De Gruyter Saur, 2016, First Edition. large octavo, boards. 518 pp. De Gruyter Saur, Text in German. Hermann Zapf (1918-2015) is considered to be one of the most important type designers, calligraphers and typographers of the 20th century. His work spans more than seven decades, during which he has presented..... More
New Haven: Beinecke Rare Book Library, 2016, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. 420 pp. Beinecke Rare Book Library, Uniting eighteen leading critics in early modern literary studies, this volume explores book history and the material text. The essays incorporate a broad range of subjects, such as gender and sexuality, religion..... More
New Haven: Beinecke Rare Books Library, 2020, First Edition. quartp, printed boards. 288 pp. Beinecke Rare Books Library, An engaging, accessible introduction to reading and understanding early modern English manuscripts. This engaging book provides an essential introduction to the manuscript in early modern England. From birth to death, parish record..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press; National Trust, 2019, First Edition. quarto, pictorial self-wrappers. 352 pp. Yale University Press; National Trust, Beginning with new evidence that cites the presence of books in Roman villas and concluding with present day vicissitudes of collecting, this generously illustrated book presents a complete survey of..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; Belknap Press, 2020, First Edition. large octavo, boards in dust jacket. 392 pp. Harvard University Press; Belknap Press, From Francis Bacon to Barack Obama, thinkers and political leaders have denounced humanists as obsessively bookish and allergic to labor. In this celebration of bookmaking in all..... More
(Rochester, NY: Melbert B. Cary Graphic Arts Printing Collection, 1980, octavo, printed wrappers, stapled. (60) pp. Melbert B. Cary Graphic Arts Printing Collection, Includes 32 Unrecorded Books Designed by Bruce Rogers while at The Riverside Press, 1896 - 1914. Illustrated. Very fine. More
Rochester, NY: Rochester Institue of Technology, 1960, octavo, printer wrappers. 52 pp. Rochester Institue of Technology, Vol. XX, No. 1. With a list of Goudy Types. Printed in red, maroon, blue and black. Very fine. More
New York: The Harbor Press, 1928, First Edition, Limited to 350 numbered copies. small octavo, marbled boards and vellum spine. [66]pp. The Harbor Press, Illustrations by Walter Dorwin Teague. Spine discolored, color at edges of boards scuffed. More
Ann Arbor: The Legacy Press, 2020, First Edition. large octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 528 pp. The Legacy Press, Morgan Simms Adams on Identifying Evidence of Textile Curtains in Medieval Manuscripts in the Morgan Library & Museum; Katherine Beaty on Tackets, Buckles, and Overbands: Italian Stationery Bindings of the HBS..... More
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
Cobbett Press, 1946, First Edition. small octavo, green cloth. (xiv), 97 pp. Cobbett Press, Illustrated. Tipped in at back is a holograph table, "from: Alphabet page 731, Encyclopedia Britannica 11th Edition 1910 by Peter Giles" It illustrates the alphabet of thirteen different ancient scripts. From the library, and with the..... More
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1986, First Edition. small octavo, printed wrappers. 35 pp. University of North Carolina, The Sixth Hanes Lecture. Very fine. More
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1984, First Edition. small octavo, printed wrappers. 24 pp. University of North Carolina, The Fourth Hanes Lecture. Illustrated. Very fine and clean. More
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina/Hanes Foundation, 1996, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. 29 pp. University of North Carolina/Hanes Foundation, A lecture delivered in 1989. New, without flaw. More
London: George Allen, 1898, First Edition. octavo, green cloth. (xiv), (276)pp. George Allen, Part of The Library Series edited by Richard Garnett. Included are chapters on prices of manuscripts, early printed books, Caxtons, auction records from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries as well as an introductory chapter on the..... More
Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2004, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. x, (335) pp. The Scarecrow Press, Fifteen essays on the history and development of scientific journals. This is NOT a print on demand book. Very fine. More
London: Bloomsbury Books, 1986, Reprint. quarto, boards in dust jacket. 408pp. Bloomsbury Books, Extensively illustrated history and analysis of British wood engraving organized around engraving processes such as formschneider, black line, white line, etc. Appendices include "The Definition of an Original Print" and "Bibliographical Notes" on the 20th century engravers..... More
Boston: Godine, (1979), First Edition. large quarto, cloth in dust jacket. (xvi), 357pp. Godine, This is the first full-scale study of this art form. It details the materials and machines used in production, profiles the leading lithographers, and describes the way chromos were distributed. Extensively illustrated and with seventy pages..... More
Salfords, England: Monotype Corporation, November, 1972, 8 1/4 x 7 3/4" printed wrappers. 12 pp. Monotype Corporation , "The five type series featured in this issue of the 'Newsletter' are th work of one designer - Hermann Zapf. Fine. More
New York: Champion Papers, 1978, First Edition. quarto, printed wrappers. 36 pp. Champion Papers, Promotional piece exhibiting the art of Hermann Zapf. Printed in black and white and in color. Very fine. More
(Shelbyville, IN: Tippecanoe Press, 1977), First Edition, Limited to 275 copies. 3 1/4 x 5 7/8" printed wrappers, stapled. (16) pp. Tippecanoe Press, A charming little piece offering a poem per example of punctuation. Poetry by Amos R. Wells, calligraphy by G. Harvey Petty and printed by Don Wickizer at..... 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
American Historical Print Collectors Society, (1991), First Edition, Limited to 2,000 copies. quarto, blue cloth in dust jacket. 80 pp. American Historical Print Collectors Society, Illustrated in color. Fine in a fine dust jacket. More