Gullick, Michael and Ieua Rees

Modern Scribes and Lettering Artists

Boston, David R. Godine, 1980. Reprint Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Big, tall, quarto softpaper format with a glossy illustrated front cover, light wear to bottom tips, else easily Fine condition. With 160 pp. Reprint edition of the first edition, and with a new Introduction by Michael Gullick and Ieuan Rees. With 231 modern examples of calligraphy in black-and-white including by Donald Jackson, Villu Toots, Rees, Charles Pearce, Marie Angel and Ann Hechle. Each entry is captioned in terms of tools used, its size, the media used, from vellum to paper, glass to stone. Complete with references to calligraphy resources and societies.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 351957

Catalogue: Books and Bookbinding

Keywords: calligraphy lettering Michael Gullick

Middleton, Bernard C.

Recollections: A Life in Bookbinding

New Castle, Delaware / London, England, The Oak Knoll Press / The British Library, 2000. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An accessible, engrossing autobiography of one of the world's leading book restorers, an influential lecturer on book conservation and binding. Reprint of the Henry Morrison-designed edition printed at his renowned Bird & Bull Press, expanded here with additional text and illustrations. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bound handsomely, in burgundy cloth, with gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Foreword by Marianne Tidcombe, plentiful chapters on the author's early life and development of bookbinding skills, and plentiful captions for 46 full-color and 46 black-and-white illustrations of Middleton's bindings, quite fine. Eight appendixes including two original articles on bookbinding from 1950 and 1953. From the personal library of a master binder, Joseph Ziemba, of Vancouver, Washington. xii, 1-126 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: 353302

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Keywords: Bernard C. Middleton bookbinding the art of the book

Dubansky, Mindell and Monica J. Strauss

Crossing Borders: The Kaldewey Press, New York

Ostfildern-Ruit, Cantz, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, bound in orange cloth, tall, narrow quarto in format, with illustration of the press to front cover 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. The Kaldewey Press produced artist books in collaboration with Carl Apfelschnitt, John Ashbery, Samuel Beckett, Walter Benjamin, William Burroughs, Mary Caponegro, Paul Celan, Elaine Lustic Cohen, Seamus Heany, James Joyce, Pablo Neruda, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ezra Pound, Richard Uttle, and many others.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 348407

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Mongan, Elizabeth, and Wolf, 2nd Edwin, compilers

The First Printers and Their Books. A Catalogue of an Exhibition Commemorating the Five Hundredth Anniversary of the Invention of Printing

Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia, 1940. First Edition. Softcover. . A nice-looking, structurally sound copy in softcover, featuring printed, illustrated wraps, a bit chipped along the edges, but clean of interior, and in a large font that is easy to read. Published in First Edition state by the Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 1940. A 94-page catalogue of an exhibition commemorating the 500th anniversary of the invention of printing. 64 items in all, and with full list of authorities consulted. Woodcuts galore.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Book number: 345844

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Keywords: printing|typography|books about books|Elizabeth Mongan|Edwin Wolf, 2nd

Moran, James

Stanley Morison: His Typographic Achievement

New York, Visual Communication Books, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. The author's "Apology" at outset is worth the price of the book by itself, and this volume is the inaugural volume in the series, Portraits in the Graphic Arts. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Brown cloth, with gilt lettering to spine, sharp and distinct. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, some sunning, especially to spine, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped, but furled along the top edge. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Laid in also in an overhead projection plate not present in the original volume, depicting printing presses and type foundry-related machines. [6], 7-184 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 348041

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Keywords: Stanley Morison|James Moran|typography|printing|type founder|typesetting

Frederic G. Melcher; Christopher Morley et al.

Frederic G. Melcher: Friendly Reminiscences of a Half Century Among Books & Bookmen

New York, The Book Publishers' Bureau , 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Preface by Christopher Morley, and then tributes from far and wide from bookmen and women of the life in books led by Frederic G. Melcher, including from Mildred Smith, Charles Goodspeed, Harry M. Lydenberg, and many others. Some fine duotone reproductions bound in. Keepsake No. 77 bound in at frontis. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Faint shadow from removal of prior bookplate inside front flap. 59 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 348096

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Morris, William; Pamela Bracken Wiens

The Tables Turned, or Nupkins Awakened a Socialist Interlude

Athens, Ohio, Ohio University Press, 1994. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Reprint edition of a fine little tome written in 1887, influenced by the cycle of medieval mystery plays that the English designer William Morris admired--subtitled "A Socialist Interlude." Edited and with introduction, textual notes and references by Pamela Bracken Wiens, bound in rich blue linen, decorated cloth, with a stiff piece of Mylar thereover. 99 pp. Measures 5 3/4" x 8 3/4".Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 350761

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Muir, Percy

Victorian Illustrated Books

London, Portman Books, 1989. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Handsomely bound in an Imperial octavo hardcover format, bound in burgundy cloth, with gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. This reprint of a revised edition contains a number of revisions from both the original, true First Edition and the first reprint. Beautifully illustrated in both black-and-white and full color and highlighting the works of Dickens and Cruikshank, Carroll and Tenniel, Leech and Surtees, Bewick, Turner, Caldecott, Greenaway, Beardsley, and Phil Way. xv + 287 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: 349183

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Muir, Percy

Victorian Illustrated Books

London, Portman Books, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Handsomely bound in an Imperial octavo hardcover format, bound in burgundy cloth, with gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. This reprint of a revised edition contains a number of revisions from both the original, true First Edition and the first reprint. Beautifully illustrated in both black-and-white and full color and highlighting the works of Dickens and Cruikshank, Carroll and Tenniel, Leech and Surtees, Bewick, Turner, Caldecott, Greenaway, Beardsley, and Phil Way. xv + 287 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: 349850

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Nash, Ray

Pioneer Printing at Dartmouth

Hanover, New Hampshire, Dartmouth College printed by George T. Bailey, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Two bookplates inside front flap, that of the Merrymount Press of Boston and by Graydon E. Spalding of Pasadena, California, representing Windsor, Vt. & Vermont Imprints, else clean, tightly bound and unmarked of interior. One of 100 copies printed, by George T. Bailey, 1941 in a short octavo format, with 40, [2] pp. Light green paper over boards, green cloth-backed, top edges gilt. Rough-cut fore- and bottom-edges. Rear panel lightly soiled and with a small brown stain thereat. Four facsimiles - one folded, of a 1778 letter by Eleazar Wheelock, President of the College. Complete with a Check-List of Dresden Imprints by Harold Goddard Rugg. #94 of 200 copies for sale (200 printed, 30 as Keepsake, 70 for the College Library).Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 356451

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Keywords: Ray Nash printing printers typography Darmouth University Press

Nelson, James G.

The Early Nineties: A View from the Bodley Head

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bound in gray cloth over boards, blind-stamped designs to front cover, black lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, short closed tear along top edge of front panel, some edge-wear. A particularly engaging look at the haute Bohemia of British art and literature, culture and publishing, from 1887-1894 through the publishing house and some of its many authors. Complete with a checklist of the publisher's books from that period, and with notes about book illustrators and the works they illustrated, books, pamphlets and periodicals. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xiv [2], 2-385 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Very Good,

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Book number: 351828

Catalogue: Books and Bookbinding

Keywords: publishers fine press John Lane The Bodley Head James G. Nelson

Newton, A. Edward

This Book-Collecting Game

Boston, Massachusetts, Little, Brown and Company, 1928. Second Printing . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the son of the author, Edward Swift Newton, son of A. Edward Newton, the Prince of Bibliophiles, being inscribed warmly, "Dear Fran Spenser, I am beginning to think "This Book-Collecting Game["] is more fun than bridge--but incidentally it is much more expensive even playing for high stakes which I love to do. Edward Newton. Feb. 24, 1941." Stated second printing, from October of 1928. Bound handsomely in two-tone, light blue paper over boards, sunned a bit along edge, dark blue cloth-backed, with a sharp and attractive paper label title. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear, protected by a plastic coat, price-clipped. Three pink grease-pencil marks in margin, else clean. Prelims + 2-410 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Very Good/Good,

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Book number: 351551

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Nixon, Howard M.; technical notes by Edgar Mansfield

Modern Design in Bookbinding, the Work of Edgar Mansfield

Boston, Boston Book and Art Shop, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. 76 full-page plates with notes and illustrations on design, and the technique of fine binding by Edgar Mansfield, with an Introduction by Howard M. Nixon, Deputy Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum, London. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright orange orange buckram cloth, slight ding to bottom front edge. Still glossy black and white printed dust wrapper, moderately worn, with chipping of and scuffing to spine head, else intact. [6], 7-119 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Good,

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Book number: 353355

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Keywords: Howard M. Nixon fine bookbinding Edgar Mansfield

Norman, Larry F.

The Book in the Age of Theater, 1550-1750

Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2001. . Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy bound in stiff card wraps, illustrated, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the printed, illustrated card stock wraps. Contributions by the editor, Larry F. Norman, and then also by Joshua Phillips, Veronique Sigu, Jeanne Tillman and Delphine Zurfluh. Illustrated in black-and-white pen and ink drawings and etchings with accompanying descriptive captions. This catalog was limited to 1,000 copies and was published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name sponsored by the Department of Special Collections, University of Chicago Library. The Editor's Preface notes that "The Book in the Age of Theater" considers "the relationship between performance and print from 1550 to 1750, an era in which the audience and modern conventions for both plays and printed books were developing rapidly. The essays in this catalogue and the exhibition it accompanies examine the participation of printers, authors, and actors, spectators and readers, patrons, censors and critics, in a network of interactions between "the stage" and "the page". [6], 7-71 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Book number: 347442

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Keywords: Larry F. Norman|book illustration|theater|Joshua Phillips|Veronique Sigu|Jeanne TIllman|Delphine Zurfluh

Orcutt, William Dana

In Quest of the Perfect Book: Reminiscences & Reflections of a Bookman

Boston, Little, Brown & Company, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An unusually attractive copy in hardcover format and First Edition state, a warm, creamy brown cloth cover, with gilt lettering and illustrations to front cover and spine mimicing the Grolier design type, a fine full-color illustration at frontis of Queen Mary's Psalter from the 14th century, tissue-protected, quite lovely. Bumping to spine head and foot. Frontis matter + 316 pp. The Colophon notes that the volume was composed in Poliphilus type and that the author composed the typography, presswork and binding. Rough-cut fore-edges, overall a lovely copy of this important work of reflection and contemplation of an influential bookman.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 347744

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Keywords: William Dana Orcutt|books about books|bookman|bookselling