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
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
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. 138590
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
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
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1941. 8vo. cloth. xvi, 225 pages. Second edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Ink stamp on front free endpaper. Some rubbing to boards. With full color frontispiece of illustration done using the silk screen process. READ MORE about SILK SCREEN PRINTING PROCESS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 650
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
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, glassine dust jacket. (x), 57 pages. First edition in English, limited to 310 copies. 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. Overall a near-fine copy in the publisher's near-fine glassine dust jacket. Scarce in this condition as the..... READ MORE about G.B. BODONI'S PREFACE TO THE MANUALE TIPOGRAFICO OF 1818 NOW FIRST TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH, WITH...
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 4472
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
New York: National Lithographer, 1927. 8vo. cloth. 214 pages. Third edition. Illustrated. Spine lightly faded. Minor soiling to boards. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about A OFFSET LITHOGRAPHY, A TREATISE ON PRINTING IN THE LITHOGRAPHIC MANNER FROM METAL PLATES ON...
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 137044
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: $900.00 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
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., (1993). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. ix, 278 pages. Second edition. Covers the evolution of writing, the anatomy of typography, Syntax and Communication, Legibility, Typographic Design, case studies and type specimens. Well illustrated. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGN: FORM AND COMMUNICATION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138558
Commemorating the two hundred and fifth anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin. The Blackstone.
Chicago: Chicago Typothetae, 1911. 8vo. Tied with thongs into a stamped leather cover into which a half-tone copper plate of Benjamin Franklin has been placed. (10) leaves. Commemorating the two hundred and fifth anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin. The Blackstone. Illustrated. Near fine. Very scarce. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE CHICAGO TYPOTHETAE ANNUAL BANQUET
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 137202
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
(Philadelphia: North American Publishing Company, (973). 4to. paper-covered boards. 442 pages. First edition. A near fine copy. Over 500 illustrations in the text help the student understand this printing method. READ MORE about EVERYTHING TO KNOW ABOUT PHOTO OFFSET
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138890
Edited by Susan E. Meyer.
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1971). 4to. boards, spiral bound. (ix), 176 pages. Edited by Susan E. Meyer. First edition. A near fine copy. A good introductory manual to the subject. READ MORE about DESIGNING WITH TYPE, A BASIC COURSE IN TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 30285
