(London): The British Library, (1978), First Edition. small quarto, printed wrappers. 96pp. The British Library, A fine bibliography of this important press, printed throughout in red, orange and blue. Designed by Sebastian Carter. A fine, clean copy. 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
(London): R. W. Bridges & Sons, et al, 1963, octavo, printed wrappers. (128) pp., followed by 32 plates; (64) pp., followed by 16 plates. R. W. Bridges & Sons, et al, This was a two-part exhibition: A technical exhibition at Earl's Court and a fine printing exhibition at King's Library..... 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
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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
New York: Oxford University Press, (1967), Ninth printing of the third revised edition "under present title" quarto, cloth. xxx, 676pp. Oxford University Press, First published as The Golden Book in 1927, McMurtrie expanded and revised that work into this book in the late 'thirties. It has become a classic general..... More
Westport: Greenwood Reprint Corporation, (1970), First printing of this edition. quarto, gray cloth. (56)pp., 410pp., (130)pp. Greenwood Reprint Corporation, A facsimile reproduction of the handsome periodical issued by The Marchbanks Press, edited by Frederic Goudy, on the art and history of the book. Vol. I: Numbers 1-3 (1918-1920), Number 4..... More
Paris: Christie's, 2019, large quarto, decorated boards. (311) pp. Christie's, This superb collection of illustrated editions & art books includes Albercht Dürer's L’Apocalypse, considered to be the first “Painter’s book”. Includes an exceptional collection of fine bindings. One item with price realized noted, else a beautiful catalogue in as new..... More
No place: ITC/The Typophiles, 1994, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. 64pp. ITC/The Typophiles, Limited to 2,500 copies. Printed by The Stinehour Press. Designed by Jerry Kelly. Typophiles Monograph New Series Number 12. Essays on this fine press precede a well annotated catalogue of its productions. With a tipped- in wood engraving..... More
Oxford: Bodleian Library, (2014), First Edition. quarto, light grey boards in dust jacket. 360 pp. Bodleian Library, Marks of Genius pays tribute to some of the most remarkable testaments to genius throughout human history, from ancient texts on papyrus and the extraordinary medieval manuscript The Douce Apocalypse to the renowned..... More
Savannah: Beil, (1991), Reprint. octavo, red cloth in dust jacket. xvi, (420)pp. Beil, A classic collection of essays on typography first published in the early 1 950's, and featuring the major typographers and bibliographers of this century on their specialties: Wroth on American types, McKerrow on early English long "s"..... More
Alabama: House of Collectibles, 1976, First American Edition. large octavo, brown cloth in dust jacket. 192 pp. House of Collectibles, All contributors are, or have been, connected with the antiquarian and secondhand book trade. After the introductory sections, areas of prime interest to the collector are covered in whole chapters..... More
White Plains, NY: The Herity Press, 1964, Fifth edtion. octavo, printed wrappers, stapled. 24 pp. The Herity Press, Gives the dates of the founding of private presses. Small sticker removed from front wrapper. Small date written in ink on corner of title page. More
(Brooklyn: The Angelica Press Corporation, 1975), First Edition. 2.5" x 3.75" printed wrappers, sewn, in original envelope. (14); (14); (12); (16) pp. The Angelica Press Corporation, Each designed and illustrated with line drawings by Marilyn M. Grastorf. The four titles complete the set. Very tiny tears at the envelope flap..... More
(Cambridge, MA: Bow & Arrow Press, 1991), 11 1/2 x 25 (approx.) inches, Bow & Arrow Press, Poster, attractively printed in color. "The Bow & Arrow Press is Harvard University's first and only typographic teaching shop. The show includes not only books and other materials hand-printed by letterpress (movable type)..... More
(London): R. W. Bridges & Sons, et al, 1963, octavo, printed wrappers. (128) pp., followed by 32 plates; (64) pp., followed by 16 plates. R. W. Bridges & Sons, et al, This was a two-part exhibition: A technical exhibition at Earl's Court and a fine printing exhibition at King's Library..... More
London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, (1974), Second edition. octavo, green cloth. (xviii), 196pp. Dawsons of Pall Mall, First published by Oxford University Press in the early 'twenties, this book is mostly the work of Falconer Madan who did the bibliography and introductory chapters on the place of the Daniel Press..... More
New York: The Typophiles, 1982, First Edition, Limited to 1,000 copies (500 for The Typophiles; 500 for The Book Club of California). small octavo, gold embossed parchment boards in the original glassine. 80pp. The Typophiles, Typophiles Chapbook 56. Printed by Henry Morris of The Bird & Bull Press and designed..... More
London: Peter Davies Limited, 1928, First Edition. folio, boards and cloth. (176)pp. Peter Davies Limited, Editor's Note: "The specimens in this book have been selected not so much to represent every publisher, printer and illustrator of distinction in each country, but rather to endeavour (within a necessarily limited compass) to..... More
No place: Society of Printers, 2002, First Edition. 11 x 15 inches, broadside enclosed in a red heavy paper wrapper with embossed "SP" on front wrapper. Society of Printers, Printed in red and black. "This keepsake was printed at Firefly Press for the Society of Printers on the occasion of..... More
Cambridge: Houghton Library, 1993, First Edition. quarto, wrappers. 77pp. Houghton Library, Co-published with The Grolier Club. "The catalogue, prepared by Martin Hutner, designed by Jerry Kelly, and printed at the Stinehour Press, draws on the rich collections of the two institutions. It surveys the breadth of quality, beauty, and variety..... More
No place: 1968, 4.75" x 6.25" one sheet folded twice to make (4) pp. Tipped-in is a photograph of Stanley Morison taken by Warde in May, 1963. Morison passed away October, 1967. Very fine. More
(Rochester, NY: Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection, no date [circa 2000]), small octavo, unbound, as issued. (16) pp. Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection, "The illustrations shown on the preceding pages were all selected from the John Fass archives in the Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1967), First American Edition. octavo, boards in pictorial dust jacket. 120pp. G.P. Putnam's Sons, Chapters include the four particular aspects of the production of fine books: Manuscripts; Early Printing; English Books with Colored Plates 1790-1837; and Private Presses. Numerous color and black and white illustrations..... More