Pittsburgh: The Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, (1968). thick 4to. cloth. not paginated. Fourth edition. Sections on The History of Lithography, Modern Lithography, The Flow of the Lithographic Production, The Creative Art Department and 12 others. READ MORE about THE LITHOGRAPHERS MANUAL
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 32388
London: Printers' Register Office, 1892. small 8vo. original cloth stamped in gilt. viii, 149, (6) pages. First edition. (Bridson & Wakeman C113). With sections devoted to typography, the use of color printing, working red ink, bronze printing, tint work and ornamental borders, title pages and vignettes. Four plates including two in color. With the bookplate of Jackson Burke on front pastedown. Upper 1.5 inch of front hinge cracked. Else near fine. READ MORE about ARTISTIC PRINTING, A SUPPLEMENT TO THE AUTHOR'S WORK ON PRACTICAL PRINTING
Price: $450.00 Order nr. 11650
Two volumes.
London: Raithby, Lawrence & Co., 1924, 1925. 8vo. cloth. viii,424,(16); viii,380,(12) pages. Two volumes. Fifth edition, new and revised. Volume I contains information on the composing room, book & jobbing composition and machine composition. Volume II discusses press work generally and printing machinery with chapters on color printing, gold printing and embossing. A complete, illustrated reference work for the printer. Near fine. READ MORE about MODERN PRINTING, A HANDBOOK OF THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF TYPOGRAPHY AND THE AUXILIARY ARTS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 4851
London: Raithby, Lawrence & Company, 1900. thick 8vo. original cloth stamped in black and gilt on spine, top edge gilt. xiv, 861, (19) pages. First edition. With many plates including some color folded ones and a mounted photographic portrait. Light cover rubbing. Front hinge cracked and rear hinge starting. READ MORE about MODERN PRINTING. A TREATISE ON THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF TYPOGRAPHY AND THE AUXILIARY ARTS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 86147
London: "Printers' Register'' Office, 1892. 8vo. half leather over cloth. xxiv, 782, (10) pages. The fourth edition and the first edited by Arthur Powell. With the bookplate of Lawrence Wallis. Well preserved copy in a lovely later half-leather over cloth binding. READ MORE about PRACTICAL PRINTING, A HANDBOOK OF THE ART OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 30557
London: Lund Humphries, (1980). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 96 pages. Reprinted with corrections from the 1969 first edition. 96 illustrations and type specimens. Near fine.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about TECHNIQUES OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 40393
London: Gordon Graser Gallery, (1988). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 96 pages. Through the perspective of sixty years of close ties to the world of design and technology, Tracy describes the typographic scene. The first group of essays discusses the growth of typography, particularly the developments of the 1920's and 30's. He later goes on to discuss the role of the typographer and the two basic methods of typographic arrangement. Well illustrated. Fine copy.Loosely inserted in..... READ MORE about THE TYPOGRAPHIC SCENE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 33857
Ravensburg: Otto Maier Verlag, (1960). small 8vo. boards. 124, (2) pages. A book on design and typography. Illustrated. READ MORE about ERFREULICHE DRUCKSACHEN DURCH GUTE TYPOGRAPHIE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 37080
Translated by Ruari McLean. With an introduction by Robin Kinross.
Berkeley: University of California Press, (1995). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xliv, 236 pages. Translated by Ruari McLean. With an introduction by Robin Kinross. First edition in English, translated from the 1928 first edition. Illustrated with some use of a second color. As new. READ MORE about THE NEW TYPOGRAPHY, A HANDBOOK FOR MODERN DESIGNERS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 42609
Blue Ridge Summit: Tab Books, (1981). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 308 pages. A how to book on the fascinating art of hand printing and binding. It has a thorough introduction to the basics of printing including a brief history of the art, and then covers planning, designing, choosing papers and inks, selecting type faces, the actual printing process, and binding your completed work. Illustrated and indexed. READ MORE about GETTING STARTED IN HAND PRINTING & BINDING
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 60124
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corp. (1967). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 160 pages. First edition. Profusely illustrated. Chapters on typography, printing, paper, binding, dust jackets, etc. READ MORE about THE DESIGN OF BOOKS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 8130
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1993). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 160 pages. Reprint edition but containing a new foreword by Sumner Stone. Profusely illustrated. Chapters on typography, printing, paper, binding, dust jackets, etc. Bottom of spine slightly bumped.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about THE DESIGN OF BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 57442
