Book of Common Prayer

Boston, Printed for The Commission (by D. B. Updike at The Merrymount Press), 1928 (1930). First Edition. Hardcover. Thick folio (9-3/4" x 13-3/4") in publisher's oxblood pigskin leather stamped in black, top edge gilt; xli, 611 pages. Beautifully printed in black and red on English hand-made rag paper by D. B. Updike in an edition of 500 copies of which only 250 were for sale at the cost of one hundred and fifty dollars in 1930. Updike's magnum opus and one of the most beautifully designed American books of the twentieth century. Printed for the Joint Commission on the Revision and Enrichment of THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER and financed by the banker J.P.Morgan, Updike was well-suited to printing the work being a staunch Episcopalian and familiar with the text; it took two years to produce. This copy was presented to the Archbishop of Nova Scotia with a partly hand-written printed sheet laid in. A title notorious for wear and weak hinges, this is a tight, Near Fine copy with light edgewear and minor marks to the spine and front cover For Updike it was the culmination of everything he believed in and understood, and every facet of his personality and sensibility was called upon to produce this masterpiece of print and spirit" (A CENTURY FOR THE CENTURY 25); PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 173.

Charles AgventVendeur professionnel

N° du livre: 021423

Catalogue: Fine Printing

Mots-clés: Fine Printing, Fine Press, Fine Bindings, Religion, Episcopal Religion, D. B. Updike Fine Printing Fine Press Fine Bindings Religion

Catalogue of the Books on Bibliography, Typography and Engraving, in the New-York State Library

Albany, Charles Van Benthuysen, 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo in contemporary 1/2 black morocco leather with morocco tips; 143 pages. Scarce early American catalogue on the subject. Rubbed. Contents clean .

Charles AgventVendeur professionnel

N° du livre: 002086

Catalogue: Printing

Mots-clés: Books on Books, Printing, Bibliography, Typography Engraving Bibliography Americana Typography

The Engraver and Printer

Boston, The Engraver and Printer Co. (August 1895). First Edition. Softcover. Decorated wraps; 116 pages plus ads. Includes articles on lettering and job estimates as well as an illustrated section on the origin and growth of the Roman letter. Library blindstamp on the corners of some pages; rear cover detached. Very Good .

Charles AgventVendeur professionnel

N° du livre: 020377

Catalogue: Printing

Mots-clés: 19th Century Printing, Periodical, Printing, Illustrated, Books on Books 19th Century Periodicals Printing Books on Books Walt Whitman

TRIENENS, Roger

Pioneer Imprints from Fifty States

Washington, Library of Congress, 1973. First Edition. Cloth. Quarto, 87 pages. Ill.: Facsimiles. Near Fine .

Charles AgventVendeur professionnel

N° du livre: 002068

Catalogue: Printing

Mots-clés: Facsimiles Americana American Printing Bibliography Books on Books