Halle: Verlag von Wilhelm Knapp, 1908. 8vo. cloth. x, 330 pages. First edition. Later library cloth, exlibris with markings. Else near fine. Scarce manual and glossary on printing terms. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about TECHNISCHER FÜHRER DURCH DIE REPRODUKTIONS-VERFAHREN UND DEREN BEZEICHNUNGEN
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 137109
After the German Version of Goethe, With Six Illustrations From the Designs of Wilhelm von Kaulbach and Twelve India Proof Engravings by Joseph Wolf.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1887. 4to. quarter leather over cloth boards. 342 pages. After the German Version of Goethe, With Six Illustrations From the Designs of Wilhelm von Kaulbach and Twelve India Proof Engravings by Joseph Wolf. Limited to 400 numbered copies signed by the publisher. Spine age darkened with some wear at the head and tail. Shaken. Front hinge starting. The textblock square, tight, and exceptionally clean, albeit with faint offsetting of illustrations to tissue..... READ MORE about REYNARD THE FOX
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 136872
Paris: Maurice Darantiere, 1932. 4to. paper wrappers. xxvii, 268 pages. First edition. Light wear to tail of spine, else a fine copy. Paper from Holland Van Gelder. A very scarce publication, especially considering pre-World War 2 Europe. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about DE L'IMITATION DE JESUS CHRIST
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 136993
Six volumes.
Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, 1860-1865. thick 8vo. half leather, top edges gilt. variously paginated. Six volumes. First printings of the fifth and best edition of the main work. All the volumes have been rebacked with the original spine over later cloth. The front free endpaper, first blank, and half-title page are loose, yet present, of volume one. Volume five has a cracked hinge along top edge. Rubbing to all the bindings. Chipping to edges of..... READ MORE about MANUEL DU LIBRAIRE ET DE L'AMATEUR DE LIVRES
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 25175
Boston, MA: Dana Estes & Company, n.d. (c. 1900). 8vo. Finely bound in half contemporary morocco over marbled covered boards, gilt on spines, five raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Limited to 1,000 numbered copies. This scarce edition is complete with 174 plates, each with a protective tissue guard. Spines are bright, evidence of not being exposed to the sun. Scattered chipping to the heads of the spines of about half of..... READ MORE about THE WARWICK EDITION OF BULWER'S NOVELS
Price: $1,800.00 Order nr. 136823
IJkema: 's-Gravenhage, 1875. 4to. original printed boards, paper spine. (2), 192 pages. First and only edition. Front board detached yet present. Spine worn with loss. Minor fading to top edge of front board. Some soiling to edges of front and rear boards. Bookseller's ticket on front pastedown. Some signatures are starting to come loose. Interior is very clean. With 24 fine chromolithographed plates, adapted after Gustave Doré by an unidentified dutch draughtsman, original bible-text occasionally..... READ MORE about BEELDEN UIT DE HEILIGE SCHRIFT. CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIEËN NAAR GUSTAVE DORÉ BEWERKT VOLGENS DE...
Price: $400.00 Order nr. 137046
With an introduction by John Bigelow and notes on the portraits.
Chicago, IL: Duodecimos, The, 1894. small 8vo. Creme boards with gilt lettering on front and spine. 106 pages, plus facsimiles. With an introduction by John Bigelow and notes on the portraits. First edition limited to 144 numbered copies, of which this is one of 132 copies on hand-made paper. Front hinge cracked along spine. Boards soiled. Internally fine. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. The first publication printed by The Duodecimos publishing house. Signed Frontispiece..... READ MORE about Facsimile of Poor Richard's Almanack for 1733
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 136899
Twenty one volumes.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, (1928). small 4to. cloth. Twenty one volumes. Reprint of the first edition. Ex-library set with markings. Some rubbing to the spines of all of the volumes. Else solid and clean. A monumental work financed by the American Council of Learned Societies. It remains the definitive work on American biography to date. contains a selection of biographies of noteworthy persons whom were deceased at the time of publication, and had resided..... READ MORE about DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 6387
London: Penny Magazine, printed by William Clowes, 1833. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. variously paginated. Contains the four monthly supplements of the Penny Magazine describing the Commerical History of the Penny Magazine. Light foxing throughout, else a fine collection of the four parts concerning printing history. The issues these were taken from were No. 96 (August 31-September 30, 1833), No. 101 (September 30-October 31, 1833), No. 107 (October 31-November 30, 1833), and No. 112 (November 30-December..... READ MORE about MONTHLY SUPPLEMENT OF THE PENNY MAGAZINE OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE....
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 34339
Clearly explaining the whole art, and accidents that may happen in printing, with the different methods of avoiding them. Third Edition Corrected. To which is added, (now for the first time printed) Selections from the Work of M. Brégeaut; forming a Sequel to the Manual, and bringing down the improvements in the art to the present time. Translated from the French by C. Hullmandel ... .
London: Longman, 1832. 8vo. recent red buckram, red leather spine, gilt on spine. xix, 117 pages and with 2 double-page lithographed plates. Clearly explaining the whole art, and accidents that may happen in printing, with the different methods of avoiding them. Third Edition Corrected. To which is added, (now for the first time printed) Selections from the Work of M. Brégeaut; forming a Sequel to the Manual, and bringing down the improvements in the art..... READ MORE about A MANUAL OF LITHOGRAPHY
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 80415
Cleveland: The World Publishing, 1956. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 221 pages. First U.S. edition. Prospectus and original shipping label loosely inserted. Wrapper chipped along bottom edge with minor loss. Overall a very good copy. "...B.W. at her best, causing us to discover our typographic world anew, talking - in a delightfully informal manner..." From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE CRYSTAL GOBLET, SIXTEEN ESSAYS ON TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 12100
New York: Beck Engraving Co., (1950). 4to. decorated cloth, paper covered boards slipcase. Attractive book demonstrating this illustration method in black and white and in color. Loosely inserted is a folio broadside, folded twice and printed in color. Near fine in near fine slipcase. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT BECK GRAVURE IN RELATION TO ITS BACKGROUND, TECHNIQUE, AND...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 384
Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1966. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 123 pages. Revised edition. With an additional chapter by C.D. Batty. Near fine in near fine jacket. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about SYSTEMATIC BIBLIOGRAPHY A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE WORK OF COMPILATION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 599
Philadelphia: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 1950. 8vo. cloth. xiv, 114 pages. First edition. One of the publications of the Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography. No dust jacket. Else near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about JOURNALS AND JOURNEYMEN A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF EARLY AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 920
London: Cassell and Co., (1947). 8vo. cloth. x, 178 pages. First edition. Spine faded, covers lightly soiled. A study of the ownership of all British newspapers largely brought about by the question of Jewish influence in the British press around the time of the war. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about BRITISH NEWSPAPERS AND THEIR CONTROLLERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 1129
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1960. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 384 pages. First edition. Treats libel, privacy, copyright, censorship, etc. Near fine in very good jacket. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about RIGHTS AND WRITERS A HANDBOOK OF LITERARY AND ENTERTAINMENT LAW
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 1505
With Comments on the Invention of Typography, The First Types, Legibility and Fine Printing.
Berkeley: University of California Press, (1977). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xix, 170, (2) pages. With Comments on the Invention of Typography, The First Types, Legibility and Fine Printing. Reprint of the 1940 edition. Illustrated. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about TYPOLOGIA, STUDIES IN TYPE DESIGN & TYPE MAKING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 1515
New York: The Typophiles, 1957. 8vo. self paper wrappers. 4 pages. Eulogy to Dwiggins printed by The Black Vine Press of San Francisco. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about WAD, 1880-1956
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 2292
Pinner: Private Library Assoc. (1967). 8vo. boards, dust jacket. 45 pages. First edition, limited to 1400 copies. A fine copy in fine jacket. Describes the life of this author of books on book collecting and commentator on the famous collectors of his day. READ MORE about THOMAS FROGNALL DIBDIN, BIBLIOGRAPHER & BIBLIOMANIAC EXTRAORDINARY 1776-1847
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 2425
New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1947. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 160 pages. First edition. "A detailed, comprehensive handbook on the many varied applications of all the phases of typography." Well preserved copy in lightly chipped dust jacket. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about TYPE FOR BOOKS AND ADVERTISING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 2634
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1952. 8vo. cloth. (viii), 265 pages. Reprint of the 1951 first edition. Dust jacket chipped and torn along edges and spine ends. Else a very good copy. A bookseller's memories. READ MORE about THE ADVENTURES OF A TREASURE HUNTER A RARE BOOKMAN IN SEARCH OF AMERICAN HISTORY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 2642
New York: Harper & Row, (1965). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 415 pages. First edition. Fine in fine jacket. Illustrated. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE BROTHERS HARPER, A UNIQUE PUBLISHING PARTNERSHIP AND ITS IMPACT UPON THE CULTURAL LIFE OF...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 3041
New York: Gramercy Publishers, (1943). 8vo. cloth. x, 858 pages. Reprint of the 1941 first edition. Lengthy annotations accompany each of the 8000 authors listed. Excellent one volume reference book. Covers lightly soiled, else near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about AMERICAN AUTHORS AND BOOKS 1640 TO THE PRESENT DAY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 3300
New York: Oxford University Press, 1968. 12mo. paper wrappers. (vi), 26 pages. One of 360 copies issued as Monograph no.89 for the Typophiles. A fine copy. Concerns the revival of the Fell types. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE FELL TYPES, WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN AND ABOUT THEM
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 3352
Boston: Hale, Cushman & Flint, 1937. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 168 pages. First edition. Jacket lightly soiled, spine lightly faded. Very minor wear to edges, else a near fine copy in very good jacket. A bibliography of books about books in which the author describes not only the physical book but also why the book is important. READ MORE about BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS: A BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR COLLECTORS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 3587
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1936. 8vo. half cloth over boards, dust jacket. (viii), 116 pages. First edition, first printing (Fleck A.40.A.1). Fine in lightly faded jacket.The fifth in the series of Rosenbach Fellowship Lectures. With a reproduction of a Morley inscription as frontispiece. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PSEUDO-BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 3608
Bethesda: The Quill & Brush Press, 1978. small 8vo. paper wrappers. (vi), 88 pages. Second edition, revised and corrected. Gives issue points and approximate value. Some chipping to spine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE BOOK OF FIRST BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 3742
Florence: House of Collectibles, 1976. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), ii, 444 pages. First 47 pages are meant as a manual for the bookcollector. This is followed by the price guide. Near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about OFFICIAL GUIDE TO OLD BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 3929
London: Lowe & Brydone Printers, 1927. 8vo. later cloth. 96 pages. Enlarged and revised edition. With 46 illustrations and a number of tipped-in plates in color. Covers spotted. Shaken. A scarce printing manual. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about METALITHOGRAPHY, PRINTING FROM METAL PLATES IN THE LITHOGRAPHIC MANNER, A PRACTICAL TREATISE WITH...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 4177
Philadelphia: (Lanston Monotype Machine Co., 1947). tall 8vo. paper wrappers, stapled. (14) pages. Contains tributes to Goudy including a one page tribute from Bruce Rogers and a display of all the faces that Goudy designed for Monotype. A fine copy. Designed by Bruce Rogers. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about FREDERIC WILLIAM GOUDY, ART DIRECTOR TO THE LANSTON MONOTYPE MACHINE COMPANY 1920-1939,...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 4195
N.P. Privately Printed for the author by Edwin Rudge, (1923). small 8vo. boards. (ii), 13 pages. Limited to 400 copies. The paper covering on the head of the spine partially chipped away. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about GOUDY, AN ADDRESS BY TEMPLE SCOTT AT A MEETING OF THE AIGA
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4200
Philadelphia: L. Johnson & Co., 1866. 8vo. original cloth. (ii), 336, (2) pages with a frontispiece showing Gutenberg and Faust. Second edition. (Bigmore & Wyman II, 3; Appleton p.41). Marginal damp stain first 60 pages. Binding lightly worn. A good working copy. The first edition also appeared in 1866 and this is essentially a reprint of that edition except for a two page description of the type and stereotype foundry of L. Johnson & Co..... READ MORE about AMERICAN PRINTER: A MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY CONTAINING COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS FOR BEGINNERS, AS WELL...
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 4449
New York: The Typophiles, 1959. 16mo. self paper wrappers. 16 pages. A history, with illustrations, of the Columbian Press which was built first in Philadelphia in 1813 by George Clymer. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about OUR COLUMBIAN PRESS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4540
Springfield: The Linweave Association, 1927. 8vo. boards, paper cover label. 65, (3) pages. First edition. Lacking the dust wrapper. Lacking the spine. Light shelf wear, with some loss to spine ends. With an engraved title page. History of engraving followed by a practical manual. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE ART OF PLATE PRINTING WITH AN HISTORICAL SKETCH BY THEODORE A. ISERT
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4754
Albany: J.B. Lyon Co., 1913. thick 8vo. cloth. xx, 717 pages. Illustrated. Inscribed by Stevens on the first blank. Chipped at spine ends. Light shelfwear. Front hinge starting. Prepared under the direction of John Williams, Commissioner of Labor, State of New York. . From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about NEW YORK TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION NO.6, STUDY OF A MODERN TRADE UNION AND ITS PREDECESSORS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4859
Wien, Pest, Leipzig: A. Hartlebens Verlag, 1882. thick 8vo. half calf over marbled paper covered boards, five raised bands, gilt on spine, top edge gilt. viii, 806 pages with 26 plates (14 in color) and 380 text illustrations. First edition. (St. Bride Cat. p.318). Some rubbing around edges, shelf wear. Hinges lightly rubbed. Front free endpaper loose, but present. Exlibrary bookplate of the well-known early 20th century collector and publisher Crosby Gaige (New York). Standard..... READ MORE about ILLUSTRIRTE GESCHICHTE DER BUCHDRUCKERKUNST, MIT BESONDERER BERÜCKSIGHTIGUNG IHRER TECHNISCHEN...
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 5197
La Haye: Imprimerie d'Etat, 1833. 8vo. modern leatherette. 61 pages and the four plates bound at the rear of the book. First edition. (Bigmore & Wyman III, 79). Rebound in later cloth. Dutch title page has been damaged, and subsiquently repairded, effecting the publisher and date. Interior is in fine condition. Text in French and Dutch. Was translated into English by Kubler in his HISTORICAL TREATISES ... ON STEREOTYPING who claims that it is one..... READ MORE about RAPPORT SUR LES RECHERCHES, RELATIVES A L'INVENTION PREMIERE
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 5210
Loughborough: The Plough Press, (1975). 8vo. cloth. xii, 127 pages. First edition. Spine lightly age darkened. Covers lightly soiled. Lacking the dust jacket. Else very good. Historical accounts of the most important English color printers. With biographical information and listing of important books produced and a chronological directory of their addresses. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about A GUIDE TO NINETEENTH CENTURY COLOUR PRINTERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 5254
Charlottesville: Dominion Books, (1964). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xxiv, 368 pages. Reprint of the revised second edition. With chapters on the first presses, the Colonial printing house, ink, type, bookbinding, etc. With illustrations. Covers lightly soiled. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE COLONIAL PRINTER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 5266
By Dennis Rhodes and Anna Simoni. Nine volumes.
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1926-1962. 4to. cloth. By Dennis Rhodes and Anna Simoni. Nine volumes. Revised edition. Spines faded. Some minor wear to the head and tail of the spines of volumes one, four, five, and six. Bindings still tight. Complete set including the 7th volume which contains the index and second supplement and the 8th volume which brings the set up to 1950. Includes not only the anonymous literature printed in England but also..... READ MORE about A DICTIONARY OF ANONYMOUS AND PSEUDONYMOUS ENGLISH LITERATURE NEW AND REVISED EDITION BY DR....
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 5293
Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1934. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 19, (3) pages. With an introductory paragraph by Rudolf Koch. A fine copy. A dialogue between a papermaker and a printer. Well printed. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about PAPIERMACHER UND DRUCKER, EIN GESPRACH UBER ALTE UND NEUE DINGE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 5387
An Exhibition
San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1978. oblong 8vo. paper wrappers. 94 pages with numerous plates of bookbindings by the foremost modern practioners of the art. An Exhibition. S-K 5766. First edition, limited to 2500 copies. Many plates in color. Spine lightly soiled, else fine. READ MORE about HAND BOOKBINDING TODAY, AN INTERNATIONAL ART
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 5810
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1937. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 128 pages. Second edition, revised and enlarged by Roger Boutell. Near fine in near fine jacket. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about FIRST EDITIONS OF TO-DAY AND HOW TO TELL THEM, UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 6047
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1945. 8vo. cloth. vi, 123 pages. Third edition. (Brenni no.61 & 1323). With chapters on the enemies of books, repair and mending of books, treatment of paper, care of leather bindings, treatment of cloth bindings, etc. Spine faded. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE CARE AND REPAIR OF BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 6191
London: The Bookman's Journal, 1921. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 212, (8) pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Near fine. With bibliographies of Beerbohm, Brooke, De La Mare, Drinkwater, Dunsany, Flecker, Gissing, Walpole, and others. Six facsimiles. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF MODERN AUTHORS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 6304
Twenty one volumes.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, (1928). small 4to. cloth. Twenty one volumes. Reprint of the first edition. Ex-library set with markings. Some rubbing to the spines of all of the volumes. Else solid and clean. A monumental work financed by the American Council of Learned Societies. It remains the definitive work on American biography to date. contains a selection of biographies of noteworthy persons whom were deceased at the time of publication, and had resided..... READ MORE about DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 6387
New York: The Grolier Club, 1904. 8vo. original boards, leather spine label. xxxvi, 99 pages. Limited to 306 copies; printed by DeVinne (Asaf 40). Spine age darkened and worn with some loss. Hinges cracked. Toning to the covers. An exhibition catalogue and an address by Marion Crawford. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF ORIGINAL AND EARLY EDITIONS OF ITALIAN BOOKS; SELECTED FROM A...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 6448
Bloomington: Indiana University Library, 1963. 4to. paper wrappers. 48 pages. Exhibition catalogue. Three page preface by David Randall. Not illustrated. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about GROLIER: OR 'TIS SIXTY YEARS SINCE; A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE EXHIBIT OF 100 BOOKS FAMOUS IN...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 6456
New York: The Grolier Club, 1904. 12mo. red cloth. vii, 69 pages. Asaf Handlist 52. Introductory preface. Rebound in later cloth. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about FIRST EDITIONS OF THE WORKS OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE TOGETHER WITH SOME MANUSCRIPTS, LETTERS AND...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 6492
London: Henry Fowle, 1912. 12mo. cloth-backed boards, cloth spine. xvi, 408 pages. Fourth edition, revised by Horace Hart. Ownership inscription in ink on front free endpaper. Covers lightly age darkened. Light wear to spine ends. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about AUTHORS' & PRINTERS' DICTIONARY, A GUIDE FOR AUTHORS, EDITORS, PRINTERS, CORRECTORS OF THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 6632
Hattiesburg: The Book Farm, 1942. 8vo. paper wrappers. 55 pages. Over 470 separate items are listed. Spot on front cover. Covers age yellowed around edges. Scarce. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about MCMURTRIE IMPRINTS, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SEPARATELY PRINTED WRITINGS BY DOUGLAS C. McMURTRIE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 7068
Continued by Esther Potter.
Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1984. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xxv. 60 pages. Continued by Esther Potter. S-K 7276a. New bibliography issued as Occasional Publication No.18 by the Society. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about EARLY BOOKBINDING MANUALS, AN ANNOTATED LIST OF TECHNICAL ACCOUNTS OF BOOKBINDING TO 1840
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 7112
With a Preface by the Author.
Stanford: Stanford University Library, 1958. 8vo. paper wrappers. Not paginated. With a Preface by the Author. Limited to 1000 copies designed by Albert Sperisen at the Toyon Press. A near fine copy. READ MORE about COMPREHENSIVE EXHIBITION OF THE WRITINGS OF W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 7132
London: British Museum, 1963. 8vo. later cloth over paper covered boards. 125 pages and 32 plates followed by 62 pages and 16 plates. Important catalogue. Rebound in blue cloth. A near fine copy. Contributions by John Carter and P. H. Muir and an introduction by Stanley Morison. (Appleton no. 223). Nicely designed. READ MORE about PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN, CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF FINE PRINTING AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 7428
Reprinted from the Journal of Education for Librarianship, Vol.13, Nos. 1 & 2, 1972, 8vo., self paper wrappers.
Greenvale, Long Island, NY: 1974. 8vo. paper wrappers. 46 pages. Reprinted from the Journal of Education for Librarianship, Vol.13, Nos. 1 & 2, 1972, 8vo., self paper wrappers. Excellent guide to the subject. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about MATERIALS AND SOURCES FOR TEACHING THE HISTORY OF BOOKS AND PRINTING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 7849
N.P. International Typographical Union, 1913. thick 8vo. cloth. 1165 pages. First edition. Slightly shaken. Front hinge partially cracked. Spine slightly age darkened. Bumped corner. Thorough history and containing a number of plates showing leaders of the union. Loosely inserted is a pamphlet entitled "A Case for Repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act" published by the union. An uncommon book. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about HISTORY OF THE TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, ITS BEGINNINGS PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT ... TOGETHER WITH A...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 7861
Catalogue 517.
London: Maggs Bros. 1929. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 449, (6) pages. Catalogue 517. Covers detached and part of spine covering chipped away. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about ENGLISH VERSE & DRAMATIC POETRY FROM CHAUCER TO THE PRESENT DAY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 7883
New York: Doubleday, 1976. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. viii, (ii), 204 pages. First edition. "A wicked, witty novel about the publishing of a best seller." Characters include a young librarian, a plump publisher and a distinguished professor ... and plagiarist? Fine in near fine dust jacket. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about MURDER AT THE FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 8711
With an Introduction by Graham Pollard.
Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1972. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. ix, (xix), viii, 92, (6) pages. With an Introduction by Graham Pollard. Facsimile of one of the two known copies of this early English directory. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about HODSON'S BOOKSELLERS, PUBLISHERS AND STATIONERS DIRECTORY 1855
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 9121
Cambridge: Harvard College Library, 1965. small 8vo. later cloth, leather spine label with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. 82 pages. With a short tribute to William Jackson who died two months before the publication of this report. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE HOUGHTON LIBRARY REPORT OF ACCESSIONS FOR THE YEAR 1963-64
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 9235
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New Haven: The Yale University Press, 1965. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xiv pages, 48 plates, 291 pages. 1. An historical study of Viking maps and their relationship to the discovery of America. Based on what was believed to be the first map showing North America. This thesis has been challenged. Well preserved copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE VINLAND MAP AND THE TARTAR RELATION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 9604
New York: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1892. 8vo. original cloth. 192 pages. First U.S. edition. Preliminary page torn. Exlibris with markings. Head of spine lightly worn. Shaken. Contains much biographical information on the men running the various newspapers in England. Illustrated. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about LONDON DAILY PRESS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 9621
New York: four publishers, 1923. 8vo. cloth, paper cover and spine labels. 414 pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Spine label lightly age-darkened. Foxing to preliminary pages. Else very good. A book about books with 22 chapters on authors such as Galsworthy, Conrad, Arthur Train, Sackville-West, Harold Bell Wright, Tarkington, Stratton-Porter, Christopher Morley, etc. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about AMERICAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENT
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 9872
Philadelphia: Lanston Monotype Machine Co., n.d. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 15 pages. A first hand account of this specially designed Bible. Wrappers lightly soiled, else near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about AN ACCOUNT OF THE MAKING OF THE OXFORD LECTERN BIBLE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 10153
Mount Vernon: Peter Pauper Press, 1960. 8vo. paper wrappers. 4 pages. A short eulogy, being Typophile Monograph no.67. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about CARL PURINGTON ROLLINS, 1880-1960
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 10176
With an Introduction by A.S.W. Rosenbach.
Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1937. thick 8vo. cloth. (xviii), 219, (19) pages. With an Introduction by A.S.W. Rosenbach. Limited to 1000 copies. Spine rubbed. Exlibris with markings. Some rubbing to the covers. Else near fine. Three page introduction by Rosenbach. Well-illustrated. Edwin Wolf was an important member of the Rosenbach staff. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE JOHN FREDERICK LEWIS COLLECTION OF EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 10198
Brooklyn: Mergenthaler Linotype Co., (1936). small 8vo. Bound in yellow paper wrappers. 99 pages. First softcover edition. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Introduction by Harry Miller Lydenberg. Two-color illustrations by 41 printers, artists and designers including Rogers, Peter Beilenson, W.A. Dwiggen, Edwin & Robert Grabhorn, Joseph Blumenthal, Fritz Eichenberg, John Fass, Valenti Angelo, George Salter, Boris Artzybasheff and many more. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. Front wrapper detached and head of..... READ MORE about PETER PIPER'S PRACTICAL PRINCIPLES OF PLAIN & PERFECT PRONUNCIATION
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 10271
Cedar Rapids: Privately printed for the Friends of the Torch Press, 1938. small 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper cover label, dust jacket. 26 pages. Limited to 400 copies. Funny spoof concerning the purchase of the Finkelstein-O'Holligan Omniology Codex. Dust jacket with tears around edges. Minor shelfwear to spine ends. Very good condition. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE KOH-I-NOOR OF BOOKS, AN ESSAY IN BIBLIOSOPHICAL ERISTICS. BY TYDOR DEBRENOWSKY (BAY
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 10642
Brooklyn: Fred. Tredwell, 1882. 8vo. later stiff paper wrappers with part of original cover preserved as label on front cover. (iv), 161 pages. First edition, second printing. (Webber p.124). Bookplate stating this copy is from the reference library of the Charles E. Tuttle Company. Covers detachet, yet present. Spine chipped away. Edges of covers chipped. Contents in fine condition. One of the few books written devoted solely to the extra illustrations of books. From the..... READ MORE about A MONOGRAPH ON PRIVATELY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS; A PLEA FOR BIBLIOMANIA
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 10673
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1957. 4to. paper wrappers. (16) pages. One of 1500 paperbound copies. Interior lightly foxed, else near fine. Many illustrations. Interesting talk on book-collecting. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE BEST INDOOR GAME
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 10737
Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, Grolier Club Dinner, 1954. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 26 pages. Reprinted from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, (1954). Near fine condition. A scarce book. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE FIRST BOOKS AND PRINTED CATALOGUES OF THE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 10919
Chicago: American Library Association, 1956. 8vo. paper wrappers. 200 pages. First edition, the softcover issue. Discussion of 16 landmark books. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about BOOKS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 11241
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1909. 8vo. half cloth over marbled paper boards, leather spine label. viii, 246 pages. Study of French 16th century literature. Minor shelfwear. Leather spine lael chipped with some loss. Else near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about MANUEL BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE DE LA LITTERATURE FRANCAISE MODERNE 1500-1900. I. SEIZIEME SIECLE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 11325
Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1923. square 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper spine and cover labels, dust jacket. xviii, 120 pages with a colored frontispiece of Dr. Johnson and 8 other illustrations. First edition (Fleck A.8.A.1b). Note that the frontispiece is colored in the trade edition whereas it is in black-and-white in the limited edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Paper boards soiled. Spine paper label age darkened. Minor shelfwear. Front free endpaper with minor rip at..... READ MORE about DOCTOR JOHNSON, A PLAY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 11447
The Inside story of the decline of the Curtis Publishing Company.
New York: Crown Publishers, (1970). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 224 pages. The Inside story of the decline of the Curtis Publishing Company. First edition, second printing. Spine of jacket lightly faded, else near fine in near fine jacket. History of the Curtis Publishing Company and how Culligan saved the company from bankruptcy only to lose control of the company. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE CURTIS-CULLIGAN STORY, FROM CYRUS TO HORACE TO JOE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 11933
Cleveland: The World Publishing, 1956. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 221 pages. First U.S. edition. Prospectus and original shipping label loosely inserted. Wrapper chipped along bottom edge with minor loss. Overall a very good copy. "...B.W. at her best, causing us to discover our typographic world anew, talking - in a delightfully informal manner..." From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE CRYSTAL GOBLET, SIXTEEN ESSAYS ON TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 12100
London: John Russell Smith, 1854. tall 12mo. modern cloth. xii, 418, (2) pages. With frontispiece map showing the library's location. Wear to head and tail of spine, with the head of the spine having some tears to the cloth. Covers spotted. General shelfwear. Lower corner and fore-edge bumped. Rear board separated, yet present. The binding looks like a publisher's binding making one believe that a number of copies were found in sheets and issued this..... READ MORE about HANDBOOK TO THE LIBRARY OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM: CONTAINING A BRIEF HISTORY OF ITS FORMATION ......
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 12165
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., (1965). tall 8vo. cloth. 1118 pages. Second edition. Front hinge broken. Minor shelfwear. Shaken. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about READER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 12263
Dublin: The Dolmen Press, (1968). small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 32 pages. New edition, reset and in large format. Twenty plates including four in color. Near fine condition. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE BOOK OF KELLS, A SELECTION OF PAGES REPRODUCED WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY G. O. SIMMS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 12752
With a New Introduction by A. Hyatt Mayor and a Supplement of Thirty-One Plates from the First German and French Editions.
New York: Da Capo Press, 1968. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxxix, 342 pages followed by the plates. With a New Introduction by A. Hyatt Mayor and a Supplement of Thirty-One Plates from the First German and French Editions. Reproduction of the 1819 edition with extra notes. Spine of jacket faded. Light soiling to jacket. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about A COMPLETE COURSE OF LITHOGRAPHY
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 12960
London: Cassell & Co., (1938). 8vo. cloth. xiv, 285 pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Rubbing to spine and hinges. General shelfwear. Exlibrary with markings. Discusses printing from the reader's point of view. Articles on the relationship between many famous authors and their printers; also articles on Morris, Fraser, etc. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE PRINTING OF BOOKS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 13812
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1954. thick 8vo. cloth. xiv, 689 pages. First edition, second printing. Descriptions of the best sources of information on all facets of American history. Indexed. Covers lightly soiled, else near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about HARVARD GUIDE TO AMERICAN HISTORY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 14228
Lancaster, PA: Lancaster Press, Inc., (1926). thick tall 8vo. cloth. xv, 1081 pages. Scarce first edition. Still an essential reference work. Spine age darkened with some wear at spine ends. Else near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN PAINTERS, SCULPTORS & ENGRAVERS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 14353
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1942. 4to. cloth, paper cover label. xx, 41 pages followed by 192 plates. A number of the plates are in color. Lacking the dust jacket. Else near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about CURRIER & IVES, PRINTMAKERS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 14373
London: Maggs Bros. (1930). small 4to. later cloth with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. (ii), 514 pages. Catalogue no.542. Many full page illustrations and an index. Essentially a history of writing through original source material. A near fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about ART OF WRITING, 2800 B.C. TO 1930 A.D., ILLUSTRATED IN A COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS WRITTEN...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 14499
New York: Parke- Bernet Galleries, 1945. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. (viii), 182 pages. One page foreword by David Wagstaff. With many illustrations. Some creasing of covers around edges. Prices realized throughout. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about FIVE CENTURIES OF SPORT ... THE DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION FORMED BY THE LATE ALFRED B. MACLAY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 14647
London: Ingpen & Grant, 1935. 4to. later cloth, paper spine label. viii, 288 pages. First edition. Browning in the gutters. Text split just before the title page. Else very good. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about SOME ENGLISH BOOKS WITH COLOURED PLATES, THEIR POINTS, COLLATIONS AND VALUES. ART, SPORT,...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 15639
Reprinted from the 1813 and 1816 Editions with an Introduction and Notes by Michael Twyman.
London: Printing Historical Society, 1976. 8vo. cloth. xxiv, (ii), 24 (8 pages of plates), 28, xxv-xl pages. Reprinted from the 1813 and 1816 Editions with an Introduction and Notes by Michael Twyman. Important study. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about HENRY BANKES'S TREATISE ON LITHOGRAPHY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 15774
New York: Anderson Galleries, 1922. 8vo. paper wrappers. 63 pages. With three page introduction by Frederick S. Dickson. The sale catalogue of the library of Thackeray's bibliographer. Front cover detached and other wear. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THACKERAY LIBRARY COLLECTED BY HENRY SAYRE VAN DUZER OF NEW YORK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 16150
New York: American Art Assoc. 1935. Anderson Galleries. 1935, tall 8vo., paper wrappers. (vi), 112, (2) pages. Illustrated. Covers lightly chipped at spine ends and minor soiling and creasing. Prices realized. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about SPLENDID LIBRARY OF COLORED PLATE AND SPORTING BOOKS FORMED BY THE LATE RALPH C. HIRD
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 16173
N.P. International League of Booksellers, 1968. 8vo. cloth. 670, (2) pages. Fourth edition. Uneven fading to covers and spine. Boards soiled. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 16179
Jersey City: ATF, 1926. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 34, (4) pages. With a two page introduction by H.L. Bullen. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF RECENT EUROPEAN FINE BOOK AND COMMERCIAL PRINTING, LOANED BY THE...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 16329
New York: Hispanic Society, 1929. small 8vo. cloth. xvi, 274 pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. History of books in Spanish listed. Covers age darkened, else very good. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about LIST OF BOOKS PRINTED BEFORE 1601 IN THE LIBRARY OF THE HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 16433
Philadelphia: Library Company of Philadelphia, 1981. thick 4to. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 355+(1) pages. Well-illustrated. Well preserved copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about QUARTER OF A MILLENNIUM, THE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA 1731-1981, A SELECTION OF BOOKS,...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 16584
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1962). thick small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 1273 pages. First edition. A summary of every biography listed in the multi-volume Dictionary of American History. Jacket lightly chipped with small tears. Else a very good copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about CONCISE DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN HISTORY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 16745
West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, 1976. Publisher. 1976, small 4to., cloth, dust jacket. 416 pages. First edition. Fine in near fine jacket. Contains an autobiography, biography, bibliography and a miscellaneous section. Well illustrated including reproductions of all the Weird Tales magazine covers that featured a Howard story. . From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE LAST CELT, A BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT ERVIN HOWARD
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 17376
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, (1955). 8vo. cloth. 253, (3) pages. Book-Dividend of the Book of the Month Club. With illustrations by Douglas Gorsline and designed by Warren Chappell. Front hinge tender. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE HAUNTED BOOKSHOP
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 17477
Boston: Houghton Mifflin et Cie, 1906. small 4to. patterned paper-covered boards, paper spine label. (viii), 154, (2) pages. Limited to 250 numbered copies. (Warde No.68). Some rubbing to boards. Some wear at spine ends, with minor loss at head of spine. Else a fine copy. Typography by Bruce Rogers. Printed on hand- made paper with type imported from France. The original copper plates have been cut on wood by M. Lamont Brown and the prints..... READ MORE about PAUL ET VIRGINIE AVEC FIGURES
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 18339
Philadelphia: The Lanston Monotype Machine Co., n.d. Broadside. 9 x 6.25 cm). A broadside reprint of this famous Goudy essay printed with a red decorative initial letter. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about TYPE SPEAKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 18576
Chicago: American Library Association, 1949. large 8vo. cloth. xxi, 265+(1) pages. Revised from the 1908 edition. Minor spotting to covers, else near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about A.L.A. CATALOGING RULES FOR AUTHOR AND TITLE ENTRIES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 18647
