A Dictionary of Book History
First American Edition. octavo, grey boards in dust jacket. (viii), 278 pp. Oxford University Press, With more than 650 articles, varying in length from a few lines to several pages, almost all with a note on further reading. Fine. octavo, grey boards in dust jacket
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Alan Kitching’s A-Z of Letterpress: Founts from The Typography Workshop
First Edition. octavo, black cloth in dust jacket. 272 pp. Laurence King Publishing, From the dust jacket, "A must for letterpress enthusiasts and graphic designers, this is a covetable showcase of Alan Kitching's font collection. Each page has been carefully created by Alan Kitching in collaboration with Angus Hyland, making this book a work of art in its own right. Presented as an A to Z, each letter is interspersed with complete alphabets giving the reader access to a large range of fonts to reference in their own work." Front inner hinge slightly weak. A fine, clean copy. octavo, black cloth in dust jacket Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. cz. 1 (Vol. 1)
First edition. tall quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 96pp. AJ - Press, Text in Polish. Illustration descriptions in Polish and English. Extensively illustrated with photographs, a few in color. Large folding sheet of diagrams laid in. Also laid in is a large folding sheet of three-views in full color. As new. tall quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers Images of Value. The Artwork behind US Security Engraving, 1830s-1980s
First Edition. quarto, pictorial wrappers. 174 pp. The Grolier Club, With 150 color illustrations. By the 1860s, America had become the world leader in security engraving, a result of the antebellum banking system; and picture engraving was the key defense against counterfeiting. Published to accompany the eponymous exhibition held at the Grolier Club, this fully illustrated catalogue includes original works by American artists, such as F. O. C. Darley, Henry Inman, James D. Smillie, Walter Shirlaw, Alonzo E. Foringer, and others. Every medium is represented, from beautiful watercolor drawings to large allegorical oil paintings, each paired with the banknotes and securities on which the resulting engravings appeared. The frontispiece in each copy is an intaglio print of the vignette "Abundance," engraved by Robert Savage in 1927 from artwork by Alonzo E. Foringer. With a preface by William H. Gerdts. Very fine. Treatise on Partisan Warfare
First printing of this edition. octavo, dark green cloth. (x), (182)pp. Greenwood Press, Translation, Introduction, and Annotation by Robert A. Selig and David Curtis Skaggs. Contributions in Military Studies, Number 116. Von Ewald was a German military officer from Hesse-Kassel. After servinf in the Seven Years' War, he was the commander of the Jager corps of the Hessian Leib Infantry Regiment attached to the British Forces in the American Revolutionary War. His treatise was first published in 1774. Very slight spots to edges of text block, otherwise an as new copy. Selections from the Renowned Libraries of Alphonse Caphony, Esq., Cicero, Ill. & Alphonse III, Esq., Westport, Conn. With Other Consignments. Unrestricted Public Sale at Colophon Auction Rooms April 26, 1932
small octavo, printed wrappers, stapled. (viii). [Colophon], An imaginary books spoof auction catalogue presented as part of a dinner party to raise money for The Colophon: A Book Collector's Quarterly. Printed with the cover illustration/title on the last rather than first page. Each entry is a hoot, i.e., "AMERICAN POETRY, PEARLS OF. Colored illustrations. Philadelphia, n.d. sQ. 8vo, full something-or-other not by Riviere, edges heavily bevelled probaby by Lackawanna Steel Company. First Edition as far as we know, and Easily the most hideous item in this sale." Laid in is a mock newspaper clipping discussing the auction results. Both items in very fine condition. small octavo, printed wrappers, stapled The Youngers’ Fight for Freedom. A Southern Soldier’s Twenty Tears’ Campaign to Open Northern Prison Doors – with Anecdotes of War Days
First edition. octavo, maroon cloth stamped with title and date "1906" in gilt on spine. 398pp. Published for the Author by E. W. Stephens Publishing Company, Illustrated with photographs. An extremely fine, clean copy. This copy is not in the usual binding but does not appear to have been rebound - perhaps a variant from the publisher? Affixed the the front endpaper is the small, printed book label: "Alta California Bookstore Albany California From the Library of Ed Grabhorn at the Grabhorn Press". Very slight scuffing to corners of cloth. octavo, maroon cloth stamped with title and date "1906" in gilt on spine Decoration and Its Uses
Facsimile reprint of the 1971 edition. quarto, pale blue boards and dark blue cloth in dust jacket. (67) pp. Double Elephant Press, Based on the unique 1930 calligraphed hand-lettered copy created by Johnston's student, John C. Tarr. Very fine. quarto, pale blue boards and dark blue cloth in dust jacket Dinsmore Ely. One Who Served
First Edition. small octavo, brown cloth. A. C. McClurg & Co, With a frontispiece portrait of Ely who was commissioned as an American officer with French Escadrille S. 120. Killed in an accident 21 April 1918 near Villacoubley while flying his Spad. Text block clean. Binding worn, scuffed and with a bit of staining. The A. Edward Newton Collection of Books and Manuscripts. Three volumes. [with] The Rare Books and Manuscripts Collected by the Late A. Edward Newton. [Prospectus]
quarto, grey cloth in dust jackets. Parke-Bernet Galleries, An impressive catalogue with numerous illustrations, one Blake drawing in full color. Many of the descriptions contain Newton's notes and comments. [With] The prospectus for the Parke-Bernet auction of A. Edward Newton's collection. With essays of appreciation from A. S. W. Rosenbach, Arthur Swann, Randolph Adams, and Gabriel Wells. In original glassine which has light shelf wear at edges. The jackets to the three volumes of of the auction catalogue also have light shelf wear and a small chip or two. Volume 2 has laid in the printed notice that this issue contains a replacement dust jacket for Volume 1 as it was determined that the original jacket "was not substantial enough to withstand the amount of handling to which the book is exposed." Volume 1 has both jackets. quarto, grey cloth in dust jackets Letters to an Editor. Georgian Poetry, 1912-1922. An Exhibition from the Berg Collection
GORDAN, John D. octavo, wrappers. 36pp. New York Public Library, An exhibition of letters written to Sir Edward Howard Marsh, an editor who helped bring such poets as W. H. Davies, Walter De La Mare, Robert Graves, D. H. Lawrence and John Masefield to public attention through his series of anthologies of Georgian poets. With a biography of Marsh and biographies of the poets he helped define as Georgian. Name and address on title page. Very fine, clean.- $8
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Type Faces for Books. With Specimen Pages
First Edition. quarto, green cloth. (xii), 129 - 440 pp. (as issued, no missing pages). Hazell Watson & Viney Ltd, "Each page carries shoulder notes and captions giving details of the type shown. Type-areas are given in pica ems. The depth measurements includes the headline and intervening white space." Spine faded, else a fine, clean copy.- $65
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CODMAN, Charles First Edition, Second Printing. octavo, blue cloth. Little Brown & Co, An ex-library copy from the Kellogg-Hubbard Library, with pocket removed, neat library stamp. Presentation Copy inscribed and signed by Codman on the front free end-paper" Dear Porter, Gordie Fiske has just forwarded me this volume (for which as I understand it he paid cash - God bless him) with a request that I inscribe sae and send it on to you. This I am only too delighted to do - Best regards and I trust all goes well with you and here is hoping I see you soon. Sincerely Charley Codman June 1937)". Spine faded, has call number which is also faded. A clean copy.- $65
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Spitfire – The Story of a Famous Fighter
ROBERTSON, Bruce First Edition. quarto, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. (213)pp. Harleyford Publications Limited, Extensively illustrated with photographs and three-view drawings. Frontispiece painting of a Spire in full color. Based on original drawings by J.D. Carrick and Frank Yeoman. Tone paintings by W.F. Hepworth. Produced by D.A. Russell. Signatures by Robertson and the aforementioned on book-plate on front free end-paper. A nearly as new copy in nearly as new price-clipped jacket with has two inner tape mends (not necessary). An important volume in the historiography of the Spitfire. quarto, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket- $95
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From Almeloveen to Whittington. Book & Manuscript Catalogues 1545-1995. From the Collection of George Ong
ONG, George First Edition. One of 1000 copies printed. small octavo, wrappers in dust jacket with spine label. (74)pp. Grolier Club, Introduction by George Ong, followed by detailed descriptions of 87 items on display at the Grolier Club, January 24-March 9, 2007. Designed by Jerry Kelly. Frontispiece and 17 duotone illustrations. Very fine. small octavo, wrappers in dust jacket with spine label First Edition. One of 1000 copies printed.- $20
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William Bulmer and the Shakespeare Press
SIEGFRIED, Laurence B. First Edition. small octavo, black cloth with pictorial paper label on front cover. (ii), 34pp. Syracuse Univ Press, Illustrated with wood engravings by John De Pol. Produced to mark the Centennial of Bulmer's birth. The text reproduces a biography of William Bulmer from "A Dictionary of Printers and Printing" by C. H. Timperley, London, 1839, and opens with an essay "On the Bulmer-Martin Types" by Siegfried. small octavo, black cloth with pictorial paper label on front cover- $10
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Festina Lente: The Journal of the Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection. Vol. I, No. I February 1980
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Printing and Society in eary America
JOYCE, William L., David D. Hall, Richard D. Brown, and John B. Hench First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. xii, (324)pp. American Antiquarian Society, One of the most useful texts in the history of the book, the essays focus on literacy, the book trade between England and America, in Boston and Colonial Virginia, early American music printing and publishing, and the impact of printig on learning, religious journalism and the public lecture system. New.- $15
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