N.P. n.p., (1937). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32, (4) pages. An artilce in PM IV:1 September 1937; reprinted from The Fleuron. With over sixty color and black and white illustrations. Wrappers chipped at edges and tanned. READ MORE about " TYPE DESIGNS OF THE PAST AND PRESENT."
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 121341
London: Theodore Brun, (1949). 8vo. original full tan leather, top edge gilt. 106 pages. First printing of The Typographic Arts and The Art of Printing in one volume. Limited to 250 numbered copies and in full leather binding as issued. Contains 32 illustrations. Leather scuffed along top of front and back hinges. READ MORE about THE TYPOGRAPHIC ARTS, TWO LECTURES
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 13308
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1950. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 106 pages. First U.S. edition. Reprints The Typographic Artsand The Art of Printing. (Appleton no.148c). With information on William Morris throughout. Jacket has pieces missing along edges. READ MORE about THE TYPOGRAPHIC ARTS, TWO LECTURES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 128441
1960. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp.159-172. In The Newberry Library Bulletin, Vol.V, No.5, August 1960. Short biography. (Appleton no.342). READ MORE about "THE WORK OF STANLEY MORISON."
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 4570
New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 1996. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 318 pages with 113 illustrations. Paperback edition. Reprint of the first edition with additional illustrations and new introduction. With his Kelmscott Press and associations with the Arts & Crafts Movement, William Morris helped raise the public's awareness of fine books to new heights. Morris inspired and influenced a generation of other designers and those working in American typography..... READ MORE about AMERICAN BOOK DESIGN AND WILLIAM MORRIS With a new Foreword by Jean-Francois Vilain
Price: $12.49 Order nr. 44931
Oxford: Oxford Polytechnic Press, 1987. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 174 pages. First edition. Contains seven papers presented to the Seventh annual conference on Book Trade History. Includes "The Printers and the Government, 1604-1640" by Sheila Lambert, "English Printers and their Typefaces, 1600-1700" by Derek Nuttall, and "Bertuch: Weimar's Literary Midwife" by Ian Maxted. Illustrated. From the Publishing Pathways series. READ MORE about ASPECTS OF PRINTING FROM 1600
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 26344
N.P. International Association of Printing House Craftsmen, 1939. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 113-126, (2) pages. Signature, chapter 5, from Printing Progress: A Mid-Century Report. Illustrated. Wrappers stained and sunned. READ MORE about ALEXANDER NESBITT: CREATIVE DESIGN AS A SPUR
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 121475
New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1993. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover. 300 pages. This register collects, from annual city directories, about 5,000 names and 50,000 addresses of individuals and firms working in New York in the book trades and graphic arts areas during the period 1821-1842. It continues George L. McKay's similar work, published by the New York Public Library in 1942, which collected the names of craftsmen and artisans to 1820. The..... READ MORE about A REGISTER OF ARTISTS, ENGRAVERS, BOOKSELLERS, BOOKBINDERS, PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS IN NEW YORK...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 40525
24 issues
(Washington): International Typographic Compostion Association, 1977-1985. 4to. self paper wrappers. unpaginated. 24 issues. Total of 24 issues. Promoted as a source of ideas, information, and information by the ITCA. An array of articles on typography, including historical items and book reviews. Table of contents. Includes Volume 1, Number 1 (title was IDEAS, INFORMATION, INSPIRATION), Vol. 4, No.1,2,3,; Vol. 6, No.1,2,3; Vol. 8, No.4; Vol. 9, No. 1; Vol. 10, No. 2,3; Vol. 11, No. 1,2,4;..... READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIC
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 115819
Research Triangle Park: Ventana Press, 1993. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xxxvi, 428 pages. Third edition. A guide which outlines the skills necessary to create attractive printed materials, such as advertisements, newsletters, brochures, and manuals. Illustrated with many examples of design techniques. Indexed. Rear corner bumped. Previous ownership stamp on front pastedown.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about LOOKING GOOD IN PRINT
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 56647
N.P. Yellow Barn Press and Fairleigh Dickinson University, (1995). tall 8vo. paper wrapper. single page folded twice. Note: this is for the prospectus only. Limited to 150 copies and printed letterpress by Neil Shaver at his Yellow Barn Press on dampened Rives paper. With 20 plates showing Anderson's work including work using color. An excellent look at American typography during the 1940s onward with glimpses into Frederic Goudy, Peter Beilenson, Arthur Rushmore, Robert Middleton, Elmer..... READ MORE about Prospectus for JOHN ANDERSON AND THE PICKERING PRESS, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. WITH A PICKERING PRESS...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134289
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1933. 4to. cloth. xii, 208, (iv) pages. A collection of essays about the art of poster design from ten different authors. Over a hundred black-and-white illustrations. It should have 77 pasted color plates, but 24 have been torn from the book. Former library book with usual markings. Several minor tears at the edges of pages and near the remaining pasted-down color plates. READ MORE about THE TECHNIQUE OF THE POSTER
Price: $185.00 Order nr. 96618
Iowa City: The Prairie Press, n.d. 12mo. self paper wrappers which unfolds to a small 4to. broadside printing of Updike's comments on typography. With use of red and blue. READ MORE about PRACTICE OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 37077
Iowa City: The Prairie Press, 1961. 13.5" x 9" Single sheet folded twice with printing on the front cover. Designed, hand set and printed at this private press. Reprints Updike's statement on typography. Unfolds to show a broadside printed in three colors. READ MORE about THE PRACTICE OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 22918
Nijmegen: G.J. Thieme, 1965. thick 8vo. cloth. vii, 422, (2) pages. Each countries' typography and design work is covered by a different author. Includes sections by James M. Wells on America and P.M. Handover on Great Britain, Gerard Blanchard, Maximilien Vox, Georg Schauer, Willy Rotzler, Franco Riva, Fernand Baudin and G.W. Ovink. Filled with illustrations. Jacket has tears and a small piece missing. First blank leaf torn. READ MORE about ANDERHALVE EEUW BOEKTYPOGRAFIE, 1815-1965 IN AMERIKA, ENGELAND, FRANKRIJK, DUITSLAND,...
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 33746
New York: Anderson Galleries, 1924. 8vo. paper wrappers. (vi), 31 pages. McKay 8687. 302 items described. READ MORE about FOUR HUNDRED YEARS OF PRINTING, BOOKS ON TYPOGRAPHY & ALLIED ARTS ... CONSIGNED BY THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 7422
N.P. William L. Clements Library, (1940). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. 70 pages. Well illustrated. Toned along edges. READ MORE about HISTORIC EXAMPLES OF AMERICAN PRINTING AND TYPOGRAPHY, A GUIDE TO AN EXHIBITION IN THE WILLIAM L....
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 19810
1984. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Volume VI, No.2. William Pretzer on tramp printers and Alexander Lawson on teaching typography. Many book reviews in this issue. READ MORE about PRINTING HISTORY, THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PRINTING HISTORY ASSOC IATION. Number Twelve
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 32441
Issued by the Public Printer under authority of Section 51 of an Act of Congress approved January 12, 1895.
Washington: United State Government Printing Office, 1951. 8vo. cloth. xii, 187 pages. Issued by the Public Printer under authority of Section 51 of an Act of Congress approved January 12, 1895. First edition. A manual of typography and design which was part of the Apprentice Training Series - Intermediate Period. John J. Deviny was the Public Printer at the time. Small spot at top of front cover. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHY AND DESIGN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 10709
N.P. Low Memorial Library, 1952. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 63 pages. Four full page illustrations. READ MORE about QUALITY IN BOOK-PRODUCTION; AN EXHIBITION OF FINE BOOKS OF ALL PERIODS SELECTED FROM THE COLUMBIA...
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 4514
Washington: GPO, 1951. 8vo. cloth. xii, 187 pages. First edition. 24 chapters on the subject to be used as a manual. Covers spotted. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHY AND DESIGN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4783
Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1932. 12mo. original paper wrappers, paper cover label. 90 pages. Full descriptive listing of the exhibition books along with descriptions of the presses which produced them. READ MORE about YOU ARE INVITED TO VIEW AN EXHIBITION OF FINELY PRINTED BOOKS SINCE WILLIAM MORRIS, OF WHICH THIS...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4787
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1883. 8vo. cloth. (iv), 96, (2) pages. First edition. With detailed explanations of the printing process, specimens of typography and information on copyright. Near fine. READ MORE about AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS A MANUAL OF SUGGESTIONS FOR BEGINNERS IN LITERATURE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 19253
Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1998. large 8vo. cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards, paper spine label. (100) pages. Limited to 225 numbered copies. A beautifully executed private press miscellany issued a decade after their initial miscellany. It presents samples of completed, projected, and at times purely whimsical work by the press with a strong emphasis on experimental typography. Many items are printed in various colors on a variety of papers. Includes a check-list of the work of..... READ MORE about MISCELLANY 2. A NEW COLLECTION OF WORK COMPLETED OR PROJECTED, OR DONE TO DISPLAY TYPES AND...
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 54222
West New York, NJ: Mark Batty, 2003. 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xx, (iv), 374, (2) pages. First edition. Designed by Jerry Kelly and set in the Comenius font, designed by Hermann Zapf for Berthold in 1976.This book is the first of a planned series of anthologies from "Matrix," the respected journal of fine printing, typography, and book design produced annually for more than 20 years by John and Rose Randle at the Whittington Press..... READ MORE about TYPE & TYPOGRAPHY, HIGHLIGHTS FROM MATRIX, THE REVIEW FOR PRINTERS AND BIBLIOPHILES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 73850
