Berlin: Tribüne, n.d. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 39+(1) pages. On the organization of the composing room, for supervisors. Yellowed. READ MORE about HANDSETZEREI, NEUEGESTALTUNG UND ORGANISATION IM BLICKFELD DES NORMEN- BEARBEITERS
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 50670
Stammheim: Antiquariat Verlagsgesellschaft, various dates. small 4to. later cloth. Per year:. The following volumes are available: 1968. 18th year. viii, 282, 220 pages. 1969. 19th year. Bound in two volumes. viii,232; viii,236 pages. 1973. 23rd year. iv, 288, 216 pages. Filled with important articles and illustrations. Price is per volume. READ MORE about ANTIQUARIAT, ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR ALLE FACHGEBIETE DES BUCH- UND KUNSTANTIQUARIATS
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 41911
oder, Lexicon der vorzüglichsten kupferstecher des XIX. jahrhunderts welche in linienmanier gearbeitet haben, sowie beschreibung.
Leipzig: A. Danz, 1880. large 8vo. half leather with raised bands and gilt decoration, marbled paper-covered boards, all edges stained red. xxxxvii, (i), 478 pages. oder, Lexicon der vorzüglichsten kupferstecher des XIX. jahrhunderts welche in linienmanier gearbeitet haben, sowie beschreibung. First edition. This dictionary of engravers and engraving was intended as a handbook for print collectors. Bookbinder's tag H. Sperling of Leipzig. Bookplate on front pastedown indicates that this book came from the reference library..... READ MORE about HANDBUCH FÜR KUPFERSTICHSAMMLER
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 75742
Berlin: Buch- und Druckgewerbe, 1956. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Various pagination. Per issue:. Following issues available: Vol 1 no. 3, Vol.3, no.1 of this international printing journal in two languages. English title Archives for Printing, Paper, and Related Trades. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about ARCHIV FUR DRUCK UND PAPIER
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 49574
Leipzig: Rudolph Becker, n.d. 4to. paper portfolio. (4) pages followed by (15) loose leaves of illustration. The firm of Rudolph Becker illustrates the stages of offset printing with 15 color specimens. An image is taken through the process, with examples of each color addition (printed wholly in that color and then printed with that color added to the mix). An introduction to the specimens is included. In German. Tear in portfolio at top. READ MORE about DER WERDEGANG EINES OFFSETDRUCKES IN 8 FARBEN
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 61885
Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, (1952). tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 215+(1) pages. Biographical directory of 16th century German printers. Covers toned along edges. READ MORE about BUCHDRUCKERLEXIKON DES 16. JAHRHUNDERTS (DEUTSCHES SPRACHGEBIET
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 30131
Bonn: Wilhelm Stollfuss Verlag, (1969). square 8vo. cloth. 105, (11) pages. First edition. The Bonner Universitäts-Buchdruckerei celebrates its 150 year anniversary with this look back at their history. Illustrated with images of their books and their production processes. A facsimile of a 1819 map of Bonn is loosely inserted in an envelope at back. In German. READ MORE about 150 JAHRE BONNER UNIVERSITÄTS-BUCHDRUCKEREI 1819-1969
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 62730
Frankfurt a.M. Stiftung Buchkunst, 1971. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 103+(1) pages. History, explanation of judging categories, data and statistical tables for the competition "Die schönsten deutschen Bücher" [the most beautiful German books] for 1951-1970 (cover states "1950-1970), with bibliography of prizewinning books. READ MORE about ZWANZIG JAHRE BUCHKUNST, ERGEBNISSE DER WETTBEWERBE 1951-1970, BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND [20...
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 52862
Braunschweig: Georg Westermann, 1958. oblong 8vo. paper wrappers. 16 pages. Accompanies an exhibition of printing in Braunschweig. Additional page loosely inserted. Wrappers yellowed, fore edge curled. READ MORE about 450 JAHRE BRAUNSCHWEIGER DRUCKGEWERBE, AUSSTELLUNG IM STADTISCHEN
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 51254
An offprint from The Library, 1950.
N.P. n.p., 1950. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp.14-25, (5). An offprint from The Library, 1950. Author's offprint. Reprinted by Oxford University. A very short biography and list of works printed by a little-known German printer, Samuel Browne, at various locations. Inscription by the author on front cover. From the reference library of H.P. Kraus. READ MORE about SAMUEL BROWNE, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBEERG 1655-62
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 77256
Gütersloh: C. Bertelsmann Verlag, (1976). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 192 pages. A collection of essays on all aspects of the book and its production. Filled with illustrations in color of mostly modern work. READ MORE about BUCHER UND MENSCHEN
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 37506
(1950). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 6 pages. Offprint from Gutenberg_Jahrbuch 1950. Cover discolored at edges; paper loss and tearing on back cover at left-hand edge. READ MORE about THE EDITION OF THE <<DITZ MORAULX DES PHILOSOPHES>> PRINTED AT PARIS BY MICHEL LE NOIR
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 88332
(New York, NY): The Grolier Club, 1973. 8vo. self paper wrappers. 13+(1) pages. Offprint from The Gazette of the Grolier Club, New Series, Number 19, December 1973. Delivered at the opening of the Fritz Kredel retrospective exhibition on April 18, 1973. With an editorial postscript and one black and white plate. READ MORE about FRITZ KREDEL
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 129965
Sonderabzug aus der Gutenberg-Festschrift
Mainz: (Gutenberg-Gesellschaft), 1925. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 9 leaves (pages 196-202 plus two plates). Sonderabzug aus der Gutenberg-Festschrift. This excerpt from the Gutenberg-Festschrift is printed on the rectos only. The original printed wrappers of this copy have darkened unevenly and show minor damage. They are cracked along the spine and have split along the lower half of the joint where the front wrapper attaches to the first page. The interior is marred only by..... READ MORE about EIN (drop title) EXEMPLAR DES BREVARIUM MOGUNTINENSE VOM JAHRE 1509 AUS DEM BESITZE DES MAINZER...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 90489
Leipzig: Schriftenverteilung für die Gesellschaft durch R. Haupt, 1907. Atlas folio, loose as issued. Title-page printed in red and black (small ink mark) + 30 full-page plates. Excellent condition. Vol. 1, Fascicle 1, containing the first 30 plates from one of the great facsimiles of specimen pages of incunabula. Of great interest to students of incunabula and their teachers. Herein are reproductions of 15th century printed pages, each one depicted in full (not reduced); below..... READ MORE about VERÖFFENTLICHUNGEN DER GESELLSCHAFT FÜR TYPENKUNDE DES XV. JAHRHUNDERTS
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 136147
Köln: Overstolzenhaus, 1965. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 158, (34) pages. Hans Blum, Severin Corsten and Peter Hasenberg provide a history of the book and papermaking in Cologne. This catalogue accompanied the 1965 exhibition at the Overstolzenhaus in Cologne. Following the essays are 259 entries detailing Cologne publications. Illustrated in red, black & white. Indexed. READ MORE about 500 JAHRE BUCH UND ZEITUNG IN KÖLN
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 61798
Jena: verlegt bei Eugen Diederichs, 1914. large 8vo. paper-covered boards. [4], 104, 122, [44] pages. Text in German. Minor rubbing to paper boards, else a near fine copy. Many illustrations, some in color. Subjects: Transportation Germany. Transportation buildings Germany Design and construction. Decorative arts Germany. Engineering design Germany. READ MORE about DER VERKEHR
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 138884
24 (bound in 10, of 38).
Berlin: A. Asher & Co., 1887-1919. 8vo. cloth. varied pagination. 24 (bound in 10, of 38). A significant collection of first editions from the important series begun by Karl Dziatzko (1842-1903), who was the first professor of library science in Göttingen University, Germany. This set includes volumes 1-17, 21, 24-25, 28, 31, and 37/38. Contains texts on various issues pertaining to printing, illuminated manuscripts, publishers, printers, etc. Some volumes with illustrations. Includes indexes. Many editions..... READ MORE about SAMMLUNG BIBLIOTHEKSWISSENSCHAFTLICHER ARBEITEN
Price: $325.00 Order nr. 76148
Frankfurt am Main: Polygraph Verlag, 1950. small 8vo. paper-covered boards. 57, (2) pages. First edition. A look at the development of typography. Special attention is paid to the influence of engraving on the process. Illustrated in black-and-white. In German. READ MORE about ZUR ENTWICKLUNG DER BUCHDRUCK SCHRIFT
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 62981
Bayreuth: Lorenz Ellwanger, n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. 72 pages. Fourth edition. Many examples of various kinds of printing, including color printing. Wrappers rubbed. READ MORE about MERKSTOFF ZUR GEHILFENPRUFUNG
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 48833
Helmstedt: J.C. Schmidt, 1921. tall square 8vo. cloth. 147 pages. History of the University printers in Helmstedt from the 16th century to 1921 issued by Schmidt who took over printing in 1867. Illustrated. With a presentation from one of the Schmidts on the free endpaper. READ MORE about HELMSTEDTER UNIVERSITÄTS-BUCHDRUCKER, MIT EINEM BEITRAG ZUR GESCHICHTE DES HELMSTEDTER...
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 34187
Heidelberg: H. Tenner, 1969. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 83 pages. Printed in 800 numbered copies; this copy is out of series. Facsimile reprint of the 1890 edition printed in Köln. READ MORE about DIE DEUTSCHEN STERBEBÜCHLEIN VON DER ÄLTESTEN ZEIT DES BUCHDRUCKS BIS ZUM JAHRE 1520
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 80198
1968. 8vo. paper wrappers bound into a pamphlet binder. pp.170-182. Offprint from Gutenberg Jahrbuch, 1968. Article on the first printer in Colmar. Illustrated. Tags on front and back of pamphlet binding. READ MORE about AMANDUS FARCKALL, LE PREMIER IMPRIMEUR DE COLMAR
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 50941
A Fifteenth-Century Blockbook.
Middletown, Connecticut: Davidson Art Center, 1974. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 111+(1) pages. A Fifteenth-Century Blockbook. Exhibition catalogue for Davison Art Center at Wesleyan University. A transcription and translation of the text of the German fable. Also includes a comprehensive history of blockbooks and discussion of the different versions of The Sick Lionthe tradition behind the story and possible origins for the production of the book itself. Contains many reproductions of illustrations from several blockbooks..... READ MORE about THE FABLE OF THE SICK LION
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 77170
Leipzig: Gesellschaft der Freunde der deutschen Bücherei/Poeschel & Trepte, 1921. large 8vo. later cloth spine with orignal marbled paper-covered boards, paper cover label. (vi), 169, (3) pages. Limited to 350 numbered copies. Festschrift presented by the Society of the Friends of the German Library to Dr. Georg Minde-Pouet, director of the Deutsche Bücherei (Ger. Lib.) in Leipzig (Rodenberg, p.272). With a portrait sketch of Dr. Minde-Pouet by Walter Tiemann, introduction, and eleven articles, including a...... READ MORE about ALERE FLAMMAM
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 51703
