London: Cambridge University Press, 1926, First Edition. quarto, ochre cloth stamped in red and blue. xvi, 206 pp, + xxpp. advertisements. Cambridge University Press, Contributors include Julius Rodenberg, Paul Istel, H. V. Marrot, Beatrice Warde and Stanley Morison. "A significant, learned, and copiously documented periodical. Only seven numbers were issued..... More
Harvey Miller, 2017, First Edition. quarto, in dust jacket. 456 pp. Harvey Miller, The Gutenberg Bible is widely recognized as Europe's first printed book, a book that forever changed the world. However, despite its initial impact, fame was fleeting: for the better part of three centuries the Bible was virtually..... 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 VÃctor de Paredes’ Institucion, y origen del arte de la imprenta, y reglas generales para los componedores [Institution, and Origin of the Art..... 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
(Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Fine Books, no date, circa 2000, Facsimile reprint. octavo, grey cloth. CCLIX, 607 pp. Martino Fine Books, The reprint includes the two Berghman supplements. Very fine and clean. More
New York: Burt Franklin, 1968, Facsimile reprint of the Caxton Club edition of 1911 which was limited to 300 copies. large quarto, red boards and cloth. xviii, 204 pp. Burt Franklin, Edited with historical Introduction and with the original Latin text with English translation on opposite pages and with notes..... More
Ann Arbor: The Legacy Press, 2020, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. 340 pp. The Legacy Press, Juliana Castro Varon — Cita: A Feminist Open-Access Digital Library and Print-on-Demand; E. Haven Hawley — Women’s Work in the 19th-Century Economy of Pornography; Karen Holmberg — Case Studies: How a Generation of Women..... More
Baltimore: Maran Publishing Co., (1977), First Edition. quarto, decorated cloth. 720pp. Maran Publishing Co., Illustrated with facsimiles of every extant type foundry's specimens of their newest types. Some of these type faces never again appeared in any publication or type catalogue. Reprints of the stories from the Inland Printer magazine..... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2016, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 248 pp. Oak Knoll Press, Robert Granjon (1513-1590) was a younger contemporary of Claude Garamont (c.1510-1561) and with him one of the great names in the history of type-design. His typefaces have been studied in some..... More
Los Angeles: Department of Special Collections, University of California, 1991, First Edition. octavo, blue wrappers with gilt printing and decoration. (xvi), (162)pp. Department of Special Collections, University of California, The Publications of Aldus the Elder's Heirs 1515-1529. Illustrations in black and white. Fine. 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
Los Angeles: Univ Research Library, UCLA, 1992, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. (xxii), 273pp. Univ Research Library, UCLA, followed by (x) of plates. A scholarly attempt to date and order Aldine Press publications through a study of internal evidence, and when this fails, to fall back to Renouard because "we are..... 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
Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, (1995), First Edition. octavo, wrappers. 30pp. Rampant Lions Press, Limited to 240 copies. Includes two essays by James Mosley. Published to commemorate the Centenary of the opening of the St Bride Printing Library on 20 November 1895. Illustrated. With (4)pp. additions and corrections list laid in..... More
New York: Garland Publishing, 1981, Reprint of the 1818 edition. small octavo, brown cloth. (290) pp. Garland Publishing, With a new introduction by Carey S. Bliss. Illustrated. Bigmore & Wyman, III, 42. Very fine and clean, issued without a jacket. More
Privately Printed for Napier College of Commerce and Technology, 1976, octavo, dark blue cloth. (xxxii), 330; (xiv), (351) pp. Privately Printed for Napier College of Commerce and Technology, With typographical notes by Harry Carter and an essay on the Printing of Illustrations by Frank P. Restall. Illustrated. This collection, and..... More
Rochester, NY: Leo Hart, (1950), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xviii), 146pp. Leo Hart, From the Introduction: "Peter Schoeffer worked his way through college by copying manuscripts to become one of Europe's foremost printers, publishers and booksellers. As an assistant to Gutenberg he saw and shared in the..... More
Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia, (1967), First Edition. octavo, cloth. (viv), 190pp. The University Press of Virginia, A description of the conditions of the American printer during the period 1787-1825, his methods of work, the equipment he used, and the policies by which he conducted his business. This is..... More
(Prague: 1968), First Edition. oblong octavo, white cloth stamped in black and red, in dust jacket. (252) pp. Text in Czech, Russian, German and English. The history is followed by 94 examples of Czech printing, each with one illustration and briefly described. Dust jacket with tear at back panel repaired..... 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
Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia, (1967), First Edition. octavo, cloth. (viv), 190pp. The University Press of Virginia, A description of the conditions of the American printer during the period 1787-1825, his methods of work, the equipment he used, and the policies by which he conducted his business. This is..... More
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2016, Ninth Edition, completely revised and reset. small octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 264 pp. Oak Knoll Press, With additional information and illustrated with line drawings and color photographs. Shaken, Unsophisticated, Harleian Style, Fingerprint, E-book, Dentelle. Can you define these terms? If not, this is..... More
New York: Sotheby's, 11.9-10.89, large quarto, cloth. (444)pp, 308 items listed. Sotheby's, This magnificent sale has a 4pp. Foreword by Nicolas Barker followed by a 10pp. Preface by the book collector (as he liked to be addressed), Haven O' More. A fantastic [auto]biographical statement, written in the third person, ends..... More
New York: Burt Franklin, (1968), Reprint. octavo, red cloth. 78 pp. Burt Franklin, A fine introduction to this great English type-founder and printer, with a short-title list of the Baskerville editions in Benton's collection. Fine. More
Oxford: Plough Press, 1984, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 250 pp. Plough Press, A bibliography of the history and technic of printmaking and picture printing for both book illustration and single issue prints. Each chapter is preceded by an historical introduction. With a detailed, useful index. Very fine..... More