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19410508R569771William Edwin Rudge. Good. 1941. Hardcover. SIGNED by author limited 75 copies specially bound for Society of Printers Boston. Additional non-authorial ink gift inscription on e.p. Marbled paper boards cloth spine gilt. Edgeworn tips bumped.; 72 pages . William Edwin Rudge hardcover
1929007865The Laboratory Press 1929 Specimen No. 71 Reprint of No. 21 Student's Projet from the Laboratory Press Carnegie Institute of Technology. Size: 8vo. Soft cover. Near Fine. The Laboratory Press paperback
196148422Iowa City: Prairie Press 1961. Broadside approximately 13½" x 9" printed in black blue and red on wove paper; old bookseller's description taped to verso and from whence the following comes else fine. "Nowhere on this broadside does it show that it was printed at the Prairie Press but it is pictured in the article "Carroll Coleman on Printing - Excerpts from a 36-Year's Correspondence with Emerson G. Wulling" Books at Iowa no. 23 1975. In a personal conversation Carroll Coleman told me that he had always admired this quote and as he had just acquired Eric Gill's "Joanna" type he decided to make the first use of it for the body of this broadside." This is a distinct edition from that of the same text which is twice folded and printed on two sides. Not in Cheever. Prairie Press unknown
1947781971947. UPDIKE Daniel Berkeley. Updike: American Printer and His Merrymount Press. Notes on the Press and Its Works. With a Gathering of Essays . and a Gallery of Merrymount Title-Pages and Types. Original cloth non-priceclipped dust jacket. New York: The American Institute of Graphic Arts 1947. First edition. Jacket tape-reinforced else near fine. unknown
1947040258New York: American Institute of Graphic Arts 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. pp: 156 44 illustrations of type-pages and types printed in black and orange portrait on text stock. Bound in blue cloth gilt-stamped spine. Original dust jacket. 9.5" x 6 American Institute of Graphic Arts hardcover
1947230093New York: The American Institute of Graphic Arts 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good or better in a Very good plus dustwrapper. Pages light brown. Corners slightly bent. Gold gilt letters on spine. Corners on dustwrapper torn. One inch piece missing from top edge of dustwrapper spine. Dustwrapper spine light brown. Notes on the Press and its Work. With a gathering of essays by Stanley Morison Gregg Anderson T. M. Cleland M. A. DeWolfe Howe G. Parker Winship Rudolph Ruzicka David T. Pottinger and Carl P. Rollins: and a Gallery of Merrymount Title-pages and Merrymount Types. The American Institute of Graphic Arts hardcover
1947283077New York: The American Institute of Graphic Arts 1947. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Near fine with page 103 creased corners lightly worn lacking the dustwrapper. The American Institute of Graphic Arts hardcover
194018101New York: The Grolier Club 1940. Edition limited to 1000 copies printed by The Pynson Printers this 1 of 150 copies for the Grolier Club signed by Updike in pencil on the colophon; 8vo pp. 47 7; vignette title-page and 3 vignettes in text; fine in orig. brown cloth over beige paper-covered boards lettered in gilt on spine. 850 copies were also printed for the A.I.G.A. which were bound in wrappers and not signed. Addresses given at the Grolier Club at the opening of an exhibition on Updike and the Merrymount Press with a check-list of Updike's writings. <br/><br/> The Grolier Club hardcover books
194218086San Marino Ca: The Huntington Library 1942. 8vo pp. 2 32 2; 3 illus. on rectos and versos of 2 plates 2 facsimiles in text; fine in orig. printed orange wrappers. Attractive exhibition catalogue printed at the Ward Ritchie Press Los Angeles. <br/><br/> The Huntington Library unknown books
194755079New York: The American Institute of Graphic Arts. Very Good. 1947. Hardcover. blue boards have gilt stamped spine a near fine copy in a slightly chipped but very good dust jacket. . The American Institute of Graphic Arts hardcover books
199339018Greenbrae: Tamalpais Press 1993. 1st edition. White printed paper. Near Fine. Two folded sheets. 8-3/8" x 5" <br/><br/> Tamalpais Press unknown books
194759852New York: American Institute of Graphic Arts 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. ills 156p. Cloth. Worn dj several small chips and holes -- one a large triangular hole on front panel. 24cm. <br/><br/> American Institute of Graphic Arts hardcover books
199837600New York: American Printing History Association 1998. Small 4to 27.3 cm; 10.75". vi 181 8 pp. <br><br>One of 500 copies and no. 50 of 50 special copies signed by the designer Roderick Stinehour and bound by Judi Conant at Guildhall VT with the inclusion of => three wood engravings by Rudolph Ruzicka printed by the Merrymount Press in addition to the many reproductions prepared for this volume. The correspondence was edited by Elizabeth French Lathem and Edward Connery Lathem and the text and illustration together well exemplify the collaboration between two giants of the Book Arts during the first half of the 20th century.<br>Â Â Â Â => The wood engravings are absolutely stunning.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: From the library of American collector Albert A. Howard small booklabel "AHA" at rear. Quarter blue cloth with gray paper spine label over lovely marbled paper; issued without a dust jacket. The least scattering of light foxing-spots to lower fore-edges not margins of last few leaves; indeed a => bright clean copy. American Printing History Association hardcover books
19215853Boston MA: The Merrymount Press 1921. First Edition presumed. Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. Minor shelf/edge wear discrete ownership ticket at bottom of title page see below else tight bright and unmarred. Cream paper wraps black ink lettering and decorative elements stitched binding. 12mo. 24pp. Illus. b/w plates. <br/><br/>Small owner ticket of Edith Guerrier 1870-1958 noted librarian and writer. After her mother's death she settled with her mother's family in New Bedford Mass. The family was active in the literary circle of Henry David Thoreau Ralph Waldo Emerson Louisa May Alcott and other major figures of the New England literary world. An important figure in the world of women and print. Six full page b/w photographic plates. Uncommon generally rather scarce in the condition found here. Smith Merrymount Bibliography p209. The Merrymount Press paperback books
1924268329Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1924. hardcover. near fine. Slim 8vo 70 pages khaki cloth backed boards. Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1924. First Edition. Near Fine.<br/><br/> Printed by the author at the Merrymount Press. Signed presentation by Updike. Laid in is a 2 page A.L.S. and stamped envelope from Updike dated Dec. 16th 1935.<br/><br/> Harvard University Press unknown books
1924252927Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1924. First. hardcover. near fine. Slim 8vo 70 pages khaki cloth backed boards. Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1924. First Edition. Near Fine.<br/><br/> Printed by the author at the Merrymount Press. Signed inscription by Updike " who wishes this book was a better exponent or example of what it commends in book-making!" Laid in are a T.L.S. & a T.N.S. from Updike on the Merrymount Press letterhead.<br/><br/> Harvard University Press unknown books
1924WRCLIT45391Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1924. Gilt cloth and paper over boards t.e.g. First edition printed by Updike at The Merrymount Press. Some trivial edgewear to boards bookplate offset opposite otherwise near fine in very good dust jacket with vertical creases along upper and lower panels and a tiny chip. Harvard University Press hardcover books
193451502Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1934. First edition limited to 500 copies 8vo pp. vi 4 279 3; partially unopened fine in original brown linen stamped in gilt on spine. Standard work on the Merrymount Press. <br/><br/> Harvard University Press unknown books
193427787Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1934. First edition limited to 500 copies 8vo x & 280pp. 13 plates; spine ends just beginning to fray otherwise near fine in orig. brown linen stamped in gilt on spine. Standard work on the Merrymount Press. <br/><br/> Harvard University Press unknown books
197551503San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts 1975. Best edition with the Bianchi supplement limited to 500 copies 8vo pp. viii 6 357 1; 15 photographic text illustrations; brown cloth gilt title on cover and spine fine. The standard work on the Merrymount Press first published 1934. <br/><br/> Alan Wofsy Fine Arts hardcover books
198052316Mt. Vernon NY: A. Colish Inc 1980. broadside 18 x 24 in. / 46 x 61 cm. Limited to 50 copies. A text excerpt from the 1962 Belknap Press/Harvard U. Press reprint of D. B. Updike's 1860-1941 founder of the Merrymount Press 1922 work "Printing Types: Their History Forms and Use." A "keepsake printed for The Second National Conference on Metal Typecasting & Design on the occasion of their visit to A. Colish Inc. Mount Vernon New York 1 July 1980." Printed in black with lavender rules at head and foot of text and inside a lavender border formed by a kind of ribbon design. A. Colish Inc unknown books
196122918Iowa City: The Prairie Press 1961. Single sheet folded twice with printing on the front cover. Prairie Press. 13.5" x 9" Single sheet folded twice with printing on the front cover. Designed hand set and printed at this private press. Reprints Updike's statement on typography. Unfolds to show a broadside printed in three colors. The Prairie Press unknown books
1966WN2319Cambridge MA: Belknap Press 1966. Dust jacket somewhat rubbed and soiled and a couple of very small tears at top edges. The author one of the most distinguished typographers of his time is presented in the final form. Third Edition Second Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Belknap Press Hardcover books
1980121454New York: Dover Publications 1980. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xl292; xvii326 pages. 2 volumes. Reprint of the 1937 second edition. Profusely illustrated. Still the best book on the subject. Spines faded. Ink ownership inscription in corner of free endpaper of first volume. Tape repair of tear in volume two cover. Dover Publications unknown books
195114117Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1951. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xl292; xix326 pages. 2 volumes. Reprint of the second edition Appleton p.69. Profusely illustrated. An essential reference book for anyone interested in the history of printing and development of type faces. No jackets. Harvard University Press unknown books