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191053162Boston/ New York/ Chicago: United Printing Machinery Company 1910. 16 mo. 4 pp. Small stain to lower tip. Very good. A priced listing for screens sized 3 14 x 4 1/4 inches to 31 1/2 x 39 1/2 inches available in 6 varying degrees of fineness. <br/><br/> United Printing Machinery Company unknown books
190326668London England: A.W. Penrose & Co. 1903. xvi 152 58 vi pages; color black & white illustrated throughout demonstrating the various processes and inventive printing & phototechnical techniques at the beginning of the 20th century. Ink uses production types illustrators printers photographic and graphic artists are noted accompanying the useful alphabetically-organized articles; with an index of illustrations colour prints supplement illustrations also indexed are the illustrations in the text engravers' addresses photographers' artists' and the publishers' addresses. Pieces include articles on Aberrations due to liquid filters American Line Zinc Etching; Colour Patch Apparatus and its Applications; Commercial and Press Photography; Finishing Photographs with the Aerograph for Process Engraving; Four-Colour Printing; Laces and Similar Materials in Facsimile; Half-Tone Theory; Trichromatic Photo-Lithography; Regularity in Screen Negatives; Three-Colour Posters; "Sinop" Collography: Working Details with Collodion Emulsifiers; and dozens more items on similar topics. Printed by Percy Lund Humphries & Co. Ltd. The Country Press Bradford & London. Approx. 7" x 9 3/4" size; bound in the original polished green cloth with illustrated paper cover & spine title labels. Edge tips wear and rubbing to the binding spine label 1/2 gone; a heavy book inner hinge papers split block remains solidly bound & the contents in good condition. A good historical perspective on the multitude of printing and graphic arts processes available & the businesses which provided them at the beginning of the 20th century and displaying their commercial and artistic application. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. A.W. Penrose & Co. hardcover books
181137526Reading PA: Johann Ritter 1811. 1st printing American Imprints 22488; Arndt & Eck 1865. OCLC records 6 holding institutions. Period quarter-leather binding with paste-paper wrapped boards. Wear to board edges. Top board beginning to detach in lower two-thirds of joint. Ffep nearly detached. Period pos to ffep and mss note affixed to front paste-down. Text paper browned & stained. A Good complete copy of this uncommon product from Ritter's prolific press. 104 2 pp. 12mo. 5-3/4" x 3-1/2" <br/><br/> Johann Ritter hardcover books
185841639Boston: Boston Museum 1858. Buff printed paper. Moderate wear to edges some age-toning. Withal a VG example. Single broadsheet printed recto only. Decoratively engraved border. 18-1/2" x 6-3/8" <br/><br/>Not found on OCLC rare. (Boston Museum] unknown books
1968WRCLIT83388New York: Knopf 1968. Large octavo. Fine in dust spotted jacket with small tears. First edition in this format designed by Bill Wittliff of Encino Press and screenwriting fame. Knopf unknown books
1947WRCLIT64714Sacramento: The Nugget Press 1947. Octavo. Cloth. Portrait frontis and map. Bookplate on front pastedown otherwise a very good copy. First edition. One of 180 numbered copies printed as a class project by the students of C.K. McClatchy High School. A section of acknowledgements at the end lists the students involved ranging from the researching and writing of the text to typesetting printing and binding. The Nugget Press hardcover books
1939WRCLIT64713Sacramento: The Nugget Press 1939. Small octavo. Cloth. Lino-cut portrait frontis. Decorative initials. Ink name bookplate on front pastedown paperclip mark at top edge of prelims a bit of rubbing at tips otherwise a very good copy. First edition in this format. One of 285 numbered copies printed as a class project by the students of C.K. McClatchy High School. Presentation card tipped in. A section of acknowledgements at the end lists the students involved ranging from the translating and editing of the text to typesetting printing and binding. Evidently the first production by the endeavor. The Nugget Press hardcover books
1985892671985. STENCIL PRINTING SERIZAWA Keisuke; YOSHIDA Kogor. KIRISHITAN MONOGATARI. Tokyo Gohachi Showa 60 1985. Bound Western-style in wrappers large 26.7 x 26.3 cm album of bw stencil prints by Serizawa illustrating a brief text by Yoshida a famous scholar and historian. Pictorial vignetttes of the 16th century introduction of Christianity to feudal Japan. One of 200 copies. In about new condition in the original wraparound cover with a printed paper title label and shipping slipcase. unknown books
193451138Louisville Ky: Standard Printing Company 1934. 8vo pp. 61 1; illustrated throughout; original black wrappers printed in silver rebacked in black library cloth; very good. <br/><br/> Standard Printing Company hardcover books
6173Engraved vignette on title signed by Hoppe & two engraved vignettes by Christian Gottlieb Geyser serving as head- & tail-pieces to the poem. Four leaves printed on pale yellow-white silk. 4to 257 x 205 mm. cont. pale pink silk over boards a bit soiled black floral design round sides pale blue silk paste-down endpapers. Leipzig: "Gedrukt bey Wilhelm Gottlob Sommer" 1793. Apparently unique this poem pays homage to the duchess Sophie Wilhelmine von Schönaich-Carolath 1764-95 for her visit to the small village of Rochsburg in Saxony. She was a member of the family which owned the famous Schloss Rochsburg situated above the village. It is remarkable that this small village was able to plan and have printed this quite luxurious and attractive work. The front paste-down has a mounted piece of paper with the contemporary inscription "Dies Buch gehört Sophie Wilhelmine Gräfin von Schönburg Rochsburg gebohrne Prinzess von Carolath Schönaich Rochsburg den 5 September 1793." Three contemporary silhouette portraits of the duchess loosely laid-in. In fine condition. Not in WorldCat. hardcover books
6171Six leaves printed on silk first & final two leaves are blank. 4to 271 x 197 mm. cont. pale pink silk over boards covers stamped in gilt silk paste-down endpapers a.e.g. Weimar: 1818. A rare deluxe printing on silk a poem written to celebrate the birth on 24 June 1818 of Karl Alexander the second son of the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia 1786-1859 and Karl Friederich Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1783-1853. Maria Pavlovna was the third daughter of Tsar Paul I 1754-1801. Maria Pavlovna was raised at her father's palaces at Pavlovsk and Gatchina. Karl Alexander later inherited his father's title. In 1804 Maria Pavlovna met and married Karl Friedrich in St. Petersburg while he was on a grand tour of Europe. In Weimar she became a great patron of art and music and the sciences and took a serious interest in the social welfare of the inhabitants of the Grand-Duchy. She took courses at the University of Jena several of which were taught by Alexander von Humboldt. Franz Liszt was appointed her Kapellmeister following his retirement from the concert stage. Goethe considered Maria Pavlovna one of the worthiest women of his time. A fine copy preserved in a slip-case. hardcover books
197742866Rochester NY: R. I. T. 1977. 8vo pp. 15. With several illustrations. Pamphlet Selected acquisitions 1975-1976 laid in. Paper wraps. Cover very slightly creasec o/w a nice copy. R. I. T. unknown books
185937005San Francisco: Published for Maguires' Opera House T. Maguire Proprietor Commercial Steam Presses 129 Sansome street 1859. 1st printing thus. Original publisher's printed green paper wrappers sewn. Music-themed adverts to rear wrapper & inner front wrapper. Average wear & soiling. Light foxing. A VG copy. 24 pp. 12mo. 6-15/16" x 4-3/16" <br/><br/>"Ernani is an operatic dramma lirico in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Hernani by Victor Hugo. The first production took place at La Fenice Theatre Venice on 9 March 1844." Its US premier was in New York 1847. This performance starred Mr Henry Squires in the role of Ernani. Not in Greenwood though see #1189 for another 1859 edition of the ERNANI libretto. OCLC records just 3 institutional holdings of this edition. Rare. Published for Maguires' Opera House, T. Maguire, Proprietor [Commercial Steam Presses, 129 Sansome street] unknown books
189936737San Francisco: Independence Print 1899. Light blue stiff-stock paper printed in dark blue ink. Horizontal fold lines. Penned name & address to verso. A VG copy. Single sheet printed recto only. Typographical border. 8-5/16" x 5" <br/><br/>An invitation / handbill of sorts to attend this musical evening. "Admission / Afternoon 25 Cents. Evening 50 Cents." Independence Print unknown books
185148314San Francisco / New York: "Gregory's United States & California Express" 280 Montgomery Street / Thompson & Hitchcock 149 Pearl Street 1851. Shiny dark blue paper covers with gilt stamped lettering stapled. Buff paper mailing envelope. Wrapper insides: front instructions for use; rear 2 estimonials dated 1851 from the Panama Star newspaper. Unused Nr Fine with an envelope in similar condition. Unpaginated blank pages. 4-3/4" x 2-7/8" <br/><br/>From the inside of the front cover: "Gregory's California Express. This line one of the oldest established in the business dispatch messengers BY EVERY STEAMER leaving New-York and San Francisco in charge of Letters Parcels Packages Gold Dust and valuables for distribution throughout the United States and California. If possible letters should be directed to the care of mercantile houses or well-known residents in San Francisco or other parts of California by which means their earlier delivery may be insured. Letters directed simply to 'California' or 'at the mines' will not be forwarded as little probability exists of their reacing the persons so vaguely addressed." From the rear cover: "The Central Office of this Express is located in the throughly fire-proof building corner of Montgomery and Merchant Streets San Francisco from which the proprietor Daily dispatches Expresses by steamboat to all parts of the Mines and to Portland Oregon and Honolulu Sandwich Islands on the arrival of ecah steamer with packages from the States." A rare Gold Rush survivor documenting the 'letter & dispatch' business of the era. "Gregory's United States & California Express," 280 Montgomery Street / Thompson & Hitchcock, 149 Pearl St unknown books
1987183539Saco Valley Printing 1987-01-01. 3rd ptg. Paperback. Very Good. 1987 Paperback. 59 pp. Clean has a good binding the pages are crisp and free of markings/notations. Minimal cover wear. Overall a fine tight copy. lz Saco Valley Printing paperback books
189743316East Aurora New York: The Roycroft Printing Shop 1897. 120 1 colophon pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth backed mustard boards uncut. Slight rubbing at tips minor soiling of spine some browning to text. Inscribed on ffep "For Mr. Frank W. Noxon with all good wishes from Elbert Hubbard". A very good copy. 120 1 colophon pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed by Elbert Hubbard. Ransome p. 405 no. 8 The Roycroft Printing Shop unknown books
18641722738th Cong. 1st Sess.: HMD21. 1864. 34pp disbound. Light scattered foxing. Very Good. HMD21. unknown books
31106Alnwick: Smith Printer n. d. Ca 1820s . Some wrinkling & light soiling. AVG copy. One sheet printed recto only. 10-7/8" x 4-3/8" <br/><br/>10 stanzas of 4 lines each hailing evidently the anniversary of "The Conqueror's triumph" with the 'Flag of Blue'. Scarce celebratory broadsheet from Northumbria. Smith, Printer unknown books
182631107Alnwick: Printed by M. Smith 1826. Some wrinkling fold lines & light soiling. A VG copy. One sheet printed recto only. Title printed in outline lettering. Quote from Shakespeare under the title. Text double column. 22 stanzas of 4 lines each. 10-3/4" x 8-5/8" <br/><br/>A printed ballad detailing the merits of the 4 candidates in the 1826 Northumberland parliamentary election: Henry George Viscount Howick; Matthew Bell; Henry Thomas Liddell & Thomas Wentworth Beaumont. Scarce item; no copies located on OCLC with only 1 copy located in the major on-line databases: The British Library. Printed by M. Smith unknown books
196159417Other: NY: Privately Printed. Very Good. 1961. Hardcover. NY: Privately Printed hardcover books
22194New York. Very good. 138 black and white photographs. 64 are approx. 8'' by 10'' or 7'' by 9'' the remainder of the collection in assorted smaller sizes. Many photos curled a few creased and a very few with small tears to edges. Majority very good or better. Approximately a third of the photos have a typed descriptive label attached to the back; others have notes in pen or pencil identifying the subjects. Of the remainder many have a photographer's stamp on the back but are otherwise unlabelled. <br/><br/>Photographs of student printers and instructors nearly all from the New York School of Printing most dated from the mid-1950s through the late 1960s. Many photographs have a detailed description attached e.g. "NYSP students in basement with shipping crates" with one accompanied by a press release from the Printing Education Week Committee. Several images of work in progress have an attached technical description on the reverse explaining the process shown in the photo: e.g. "Registering and Assembling Negatives and Transparencies" "Checking Negative Register" "Burning an Offset Plate" "Preparing 'flats' for contact to blueprint prior to plating" "Hand Composition" "Color Mixing" "Journeymen Instruction in Teletypesetter Operation at the School for Printers Apprentices of The New York School of Printing." Other photos show exhibits from a Printing Education week; high school and college lectures on printing; bookbinding and letterpress classes; exterior shots of the former NYSP building on 49th St. from 1956; design process and scale models for the new NYSP building opened in 1960 and multiple shots of its construction process; and industry booths at a printing trade show or exhibition. Identified subjects include journeymen primters and instructors; representatives of the New York Printing Pressmen's Union #51; and many others identified by name only. One series of 1961 photos showing a tour of a printing workshop bears the stamp "Official Photograph Board of Education - City of New York." Another small set shows a "Printing in Japan" exhibit with several smaller snapshots labeled "Jap Interview" sic. Most photographs are dated between 1951 and 1968 with the largest concentrations in 1956 and '60-61. Photographs lacking a date or description appear to date from the same era with a few exceptions: one photo dated 1943 two 8'' by 10'' enlargements dated 1926 and one 4'' by 5'' photo dated 1933 labelled "Industrial High School / Class in Appreciation of Printing - Studying Foreign Types." unknown books
194315313Brooklyn NY: Consolidated Lithographing Corp. 1943-1958. Hardcover. Near fine. Elephant folio. Grey cloth screw-bound boards. Measuring approximately 24" x 16.5" containing 350 color lithographed and chromolithographed paper packaging elements in a wide variety of sizes adhesive mounted recto and verso to 38 paper leaves. Additional 65 leaves blank. Top board stamped "Consolidated Lithographing Corporation." Pencil notations recording catalog numbers and dates throughout. Mild handling wear to exterior. Penned notation to cover notes "Set 5 Book 5." Likely one volume from larger company archive. Contents clean well preserved and apparently complete. Near fine overall. <br/><br/>An enormous scrapbook of chronologically-arranged printing samples from the Consolidated Lithographing Corporation of Brooklyn preserving the company's packaging work for the undergarment industry. Labels include bands tags wraps and labels from predominantly women's products: stockings hosiery lingerie bras panties and the like. Men's and children's products also represented however socks undershirts etc. The printing processes evident in the samples evolve from chromolithography to color lithography to photo mechanical in the later examples - all vivid and exhibiting elegant postwar design. Hundreds of brands and products in total: Regent Hosiery Artemis Underthings Treo Undergaments Spick and Span Hosiery Lowenstein Fabrics Sport-Wear The Lone Ranger and Superman Branded Socks among many others. Consolidated Lithographing Corporation was founded by Jacob A. Voice around 1925 and operated as one of the finest and most prolific American commercial printers of the era specializing in cigar labels dust jackets for Doubleday liquor labels garment packaging and more. This rich archive likely containing the only extant examples of numerous works offers numerous worthy avenues for future study: from commercial printing methods to mid-century design and marketing. Consolidated Lithographing Corp. hardcover books
179926898Brussels: Flon 1799. First. hardcover. very good. Thick 8vo 500 pages. 1/2 tan calf marbled boards. Bruxelles: Flon An VII 1799. First Edition. Very good .<br/><br/> An important study on the origin and antecedents of printing by the Belgian bibliographer who did much to establish Gutenberg as the originator of the art. Brunet VI 31191. Biog. univ. 11 66-67.<br/><br/> Flon unknown books
194101333NY 1941. 1st ed. Paper wrapped boards. Gd spine panel detached. x 4 362 pp including Index. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> hardcover books
