Results for: Graphic Design

Johnston, Paul.

BIBLIO-TYPOGRAPHICA, A SURVEY OF CONTEMPORARY FINE PRINTING STYLE.

New York: Covici-Friede, 1930. tall 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. (xi), 303 pages. First edition, limited to 1050 copies. (Hart no.134). An important look at bookmaking from the Whittinghams to Elmer Adler. Many facsimile title pages and other illustrations. Essays on William Morris, Pickering, and other influences on American typography. Shows the work of Dwiggins, Rogers, Adler, and many others. Only front cover of jacket is present. READ MORE about BIBLIO-TYPOGRAPHICA, A SURVEY OF CONTEMPORARY FINE PRINTING STYLE

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 19236

Nash, Ray.

PRINTING AS AN ART.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press for the Society of Printers, 1955. 8vo. cloth-backed patterned paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xii, 144 pages of text followed by 64 pages containing 80 reproductions of title pages. First edition, limited to 1500 copies. Issued on the 50th anniversary of this distinguished group of printers. Traces the "development of printing processes, typographic styles and the arts and crafts movement." Reference to Dwiggins, Rogers, etc. Jacket spine toned. READ MORE about PRINTING AS AN ART

Price: $40.00 Order nr. 14355

Nash, Ray.

PRINTING AS AN ART.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press for the Society of Printers, 1955. 8vo. cloth-backed patterned paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xii, 144 pages of text followed by 64 pages containing 80 reproductions of title pages. First edition, limited to 1500 copies. Issued on the 50th anniversary of this distinguished group of printers. Traces the "development of printing processes, typographic styles and the arts and crafts movement." Reference to Dwiggins, Rogers, etc. Loosely inserted is an invitation to the..... READ MORE about PRINTING AS AN ART

Price: $50.00 Order nr. 38675

Pankow, David (Editor).

AMERICAN PROPRIETARY TYPEFACES.

New York: American Printing History Association, 1998. 8vo. cloth. 176, (4) pages followed by 38 plates. This book is a fascinating survey of typefaces developed in America after 1892 and intended for composition in metal for the use of an individual or press. It includes essays by the following: Susan Otis Thompson on American Arts & Crafts typefaces, Martin Hutner on the Merrymount Press, Herbert Johnson on Bruce Rogers's Centaur type, Cathleen Baker on Dard..... READ MORE about AMERICAN PROPRIETARY TYPEFACES

Price: $50.00 Order nr. 97457

Ritchie, Ward.

YEARS TOUCHED WITH MEMORIES.

With a Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell.
Clifton: Bookman Publications, Inc., (1992). 8vo. cloth-backed boards. (viii), 171 pages. With a Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. First edition. The autobiography of this legendary California bookman. He recalls his private press work, his friends Lawrence Clark Powell, Jake Zeitlin, Paul Landacre, Robinson Jeffers, W.A. Dwiggins and many others. Illustrated. READ MORE about YEARS TOUCHED WITH MEMORIES

Price: $38.00 Order nr. 40361

(Archer, John).

SAGITTARIUS: HIS BOOK, GATHERED FOR JOHN ARCHER BY HIS FRIENDS.

New York: The Typophiles, 1951. tall 12mo. cloth. (x), 94 pages. Limited to 640 copies; the 25th Chapbook issued by the Typophiles. Has a title page designed by Dwiggins, contributions by Warren Chappell, Bruce Rogers, Paul Bennett and others. Contains reproductions of Archer's design work. Ink stamp of former owner at top of front pastedown. READ MORE about SAGITTARIUS: HIS BOOK, GATHERED FOR JOHN ARCHER BY HIS FRIENDS

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 63668

(Archer, John).

SAGITTARIUS: HIS BOOK, GATHERED FOR JOHN ARCHER BY HIS FRIENDS.

New York: The Typophiles, 1951. tall 12mo. cloth. (x), 94 pages. Limited to 640 copies; the 25th Chapbook issued by the Typophiles. Has a title page designed by Dwiggins, contributions by Warren Chappell, Bruce Rogers, Paul Bennett and others. Contains reproductions of Archer's design work. READ MORE about SAGITTARIUS: HIS BOOK, GATHERED FOR JOHN ARCHER BY HIS FRIENDS

Price: $17.00 Order nr. 6070

(Blue Sky Press). Browning, Robert.

IN A BALCONY.

(Chicago, IL: House of the Blue Sky Press, 1902). 8vo. later cloth, paper cover label with original pastedowns and endpapers preserved. 64, (4) pages. Limited to 415 numbered copies (Kruty 150-1). A poetic drama by Browning. Introduction by Laura Mc Adoo Triggs. Designs by F.W. Goudy and W.A. Dwiggins. Press-work by A.G. Langworthy. Later binding. READ MORE about IN A BALCONY

Price: $65.00 Order nr. 123551

(Book Design).

FIFTY BOOKS OF THE YEAR.

(New York, NY): A.I.G.A., various dates. 8vo. paper wrappers. various pagination. A run of the books and pamphlets issued by the American Institute of Graphic Arts showing the 50 best American books of each year. With all of the best of American designers illustrated including Dwiggins, Cleland, Rogers, Hammer, Angelo, etc. The exhibition number and publication date listed is for the previous year's selections of books. (For example Exhibit number 1-1923 covers books published in..... READ MORE about FIFTY BOOKS OF THE YEAR

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 728

(Cheney, William M.). Jones, Mary Lutz.

A LOS ANGELES TYPESTICKER: WILLIAM M. CHENEY A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS PRINTED WORK.

Los Angeles: n.p., 1981. tall 12mo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. 105, (3) pages. First edition, limited to 350 copies. Printed by Richard J. Hoffman for Jones in Dwiggins' Falcon and using ornaments cast by Paul Duensing. 94 items described in detail. READ MORE about A LOS ANGELES TYPESTICKER: WILLIAM M. CHENEY A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS PRINTED WORK

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 15823

(Colophon).

THE ANNUAL OF BOOK-MAKING.

New York: The Colophon, 1938. 4to. two-toned cloth. Not paginated. Each signature of the book was contributed by a different press. Includes sections by Knopf, Riverside Press, Derrydale Press, Press of the Woolly Whale and many others. Binding designed by Dwiggins. Covers show some fading. READ MORE about THE ANNUAL OF BOOK-MAKING

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 25491

(Dwiggins, W.A.).

CHECK LIST OF AN EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF W.A. DWIGGINS.

With Informal Comments on a number of the Books by W.A.D. together with a Prologue "W.A. Dwiggins, Artist of the Book" by Rudolph Ruzicka.
Boston: The Bookbuilders Workshop, 1949. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 22, (2) pages. With Informal Comments on a number of the Books by W.A.D. together with a Prologue "W.A. Dwiggins, Artist of the Book" by Rudolph Ruzicka. Limited to 350 copies. READ MORE about CHECK LIST OF AN EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF W.A. DWIGGINS

Price: $100.00 Order nr. 11799

(Dwiggins, W.A.). Abbe, Dorothy.

THE DWIGGINS MARIONETTES, A COMPLETE EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE IN MINIATURE.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1970). small folio. cloth, printed plastic wrappers. xxii, 232 pages. This book was originally completed as a five volume set by Abbe in 1967 in a limitation of four copies. The original edition took five years to produce and documents Dwiggins' preoccupation with marionettes. His collection, beautifully photographed and described here, is now in the Boston Public Library. The printed plastic wrapper is soiled with wrinkling. READ MORE about THE DWIGGINS MARIONETTES, A COMPLETE EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE IN MINIATURE

Price: $100.00 Order nr. 88386

(Dwiggins, W.A.). Agner, Dwight.

THE BOOKS OF WAD; A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BOOKS DESIGNED BY W.A. DWIGGINS.

With a Foreword by Alexander Lawson.
San Francisco: Alan Wofsy, 1977. small 4to. cloth. xii, 87 pages. With a Foreword by Alexander Lawson. Second edition, with 28 new plates not in the first edition. One of 700 copies. READ MORE about THE BOOKS OF WAD; A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BOOKS DESIGNED BY W.A. DWIGGINS

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 2419

(Dwiggins, W.A.). Dreier, Thomas.

THE POWER OF PRINT - AND MEN COMMEMORATING THE FIFTY YEARS OF LINOTYPE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PRINTING AND PUBLISHING.

Brooklyn: Mergenthaler Linotype Co., (1936). square 8vo. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards. xiv, 166 pages. First edition. Designed by W. A. Dwiggins. A history of the linotype. Near fine. READ MORE about THE POWER OF PRINT - AND MEN COMMEMORATING THE FIFTY YEARS OF LINOTYPE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PRINTING...

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 2281

(Dwiggins, W.A.). Phillips, John.

BOMB THAT WOULDN'T GO OFF AND OTHER FABLES FROM MORONIA.

With Pictographs by W.A. Dwiggins.
Boston: Bruce Humphries, 1941. 8vo. half cloth over marbled paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 81, (3) pages. With Pictographs by W.A. Dwiggins. First edition. (Agner 41-17). Dwiggins designed the book including the chapter illustrations and the design on the cover and jacket. Pieces of jacket missing along edges. READ MORE about BOMB THAT WOULDN'T GO OFF AND OTHER FABLES FROM MORONIA

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 16125

(Dwiggins, W.A.). Shimer, Florence.

TWELVE POEMS.

Hingham: Press of the Little Red Hen, 1950. square 8vo. boards, wrap-around paper cover label. (24) pages. First edition. Not in Agner. Title page designed by Dwiggins and printed in two colors. 225 copies were printed of which 125 were for sale. Minor spotting of front cover. READ MORE about TWELVE POEMS

Price: $100.00 Order nr. 116237

(Dwiggins, W.A.). Bennett, Paul A. (editor).

POSTSCRIPTS ON DWIGGINS, ESSAYS & RECOLLECTIONS.

With a Selective Check List Compiled by Dorothy Abbe & Rollo Silver.
New York: The Typophiles, 1960. small 8vo. cloth. xvi,141,(3),(16); viii,142-271,(3) pages. With a Selective Check List Compiled by Dorothy Abbe & Rollo Silver. First edition, limited to 1050 copies. Chap Books 35 and 36. Many color illustrations. Well preserved set. READ MORE about POSTSCRIPTS ON DWIGGINS, ESSAYS & RECOLLECTIONS

Price: $150.00 Order nr. 116233

(Dwiggins, W.A.).

MARCHBANKS PRESS CALENDAR FOR JUNE, 1925.

New York: Marchbanks Press, 1925. 9.25" x 4" Single sheet. With 3 inch square drawing by Dwiggins printed in brown ink at the head of the calendar. READ MORE about MARCHBANKS PRESS CALENDAR FOR JUNE, 1925

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 2274

(Dwiggins, William Addison). Abbe, Dorothy (compiler).

STENCILLED ORNAMENT & DECORATION: A DEMONSTRATION OF WILLIAM ADDISON DWIGGINS' METHOD OF BOOK DECORATION AND OTHER USES OF THE STENCIL.

Hingham, MA: Püterschein-Hingham, 1979. 4to. cloth. xii, 74 pages. Limited to 120 copies. Preface, table of contents, note by Dwiggins, endnotes and sources. Two black and white photographs, and numerous black and white illustrations. A study of the stencils of William Addison Dwiggins' use of stencils for book decoration and for other purposes. READ MORE about STENCILLED ORNAMENT & DECORATION: A DEMONSTRATION OF WILLIAM ADDISON DWIGGINS' METHOD OF BOOK...

Price: $300.00 Order nr. 131920

(Limited Editions Club). Daudet, Alphonse.

TARTARIN OF TARASCON.

New York, NY: The Limited Editions Club, 1930. 12mo. gilt decorated black cloth back over patterned boards, slipcase. xxviii,96; (vi),97-263,(8) pages. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Dwiggins and printed by Richard W. Ellis at the Georgian Press (LEC 09). 2 volumes. Translated by Jacques Le Clercq. With an Introduction by the Translator and Drawings by W.A. Dwiggins. The ninth publication of the Limited Editions Club. Fine in soiled and faded slipcase with paper..... READ MORE about TARTARIN OF TARASCON

Price: $50.00 save 20% $40.00 Order nr. 2287

(Limited Editions Club). Doyle, Arthur Conan.

THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. With THE LATER ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. With THE FINAL ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.

A Definitive Text, Corrected and Edited by Edgar W. Smith, with an Introduction by Vincent Starrett, and Illustrated with a Selective Collation of the Original Illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele, Sidney Paget and Others. 8 volumes.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1950, 1952, 1952. 8vo. black cloth spine with decorated paper-covered boards, black cameo of Sherlock Holmes in the center of each cover, original slipcases. xxii, (ix),764 ; (x), 765-1222 ; (x), 1223-1777 +(1) pages. A Definitive Text, Corrected and Edited by Edgar W. Smith, with an Introduction by Vincent Starrett, and Illustrated with a Selective Collation of the Original Illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele, Sidney Paget and Others. 8..... READ MORE about THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. With THE LATER ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. With THE FINAL...

Price: $750.00 save 20% $600.00 Order nr. 95762

(Limited Editions Club). Meredith, George.

THE SHAVING OF SHAGPAT.

With a Preface by Sir Francis Meredith Meynell and Illustrations by Honore Guilbeau. Designed and Decorated by W.A. Dwiggins.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1955. 8vo. quarter leather over marbled boards, slipcase. xiv, 314, (2) pages. With a Preface by Sir Francis Meredith Meynell and Illustrations by Honore Guilbeau. Designed and Decorated by W.A. Dwiggins. Limited to 1500 copies signed by Guilbeau (LEC 260). Front edge of slipcase cracked. Small pieces of clear tape on pastedowns. READ MORE about THE SHAVING OF SHAGPAT

Price: $35.00 save 20% $28.00 Order nr. 120948

(Press of the Nightowl). Agner, Dwight.

THE BOOKS OF WAD, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BOOKS DESIGNED BY W.A. DWIGGINS.

With a Foreword by Alexander Lawson.
Baton Rouge: Press of Nightowl, 1974. small 4to. half cloth over marbled paper-covered boards. xii, 88 pages. With a Foreword by Alexander Lawson. First edition, limited to 206 numbered copies. With ornamentation printed in different colored inks. Introduction by Lawson and preface by the author. well-preserved copy. READ MORE about THE BOOKS OF WAD, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BOOKS DESIGNED BY W.A. DWIGGINS

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 11219

Ritchie, Ward.

YEARS TOUCHED WITH MEMORIES.

With a Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell.
Clifton: Bookman Publications, Inc., (1992). 6 x 9.5 inches. hardcover. (viii), 171 pages. With a Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. First edition. The autobiography of this legendary California bookman. He recalls his private press work, his friends Lawrence Clark Powell, Jake Zeitlin, Paul Landacre, Robinson Jeffers, W.A. Dwiggins and many others. Illustrated. READ MORE about YEARS TOUCHED WITH MEMORIES

Price: $38.00 Order nr. 60949

W. A. Dwiggins

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