Meggs, Philip B.MareMagnum
A History of Graphic Design, Second Edition
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 8 3/4"w x 11 1/4"h. 510 pages.
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163p. Plus Author & Short-Title Index. Plus Estimated Prices. Numerous illustrations. Small 4to. Original gold stamped green paper boards. Christie's auction catalogue fully describes 209 items, catal ogued according to the place where each item was printed. Well illustrated. One of the great modern sales of incunabula. **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF6
np. Illustrated, some in color. Includes examples of printing from different fine presses. 4to. Original decorated paper boards binding, slightly soiled. Limited to 3000 copies. Great articles and won derful illustrations that will delight any bibliophile. Articles include: Talking Stones, by Althea Bass with a facsimile of the Cherokee Alphabet; Mr. Whitman Reconsiders, by Thomas Mabbott and Roll o Silver; How Pleasant to Know Mr.Lear, by Bertha Coolidge; A Sketch of The Origin of Species, by Paul Victorius; and much more. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF10
np. Illustrated, some in color. Includes examples of printing from different fine presses. 4to. Original decorated paper boards binding, slightly soiled. Limited to 3000 copies. Great articles and won derful illustrations that will delight any bibliophile. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF10
np. Illustrated, some in color. Includes examples of printing from different fine presses. 4to. Original decorated paper boards binding, slightly soiled. Limited to 3000 copies. Great articles and wonderful illustrations that will delight any bibliophile. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF10
30p. Color margin drawings. Pictorial color title page. Design and Illustrations by Rey Abruzzi. Text printed in brown with gold initials. Format and Typography by Robert Donald. Christmas Greeting insert poem. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding. On front cover a drawing of a rearing horse, Mr. Pickwick and Mr. Winkle embossed in white, black and gold and lettered in gold and white. Spine lettered in gold. Binding by Kurt Gaebel & Sons. Original white slip case, soiled / foxed. Limited Edition. Number 1208 of only 1300 copies. This edition prepared as a Christmas Greeting from Samuel A. Dalton. A very nice copy of a very scarce piece. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! CHRISTMAS/W68
14p. Text printed in green, blue and red. Large initials printed in gold. Format and Typography by Robert Donald. Printed Letterpress, Typographic Service, Inc. on Strathmore Bouquet Snowdrop, J.L.N. Smythe Co. Decorative tissue illustrations printed in two to three sections in different colors designed by Rey Abruzzi through Frank R. Ewing of Art Service Associates. Insert poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. 4to. Original full yellow cloth binding, gold and red lettered. Front cover drawings in red, white and gold. Binding by Albert Oldach & Sons. Original blue slip case. Limited Edition. Number 226 of only 1300 copies. Prepared as a Holiday Greeting from Samuel A. Dalton. Very lovely copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W68
603p. Numerous illustrations. 8vo. Original red cloth binding. Early forms of writing including: hieroglyphs and papyrus; clay tablets; Greek and Latin book production; and other forms of early book making. **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF7
New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In French. [xvi], 261, [1] p. La presse Française de Turquie de 1795 a nos jours. Histoire et catalogue.
An exhibition in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 19 April-30 June 1991.This commemoration of Gill's life and work is drawn primarily from a private collection in Toronto formed by J. Kemp Waldie, and also contains items from the Fisher Library and the Library of the University of Waterloo. It illustrates the varied aspects of Gill's career, with special emphasis on his graphic art and book illustration. The catalogue, by Alan Horne, Richard Landon, and Guy Upjohn won a first place award from the Rare Books and Manuscripts Sections of the American Library Association, and two design awards from the National Composition and Prepress Association. Printed in Canada in Gill's Perpetua type. 56p. illus.bibliography. BUT an errrata slip is laid in... which states "Title page : Dates of exhibition should read "5 October - 29 December 1991" Book
"As a pioneer in Canadian publishing, Jack McClelland presided over the creation of the Canadian canon through the publishing house of McClelland and Stewart. This collection of his letters to Canadian authors bear witness to his friendships, his devotion to the authors he published, his sense of humour, his ideas about literature and the Canadian identity, as well as his sense of what makes for good publishing." Edited by Sam Solecki. 300p. Signed on title page by Anna Porter of Key Porter publishing Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 8 3/4"w x 11 1/4"h. 510 pages.
RARE FIRST EDITION of "Sefer Or Ha-Hayyim", a comprehensive bibliography of Hebrew books, ordered by author name with short biographies of each author. The book was compiled by Heimann Joseph Michael, a 19th-century Jewish-German scholar and bibliophile. 142x215mm. VIII+617 pages. Quarter-cloth marbled board Hardcover. Cover scratched and worn. Cover corners and edges bumped and peeling. Spine missing. Most pages slightly age stained. Whitepages and pages 607-617 detached from binding. Hebrew title page missing. Pages yellowing/browning. This rare book has suffered some damage (mostly external), but is in good reading condition.
48 Leaves. Printed on recto only. Illustrated with woodcuts from William Dodd's "Specimens of Early Wood Engraving". Also some wood blocks by A. O. Decorative title page. 8vo. Original full marble boards with original spine and front cover paper labels. Extremities worn. Hardbound. PRESS/W32
n.p. Delicate blue drawings by John Reid. Text printed in blue. Beautifully printed by Edgar G. Dunstan & Co. Christmas greetings insert signed from M.R.L. and C. Freshel. Thin 8vo. Original cloth backed paper binding. Front cover embossed with young girl carolers surrounded by a printed border naming author, title, publisher, printer and illustrator all printed in red. Binding very slightly scuffed at edges. A lovely copy of English Christmas carols. Scarce. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W67
pp. 119, (7)[Author and Text Indexes]. Numerous text line drawings by Tom O'Sullivan. Top edge red. Small 4to. Original full pale yellow cloth binding, gold lettered. Edges of binding slightly soiled. Includes pieces by: Margaret T. Applegarth; Roark Bradford; Gwendolyn Brooks; Countee Cullen; Frederick Douglas; Paul Laurence Dunbar; Lorenz Graham; Frank Horne; Langston Hughes; Zora Neale Hurston; Harnett T. Kane; Aquah Laluah; Eve Lynn; Gabriela Mistral; Effie Lee Newsome; Julia Peterkin; Albert Rice; Booker T. Washington; and others. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W67
pp. 145, (2) [Index], (12) [Photograph advertisements]. Numerous illustrations of commercial photography. Small 4to. Original full cloth binding, slightly worn. Third edition. Very good. This original version has grown to be scarce. W102
pp. ix; 211. Full page engraved portrait illustrations. Uncut. Small 8vo. Original half gilt decorated linen. Original marbled paper boards. Original leather spine label. XLib Fletcher/Free Library, Burlington, VT. (Withdrawn). Biographical memoir of James Lennox (1800-1880), New York merchant, real estate investor and grand bibliophile whose pioneering collections formed the original core of the New York Public Library's rare book collections. Written by Henry Stevens 'of Vermont' - a great bookseller who worked out of London. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF1
np. Printed in two colors with woodcut illustrations and vignettes. 8vo. Original textured batik paper boards, backed in faux vellum. In a matching slipcase. Edition limited to only 270 copies. A very attractive copy. W67.
pp. xv, 95. Title page printed in red and black. Deckle edges. Printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper. Top edge gold. Inked ownership of J. F. Oller, 1924. Small 8vo. Original vellum-like spine over paper boards, spine slightly darkened. Yapp edges. Original slip case, spine darkened with small loss of original paper spine label. First Edition. Limited Edition of only 925 copies. Old World Series. Nice copy. PRESS/W39. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
190p. 8vo. Original blue cloth binding. Essential reference to a collecting genre that deserves more attention. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF4
RARE collection of essays on Leipzig, the so-called Buch-Stadt, city of books, because of its large number of publishing houses before WW2. Mit Beiträgen von Dr. Gustav Wahl: Die Deutsche Bücherei in Leipzig; Dr. Fritz Adolf Hünich: Die Sammlung Kippenberg; Prof. Dr. Georg Witkowski: Meine lieben Bücher; Wirkl.Geh.Rat Prof. Dr. A. Wach: Inkunabelnsammlung. Contains 2 color fold-out maps of Leipzig and its surroundings and numerous b&w plates. 220x120mm. 136 pages. Softcover. Black lettering on front and rear cover. Cover and spine slightly stained. Cover corners bumped. Spine edges tattered, peeling and partly missing. Spine and pages upper edge bumped. Spine partly peeling. Spine front hinge upper edge detached from front cover. First 15 pages edge worn - no damage to text. Some pages corner wrinkled. Page 136 edges worn. Pages edge slightly water-stained and wavy - no damage to text. Several pages slightly age-stained. Text block age-stained. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This rare booklet has unfortunately sustained some wear (mostly external), but is overall in good reading condition.
77 p. plus 20 full page facsimiles. 8vo. Original paper covered boards. Original spine label. Scarce First Edition. Limited to 210 copies. Spine very chipped. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF1
12p. Illustrated with portrait. Printed by D. B. Updike. Calling card of Miss Eleanor Burges Green, 14 John Street, Providence. 8vo. Original cloth backed paper binding. Gilt lettered spine. Hardbound. Limited Edition of only 650 copies. Very nice copy. PRESS/W32
21 p. + Frontis and text illustrations. 12mo. Original full cloth binding, stamped in gold. Original dust jacket. Privately printed for George Zabriskie as a Christmas greeting presented to Mrs. (David) Van Dusen, signed by Zabriskie. George Albert Zabriskie (1860-1954) was President of the New York Historical Society from 1939-1947, and Honorary President from 1948 until his death in 1954. He was a great enthusiast of fine books and book binding, and an expert amateur hand-tooler and finisher of books. Though he lived in New York City, he "wintered" in Florida, and issued these charming Christmas keepsakes from his home: "The Doldrums" a Mission-Spanish Revival residence designed by Albert Pierce. This tale of John Charles Fremont (1813-1890) was from a paper for the New York Historical Society. A bright copy of a nice little keepsake. W69.
Contains many color plates. 29x21.5cm. 119 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly stained. Cover and spine corners slightly bumped. Rear cover upper edge slightly bumped. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.