Philadelphia, PA: J.W. Pepper, n.d. broadside (13 3/4 by 9 3/4 inches). Advertisement for a new journal for orchestral and band music. Includes price list for various works. With illustrations of Wm. F. Kretschmer and Maurice Akst, composers and arrangers. Folded. READ MORE about Advertisement for ORCHESTRA
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 130607
Willow Street, PA: Graphic Crafts, (1981). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Foreword, black and white illustrations. An alphabetical collection of American trades and crafts advertised in the 1870s and 1880s. Brochures laid in. READ MORE about AN ALPHABET OF THE TRADES OF YESTERYEAR
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134236
Washington: Page Two, Inc., 1995. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 56, (2) pages. A source book for papermakers, calligraphers, decorators, designers, etc. Lists printmakers, paper artists, fine printers and publishers, bookbinders/conservators, artist bookmakers, libraries and museums, periodicals, suppliers, and schools. Advertisements. Gift subscription card and post card laid in. READ MORE about BOOK ARTS DIRECTORY(THE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 114505
Denver, CO: Colorcorp, (1998). 4to. paper-covered boards. 106, (6) pages. Table of contents, cross references and indices, display pages. Color illustrations. READ MORE about BOOK PRODUCTION BUYER'S GUIDE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134249
Paris, France: Compagnie Française, d'Éditions Emmanuel Olive, n.d. (1960). 4to. paper-covered boards. unpaginated. Text in French. A collection of typography, illustration, advertising and other specimens by various French firms. Lists of artists and collaborators, printers, paper manufacturers, and photographers follows text. Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges. Inside back hinge cracked. Lacking dust jacket. READ MORE about CARACTÉRE NOËL
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 132240
Wilbraham, MA: Wm. Frost Mobley, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 136 pages. Table of contents, introduction, price list. A collection of trade cards, broadsides, business stationery, and other ephemera. Black and white illustrations throughout. Signed by Mobley on contents page. READ MORE about CATALOG NUMBER 2 WM. FROST MOBLEY PRESENTS A VISUAL HISTORY OF TRADES AND PROFESSIONS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 122935
London, England: Edw. Minister & Son, n.d. broadside (11 by 8 inches). Text in French. An advertising broadside in color. Lightly tanned. READ MORE about courrier de la mode
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 132875
Chicago, IL: Chicago Paper Co., n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Offers advice on advertising. Illustrated. Pages French fold. Illustrated. Covers lightly soiled. READ MORE about FOLDWELL
Price: $120.00 Order nr. 133607
Newark, NJ: Jaenecke Printing Ink Co., n.d. broadside (8 3/4 by 12 inches). Illustrated publisher's advertisement, in five colors. Slightly tanned. Top edge chipped. Staple marks on left edge. READ MORE about JAENECKE PRINTING INK CO
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 128039
(Berlin: Kurt Siebert), n.d. 4to. self paper wrappers. unpaginated. Text in German. Printed in red and black. Catalogue of German printer's colophons used for advertising. Illustrations, in alphabetical order, of major German publishers. Concluding remarks. Wrappers lightly soiled. One colophon is cut from the first page of illustrations. Leaves loose. READ MORE about DIE SAMMLUNG DEUTSCH VERLAGSSIGNETE ERSCHIEN ALS SONDERDRUCK ZUM JULIHEST DER REKLAME...
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 108203
Award Winning Designs from the Editors of "Signs of the Times."
(Rockport, MA): ST Publications, (1995). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 160 pages. Award Winning Designs from the Editors of "Signs of the Times." Second volume of a series. Highlights winners of the annual signage competition sponsored by Signs of the Times. magazine. Chapters on a variety of different types of signs. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about SIGN DESIGN: GALLERY 2
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 108796
Obrázkový vzorník, oborných a reklamních, stocku a podtisku [Illustrated sample book, specialty and advertising, engraving and background printing]...specielní odborný závod stereotypérsky, rozmnozování sazeb. stocku, drevorytu, matric atd. [specialty professional stereotype establishment, duplication rates, engraving, xylography, matrices, etc.]
Vinohrady (Praha): Stereotyp, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (32) pages. Obrázkový vzorník, oborných a reklamních, stocku a podtisku [Illustrated sample book, specialty and advertising, engraving and background printing]...specielní odborný závod stereotypérsky, rozmnozování sazeb. stocku, drevorytu, matric atd. [specialty professional stereotype establishment, duplication rates, engraving, xylography, matrices, etc.]. The style of the examples suggests the 1920's or '30's. Paper wrapper lightly soiled, chip at bottom mended with tape, small tear to last page and wrapper, water..... READ MORE about STEREOTYP
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 74365
New York: Reinhold, (1968). large 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 433, (9) pages. Over 400 print ads reproduced with commentary on each. Dampness has caused the lower corner of the text block to be wavy (about 3" each way). White dust jacket soiled with several short tears and a few creases. READ MORE about THE ART OF CREATIVE ADVERTISING
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 91079
Menasha, WI: George Banta Publishing Company, n.d., circa. 1930. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. x, 45+(1) pages. A study of the effective use of art in advertising. Completed with the assistance of the Barney Link Research Fellowship Committee and members of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, psychololgy department. Foreword and table of contents. Includes statistical tables and the results of field tests. Black and white illustrations. Wrappers lightly faded. READ MORE about THE VALUES OF ART IN ADVERTISING
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 109335
Paris: Dunod, 1920. 8vo. cloth. (iv), 282 pages. Text in French. No. VI in "La Technique des Affaires" series. Guidebook for printing techniques, design, letters, advertising and catalogues. Black and white illustrations. 12 black and white plates. Boards faded at edges. Light tanning. READ MORE about LES AFFAIRES ET L'IMPRIMÉ
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 107632
Köln: "Der Jungbuchhandel" Hans Schulte, 1955. 8vo. paper wrappers. 61, (3) pages. A guide to the science of advertising and sales for booksellers. Wrapper slightly discolored. READ MORE about WERBE- UND VERKAUFSKUNDE FUR DEN BUCHHANDEL
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 50622
Paris: Dunod, 1921. 8vo. cloth. (iv), 548 pages. Text in French. No. VII in "La technique des affaires" series. Guidebood to advertising techniques for businesses. Black and white illustrations and plates throughout. Boards scuffed at corners and spine. Light tanning. READ MORE about LES AFFAIRES ET L'ANNONCE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 107633
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, (1968). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 112 pages plus 209 plates. First American Edition. A book about packaging before the word "packaging" was invented. History of the development of packaging and container and label design from the sixteenth century. Light wear to jacket. READ MORE about PACKAGE AND PRINT, THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONTAINER AND LABEL DESIGN
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 25712
(London): Faber and Faber, (1967). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 112 pages plus 209 plates. First Edition. A book about packaging before the word "packaging" was invented. History of the development of packaging and container and label design from the sixteenth century. Jacket chipped along edges and is price clipped. READ MORE about PACKAGE AND PRINT, THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONTAINER AND LABEL DESIGN
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 105411
New York, NY: John B. Alden, 1888. 12mo. original paper wrappers. 7-27, (11) pages. A rare early pre-released chapter from The Holy Land and the Bible. A sample chapter to encourage sales published in The Irving Library IV:193 (January 18, 1888), which also includes advertisements for other publications. Includes six engraved plates to be included in the published work. Worldcat includes an entry for Geikie's work published in 1891. The chapter here published discusses Joppa..... READ MORE about A CHAPTER FROM THE HOLY LAND AND THE BIBLE: JOPPA AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD
Price: $450.00 Order nr. 128821
An Illustrated History
(Greenwich, Connecticut): New York Graphic Society, (1973). 4to. cloth, dust jacket, original cardboard slipcase. (vi), 96 pages, plus 96 pages of plates. An Illustrated History. English version of Die Welt der Spiel Karte (Edition Leipzig, 1972). This comprehensive survey of the history of playing cards from 16th through the 20th century includes examples from China, India, Persia, Japan and Turkey as well as Italy, Spain, Germany, and France. It contains numerous black & white and..... READ MORE about THE PLAYING CARD
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 108414
London: Peerage Books, (1985). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 324 pages. Reprint of the 1982 first edition. Short history of advertising followed by hundreds of full color reproductions of the advertisements that appeared in the 19th century and 20th century. Presented in chronological order and indexed. READ MORE about THE ART OF ADVERTISING
Price: $17.00 Order nr. 18669
N.P. Yale University Art Gallery, 1978. oblong 8vo. stapled stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Catalogue accompanying an exhibition at the Yale Center for American Art and Media Culture. Black-and-white illustrations. Wrappers soiled. READ MORE about DESIGN TO PERSUADE: AMERICAN LITERARY ADVERTISING POSTERS OF THE 1890'S
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 105489
N.P. n.p., n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 31 pages. A study of American advertising via reproductions of advertisements in chronological order with text at bottom of each page. READ MORE about AMERICAN ADVERTISING, 1800-1900
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 23420
Stuttgart: C.E. Poeschel Verlag, 1950. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 384, (2) pages. Fourth edition. A guide to book advertising. Indexed. Jacket yellowed and slightly torn. READ MORE about DIE WERBUNG FURS BUCH
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 48359
