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 other currencies 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 other currencies 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 50% $32.50 other currencies 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 other currencies 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 other currencies 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 other currencies Order nr. 25491
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 other currencies 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 other currencies 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 other currencies 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 other currencies Order nr. 116233
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 other currencies Order nr. 11799
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 other currencies Order nr. 2281
New York: John Day Co., 1927. tall 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 10 pages followed by the pages showing the 50 Books of the Year. The fourth exhibit of the Fifty Books of the Year staged. Six page introduction by Dwiggins. Holes in jacket spine. READ MORE about FIFTY BOOKS EXHIBITED BY THE INSTITUTE, 1926 WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY W.A. DWIGGINS AND FREDERIC G....
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 3783
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 other currencies Order nr. 2274
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 other currencies Order nr. 16125
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 other currencies Order nr. 116237
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 other currencies Order nr. 2421
N.P. Double Crown Club, 1970. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Program and menu for the 206th dinner of the Double Crown Club, featuring an address by Rollo Silver. Pages French-fold. READ MORE about DOUBLE CROWN CLUB: WILLIAM A. DWIGGINS.
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 133414
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 other currencies Order nr. 131920
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 other currencies Order nr. 8950
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 other currencies Order nr. 19236
Number Two.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935. 4to. cloth. 329, (20) pages. Number Two. The second volume of this four volume periodical devoted to the book arts (LEC S-03). Bookplate. Articles by many authorities on the book including Warren Chappell, Elmer Adler, Edith Diehl, Lawrence C. Wroth, Hofer on Dwiggins and an article by Dwiggins. Wear at spine ends. Some spotting to covers. READ MORE about THE DOLPHIN, A JOURNAL OF THE MAKING OF BOOKS.
Price: $50.00 other currencies Order nr. 69531
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 other currencies Order nr. 120948
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 other currencies 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 other currencies Order nr. 72719
