Aldershot: Scolar, (1990), Reprint of the first edition of 1988. quarto, brown cloth in dust jacket. (viii), (365) pp. Scolar, This is the first detailed survey of the past five centuries of book illustration in England. It is divided into two parts: Part One is a comprehensive analysis of specific..... More
Tampa: University of Tampa Press, 2013, First Edition, Limited to 300 copies. large octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. 232 pp. University of Tampa Press, Tolbert Lanston, at the end of the nineteenth century, was a man obsessed with the idea of creating a machine which would provide automated typesetting..... More
Ann Arbor: The Legacy Press, 2020, First Edition. quarto, printed wrappers. 216 pp. The Legacy Press, Jim Horton has been practicing the art and craft of wood engraving for more than 40 years. His mentor was David M. Sander (1923–1999) of the Sander Engraving Co., one of most well-known of..... More
(University Park): Penn State University Press, (2005), First Edition. quarto, grey cloth. (xxviii), 216pp., illustrations unpaginated. Penn State University Press, Fifteen essays written in honor of John Plummer that highlight some of the mysteries of the Index and the first book to focus exclusively on the manuscript. Iconography, the descriptive..... More
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, no date (circa 1910), large octavo, pictorial boards with red cloth spine. 72 pp. Raphael Tuck & Sons, Illustrated by T. Noyes Lewis, Hilda Cowham, M. F. Taylor, Mabel Lucie Attwell, and others. An anthology of children's stories, No. 808 in Father Tuck's Golden Gift"..... 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
London: Methuen, (1946), First English edition. small octavo, purple boards stamped in green, in dust jacket. Methuen, Book fine and clean, Dust jacket lightly dust soiled with minimal wear at top and bottom of jacket spine. 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
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1839, First American Edition. duodecimo, original boards and brown cloth with printed paper spine label. Harper & Brothers, Published same year as the London first edition. With publisher's 4pp. catalogue before the title page. Foxing throughout. Minor scuffing to labels. More
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879, First American Edition, Second Impression, Binding State A. octavo, terra cotta cloth with bevelled edges, dark brown coated endpapers. Houghton, Osgood and Company, Top edge not stained ochre. Supino 7.8.0. Cloth soiled with minor bubbling to cloth front and back covers, one inch scuff..... More
London: Methuen, 1903, First Edition. octavo, vertical ribbed red cloth. Methuen, Edel and Laurence A58a. Ads dated July 1903. Spine moderately faded, cloth worn at top and bottom of spine. Corners scuffed exposing board. Hinges broken at some point and poorly repaired resulting in the text block falling even with..... More
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879, First American Edition, One of 1500 copies printed. octavo, terra cotta cloth with bevelled edges, dark brown coated endpapers. Houghton, Osgood and Company, BAL10537; Edel & Laurence A7b. Minor scuffing to top and bottom of spine which has lightened the color of the cloth..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1900, Second Edition, ordinary issue. octavo, dark green cloth, lettering and multi-ruled panels in cream-green and castle ornament blocked in gilt, cream-green, and orange-brown on front cover. T.e.g. Houghton Mifflin, A few minor revisions were made in the text of the second edition. The preface is new..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1900, Second Edition, "ordinary issue" octavo, publisher's marbled boards and half green morocco with decorative gilt stamping within the spine panels. T.e.g. Houghton Mifflin, Matching marbled endpapers. A few minor revisions were made in the text of the second edition. The preface is new and the note..... More
Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press, 1900, Second Edition, Limited issue of 250 copies printed. octavo, cream linen spine and corners and blue boards with printed spine label. Printed at the Riverside Press, A few minor revisions were made in the text of the second edition. The preface is new..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1884, First American Edition. octavo, brown cloth. James R. Osgood, One of 1,500 copies printed from the Macmillan (English) plates. E & L A21 b. BAL 10563. Issued in five different color cloths; no precedence. Cloth slightly dust soiled and cloth with minor scuffing at edges..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1888, Second Edition, American issue. small octavo, blue cloth with decorative gilt stamp along top of spine and front cover. Macmillan and Co., Back coated endpapers. Edel and Laurence A31b. Water spot on back cover, else a fine, bright copy. The corner of the front endpaper..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1888, Second Edition, American issue. small octavo, blue cloth with decorative gilt stamp along top of spine and front cover. Macmillan and Co., Back coated endpapers. Edel and Laurence A31b. Light silverfishing to front cover and spine, one inch of front cover faded. Two names inked..... More
London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., (1917), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth with gilt titles. (362)pp. W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Portrait photograph by A. L. Coburn. Edited by Percy Lubbock. Edel & Laurence A178a; BAL 10695. Two small water spots on front cover, several short tears to..... More
London: Macmillan, 1890, Colonial Issue. small octavo, dark green smooth cloth. Macmillan, Edel and Laurence F53. With a letterpress book label, signature, place and date on front endpaper of Mary C. F. Stuart, East London, July 25th '99." 4 pp. of ads at end. Hinge weak at title page. Light..... More
London: Faber and Faber, (1959), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. 316 pp. Faber and Faber, Foreword by Sydney Cockerell. As well as being considered the classic biography of an extraordinary man, this book is also a marvelously informative introduction to the history of calligraphy in this century..... More
Rochester: Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2009, First Edition, Limited to 100 copies. quarto, Fabriano paper and vellum spine. 24 pp. Cary Graphic Arts Press, Manuale Zapficum, the new limited edition book, commemorates the ninetieth birthdays of typographers Hermann Zapf and Gudrun Zapf von Hesse through beautiful typeface specimens set in..... More
London: Douglas Cleverdon, 1977, First Edition, one of 45 copies signed by Geoffrey Keynes and printed on Arches paper of a total printing of 345. octavo, green cloth and black morocco, top edge stained green. xxiv, 117 pp. Douglas Cleverdon, Very fine and clean. More
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale (and) Librarie Henri Leclerc, 1902, 1911 and 1903, First Edition. large octavo, original printed paper wrappers. (vii), xxxviii. 510pp., 1 leaf; (xxiv), (88)pp; (iv), (92)pp. Imprimerie Nationale (and) Librarie Henri Leclerc, Volume 1 contains an engraved frontispiece portrait of Delisle. Delisle was curator of manuscripts and later..... More
Bruxelles: de l'Imprimerie de A. J. D. de Braeckenier, 1809, First Edition, Large Paper copy printed on laid paper. octavo, rebound in red marbled boards and red leather spine. [ii], iv, 216 pp. de l'Imprimerie de A. J. D. de Braeckenier, About ten leaves with water stain along edges, including..... More