(New York: Harbor Press), no date, circa 1930, First Edition. duodecimo, pictorial wrappers, sewn. (8) pp. Harbor Press), Blue-green wrappers printed in a deeper blue-green ink and featuring the Harbor Press iconic seahorse printed in a deep pink ink. All 8 pages contain examples of borders. Laid in is a...... 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
London: Trustees British Museum, 1971, First Edition. quarto, wrappers. 64pp. Trustees British Museum, Catalogue of the exhibition held in the King's Library, British Museum, 8 July - 3 October 1971. Illustrated in the text and with 14pp. of plates at end. Wrappers printed overall with the SM monogram design by..... More
Zurich, Switzerland: Typographische Monatsblätter, December, 1934, quarto, printed wrappers. 387-403 pp. Typographische Monatsblätter , The twelfth issue of 1934. Dime-size chip from upper right corners, a few other very small chips to wrappers. More
New York: Delano Greenidge Editions, (2002), First Edition. folio, boards in dust jacket. 388 pp. Delano Greenidge Editions, A chronicle defining the contributions to the history of twentieth-century page design by artists, architects, filmmakers and designers who participated in the major art movements of the age: Cubism, Expressionism, Futurism, Dadism..... More
New York: Watson-Guptill, (1989), First Edition. oblong quarto, boards & cloth in dust jacket. 192pp. Watson-Guptill, Aimed at Graphic designers, this book is designed to train the eye in the qualities of type: the specific characteristics of a face, its relationship to other faces and to space. Chapters include Working..... More
New York: Beil, (1982), First Edition. octavo, 153pp. Beil, Printed at The Stinehour Press. For more than fifty years Joseph Blumenthal, the renowned designer-printer, has stimulated concern for the arts of the book in the United States. In this professional autobiography he has written a fascinating account of his life..... More
New York: Beil, (1982), First Edition Limited to 300 numbered copies signed by Blumenthal. octavo, printed boards and cloth in matching slipcase. (14), (158)pp. Beil, Printed at The Stinehour Press. Book designed by Blumenthal. For more than fifty years Joseph Blumenthal, the renowned designer-printer, has stimulated concern for the arts..... More
New York: Abrams, 1990, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 144pp. Abrams, A critical study of this master type designer, who did not draw his first alphabet until he was 30, nor count himself a professional type designer until he was 46. The fiinal chapter includes an annotated list..... More
Boston: Godine, 1998, 36pp. of text and 16pp. of color plates. First Trade Edition. octavo, cloth. Godine, "John Fass and his work at the Hammer Creek Press are practically unknown today except to a small group of devoted cognoscenti. Unlike Rogers, Updike, or Dwiggins, Fass was essentially a private printer..... 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
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1966), First American Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. xxiv, (408)pp. University of Chicago Press, The most authoritative general reference work on printing and typography as related to the book in the 19th and early 20th centuries. With separate essays and plates for each country..... More
New York: The Typophiles, 1947, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. xiv, (160)pp. The Typophiles, Designed by W. A. Dwiggins. With twelve essays by WAD. Preface and notes by Watson Gordon. Printed by the Anthoensen Press. Typophile Chapbook No. 17. Inner hinges stained..... More
Koln: Taschen, (1999), First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. (176)pp. Taschen, Text in English, German, and French. Starting with a biography of Morris the text follows the author/artist through interests in interior and furniture design, his public commissions, stained glass, tiles, wallpapers, printed textiles, calligraphy and the Kelmscott Press..... More
Boston: Godine, (1993), First Edition, first printing of the softbound edition. octavo, wrappers. (xii), (308)pp. Godine, Drawing from mythology, cosmology, history, the Bible, literature, and esoteric, and conventional sources, this book takes the reader on a tour of each of the twenty-six letters that comprise one of civilization's greatest inventions..... 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
(Boston: Society of Printers, 1957), First Edition, Society of Printers issue. large quarto, printed wrappers with WAD stamped in gilt on front, stitched. (16) pp. Society of Printers, Copies were also printed for AIGA. A collection of photographs of Dwiggins with captions of Hollister. Edges of wrappers slightly faded... More
(Birmingham): The Kynoch Press, 1964, First Edition. quarto, cream boards in dust jacket. 165 pp. The Kynoch Press, An anthology with contributions by James Mosley, Berthold Wolpe, Beatrice Warde, Alfred Fairbank, Walter Tracy and others. Printed on a wide variety of papers and typefaces. Fold-out title page, as are a...... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923, Reprint. octavo, patterned paper boards and tan linen with printed spie label. 304 pp. Alfred A. Knopf, An interpretative history showing the various tendencies of the time as expressed in books and pictures. With chapters on Fin de Siecle 1890-1900, The Decadence, Oscar Wilde..... 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
[Herefordshire: Whittington Press, 1997], Offprint. octavo, plain wrappers with printed label. (6) pp. of text plus (4) pp. of full-color illustrations. Whittington Press, Very fine. 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
Boston: David R. Godine, 2015, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 280 pp. David R. Godine, A lavishly illustrated biography of the great printer Bodoni, vividly describing his work, life, and times while justifying his reputation as the "prince of typographers". This is the first English-language biography of the..... 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