New York: Lewis F. White, 1951. small 4to. box containing the greeting leaf and many pieces of printed stationery. Box containing printed stationery for O. Alfred Dickman at the Herald Tribune with printed Christmas greeting and original mailing label present. White owned L.F. White, Typography and Printing, and a label to this effect is on the front cover of the box. READ MORE about CHRISTMAS GREETINGS FROM LEWIS F. WHITE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 94994
(Arlington, VA: Cooke Typographers), n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. 48 pages. Type faces and borders offered by Cooke. List of trade customs. Standard proofreaders' marks on inside back wrapper. READ MORE about COOKE TYPOGRAPHERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 114781
Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Library, 1981. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Catalogue prepared for exhibition "Typography and the Private Press," prepared by Russell Maylone, Special Collections Department at Northwestern. Foreword and essay by Adrian Frutiger. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about EXHIBIT OF 84 BOOKS THAT INFLUENCE TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 115546
Albany: Delmar, 1955. 4to. pictorial paper-covered boards. vi, 201+(1) pages. Textbook designed to teach the basics of printing design and layout. Boards are worn at the extremities, with a dark smudge on the rear board. READ MORE about PRINTING LAYOUT AND DESIGN
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 91053
Baltimore, MD: Schneidereith & Sons, 1921-1924. 8vo. leather. variously paginated. Bound brochures from Schneidereith, from Vol. 1, No. 1 through Vol. 2, No. 7. Descriptive and historical informations about a number of the type faces offered for sale by the firm. Also includes numerous specimens, many tipped in. These include envelopes, tickets, small brochures, and other items, many in color. Covers very slightly rubbed and scuffed. READ MORE about TIPS OF TYPE FROM SCHNEIDEREITH
Price: $750.00 Order nr. 134345
New York, NY: Walker and Company, (1971). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 208 pages. Acknowledgments, table of contents, preface, bibliography, index. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket chipped at bottom edge. READ MORE about THE DECORATIVE THIRTIES
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 125403
New York, NY: Whitney Library of Design, (1988). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 224 pages. Revised edition. Revised and edited by Philippe Garner. Table of contents, biographical sketch of Battersby by Garner, introduction, bibliography, index. Frontispiece. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Covers a wide range of decorative arts. READ MORE about THE DECORATIVE TWENTIES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 125602
Nevada City, CA: Harold Berliner's Typefoundry, (1982). large 8vo. paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. Catalogue of typographical ornament. READ MORE about A GARDEN OF PRINTERS' FLOWERS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 51732
Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College Library, (1989). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xvi, 250, (2) pages. Reprint of first edition. A study of the more interesting of American typographers from colonial times to the present. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 45842
Boston: David R. Godine, (1977). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 250, (2) pages. First edition. A study of the more interesting of American typographers from colonial times to the present. Well-illustrated. Jacket spine faded; chipped around edges. READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 64775
Boston: David R. Godine, (1977). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 250, (2) pages. First edition. A study of the more interesting of American typographers from colonial times to the present. Well-illustrated. With a small paper label on the free endpaper calling attention to the fact that this book was printed on Mohawk Superfine Text. READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 105191
Boston: David R. Godine, (1977). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 250, (2) pages. First edition. A study of the more interesting of American typographers from colonial times to the present. Well-illustrated. Presentation on half-title "Inscribed for Mike McCurdy, Joe Blumenthal." READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 114825
Boston: David R. Godine, (1977). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 250, (2) pages. First edition. A study of the more interesting of American typographers from colonial times to the present. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 124825
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2008. 8.5 x 11 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 176 pages. A SIGNED COPY BY THE AUTHOR OF THIS LOVELY BOOK First edition. This is the first full-length study of the leading American type foundry of the nineteenth century. It is an interesting history of the foundry from both a business and a design point of view. The emphasis is on the design of the hundreds of typefaces that were..... READ MORE about MACKELLAR, SMITHS & JORDAN: TYPOGRAPHIC TASTEMAKERS OF THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 133463
From the Gothic Revival to Art Nouveau
New York: Abbeville Press, (1987). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 256 pages. From the Gothic Revival to Art Nouveau. A survey of the decorative arts from the Victorian to the Edwardian period. Includes over 600 color and black-and-white illustrations of home interiors and furniture. Minor wear to book and jacket. READ MORE about VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN DECOR
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 92692
(Chicago, IL): The University of Chicago Press, (1965). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxiv, 401+(1) pages. Preface, table of contents, list of illustrations, introduction by the editor, index. Eight sets of black and white plates. Dust jacket slightly chipped. READ MORE about BOOK TYPOGRAPHY 1815-1965 IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 129955
Boston, MA: David R. Godine, (1995). 8vo. cloth. x, 339+(1) pages. First hardcover edition. Table of contents, foreword, acknowledgments, handlist of the aurhor's writings, notes and references, index. Black and white frontispiece and illustrations throughout text. Focuses on private presses and typographers. READ MORE about INTO PRINT: SELECTED WRITINGS ON PRINTING HISTORY, TYPOGRAPHY AND BOOK PRODUCTION
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 130839
With a foreword by Caroline Hightower.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1989). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 264 pages. With a foreword by Caroline Hightower. First edition. Published to accompany an exhibition held by the Walker Art Center. A history and analysis of American graphic design from the nineteenth century to the present. Includes lively interviews with a number of distinguished designers - Matthew Carter, Ivan Chermayeff, Paul Rand, etc. Very well illustrated. READ MORE about GRAPHIC DESIGN IN AMERICA, A VISUAL LANGUAGE HISTORY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 105190
New York: JCH Graphics, (1986). 4to. heavy paper covers, plastic spiral binding. unpaginated. Second edition. Type faces offered by JCH. Introduction, copyfitting chart and reference guide. Arranged alphabetically. READ MORE about THE TYPE REFERENCE GUIDE
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 109737
Chicago: The Caxton Club, 2003. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, smythsewn: drawn-on, hinge-scored cover; trimmed flush. 40 pages. Full color catalogue written for the Caxton Club exhibition: Inland Printers: The Fine-Press Movement in Chicago, 1920-45 ; at Columbia College in Chicago; held January 15, 2003. Features writings of 12 Caxtonians including: John P. Chalmers, Robert A. Cotner, Kim Coventry, Celia Hilliard, Thomas J. Joyce, Arthur H. Miller, Frank J. Piehl, Susan F. Rossen, Michael Thompson..... READ MORE about INLAND PRINTERS: THE FINE-PRESS MOVEMENT IN CHICAGO, 1920-45
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 73697
New York: The American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1939. 8vo. boards, (iv), 7 pages. First edition. Ruzicka did the colored woodcut and Bruce Rogers did the type arrangement. Presentation on frot free endpaper in pencil "To Dr. Archibald Mallock, with warm regards of R. Ruzicka. Dobbs Ferry, June 1939." Small split in front hinge at top. READ MORE about ON THE AESTHETIC VALUES THAT ARE TO BE FOUND IN THE PRINTED WORK OF BRUCE ROGERS
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 58674
(New York): Kurt H. Volk, Typographer, n.d. tall 12mo. printed brochure with 16 broadsides loosely inserted along with a four page folder listing type faces available from Volk. A folder containing displays of his typographic skills printed in different colors. Inserted is a four page list of type faces and sizes available. Small tear at spine ends of brochure. READ MORE about A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY THROUGH A TYPOGRAPHIC JUNGLE
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 91398
Cambridge: n.p., 1925. 8vo. paper wrappers. 16 pages. Reprinted from BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS; A TRIBUTE TO WILBERFORCE EAMES. Inscribed by Wroth on the front cover. READ MORE about THE FIRST WORK WITH AMERICAN TYPES
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 5138
Forest Park, IL: Acorn Press, (1962). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, front wrapper gilt-stamped. (vi), 29, (3) pages. Limited to 350 copies. Type faces available at the Acorn Press. Foreword and explanation. Indexed. Wrappers faded. READ MORE about ONE LINE SPECIMEN BOOK
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 114780
Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, 2018. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 466 pages. Pablo Alvarez offers the first complete English translation of Alonso Víctor de Paredes Institucion, y origen del arte de la imprenta, y reglas generales para los componedores [Institution, and Origin of the Art of Printing, and General Rules for Compositors]. This 96-page printing manual set and printed by Paredes himself was issued in Madrid around 1680. It opens with an introductory digression on..... READ MORE about ALONSO VÍCTOR DE PAREDES’ INSTITUTION, AND ORIGIN OF THE ART OF PRINTING, AND GENERAL RULES...
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 133686
