Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1970. thick 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 489 pages. First edition. Contains 40 articles on printing, type specimens and book illustration. Numerous facsimiles and two folding maps. READ MORE about A.F. JOHNSON, SELECTED ESSAYS ON BOOKS AND PRINTING
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 19884
An artist's commentary on theory, gesture, photography, compostition, color, light, and the typeface Penumbra
(Florence MA): Kat Ran Press, 2007. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 60 pages. An artist's commentary on theory, gesture, photography, compostition, color, light, and the typeface Penumbra. Part of the Kat Ran Essays in Philatelics series. First edition. Hidy describes the entire process and evolution of the stamp. This stamp is believed to be the only U.S. stamp with the artwork and typeface designed by the same individual. Many color illustrations, mostly Hidy's work but some... READ MORE about LANCE HIDY: DESIGNING THE MENTORING STAMP
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 99451
Klingspor-Museum Offenbach
(Braunschweig): Westermann, (1925). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 128, (2) pages. Klingspor-Museum Offenbach. Written in German. With many color and black-and-white plates throughout. Museum is a monthly publication with contains information on different museums in each edition. Klingspor-Museum collected art from books and documents from the 20th century. Minor wear, excellent condition. Small price sticker on bottom right corner of back cover. READ MORE about MUSEUM
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 100643
(Nottingham/New York): Plough Press / Mark Batty, (2004). 8vo. with 4to. portfolio. half-leather, marbled paper boards, stiff paper portfolio, all in slipcase. (vi), 128 pages. Limited to 45 copies, hand-bound by The Fine Bindery of Wellingborough and containing original samples of George W. Jones' printing. The samples, loosely contained in the separate portfolio, are four leaves from The Canterbury Tales, two leaves from The Georgics of Vergil, two leaves from Two Centuries of Typefounding, one... READ MORE about GEORGE W. JONES : PRINTER LAUREATE
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 86854
New York, NY: Editions Schlechter, 2013. folio. stiff paper wrappers. 128 pages. Trade edition. Out of print since 2010, Æthelwold Etc. is now available in meticulous facsimile, comprising the complete standard edition of the original as well as the diary of ink colors that accompanied the deluxe edition. Photographed at a very high resolution by 42-Line in Oakland, California, every line, impression, and paper fiber of the original edition is reproduced with remarkable clarity. 750... READ MORE about ÆTHELWOLD ETC
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Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1959. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 62 pages. An illustrated history of the society, featuring some of its more noteworthy collections. Black and white illustrations throughout. Matrices once in the possession of Benjamin Franklin illustrated on the wrappers. READ MORE about THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 114549
San Francisco, CA: Meadow Press, 1990. 4to. text loosely laid in portfolio. 23, (3) pages. Limited to 100 copies. Introduction, brief history of the Meadow Press, table of contents, Type specimens used by the press. Errata and corrigenda. Printed on recto only. READ MORE about ARTIST'S PROOF: BRIEF HISTORY, TYPE SPECIMEN AND CHECKLIST OF THE MEADOW PRESS
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New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 1988. 17.5 x 23.5 inches. folded broadsheet. Printed in black on one side only. A facsimile of the first newspaper page composed on a commercial Linotype. Although printed by offset lithography, the parts composed by the Linotype can still be visibly distinguished from the hand-set type because of a single wrong-font bold face apostrophe. This appears in only three of the stories (see Schlesinger: Ottmar Mergenthaler, Inventor of the Linotype, pp. 113-116). READ MORE about NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1886
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 24085
Marcham: The Alembic Press, 1995. miniature book (7.2 x 6 cm). sewn in eight sections with a Coptic binding in heavy textured black boards. 63 pages. Limited to 100 numbered copies. Printed by hand by Claire Bolton at her Alembic Press. A type specimen book demonstrating the collection of blackletter faces in the Alembic Press archives. Printed in black and red. READ MORE about A LITTLE BLACK BOOK
Price: $125.00 save 20% $100.00 Order nr. 41892
(Overland Park, KS): Scott Free Press & Papermill, 1987. miniature book (6.0 x 4.9 cm). stiff paper wrappers. 30, (6) pages. Limited to 250 numbered copies, signed by publisher Duane C. Scott (Bradbury, Scott Free Press 5). Samples of type faces used by Scott. Covers are printed on paper handmade by the press. READ MORE about ORIENTAL SAYINGS: AN EXERCISE IN USING SMALL TYPES
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(Overland Park, KS): Scott Free Press & Papermill, 1987. miniature book (6.0 x 4.9 cm). stiff paper wrappers. 30, (6) pages. Limited to 250 numbered copies, signed by publisher Duane C. Scott (Bradbury, Scott Free Press 5). Samples of type faces used by Scott. Covers are printed on paper handmade by the press. Small label of private collector in corner of back free endpaper. READ MORE about ORIENTAL SAYINGS: AN EXERCISE IN USING SMALL TYPES
Price: $55.00 save 20% $44.00 Order nr. 118456
Ann Arbor, MI: The Quilkin Press, 1974. miniature book (5.9 by 4.1 cm.). stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 8, (2) pages. Bradbury, Quilkin Press, 1. A whimsical look at eight type faces. READ MORE about TYPE FACES: A CRITICAL ESSAY
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 133399
Milwaukee: ABCDarium, 1987. miniature book (3.8 x 5.3 cm). cloth, title stamped on spine and front board. unpaginated, accordion folded. Limited to 38 numbered copies (Bradbury, ABCDarium, 1). Commemorates the 50th anniversary of Legend, designed by F.H.E. Schneidler, published in 1937 by Bauer Types. Miniature bookplate of Kathryn Rickard on front pastedown. READ MORE about ECCE LITTERA, VOL. 1
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Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, (1976). miniature book (5.2 x 6.9 cm). quarter leather, paper-covered boards. 27, (5) pages. Limited to 249 copies. (Bradbury, Black Cat Press 44). Foreword by the author. Whimsical alliterative treatment of the letters of the alphabet, each letter in a different typeface. Index of typefaces. READ MORE about ALPHABETUM ZANIUM
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(Sudbury, MA: Kurbel Books, 1984). miniature book (6 x 6 cm). embroidered cloth covers with small metal dog attached to a ribbon as a bookmarker. Printed accordian style with 21 leaves. Limited to 200 numbered copies (Bradbury, Kurbel 4). Art by E. Helene Sherman, Layout by Robert E. Massmann and frontispiece portrait by Fred G. Moynlhan, Jr. Ten stages in this dog's life as told in illustrated pictures with hand-colored numbers. This special edition of... READ MORE about BEAU-BEAU'S 1 2 3
Price: $150.00 save 20% $120.00 Order nr. 117169
Galt, CA: Laurel Hill Press, 1980. miniature book (7.0 x 5.6 cm). cloth, decoration stamped on front board. unpaginated. Limited to 30 numbered copies (Bradbury, Laurel Hill 2). Introductory comments. The author's first attempt at type design, with the designs illustrated. With miniature bookplate of Kathryn Rickard on front pastedown. READ MORE about A NEW ALPHABET DESIGNED BY BAXTER SPERRY
Price: $70.00 save 20% $56.00 Order nr. 117513
Wichita, KS: Oak Park Press, 1988. miniature book (7.5 x 6.0 cm). cloth, title gilt-stamped on spine and front cover, decorated endpapers. unpaginated. Limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by author on colophon (Bradbury, Oak Park 7). An alphabetical overview of type faces, with illustrations. Introductory comments by the author. READ MORE about B IS FOR BROADWAY: ABC'S FOR PRINTERS
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Wichita, KS: Oak Park Press, 1985. miniature book (7.5 x 6.0 cm). leather, title gilt-stamped on spine, embossed 'E' on front cover. unpaginated. Limited to 300 numbered copies, signed by author on colophon (Bradbury, Oak Park 6). Type faces of the letter 'E', with comments of the ancient origins of the letter itself. Illustrations of numerous type faces. READ MORE about THE GREATEST OF E'S
Price: $75.00 save 20% $60.00 Order nr. 117778
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1926. 8vo. printed paper-covered boards, slipcase. 23 pages. With the following as part of the title page "One hundred copies printed for Stanley Morison at the press of Doubleday, Page & Co." "Morison spent a month and a half in America. He got the 'The Influence of the Audience' printed, a neat plain little book set in Caslon, with capitals two sizes smaller than the lower-case letters" - (Barker... READ MORE about THE INFLUENCE OF THE AUDIENCE. CONSIDERATIONS PRELIMINARY TO THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF...
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 80064
New York: n.p., 1955. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers - hand bound. no pagination. This title was dedicated to Ray Nash by his students on his birthday in 1955. Each page is hand printed by individual students. The book has a variety of wood cuts and prose in crisp black ink. Some wear exists at the heel of the cover and at both ends of the spine. READ MORE about RN. A FRESH APPROACH
Price: $45.00 save 20% $36.00 Order nr. 91537
(London: Printing Historical Society, 1965). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. 22 pages. Limited to 175 copies. A facsimile of the 1788 catalogue printed by T. Rickaby of London showing 52 of Cornelius and John Paas's beautiful brass ornaments for card borders. Includes historical note. READ MORE about A SPECIMEN OF BRASS CARD BORDERS, ON AN ENTIRE NEW PRINCIPLE, BY C. & A. PAAS, ENGRAVERS TO...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 56448
New York: American Printing History Association, 1998. 8vo. cloth. 176, (4) pages followed by 38 plates. This book is a fascinating survey of typefaces developed in America after 1892 and intended for composition in metal for the use of an individual or press. It includes essays by the following: Susan Otis Thompson on American Arts & Crafts typefaces, Martin Hutner on the Merrymount Press, Herbert Johnson on Bruce Rogers's Centaur type, Cathleen Baker on Dard... READ MORE about AMERICAN PROPRIETARY TYPEFACES
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 97457
N.P.: The Pickering Press, n.d. small 8vo. (2) french fold leaves.
N.P.: The Pickering Press, n.d. small 8vo. (2) french fold leaves. A brief history of the printer/typographer accompanied by a wood engraving by John DePol. Printed by John Anderson at The Pickering Press for Lanston Monotype Company. READ MORE about A PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM BULMER PRINTED FROM AN ENGRAVING BY JOHN DEPOL
Price: $15.00 save 20% $12.00 Order nr. 48175
First Series
Berkeley (CA): Poltroon Press, 1986. cards (approx. 5.5 x 3.875 in. / 14 x 9.8 cm.) in a folder with flaps. First Series. Revised and expanded. Eleven "typost" cards (like postcards) with a text on the reverse side describing a typeface and printed in that face. READ MORE about THE DEVELOPMENT OF BOOK TYPES, ILLUSTRATED IN COMPOSITIONS FROM THE CASES AT THE POLTROON PRESS
Price: $25.00 save 20% $20.00 Order nr. 121430
N.P. Poltroon Press, 1978. 8vo, foldout brochure. Limited to 40 copies. Type faces employed in the publications of the Poltroon Press. Foldout brochure. READ MORE about DISPLAY OF TYPE IN THE CASES OF POLTROON PRESS & NOVELTY CO
Price: $30.00 save 20% $24.00 Order nr. 132472
