(MERRYMOUNT PRESS). (UPDIKE, DANIEL BERKELEY; POTTINGER, DAVID T.; WROTH, LAWRENCE C.; ET AL).

Daniel Berkeley Updike and the Merrymount Press.

New York: The American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1940. - Small octavo, tan wraps. The wraps are lightly soiled & spotted with staining along the spine & red stains to the rear wrap. 47 & [7] pp. plus colophon. Owner's ink name on front endpaper. Illustrated with B&W vignettes. Very good internally. 1/1000 copies.Addresses delivered on the opening of an exhibition of the work of Daniel Berkeley Updike and the Merrymount Press, which was shown in the exhibition hall of The Grolier Club by a joint committee of the Club and The American Institute of Graphic Arts. The text includes a checklist, compiled by Karl Kup, of books, pamphlets and articles written and edited by Updike.

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

Book number: 6373

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: Books-on-Books; Daniel Berkeley Updike; Merrymount Press; Fine Press; Exhibition; Speeches; Addresses; Checklist; Reference; Karl Kup; Lawrence C. Wroth; David T. Pottinger; Limited Edition. (Books-on-Books). Daniel Berkeley Updike and the Merrymount Pres

(WROTH, LAWRENCE C.; ET AL).

The John Carter Brown Library / Providence, Rhode Island. Report to the Corporation of Brown University / July 1, 1943.

Providence, RI: (Printed at the Merrymount Press for the Committee of Management), 1943. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wraps. The corners of the wraps are slightly creased. Title & 56 pages. The top corners of a few rear leaves are lightly creased. Near fine.

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

Book number: 11350

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: Books-on-Books; Merrymount Press; Library; John Carter Brown Library; Brown University; Annual Report; Librarian; Lawrence C. Wroth.

[WROTH, LAWRENCE.]

Typographic Heritage. Selected essays.

[New York], The Typophiles, 1949. Edition limited to 625 copies, 12mo, pp. viii, 162-[165]; very good in original terra cotta cloth-backed dec. paper-covered boards, gilt spine, some wear and fading to spine. Typophile Chap Book no. 20.

Rulon-Miller Books ABAA/ILAB

Book number: 11502

Keywords: Printing Press Books

COOKE, EBENEZER. (LAWRENCE C. WROTH, INTRO.)

The Maryland Muse.

Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1935. 44, 25 pp. Sm. 4to. Stapled paper wrappers. Offprint. Illus. with b/w facsimiles. A very good copy with chipped spine ends.
¶ Reprinted from the proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society for October, 1934.Work originally published in 1731.

Kaaterskill Books

Book number: 38908

Keywords: Americana, Bacon's Rebellion, Poetry,

GUERRA, FRANCISCO & LAWRENCE C. WROTH [PREFACE]

American Medical Bibliography, 1639-1783. A Chronological Catalogue and Critical and Bibliographical Study of Books, Pamphlets, Broadsides and Articles in Periodical Publications relating to the Medical Sciences - Medicine, Surgery, Pharmacy, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine - Printed in the present territory of the United States of America during British Diminion and the Revolutionary War.

New York. Lathrop C. Harper Inc. 1962. Original publisher's blue cloth hardback, gilt lettering spine and frontcover, thick small 4to: 886pp. 187 illustrations of title-pages [52pp.], abbreviations, list of illustrations, index subjects, index names. Very fine copy - as new. Volume 40: Dept. of the History of Science & Medicine, Yale University.

Antiquariaat Ben van Nijnatten

Book number: 4130

JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY. RELATED NAMES; WROTH, LAWRENCE COUNSELMAN (1884-1970). JOHN NICHOLAS (1900-)

Libros Virumque Cano : Gaudeamus : the Gifts of John Nicholas Brown to the John Carter Brown Library, from 1924 to 1969 : a Tribute on His Seventieth Birthday, 21 February 1970

Providence. R. I. : Associates of the John Carter Brown Library 1970. 1st Edition. Description: 80 p. : port. ; 28 cm. Portrait illustrated. Includes index. Title on added t. P. : John Nicholas Brown. a tribute. Introd. Signed Lawrence C. Wroth. Subjects: Brown. John Nicholas (1900-) --John Carter Brown Library --Rare books --Rhode Island --Providence --Bibliography --Catalogs. Fine copy in the original color-printed. stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Weight in Kg appr.: 1

MW Books

Book number: 37848

LEHMANN-HAUPT, HELLMUT [& LAWRENCE C. WROTH & ROLLO G. SILVER]

The Book in America. A History of the Making & Selling of Books in the United States.

New York. R.R. Bowker Company. 1951. Original publisher's gray cloth hardback, brown lettering spine and frontcover, dustjacket, 2nd revised & enlarged edition [1939], thick large 8vo: xiv, 594pp. general bibliography, index. Very fine copy.

Antiquariaat Ben van Nijnatten

Book number: 64828

LEHMANN-HAUPT, HELLMUT, IN COLLABORATION WITH LAWRENCE C. WROTH AND ROLLO G. SILVER

The Book in America: A History of the Making and Selling of Books in the United States

New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1939. 8vo. Cloth. xiii, 453 p. 1st ed ed. Tiny bookplate on front paste-down; else very good..

Bibliomania

Book number: 76264

Catalogue: Books about Books

VERRAZZANO, GIOVANNI DA. WROTH, LAWRENCE C.

The vogages of Giovanni da Verrazzano 1524-1528.

New Haven & London, 1970. XVI,319 pp. 2 maps & 82 plts. Boards.

Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.(NVvA/ILAB)

Book number: 85432

Keywords: Ethnography Etnografie

WROTH, LAWRENCE C.

An American Bookshelf 1755 (Publications of the Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography)

New York, Arno Press & The New York Times, 1969. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. Ex-Library. 191 pages. Light creasing to top corner some pages. With library stamps & labels. Light wear to spine, covers & corners.- .

Literary Cat Books

Book number: 006104

Catalogue: Education

Keywords: & & ` ( ) 1755 Literature United States & Topography Binding & Book Collecting Social` Early Modern History (1600 1800)

WROTH, LAWRENCE C.

Benjamin Franklin: Printer at Work.

NY: privately printed, 1974. - 12mo, brown cloth titled in black. The rear cover has some faint red staining along the front edge. 81 pages, illustrated in brown & white. Near fine.

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

Book number: 7252

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: Books-on-Books; Printing; Printer; Benjamin Franklin; Keepsake; Lawrence C. Wroth; Illustrations. (Books-on-Books). (Printing). Benjamin Franklin: Printer at Work. Wroth, Lawrence C.

WROTH, LAWRENCE C.

The Chief End of Book Madness.

. 16pp. Wrs. (Offprint from The Library of Congress Quarterly Jounal of Current Acquisistions, Vol. 3, No. 1 October 1945).*On the dispersal of book collections..

Frits Knuf Antiquarian Books

Book number: 69547

Catalogue: Bookselling: Older Auction- and Bookseller's Catalogues, History of

Keywords: Bookselling & Publishing, Biogralibraries Bookcollecting Bibliotheken Bi

WROTH, LAWRENCE C.

The Chief End of Book Madness.

. 16pp. Wrs. (Offprint from The Library of Congress Quarterly Jounal of Current Acquisistions, Vol. 3, No. 1 October 1945).*On the dispersal of book collections..

Frits Knuf Antiquarian Books

Book number: 69546

Catalogue: Libraries (Public & Private): Their History and Catalogues, Books on

Keywords: Librarianshiplibraries Bookcollecting Bibliotheken Bi

WROTH, LAWRENCE C.

The Chief End of Book Madness.

. 16pp. Wrs. (Offprint from The Library of Congress Quarterly Jounal of Current Acquisistions, Vol. 3, No. 1 October 1945).*On the dispersal of book collections..

Frits Knuf Antiquarian Books

Book number: 25529

Catalogue: Libraries (Public & Private): Their History and Catalogues, Books on

Keywords: Librarianshiplibraries Bookcollecting Bibliotheken Bi

WROTH, LAWRENCE C.

Chief End of Book Madness. Reprinted from The Library of Congress Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions, Vol. 3, No. 1, October 1945.

Np: Np, Nd. 1. 16 pp. 8vo, Tan pamphlet. Softcover. . Very good-/No jacket issued. Extremities lightly bumped and rubbed. Head, heel and bottom front corner lightly worn. Wraps lightly soiled and creased. Wraps, edges and pages lightly yellowed. Still clean and tight. Summer Sale! Our online pricing is reduced 20% for our 2013 Summer Sale. No further dealer discounts are available at this time.

A. Parker's Books, Inc., ABAA

Book number: 25733

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: Books on Books, Collecting, Reference

WROTH, LAWRENCE C.

The Colonial Printer.

The University Press of Virginia, Dominion Books Charlottesville 1964. Paperback Ills. XXIV + 368 p. Reprint

Antiquariaat Boek & Glas

Book number: M4893

Catalogue: Typografie

Keywords: typografie typography

WROTH, LAWRENCE C.

The Colonial Printer.

Charlottesville, VA: The University Press of Virginia, 1964. - Octavo, perfect bound pictorial white wraps. Predictably, the white wraps are slightly stained & creased and there is a price sticker affixed at the top of the front cover. 368 pp. illustrated with several plates and facsimiles. Very good. Originally published by the Grolier Club, this is a reprint of the Southworth-Anthoesen Press second edition.

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

Book number: 7006

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: Books-on-Books; Reference; Printing; Printers; Colonial Printer; Americana; American Imprints; Lawrence C. Wroth. (Books-on-Books). (Printing). The Colonial Printer. Wroth, Lawrence C.

WROTH, LAWRENCE,

The Colonial Printer.

Dominion, 1964. Paperback. Exlibrary, usual markings. Some cover wear. Cover soiling. ; 368 pages. (ISBN: 0813902509) Good.

Jonathan Grobe Books

Book number: 49722

Catalogue: Books On Books

WROTH, LAWRENCE C. (LAWRENCE COUNSELMAN) (1884-1970)

The Colonial Printer, by Lawrence C. Wroth

Charlottesville. Va.Dominion Books [1964. C1938] 1964. 1st Dominion Books Edition. Illustrated and complete with a comprehensive bibliography. Subjects: Printing --United States --History. Book industries and trade --United States. A very good paperback copy. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dust-dulled. with light shelfwear. Remains overall uncommonly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and strong.Weight in Kg appr.: 1

MW Books

Book number: 15639

WROTH, LAWRENCE C.

The Colonial Printer.

New York, Dover Publications. 1994, First Dover Edition. (ISBN: 0486282945) Trade Paperback, 8vo. xxiv, 368pp, appendix, notes, 30 bw ills. Or card covers. Slight edge wear and prev owners blind stamp to cover. Examines the printing industry in the original 13 colonies of the United States as well as those states emerging at the beginning of the 19th century. As well as the tools, presses, type, ink, paper and binding etc the book looks at presses operating at the time. Unabridged reprint of the 1964 Dominion Books edition. Very Good.

Lawrence Jones Books

Book number: 014102

Catalogue: Books on Books, Publishing, Writing Etc

Keywords: Printing Typography Books America Americana Colonial Press 0486282945

WROTH, LAWRENCE C.

The Colonial Printer

The University Press of Virginia. 1964, Second , revised and enlarged. Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book, Has light wear, spine faded, corners bumped, Pen and pencil to endpapers, a few notations to text. Very Good -/No Jacket.

The John Bale Book Co

Book number: 023535hb

Catalogue: 010113

WROTH, LAWRENCE C

The Colonial Printer

New York, Dover. 1994. (ISBN: 0486282945). Soft cover. Reprint. Every aspect of the US printing trade from 1639 to 1800. Light wear to illustrative covers, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.

Byre Books

Book number: BYB9736

Catalogue: Printing

Keywords: 0486282945 printing, history, printing press, typeface, type foundry, typography History

WROTH, LAWRENCE C.

The Colonial Printer.

. 2nd rev. & enl. ed. Portland Maine, Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1938. xxiv,368pp. Illus. in b/w. Bibliography. Index. Orcloth. Inserted a typewritten letter by Wroth (Oct,24-1938) from the John Carter Brown Library to Harold E. White about his review..

Frits Knuf Antiquarian Books

Book number: 4146

Catalogue: Typography, Type Specimens, Printing History, Fine Printing, Private

Keywords: Presses, Design, Catalogues Ontypographie Typography Printing Imprimerie Typografie Druckkunst Drukkunst

WROTH, LAWRENCE C.,

The COLONIAL PRINTER.

Charlottesville VA: The Dominion Press, 1964. 8vo. 1st edition thus. A reissue of the 1938 Southworth-Anthoensen Press 2nd Revised Edition. xxiv, 368 pp (including Index). Blue cloth binding. Issued without dust jacket., Square & tight. Spine sunned. A VG+ copy. illustrated,.
¶ An excellent reference on the subject.

Tavistock Books, ABAA

Book number: 33561

WROTH, LAWRENCE C.

The Colonial Printer

Dominion Books; 2nd Revised Edition; Very Good. 1964. Paperback. Lightly edge worn. No interior markings. List of works referred to in text. Index. This study explores every aspect of the American printer and his craft from 1639 to 1800; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 368 pages.

IndyBookLady

Book number: 29267

Keywords: History- American Printers Colonial Era Colonial America Printing Press