(London, England: Bacon & Donkins, 1819). loose illustration, 11 1/2 by 9 inches. Illustration of the Bacon & Donkins press, identified as Plate III. With typescript descriptive text. READ MORE about PRINTING. MESSRS BACON & DONKINS PRINTING MACHINE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 120333
Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1969. square 8vo. paper wrappers. x, 39 pages. An essential guide to the study of French printing manuals. Fine condition. READ MORE about FRENCH LETTERPRESS PRINTING A LIST OF FRENCH PRINTING MANUALS AND OTHER TEXTS IN FRENCH BEARING...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 57688
London: Elkin Mathews Ltd., 1925. 8vo. boards. (x), 57 pages. First edition in English, limited to 310 copies. A translation into English of the introduction to Bodoni's famous manual of typography. 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. READ MORE about G.B. BODONI'S PREFACE TO THE MANUALE TIPOGRAFICO OF 1818 NOW FIRST TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH, WITH...
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 4472
(Barnstable, MA: Cape Cod Hobby Printers Association), n.d. oblong, 32mo. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Booklet issued by the Association with samples of printing and illustrations. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about CAPE COD HOBBY PRINTERS ASSOCIATION
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 106952
Ilford, Essex: Ilford Limited, (1966). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvii+(i), 473+(1) pages. An Ilford Graphic Arts manual. Overview of photolithography, including its history. The bulk of the text is instructional. Preface by the author. Black and white illustrations. Two appendices, addendum, bibliography and index. Dust jacket faded and slightly torn at edges. READ MORE about ILFORD GRAPHIC ARTS MANUAL VOLUME 2. PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 109598
New York: Ronald Press, (1949). 4to. cloth. viii, 95 pages. Revised edition. Includes type specimens from many different type founders. Light jacket wear. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHER'S DESK MANUAL
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 124868
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1946. 12mo. cloth. iv, 145-207+(1) pages. No. 8 in "Printing Theory and Practice" series under the general editorship of John C. Tarr. Different kinds of mechanical feeders and their operation. List of titles in the series, table of contents, author's note. Black and white illustrations throughout. Boards tanned with very light tanning at edges of text. READ MORE about MECHANICAL FEEDERS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 114265
Elk Grove Village, IL: Gane Brothers & Lane, 1979. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 63 pages. A catalog of bookbinding, graphic arts printing equipment and ancillary supplies. Profusely illustrated, with manufacturers index and alphabetical index to catalog. READ MORE about CATALOG NO. 179, EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS FOR THE BOOKBINDING - GRAPHIC ARTS, AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135320
Indianapolis: Commercial Engraving Co., (1924). thick 8vo. cloth. 838 pages. Second printing, revised. An excellent production with many plates demonstrating engraving and color printing. One of the best of these books. Near fine. READ MORE about COMMERCIAL ENGRAVING AND PRINTING; A MANUAL OF PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION AND REFERENCE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 27981
London: John Churchill, 1859. 8vo. stamped cloth, with gilt lettering on spine. vi, [iii]-xii, 13-300 pages. Fifth edition. Greatly expanded and revised from the first edition of 1855. This manual quickly became the standard for its time. Several plates are included with illustrations of the chemical processes, a complete index and useful information. The introduction to the second edition is included and concludes with "In conclusion, a hope is expressed that this 'Manual of Photographic..... READ MORE about A MANUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHIC CHEMISTRY, INCLUDING THE PRACTICE OF THE COLLODION PROCESS
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 97837
New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2008. 8.5 x 11 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 160 pages. First edition. Ephemera has been collected for many years, but only recently has it become widely accepted as material for academic study. This is the first book to discuss ephemera as an aspect of design history, showing how function, production process and period have affected the changing appearance of billheads, trade cards, flyers..... READ MORE about THE DESIGN AND PRINTING OF EPHEMERA IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA, 1720-1920
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 95868
Stuttgart: Otto Blersch, (1949). small 8vo. cloth, gold lettering. viii, (12 pages of plates), 255, in addition to 4 pages of plates tipped in. Technical manual for linotype and Intertype setters, illustrated with diagrams, and black-and-white photographs of machinery. READ MORE about SETZMASCHINENKUNDE, 500 TECHNISCHE FRAGEN UND ANTWORTEN FÜR LINOTYPE- UND INTERTYPESETZER
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 74791
Davis, CA: University of California Davis, 1969. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 21+(1) pages. Limited to 600 copies. Keepsake Number 2 in a series issued by the Library Associates of the University Library. Author was proprietor of the Tamalpais Press in Berkeley. Frontispiece and foreword by Robert H. Power, president of the Library Associates. A historical overview of the handpress with a list of references. Letter from the president of the Associates laid in. READ MORE about THE PRESSMAN'S TRADE: A COMMENTARY ON THE TRADITIONAL HANDPRESS
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 114272
London, England: The Lion & Unicorn Press, (1953). small 8vo. decorated paper-covered boards. 63, (15) pages. Limited to 60 copies. Translated from the Italian. Frontispiece portrait of Giambattista Bodini. With facsimile reproductions of typefaces and ornaments from the original edition. Complimentary card from the publisher laid in. Covers lightly scuffed along spine. Light foxing on back endpapers. Tissue protector between frontispiece and title separating. READ MORE about BODONI PREFACE TO THE MANUALE TIPOGRAFICO OF 1818
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 124291
Philadelphia: MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan Co., 1889. 8vo. later library buckrum binding. xiv, 384, (6) pages. Seventeenth edition. (Bigmore & Wyman II,3; ATF Cat. 1512). With some changes from the previous edition and additional matter added. With the bookplate of the Lucius Beebe Library, with ex-libris markings. Scotch tape repair on title page. Lacks preliminary pages. READ MORE about AMERICAN PRINTER: A MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY CONTAINING COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS FOR BEGINNERS, AS WELL...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 4452
(Neveda City: Harold A. Berliner, 1977. 8vo. cloth. (vi), xiv, 13-384, (6) pages. Facsimile of 15th edition which was printed in 1885 by Mackellar, Smiths & Jordan. (Bigmore & Wyman II,3; ATF Cat. 1512). With some changes from the previous edition and additional matter added. Contains a new introduction by Terry Belanger. Near fine. READ MORE about THE AMERICAN PRINTER: A MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY CONTAINING COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS FOR BEGINNERS, AS...
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 19605
Philadelphia: MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan, 1885. 8vo. original cloth. xiv, 13-384, (6) pages. Fifteenth edition. (Bigmore & Wyman II,3; ATF Cat. 1512). A reprint of the fourteenth edition with a brief note on this fifteenth edition and a few other changes. Rubbed at spine ends. Front inside hinge cracked. READ MORE about AMERICAN PRINTER: A MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY CONTAINING PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR MANAGING EVERY...
Price: $135.00 Order nr. 23167
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, (2010). 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 220 pages. Reprint of the 2006 first edition. Letterpress Printing is the comprehensive sourcebook for beginning and intermediate letterpress printers. Using clear explanations of technical terms and more than 80 illustrations, the manual describes presses, ink, paper, press operation, type and photopolymer plates. The book shows how to set up and run small and large platen presses, and Vandercook and Challenge-style..... READ MORE about LETTERPRESS PRINTING, A MANUAL FOR MODERN FINE PRESS PRINTERS
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 88731
(New York): Thames and Hudson, (1988). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 216 pages. Reprint of the first U.S. paperback edition. Contains an historical introduction and chapters on equipment, methods of composition, casting-off, and jobbing, newspaper and magazine production. Well illustrated. READ MORE about THE THAMES AND HUDSON MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 76328
(New York): Thames and Hudson, (1992). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 216 pages. Reprint of the first U.S. paperback edition, with corrections for this printing. Contains an historical introduction and chapters on equipment, methods of composition, casting-off, and jobbing, newspaper and magazine production. Well illustrated. READ MORE about THE THAMES AND HUDSON MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 108565
Chicago: The Graphic Arts Publishing Co., 1937. 8vo. cloth. (xvi), 292 pages. First edition. A handy reference of modern photolithographic methods. Illustrated and indexed. Written with the assistance of Harry Keusch. well-preserved. READ MORE about PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY & OFFSET PRINTING, A REFERENCE MANUAL OF MODERN PROCEDURE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 74148
New York: Employing Printers Association, 1927. 8vo. cloth. 136, v pages. First edition. Eighteen separate chapters on different aspects of printing. Slight cover rubbing. Name in ink on free endpaper. READ MORE about HOW TO BUY PRINTING PROFITABLY, A MANUAL OF PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 22814
N.P. Printing Industry of America, (1953). 4to. cloth. xv, 311 pages. First edition. Sections on typesetting, composition, machinery monotype, typography, photo-typesetting, etc. Near fine. READ MORE about A COMPOSITION MANUAL
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 4701
(Long Island City, NY: American Printing Equipment and Supply Co.), n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. Catalog of printing equipment. Advertising supplement laid in. READ MORE about 1974 INTERIM PRINTING EQUIPMENT CATALOG
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 106926
Kirkwood, MO: The Printery, 2002. small 8vo. quarter cloth, marbled paper-covered boards. x, (ii), 50, (2) pages. Limited to an edition of 90. The text is a previously unpublished talk delivered by Alexander S. Lawson as part of the Heritage of the Graphic Arts Lecture Series. The lecture was given on September 23, 1970 and traced the history of English language printer's manuals from 1683 to the twentieth century. Contains an introduction by Kay Michael..... READ MORE about PRINTER'S MANUALS FROM MOXON TO THE PIA
Price: $400.00 Order nr. 94638
