Pittsburgh: GATFPress, (1998). large 8vo. pictorial paper covered boards. (xiv), 221, (5) pages. Illustrated in color throughout. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about THE GATF PRACTICAL GUIDE TO COLOR MANAGEMENT
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 99823
Paris: Librairies-Imprimeries Réunies, n.d. (circa 1894). 8vo. modern cloth with original stiff paper wrapper bound-in. (viii), x, 379, (3) pages. First edition. A manual of reproduction processes. Includes 140 illustrations within the text and examples of each process reproducing original designs of the author. Techniques discussed in this volume include dry point, lithography, heliogravure, and various color processes. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. A xerox of the entry for Adeline in..... READ MORE about LES ARTS DE REPRODUCTION VULGARISES
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 42765
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 Order nr. 133686
New York: Harper & Row, (1972). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 374, (2) pages. Revised edition. 21 chapters covering every part of a printing operation. Includes a glossary of terms. Name in ink at top of free endpaper. READ MORE about INK ON PAPER 2, A HANDBOOK OF THE GRAPHIC ARTS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 13789
Wisbech, Cambs.
Balding & Mansell, Printers, n.d. small 8vo. cloth. 80, (8) pages. Wisbech, Cambs. WITH TWO OTHER BOOKLETS. The style book of this printing house. Illustrated and with a glossary of terms. Loosely inserted in a cardboard case with two other specimen booklets issued by the firm.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about TYPE, PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATION
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 21913
Ouvrage Orné de Planches. Enrichi de notes et d'un appendice renfermant tous les nouveaux procédés, les découvertes, méthodes et l'invention nouvelles appliquées ou applicables a cet art, par plusieurs imprimeurs de la capitale.
Paris: Chez Leonce Laget, 1978. thick small 8vo. cloth. (iv), 320 pages. Ouvrage Orné de Planches. Enrichi de notes et d'un appendice renfermant tous les nouveaux procédés, les découvertes, méthodes et l'invention nouvelles appliquées ou applicables a cet art, par plusieurs imprimeurs de la capitale. Photo-facsimile re-publication limited to 500 copies of the Paris, Roret, 1840 edition (See Bigmore & Wyman I,52 for 1837 edition). Contains four plates. With the bookplate and pencil signature of..... READ MORE about NOUVEAU MANUEL COMPLET DE L'IMPRIMEUR EN TAILLE-DOUCE
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 98707
London: Blandford Press, 1954. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 219 pages. First edition. Ownership signature in ink on front cover of jacket and front free endpaper. Slight soiling of jacket, else very good. Produced to help the printer design his printing work. Includes title page from the Oxford Lectern Bible designed by Bruce Rogers. Includes chapters on the choice of type, mixing types, principles of spacing, etc. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan..... READ MORE about THE USE OF TYPE, THE PRACTICE OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 87052
Oneonta, NY: Henry G. Bishop, 1903. Publisher. (1903), small 8vo., cloth. (xiii), 170, (4) pages. Fourth edition of this book first printed in 1887. A concise, yet exhaustive work, devoted to the practical side of printing. An instructor for the learner and a reference for the advanced. Pencil and ink notes on free endpaper. READ MORE about PRACTICAL PRINTER: A BOOK OF INSTRUCTION FOR BEGINNERS;A BOOK OF REF
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 20992
Oneonta, NY: Henry G. Bishop, 1895. Publisher. (1895), small 8vo., original cloth. xiii, 199 pages. Third edition of this book first printed in 1887. A concise, yet exhaustive work, devoted to the practical side of printing. An instructor for the learner and a reference for the advanced. Near fine. READ MORE about PRACTICAL PRINTER: A BOOK OF INSTRUCTION FOR BEGINNERS;A BOOK OF REF
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 21432
London: Wyman & Son, n.d. small 8vo. original cloth. 55, 16 pages. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged. (Bridson & Wakeman E173 - didn't see a copy of the first or third edition). Revised and Enlarged Edition. Translated by E. Menken. With illustrations of equipment. Bookplate on front pastedown. Front and rear gutters cracked. Spine worn, endpapers stained. READ MORE about ZINCOGRAPHY, A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE ART AS PRACTISED IN CONNEXION WITH LETTERPRESS PRINTING
Price: $135.00 Order nr. 134983
London: Elkin Mathews Ltd., 1925. 8vo. boards. (x), 57 pages. First edition in English, limited to 310 copies. A translation into English of the introduction to Bodoni's famous manual of typography. With the original glassine, which has a tear and corresponding creasing and some loss on the upper rear panel. Some darkening to board edges, minor foxing to deckled edges. Bookplate of Daniel Berkeley Bianchi on front pastedown. READ MORE about G.B. BODONI'S PREFACE TO THE MANUALE TIPOGRAFICO OF 1818 NOW FIRST TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH, WITH...
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 4472
Bloomington, IL: Public School Publishing Co., 1912. tall 12mo. cloth. v,72; iv,72 pages. Two books bound in one including the practical treatise on bookbinding. Illustrated. Covers rubbed with wear along edges. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING FOR SCHOOLS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 24913
Nouv. édition, revue, corrigée, augmentée, et ornée de vingt lithographies.
Paris: Chez Leonce Laget, 1978. thick small 8vo. cloth. (iv), xxxvi, 304 pages. Nouv. édition, revue, corrigée, augmentée, et ornée de vingt lithographies. Photo-facsimile re-publication in 500 copies of the Paris, Roret, 1839 edition (See Twyman, Lithography 1800-1850, p.264; Bigmore & Wyman I,80). Six plates. Issued as part of the series entitled Encyclopédie-Roret. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about NOUVEAU MANUEL COMPLET, THÉORIQUE ET PRATIQUE, DU DESSINATEUR ET DE L'IMPRIMEUR LITHOGRAPHE
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 98706
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, (1983). 8vo. cloth. ix, 163 pages. First edition. Lists 1,021 books, theses, sales and exhibition catalogues, and articles in periodicals on the subject. Contains a section for each country and covers such subjects as Printing Manuals, Type Specimen books, Music, Religion, and Writing and Calligraphy. At the back is a list of 389 Printers, Typographers, Calligraphers, and Book Designers; and three short checklists of general works and titles on British and..... READ MORE about BOOK PRINTING IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA, A GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE AND A DIRECTORY OF PRINTERS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 26723
Paris: Libr. Garnier, n.d. 8vo. cloth. vii, 367+(1) pages. New edition - probably late 19th or early 20th century. Includes an historical introduction. Front free endpaper cropped, else a very good copy. READ MORE about MANUEL COMPLET DE L’IMPRIMEUR LITHOGRAPHE A LA PRESSE A BRAS ET LA MACHINE
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 80410
Paris: Libr. Garnier, n.d. 8vo. cloth. vii, 367+(1) pages. New edition - probably late 19th or early 20th century. Includes an historical introduction. With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson. Spot on front cover. READ MORE about MANUEL COMPLET DE L’IMPRIMEUR LITHOGRAPHE A LA PRESSE A BRAS ET LA MACHINE
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 97787
Inventada por el Insigne Maestro Pedro Diaz Morante, e Ilustrada con Muestras nuevas, y varios discursos conducentes al verdadero Magisterio de Primeras Letras
Madrid: Antonio de Sancha, 1776. small folio. modern wrappers. (iv) xxviii, 136 pages. Inventada por el Insigne Maestro Pedro Diaz Morante, e Ilustrada con Muestras nuevas, y varios discursos conducentes al verdadero Magisterio de Primeras Letras. First edition. Forty engraved plates of calligraphic specimens. "Influential text, the result of a commission to design a more efficient national script." (Harvard/Becker 141. Bonacini 1353; Berlin 5248; Cotarelo y Mori II, 145; Palau 210612, 299945). Includes engraved additional..... READ MORE about ARTE NUEVA DE ESCRIBIR
Price: $2,000.00 Order nr. 96419
Englewood, NJ: Prentice-Hall, (1976). 8vo. paper-covered boards. (viii), 119 pages. An introduction to the printing process. Covers slightly yellowed. READ MORE about COMMUNICATION: GRAPHIC ARTS
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 51125
Peoria, IL: Chas. A. Bennett Co., Inc., (1949). (1949), 8vo., cloth. Unpaginated. Second printing. A textbook for students already familiar with the fundamentals of typesetting. Presents problems and projects in straight and tabular composition, specialized materials, simple book design, basic binding, and other subjects appropriate for a high-school printing course. Well illustrated with photographs, diagrams and drawings. Previous owner lightly used an ink pen on the cover, else near fine. READ MORE about STUDENT PRINTING
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 48863
Bloomingdale: McKnight & McKnight, 1941. 4to. paper wrappers. 167 pages. First edition. Presents history of printing and instructions in the mechanical details of type composition and simple presswork. Light rubbing to covers, else fine. READ MORE about GENERAL PRINTING
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 21966
Bloomingdale: McKnight & McKnight, 1963. small 4to. cloth. xviii, 203 pages. Third edition. Presents history of printing and instructions in the mechanical details of type composition and simple presswork. READ MORE about GENERAL PRINTING
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 108325
Saratoga CA: Liber Apertus Press, (2006). small 4to. paper wrappers. 167 pages. Re-issue of the third edition. Presents history of printing and instructions in the mechanical details of type composition and simple presswork. Fine condition. READ MORE about GENERAL PRINTING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 93389
Paris: Bibliothèque Larousse, n.d. (circa 1907). 12mo. printed stiff paper wrapper. 95, (17) pages. Troisième mille. 22 text illusustrations. Text in French. Lower margin of the first few pages waterstained, but not affecting text. Wrappers soiled with some creases and chips. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about LA PHOTOGRAPHIE DES COULEURS
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 98247
Edited by Susan E. Meyer.
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1981). 4to. boards, spiral bound. (ix), 176 pages. Edited by Susan E. Meyer. Reprint of the 1980 revised edition with a new introduction to the phototypesetting process. A good introductory manual to the subject. READ MORE about DESIGNING WITH TYPE, A BASIC COURSE IN TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 104981
New York: Ronald Press, (1949). 4to. cloth. viii, 95 pages. Revised edition. Includes type specimens from many different type founders. Light jacket wear. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHER'S DESK MANUAL
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 124868
