With a Type-facsimile of John Bell's first Type Specimen, 1788.
Portland, ME: Southworth-Anthoensen Press (But Printed by The Meriden Gravure Co. in 1965 for the Heritage of the Graphic Arts). 1939. 8vo. paper wrappers. 20, (8) pages. With a Type-facsimile of John Bell's first Type Specimen, 1788. Limited to 250 copies. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 97
Selected Essays
(London): British Library, 2003. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (iv), xiii, (i), 514 pages. Selected Essays. Part of the British Library Studies in the History of the Book series. A collection of essays spanning forty years about books and texts, typography and early printing, history of the book, forgery, books and people, bookselling, and libraries. Introduction by Alan Bell. Includes some illustrations. Very minor shelf wear on book and dust jacket. READ MORE
Price: $60.00 other currencies Order nr. 92066
Oxonii: e Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1763. 8vo. original full calf, gilt letter on spine, five raised bands. (iv), 676 pages. First printing of the New Testament in Greek by the Oxford University Press in Baskerville's type. (Gaskell Add.I, p.71). Gaskell says that Oxford authorised 500 copies to be printed and then 2000 to be printed. Curiously, this is the only book that bears Baskerville's name from the year 1763. With the bookplate of Sir Francis Geary... READ MORE
Price: $450.00 other currencies Order nr. 124740
London: Frederick Muller, 1975. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 181 pages. First edition. A biography of the printer; color frontispiece. Part of the Ars Typographica series. Fine condition. READ MORE
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 363
New York: Garland Publishing Inc. 1983. 4to. cloth. xi,iii-liii,100,28-40,(3) pages. Reprint of the two important bibliographical pieces with a new introduction. Includes reproductions of the original fold-out plates and retains the Stanley Morison introduction (See Appleton 139). READ MORE
Price: $200.00 other currencies Order nr. 570
New York, NY: The Winthrop Press for the American Type Founders Company, 1897. 8vo. original stiff paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut. 47+(1) pages. Special printing of this essay first published in England. Introduction, preface, An essay on Shakespeare's knowledge, or lack thereof, of typography. Covers tanned, chipped at edges. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover. READ MORE
Price: $35.00 other currencies Order nr. 128586
N.P. Wynkyn de Worde Society, 1966. folio. stiff paper portfolio holding seven Caslon-related items. Contains: A portrait of Caslon, wood engraving by David Gentleman, Type Specimen sheet - collotype facsimile, Notes on the 1734 Specimen by James Mosely, Specimen of Cason Old Face which includes a photograph of a selection of the original steel punches cut by William Caslon, The Chiswell Street Foundry facsimile reproduced from the Universal Magazine 1750, a folder for Letraset Caslon... READ MORE
Price: $60.00 other currencies Order nr. 94532
London: The Wynkyn de Worde Society, 1967. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (4) pages. Printed in the US by Ludlow Typograph Company, Chicago, for the Wynkyn de Worde Society. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 17926
Manchester and London: University Press and Bernard Quaritch, and Sherratt and Hughes, 1909. 8vo. quarter vellum, cloth-covered boards. 35, (9) pages. Facsimile of William Caxton's original printing reproduced here as a book. Part of the John Rylands facsimile series. This book consists of an oration delivered by Russell on the occasion of his embassy in February 1470 to invest Charles the Bold with the Order of the Garter. Contains a new historical introduction by Henry... READ MORE
Price: $55.00 other currencies Order nr. 59209
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
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 92692
N.P. The Monotype Corporation, Summer 1963. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 56 pages. Being Volume 42, Number 4 of the Monotype Recorder. With type specimens. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 33231
Norfolk: The Farthing Press, 1985. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. A type specimens book produced by The Farthing Press with common adages and maxims in addition to the standard display of type specimens. Letter dated 20 March '86 signed by Alan J. Fitch & compliments of card laid -in. Large crease on top board and fading on both boards as if shelved next to smaller books. READ MORE
Price: $65.00 other currencies Order nr. 96744
(London): Profile Books, (2010). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 352 pages. A book of stories about type faces, their origins and employment. Table of contents, introduction, bibliography, acknowledgements, index. Black and white illustrations throughout. Fine condition. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 112222
New York: Harper & Row, (1968). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 166, (2) pages. First U.S. edition of a work by an English novelist. A suspense novel. Mimeographed paper from the Printing Industries of America, laid in, states that this work is the first CRT-produced general trade book, briefly describing the process. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 109545
New York: The Typophiles, 1978. oblong 8vo. boards, dust jacket. 64 pages. Taken from the second edition, limited to 400 copies issued by the Typophiles as Chapbook 55. Expanded from an article in Alphabet & Image. Well illustrated including two foldout inserts, one in color. READ MORE
Price: $40.00 other currencies Order nr. 21326
New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1948. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 480 pages. First U.S. edition. Contains 344 of Gill's correspondence from the years 1900-1940. Illustrated. Jacket chipped with small tears. Name in ink on free endpaper. READ MORE
Price: $30.00 other currencies Order nr. 38983
London: Jonathan Cape, (1947). 8vo. cloth. 480 pages. First edition. Contains 344 of Gill's correspondence from the years 1900-1940. Illustrated. Clipped portrait of GIll pasted down on free endpaper. Pencil inscription of David Evans, the sculptor, above copy of this portrait. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 51612
New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1948. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 480 pages. First U.S. edition. Contains 344 of Gill's correspondence from the years 1900-1940. Illustrated. Covers rubbed. READ MORE
Price: $14.00 other currencies Order nr. 124285
Oxford, England: Phaidon, (1990). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 143, (1) pages. Table of contents, introductions to both sections, index, credits. Color illustrations throughout. Bookmark laid in. A guide to the decorative uses of type. READ MORE
Price: $30.00 other currencies Order nr. 125820
(London): Taranman/Carcanet, (1984). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxiv, 230 pages. Foreword by William Anderson. Dust jacket is a bit worn with some creases. READ MORE
Price: $8.00 other currencies Order nr. 97506
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
Price: $65.00 save 15% $55.25 other currencies Order nr. 95868
(Oldham, England): Incline Press for the Justin Howes Memorial Fund, 2007. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut. ii, 23, (7) pages. Limited to 50 copies. Foreword by the author. Endnotes. Specimens of rare letterforms from the collections of the St. Bride Foundation, London. READ MORE
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 132306
England: Incline Press, 1999. 16mo. paper wrappers. 10, (2) pages. An extract from a talk given to the Typophiles, New York in 1999. A discussion on buying second hand type. Illustrated with letters of the alphabet. READ MORE
Price: $35.00 other currencies Order nr. 58721
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1933. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers; top edge cut, other edges uncut. pp. 212-228. An article in Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, New Series, Vol. XIV, No. 2. With facsimiles of items cited by the author. Other articles focusing on printing and publishing in Tudor and Stuart England. Edges slightly worn and wrappers lightly tanned. Unopened. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 110065
London, England: Faber and Faber, 1952. 4to. cloth. xii, 400 pages. Reprint of first 1887 edition. Table of contents, prefaces to the first and new editions, bibliography, index. Historical and bibliographical notes by Talbot Baines Reed. Foldout black and white frontispiece. Endpapers tanned. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. READ MORE
Price: $30.00 other currencies Order nr. 130629
