(Alhambra, CA: The Cunningham Press), (n.d.). 12mo. cloth-backed boards, paper cover label. (18) pages. Reprint from Mangan's "Design: The New Grammar of Advertising" first printed in 1940. Reprinted for those engaged in the Graphic Arts. David Green designed both this sample and the original work. READ MORE about DESIGN
Price: $22.00 Order nr. 24378
San Franscisco: L'Esperance, Sivertson & Beran, 1948. 12mo. paper-covered boards. 8 leaves. A brief essay. Designed by Richard Lemen. READ MORE about DESIGN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 51785
Edited by Susan C. McCrillis.
Boston: David R. Godine, (1974). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. Not paginated. Edited by Susan C. McCrillis. First edition. Set by hand by McCrillis; each initial is on a full-page and done in two colors. Presentation on half-title "To my good friend John Peckham, John McCrillis." Jacket rubbed. READ MORE about PRINTER'S ABECEDARIUM
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 41663
(New York): Thames and Hudson, (1988). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 216 pages. Reprint of the first U.S. paperback edition. Contains an historical introduction and chapters on equipment, methods of composition, casting-off, and jobbing, newspaper and magazine production. Well illustrated. READ MORE about THE THAMES AND HUDSON MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 76328
(New York): Thames and Hudson, (1992). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 216 pages. Reprint of the first U.S. paperback edition, with corrections for this printing. Contains an historical introduction and chapters on equipment, methods of composition, casting-off, and jobbing, newspaper and magazine production. Well illustrated. READ MORE about THE THAMES AND HUDSON MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 108565
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, (1998). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (xvi), 510, (6) pages. Third edition. A complete and comprehensive study of the development of graphic design from prehistoric times to the twentieth century. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF GRAPHIC DESIGN
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 97880
New York: Rutgers Univ. Press, 1941. 8vo. cloth-backed boards. (xii), 97 pages. First trade edition. Miers takes comments from Updike, Goudy, Rollins and many others to help describe the process of designing a book. With a notice from the publisher present. Presentation from Ellis on the first blank page. READ MORE about COMPOSING STICKS & MORTAR BOARDS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 55742
New Brunswick: Rutgers Univ. Press, 1942. small 4to. leather, gilt lettering on spine. xiv, 148 pages. First edition, limited to 1500 copies. According to Earl Schenck Miers, this copy is one of only 15 copies bound thus which was to be supplied to contributors of the book. An incredibly rare copy of an important book in printing. Loosely inserted are copies of two letters from Earl Schenck Miers regarding the production of the limited leather..... READ MORE about BOOKMAKING & KINDRED AMENITIES, BEING A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS BY BEATRICE WARDE, RICHARD...
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 4500
New Burnswick: Rutgers Univ. Press, 1942. small 4to. cloth. xiv, 148 pages. First edition, limited to 1500 copies. Includes a chapter by Gomme on bookselling. Signed by the author on the free endpaper. READ MORE about BOOKMAKING & KINDRED AMENITIES, BEING A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS BY BEATRICE WARDE, RICHARD...
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 105124
Wolfenbuttel: Julius Zwiszler, 1922. 4to. cloth. Unpaginated. Collected essays of Gustav Milchsack, on such subjects as printing, book design, the Faust saga, and new manuscripts of Luther's table-talks and of Melanchthon. Slight wear to edges of cover. READ MORE about GESAMMELTE AUFSÁTZE UBER BUCHKUNST UND BUCHDRUCK, DOPPELDRUCKE. FAUSTBUCH UN FAUST-SAGE, SOWIE...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 50931
London: The Collector Ltd., 1978. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 559-570. An offprint from The Book Collector, Vol. 27, No. 4, Winter, 1978. Muir's review of the book "Buchkunst und Literatur in Deutschland" by Ernst L. Hauswedell and Christian Voigt. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK IN GERMANY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 59715
2 volumes.
Mittineague: Strathmore Paper Company, 1921. tall 4to. cloth-backed boards, later cardboard slipcase. 28, (4) pages followed by the 19 paper samples and folded specimen sheets. Accompanied by additional sample sheets numbered 20 to 46 which are loosely inserted. 2 volumes. Includes text illustrating the application of the system by T.M. Cleland, who also designed the book and provided the decorations on the color sheets along with Rudolph Ruzicka. Includes a separately-issued portfolio of sheets of..... READ MORE about GRAMMAR OF COLOR, ARRANGEMENTS OF STRATHMORE PAPERS IN A VARIETY OF PRINTED COLOR COMBINATION...
Price: $750.00 Order nr. 121620
Westminster: Nichols and Sons, 1885. folio. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 20 pages, edges uncut. Includes two articles, "The Golden Jeweled Covers" and "The Manuscript Text," with two color plates depicting lower and upper covers of the Gospels. The manuscript was long in the possession of the Abbey of Noble Canonesses in Lindau, founded in 834 by Louis the Pious, before its acquisition by Ashburnham after the dissolution of the abbey in 1803. The manuscript was..... READ MORE about TWO MEMOIRS OF THE "EVANGELIA QUATUOR" ONCE BELONGING TO THE ABBEY OF LINDAU AND NOW TO...
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 109470
New York: The Typophiles, 1967. tall 12mo. leather-backed decorated boards. 86 pages. Limited to 400 copies of which 100 are for sale. Chapbook 46 issued by the Typophiles. Contains illustrations. Pocket removed from back pastedown. READ MORE about LETTER FROM A DANISH TYPOGRAPHER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 63659
Moscow: Publishing House "Iskustvo" ("Art"), 1961. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 422, (2) pages. The design and making of books from an editorial point of view. Discusses the initial concept, format, typeface, text format, rubrication and decoration, the role of illustration in the design, covers and wrappers, bindings, typography, and book layout and mock-up in various stages. The section on book layout and mock-up is rather lengthy, with many examples of mock-ups from actual practice..... READ MORE about KNIZHNOY ISKUSTVO, ZAMUISEL OFORMLYENIYA
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 51930
Rotterdam, Netherlands: W.L. & J. Brusse's Uitgeversmaatschapppij, 1927. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 68 pages. Text in Dutch. Second edition. A volume in the "Applied arts in the Netherlands" series. Focuses on book design and illustration. 49 illustrations. Index of names. List of craftsmen with addresses and advertisements follow text. Covers lightly worn. READ MORE about DE VERLUCHTING VAN HET BOEK
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 124600
Frankfurt: Stiftung Buchkunst, (1988). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 80, (2) pages. Catalogue of an exhibition of books about art and art in books since 1945, describing thirty-five items. Illustrated. Wrapped stained near spine. Bottom edge bumped near corner. READ MORE about BUCHER UBER KUNST--KUNST IM BUCH SEIT 1945
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 49326
(Harmondsworth): Penguin Books, (1970). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 255+(1) pages. Reprint of the second edition. This exhibit was designed to prove that Morris laid the foundation of the modern style, with Walter Gropius ultimately defining its character. READ MORE about PIONEERS OF MODERN DESIGN
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 115218
Washington: RC Publications, Inc., (1975). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 95+(1) pages. Contains 90 examples of current covers. Well illustrated. An interesting design book. Jacket soiled. READ MORE about THE PRINT CASEBOOKS, FIRST ANNUAL EDITION, THE BEST IN COVERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 121241
Mainz: Gutenberg-Museum, 1974. small 8vo. paper wrappers, cord-tied binding. 27+(1) pages. Exhibition catalogue lists 55 well-designed books and 47 facsimile editions. Includes an essay on the artist Carl Gustav Carus. READ MORE about SCHONE BUCHER UNSERER ZEIT
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 48908
New York: The Typophiles, 1949. 12mo. cloth-backed boards. 142 pages. Limited to 670 copies. The nineteenth chapbook issued by the Typophiles. Articles on Morris, Baskerville and others. Bookplate. READ MORE about OFF THE DEAD BANK, ADDRESSES, REVIEWS AND VERSES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 10275
New York: The Typophiles, 1949. 12mo. cloth-backed boards. 142 pages. Limited to 670 copies. The nineteenth chapbook issued by the Typophiles. Articles on Morris, Baskerville and others. Covers rubbed and spine faded. READ MORE about OFF THE DEAD BANK, ADDRESSES, REVIEWS AND VERSES
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 89374
New York: New York Public Library, 1950. 12mo. paper wrappers. 8 pages. Issued as Typophiles Monograph 25. READ MORE about SOUVENIRS OF MY INKY PAST
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 10181
Stuttgart: Verlag Gerd Hatje, (1954). 8vo. cloth. xxxiv, 74 pages. Text in German. Discussion of the art of book covers and dust jackets. Includes historical background in Britain, the United States, France, and Germany. 226 black and white illustrations. Directory of illustrations and list by general subject. Boards very lightly faded. READ MORE about DIE KUNST DES BUCHUMSCHLAGES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 114764
London: Sylvan Press, 1951. 4to. cloth. Not paginated. First edition. Gives examples of printing in 1851 and 1951 to allow the reader to compare the progress of printing over the period. With a number of tipped-in plates. Bookplate on free endpaper. READ MORE about PRINTER'S PROGRESS, A COMPARATIVE SURVEY OF THE CRAFT OF PRINTING 1851-1951
Price: $14.00 Order nr. 31031
