Bradley, Will.

AMERICAN CHAP-BOOK, I,1.

Jersey City: American Type Founders Co., 1904. 12mo. printed paper-covered boards, paper cover label. 16 pages. Contains "Eighteenth-Century Chap-Books and Broadsides" by Bradley. (Huntington Exhibition no.36). Bradley was hired by the ATF to design ornaments and figures. He did a total of 12 issues of the American Chap-Book. Lacks the separately issued supplement. The hardbound version of these chapbooks were sold at a premium. Cracked along back hinge and wear at spine ends. READ MORE about AMERICAN CHAP-BOOK, I,1

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 116223

(Bradley, Will).

COLLECTIVE BIRTHDAY GREETINS & SO FORTH.

N.P. The Typophiles, n.d. 12mo. self paper wrappers, French-fold. (4) pages. Reprinted from the very scarce first edition and issued as Typophile Monograph XXII. A chronology of Bradley's life with a tipped-in photograph of Bradley. Some foxing. READ MORE about COLLECTIVE BIRTHDAY GREETINS & SO FORTH

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 15811

(Bradley, Will). Hornung, Clarence P. (editor).

WILL BRADLEY, HIS GRAPHIC ART, A COLLECTION OF HIS POSTERS, ILLUSTRATIONS, TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGNS & DECORATIONS.

New York: Dover Publications, (1974). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xxxviii pages by 89 plates. First edition thus. Near fine. With an autobiographical sketch by Bradley included that he wrote in 1954. Inscribed by the editor on the front free endpaper to Richard W. Ellis. Additionally inscribed (at great length) by Richard W. Ellis to Thomas M. Whitehead, former head of Rare Books and Special Collections at Temple University. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of..... READ MORE about WILL BRADLEY, HIS GRAPHIC ART, A COLLECTION OF HIS POSTERS, ILLUSTRATIONS, TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGNS...

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 25315

Bridgewater, Peter, et. al.

DESIGN, GRAPHICS, ILLUSTRATION, AIRBRUSHING.

(Secaucus, NJ): Wellfleet Press, (1988). 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 336 pages. This is a one-volume reference source for aspiring designers, whatever their level of expertise. The materials and techniques of graphic design, illustration, and airbrushing are all described and illustrated, and their practical application in the commercial world is explained. Finished illustrations and step-by-step commissions by established artists reveal the process of design and illustration and how the end results are achieved. Light soiling..... READ MORE about DESIGN, GRAPHICS, ILLUSTRATION, AIRBRUSHING

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 65114

Bringhurst, Robert and Peter Rutledge Koch, et al.

CARVING THE ELEMENTS: A COMPANION TO THE FRAGMENTS OF PARMENIDES.

Berkeley: Editions Koch, 2004. 6 x 9 inches. Paperback. 138 pages. First edition. This companion piece to The Fragments of Parmenides reveals the "blood, sweat and tears" the creators put into their original book. Carving the Elements tells the detailed story of the making of The Fragments of Parmenides, a grandiose book project meticulously crafted by: master letterpress printer Peter Koch; poet, translator and typographer Robert Bringhurst; punchcutter, type designer, typefounder and poet Dan Carr;..... READ MORE about CARVING THE ELEMENTS: A COMPANION TO THE FRAGMENTS OF PARMENIDES

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 78258

Brunner, Felix.

A HANDBOOK OF GRAPHIC REPRODUCTION PROCESSES, A TECHNICAL GUIDE INCLUDING THE PRINTMAKING PROCESSES.

New York: Visual Communication Books, (1984). oblong 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 379 pages. Sixth revised edition. With text in English, German and French. Well-illustrated. Excellent work to enable you to understand and tell the differences in the various reproductive processes. READ MORE about A HANDBOOK OF GRAPHIC REPRODUCTION PROCESSES, A TECHNICAL GUIDE INCLUDING THE PRINTMAKING PROCESSES

Price: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 59865

Burton, Anne Ward (curator).

THE BOOK AS ART.

Santa Fe, NM: Edith Lambert Gallery, n.d. oblong 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. A collection of 15 black and white post cards with illustrations of book art exhibited at the gallery. Designs are based on the avant-garde movements of the 20th century. READ MORE about THE BOOK AS ART

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 115080

Caflisch, Max.

TYPOGRAPHY NEEDS TYPE.

N.P. Assoc. Typographique Internationale, 1977. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 36 pages. Text in German, English and French. Reprint of his speech given on the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Association. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHY NEEDS TYPE

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 16995

Carter, Rob.

AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHY TODAY.

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, (1989). 4to. paper over boards, dust jacket. 159 pages. First edition. The author provides a critical analysis of 24 modern typographic designers. Covers many different styles including classicism, modernism, expressionism and post-modernism. Also contains a descriptive list of individuals, movements, developments, etc. in typographic design. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHY TODAY

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 24453

(Center for Book Arts). Eady, Cornelius.

CORNELIUS EADY: A SHORT COLLECTION.

New York: Center for Book Arts, 2015. 9.5 x 4 inches. paperback. unpaginated. This book was printed and bound in an edition of 100 in honor of the 2015 Center for Book Arts Chapbook Competition, for which Cornelius Eady was a judge. Cornelius Eady was designed, printed, and bound by Amber McMillan of Post Editions. READ MORE about CORNELIUS EADY: A SHORT COLLECTION

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 127322

(Center For Book Arts).

THE FIRST DECADE, CENTER FOR THE BOOK ARTS, AN EXHIBITION AT THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY SEPTEMBER 7 - NOVEMBER 29, 1984.

New York: Center for Book Arts, 1984. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 56 pages. An exhibition held at the New York Public Library from September 7 to November 29, 1994 celebrated the first ten years of the Center's existence. Including 132 works by 112 artists, it was not intended as a retrospective, but rather as an overview of traditional book forms, paper arts, bookbinding and art works based on, or alluding to, book forms. Introduction by..... READ MORE about THE FIRST DECADE, CENTER FOR THE BOOK ARTS, AN EXHIBITION AT THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY...

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 36530

CESKY BIBLIOFIL, 1933.

Praze: Ceských bibliofilu, 1933. 4to. cloth. 88, (6) pages and 12 separate plates. Volume Five. Finely letterpress printed in an edition limited to 500 copies. (Ulrich & Kup, p.17). An important Czech annual devoted to book design, typography, and the graphic arts. Finely illustrated with many illustrations and title pages printed in color. With a table of contents in English in the back. Small hole in cloth along front hinge. READ MORE about CESKY BIBLIOFIL, 1933

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 59727