NOTES ALONG THE TYPOGRAPHIC WAY.
Washington: AIGA, 1949. 8vo. paper wrappers. 35 pages. Biographical comments by this book designer. READ MORE about NOTES ALONG THE TYPOGRAPHIC WAY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 2177
Book Design
SONGS BETWEEN THE STATES.
Washington, DC: (Judd and Detweiler), 1946. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 41+(1) pages. A collection of songs sung by North and South during the American Civil War. Designed and directed by Lester Douglas. Illustrations by Charles Dunn and Ralph Patterson. Note by Douglas on front free endpaper notes this copy printed "before corrections." Gift card laid in. READ MORE about SONGS BETWEEN THE STATES
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 119200
SONGS OF THE STATES.
Washington, DC: (Printing House of Judd & Detweiler), 1946. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. (ii), 41, (1) pages. Designed and directed by Lester Douglas. Illustrated by Charles Dunn and Ralph Patterson. A collection of songs sung by Union and Confederate troops during the Civil War. Dust jacket torn along top of spine. READ MORE about SONGS OF THE STATES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 118872
TWO POEMS.
Old Georgetown: Ken Hammel and Lynn Moore, 1959. small 4to. paper wrappers, paper cover label, cord-tied. 10 leaves. Christmas poems. Designed and directed by Lester Douglas, with drawings by Lyle Justis. READ MORE about TWO POEMS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 51105
FACTORS IN THE CHOICE OF TYPE FACES.
London: Wace & Company, 1957. small 8vo. cloth. xiv, 131 pages. The second book by the author on this subject. This title is compliments his FINER POINTS IN THE SPACING AND ARRANGEMENT OF TYPE. Spine faded. Bookplate on front pastedown. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about FACTORS IN THE CHOICE OF TYPE FACES
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 26040
BY ITS COVER.
New York, NY: Princeton Architectural Press, (2005). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 192 pages. Table of contents, acknowledgments, endnotes, select bibliography, index, photographic credits. A history of American book cover design. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about BY ITS COVER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 122256
THE HERITAGE OF THE GRAPHIC ARTS LECTURE SERIES: A COMPLETE LISTING.
New York: The Typophiles, 1994. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 42, (4) pages. Limited to 500 copies. A Typophile Monograph, New Series Number Eleven. A listing of the lectures, which ran in various series from 1965 to 1982, arranged by Dr. Robert L. (Doc) Leslie, the topics being typography, printing, paper, book design, calligraphy, and other aspects of the graphic arts. Illustrated by Lili Cassel Wronker. Distributed for the Typophiles by Oak Knoll Press. READ MORE about THE HERITAGE OF THE GRAPHIC ARTS LECTURE SERIES: A COMPLETE LISTING
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 61090
THE HERITAGE OF THE GRAPHIC ARTS LECTURE SERIES: A COMPLETE LISTING.
New York: The Typophiles, 1994. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 42, (4) pages. Limited to 500 copies. A Typophile Monograph, New Series Number Eleven. A listing of the lectures which ran in various series from 1965 to 1982, arranged by Dr. Robert L. (Doc) Leslie, the topics being typography, printing, paper, book design, calligraphy, and other aspects of the graphic arts. Illustrated by Lili Cassel Wronker. READ MORE about THE HERITAGE OF THE GRAPHIC ARTS LECTURE SERIES: A COMPLETE LISTING
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 48729
INTO PRINT, SELECTED WRITINGS ON PRINTING HISTORY, TYPOGRAPHY AND BOOK PRODUCTION.
Boston: David R. Godine, (1995). 8vo. cloth. x, 339 +(1) pages. First edition. A compilation of writings on many aspects of printing and book design, chosen by the author. The topics are varied, and include eighteenth-& nineteenth-century studies, private presses, type design and manufacture, exhibitions and speculations. In an interesting chapter on twentieth-century typographers, the author discusses Stanley Morrison, Eric Gill, Bruce Rogers and several other well known printers. Illustrated with photographs and facsimiles. Handlist..... READ MORE about INTO PRINT, SELECTED WRITINGS ON PRINTING HISTORY, TYPOGRAPHY AND BOOK PRODUCTION
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 45937
ASPECTS OF FRENCH EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TYPOGRAPHY A STUDY OF TYPE SPECIMENS IN THE BROXBOURNE COLLECTION AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. With a Handlist Compiled by David McKitterick.
Cambridge: For the Roxburghe Club, 1982. 4to. cloth. xvi, 119 pages. First edition. A fine copy. The first of these Roxburghe titles to be devoted to printing type. This important study is well-produced and illustrated. The specimens are described in great detail in the bibliography.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ASPECTS OF FRENCH EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TYPOGRAPHY A STUDY OF TYPE SPECIMENS IN THE BROXBOURNE...
Price: $240.00 Order nr. 14063
A LONDONER'S VIEW OF THREE LOS ANGELES PRINTER FRIENDS AND THEIR WORK: GRANT DAHLSTRON, SAUL MARKS, AND WARD RITCHIE.
Los Angeles: Occidental College, 1990. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 37 pages. Illustrated. READ MORE about A LONDONER'S VIEW OF THREE LOS ANGELES PRINTER FRIENDS AND THEIR WORK: GRANT DAHLSTRON, SAUL...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 37935
UNIVERSITETS-BIBLIOTHEKETS FESTSKRIFT: I ANLEDNING AF 100-AARS-JUBILÆET, DET KGL. FREDERIKS UNIVERSITET.
2 volumes
Kristiania: S. M. Brydes Bogtrykkeri, 1911. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (x),118; (xii),79+(1) pages. 2 volumes. Published on the occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of the library's founding, this history includes a floor plan and several black-and-white illustrations. The wrappers of this set are worn, moderately soiled, and have darkened around the edges. The spines of both volumes are damaged. The front wrapper of the first volume is detached but present. The interiors, notable for..... READ MORE about UNIVERSITETS-BIBLIOTHEKETS FESTSKRIFT: I ANLEDNING AF 100-AARS-JUBILÆET, DET KGL. FREDERIKS...
Price: $34.00 Order nr. 90909
DOORS OF PERCEPTION, ESSAYS IN BOOK TYPOGRAPHY.
Austin, TX: W. Thomas Taylor, 1987. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 99, (3) pages. Second printing, reprinted from the first edition which was limited to only 325 copies. A fine copy. Five provocative essays describe Duncan's ideal in his own life and explores its implications for today's hand-printer and for future generations interested in typography and printing. This popular book contains essays on the Cummington Press, The Technology of Hand Printing, The Art of the..... READ MORE about DOORS OF PERCEPTION, ESSAYS IN BOOK TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 63597
CHECK LIST OF AN EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF W.A. DWIGGINS.
With Informal Comments on a number of the Books by W.A.D. together with a Prologue "W.A. Dwiggins, Artist of the Book" by Rudolph Ruzicka.
Boston: The Bookbuilders Workshop, 1949. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 22, (2) pages. With Informal Comments on a number of the Books by W.A.D. together with a Prologue "W.A. Dwiggins, Artist of the Book" by Rudolph Ruzicka. Limited to 350 copies. READ MORE about CHECK LIST OF AN EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF W.A. DWIGGINS
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 11799
FIFTY BOOKS OF THE YEAR - 1954.
N.P. American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1955. 8vo. paper wrappers. (32) pages. One Dwiggins design is illustrated. A near fine copy. Catalog of the Thirty-third annual exhibition. READ MORE about FIFTY BOOKS OF THE YEAR - 1954
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 136738
MARCHBANKS PRESS CALENDAR FOR JUNE, 1925.
New York: Marchbanks Press, 1925. 9.25" x 4" Single sheet. With 3 inch square drawing by Dwiggins printed in brown ink at the head of the calendar. READ MORE about MARCHBANKS PRESS CALENDAR FOR JUNE, 1925
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 2274
MSS. BY WAD, BEING A COLLECTION OF THE WRITINGS OF DWIGGINS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, SOME CRITICAL, SOME PHILOSOPHICAL, SOME WHIMSICAL.
New York: The Typophiles, 1947. 12mo. cloth. xiv, 152, (3) pages. First edition, limited to 900 copies. Chapbook XVII. With many illustrations. Printed at the Anthoensen Press. Bookplate. READ MORE about MSS. BY WAD, BEING A COLLECTION OF THE WRITINGS OF DWIGGINS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, SOME CRITICAL,...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 2277
BOMB THAT WOULDN'T GO OFF AND OTHER FABLES FROM MORONIA.
With Pictographs by W.A. Dwiggins.
Boston: Bruce Humphries, 1941. 8vo. half cloth over marbled paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 81, (3) pages. With Pictographs by W.A. Dwiggins. First edition. (Agner 41-17). Dwiggins designed the book including the chapter illustrations and the design on the cover and jacket. Pieces of jacket missing along edges. READ MORE about BOMB THAT WOULDN'T GO OFF AND OTHER FABLES FROM MORONIA
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 16125
TWELVE POEMS.
Hingham: Press of the Little Red Hen, 1950. square 8vo. boards, wrap-around paper cover label. (24) pages. First edition. Not in Agner. Title page designed by Dwiggins and printed in two colors. 225 copies were printed of which 125 were for sale. Minor spotting of front cover. READ MORE about TWELVE POEMS
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 116237
TWELVE POEMS.
Hingham: Press of the Little Red Hen, 1950. square 8vo. boards, wrap-around paper cover label. (24) pages. First edition. Not in Agner. Title page with decorations by Dwiggins and printed in two colors. Printing by Dorothy Abbe. A copy of the prospectus which is inserted states that 225 copies were printed of which 125 were for sale. Spine faded and with wear along hinge. Presentation from Shimer on free endpaper. READ MORE about TWELVE POEMS
Price: $115.00 Order nr. 25492
THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950.
London: The Studio Publications, (1951). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 214 pages. S-K 5740. First edition. Major sections on type design, lettering, printing, illustration, commercial binding and hand binding. Each section is well-illustrated. A different author summarizes the results of each country; i.e., binding in the U.S. by E.W. Palmer and Edith Diehl. Dust jacket has a few creases, chips and short closed tears. Ink inscription on endpaper. Corner bumped. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 15667
THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950.
London: The Studio Publications, (1951). 4to. cloth. xii, 214 pages. S-K 5740. First edition. Major sections on type design, lettering, printing, illustration, commercial binding and hand binding. Each section is well-illustrated. A different author summarizes the results of each country; ie, binding in the U.S. by E.W. Palmer and Edith Diehl. Jacket chipped and torn with pieces missing. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 25127
THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950.
London: The Studio Publications, (1951). 4to. cloth. xii, 214 pages. S-K 5740. First edition. Major sections on type design, lettering, printing, illustration, commercial binding, and hand binding. Each section is well-illustrated. A different author summarizes the results of each country; i.e., binding in the U.S. by E.W. Palmer and Edith Diehl. Near fine. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 44834
THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950.
London: The Studio Publications, (1951). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 214 pages. S-K 5740. First edition. Major sections on type design, lettering, printing, illustration, commercial binding and hand binding. Each section is well-illustrated. A different author summarizes the results of each country; i.e., binding in the U.S. by E.W. Palmer and Edith Diehl. With the Randeria bookplate. Preliminary pages foxed. Small tears on jacket repaired with clear tape. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 71815
THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950.
London and New York: The Studio Publications, (1951). 4to. cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. xii, 214 pages. S-K 5740. First U.S. edition. Major sections on type design, lettering, printing, illustration, commercial binding and hand binding. Each section is well-illustrated. A different author summarizes the results of each country; i.e., binding in the U.S. by E.W. Palmer and Edith Diehl. In a later San Francisco Public Library binding. Exlibris with markings. Else fine. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 120770