(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  other currencies  Order nr. 40614

(APHA).

EIGHTH APHA ANNUAL CONFERENCE KEEPSAKE.

(New York, NY: APHA, 1983). 4to. Folder, front cover label. unpaginated. A collection of keepsakes to commemorate the Eights APHA Annual Conference at Columbia University in 1983. Keepsake items loosely inserted in folder. READ MORE

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 129669

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. READ MORE

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 108

(Archer, Richard H.).

THE ENGLISH ART OF THE BOOK.

Exibition, Chapin Library Williams College
Williamstown: n.p., 1970. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. ii, 10 pages. Exibition, Chapin Library Williams College. Exibition designed to exploit the Chapin Library's collection of important exmaples in the history of printing produced in various countries. Features a selection of sixty-nine items representative of English printing, 1478-1969, from William Caxton to Stanley Morison. One of 1,500 copies printed in January, 1970. Light shelf wear and soiling around edges. READ MORE

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 98913

Armitage, Merle.

NOTES ON MODERN PRINTING.

New York: Wm. E. Rudge's Sons, (1945). square 8vo. cloth, slipcase. 74 pages. First edition, one of 3000 bound thus. Well illustrated. Contains a check list of books by Armitage. Back cover of slipcase has faint stain. Bookplate on front pastedown and note in ink in corner of front free endpaper. READ MORE

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 14139

ART LABORATORY IMPRESSIONIS.

Middletown, CT: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, (1960). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Introductory comments by Russell T. Limbach. A study of the laboratory's privately printed publications since 1943. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 128573

(Art). Collins, Marcia and Norman E. Land.

EARLY BOOKS ON ART 1500 TO 1800.

Columbia, MO: Department of Art History and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1977. oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xxiv, 64, (8) pages. Exhibition at the University of Missouri-Columbia March-April 1977. Preface by Homer L. Thomas. Introduction by Land. Bibliography, list of abbreviatioins. Detailed descriptions of each item exhibited. Black and white illustrations. Index of authors, acknowledgments. READ MORE

Price: $7.00  other currencies  Order nr. 120746

(ATF.).

AMERICAN NUMBERING MACHINES.

N.P. American Type Founders, n.d. (circa 1949). 12mo. self paper wrappers. (12) page foldout. Illustrated. READ MORE

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 94863