New York: Times Books, (1980). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 630 pages. A tumultuous, controversial inside story of The New Times' break with the establishment and its coming of age as the "world's greatest newspaper." Near fine in very good jacket. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 18684
New York: The New York Times, 1921. thick 8vo. cloth. xxii, 434 pages. First edition. Spine lightly age darkened. Shaken. Light shelfwear. Exlibrary stamp on front pastedown. Preliminary pages show light foxing. An historical sketch of the New York Times prepared in commemoration of the quarter-centenary of the previous management and the seventieth anniversary of the first issue of the paper. Illustrated. Tear along back hinge and head of spine bumped. From the Thomas M...... READ MORE about HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK TIMES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 18795
Washington: GPO, (1951). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 6 pages. Covers the different types of inks and dyes followed by specialized information. From the GPO Ink Series (No. 1). Exlibris with markings, else near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about RULING INKS AND DYES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 18834
Williamsburg: Colonial Williamsburg, (1966). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xxiv, 185 pages. S-K 5179. First edition. (Brenni no.1239). A study of early bookbinding in America with emphasis on William Parks. Illustrated. Very good condition. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about BOOKBINDING IN COLONIAL VIRGINIA
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 18938
Chapel Hill: Univ. of North Carolina, 1982. tall 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. iv, 25 pages. The Third Hanes Lecture. With an introduction by Paul Koda. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE GUTENBERG BIBLE, NEW EVIDENCE OF THE ORIGINAL PRINTING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 19183
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, (1971). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. Not paginated. First edition. 752 illustrations each accompanied by text. An important book. Minor uneven fading to cover of jacket. Very good. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about PRINTS & PEOPLE, A SOCIAL HISTORY OF PRINTED PICTURES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 19311
New York: E. French, 1860. thick 8vo. library buckram. viii, 472 pages. First edition. Rebound in library buckram. Fine condition. Discussions of the most important private libraries of New York including those of John Allan, George Bancroft, D.W. Fiske, William Menzies, Curtis Noyes and many others. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about PRIVATE LIBRARIES OF NEW YORK
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 19363
New York: The Fuchs & Lang Manufacturing Co., 1911. 4to. cloth. xii, 229 pages. Translation of the 1821 edition. (See Bigmore & Wyman II, 339 for a 13 page discussion of this work and a biography of Senefelder). A near fine copy. Light age darkening to preliminary pages. A detailed history of the discovery and improvement of the art of lithography by the inventor. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books... READ MORE about THE INVENTION OF LITHOGRAPHY. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL GERMAN BY J.W. MULLER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 19679
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1931). 8vo. cloth. xiii, 363 pages. First edition. Traces the history of labor - management relationships over a fifty year period. This is followed by various appendices giving specific information on number of businesses, laborers, wages, etc. Front hinge cracked. Minor wear ot boards. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about BOOK AND JOB PRINTING IN CHICAGO, A STUDY OF ORGANIZATIONS OF EMPLOYER S AND THEIR RELATIONS WITH...
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 19787
Menasha, Wisconsin: George Banta Publishing Co., 1920. large 8vo. boards with cloth spine. (x), 102 pages. First edition. Covers tradition and history, raw materials, future fibre possibilities, the paper trade etc. Moisture stain along bottom edge. Minor shelfwear. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about FROM PAPER-MILL TO PRESSROOM
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 19842
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1944. (1944), 8vo., cloth. xiii, 301 pages. First edition. Third in a series of books called "Labor in Twentieth Century America." Spine faded, else near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about PRINTING TRADES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 19971
Lexington, VA: Washington and Lee Univ. 1938, 1938. small 8vo. cloth. 27, (2) pages. A keepsake printed for The National Graphics Education Association at the 17th annual conference. One of 800 copies printed. Bookplate on front pastedown. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about APPRAISAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS EDUCATION, AN INFORMAL EVALUATION OF THE SEVERAL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 19979
New York: H.W. Wilson Co., (1944). thick tall 8vo. cloth. ix, 1577 pages. First edition, later printing. 1850 biographies and 1700 portraits. Exlibris with markings. Rebound in library imitation leather. Shaken. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about TWENTIETH CENTURY AUTHORS, A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF MODERN LITERATURE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 21057
New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1938 (1960). tall thick 8vo. cloth. vi, 846 pages. First edition, later printing. Includes 1300 biographies and 400 portraits. Exlibrary with markings. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about AMERICAN AUTHORS, 1600-1900, A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 21439
N.P. AIGA, 1948. 12mo. cloth. 32 pages. Biographical information on each designer accompanied by a photograph and a listing of types designed. This is the hardbound variant. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about AMERICAN TYPE DESIGNERS AND THEIR TYPE FACES ON EXHIBIT
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 21577
Philadelphia: Public Ledger, n.d. (19th century). 12mo. self paper wrappers. (8) pages. Facsimile of the first issue reduced in size as the first page followed by 7 pages of various advertizing material for subscription sales. George W. Childs was editor and proprietor. Soiled and chipped around edges. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about FAC-SIMILE OF FIRST ISSUE OF THE PUBLIC LEDGER, MARCH 25, 1836
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 22349
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., (1978). thick 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 311 pages. First edition. Near fine in near fine jacket. Biographies of Pyle, Wyeth, Remington, Parrish, Leyendecker, Rockwell, Gibson, Christy, Flagg and Held, each accompanied by a number of illustrations. A total of 417 illustrations with 186 in color. Includes a chronology and selected bibliography. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about AMERICA'S GREAT ILLUSTRATORS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 22554
Scranton: International Textbook Company, (1966). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxii, 221 pages. First edition. Some soiling to boards and spine, else near fine. Purpose of the book is to "help make lithography understandable and useable to students, artists, and collectors of this medium." History and practical manual. Filled with illustrations including some in color. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about LITHOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 22567
Newport, RI: The Redwood Library and Athenaeum, 1976. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 140 pages. First edition. A library history. Near fine in near fine jacket. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about REDWOOD PAPERS, A BICENTENNIAL COLLECTION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 22651
Philadelphia: Lanston Monotype Machine Co., n.d. (1931). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 8 pages. Designed by Goudy and printed in three colors. Near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about GOUDY TEXT & LOMARDIC CAPITALS
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 22723
London: Collins, 1948. 8vo. boards. 50 pages. First edition. With 4 plates in color and 33 illustrations in black-and-white. Jacket chipped along spine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 22802
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co.. 1892. tall 12mo. cloth, top edge guilt. 404 pages. Reprint of first edition. Autobiography of this Philadelphia publisher with interesting glimpses at the authors and booktrade of the 19th century. Presenation from Childs. Front cover detached. Chipping at edges. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about RECOLLECTIONS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 23369
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1887. 8vo. original cloth. (viii), 420, 14 pages. Reprint of the first edition. Front hinge cracked. Front free endpaper / half-title page separated, but present. Else near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about YESTERDAYS WITH AUTHORS
Price: $27.50 Order nr. 23380
New York: Newcomen Society of England, 1948. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Second printing. With tipped-in color portrait. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about LIFE AND TIMES OF CYRUS H.K. CURTIS (1850-1933
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 23590
Philadelphia: n.p., 1952. small 8vo. cloth, paper cover label. 21 pages. Limited to 200 numbered copies. A near fine copy. Designed by Harry S. Rossiter and in ten point Fairfield leaded three points, with display in Goudy Text and Goudy Outline printed by Ruttle, Shaw & Wetherill Inc. A scarce book. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about PHILADELPHIA, ITS HISTORIC POSITION AS A PUBLISHING CENTER
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 23906
N.P. Andrews - Nelson - Whitehead, (1986). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers with marbled paper-covered spine, slipcase. Nine text pages and many samples of handmade paper. Limited to 1,000 numbered copies. Samples of handmade paper from Barcham Green in England, Richard de Bas Mill in France, Fabriano in Italy, Larroque in France, Moriki Paper Company of Japan and St. Armand of Canada. The three preliminary pages were printed on handmade paper by Henry Morris of..... READ MORE about IMPORTED HANDMADE PAPERS FROM ANDREWS - NELSON - WHITEHEAD, YESTERDAY' S CRAFT FOR TODAY'S CREATIONS
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 24462
Pressmen's Home, TN: IPPAU, 1965. 4to. stiff paper wrappers with later cloth-tape spine. 120 pages and ads. Volume 75, no.11. A special issue devoted to the development of the printing press. Many illustrations. Light wear to spine, else fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about AMERICAN PRESSMAN, 75TH ANNIVERSARY, DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRINTING PRESS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 24866
Eight volumes.
Paris: Librairie Grund, 1966. thick 8vo. cloth. Eight volumes. Reprint of the fifth edition. Spines lightly faded, else a fine set. Still one of the best biographical guides to artists, illustrators, engravers and others involved in the art field. Covers all times and countries. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about DICTIONNAIRE CRITIQUE ET DOCUMENTAIRE DES PEINTRES, SCULPTEURS, DESSINATEURS ET GRAVEURS DE TOUS...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 24932
New York: Covici-Friede, (1943). small 4to. cloth. xxxi, 676, (2) pages. Third printing of this revised and completely reset edition. Contains hundreds of illustrations. Has a chapter devoted to bookbinding. One of the best one volume summarizes of the history of the book. The first edition of this book was called THE GOLDEN BOOK. Ex library copy with bookplate of Henry Castor on front pastedown. Front hinge cracked. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of..... READ MORE about THE BOOK, THE STORY OF PRINTING & BOOKMAKING
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 25119
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1961. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (xiii), 351 pages. Reprint of the first edition. Very good. "Pages of this most unusual American literary history are studded with interesting facts on book sales and royalitites, reading clubs and authors, and other tangible evidence of popular reading." From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE POPULAR BOOK, A HISTORY OF AMERICA'S LITERARY TASTE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 25128
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
With an Introduction by Clarence S. Brigham. Including Supplements of 1946 and 1948.
Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1967. 8vo. cloth. xxxi, 560 pages. With an Introduction by Clarence S. Brigham. Including Supplements of 1946 and 1948. Reprint of the first edition with supplements added. Near fine. A very scarce book. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about AMERICAN BOOK AUCTION CATALOGUES 1713-1934, A UNION LIST
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 25187
New York: Dover Publications, (1974). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xxxviii pages by 89 plates. First edition thus. Near fine. With an autobiographical sketch by Bradley included that he wrote in 1954. Inscribed by the editor on the front free endpaper to Richard W. Ellis. Additionally inscribed (at great length) by Richard W. Ellis to Thomas M. Whitehead, former head of Rare Books and Special Collections at Temple University. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of..... READ MORE about WILL BRADLEY, HIS GRAPHIC ART, A COLLECTION OF HIS POSTERS, ILLUSTRATIONS, TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGNS...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 25315
New York: The Grolier Club, 1900. 8vo. later red cloth. 101 pages. First edition, limited to 200 copies and printed on handmade paper (Asaf 30). Near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF FIRST AND OTHER EDITIONS OF THE WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN (1631-1700
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 25653
Washington Square: New York University Press, 1957. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 152 pages. First edition. Near fine in near fine jacket. Famous case of the printer, Peter Zenger, and his trial for sedition in 18th century New York. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE TRIAL OF PETER ZENGER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 25764
New York: St. Martin's Press, (1987). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 260 pages. First edition. Exlibris with markings, else near fine in near fine jacket. A reporter receives a mysterious call from the publisher of a small newspaper asking for help. When he arrives at the paper, he finds the publisher has been killed "with various sharp tools of the trade." He decides to keep the paper alive and try to find the murderer. Now..... READ MORE about PRINTER'S DEVIL
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 26196
Hamilton, OH: Graphic Arts Press, 1913-14. thick tall 8vo. original quarter leather over pebbled cloth, title in gilt on cover. 76, 250, 156, 78, 76, 24, 51, 72, and various other pages. Volume Six of this very impressive review of the book arts. The spine is detached but laid in, with major loss. Covers soiled. Hinges cracked. Textblock shaken. Major sections on advertising, engraving and plate making, typography, pressroom, paper and supplies, binding, etc. Each..... READ MORE about GRAPHIC ARTS AND CRAFTS YEARBOOK, AMERICAN ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE PRINTING AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 28024
New York: Oxford University Press, 1937. 8vo. cloth. x, 118 pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Spine faded. Light soiling to boards. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about MANUSCRIPT & PROOF, THE PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPT FOR THE PRINTER AND THE HANDLING OF THE PROOFS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 29623
Chicago: The Inland Printer Company, 1902. 8vo. cloth. Frontispiece portrait; 125, (3) pages. First edition. Covers rubbed with wear along edges. An important book. Inside hinges cracked. Minor wear to covers and spine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about MECHANISM OF THE LINOTYPE A COMPLETE AND PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND...
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 30435
Washington: GPO, 1876. 8vo. Rebound in half leather over marbled paper covered boards. 89 pages. First edition. This part contains the Rules for a Dictionary Catalogue. Leather rubbed at hinges and corners of boards. Else a fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN THE UNITED STATES: THEIR HISTORY, CONDITION, AND MANAGEMENT. PART II
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 30439
Two volumes.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1824. thick 8vo. original quarter green cloth, paper spine labels. (xiv),xii,610,(10); (iv),iv,664,(16) pages. Two volumes. First edition, one of the larger paper copies measuring 7 inches in height and with this designation printed on the spine labels. (Bigmore & Wyman I,371; Hart no.68). A poor copy. Boards and spines detached on both volumes, but present. Wear to boards and spines, with the later loosely inserted. With attractive..... READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIA, OR THE PRINTER'S INSTRUCTOR INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN OF PRINTING. With...
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 30563
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1912. small 4to. cloth. xvi, 600 pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Front hinge cracked but holding firm. Wear to head and tail of spine ends. Pastedowns and endpapers foxed. Else a very good copy. An important text accompanied by 250 large facsimiles. Scarce book. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about AN INTRODUCTION TO GREEK AND LATIN PALAEOGRAPHY
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 30673
N.P. Privately printed, 1925. 8vo. boards with decorated paper on side panels, paper spine label. viii, 54 pages. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Designed by Bruce Rogers (Haas no.116) and printed by William E. Rudge. With an ornament on the title page. Spine with loss along bottom, cracked along front hinge. Wear to the edge of the back cover along spine. Minor shelfwear. Corners lightly worn. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About..... READ MORE about SKALLAGRIM (GRIM THE BALD), AN OPERETTA IN THREE ACTS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 30869
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1924. 4to. cloth-backed boards, outer protective wrapper. 133+(1) pages. Limited to 530 numbered copies. Front hinge cracked. Lacking the wrapper and slipcase. Minor shelfwear. Designed by Bruce Rogers (Warde 188). Includes such authors as Joseph Conrad, Thomas Hardy, James Joyce and H.G. Wells. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about MEN OF LETTERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES, PORTRAIT MEDALLIONS FROM THE LIFE BY THEODORE SPICER- SIMSON...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 30950
New York: The Newcomen Society in North America, 1955. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Second printing. Illustrated including a number in color. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about "THE COTTRELL COMPANY" (1855-1955), COLOR PRESS PRINTERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 31189
Hamburg: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, (1987). small 4to. cloth. 78, (8) pages. Limited to 1400 copies handprinted by Otto Paglow. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about STAUB EINE FACKEL, GEDICHTE AUS VERGESSENER WELT. Mit einem Nachwort von Castor Seibel
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 31545
Philadelphia: The Curtis Publishing Co., 1925. small 8vo. cloth. 106 pages. First edition. A near fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about ROTARY PRESSWORK, ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE, A MANUAL FOR THE USE OF APPRENTICE PRESSMEN AND...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 31716
N.P. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1977. 8vo. cloth. xxiii, 188 pages. First edition. Illustrated. Exlibris with markings of Temple University. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE TYPOLOGY OF THE EARLY CODEX
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 32860
Illustrated with more than Eight Hundred Facsimiles and Other Reproductions.
Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, (1961). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 270 pages. Illustrated with more than Eight Hundred Facsimiles and Other Reproductions. First edition. Near fine in near fine jacket. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about COLLECTING AUTOGRAPHS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 32911
Pittsburgh: The Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, (1977). thick 4to. cloth. Reprint of the fifth edition. Near fine. 50th Anniversary Issue. Sections on The History of Lithography, Modern Lithography, The Flow of the Lithographic Production, The Creative Art Department and 12 others. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE LITHOGRAPHERS MANUAL
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 33049
St. Louis: The Haberly Press, 1941. 8vo. cloth-backed boards. (ii), 120+(1) pages. Limited to 1250 copies. Lacking the dust jacket. Front hinge tender. Some light wear around edges of boards. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE CITY OF THE SAINTED KING AND OTHER POEMS WRITTEN & PRINTED BY LOYD HABERLY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 33245
Washington: Library of Congress, 1988. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (x), 12, (2) pages. Preface by John Y. Cole and foreword by Richard C. Torbert. Center for the Book, Viewpoint Series, No.22. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about BOOKS AND THE WORLD
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 33536
Hatboro, PA: Union Library Co., 1955. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 70, (2) pages. Limited to 450 copies printed at the Pickering Press of John Anderson. Covers spotted and age darkened at edges. Else very good. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE UNION LIBRARY COMPANY OF HATBOROUGH: AN ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST TWO HUNDRED YEARS DONE OUT OF...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 33789
New Haven: Privately Printed, 1938. 8vo. cloth. ix, 492 pages. First edition. Exlibris with markings. Light rubbing to hinges along the spine. Lightly shaken. Over twenty essays by members of the staff at Yale University Library. Included are articles on the early library at Yale as formed by Jeremiah Dummer, the beginning of printing in New Haven, information on additions to the Bacon bibliography, bookplates of Yale Library, Baskerville imprints at Yale, etc. Donald Wing..... READ MORE about PAPERS IN HONOR OF ANDREW KEOGH, LIBRARIAN OF YALE UNIVERSITY BY THE STAFF OF THE LIBRARY, 30...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 34334
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
Philadelphia: Robert M. Lindsay, 1892. 8vo. original cloth. 264 pages. First edition. Front hinge broken, with the front board almost detached. General shelfwear. Loss at spine ends. Contains information on various magazines printed in Philadelphia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE PHILADELPHIA MAGAZINES AND THEIR CONTRIBUTORS, 1741-1850
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 34387
London: Sotheby's, 1985. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. Fully describes 176 items. Sale of November 26th. Well illustrated throughout, many in color. Covers spotted, else fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 35347
Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Co., 1992. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 112 pages. First edition, limited to 500 copies, published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Paley Library of Temple University. Spine faded, else a fine copy. With foreword by Thomas Whitehead. A history of this publisher and his firm. Fully describes 75 items, and the fine bindings for which the firm was known. Illustrated. Includes an update to Hatch, the bibliography of the Mosher..... READ MORE about THOMAS BIRD MOSHER AND THE ART OF THE BOOK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 35413
New York: Random House, 1941. small 4to. cloth. 566 pages. With wood engravings by Hans Alexander Mueller, most in two colors. Translated by Peter Motteux. Designed by George Salter. Lacking the slipcase. Minor rubbing to spine and boards. Else near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE FIRST PART OF THE LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE RENOWNED DON QUIOXTE OF THE MANCHA
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 35577
London: Ernest Benn Limited, (1960). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 254 pages. Fourth revised edition. (Appleton no.35). The "Student's Edition." Near fine in price-clipped dust jacket. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about FOUR CENTURIES OF FINE PRINTING TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTH-TWO EXAMPLES OF THE WORK OF PRESSES...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 35803
New York: The Macmillian Company, 1922. 8vo. cloth. vii, 319 pages. Later edition. Essays on Richardson, Austen, Dickens, Carlyle, Twain, Marlowe, Herrick and others. Lacking the dust jacket. Else near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about ESSAYS ON BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 36156
Philadelphia: Lanston Monotype Machine Company, 1905. 8vo. cloth. 134 pages. Second edition. Ownership inscription in ink on front free endpaper. Light shelfwear, else near fine. Training manual for attendants and learners of this Lanston type-setting machine. Some notes in ink added by the former owner of this manual with important information needed to use the machine. Foldout matrix chart in back. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE MONOTYPE CASTING MACHINE
Price: $80.00 Order nr. 36532
Chicago: Lithographic Textbook Publishing Co., (1955). 8vo. cloth. (iv), 460, (4) pages. Revised edition. Near fine. A technical book describing the operations of an offset press, that is a press that has an extra cylinder that is used to capture the image for printing. Chapters on the Harris Press, a number of American Type Founders presses, the Miehle Printing Press and a chapter on the materials used. Illustrated. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of..... READ MORE about SINGLE COLOR OFFSET PRESS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 36534
Four volumes in five.
London: Office of the Times, 1935-1952. 8vo. cloth. xx,514,(2); xv,622,(2); xv,862; xvi,534; (viii),535-1181+(1) pages. Four volumes in five. A chronological history of "The Times" starting with its establishment in 1785 by John Walter I. Lacking the dust jackets. Spines faded, preliminary pages shows foxing. Volume four, part II has a bumped corner. Else a near fine set. This massive set is more than just a newspaper history as it includes information on just about every..... READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF THE TIMES. COMPLETE SET OF FIVE VOLUMES
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 36809
Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1940. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 94 pages. Illustrated. Age darkening along edges. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about THE FIRST PRINTERS AND THEIR BOOKS, A CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION COMMEMORATING THE FIVE HUNDREDTH...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 36846
University Park: Museum of Art, 1980. oblong 4to. cloth. Not paginated. With numerous illustrations including some in color. Near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about PENNSYLVANIA PRINTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOHN C. O'CONNOR AND RALPH M. YEAGER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 37285
Condensed and Edited by Thomas MacKay.
London: John Murray, 1911. cloth. xix. 380 pages. Condensed and Edited by Thomas MacKay. Excellent history of bookselling, publishing and the literary scene. Covers soiled and spotted. Top edge of boards and spine faded. Text clean. Information on Disraeli, Constable, Lord Byron, Sir Walter Scott, Washington Irving, Carlyle and others. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about PUBLISHER AND HIS FRIENDS, MEMOIR AND CORRESPONDENCE OF THE LATE JOHN MURRAY, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 37340
New York: Arco Publishing Co., (1978). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 147 pages. Second printing. A fine copy. The author has supplied a list of over 270 firms and how to tell their first editions. Other interesting material on book collecting included. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about HOW TO IDENTIFY AND COLLECT AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS A GUIDE BOOK
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 37395
New York: The Macmillan Co., 1960. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 338 pages. Second printing. "Exposing frauds, exploding hoary errors, making discoveries, and calling on the aid of science to clear up baffling mysteries ..." Covers chipped and age darkened. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE SCHOLAR ADVENTURERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 37671
Clarendon Hills: The Willow Press, 1985. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 120 pages. A price guide of books sold by Northwest Auction Gallery. Covers show minor soiling, else near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about WESTERN AMERICANA, A PRICE GUIDE TO 3000 BOOKS RELATING TO THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI WEST SOLD BY...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 37785
Bryn Mawr: Bryn Mawr College, (1979). oblong small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. Catalogue of items involving the rise of the Dutch Republic. Many illustrations. Includes 142 items with an introduction by James Tanis, Director of Libraries at Bryn Mawr College. Near fine condition. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE DIE IS CAST, AN EXHIBITION OF THE RISE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC HONORING THE FOUR HUNDREDTH...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 38080
Catalogue 500.
London: Maggs Bros. 1928. folio. stiff paper wrappers. 375 pages with 225 plates. Catalogue 500. An incredible bookseller's catalogue to commemorate a milestone in Maggs' history with many examples of fine bindings and great books and manuscript material from all periods. Water stain along the spine not effecting the text. Minor soiling to covers. Shaken, else very good condition to the textblock. Each item has an illustration associated with it. From the Thomas M. Whitehead..... READ MORE about A SELECTION OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, ENGRAVINGS, AND AUTOGRAPH LETTERS REMARKABLE FOR THEIR...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 38371
Philadelphia: The Manufacturing Photo-Engravers Association, 1927. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 25 pages. The history of Photo-engraving with illustrations. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about 30 MINUTES WITH A PHOTO-ENGRAVER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 38417
Washington: GPO, (1947). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 10 pages. B-1 in the Bindery Series issued by the U.S. government. Exlibrary with markings. Else very good. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE PROCESS OF MARBLING PAPER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 38841
New Haven: Yale University Press, (1961). thick tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxiii, 775 pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Very good. Commissioned by the National Historical Publications Commission. Foreword by Wayne C. Grover, Archivist of the United States. Covers 1,300 depositories and 20,000 collections located in all 50 states. 132 page index. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about A GUIDE TO ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPTS IN THE UNITED STATES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 39188
New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1937. thick 8vo. cloth. xiv, 281 pages. Reprint of the first U.S. edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Minor wear at spine ends. Covers spotted. Front hinge starting. Accompanied by 79 illustrations. Discussion of the various processes that are used to produce prints. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about OLD PRINTS AND ENGRAVINGS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 40968
Knoxville: New Chaucer Society, (1986). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xviii, 123 pages. Illustrated. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about SIXTY BOKES OLDE AND NEWE, MANUSCRIPTS AND EARLY PRINTED BOOKS FROM LIBRARIES IN AND NEAR...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 41147
Philadelphia: The Ampersands, (1942). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (10) pages. Limited to 50 copies. Reprint of Goudy's comments accompanied by a portrait of Goudy printed on fine paper in the front and a portrait of Gutenberg in the back. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE FINE PRINTER BEGINS WHERE THE CAREFUL PRINTER HAS LEFT OFF
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 41269
New York: The H.W. Wilson Co., 1955. thick tall 8vo. cloth. x, 1123 pages. First edition. Exlibris binding with bookplate removed from front pastedown. This standard biographical reference tool brings the 1942 edition up to date and includes 700 new biographies. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about TWENTIETH CENTURY AUTHORS. FIRST SUPPLEMENT. A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF MODERN LITERATURE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 41652
Philadelphia and New York: Chilton Books, (1964). 8vo. cloth. xx, (2), 394 pages. First edition. With a special chapter devoted to the TYPOGRAPHIC ADVERTISER and THE PRINTER. Includes index, bibliography, and illustrations. Jacket chipped and torn at edges. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about BUSINESS PRESS IN AMERICA, 1750-1865
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 43595
London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1954. 8vo. cloth. ix, 487 pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Spine faded, else near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION, ORIGINS AND HISTORY UP TO 1949
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 44074
Florham-Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Library, 1980. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, loosely inserted in later boards with portfolio containing Pickering Press ephemera, all enclosed in a paper slipcase. (ii), 17, (5) pages. John Anderson and the Pickering Press is limited to 90 numbered copies of which this is one of the first 40 copies that was issued in portfolio form and contained the ephemera. Portfolio spine creased and almost imperceptibly sunned, front cover with one tiny..... READ MORE about JOHN ANDERSON AND THE PICKERING PRESS. DePOL, FAULKNER LEWIS, WILLIAM LICKFIELD, CLAIRE VAN...
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 44550
Metuchen: The Scarecrow Press, 1958. 8vo. cloth. 279 pages. First edition in English. Illustrated. Reproduced from typescript. An excellent one volume guide to the book. Two postage stamps on front pastedown. Covers soiled. Textblock marked throughout in red. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 44672
Washington: GPO, n.d. (circa 1951). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 5 pages. Bindery Series No.8. Marks on title page. Exlibris with markings. Else near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about CONTROL OF WARP IN BOOK COVERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 44674
New York: Carroll & Graf, (1995). 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xii, 290 pages. First edition, later printing. Twenty short stories with a literary theme, written by some old favorites such as James Thurber and Dorothy L. Sayers, as well as contemporaries such as Bill Pronzini, Margaret Maron and Ruth Rendell. Includes "The Private Eye Who Collected Pulps." Near fine in near fine jacket. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books..... READ MORE about MURDER BY THE BOOK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 44697
New York: Tom Doherty Associates, (1992). small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 249 pages. First US edition, reprinted from 1953 edition. Exlibrary with markings. Else near fine in fine jacket. Before writer Fredericka Wing started finding corpses in a sleepy New England town, she had hoped to spend a quiet summer there managing a bookstore and working on her latest novel. How she finds the murderer, and romance in the bargain, makes an entertaining and..... READ MORE about SNEEZE ON SUNDAY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 46285
Los Angeles: The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, 1985. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xx, 52, (2) pages. Papers read at a Clark Library Seminar in 1981, "Books, Bricks and Copper: Clark and His Library," and "William Andrews Clark, Jr., Founder of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra." Illustrated. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about WILLIAM ANDREWS CLARK, JR: HIS CULTURAL LEGACY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 46612
Cleveland: N.P., 1974. small 8vo. two tone cloth. 86 pages. The Rowfant Club is an organization of bibliophiles, founded in Cleveland in 1891 for the purpose of studying the technical aspects of bookmaking and collecting, as well as the literary side of books. Spine shows light spotting, else near fine. This book is a listing of the club's records, as preserved in the files of the Western Reserve Historical Society. Materials listed include minutes of..... READ MORE about ROWFANT CLUB: A REGISTER OF ITS RECORDS, 1891-1973
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 47463
Baltimore: Privately printed, 1944. 4to. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. 74, (2) pages. Discusses the life of Baltimorean John Garrett, career-diplomat and avid book collector, who bequeathed his magnificent home and library to Johns Hopkins University. A general description of the collection, which includes many important early works, incunables, and rare Americana, follows. Illustrated with many period photographs. Covers age-darkened at edges. Bookplate of Sol Hess on front pastedown. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection..... READ MORE about JOHN WORK GARRETT AND HIS LIBRARY AT EVERGREEN HOUSE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 47573
New York: Crown Publishers, (1972). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 719 pages. Third revised edition which was revised by Irving Weiss and Anne Weiss. Lengthy annotations accompany each of the 17,000 authors listed. Excellent one volume reference book. Lacking the dust jacket. Exlibrary with markings. Else very good. 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. 50313
Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, (1982). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 224 pages. Reprint of first edition. Fine in lightly faded dust jacket. Chapters on Printmaking, Technical Illustration, Design and Typography, Reproduction and Printing, etc. Well illustrated. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO ILLUSTRATION AND DESIGN, TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 50471
London: Charles Skilton Ltd, (1959). 8vo. cloth. 224, (8) pages. Gives detailed information on the manufacture, testing, and use of printing rollers. Well illustrated. Lacking the dust jacket. Spine faded. Covers spotted. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about PRINTERS' ROLLERS THEIR MANUFACTURE USE AND CARE
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 50485
New Castle, Delaware and Winchester, England: Oak Knoll Press & St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1998. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. 336 pages. Reprint of the first edition. A fine copy. The techniques and approaches fostered in the first half of this century by the "New Bibliography" have spread throughout the world, developing and expanding in association with bodies, such as the Bibliographical Societies of Britain and America. These essays, specially commissioned for this book, take "New Bibliography"..... READ MORE about THE BOOK ENCOMPASSED, STUDIES IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $29.95 Order nr. 52297
Among the notionable dictes of antique Rome was the fancy that when men heard thunder on the left the gods had somewhat of special advertisement to impart.
Garden City (NY): Doubleday, Page & Co., 1925. large 12mo. cloth, paper front cover and spine labels, top edge tinted light blue. (x), 273 pages. Among the notionable dictes of antique Rome was the fancy that when men heard thunder on the left the gods had somewhat of special advertisement to impart. First edition. (Lee 52). Lacking the dust jacket. Minor rubbing to covers, else near fine. Children's games, summer at the shore and more..... READ MORE about THUNDER ON THE LEFT
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 53561
London: John Murray, 1903. small 4to. quarter leather, cloth-covered boards. top edge gilt, others roughly trimmed. xvi, 316 pages, with 25 additional pages of plates. First edition. Rubbed along edges and hinges. Minor shelf wear. Corners bumped. Entries for 195+ items from the Portland archives at Welbeck: mostly letters, but also drafts, fragments, etc. Dates are, except for a few medieval items, mostly from the later 17th and the 18th century. Roughly half of the..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF LETTERS AND OTHER HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS EXHIBITED IN THE L IBRARY AT WELBECK,...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 54114
New York: The House of Collectibles, 1991. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 934 pages. Per front cover, "includes 41,000 listings from 1929 to 1981." 96 small cover illustrations in color, others in black-and-white. Listings by publisher with prices; author index. Preliminary pages have a moisture stain, else very good. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE OFFICIAL PRICE GUIDE, PAPERBACKS,FIRST EDITION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 54443
Compiled by Order of Congress.
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1885. 4to. library buckram. iv, 1,392 pages. Compiled by Order of Congress. Rubbing to hinges. Spine age darkened. Minor spotting to boards. Preliminary pages, including title page, loose yet present. A few signatures loose near the end. Exlibris with markings. In 1881, Congress authorized a catalogue of "all publications made by authority of the Government of the United States and the preceding government of the colonies, and all departments, bureaus..... READ MORE about A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 54598
Philadelphia: n.p., 1973. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 59, (3) pages. Preface by Stefanie A. Munsing. Illustrated. Bookplate and name in ink. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about MADE IN AMERICA, PRINTMAKING 1760-1860. AN EXHIBITION OF ORIGINAL PRINTS FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 54777
Syracuse: Syracuse University Library Associates, 1965. 8vo. paper wrappers. (ii), 7 pages. An address delivered by Terry Bender, Rare Book Librarian of Syracuse University in 1964. Near fine. First published in the Winter 1965 issue of The Courier, and now issued separately in a limited edition for Syracuse University Library Associates. Includes photograph of lecture. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE PHILOSOPHY OF BOOK COLLECTING IN A UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 57376
New York and London: R. R. Bowker Company, 1974. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 364 pages. First edition. Near fine. A study of the changes brought about in publishing and the graphic arts by the technological advances in photography in the late nineteenth century. Traces the development of reproductive printmaking from a handcraft to the first photomechanical halftone techniques at the turn of the century. Lavishly illustrated. Endnotes, glossary, select bibliography, index. From the Thomas..... READ MORE about VISUAL COMMUNICATION AND THE GRAPHIC ARTS: PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGIES IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 57478
