NOUUM GEBRAUCHSGRAPHIK.
München: Bruckmann, 1985-1986. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 15 issues. Colorful look at graphics, calligraphy, design. READ MORE about NOUUM GEBRAUCHSGRAPHIK
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 105712
Book Design
CONSTRUCTIVE DESIGN.
Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing Co., (1948). 4to. cloth. xii, 94 pages. Introduction by Allen Eaton. Spine lightly age darkened. Covers soiled. Bookplate of Harold J. Nye on front pastedown. The entire text is done in a calligraphic hand. Covers all aspects of design including furniture, leather, books, etc. READ MORE about CONSTRUCTIVE DESIGN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 39160
NOBODY IMPORTANT.
Stamford, CT: Overbrook Press, The, 1948. small 8vo. stiff paste paper wrappers, paper cover label. (8) pages. Limited to 600 copies. Text is reprinted from the author's column entitled Pitching Horseshoes. With initial and tail-piece by Ruzicka. Very good condition. READ MORE about NOBODY IMPORTANT
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 30383
KNIZHNOY ISKUSTVO, ZAMUISEL OFORMLYENIYA.
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
EUROPEAN PRINTING, ART AND PARCHMENT PAPERS.
New York: Andrews/Nelson/Whitehead, n.d. thick oblong 16mo. stiff paper wrappers, plastic spine. (70) leaves. A sample book of various types, weights and colors of imported paper, including many by Fabriano. READ MORE about EUROPEAN PRINTING, ART AND PARCHMENT PAPERS
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 45648
PENROSE ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE GRAPHIC ARTS.
London: Penrose Annual, various dates. thick 8vo. cloth. Following volumes are available. Volume XXXI. 1929. worn, Volume XXXVIII. 1936. Covers soiled and inside hinges cracked. Price is per volume. READ MORE about PENROSE ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE GRAPHIC ARTS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 35627
PLANNING, DESIGN AND PRODUCTION OF THE MODERN SCIENTIFIC BOOK.
Brooklyn: George McKibbin & Son, (1949). 8vo. cloth. 31 pages. First edition. Some illustrations. READ MORE about PLANNING, DESIGN AND PRODUCTION OF THE MODERN SCIENTIFIC BOOK
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 8053
BUCHER UBER KUNST--KUNST IM BUCH SEIT 1945.
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
SVATÝ KOPECEK.
(Prague): Vydal Václav Petr v Praze, 1926. small 4to. original boards. (6), 23 pages, (3) pages. First edition limited to 500 numbered copies, of which this is one of 300 bound in boards. Uneven fading to the covers, with some soiling. Boards warped. Internally fine. Nine woodcuts by Otaker Hubsil. Printed in Slovoboje typeface and bound by L. Bradac. A very scarce book in the first edition. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books..... READ MORE about SVATÝ KOPECEK
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 136869
THE BOOK ON THE BOOKSHELF.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 290, (2). First edition, paperback. The ways in which the housing of books evolved, from the scroll, to the codex, to the volume we are used to. The author takes us into the pre-Gutenberg world, where books were so scarce they were chained to lecterns for security. He explains how the printing press not only changed the way books were made and shelved..... READ MORE about THE BOOK ON THE BOOKSHELF
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 75501
PIONEERS OF MODERN DESIGN.
(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
PHILADELPHIA ART DIRECTORS CLUB ANNUAL OF ADVERTISING & EDITORIAL ART & DESIGN (THE).
Philadelphia: Art Directors Club of Philadelphia, various. 4to. various bindings. Have the following volumes of this annual: 2nd 1964, 3rd 1965, 4th 1966 (dust jacket), 7th 1969, 35th paper wrappers for all the following issues, 39th 1974, 40th, 44th 1980, 46th 1982, 47th, 48th 1984, 50th 1986, 52nd 1988, 53rd 1989. Price per issue. READ MORE about PHILADELPHIA ART DIRECTORS CLUB ANNUAL OF ADVERTISING & EDITORIAL ART & DESIGN (THE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 105685
A small archive of broadsides and ephemera regarding John Anderson and the Pickering Press.
Maple Shade, NJ: 1947-1987. This group of 20 items (broadsides and ephemera) relate to John Anderson and his Pickering Press. John Anderson began designing books, book-jackets, ephemera, and broadsides in the mid-1930's. He established his Pickering Press in 1947, with the inspiration being William Pickering, the famed English printer from the mid-nineteenth century. He has worked with Elmer Adler, Richard Ellis, Arthur Rushmore, and Frederic W. Goudy. The materials included in this archive are as..... READ MORE about A small archive of broadsides and ephemera regarding John Anderson and the Pickering Press
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 138295
THE PRINT CASEBOOKS, FIRST ANNUAL EDITION, THE BEST IN COVERS.
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
LIBRE DE WINTONIA, DOMESDAY BOOK.
Detroit: American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1943. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. (20) pages. Limited to 850 copies. Illustrations of various methods of reproducing this important manuscript in the most typographically pleasing manner. A fine copy. READ MORE about LIBRE DE WINTONIA, DOMESDAY BOOK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 16711
THE BOOKS OF WAD, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BOOKS DESIGNED BY W.A. DWIGGINS.
With a Foreword by Alexander Lawson.
Baton Rouge: Press of Nightowl, 1974. small 4to. half cloth over marbled paper-covered boards. xii, 88 pages. With a Foreword by Alexander Lawson. First edition, limited to 206 numbered copies. With ornamentation printed in different colored inks. Introduction by Lawson and preface by the author. well-preserved copy. READ MORE about THE BOOKS OF WAD, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BOOKS DESIGNED BY W.A. DWIGGINS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 11219
SCHONE BUCHER UNSERER ZEIT.
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
THE PEN AND THE ROSE.
London: Spicers Ltd., (1957). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 28 pages. A book printed to show the uses of paper and type in book production. Illustrations reproduced from LES FILIGRAINES by Bricquet, THE UNIVERSAL PENMAN by Bickham and THE FLORICULTURAL CABINET. READ MORE about THE PEN AND THE ROSE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 4729
PLANNING MY BOOK.
Lancaster: Intelligencer Printing Co., (1940). small 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper cover label. (viii), 20 pages. Hints to a publisher. READ MORE about PLANNING MY BOOK
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 30075
POCKET PAL, A GRAPHIC ARTS DIGEST FOR PRINTERS AND ADVERTISING PRODUCT.
(New York): International Paper Co., (1978). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 204 pages. Twelfth edition. Illustrated. Spot along fore-edge of title page. READ MORE about POCKET PAL, A GRAPHIC ARTS DIGEST FOR PRINTERS AND ADVERTISING PRODUCT
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 30282
POCKET PAL, A GRAPHIC ARTS DIGEST FOR PRINTERS AND ADVERTISING PRODUCT.
(New York): International Paper Co., (1974). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 191 pages. Eleventh edition. Illustrated. Name in ink on first page. READ MORE about POCKET PAL, A GRAPHIC ARTS DIGEST FOR PRINTERS AND ADVERTISING PRODUCT
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 30283
POCKET PAL, A GRAPHIC ARTS DIGEST FOR PRINTERS AND ADVERTISING PRODUCT.
(New York): International Paper Co., (1983). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 218 pages. Thirteenth edition; the 50th Anniversary Edition. Illustrated. READ MORE about POCKET PAL, A GRAPHIC ARTS DIGEST FOR PRINTERS AND ADVERTISING PRODUCT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 37694
POCKET PAL, A GRAPHIC ARTS DIGEST FOR PRINTERS AND ADVERTISING PRODUCT.
(New York): International Paper Co., (1992). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 233+(1) pages. Fifteenth edition. Illustrated. Foreword by Michael H. Bruno. READ MORE about POCKET PAL, A GRAPHIC ARTS DIGEST FOR PRINTERS AND ADVERTISING PRODUCT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 105219
POCKET PAL, A GRAPHIC ARTS DIGEST FOR PRINTERS AND ADVERTISING PRODUCT.
(New York): International Paper Co., (1989). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 220, (2) pages. Fourteenth edition. Illustrated. Cracked book block half way through text. READ MORE about POCKET PAL, A GRAPHIC ARTS DIGEST FOR PRINTERS AND ADVERTISING PRODUCT
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 128611
YOU ARE INVITED TO VIEW AN EXHIBITION OF FINELY PRINTED BOOKS SINCE WILLIAM MORRIS, OF WHICH THIS IS THE CATALOGUE.
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