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
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 55330
Minneapolis: The Campbell-Logan Bindery, 1985. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. Limited to 300 copies. Contains a checklist of 43 texts published by Bieler Press within a ten-year span. Some little creases and bumps at the extremities. READ MORE about THE BIELER PRESS: A CHECKLIST OF THE FIRST TEN YEARS, 1975-1985
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 97308
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press and Minneapolis: Daedalus Press, 1984. 8vo. quarter morocco with tips, Dutch Gilt sides reproduced from an 18th century German decorated paper, plus 14 larger facsimiles in a separate accompanying portfolio. 109 pages. Limited to 325 copies (Heaney A39). The history of this important piece of publishing ephemera from its beginning in 1610 up through the 19th century and accompanied by 24 facsimile prospectuses from 2 to 10 pages in length..... READ MORE about ENGLISH BOOK PROSPECTUSES, AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 2685
(Hamden, CT): Linnet Books, 1975. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 130 pages. Instructors of history can use this bibliography to compile reading lists for classes and a source of potential publishing outlets. Divided into chapters on research methods in history, teaching of history, historiography and philosophy of history, and historiographical studies by area, with a checklist of professional periodical literature as appendix. READ MORE about HISTORIOGRAPHY, METHOD, HISTORY TEACHING, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND ARTICLES IN ENGLISH, 1965-1973
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 70838
Leipzig: Otto Harrasowitz, 1900. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, original self paper wrappers bound in. 545-566 (22) pages. Offprint from the Centralblatt (later: Zentralblatt) für Bibliothekswesen, vol.17 no.12, of a review (largely negative) of a book by Karl Dziatzko on this topic. Covers worn, chipped. READ MORE about ZUR GESCHICHTE DES ANTIKEN BUCHWESENS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 52819
Boulder: Hamilton Press, (1979). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xv, (iii), 142 pages. First edition. A how to book that helps with writing a book, learning how to self publish and sell it and controlling the profits. Illustrated. Includes a glossary. READ MORE about WRITE PUBLISH & SELL IT YOURSELF! THE COMPLETE HOW-TO GUIDE
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 59467
London: Architecture Design and Technology Press, 1990. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. ix, 106 pages. First edition. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about TYPEFACES FOR DESKTOP PUBLISHING, A USERS GUIDE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 98827
(Cambridge): Cambridge University Press, (2000). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 84 pages. Revised second edition. This short, illustrated account of the world's oldest publishing house emphasizes the constitutional basis of the Press as an essential part of its parent university from the publication of the Press's first book in 1584 through to the present day. It highlights key moments of crisis and change including Richard Bentley's revival in the 1690s, the Victorian renaissance, the rise..... READ MORE about A SHORT HISTORY OF CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Price: $17.95 Order nr. 62796
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1957. 8vo. cloth, slipcase. xii, 116 pages. First edition. A history of this bookselling - publishing firm. Slipcase worn around edges. Spine faded. READ MORE about ADAM & CHARLES BLACK 1807-1957, SOME CHAPTERS IN THE HISTORY OF A PUBLISHING HOUSE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 26689
Indiana University Bookman, 1967. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 116 pages. Being the entire issue of The Indiana University Bookman, Number 8, March, 1967. Twelve articles on this Indianapolis publishing house. READ MORE about STUDIES IN THE BOBBS-MERRILL PAPERS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 54858
2 volumes.
New York & London: R.R. Bowker, 1980 and 1983. 8vo. cloth, dust jackets. xxviii,482; xxxvi,607 pages. 2 volumes. First edition. Tips and techniques for the sale and promotion of scientific, technical, professional, and scholarly books and journals. Volume One covers over 500 areas of book promotion such as direct mail, advertising techniques, mailing lists, exhibits and more. With a glossary, 4 appendices, and index. Volume Two broadens the coverage presented in the earlier volume, and..... READ MORE about BOOK MARKETING HANDBOOK
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 47280
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1971. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 387 pages. First edition. Fine history of this English publishing house. Bookplate of private book-collector's club stamped "withdrawn." READ MORE about THE EARLY NINETIES, A VIEW FROM THE BODLEY HEAD
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 23371
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1971. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 387 pages. First edition. Fine history of this English publishing house. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Some wrinkling of jacket along bottom of front cover. READ MORE about THE EARLY NINETIES, A VIEW FROM THE BODLEY HEAD
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 98323
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1971. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 387 pages. First edition. Fine history of this English publishing house. Near fine in near fine jacket. READ MORE about THE EARLY NINETIES, A VIEW FROM THE BODLEY HEAD
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 3048
Firenze: Tipografia Barbera, 1927. small 4to. original orange paper-covered boards, paper spine label, printed parchment dust jacket. xv, 357, (3) pages. Limited to 750 numbered copies. Bookplate of Brian Douglas Stilwell on front pastedown. Printed parchment dust jacket has been repaired along top corner of front, rear, and spine with newer paper. Minor tears to edges of jacket. Front and rear hinges cracked, but sound. Bumped corners. Minor shelfwear. A bibliography of the printed books..... READ MORE about COMPENDIOSA BIBLIOGRAFIA DI EDIZIONI BODONIANE
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 58378
N.P. n.p., (1987). 4to. plastic spiral binding on stiff paper wrappers. 468 pages. Typescript. READ MORE about JOHANNES BOEKHOLT (1656-1693), THE FIRST DUTCH PUBLISHER OF JOHN BUNYAN AND OTHER ENGLISH...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 41659
London: n.p., 1869. A.L.s., 5 by 8 inches. 2 pages. A.L.s. from Henry George Bohn to unnamed recipient, dated September 17, 1869. Bohn (1796-1884) was born in Munster, Germany, He moved to London where he became a publisher and bookseller, operating his own business in Covent Garden. This letter discusses specimens of porcelin the recipient wishes to send, and also recommends that the recipient purchase a couple of Bohn's publication. Biographical sketch of Bohn by..... READ MORE about Letter from Henry George Bohn
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 110064
Amsterdam: Meridian Publishing Co., 1962. 8vo. wrappers. (8), 27, (4), 120+(1) pages. Written in Dutch. History of the Van Keulen family Booksellers, publishers map and instrument makers in the Netherlands. With indices. Wrappers slightly tanned, "Van Keulen" written in ink on the spine. READ MORE about BIJDRAGEN TOT EENE GESCHIEDENIS VAN HET GESLACHT "VAN KEULEN" ALS BOEKHANDELAARS,...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 104452
N.P. Bundesministerium für Gesamtdeutsche Fragen, (1959). oblong 12mo. self paper wrappers. 13, (3) pages. Second edition. A report on publishing in the USSR. Yellowed. READ MORE about BONNER FACHBERICHTE AUS DER SOWJETZONE
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 50843
Stockholm: Bonnier, 1948. 12mo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 29+(1) pages. Contemporary (1948) publishing and the book trade in Sweden, by a member of the Bonniers publishing family. Tears in front cover. READ MORE about OM BOKFORLAG OCH BOKHANDEL
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 52808
New York: The Maple Press, (1981). 4to. paper wrappers. 20 pages. Being an address to A.I.G.A. by the President of Books and Education Services at McGraw-Hill. READ MORE about BOOK PUBLISHING SCENE 1971-1981
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 706
With an Annotated Bibliography
San Francisco: Book Club of California, The, 1983. 8vo. cloth. 84, (4) pages. With an Annotated Bibliography. First edition, limited to 550 copies. Designed and printed by Harold Berliner. With a well-annotated 57-item bibliography of Doxey's publications. Illustrated. With errata slip. READ MORE about WILLIAM DOXEY'S SAN FRANCISCO PUBLISHING VENTURE, AT THE SIGN OF THE LARK
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 24732
New York: AIGA, 1960. 12mo. cloth. 110. (2) pages. Eight talks are printed; Lusty on a British Publisher Looks at American Book Production, a talk by William Targ, Robert Josephy, Allen F. Hurlbut, etc. READ MORE about THE LOOK OF THE BOOK, A SERIES OF LUNCHEON DISCUSSIONS PRESENTED AS THE 1959-1960 PROGRAM OF THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 12135
8vo. cloth. Eighth of the year books showing book design for various catagories of publishing. Comprises the 13th, 17th, 22nd, 25th, 26th, 33rd, 34th and 36th Annuals. Well produced. Illustrated. READ MORE about PHILADELPHIA BOOK SHOW
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 9938
New York: Hudson River Press, 1976. 8vo. later thick limp cloth with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. Edited by Marshall Hayes. About books just published. Includes Volume II, 3 (1976); Volume III, 3; Volume IV, 3; and Volume VI, 2. READ MORE about BOOK FORUM
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 40734
