color frontispiece of illustration done using the silk screen process. READ MORE about SILK SCREEN PRINTING PROCESS
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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1941. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 225 pages. Second edition. Exlibrary with markings. Dust jacket with some minor wear along edges, spine lightly faded. With full color frontispiece of illustration done using the silk screen process. READ MORE about SILK SCREEN PRINTING PROCESS
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Marina del Rey, California: Bieler Press, 1998. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, sewn. 37 pages, A technical guide written and designed by Gerald Lange. Digitally set in Stone Print and laser-printed on recycled acid-free Crescent Crest Writing paper. READ MORE about PRINTING DIGITAL TYPE ON THE HAND-OPERATED FLATBED CYLINDER PRESS
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3 Volumes.
New York, NY: Allworth Press, (1994). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, slipcase. xviii, 19-245+(1); xiv, 273+(1); xx, 283+(1) pages. 3 Volumes. A collection of essays on graphic design. Introduction by Steven Heller. Each volume with introduction, acknowledgments, biographical sketches of contributors, and index. Foreword by Heller in Volume 3, in which Rick Poyner contributed to the introduction. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about LOOKING CLOSER: CRITICAL WRITINGS ON GRAPHIC DESIGN
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San Francisco: Fine Print, 1989. 4to. cloth, dust-jacket. (viii), 148 pages. First edition. Fine in near fine jacket. An anthology of the most interesting and informative articles published in Fine Print under the title "On Type." Covers a wide range of topics from the sixteenth century to the present day. READ MORE about FINE PRINT ON TYPE. THE BEST OF FINE PRINT MAGAZINE ON TYPE AND TYPOGRAPHY
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San Francisco: Fine Print, 1989. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 148 pages. First edition. The Best of Fine Print Magazine on Type and Typography. An anthology of the most interesting and informative articles published in Fine Print under the title "On Type." Covers a wide range of topics from the sixteenth century to the present day. Fine condition. READ MORE about FINE PRINT ON TYPE
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Introductions by Carey S. Bliss.
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1982. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. 141 pages. Introductions by Carey S. Bliss. One of 500 copies (Heaney A33). This is the first reprinting in facsimile of two important first books on printing in English. The first is Atkyns' The Original and Growth of Printing(1664) which is the first book devoted to the subject of printing; the second is William Caslon's first type specimen book, also the first English..... READ MORE about A PAIR ON PRINTING
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Introductions by Carey S. Bliss.
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1982. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. 141 pages. Introductions by Carey S. Bliss. One of 500 copies (Heaney A33). Prospectus loosely inserted. A fine copy. This is the first reprinting in facsimile of two important first books on printing in English. The first is Atkyns' The Original and Growth of Printing(1664) which is the first book devoted to the subject of printing; the second is William Caslon's first type..... READ MORE about A PAIR ON PRINTING
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Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1991. 4to. Japanese cloth with leather spine label. 56 pages. First edition, limited to 230 numbered copies (Berger A50). Henry Morris printed only 160 copies of this book (Leaf Book - Chalmers 198). With introduction by Henry Morris. Discusses the history and invention of one the lesser-known graphic processes. Includes an original complete folio leaf from Achille Collas' Tresor de numismatique-- which was illustrated by this process-- and photographic..... READ MORE about THE ART OF MEDAL ENGRAVING
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Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1999. large 4to. cloth with leather spine label, in special cloth solander case with leather spine. 72, (5) pages, with additional pages of color illustrations. Limited to 150 numbered copies printed at the Bird & Bull Press (Berger A62). Includes chapters on Bird & Bull Incunabula, 19th-Century Security Papers, Lessing J. Rosenwald, Numismata Typographica, Farewell to Papermaking, A History of Die Cutting, The Wurzburg Lithography and more. Includes a...... READ MORE about VIGNETTES, AN ECLECTIC ASSEMBLAGE OF ANECDOTES ABOUT PAPERMAKING
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Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1999. large 4to. cloth with leather spine label, in special cloth solander case with leather spine. 72, (5) pages, with additional pages of color illustrations. Limited to 150 numbered copies printed at the Bird & Bull Press; this is one of the first four numbered copies and is a copy "with extra material" according to the pencil note by Henry Morris in the colophon (Berger A62). Includes chapters on..... READ MORE about VIGNETTES, AN ECLECTIC ASSEMBLAGE OF ANECDOTES ABOUT PAPERMAKING
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North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1979. tall 8vo. quarter leather over decorated paper-covered boards. 123 pages. Limited to 300 numbered copies, this work (Taylor A21) is an excellent, scholarly study, finely printed by Henry Morris. A fine copy. With two original plates intended for Bigelow's book, American Medical Botany shows a plate that Bigelow had meant to use in his work but didn't. "The two illustrations mounted into this study comprise original, engraved..... READ MORE about JACOB BIGELOW'S AMERICAN MEDICAL BOTANY, 1817-1821, AN EXAMINATION OF THE ORIGIN, PRINTING,...
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Oneonta, NY: Henry G. Bishop, 1903. Publisher. (1903), small 8vo., cloth. (xiii), 170, (4) pages. Fourth edition of this book first printed in 1887. A concise, yet exhaustive work, devoted to the practical side of printing. An instructor for the learner and a reference for the advanced. Pencil and ink notes on free endpaper. READ MORE about PRACTICAL PRINTER: A BOOK OF INSTRUCTION FOR BEGINNERS;A BOOK OF REF
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Oneonta, NY: Henry G. Bishop, 1895. Publisher. (1895), small 8vo., original cloth. xiii, 199 pages. Third edition of this book first printed in 1887. A concise, yet exhaustive work, devoted to the practical side of printing. An instructor for the learner and a reference for the advanced. Near fine. READ MORE about PRACTICAL PRINTER: A BOOK OF INSTRUCTION FOR BEGINNERS;A BOOK OF REF
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Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1954. small 8vo. cloth. 48 pages. First edition. Presentation by the author on the front free endpaper. Spine ever-so-slightly faded, else a near fine copy. Foreword by R. Hunter Middleton. Reminiscences by Forgue on the beginning and early days of his career in printing and publishing. READ MORE about POORER RICHARD, AN ALMANACK LONG AFTER FRANKLIN
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