Paris: Techener, 1840, First Edition. octavo, rebound in contemporary plain blue paper wrappers with handwritten title label on spine. (ii), xiv, (ii), 232 pp. Techener, With a focus on ancient libraries. Contains a 4 page index. With the bookplate of Dr. Eugene S. Flamm, neurosurgeon, bibliophile and former president of..... More
London: The Bibliographical Society, 1913, First Edition. large quarto, tan boards and linen. T.e.g. liv, 216 pp., (i). The Bibliographical Society, "The introduction to this definitive work classifies the devices as signs indicating where the printer worked, puns upon the owner's name, monograms, portraits, heraldic devices or emblems. There are..... More
The Legacy Press, 2018, First Edition. large octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 466 pp. The Legacy Press, Pablo Alvarez offers the first complete English translation of Alonso Víctor de Paredes’ Institucion, y origen del arte de la imprenta, y reglas generales para los componedores [Institution, and Origin of the Art..... More
London: Printed for The Bibliographical Society at the Oxford University Press, 1932, First Edition. large quarto, tan boards with linen spine. (xlviii), 234 pp. Printed for The Bibliographical Society at the Oxford University Press, Illustrated Monographs issued by the Bibliographical Society, No. XXI. "The present volume is intended to include..... More
Knoxville, TN: The Technical Trade School, (1932), First Edition. quarto, brown heavy paper wrappers stamped in blue, orange and gilt, with yapp edges. not paginated, approx. 100 pp. The Technical Trade School, This issue is comprised of contributions of the past "to the end that we may profit by the..... More
New York: The Grolier Club, 2000, First Edition, Limited to 250 numbered copies. octavo, linen-backed boards. 82pp., 11 plates. The Grolier Club, Catalogue of an exhibition of the author's extensive collection of works by W. B. Yeats, his father John Butler Yeats, his sisters Lily and Lolly, and his brother..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963, First American Edition, Second Printing. folio, black cloth in dust jacket, in black boards slipcase. xii, 99pp. followed by 377 plates. University of Chicago Press, "Exhibited in Upwards of Three Hundred and Fifty Title and Text Pages Drawn from Presses Working in the European..... More
London: Bibliographical Society, 1991, Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. folio, blue cloth in dust jacket. xix, 405 pp. Bibliographical Society, The revision work was begun by W. A. Jackson and F. S. Ferguson and completed by Katharine F. Pantzer. The third volume is a printers' and publishers' index, with other..... More
Boston: Godine, (1978), First Edition. quarto, wrappers in slipcase. 64 pp.; portfolio containing drawings and advice on construction. Godine, The first volume is a history and documentaion of the press with the portfolio containing drawings and advice on construction. Both volumes very fine, slipcase with several very small scuffs... 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
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: 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: Plantin Publishers, (1960), First printing of this softbound edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. (xvi), 302pp. Plantin Publishers, Plantin is one of the most important figures in the history of printing who "turned what had been a handcraft into an industry" and exemplified the big businessman in 16th century Antwerp. A...... More
New York: The Typophiles, 1988, First Edition, one of 1,100 copies. small octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 154pp. The Typophiles, A summary of the most recent research on Gutenberg including the recent analysis of the ink by proton bombardment. With a useful chapter on "Notes and Sources" for further reading..... More
Rochester: RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2005, First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. (x), (70)pp. RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press, As printing from movable type was perfected in the fifteenth century, the mysteries of its practice were guarded by a privileged few. The rapid spread of the new art depended on..... More
New Castle: Oak Knoll, (1989), Reprint, Limited to 350 numbered copies signed by Schlesinger. octavo, boards in dust jacket and in slipcase. xviii, (126) pp. Oak Knoll, With many rare photos and new facts added, based on recent discoveries. With an introduction by Elizabeth Harris. Inside back cover is a...... 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
New York: The Ronald Press Company, (1955), Second Edition, Revised. octavo, blue cloth. xxiv, 293 pp. The Ronald Press Company, Revised by L. Carrington Goodrich. A comprehensive text starting with The Background of Printing in China; Block Printing in China; The Course of Block Printing Westward; Printing with Movable Type..... More
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1970, First Edition. octavo, brown and black cloth in dust jacket. xviii, 244, xv pp. Alfred A Knopf, A systematic attempt to make plain the evolution, impact and importance of the printed work, it is not a history of printing but rather an effort "to..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902, octavo, maroon cloth. lxxii, 393. Longmans, Green, and Co., Christie was an enthusiastic book collector, and bequeathed to Owens College his library of about 15,000 volumes, rich in a very complete set of the books printed by Étienne Dolet, a series of Aldine Press..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1893, First Edition. octavo, maroon buckram. xii, 219pp. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, Part of the Books About Books Series edited by Alfred W. Pollard. With 11 plates. With chapters on Caxton, Wynkyn De Worde, Bookbinding as well as on the collecting and description of early..... More
(New Castle, DE): Oak Knoll Press, (1996), Second Edition, later printing. quarto, pictorial wrappers. (24), 551 pp. Oak Knoll Press, With a new introduction by Donald Farren. The breadth of this work is remarkable. Encyclopedia contains almost 4,000 terms and definitions used in bookbinding, printing, papermaking and the book trade..... More
(Boston): David R. Godine, (2016), First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. 120 pp. David R. Godine, Roughly fifteen years after Gutenburg printed the first book in Maintz in 1455, Nicolas Jenson of Venice produced what has been universally recognized as among the most beautiful typefaces ever created. Based on..... More
Toronto: Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 2007, First Edition. small quarto, printed wrappers. 112 pp. Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, Bruce Rogers (1870-1957) designed about five hundred books between 1892 and 1957. To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of this great artisan’s death, the Fisher Library is..... 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