New York: Center for Book Arts, 2016. 7.5" x 7/5" stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. I Have a Teacher was the 2016 Poetry Chapbook winner and was published as a limited-edition, letterpress-printed, and hand-bound chapbook created by artist Ed Rayher of Swamp Press and illustrated by Barbara Henry. READ MORE about I HAVE A TEACHER
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 130164
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 Order nr. 127322
New York: Center for Book Arts, 1984. 4to. stiff paper wrappers with illustration on front cover. 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..... READ MORE about THE FIRST DECADE, CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS, AN EXHIBITION AT THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY SEPTEMBER 7...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 103186
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 Order nr. 36530
West Springfield, MA: Strathmore Paper Company, n.d. (circa 1957). oblong 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. Biographical sketch followed by illustrations of his design work with facing text page. READ MORE about A EXHIBITION OF ADVERSITING MATERIAL CREATED BY BERT C. CHAMBERS FOR THE STRATHMORE PAPER...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 118969
Brooklyn: George McKibbin & Son, (1949). 8vo. cloth-backed decorated paepr covered boards. 13 pages. First edition, limited to 2000 copies. Details of typographic design. McKibbin issued a number of books on design. READ MORE about THE LITTLE DETAILS
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 1369
Rochester: The Press of the Good Mountain, (1970). 8vo. paper wrappers. (24) pages. Limited to 200 copies. A speech by Chappell as the Frederic W. Goudy Distinguished Lecturer in Typography for 1970. A fine copy. READ MORE about FORTY-ODD YEARS IN THE BLACK ARTS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 18742
1973. small 8vo. staped self paper wrappers. 13 pages. Offprint from the Gazette of the Grolier Club, New Series, Number 19, December, 1973. Bookplate in corner of inside front cover. READ MORE about FRITZ KREDEL, AN ADDRESS BY WARREN CHAPPELL AT THE OPENING OF THE FRITZ KREDEL RETROSPECTIVE...
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 1371
New York: The Typophiles, 1974. tall 12mo. paper wrappers, dust jacket. (iv), 18 pages. A Typophile keepsake designed and produced by Bert Waggott. An autobiographical story of type design and calligraphy.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about MY LIFE WITH LETTERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 20754
Boston: Nonpareil Books, (1980). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xviii, 244, xv, (v) pages. Reprint of the first edition. Over 200 illustrations. Minor rubbing and soiling to covers, else near fine condition. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about A SHORT HISTORY OF THE PRINTED WORD
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 21960
Comment by Isabel Bishop and a Checklist of Chappell's Work by Eleanor Steiner-Prag.
New York: The Advertising Club, 1955. 12mo. cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards. (46) pages. Comment by Isabel Bishop and a Checklist of Chappell's Work by Eleanor Steiner-Prag. Limited to 550 copies. Three colored plates tipped-in. READ MORE about SIXTY-THREE DRAWINGS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 1374
Providence: The Library, 1942. small 8vo. parchment-backed boards, dust jacket. 30 pages. Limited to 565 copies. Complimentary leaflet loosely inserted. Jacket soiled with a small spot on front cover. READ MORE about THE LIBRARY, RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 1379
(Warsaw, Poland: Wydawnnictwo Naukowe PWN, 2018). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 311+(1) pages. Table of contents, introduction, two introductory essays, biographies, bibliography, list of books. Edited by Ketevan Kintsurashvili. A reference book on book design in Georgia, then a republic within the USSR. Traces the trends and developments in Georgian book design, and identifies the significant artists. The two essays explores connections between Georgian designers and the Avant-garde movement in Russia, and the wider context of..... READ MORE about NEW GEORGIAN BOOK DESIGN, 1920S-30S
Price: $59.00 Order nr. 134361
(Warsaw, Poland: Wydawnnictwo Naukowe PWN, 2018). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 311+(1) pages. Table of contents, introduction, two introductory essays, biographies, bibliography, list of books. Edited by Ketevan Kintsurashvili. A reference book on book design in Georgia, then a republic within the USSR. Traces the trends and developments in Georgian book design, and identifies the significant artists. The two essays explores connections between Georgian designers and the Avant-garde movement in Russia, and the wider context of..... READ MORE about NEW GEORGIAN BOOK DESIGN, 1920S-30S
Price: $59.00 Order nr. 138169
Embellished by C. LeRoy Baldridge.
Camden, NJ: The Haddon Craftsmen, 1937. 8vo. cloth, paper cover label. (28) pages. Embellished by C. LeRoy Baldridge. Limited to 1000 copies designed and printed by Richard Ellis. The illustrations are in color. One of the Christmas books issued by the Haddon Craftsmen. Fine condition. READ MORE about THE. AFFAIR AT THE INN, AS SEEN BY PHILO THE INNKEEPER & TAXGATHERER OF ROME
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Westport, CT: The Georgian Press, 1931. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 31 pages. Limited to 200 copies designed and printed by Richard Ellis. One of the Christmas books. Covers sunned. READ MORE about THE. AFFAIR AT THE INN, AS SEEN BY PHILO THE INNKEEPER & TAXGATHERER OF ROME
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2 volumes.
N.P. Privately printed for Napier College of Commerce & Technology, 1976. 8vo. cloth. xxxi,332; xii,333-685 pages. 2 volumes. With typographical notes by Harry Carter and an essay on the Printing of Illustrations by Frank P. Restall. This library was formed by the collector to demonstrate printing, typography and book illustration techniques from the beginning of printing. With a biographical sketch of Clark. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE EDWARD CLARK LIBRARY
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 30176
Peoria, IL: Chas. A. Bennett Co., Inc., (1949). (1949), 8vo., cloth. Unpaginated. Second printing. A textbook for students already familiar with the fundamentals of typesetting. Presents problems and projects in straight and tabular composition, specialized materials, simple book design, basic binding, and other subjects appropriate for a high-school printing course. Well illustrated with photographs, diagrams and drawings. Previous owner lightly used an ink pen on the cover, else near fine. READ MORE about STUDENT PRINTING
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 48863
N.P. Princeton University and the Art Institute of Chicago, (1972). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 190, (2) pages. With texts by the editor, Martin Eidelberg, David A. Hanks, Susan Otis Thompson and others. Illustrated. Rubbed around edges. READ MORE about THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT IN AMERICA 1876-1916
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 41549
New York: The New York Public Library, 1987. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 44, (42) pages. Text followed by plates showing the typographical design work by Clarke. Printed by the Press of A. Colish. A fine copy. READ MORE about BERT CLARKE - TYPOGRAPHER, A CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF SELECTED WORKS WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4967
New York: The Typophiles, Inc., 1971. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, front cover label portrait of Cleland. (viii), 12, (4) pages. Typophile Monograph No. 125 limited to 350 copies. James Eckman spent week ends with Cleland in designing the Mayo brothers' 100th anniversary official seal. Story of their relationship. The portrait of Cleland on the front cover is by Rockwell Kent. READ MORE about WEEK ENDS WITH TOM CLELAND
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 20755
Rochester, MN: The Doomsday Press, 1971. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, front cover label portrait of Cleland. (vii), 12, (2) pages. Limited to 150 copies. James Eckman spent week ends with Cleland in designing the Mayo brothers' 100th anniversary official seal. Story of their relationship. The portrait of Cleland on the front cover is by Rockwell Kent. READ MORE about WEEK ENDS WITH TOM CLELAND
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 21976
New York: The New York Public Library, 1960. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. (14) pages. Limited to 700 copies. Reprint of a talk given with illustrations added. READ MORE about THE FINE ART OF PRINTING
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 1448
New York: The Typophiles, 1971. 8vo. paper wrappers, cover illustration glued to wrapper. (viii), 12 pages. One of 350 copies. READ MORE about WEEKENDS WITH TOM CLELAND
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 110131
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2008. 8.5 x 11 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 176 pages. First edition. This is the first full-length study of the leading American type foundry of the nineteenth century. It is an interesting history of the foundry from both a business and a design point of view. The emphasis is on the design of the hundreds of typefaces that were produced by the foundry, from its inception in the 1860s..... READ MORE about MACKELLAR, SMITHS & JORDAN: TYPOGRAPHIC TASTEMAKERS OF THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 96669
