A RENDEZVOUS WITH THE BOOK.
Brooklyn: George McKibbin & Son, 1949. 8vo. cloth. 30 pages. First edition. A fine copy. Discussion of book design accompanied by illustrations. READ MORE about A RENDEZVOUS WITH THE BOOK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 111
Brooklyn: George McKibbin & Son, 1949. 8vo. cloth. 30 pages. First edition. A fine copy. Discussion of book design accompanied by illustrations. READ MORE about A RENDEZVOUS WITH THE BOOK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 111
2 volumes.
New York: Philip C. Duschnes, 1945. 8vo. cloth. xii,449; vii,527 pages. 2 volumes. Reprint of the 1880-1886 first edition. The most important bibliography of books about the history of printing and fringe areas surrounding the art of printing. The print size in this reprint is enlarged from the original. Near fine. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTING WITH NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 15676
New York: Dover Publications, (1977). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. vii, 151 pages. First edition. With 761 illustrations. A fine copy. READ MORE about A TREASURY OF BOOKPLATES FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE PRESENT SELECTED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 19468
London: Chatto & Windus, 1976. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 227 pages. First edition. Illustrated. READ MORE about WILLIAM CAXTON, A QUINCENTENARY BIOGRAPHY OF ENGLISH'S FIRST PRINTER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 37452
Stamford, CT: Champion International Corporation, n.d. 4to. self paper wrappers. unpaginated. Brief history of digital printing. READ MORE about CHAMPION / FOR YOUR INFORMATION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134988
Rochester, NY: RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2011. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 400. First edition. A fine copy. The ease with which we can choose a typeface today from a plethora of options to fit a particular need is something we may take for granted, but it is possible only because of the tremendous amount of labor and ingenuity that came before. The story of the lives and work of Linn Boyd Benton..... READ MORE about THE BENTONS, HOW AN AMERICAN FATHER AND SON CHANGED THE PRINTING INDUSTRY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 105927
New York: Privately printed, 1915. tall 8vo. cloth-backed boards, top edge gilt. (x), 112 pages. First edition. Issued as a tribute to DeVinne the year after his death. Contains a biography by Bullen, various addresses by John Clyde Oswald, Robert Underwood Johnson and Walter Gilliss and a bibliography of the writings of DeVinne. Rubbed along edges. Original dust jacket chipped with loss on spine. READ MORE about THEODORE LOW DEVINNE, PRINTER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 2110
Cambridge: Harvard College Library, 1940. 4to. paper-covered boards, paper cover label, slipcase with paper cover label. (14) pages. First edition. Outer wrapper torn along front hinge. Slipcase toned along edges, with some wear. This letter was written by Dwiggins to Ruzicka in 1937 and describes how Dwiggins went about designing type. The text was "slightly expanded" for this book. The text is calligraphic. With two color stencil work on the title page and the colophon..... READ MORE about WAD TO RR, A LETTER ABOUT DESIGNING TYPE
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 19660
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1941. 8vo. cloth-backed boards. xiv, 114 pages with 17 illustrations. First edition, limited to 1600 copies. The second part of the book contains an essay by Goudy entitled "The Ethics and Aesthetics of Type and Typography." Gift inscription on front pastedown in ink. Near fine. READ MORE about BEHIND THE TYPE, THE LIFE STORY OF FREDERIC W. GOUDY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 13680
Cincinnati: Ye Olde Printery, (1981). 8vo. cloth spine, marbled paper over boards. (vi), (iv), 30, (vi), 39, (v), 19 pages. One of 500 copies. A fine copy. A reprint of these three privately printed works by the famous printing historian, Ralph Green. The first work has chapters on George Clymer and his Columbian Press, John I. Wells and the Toggle Joint, Peter Smith and the Hoe Company, Samuel Rust and the Washington Press, and others..... READ MORE about WORKS OF RALPH GREEN THE IRON HAND PRESS IN AMERICA; A HISTORY OF THE PLATEN JOBBER; ON MAKING A...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 2476
New York: McGraw-Hill, (1957). 8vo. cloth. x, 286 pages. Organization and use of the type case, hand setting, use of the platen press, and basic binding, with short sections on linoleum blocks, silk screen and photography in this industrial arts text. Ex library copy with internal markings. READ MORE about PRINTING: A PRACTICAL INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAPHIC ARTS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 53623
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1932. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 171, 22, (2) pages. First edition. Numerous illustrations of printing machinery. A scarce title. READ MORE about PRINTING, ITS HISTORY, PRACTICE, AND PROGRESS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 61202
New York, NY: Nadja, 1985. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. [16] pages. First edition, numbered & signed issue. Handsome copy of this heartbreaking story of love and loss, centered around the lives of two homeless men. READ MORE about THE CANDLES OF YOUR EYES
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 135115
Urbana: Howard Paper Mills, 1962. oblong 4to. paper wrappers. 24 pages. Colorfully illustrated printing history. Bumped. READ MORE about CHANGING FACES OF PRINTING IN AMERICA A HISTORY OF OUR NATION'S PRINTING - IN TEXT AND DESIGN ON...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 4700
Cambridge: The Rampant Lions Press, (1982). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 96 pages. Catalogue of the books produced by Will and Sebastian Carter at their press. Illustrated, with some in color. The best bibliographical guide to the work of this English private press. Signed by both Will and Sebastian Carber on the copyright page. READ MORE about THE RAMPANT LIONS PRESS, A PRINTING WORKSHOP THROUGH FIVE DECADES
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 135113
New York: The Grolier Club, 1911. 8vo. half cloth over boards. viii, 38 pages. Limited to 250 copies printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press (Asaf 52; Smith 361). This play, taken from the 1654 version of John Rist and translated by the English typographic historian William Blades, was originally performed by printers' apprentices upon entering into the workman catagory. The Grolier Club members performed the play at a 1909 meeting. Lacking the..... READ MORE about DEPOSITIO CORNUTI TYPOGRAPHICI, THAT IS A COMICAL OR MIRTHFUL PLAY
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 13296
New York: The Grolier Club, 1911. 8vo. half cloth over boards. viii, 38 pages. Limited to 250 copies printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press (Asaf 52; Smith 361). This play, taken from the 1654 version of John Rist and translated by the English typographic historian William Blades, was originally performed by printers' apprentices upon entering into the workman catagory. The Grolier Club members performed the play at a 1909 meeting. Two exlibris..... READ MORE about DEPOSITIO CORNUTI TYPOGRAPHICI, THAT IS A COMICAL OR MIRTHFUL PLAY
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 31476
With a List of the Books Printed Under Mr. Roger's Supervision.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1925. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. 75 pages of text followed by 15 plates. With a List of the Books Printed Under Mr. Roger's Supervision. First edition. Exlibrary with markings. Hinges cracked with spine loose. This essay and bibliography originally appeared in the Fleuron although this book contains some alterations. The typography is by the notable American book designer Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), who "was appreciated in his lifetime. In addition to..... READ MORE about BRUCE ROGERS, DESIGNER OF BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 7484
New York: Oxford University Press, 1939. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. liv, 127 pages. First edition. Prospectus loosely inserted. Spine of jacket faded, else a near fine copy. A bibliography of the design work. The typography is by the notable American book designer Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), who "was appreciated in his lifetime. In addition to several honorary degrees, in 1948 he was awarded a gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for distinction..... READ MORE about THE WORK OF BRUCE ROGERS, JACK OF ALL TRADES MASTER OF ONE: A CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION ... WITH...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 19585
New York: Frederick C. Beil, (1983). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 272 pages. First U.S. edition. 700 illustrated typeface specimens. The book consists of two parts, Text and Decorative typefaces. Best guide to the subject. Name in ink in corner of half-title. READ MORE about ROOKLEDGE'S INTERNATIONAL TYPEFINDER, THE ESSENTIAL HANDBOOK OF TYPEFACE RECOGNITION AND SELECTION
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 36771
New York: Reinhold, (1967). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 94 pages. First U.S. edition, translated from the German by Ruari McLean. A landmark book in typographic design in which Tschichold advanced his ideas on asymmetric typography. He later recognized that there were two approaches to design problems and asymmetric was not necessarily the best. Jacket soiled with the text on the spine of the dust jacket faded. READ MORE about ASYMMETRIC TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 4887
21 issues
Hayward, CA: Fred C. Williams, 1986-1997. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. 21 issues. Filled with interesting information about printing history. Run includes 47, 50-53, 55-56, 58, 60-62, 64-67, 86-89, 91-92. The following issue is a photocopy: 86. READ MORE about TYPE & PRESS, A JOURNAL DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF THE ART
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 135126
Hayward, CA: Fred C. Williams, 1996. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. (8) pages. Filled with interesting information about printing history. Fine condition. READ MORE about TYPE & PRESS, NO. 88. A JOURNAL DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF THE ART
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 135127
New York: American Book - Stratford Press, (1949). thick 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. x, 584, (15) pages. Fiftieth anniversary catalogue. Machine composition volume only. READ MORE about TYPE FACES, MACHINE COMPOSITION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 5242
N.P. AIGA, n.d. (1948). 12mo. self paper wrappers. 32 pages. Biographical information on each designer accompanied by a photograph and a listing of types designed. READ MORE about AMERICAN TYPE DESIGNERS AND THEIR TYPE FACES ON EXHIBIT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 13707
Elizabeth: American Type Founders, (1941). 4to. cloth. 191+(1) pages. The 47 page supplement is inserted in a pocket in the front. Spine lacking, minor rubbing around edges. READ MORE about THE BOOK OF AMERICAN TYPES
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 4970
Elizabeth: American Type Founders, n.d. (circa 1955). 4to. sheets inserted into a spiral metal binder. variously paginated. A selection of new designs and revivals from the American Type Founders, which is a valuable tool for the printer, typographer, art director and production man. Included are specimen reproductions of all currently manufactured ATF type faces and accessories in the various sizes including Lydian, Bodoni, Caslon, and others. A near fine copy. READ MORE about DESIGN WITH TYPE PLANNING BOOK
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 58749
New York: Kurt H. Volk, (1935). 8vo. cloth. 105 pages. First edition. Bookplate of Herbert H. Johnson on front pastedown. Ownership inscription in ink on front free endpaper. Lacking the dust jacket, else near fine condition. Comes with a ruler in the rear pocket attached to rear pastedown. 42 pages of introductory material followed by specimens. Volk was one of the U.S.'s most famous printers - designers during this period. READ MORE about USING TYPE CORRECTLY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 10753