Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1949. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 128 pages followed by numerous full-page illustrations. First edition. Fifteen designers discuss graphic arts including Dwiggins, Rollins, Armitage, Ward and Hofer. Chipped at spine ends with light wear along hinges of jacket. READ MORE about GRAPHIC FORMS, THE ARTS RELATED TO THE BOOK
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 8950
New York, NY: American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1937. 8vo. cloth. unpaginated. Introductory note by Peter Hofer, essay by Paul Hollister. A catalogue of an exhibition, with a list of lenders, held at the Architectural League Gallery in New York, featuring the work of W.A. Dwiggins. Color and black and white illustrations. READ MORE about WAD
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 129959
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
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
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. Jacket rubbed with piece missing from top... READ MORE about PRINTING AS AN ART
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 72719
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
(New York): American Printing History Association, (1998). 8vo. cloth. 176, (4) pages followed by 38 plates. First edition, limited to 720 copies. Set in Monotype Centaur and Bembo by Michael and Winifred Bixler with text printed letterpress and the illustrations printed by offset lithography at The Stinehour Press. Designed by Jerry Kelly. A study of type faces developed in America after 1892 and intended for composition in metal for the use of an individual or... READ MORE about AMERICAN PROPRIETARY TYPEFACES
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 105046
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 save 20% $30.40 Order nr. 40361
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 save 20% $30.40 Order nr. 60949
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1977. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvii, 258 pages with 111 illustrations. First edition. Traces the effect of men like Updike, Rogers, Goudy, Bradley, Cleland, Dwiggins, Ransom, Nash and Rollins on book production in America. READ MORE about AMERICAN BOOK DESIGN AND WILLIAM MORRIS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 2506
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1977. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvii, 258 pages with 111 illustrations. First edition. Traces the effect of men like Updike, Rogers, Goudy, Bradley, Cleland, Dwiggins, Ransom, Nash and Rollins on book production in America. Jacket is chipped with tears. READ MORE about AMERICAN BOOK DESIGN AND WILLIAM MORRIS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 64234
New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 1996. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 318 pages with 113 illustrations. Paperback edition. Reprint of the first edition with additional illustrations and new introduction. With his Kelmscott Press and associations with the Arts & Crafts Movement, William Morris helped raise the public's awareness of fine books to new heights. Morris inspired and influenced a generation of other designers and those working in American typography... READ MORE about AMERICAN BOOK DESIGN AND WILLIAM MORRIS With a new Foreword by Jean-Francois Vilain
Price: $34.95 Order nr. 44931
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
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
(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 save 20% $52.00 Order nr. 123551
(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
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 save 20% $12.00 Order nr. 15823
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
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
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
New York: American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1937. 8vo. printed boards. 259 items. Exhibition catalogue. Illustrated in color. Well produced book. Light cover wear. READ MORE about WAD, THE WORK OF W.A. DWIGGINS
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 2421
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
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
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. Covers slightly age yellowed along edges. READ MORE about POSTSCRIPTS ON DWIGGINS, ESSAYS & RECOLLECTIONS
Price: $80.00 Order nr. 6088
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
