Brattleboro, VT: Stephen Greene Press, (1977), First American Edition. quarto, cloth. xli; 151pp. Stephen Greene Press, Fully illustrated in colors. A fine study of this major wood engraver. Printed at the Curwen Press. The descriptive notes on the engravings provide a striking recapitulation of the last 40 years of private..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1972, First American Edition. quarto, pictorial boards in dust jacket. (54) pp. Thomas Y. Crowell, Most of the verses that appear in this book are traditional English nursery rhymes of ancient and anonymous authorship. The verse that accompanies the letter C is by Sandra Jordan;..... More
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Books, 1992, First Edition. large quarto, cloth in dust jacket. (320)pp. Smithsonian Books, With color plate illustrations. A survey history of the book as the conveyer of the intellectual history of man, focusing on the physical object as a work of art. With chapters on Illuminating the..... More
New York: The Grolier Club, 2014, First Edition, one of 1,000 copies printed. quarto, grey boards. (112) pp. The Grolier Club, This exhibition of highlights from the work of one of Ireland's greatest contemporary poets was originally planned as a survey of "A Life Well Lived," to mark the Nobel..... More
New York: Grolier Club, 2011, First Edition. quarto, pictorial wrappers. (70) pp. Grolier Club, Documents Hollywood's invention of the glamour portrait, showing the leading role played by studio portraits in the film industry's star-making apparatus. The ten sections of the catalogue are each dedicated to a single photographer, star, or..... More
Detroit: Gale Research, 1967, Reprint of 1894 edition. quarto, brown cloth. iv, 592 pp. Gale Research, "A History of these Arts in Europe and America, with Definitions of Technical Terms." This book shows both the present and past conditions of the printer's and bookmaker's arts, with other related matters, in..... More
London: The Wynkyn de Worde Society, (1980), Reprint of the 1967 first edition. octavo, brown cloth. (148). The Wynkyn de Worde Society, From the Foreword: The books written on printing ink history are indeed rare in a technical literature that is itself meagre. Those who engaged in ink-making in earlier..... More
Verlag Arthur Niggli Teufen, (1967), Reprint of the 1967 first edition. quarto, white cloth stamped in black, in dust jacket. 273 pp. Verlag Arthur Niggli Teufen, Text in English French and German. This book is the legacy of Emil Ruder, one of the originator of Swiss Style, famous throughout the..... More
Bryn Mawr: Bryn Mawr College Library, 1983, First Edition. quarto, blue cloth with pictorial label on front cover. 122pp. Bryn Mawr College Library, Sixty-two items listed and described in detail. Each item illustrated. With an additional six full-color plates. Introduction by the donor and an eight-page history of "The Evolution..... More
New York: Dover Publications, (1978), Second edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. (lxiv), 487pp., followed by a fold-out plate. Dover Publications, From the introduction by the editors, "For most things it is perhaps even now the easiest and pleasantest guide to the essentials of printing." Illustrated with bibliography, full notes, index and..... More
New York: Beil, (1983), First Edition. octavo, plain wrappers in dust jacket. 94pp. Beil, This survey covers the introduction of paper in the first century of the Christian era and the spread of printing from the circulation of Buddhist texts in the eighth century to the high point of woodblock..... More
Cambridge, Mass: M.I.T. Press, (1970), Revised Edition, hardbound issue. duodecimo, wrappers. (143) pp. M.I.T. Press, This is a revised edition of the Typophile Chap Book No. 37 first issued 1960, which was originally based on the idea of the Late Paul A. Bennett and translated by Paul Standard. Designed by..... More
Boston: The Society of Printers and The Boston Public Library, 2006, First Edition. octavo, black cloth. 268pp. The Society of Printers and The Boston Public Library, This beautifully produced volume celebrates the centennial of Boston's Society of Printers, the oldest honorary society of its kind in America. Founded in 1905..... More
New York: Whittlesey House McGraw-Hill, (1936), First Edition. quarto, tan cloth. (vi), 407 pp. Whittlesey House McGraw-Hill, From the Authors' Preface, "Graphic design, as treated in this book, is that creative endeavor which finds expression through the medium of printing ink. It is the design used in the make-up of..... More
New York: Watson-Guptill, (1970), First American Edition. large quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 228pp. Watson-Guptill, The text begins with the background to printing in Medieval Europe and the Orient, then moves on to the beginnings of printing in Germany, Italy, France, and England; the Italian Renaissance and its effects on..... More
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(Boston): The Society of Printers, March 5, 1980, 3 3/4" x 7" one sheet folded twice to form (4) pp. The Society of Printers, Invitation to a lecture by Sue Allen sponsored by The Society of Printers. Signed by 36 attendees: Sue, William J. Glick, Charles Rheault, Pamela Spitzmueller, Carl..... More
Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1982, First Edition. quarto, maroon cloth stamped in gilt. x, (298)pp. Library of Congress, With drawings by Margaret R. Brown. With full color photographic plates of bookbindings. Corners bumped, binding lightly worn from use, still a nice clean copy. More
New York: The Century Co., 1901, First Edition. octavo, brown cloth with maroon leather spine label. T.e.g. x, 476 pp. The Century Co., "Volume 2, Correct Composition (1901), was a much-appreciated style manual for compositors, proofreaders, and authors. It filled a need before the advent of such standards as the..... More
Rochester, NY: The Press of the Good Mountain, (1971), First Edition. octavo, printed and blind stamped heavy paper wrappers. (20)pp., stapled. The Press of the Good Mountain, The Frederic W. Goudy Distinguised Lecture in Typography for 1971. Printed at the School of Printing, Rochester Institute of Technology. As new... More
New York: The Century Co., 1900, First Edition. octavo, brown cloth with maroon cloth spine label. T.e.g. 403 pp. The Century Co., The first in De Vinne's useful The Practice of Typography series. Extensively illustrated. Presentation copy inscribed and signed by De Vinne on the preliminary page, "To Mr W...... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912, First Edition. large octavo, full tan leather, in matching slipcase. vi, [1], 214 pp. Houghton Mifflin Company, Full tan leather binding with four raised bands at spine, blind embossed titling to both cover boards and spine, elegant squares within squares in blind tooling on front..... More
New York: Peter Smith, 1933, Reprint of the 1907 edition. octavo, full tan leather, in matching slipcase. vii, 201 pp. Peter Smith, Full leather binding in tan leather with four raised bands at spine, bliind embossed titling to both cover boards and spine, elegant design from figures 77 & 78..... More
![Carl Purington Rollins. [Broadside]. Barry MOSER](/pictures/thumb/30022.jpg?v=1585925297)
Northampton, Massachusetts: Hampshire Typothetae, 1978, Limited to 250 copies. 13 7/8" x 4 1/2" single sheet printed on one side. Hampshire Typothetae, This portrait, printed from the block, was engraved by Barry Moser for Hampshire Typothetae and printed by Harold McGrath for the participants in the 19th American A.C.R.L. Rare..... More
Hitchin, Herts., UK: Russell Bookcrafts, (1973), small octavo, printed wrappers. 36 pp, (i). Russell Bookcrafts, Russell Bookcrafts trade catalogue offering Bookbinding Apparatus, Bookbinding Tools, Finishing Tools, etc. Included are six small samples of Hand Marbled Paper, 2" x 3" and twenty 1 1/2" x 1/2" samples of Oasis Niger Goatskin..... More
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