July, 1898, 15 3/4" x 11 3/8"; image 13 1/8" x 8 7/8" "Les Maitres De L'Affiche (Masters Of The Poster) prints are a series of 256 color lithographs published in Paris during The Belle Epoque. This collection is one of the most prestigious and influential art publications in history..... More
(New York): Merganthaler Linotype Company, 1923, First thus. one folio sheet approx. 16 3/4 x 23 inches folded twice, Merganthaler Linotype Company, A fine, clean copy. More
(Rochester, NY): School of Printing Rochester Institute of Technology, 1984, First Edition. large octavo, tan laid paper wrapper with embossed title and date on front wrapper. (4)page, french fold, sewn. School of Printing Rochester Institute of Technology, Announcement for the presentation with a brief biography of Dreyfus and a list..... More
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1983, First Edition. octavo, printed heavy wrappers. 32pp., stapled. Smithsonian Institution, Publication accompanying a 1983 exhibition in the Hall of Printing and Graphic Arts of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Introduction, list of illustration captions, endnotes, bibliography. Black and white illustrations throughout. Light stainins..... More
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1983, First Edition. octavo, printed heavy wrappers. 32pp. Smithsonian Institution, Publication accompanying a 1983 exhibition in the Hall of Printing and Graphic Arts of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Introduction, list of illustration captions, endnotes, bibliography. Black and white illustrations throughout. As new... More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (2013), First Edition. square quarto, pictorial boards. 176pp. Chronicle Books, Preface by Brian Dettmer. Introduction by Alyson Kuhn. A guide to this compelling art form, showcasing new work by today's most innovative practitioners. From Su Blackwell's whimsical pop-up landscapes to the stacked-book sculptures of Kylie Stillman..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1903, New Edition. octavo, original grey-green cloth stamped in gilt and black on front cover and gilt on the spine. xx, 216pp. Chapman and Hall, Many of the plates are full-page. Pencil name on front endpaper, off-setting to free endpapers as is customary with this period..... More
(Northampton, MA: Hampshire Typothetae, 1976), First Edition. 16mo, one sheet of hand-made paper 6 5/8 x 4 1/4 inches, folded once. (4)pp. Hampshire Typothetae, Portrait of Morris laid in. "This portrait of William Morris is printed on a very rare Japanese vellum, Shizuoka. It was engraved for Pennyroyal Press's Men..... More
(Maple Shade, NJ: The Pickering Press, 1953), First Edition. octavo, printed heavy paper wrappers. (28)pp., stapled. The Pickering Press, Printed by John Anderson. To commemorate Warde's visit to the United States in 1953, master printer/ designers used excerpts from her work and designed a page in her honor. These include..... More
New York: Penguin Press, 2017, First American Edition. octavo, cream cloth in dust jacket. 632 pp. Penguin Press, "Christopher de Hamel's exploration of medieval manuscripts - a dozen peaks fro St Augustine to Chaucer and beyond, gorgeiously and copiously illustrated - is itself an extraordinary book, a work of scholarship..... More
(Dublin: Eason & Son Ltd, 1976), First Edition. octavo, pictorial heavy papers wrappers. (25)pp. Eason & Son Ltd, An informative text. Illustrated with 20 plates, many in full color. Very fine copy. More
Chicago: American Library Association, (1972), First Editionm. quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (22), (204)pp. American Library Association, With drawings by Aldren A. Watson. A classic text. With chapters on Cleaning the Bindings, Removing the Original Spine, Resewing, Headbanding, Rebacking, Straightening Warped Boards, Repairing Corners and so much more. Extensively illustrated..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1922, First Edition. large octavo, original black cloth. xxxii, 276; (xxx), (310)pp. Harvard University Press, Two volumes. Extensively illustrated and with two folding plates. The seminal work on the subject. "The text supplies a survey of the development of movable type designs from their invention through..... More
Privately Printed, no date, Reprint. Plimpton Press, brown boards and calf spine. (vi), (14) pp. Privately Printed, Very minor scuffing to spine ends, no wear, corners sharp, contents clean. Very fine. More
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, (1967), First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. (x), 117 pp. University of Toronto Press, This publication is for those who are concerned with the identification of wood samples and the fibre constituents of paper and paper products. Illustrated. Former owner's name and address rubber stamp on..... More
Philadelphia: Edward C. Biddle, (1845), First Edition. small octavo, original three-quarter calf and marbled boards. xx, 132 pp., interspersed with XLI plates printed on one side. Edward C. Biddle, "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845, by Rembrandt Peale." Numerous text illustrations besides the 41 plates. The..... More
(Farnborough, Hants., UK: Gregg International, 1967), Second impression of the revised and enlarged second edition of 1890. small octavo, olive cloth. (xx), 190 pp. Gregg International, Facsimile reprint this later second edition contains additional material which did not appear in the first edition. With eight half-tone plates and numerous drawings..... More
New York: Basic Books, (2008), Second printing. octavo, blue boards in dust jacket. (xvi), 528 pp. Basic Books, Illustrated. A very fine copy in a very fine jacket. Jacket not price clipped. More
London: David & Charles, (1975), First Edition. octavo, tan and brown cloth in printed dust jacket. 400pp. David & Charles, Over 100 diagrams and more than sixty photographs. With a glossary and bibliography. Neat name and address stamp on front endpaper, otherwise a very fine, clean copy in like dust..... More
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972, First Edition. quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers. (xii), (92)pp. The Pierpont Morgan Library, Foreword by Michael Papantonio. Introduction by Hannah D. French. Illustrated. The quarto format with full page illustrations of the bindings makes this a useful reference work with detailed descriptions of..... More
Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, (1972), First American Edition. quarto, white cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 136pp. New York Graphic Society, Egypt's contribution to the development of the book from papyrus to codex. Numerous illustrations in black and white and in color. Dust jacket not price clipped. Minor soiling..... More
Bloomington, IN: The Lilly Library, 1976, First American Edition. quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers. (70)pp. The Lilly Library, Designed by Martino Mardersteig and printed by the Stamperia Valdonega, Verona. The bindings offered in this catalogue were specially commissioned from the various binders in an effort to show the impressive range..... More
Detroit: Gale Research, 1969, Facsimile reprint of the edition of 1888. octavo, brown cloth. (viii), (168)pp. Gale Research, Binding staining to first and last leaves as is customary with this book, 2" scratch to front cover, otherwise a fine, clean copy. More
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, (1973), First Edition. quarto, gray cloth. (xii), 307pp. University Press of Virginia, The facts assembled for this book were intended to present as complete a survey as possible of typesetting (composing) methods, irrespective of their practical success. The author's concern is with composing "systems," not..... More