San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Center for the Book, 2001. 4to. self paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. A catalogue of classes and exhibitions on book arts, binding, printing, and related subjects. READ MORE about BOOK ARTS CLASSES AND EXHIBITIONS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 129401
(New York, NY: The Cooper Union), 1994. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. A brochure published in connection with the exhibition "From Gutenberg to the Government." Commentary by William Bevington. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about CONCISE INFORMATION: A GENERAL SURVEY OF CONCISION: TYPOGRAPIC, EDITORIAL, AND VISUAL
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131768
San Francisco, CA: Black Stone Press, 1980. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 42 pages. Limited to 250 copies. Table of contents, biographical sketches of contributors. A collection of essays and poetic works. Illustrations. Corrigenda laid in. READ MORE about DEAD START: A JOURNAL OF LETTERS, DESIGN AND TYPOGRAPHIC PRINTMAKING
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 125060
New York: The Haberule Co., (1959). square 8vo. fabric covers with plastic spiral binding. (68) pages. "A new and improved method of type calcualting which reduces to simple terms the whole complex problem of copy-casting." Text following by list of type faces and point sizes, a plastic rule inserted in a pocket in the booklet and a built in pica scale. READ MORE about HABERULE VISUAL COPY-CASTER
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 121988
Newark, NJ: Jaenecke Printing Ink Co., n.d. broadside (8 3/4 by 12 inches). Illustrated publisher's advertisement, in five colors. Slightly tanned. Top edge chipped. Staple marks on left edge. READ MORE about JAENECKE PRINTING INK CO
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 128039
Boston: Machine Composition Co., 1929. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Not in Ulrich & Kup. One issue (Vol.X, 2 - January 1929). Features a speech by Melbert Cary, President of Continental Type Founders along with a showing of type faces. READ MORE about NEW-ENGLAND COMPOSITOR (THE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 40797
New York, NY: Henry Lindenmeyr and Sons, n.d. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Book number 5 in the Lindenmeyr Library of Print Shop Helps. A guide to producing illustrations in printed text. READ MORE about A PICTURE IS MORE THAN AN IMAGE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134323
Saint Louis: Inland Type Foundry, 1907. 8vo. paper wrappers. Ulrich & Kup p.59. The house organ of this type foundry. Includes the following: Volume 8, no.12 (December 1906), Volume 9, no.1 (January 1907). READ MORE about PRACTICAL PRINTER (THE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 42790
New York: Precision Rule Company, (1950). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 46 pages. Trade catalogue issued by this company showing rules for the printer. Filled with illustrations. Tipped-in is a price list from January 1950. READ MORE about PRECISION HAND PLANED RULES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 91383
Dayton, OH: The Set-O-Type Co., (1930). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 15+(1) pages. Extols the virtues of Set-O-Type automatic typesetting equipment. Black and white illustrations. Wrappers lightly soiled. Back wrapper separated. READ MORE about SET-O-TYPE: A REVOLUTIONARY METHOD OF SAVING AND MAKING MONEY IN YOUR MULTIGRAPHING
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 120151
San Francisco: Taylor & Taylor, 1917. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Volume XVIII (Winter 1917) of this periodical issued by this San Franisco printer. With color. Cover damaged. READ MORE about T & T IMPRINT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 40832
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1949. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. A listing of individuals with brief commentary on their situation. Text includes A. R. Tommasini and former Minnesota state senator and judge Earl Gustafson. Text lists photographer as William Miner, but contains no photographs. Fading on spine. Fading, creasing and small tears along edges of paper wrappers. READ MORE about JUST REMEMBERING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 98910
Their Materials, Processing, and Conservation
Rochester: Graphic Arts Research Center, (1980). 4to. cloth. (xii), 149, (3) pages. Their Materials, Processing, and Conservation. With a preface by Larry Booth. Includes sections on Technical Evolution of Processes, Raw Materials and Processing Procedures, and Permanence and Preservation of Photographic Materials. Original paper wrappers bound in. Boards rubbed and lightly soiled, corners bumped. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES IN USE BEFORE 1880
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 99439
Volume 35, Number 2 of the Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress
(Washington D.C.): Library of Congress, April 1978. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (v), 66-138, (4) pages. Volume 35, Number 2 of the Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress. This issue has the following articles: "The Invention of Printing, Revolution within Revolution" by Nicholas Barker, "The Early Illustrated Book, Highlights from a Lecture" by Philip Hofer, "Into Something Rich and Strange, Of Dreams, Art, and the Unconscious" by Eleanor Cameron, and "The Hauslab-Liechtenstein Map Collection" by..... READ MORE about " INVENTION OF PRINTING, REVOLUTION WITHIN REVOLUTION."
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 92761
Caldwell, NJ: Litho Books, 1964. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, spiral bound. 95+(1) pages. Third printing. Table of contents, biographical sketch of the author, introduction. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE MAGIC OF MAKING HALFTONES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134245
(Berkeley): George L. Harding & Roger Levenson, 1976. small 8vo. cloth. xii, 26, (2) pages. Limited to 100 copies for sale. Information on D.B. Updike. READ MORE about SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF THE MERRYMOUNT PRESS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 62428
3 Volumes.
New York, NY: Allworth Press, (1994). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, slipcase. xviii, 19-245+(1); xiv, 273+(1); xx, 283+(1) pages. 3 Volumes. A collection of essays on graphic design. Introduction by Steven Heller. Each volume with introduction, acknowledgments, biographical sketches of contributors, and index. Foreword by Heller in Volume 3, in which Rick Poyner contributed to the introduction. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about LOOKING CLOSER: CRITICAL WRITINGS ON GRAPHIC DESIGN
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 121625
(Rochester, NY): Rochester Institute of Technology for the National Composition Association, 1983. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 42 pages. Biographical sketch of the author, table of contents, introduction, summary. Tables and charts. READ MORE about PRICING STRATEGIES FOR THE TYPESETTING INDUSTRY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134256
New York, NY: The Spiral Press, 1969. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (12) pages. Cronenwett 522. Limited to 250 copies. Foreword. Based on a discussion between Blumenthal and the Society in Boston on December 6, 1991. READ MORE about NOTES PREPARED FOR AN INFORMAL DISCUSSION BETWEEN JOSPEH BLUMENTHAL AND THE SOCIETY OF PRINTERS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 124936
New York: Frederic C. Beil, (1982). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 153, (3) pages. Illustrated autobiography by this book designer. With information on The Spiral Press. Presentation copy "for Mary Ahern with friendly greetings Joe B- March/'83." READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIC YEARS, A PRINTER'S JOURNEY THROUGH A HALF-CENTURY
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 58046
New York: Frederic C. Beil, (1982). 8vo. cloth. viii, 153, (3) pages. Illustrated autobiography by this book designer. With information on The Spiral Press. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIC YEARS, A PRINTER'S JOURNEY THROUGH A HALF-CENTURY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 62288
New York: The Grolier Club, (1982). 8vo. cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards, slipcase. viii, 153, (3) pages. First edition, one of 300 numbered copies signed by Blumenthal and issued thus for the Grolier Club (Asaf 142). Illustrated autobiography by this book designer. With information on The Spiral Press. Printed by the Stinehour Press. Presentation on half-title from Blumenthal "for Clifford Awald Joseph Blumenthal." READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIC YEARS, A PRINTER'S JOURNEY THROUGH A HALF-CENTURY
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 76583
New York: Frederic C. Beil, (1982). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 153, (3) pages. Illustrated autobiography by this book designer. With information on The Spiral Press. Presentation copy "for Mike (McCurdy) affectionatly and respectfully, Joe, December /'86."Jacket chipped with large tear in front cover. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIC YEARS, A PRINTER'S JOURNEY THROUGH A HALF-CENTURY
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 114824
New York, NY: The Grolier Club, (1982). 8vo. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards, gilt-stamped spine, slipcase with paper spine label. (xii), 153, (3) pages. Limited to 300 numbered copies, signed by the author on colophon. Presentation by the author on half title. Acknowledgments, list of subscribers, table of contents, index. Illustrations. Grolier Club ephemera laid in. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIC YEARS, A PRINTER'S JOURNEY THROUGH A HALF-CENTURY, 1925-1975
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 129925
(New York, NY: Madison Square Press, 1994). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 192 pages. Acknowledgments, table of contents, introduction by Neville Brody. Indices of design firms, designers, letterers, and clients. Listing of design firm addresses. The third volume of Brier's series on typography. Color illustrations throughout. Publication press release laid in. READ MORE about INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGN NO. 2
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 121842
