(New York: The American Institute of Graphic Arts), (1942).. (1942).. Fine. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial gray, black & white wraps. The front wrap is slightly soiled. [26] pages, including 1 page of black-and- white illustrations. Near fine in a stamped & addressed mailing envelope.
Catalog for an exhibition presented by A.I.G.A. The four-page introduction concerns the various processes of printing by offset. This copy is in a mailing envelope addressed to E. Harold Hugo of the Meriden Gravure Company. View More...
London: Sotheby's, 1989.. 1989.. Fine. - Quarto, maroon cloth titled in gilt with color pictorial label mounted on front cover. Very lightly bumped; tiny stain to top edge of label. Unpaginated, with bid sheet laid in. Profusely illustrated with facsimiles in B&W & color. Near fine.
Each of the 238 items is catalogued and fully described with an illustration and estimated price. View More...
Westfield, MA: Paper Makers Advertising Association, 1968.. 1968.. Good. - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], softcover bound in printed wrappers with a black-and-white vignette on each cover. The binding is bumped & soiled with some light creasing & chipping to the edges of the wraps & a few tiny ink stains to the front wrap. There is some foxing to the spine & to the front wrap at the tail of the spine. 28 pages of text plus a large section of advertisements with paper samples & examples of graphic design by association members. The last few paper samples are detache... View More...
Bryn Mawr, PA: Bryn Mawr College Library, 1976.. 1976.. Very good. - Quarto, decorative wraps. Bottom corner of front wrap lightly creased. 47 & [1] pp. B&W illustrations. Bottom page corners very lightly creased. Very good.
First edition.
This catalogue of the Adelman collection includes 216 items. The introduction consists of an address made by Seymour Adelman at Bryn Mawr on the occasion of his donating his collection of books and autographs to the college library. First Edition. View More...
Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, (1969).. (1969).. Fine. - Large octavo, printed tan wraps. Very lightly soiled; spine slightly darkened. 137 pp. plus colophon.Illustrated with B&W facsimiles. Near fine.
Printed at the Stinehour Press. 278 items are catalogued. View More...
(La Crosse, WI: Sumac Press, 1965).. 1965).. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wrappers with the Ampersand device in dark blue on the front wrap. The spine & extremities are slightly darkened. The wraps are very lightly bumped. Title & [13] pages plus colophon. Illustrated in color and black & white with vignettes & facsimiles. Very good.
Limited edition of 460 copies printed by Emerson G. Wulling, Sumac Press, with calligraphy by Frank Kofron, for The Typophiles and The Ampersanders. View More...
[Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa], 1994.. 1994.. Fine. - Octavo, six-page tri-fold with photographic portraits and a tipped-in paper sample. Near fine. View More...
NY: R. R. Bowker, 1941.. 1941.. Good. - Octavo, printed cream wraps. The wraps are quite soiled & the corners are lightly creased. 94 pp. Illustrated in B&W. Good.
NY: Doubleday Page and Co., circa [1900].. [1900].. Very good. - 12mo, stapled tan wraps with decorations in black. The rear wrap is slightly darkened & soiled. [20] pages. Very good. View More...
(Aberystwyth, Wales, U.K.: The National Library of Wales, 1937).. 1937).. Good. - Small quarto [10 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in printed cream wraps. The spine & extremities are darkened. The wraps are soiled & lightly bumped with a stain to the top corner of the front cover. Title, 16 & [1] pages plus colophon. Illustrated with 11 black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece & an architectural plan. There is occasional light soiling. Good. History of the Library from the laying of the foundation stone by King George V and Queen Mary in 1911 to the Opening Ceremony ... View More...
(Boston, MA): Houghton Mifflin Company, circa [1940].. [1940].. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wraps titled in black within a decorative frame in black on the front wrap. The wraps are soiled & lightly bumped and the spine is chipped with the lower half torn. 115 pages plus colophon. Black-and-white illustrations. Good.
Laid in is a typed letter signed from Houghton Mifflin's New York office to Pierce & Scope of Albany, N.Y., together with a sale price-list dated 1940. View More...
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Library School, July, 1958.. July, 1958.. Very good. - Octavo, stapled printed gray wraps. Extremities slightly darkened; ink notation on front wrap. pp. 57-65. Very good.
Author's reprint from Library Trends, a publication of the University of llinois Library School. July, 1958. The ink note on the front wrap adds to the title: in the USA: 1945-1957. View More...
(Williamstown, MA: Williams College, 1970).. 1970).. Very good. - Octavo, stapled gray & white pictorial wraps. Front wrap very lightly soiled with a tiny stain. ii & 10 pp. Very good.
A checklist of items from the 15th to the 20th century. View More...
New York: The Typophiles, 1951.. 1951.. Fine. - Small octavo [7-1/4 inches high by 4-5/8 inches wide], gray cloth titled in gilt on the spine with a vignette in gray on a black ground on the front cover. [ix] & 93 pages plus colophon. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece & illustrations in black, white & tan. The spine is sunned, else near fine.
(Paris): Arenthon, circa [1986].. [1986].. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in silver wraps titled in black. There is a small crease to the rear wrap. Unpaginated. 3 black-and-white illustrations. Near fine. 147 books and artworks are catalogued with prices in French francs. The text is in French.The catalog is preceded by the sad story, signed L.D., of Monsieur Risel, a book lover and collector whose wife burned part of his collection and who finally vanished, leaving his huge library of books in a pyramid in his apartment. The obtuse police conclude he has fled to the Americas. The write... View More...
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975.. 1975.. Fine. - Tall octavo, softcover bound in decorative wrappers. The wraps are very lightly bumped & slightly faded along the spine. 30 pages plus 4 pages of black-and-white facsimiles & a colophon. Near fine.
Bronxville, NY: Nicholas T. Smith, 1980.. 1980.. Fine. - Octavo, red cloth in printed red dw with device on the front panel. [99] pp. illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette devices and decorations. Near fine.
The publications of the Beaumont press from 1917 through 1927. Reprinted from the 1927 edition by The Town House Press for Nicholas T. Smith. Dust jacket present. View More...
Philadelphia: Printed by Fry and Kammerer, 1809.. 1809.. Very good. - Octavo, gray cloth backed plain gray boards titled in black on the spine. The covers are slightly soiled. 14 leaves plus endpapers, all wonderfully illustrated with depictions of ornaments. Includes 2 wonderful folding plates. Very good.
A facsimile of 600 copies of the first type- founder's specimen book to be issued. Published by Meriden Gravure. View More...
[Copenhagen]: Forening for Boghaandvaerk/Fischers Forlag, 1949.. 1949.. Very good. - Octavo, tan stiff paper wraps with printed paper labels on the front cover & spine. The bottom edges of the covers are stained; the spine & its label are darkened & the head of the spine & the joints are lightly chipped. 247 & [1] pp. plus colophon. Illustrated with full-page B&W facsimiles. with textual illustrations throughout. The contents are very good.
The book also includes a small section on bindings. The text is in Danish.
