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
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
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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
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
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
(Sommerville, MA: Kallistos Press, 1984), First Edition Limited to 100 copies signed by John Kristensen. small quarto, plain heavy paper wrappers in printed wrap-around dust wrapper. (20)pp., sewn. Kallistos Press, First Edition Limited to 100 copies signed by John Kristensen of the Firefly Press. A near fine, clean copy... More
(Sommerville, MA: Kallistos Press, 1984), First Edition Limited to 100 copies signed by John Kristensen. small quarto, plain heavy paper wrappers in printed wrap-around dust wrapper. (20)pp., sewn. Kallistos Press, First Edition Limited to 100 copies signed by John kristensen of the Firefly Press. A very fine, clean copy, pretty..... More
Caracas: C. A. Tabacalera Nacional/Editorial Arte, (1978), First Edition. quarto, printed and embossed wrappers in original glassine. 44 pp. C. A. Tabacalera Nacional/Editorial Arte, Designed by Alvaro Sotillo. Text in Spanish. Arroyo was director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Caracas from 1959 until 1976. A very fine copy..... More
New York: October House, (1966), First American Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. xxiii, (287)pp. October House, A section devoted to palaeography includes original work by Professor B. L. Ullman, and Dr. R. W. Hunt, who writes a fascinating account of a Pliny which once belonged to the scribe Coluccio..... More
London: Lund Humphries, (1975), First Edition. oblong quarto, black boards in dust jacket. 160 pp. Lund Humphries, The text covers his early days 1902-26; World in Germany 1927-32; In Switzerland 1933-46; Penguin Books 1947-49; After Penguins 1950-74; with a selected list of books by Jan Tschichold and selected writings. Illustrated..... More
Woodbridge: D. S. Brewer, 2001, First Edition. large quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 288 pp. D. S. Brewer, This catalogue reveals many of the riches of this collection for the first time. Its srengths are in scholastic theology, biblical studies and preaching between the 13th and 15th centuries. Noteworthy features..... More
(London): Scala, (2007), First Edition. quarto, black cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 416 pp. Scala, Great Collectors of Our Time is the first major survey of contemporary collecting and collectors since Douglas Cooper's Great Private Collections, published in 1963. It examines many of the greatest collectors of our time in..... More
Nieuwkoop: B. De Graaf, 1972, Facsimile of the 1859 edition. octavo , green cloth. XXIV, 431 pp. B. De Graaf, Very fine. More
Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 2001, Facsimile edition. small octavo, cream cloth. 590 pp. Georg Olms, Fifteen catalogues in facsimile. Volume V of the Die Messkataloge des sechzehnten Jahrhunderts. Very fine. "The catalogues of the Frankfurt Book Fair, initiated by the Augsburg bookseller George Willer in 1564, represent the first international bibliographies..... More
Genève: Librairie Droz, 1950, 1952, 1952, 1958, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth. xvi, 364; (x), 480; 481-954; x, (578) pp. with (24) pp. publisher's catalogue inserted. Librairie Droz, Text in French. Ex-library with bookplate in each volume, withdrawn stamps including on edges of text block. Shelf locations in white ink..... More
Washington: Folger Shakespeare Library, (1985), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 103pp. Folger Shakespeare Library, This study examines the various techniques and developments of printing in Shakespeare's day with particular emphasis on William Caxton. Contains publication dates of the plays and their reprints. Illustrated. With the later bookplate of..... More
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Amherst, NH: Snail's Pace Press, 1923-1932, sextodecimo to duodecimo, printed wrappers. Snail's Pace Press, "Fobes is remembered for his texts of Aristotle and for his translations, which are still widely used. In his nearly 30 years at Amherst, he combined the demands of heavy teaching and rigorous scholarship while maintaining..... More
(Boston: Society of Printers, 1957), First Edition, Society of Printers issue. large quarto, printed wrappers with WAD stamped in gilt on front, stitched. (16) pp. Society of Printers, Copies were also printed for AIGA. A collection of photographs of Dwiggins with captions of Hollister. Edges of wrappers slightly faded... More
Cambridge, England: Cardozo Kindersley Editions, (1989), First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. 96 pp. Cardozo Kindersley Editions, Extensively illustrated: carving on slate, stone, glass, wood and more. Signed on the half-title by David Kindersley and Lida Lopes Cardozo. Very fine. More
Berlin: Carl Heymanns, 1955, First Edition. duodecimo, pale green cloth. 33 pp. Carl Heymanns, Typographical basics and rules. With the booklabel of Tatyama and Hans Schmoller. Spine very slightly faded. More
New York: The Grolier Club, 2019, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. 249 pp. The Grolier Club, Catalogue of the exhibition at the Grolier Club, January 16-February 23, 2019, photographically illustrated and with essays by biographer Paul Mariani, poets Paul Muldoon and Daniel Halpern, and collector Alan Klein. Illuminating the parallel and..... More
London: Bernard Quaritch Limited, 1933, First Edition. quarto, brown cloth. xiv, 554; (513) pp. Bernard Quaritch Limited, Alphabetical catalogue compiled from the sale catalogues, 1916-27. Thousands of entries and many full page plates. With the later bookplate of Dr. Eugene S. Flamm, neurosurgeon, bibliophile and former president of the Grolier..... More