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
Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Typgraphical Union, 1892. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 108 pages. A souvenir program for the Union's 40th session, June 13-18, 1892. Includes a welcome to the delegates, a brief history of the Union, article on the Drexel Institute, a sketch of the city of Philadelphia, and a number of other features. Numerous portraits of union officers. Covers tanned and chipped at edges, and lightly soiled. READ MORE about SOUVENIR OF THE FORTHIETH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 133791
Chicago, IL: Ragan Report Press, 1978. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, spiral bound. (iv), 135+(1) pages. Third printing. Table of contents, glossary. Instructions for the publishing of newspapers and magazines. Previous owner's name on title. Spiral binding cracked. READ MORE about ARNOLD'S ANCIENT AXIOMS: TYPOGRAPHY FOR PUBLICATIONS EDITORS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134157
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
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
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
New York, NY: A. Colish, n.d. 4to. cloth, loose leaf, paper cover label. unpaginated. Introductory comments. With chart of proof marks. Includes rules and borders. Two-page typescript history of the Erwin Wasey firm laid in. Covers spotted and soiled. Rubbed and scuffed at edges. Leaves of text tanned at edges. Previous owner's (Erwin Wasey) bookplate inside front cover. READ MORE about THE COLISH BOOK OF TYPES SHOWING A COLLECTION OF MODERN PRINTING TYPES SUITABLE FOR HIGH-GRADE...
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 125225
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
New York, NY: American Book-Stratford Press, 1966. 4to. self paper wrappers. 13, (3) pages. Limited to 2000 copies. Spring 1966 issue. Note by publisher Harvey Satenstein. Features Ellis's article on book typography. READ MORE about THE SCHOLARLY PRINTER, A QUARTERLY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134153
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): 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
Chapel Hill, NC: Hanes Foundation, 1996. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 28, (2) pages. First edition. Printing of a lecture given by Nicolas Barker in Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill. The lecture was tenth in the Hanes Lecture Series. Presented by the Hanes Foundation for the study and the origin and development of the book. READ MORE about THE FUTURE OF TYPOGRAPHICAL STUDIES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 70638
Meriden, CT: Bayberry Hill Press, 1975. 4to. quarter cloth, marbled paper-covered boards, paper spine and front cover labels. (iv), 27+(1) pages. Limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by author on colophon. Poem by J. Johnson on title. A reflection on the demise of the typographer and the compositor with the onslaught of "Cold Type" and the computer. Illustrated. Complimentary gift card laid in. READ MORE about A BACKWARD GLANCE
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 128500
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 2007. Broadside (11 3/4 by 8 inches). Prospectus for Henricus de Nova Villa, So Long, Hot-metal Men: The Comprehensive Bird & Bull Type Specimen Book. READ MORE about PROSPECTUS FOR SO LONG, HOT-METAL MEN
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 126564
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 2008. small 4to. unbound signatures. 194 pages. First edition, limited to 150 numbered copies; this copy is not numbered and consists of unbound signatures for the book. The private press has been with us in one form or another for 200 years or more. The equipment for a small private press was inexpensive, required little space and almost anyone could learn to do basic printing in a short time..... READ MORE about PRIVATE TYPECASTERS, PRESERVING THE CRAFT OF HOT-METAL TYPE INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Price: $325.00 Order nr. 120691
