MacRobert, T.M.

Fine Illustrations in Western European Printed Books

London, Her Majesty's Stationary, by the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the illustrated purple-colored heavy card-stock wraps. 23 pp., with then a long range of glossy plates reproducing fine book arts from Western European artists and publishers, printed on high-gloss paper. Foreword by John Pope-Hennessy.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 348409

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Macy, George

A Record of the Proceedings at the Limited Editions Club's Dinner to Celebrate the Twenty-First Birthday of the Club & the Fiftieth Birthday of Its Founder

New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Printed, illustrated tan paper over boards, peach-colored cloth-backed spine, with brown lettering to spine. Facsimile reproduction of the menu for that gathering, held at the Ritz-Carlton in 1950 where assembled leading lights of bookmen and women of publishing.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 350962

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Mardersteig, Giovanni

Die Officina Bodoni: Das Werk Einer Handpresse 1923-1977

Hamburg, Germany, Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy bound handsomely in light brown linen cloth, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear beyond very slight smudging to bottom foretip; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere, and with a lovely embossed illustration to front cover in gilt and sharp and distinct gilt lettering over burgundy cloth label to spine. Published in First Edition state by Maximilian, illustrated richly in both black-and-white and in full-color, 289 pp. Introduction by Hans Schmoller.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Book number: 345169

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Hutner, Martin and Jerry Kelly

A Century for the Century

Chicago, David R. Godine, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Brand-new, still in shrink-wrap, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder. Big, tall, quarto format hardcover copy, with printed dust wrapper. Martin Hutner and Jerry Kelly present the hundred greatest printed books of the twentieth century. According to the publisher's blurb, "A typophile's delight, every book is illustrated in fine line duotone, many in color, and the captions that accompanied the original Grolier Club exhibit have been transcribed intact. It is noteworthy that only two books in the survey were printed by offset; the rest are all letterpress. And although America is strongly represented, there are also selections from Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands, England, Wales and Switzerland.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . New/New,

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Book number: 347647

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Martin, Douglas

The Telling Line: Essays on Fifteen Contemporary Book Illustrators

New York, Delacorte Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. First Edition, First Printing, being a big Imperial octavo format hardcover, measuring 8" x 10 1/2" in size. Essays on fifteen contemporary book illustrators including Charles Keeping, Faith Jaques, Shirley Hughes, Victor Ambrus, Nigel Lambourne, Brian Wildsmith, Jan Pienkowski, Raymond Briggs, John Lawrence, Helen Oxenbury, John Burningham, Quentin Blake, Janet Ahlberg and Allan Ahlberg, Anthony Browne and Michael Foreman. 183 illustrations, with black-and-white and full-color illustrations strewn throughout. [13], 14-320 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,

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Book number: 350916

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Martin, Douglas

The Telling Line: Essays on Fifteen Contemporary Book Illustrators

New York, Delacorte Press, 1990. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Stated First U.S. Edition, the true first edition having been published the year prior in the U.K. This collection focuses on fifteen contemporary illustrators of children's books, including Raymond Briggs, Quentin Blake, Charles Keeping, Michael Foreman, Faith Jaques, Shirley Hughes, Helen Oxenbury, Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg, Anthony Browne, Michael Foreman and John Lawrence. Well-illustrated throughout, many in color, and with a number of previously unpublished illustrations from the artists' private collections. Included is a complete chronological bibliography of each artist. [7], 8-320 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Near Fine,

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Book number: 351921

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Keywords: children's books children's books illustrators Raymond Briggs Quentin Blake Charles Keeping Michael Foreman Shirley Hughes

Mazer, Ben

Rockwell Kent's Bookplate for John Whiting Friel

Boston, Boss Fine BOoks / Boss Fine Art, 2002. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Ben Mazer describes the genesis of this fascinating commission made to Rockwell Kent by John Whiting Friel to design and carry out a large format bookplate. Special Limited Edition of 250 copies printed from Fournier types on Zerkall paper, design and typography by Jerry Kelly. Mauve card stock wraps, in gate-fold, hand-stitched, paper label affixed neatly to front cover, tipped-in equivalent at front endpaper, then in full-page format after p. 8., then another tipped in bookplate at p. 13, being "AMDG: the gift of Helen Otillie and John Whiting Friel to the Society of Jesus." Four in all. 14 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 355966

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McKerrow, R.B.

Printers' & Publishers' Devices in England & Scotland 1485-1640

Oxford, London, Printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Chiswick Press, then photographically for the Oxford University Press, 1949. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Another fine contribution to the Bibliographical Society series on Illustrated Monographs, this being No. XVI, a reprint of the 1913 true First Edition printed at the Chiswick Press, reprinted photographically in this format here in 1949 at the University Press, Oxford, by Charles Batey, Printer to the University. Bound in quarter-cloth and light brown paper over boards in a large quarto format, foxed at spine, heavy toning to paste-downs front and rear, else quite bright and clean, clean, unmarked. liv, 216 pp. text, 140 pp. of reproductions of 428 different printer and publisher devices. From the Preface: "The present volume is intended to contain an account of all marks and devices used by printers and publishers resident in England and Scotland from the time of the introduction of printing until 1640, and also of all wood-cut borders and ornaments containing the owner's device or initials used here during the period. The devices of foreign printers of books for the English market are not included, nor are those of one or two foreign firms trading in England, such as the Birckmans, whose business seems rather to have been of the nature of an agency than independent, and who used the device of their principal establishment on the Continent." Table of Contents shows: Preface; Introduction; Printers' Devices; Appendix of Untraced Devices, Etc.; Notes on the Transfer of Devices; Facsimiles; Indexes: I. Devices and Compartments According to Size. II. Printers, Booksellers, Etc.; III. Mottoes and Inscriptions; IV. Initials of Designers or Engravers; V. Devices and Compartments According to Subjects Represented.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 355890

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McLean, Ruari

How Typography Happens

London, The British Library and Oak Knoll Press , 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A delightful, accessible book. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound in black cloth, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. McLean provides an accessible and interesting social history of typography and typographers, starting in the 17th century with Moxon's Mechanickal Exercises, and looks at developments in Germany, Britain and the U.S. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [5], 6-96Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Mellby, Julie

Splendid Pages: The Molly and Walter Bareiss Collections of Modern Illustrated Books

New York, Hudson Hills, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Sumptuously illustrated in full color. Contributions by Walter BareissMei-Mei Berssenbrugge, May Castleberry, Riva Castleman, Johanna Drucker, Eleanor M. Garvey Michael Semff, and Kiki Smith. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/Fine,

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Book number: 345791

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Mellby, Julie

Splendid Pages: The Molly and Walter Bareiss Collections of Modern Illustrated Books

New York, Hudson Hills, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Sumptuously illustrated in full color. Contributions by Walter Bareiss, Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge, May Castleberry, Riva Castleman, Johanna Drucker, Eleanor M. Garvey Michael Semff, and Kiki Smith. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/Fine,

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Book number: 346081

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Mellby, Julie, ed.

Splendid Pages: The Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustrated Books

New York, New York / Toledo, Ohio, Hudson Hills Press / Toledo Museum of Art, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in bright black cloth, blind-stamped title to cover and sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. 105 full-color plates, 57 black-and-white illustrations. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 224 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/As New,

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Book number: 347752

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Mellby, Julie, ed.

Splendid Pages: The Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustrated Books

New York, New York / Toledo, Ohio, Hudson Hills Press / Toledo Museum of Art, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in bright black cloth, blind-stamped title to cover and sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Edited by Julie Mellby, but with contributions by Walter Bareiss, Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge, May Castleberry, Riva Castleman, Johanna Drucker, Eleanor M. Garvey, Michael Semff and Kiki Smith. 105 full-color plates, 57 black-and-white illustrations. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 224 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/Fine,

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Book number: 352936

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Duncan, Harry, K.K. Merker and Ward Ritchie

Br: A Panel Discussion at the Bruce Rogers Centenary Held at Purdue University

San Francisco, The Book Club of California, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Handsomely bound in brown cloth over boards, fine gilt-stamped design to front cover. Bright paper dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat, machine-clipped but not price-clipped. Special Limited Edition of 650 unnumbered copies, printed specially by Richard Hoffman, and with six illustrations of Rogers's designs. The book designer Bruce Rogers was born in 1870 and became an influential, important book designer. 65 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 357214

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Meynell, Francis

English Printed Books

London, Collins, 1948. Second Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Splendid copy of the stated Second Edition, printed red and white paper over boards, sympathetic dust jacket in Fine condition, protected further by Brodart dust jacket. Another fine contribution to the series, Britain in Pictures, by the uber-skilled typographer, the founder of Nonesuch Press in 1923, son also of the British poet Alice Meynell and of Wilfrid Meynell, Director of Burns & Oates. Eight plates in full color and 21illustrations in black-and-white. 46 [2] pp. and with a short bibliography.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 349657

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Keywords: English printed books|Francis Meynell|typography|typographers