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1938240138Highland Park IL: The Elm Press 1938 . First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo 29 2 pp. two-tone cloth some small splotchy spots on some pages inked date on endpaper <br/><br/>In 1902 after only two books and a few pamphlets Millard gave the press and type to Jane Addams' Hull House. Ransom PRIVATE PRESSES AND THEIR BOOKS p.258 #1. I do not know what press was used to produce this book. Printed in Munder Venezian type on Kelmscott hand made paper with watermark hammer and anvil. John Browere dreamed of a national sculpture gallery and he had a secret process to make life masks of notable Americans including John Adams and James Madison and was accused of nearly smothering Thomas Jefferson in the clayey mask. Inserted photogravure portrait plates. The Elm Press hardcover
1923E281Brooklyn, New York, Mergenthaler, (1923). Erste Ausgabe. Wertvolles Handbuch über die gesamte Buchproduktion mit zahlreichen Beispielen für Typographie, Bordüren, Vignetten, Buchschmuck, Layout der Druckseiten etc. "A typography reference at its finest, printed in black, vermillion and green. Tipped on frontis illustration. Includes sections on book publication as well as foreign language and school book styles, and commercial printing. The layout is such that each two facing pages shows the complete layout for a book or other publication, displaying all the typefaces and ornaments, etc. carried by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company. Orcutt's son worked for Mergenthaler during the 1920's, when this book was published" (Resource Books). Sehr sauberes, wohlerhaltenes Exemplar in dem dekorativen Originaleinband mit hübschen Vorsätzen.
pp. (12) 55 (1) + Six full-page illustrations and vignettes hand-colored through stencils by Wilson. Designed by Edward Alonzo Miller. 4to. Bound in full terra-cotta leather with a design embossed in blind on the front cover showing the land mass of North America - but lacking the United States. Spine lettered in gold. Mildly XLib. Slipcase. Number 1187 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies, signed by the artist. A lovely edition of an extremely influential book.**PRICE JUST REDUCED! W35
21p. Color decorated title page. Designed by Douglas Rader and Norman W. Forgue. Signed by the author on the Colophon. XLib. Foxed. Tall thin 8vo. Original cloth backed paper binding. Worn at extremities. Hardbound. Limited Edition of only 149 copies of which 100 copies are for sale. This copy is number 26. PRESS/W32
193523404London: William Heinemann 1935. First Thus. Quarto 28cm.; original cloth-backed boards in drab printed dust jacket; 64pp.; two-toned red and black illus. throughout. Jacket a bit chipped along extremities including two small losses neither approaching text extremities and spine darkened else Near Very Good and sound. Handsomely illustrated edition of a Lawrence short story originally published as The Escape Cock in 1929. ROBERTS A50d. William Heinemann unknown books
RARE book of updated studies on the handwritten Hebrew books of the Middle Ages and the transition from manuscript to print, offering new methodology of qualitative codicology in Hebrew palaeography. The book is in four parts: 1) Methodology, 2) Medieval Scribes: Personal Manifestations and Common Practices, 3) Codicological Description and Palaeographical Analysis and Identification of Selected Manuscripts, 4) The Beginning of Printing and Scribal Tradition. Contains numerous b&w plates with medieval Hebrew manuscripts, list of sources and indices of subjects and manuscripts. 280x225mm. 283 pages. Illustrated Hardcover. Cover upper corners and spine edges slightly bumped. This out-of-print book by the father of Hebrew codicology is in very good condition.
110159SendPoints Publishing Co., Hong Kong, 2016. 27,5 cm ; Pp.
124302SendPoints Publishing Co., Hong Kong, 2016. 237 S. ; 28 x 21,5 cm ; Pp. ;
145 p. Tall 8vo. Calligraphic cartouche and design by Stephen Harvard; Printed by Meriden Gravure Company; photo-composed in Galliard (first book use?); on natural tone Curtis Wove Rag Paper. Number 1829 of an edition limited to only 2000 copies, signed by Mr. Harvard. Bound by Tapley-Rutter Co. in full forest-green Dutch linen, stamped in gold. Slip-case covered in decorated paper. A fine example of this handsomely produced edition. It would make a great gift. W42
112p. Beardsley style Art Nouveau endpapers and dust jacket designed by Frank Mechau. Decorative bordered title page. Some foxing. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, gold decorated and lettered. Binding worn with small loss at head of spine. Original dust jacket, spotted and torn with loss. Hardbound. Limited Edition of only 1010 copies of which 500 are for England and 510 for America. This copy is numbered 460. PRESS/W32
pp. xvii, 275 + Color Artwork by Frank Kelly Freas. Ribbon bookmark. All edges gold. 8vo. Original full embossed gray leather binding decorated in gold. Spine lettered and decorated in gold with raised bands. Hardbound. Collector's Edition. These Leather Bound Easton Press Books Make Great Gifts! Scarce. SHELF NW33
192352547ABChicago, The Chicago Tribune, 1923. 64 S. Orig.-Kartoniert mit montierter Deckelillustration.
pp. xi, 303 + Plus engraved frontis and full page plates. Decorated title page printed in red and black. Uncut. XLib. Tall 8vo. Original full purple cloth binding with spine paper label. Binding worn at extremities. Large paper copy. Hardbound. Limited Edition. Number 491 of only 500 copies. PRESS/W32
Ten Volumes. Full page engraved illustrations. Title page printed in red and black with engraved vignette. Uncut and unopened. Top edges gold. XLib stamp on title pages. Large 8vo. Original Japan vellum backed paper boards. Original paper spine labels. XLib shelf number stamped on spine. Hardbound. Temple Bar Limited Edition. Number 694 of only 786 copies of which 35 are not for sale. Though XLib a very nice set. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SET/W53
DEMO006532INew York: The Heritage Press no date. First edition thus. Hardcover. fine/glassine chppd. Fritz KREDEL. 4to 301 pages pictorial boards & cloth publisher's slipcase worn <br/><br/>Kredel won an international competition sponsored by The Limited Editions Club to illustrate Cellini's autobiography. This is not a reproduction of the LEC insofar as Fritz Kredel made over 100 new drawings for this production. The typography is by Officina Bodoni. The Heritage Press hardcover
This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket. Completely clean inside and out. As new. This book collects 17 of the best essays from 'Typographica' magazine, the leading periodical on modern typography which was published irregularly from 1949 to 1967. The 14 original issues of 'Typographica' are virtually impossible to obtain, full sets even scarcer. The articles collected here are from the 'New Series' published 1960-67. Foreword by Aaron Burns. Illustrated throughout in black, white and red. Subjects include visual poetry, Dieter Rot, Paul van Ostaijen, Richard Hamilton, Polish avant-garde graphics (1920's- 30's), Henryk Berlewi, Piet Zwart, Paul Schuitema, John Heartfield, Rodchenko, Herbert Bayer and Kurt Schwitters. 11" high X 9"wide, 229 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
1915DEMO005562IEast Aurora: Roycrofters 1915. Author's. Hardcover. half light brown morocco . portrait gravures. 4to 312 pages half brown embossed pigskin marbled boards raised bands lacks lowest panel of spine. <br/><br/>Limited to 378 numbered copies signed by Elbert Hubbard II in the aftermath of his parents' deaths on "The Lusitania". McKenna 230 . The Old Philistine's selected essays including "The Titanic" -how ironic! "John Burroughs" "The Ex-Libris Collector" "A Message to Garcia" "The Book of Job" "The Journal of Koheleth" etc. With portrait gravures. Roycrofters hardcover
Nine Volumes. Engraved illustrations. Partially unopened. Paper beginning to brown, but not brittle. XLib. 8vo. Original full brown cloth bindings, gold lettered spines. Spines chipped and torn at head. Hardbound. Horace (Horatio) Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717-1797) was an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician. He is now largely remembered for Strawberry Hill, the home he built in Twickenham, south-west London where he revived the Gothic style some decades before his Victorian successors. Famed too for his Gothic novel, 'The Castle of Otranto'. His ' Letters' are of significant social and political interest. SET/W57
104p. Uncut. Printed on Ingres paper. 8vo. Original linen backed paper binding. Gilt lettered spine. Hardbound. Limited Edition. Number 629 of which 850 copies for England and 780 for America. The type has been distributed. Very nice copy. PRESS/W43
195519947New York: Museum Books 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Metal spiral bound quarto. Cover design by Ronald Clyne. Unpaginated volume on the history and evolution of letterhead typography. Includes 54 actual examples at rear of volume. Black cloth spine over patterned boards. Boards are worn along the edges. Still a very good clean example with wonderfully designed examples of letterhead typography. Uncommon volume. <br/><br/> Museum Books hardcover books
Sm. 4to., with a portrait frontispiece and numerous illustrations and facsimiles in the text, signature on front free endpaper and title; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy. Harling's study was first published in 'Alphabet & Image 6' (1948); this is a considerably revised and expanded edition
pp. xvi, 367. Delicate copperplate engravings on title page and headpieces of introduction and colophon by Stephen Gooden. Printed under the supervision of Francis Meynell. Uncut and unopened. Top edge gold. Small 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Gilt lettered spine, browned. Original marbled board slip case, worn. Hardbound. Limited Edition. Number 15 of only 1550 copies. Includes short bibliographical notes on the Translators. Very nice copy. Sir George Rostrevor Hamilton (1888-1967) was an English poet and critic. He worked as a civil servant and Special Commissioner. He had a classical education at the University of Oxford, and later compiled anthologies of Latin and Greek verse for Nonesuch Press. He was a published war poet of World War I, best known for 'A Cross in Flanders.' **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PRESS/W43
pp. xvii, 208 + Plus frontis and full page plates. Inked ownership of Jefford F. Oller, 10-16-52. Insert of the Folio Vol. 5, No. 6, July-Aug. 1952. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Gilt lettered and decorated spine. Hardbound. Nice example. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PRESS/W74
33p. Printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper. Uncut and partially unopened. Foxed. Pencil underlinings. Tall 12mo. Original full paper binding. Original spine and front cover paper labels. Binding stained. Hardbound. Twelfth edition. Limited Edition of only 950 copies. PRESS/W39
30p. Designed by Frederic Warde. Penciled marks on rear endpapers. Bookseller's label. Thin 8vo. Original full brown cloth binding. Gilt lettered spine. Hardbound. Limited edition of only 400 copies. Nice copy. PRESS/W32