4.

Alvarez, Pablo.

ALONSO VÍCTOR DE PAREDES’ INSTITUTION, AND ORIGIN OF THE ART OF PRINTING, AND GENERAL RULES FOR COMPOSITORS [MADRID: CA. 1680].

Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2018. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 466 pages. Pablo Alvarez offers the first complete English translation of Alonso Víctor de Paredes Institucion, y origen del arte de la imprenta, y reglas generales para los componedores [Institution, and Origin of the Art of Printing, and General Rules for Compositors]. This 96-page printing manual set and printed by Paredes himself was issued in Madrid around 1680. It opens with an introductory digression..... READ MORE about ALONSO VÍCTOR DE PAREDES’ INSTITUTION, AND ORIGIN OF THE ART OF PRINTING, AND GENERAL RULES...

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138590

7.

Baker, Cathleen A. and Rebecca M. Chung (editors).

MAKING IMPRESSIONS: WOMEN IN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING.

Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2020. 8vo. paper wrappers. 340 pages with 220 color illustrations. "Together, the eight contributions offer a completely (and unfortunately) new framework for interpreting the ways that women have engaged with hand-press printing practices and print technologies, from the late 1400s to the present." - Elizabeth Savage, Journal of the Printing Historical Society, Third Series Number 6 "These 340 pages, lavishly illustrated with 220 full-color images, bring visibility to the..... READ MORE about MAKING IMPRESSIONS: WOMEN IN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING

Price: $70.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138595

9.

Barcellona, Luca.

TAKE YOUR PLEASURE SERIOUSLY.

Inside, texts by: Chaz Bojorqéz, Giovanni De Faccio, Nicola "Dee Mo" Peressoni
Milano, Italy: Lazy Dog Press, 2016. 23 x 33 cm. sewn paperback with flaps. 240 pages. Inside, texts by: Chaz Bojorqéz, Giovanni De Faccio, Nicola "Dee Mo" Peressoni. Reprint of the first paperback edition. A fine copy. From Carolingian to tags, from quill to spray can, Barcellona takes the ancient craft of lettering to new heights with the creativity and talent of a contemporary virtuoso. The first published monograph on the artist in an oversized..... READ MORE about TAKE YOUR PLEASURE SERIOUSLY

Price: $51.00  other currencies  Order nr. 141827

13.

(Bookbinding). Miller, Julia (editor).

SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 8.

Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2023. 7 x 10 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 528 pages. The eighth volume of this critically acclaimed series on bookbinding includes the following essays: - Two Groups of Newly Discovered Bookbinders Finishing Tool Makers by Tom Conroy - Jean Eschmann, 1896-1961 by Tom Conroy - Caoutchouc Bindings: The Origin and Application of a Rubber-Based Adhesive in Nineteenth-Century Gift Books by Sue Donovan - A Complete Coptic Codex: A Material..... READ MORE about SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 8

Price: $120.00  other currencies  Order nr. 139557

15.

(Bookbinding). Miller, Julia.

SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 5.

VOLUME 5
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2017. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 464 pages. VOLUME 5. The eight authors in this volume are: Lydia Aitkenhead; Ruth Bardenstein; Jim Bloxam and Shaun Thompson; Bexx Caswell and Patrick Olson; Peter Geraty; Kathleen Kiefer, Barbara Korbel, and Eva-Maria Schuchardt; Todd Pattison and Graham Patten; and Karin Scheper. Two canvas samples are also included. READ MORE about SUAVE MECHANICALS: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING, VOLUME 5

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138582

17.

(Botany). Tucker, Ethelyn Maria.

CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM OF HARVARD.

Two volumes.
Cambridge: Printed at the Cosmos Press, 1914, 1917. large 4to. publisher's cloth. 782; 542 pages. Two volumes. First edition published in Cambridge by the Cosmos Press. Lacking volume three. Spines faded, covers lightly soiled, else a near fine set of this scarce reference. The library of the Arnold Arboretum (now part of the general Harvard botanical collections) is one of the finest libraries of its kind in the world. The cornerstone of the library was..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM OF HARVARD

Price: $160.00  other currencies  Order nr. 141812

19.

Byers, Reid.

THE PRIVATE LIBRARY: THE HISTORY OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND FURNISHING OF THE DOMESTIC BOOKROOM.

First edition, third printing with corrections
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2021. 7 x 10 inches. cloth with dust jacket. xii, 540 pages. First edition, third printing with corrections. Books About Books Book of the Year Award winner, 2023 "From the get-go, two things are obvious: one, Reid Byers has done his research, and two, Reid Byers loves books and having books in the home... the book is never a dry read. Its contents are sliced and chunked so nicely..... READ MORE about THE PRIVATE LIBRARY: THE HISTORY OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND FURNISHING OF THE DOMESTIC BOOKROOM

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134228

21.

(Clinker Press).

WINE POETRY FOR ALL SEASONS.

(Pasadena, CA): The Clinker Press, 2012. 4to. full leather, stamped in silver, with accompanying silver piece of jewelry, all housed in a full leather clamshell box. unpaginated. Limited to 25 numbered copies signed by both the artist / printer as well as the jeweler, Tom Hansen. It is the fourth collaboration between the printer and the jeweler. The book is bound thus and accompanied by a fine hand-made silver brooch by Seven Fingers Jewelers. A...... READ MORE about WINE POETRY FOR ALL SEASONS

Price: $1,100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 141814

23.

Cunningham-Kruppa, Ellen.

MOORING A FIELD: PAUL N. BANKS AND THE EDUCATION OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CONSERVATORS.

Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2019. 9 x 6 inches. softcover. 294 pages. Softcover edition. Little critical attention has been given to the history of the library and archives conservation field and specialization. Mooring a Field addresses this historical silence, narrating the period from the 1950s through the 1980s, when the nascent profession emerges from the stirrings of a "craft" activity to become an area of advanced study in the academy. Cunningham-Kruppa questions the..... READ MORE about MOORING A FIELD: PAUL N. BANKS AND THE EDUCATION OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CONSERVATORS

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 140529

27.

Ginsberg, Tatiana (editor).

PAPERMAKER’S TEARS: ESSAYS ON THE ART AND CRAFT OF PAPER, VOL. 2.

Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2023. 7 x 10 inches. dust jacket over cloth-covered boards; sewn. 288 pages. Eight essays on paper and papermaking. Each copy has an inserted sheet of handmade watermarked paper made by Nicholas Yeager. Authors include Sidney Berger, Velma Bolyard, Andrew Davis, Timothy Barrett, Fenella France, Katharine DeLamater, Nicole Donnelly, Aimee Lee, Minah Song, and Nicholas Yeager. Contents: - Sidney E. Berger · The Many Faces of Decorated Paper -..... READ MORE about PAPERMAKER’S TEARS: ESSAYS ON THE ART AND CRAFT OF PAPER, VOL. 2

Price: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 139143

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(Halcyon Press). Blake, William.

THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL.

Maastricht, Holland: The Halcyon Press, 1928. 8vo. quarter cloth over paper-covered boards, paper cover label. 33, (3) pages. Limited to 325 copies printed in Lutetia roman and italic type by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen on Pannekoek Antique Wove paper. A small dampstain along the bottom corner of the boards. Minor wear to spine ends, endsheets toned, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 141853

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(Maps). Baynton-Williams, Ashley (compiler) and Artemis Scutari (editor).

CYPRUS: THE BOOK OF MAPS. ANNOTATED CATALOGUE OF THE PRINTED MAPS OF CYPRUS, VOLUME 3: 18TH CENTURY TO 1885.

accompanied by a red ribbon indicating receipt of the Academy of Athens Award 2025
Athens: AdVenture SA, 2025. 34 x 25 cm. hardcover, cloth. 368 pages. accompanied by a red ribbon indicating receipt of the Academy of Athens Award 2025. The three volume set has received the Academy of Athens Award 2025 "Each entry adheres with exemplary discipline to a structured and methodologically pristine analysis that is the hallmark of all three volumes... [The Sylvia Ioannou Foundation] has gifted the international scholarly community with an impeccable and, despite its..... READ MORE about CYPRUS: THE BOOK OF MAPS. ANNOTATED CATALOGUE OF THE PRINTED MAPS OF CYPRUS, VOLUME 3: 18TH...

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 141720

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Middleton, Robert Hunter.

THE DESIGNER-CRAFTSMAN SPEAKS: WRITINGS BY ROBERT HUNTER MIDDLETON.

Australia: Opifex, 2024. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 306 pages. Robert Hunter Middleton (1898-1985) was one of the most prolific American type designers of the twentieth century. He eventually claimed twenty-six original typefaces as his own designs, eight of them issued in series. The commercial and industrial context for this achievement is described in an earlier Opifex volume, Chicago Modernism & the Ludlow Typograph, also by Paul F. Gehl. The Designer-Craftsman Speaks presents us with..... READ MORE about THE DESIGNER-CRAFTSMAN SPEAKS: WRITINGS BY ROBERT HUNTER MIDDLETON

Price: $70.00  other currencies  Order nr. 141363