(ad lib Press). Hopkinson, Francis.

PLAN FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE ART OF PAPER WAR.

Richmond, VA: ad lib Press, 1990. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. Reprint of the 1787 printing that occured in the American Musuem. Limited to 155 numbered copies; this copy is out of series. An article discussing American type faces and American type. Silver, in his THE AMERICAN PRINTER, p.146, says "In an essay printed in 1787 ... (Hopkinson) proposed an improvement in the art of printing, so as to make it expressive not only... READ MORE

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 105321

(Adagio Press).

TYPOGRAPHIA I.

Harper Woods, MI: The Adagio Press, 1976. 8vo. paper wrappers, mailing envelope. 27 pages. Printed in an edition limited to 325 numbered and signed copies. Tanner and Alstrom 34. This is a commonplace book of typographic exercises interspersed with notes on printing, typography and the private press. READ MORE

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 6

Adams, Thomas.

TYPOGRAPHIA: OR THE PRINTER'S INSTRUCTOR; A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE ORIGIN RISE, AND PROGRESS OF THE TYPOGRAPHIC ART, WITH PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR CONDUCTING EVERY DEPARTMENT IN AN OFFICE, HINTS TO AUTHORS, PUBLISHERS, &C.

With a new introduction by John Bidwell.
New York: Garland Publishing, 1981. 8vo. cloth. xviii page introductory material followed by 288 page facsimile, (4) pages. With a new introduction by John Bidwell. Reprint of the 1844 second edition. (Bigmore & Wyman I,3). The first edition was issued in 1837. This was the second practical printing manual issued by an American author; it was compiled from many of the facts given by Hansard and Johnson. Illustrated. READ MORE

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 22587

(American Antiquarian Society). Gura, Philip F.

THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, 1812-2012: A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY.

Worcester, Massachusetts: American Antiquarian Society, 2012. 6.75 x 10 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 454 pages. Revised Edition. Founded in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1812 by Isaiah Thomas, the patriot printer and leading publisher of the new nation, the American Antiquarian Society reflects his vision for the printed record of America's history-its preservation and its interpretation. Over two centuries, beginning with Thomas's gift of his own extensive library of books and newspapers, this learned society has become... READ MORE

Price: $60.00  other currencies  Order nr. 117114

(Anderson, John).

SEASON'S GREETINGS FROM LANSTON MONOTYPE MACHINE COMPANY.

Philadelphia: Lanston Monotype Machine Co. (1954). small 8vo. bound at top. Not paginated. A Keepsake calendar designed by John Anderson of the Pickering Press. Illustrated by Helen Siegl. READ MORE

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 24807

Annenberg, Maurice.

TYPE FOUNDRIES OF AMERICA AND THEIR CATALOGS.

With additions and an introduction by Stephen O. Saxe and an index by Elizabeth K. Lieberman.
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 1994. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 276 pages. With additions and an introduction by Stephen O. Saxe and an index by Elizabeth K. Lieberman. Reprint of the first edition with an added appendix. Recognized by booksellers, collectors, librarians and bibliographers for its great usefulness as the definitive bibliography of American type specimen books. This edition contains an appendix listing 73 type specimen books unknown at the time of the... READ MORE

Price: $49.95 save 15% $42.46  other currencies  Order nr. 40614

(APHA).

EIGHTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE KEEPSAKE.

N.P. (American Printing History Association, 1983). 4to. stiff paper portfolio, paper cover label. Printed folder containing 14 private press Keepsakes produced for the conference, a four page brochure giving an agenda and various other pieces of ephemera. Includes privately printed keepsakes of all sizes and typographic designs. The four page brochure states that there were to be 16 keepsakes but two of them were delayed and were not present in the package. Chipping along edges of portfolio. READ MORE

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 36873

(APHA).

VERSE INTO TYPE: THE APHA POETRY PORTFOLIO.

New York: American Printing History Association, 2006. 8vo. contributions loosely inserted in cloth clamshell box, paper spine label. Limited to 225 copies.Various typographic arrangements of seventeen poems, both contemporary and classic, using a variety of typefaces, colors, formats, and papers, all printed letterpress. The poems were selected by the printers. Contributors include Mindy Beloff, Robin Price, Sandy Connors, Barbara Henry, Ed Colker, Ron Gordon, David Pankow, Jerry Kelly, Kay Michael Kramer, Michael Peich, Gaylord Schanilec... READ MORE

Price: $200.00  other currencies  Order nr. 97456

Archer, H. Richard and Ward Ritchie.

MODERN FINE PRINTING.

Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 1968. 8vo. paper wrappers. (iv), 44 pages. Contains "The Private Press: Its Essence and Recrudescence" by Archer and "Tradition and the Printers of Southern California" by Ritche. Covers faded. READ MORE

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 108091

(Arif Press). Cobden-Sanderson, T.J.

THE IDEAL BOOK OF BOOK BEAUTIFUL: A TRACT ON CALLIGRAPHY, PRINTING, AND ILLUSTRATION AND ON THE BOOK BEAUTIFUL AS A WHOLE.

Berkeley, CA: The Arif Press, 1981. small 8vo. boards. 29, (5) pages. Limited to 150 copies printed by Wesley Tanner at his private press. With design work and illustrations in color throughout. READ MORE

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 29848

Armitage, Merle.

NOTES ON MODERN PRINTING.

New York: Wm. E. Rudge's Sons, (1945). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 74 pages. First edition, one of 2000 bound thus. Well illustrated. Contains a check list of books by Armitage. Wrappers chipped. READ MORE

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 38148

ART OF THE PRINTED BOOK 1455-1955; MASTERPIECES OF TYPOGRAPHY THROUGH FIVE CENTURIES FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY.

New York, NY: Pierpont Morgan Library, (1973). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 192, (2) pages. Table of contents, preface, foreword, acknowledgments, list of plates, select bibliography, index. Essay by Joseph Blumenthal. Black and white plates including one foldout. READ MORE

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 129963

(Associated Printing Salesmen).

1913-1963, 50 YEARS OF PRINTING PROGRESS THROUGH BETTER SELLING.

(N.P. Associated Printing Salesmen, 1963). 8vo. boards. (vi), 56 pages. Illustrated history of this group. READ MORE

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136