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![Image for Forty Etchings on Copper, Reproduced from the Most Noted Examples of Modern Art and Photographs of English Landscapes. Series I [1].](/assets/images/product/2083653.jpg)
By: N/A
Price: $125.00
Publisher: The Osborne & Murphy Company, Art Publishers, Red Oak:
Seller ID: 2083653
Condition: Very Good
Boards faintly soiled, front hinge just beginning to weaken, portion of front free endpaper removed, front flyleaf creased. All image pages excellent with no marks, foxing, stains, or toning. Forty half-tone images photographically reproduced from original photographs, and copper plate etchings by various artists. In 1888, two enterprising young men, Edmond Osborne and Thomas D. Murphy, purchased a woodcut of the Montgomery County Courthouse that was under construction at the time. To offset the expense of the woodcut, they decided to sell advertising around the picture and add a calendar pad.... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $12.00
Publisher: American Antiquarian Society: 1989
Seller ID: 2279598
ISBN: 0944026109
Condition: Near Fine
Smudges on rear wrapper. 1989 Stapled Binding. Unpaginated. A short history of Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831) , the Massachusetts printer, publisher, and founder of the American Antiquarian Society. View more info
By: Azarian, Mary
Price: $8.00
Publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher: 1981
Edition: 2nd Printing
Seller ID: 2263410
ISBN: 0879233974
Condition: Very Good
2nd printing. Edges lightly rubbed with minimal loss from spine base, front corners lightly creased. 1981 Large Softcover. 61, [3] pp. A children's book highlighting the letters of the alphabet, by a full-time printmaker and woodcut illustrator. The Vermont Board of Education commissioned Azarian to create the 26 letters of the alphabet and illustrations depicting scenes little scholars find familiar. In book form, the work is virtually guaranteed success, for the artist is a brilliant, full-time printmaker (who studied with the master Leonard Baskin) and she has endowed the scenes with wit, d... View more info
By: Barnhart Brothers & Spindler, Type Founders, Manufacturers and Merchants to Printers
Price: $60.00
Publisher: Barnhart Brothers & Spindler, Type Founders, Manufacturers and Merchants to Printers: 1925
Seller ID: 2275802
Condition: Good
Binding weakening, a few gatherings beginning to loosen. 1925 Hard Cover. 528, [4], 7, [1] pp. Numerous examples of fonts and designs throughout. View more info
By: Bidwell, John
Price: $20.00
Publisher: The American Antiquarian Society: 1978
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2266266
Condition: Very Good
Last leaf loose but included. 1978 Trade Paperback. 299-342 pp. An overview of the relationship book dimensions and descriptive bibliography, focusing on a particular paper manufacturer in Philadelphia. View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: American Paper and Pulp Association: 1940
Seller ID: 2279313
Condition: Very Good
No jacket, ink name on front endpaper, page ridges very faintly foxed. 1940 Hard Cover. ix, 365 pp. CONTENTS: Preface; Acknowledgments; Philosophy of Definitions; Classification and Definitions of Pulps; Classification of Waste Materials Used in the Paper and Board Industries; Definitions of Papers, Boards, and Papermaking Terms; Bibliography. View more info
By: Burch, Johansen
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Millbrook Press: 1991
Seller ID: 2266428
ISBN: 0876145659
Condition: Fine
A fine copy. 1991 Soft Cover. 64 pp. Recounts the story of the German printer credited with the invention of printing with movable type. View more info
By: Catherine of Cleves; Plummer, John
Price: $25.00
Publisher: George Braziller, Inc.: 1966
Seller ID: 2285685
Condition: Near Fine
Includes publisher's slipcase. Publisher's insert and erratum slip laid in. Slipcase label lightly toned with minor nick to corner. 1966 Hard Cover. 359, [1] pp. 8vo. 8 1/2 x 6. Hardcover in publisher's slipcase. Numerous beautiful color plates throughout. When this magnificent volume first appeared in 1966, it was celebrated for its extraordinary beauty. Illustrating one of the great art treasures of the world, The Hours of Catherine of Cleves is a fifteenth-century illuminated manuscript containing a series of some of the most beautiful illustrations of the Bible ever made. Many of the grea... View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: The Charles Francis Press: 1939
Seller ID: 2201160
Condition: Very Good
Spine head rubbed, ink stamp on page base. 1939 Hard Cover. 357 pp. Gilt titles, photographic portrait frontispiece. Francis founded the Printers' League of America in 1906 and the International Joint Conference Council in 1919; introduced arbitration for trade war, and built up one of the world's greatest printing houses. View more info
![Image for A Text-Book of Paper-Making [Textbook of Papermaking]](/assets/images/product/2197665.jpg)
Price: $20.00
Publisher: E. & F.N. Spon, Ltd.: 1920
Edition: 5th Printing
Seller ID: 2197665
Condition: Good
Boards rubbed and somewhat soiled, shallow chip from spine head. Binding tight and square, interior clean with pages only lightly toned. 1920 Hard Cover. xi, 527, 12 pp. 8vo. An extensive guide to the manufacture of paper, originally published in 1888. This edition, according to the preface 'has been carefully revised with reference to technical and scientific progress. The disturbance of the Paper-making Industry under the stress of war conditions [referring to World War I] has not changed the technical basis of the manufacture; certain features and incidents of the phase are, however, of per... View more info
By: Darley, F.O.C.
Price: $500.00
Publisher: James G. Gregory: 1862
Seller ID: 2267734
Condition: Very Good
Printed on flyleaf is the following text: 'Presented to Chas. Knickerbocker, by the Steel Plate Engravers of the Western Bank Note & Engraving Co. 'as a mark of esteem' and dated 1872, which seems to indicate this volume was custom-bound for Mr. Knickerbocker in that year. Professionally rebacked with original backstrip laid down, reinforcement to edges of first and last few pages. Two photographs and two engravings laid in. Foxed throughout, boards a bit rubbed with some drying along edges, later pencil gift note on front flyleaf dated 1903 presenting the book to J.H. Wilcox from his mother. ... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Rochester Club of Printing House Craftsmen: 1986
Seller ID: 2204852
Condition: Fine
No jacket. A fine copy. 1986 Hard Cover. 52 pp. A history of printing in Rochester, New York with separate sections for the most notable printers including Augustine G. Dauby, Elihu F. Marshall and Luther Tucker. Map showing Dauby's printshop and a fold-out image of the Rochester Gazette, which he published.KEYWORDS: AUGUSTINE DAUBY HISTORY OF PRINTING IN ROCHESTER 1816 1834 NEW YORK LOCAL REGIONAL BOOKS ON BOOKS PRINT HISTORY View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: The British Library & Oak Knoll Press: 1998
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2278293
ISBN: 0712345639
Condition: Near Fine
1998 Trade Paperback. xxiv, 277, [3] pp. 1998 reissue of 1961 original. Originally published in 1961, this survey of the history of type design covers the changes which occurred over five centuries, (exemplified by the ways in which the great printer-publishers used types) reflecting often radically different approaches to the dissemination of texts. It describes types created by designers such as Baskerville, Bodom, Caslon, Morison and Goudy. In addition to the text, the book has been enhanced by many illustrations chosen from items in the collections of the British Library and the St Bride F... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: AMS Press, Inc.: 1967
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2279193
Condition: Very Good
No jacket, a few light spots on front board. 1967 Hard Cover. 420 pp. Joel Munsell (born Northfield, Massachusetts, 14 April 1808; died Albany, New York, 15 January 1880) was a United States printer, publisher and author. He established himself as a printer in Albany in 1827. He edited and published the Albany Minerva in 1828, was associate editor of the Microscope in 1834, and was publisher and editor of the New York State Mechanic from 1841 to 1843. Subsequently, he published The Lady's Magazine, the Northern Star and Freeman's Advocate, The Spectator, the Unionist, the Albany Daily State Re... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press: 2012
Seller ID: 2274375
ISBN: 1933360690
Condition: Fine
A fine copy. 2012 Large Softcover. 66 pp. Edges of Books examines a familiar form from an unfamiliar perspective. When books are on display it is usually their spines, covers, text, or illustrations that are featured. These are the familiar parts of the books - the parts that modern readers have come to interact with the most.Edges of Books takes a different approach, uncovering a tradition that extends back centuries in which the edges of books were important sites for information and decoration. View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Cambridge: 1955
Seller ID: 2187656
Condition: Good
Ex-Library with usual marks. Light rubbing to boards. 1955 Hard Cover. E.P. Goldschmidt (1887 1954) was a prominent bookseller and scholar well known for his research on early printing and the spread of humanist ideas in Europe. First published in 1955, this volume originated in the proofs for Goldschmidt's inaugural lecture series as Sandars Reader in Bibliography at Cambridge. Although his health was failing, and he was consequently unable to give the lectures, Goldschmidt was able to prepare a set of final proofs before he died. It was decided to publish the work without alterations as a ba... View more info
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Cornell University Press: 1989
Seller ID: 1538984
Condition: Very Good
First section of pages dog-eared. 1989 Trade Paperback. 288 pp. This handsome volume surveys bird-book publishing in Britain from just before 1660, when metal-plate printing was introduced, to the mid-nineteenth century, when the process was superseded by lithography. In this period, most of the bird books published in Britain were illustrated by the authors themselves, who learned to etch their drawings of birds on metal plates. It was a time when hundreds of previously unknown species were being discovered in all parts of the world, and a flood of new specimens reached the British Isles. Bir... View more info
By: Johnson, Pauline
Price: $6.00
Publisher: Washington: 1973
Seller ID: 2205244
Condition: Very Good
Wrappers lightly rubbed. 1973 Soft Cover. We have more books available by this author!. A book bound by hand can be a work of art in a way that machine-bound books can never be. And in this comprehensive, profusely illustrated guide to hand bookbinding, a noted expert in the field explains the techniques needed to create your own choice specimens of the binder's art. Directed especially toward beginners, Creative Bookbinding shows how this ancient craft offers a satisfying hobby and rewarding aesthetic experience — even for those with little previous knowledge of the craft. View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston: 2003
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2151866
Condition: Fine
First edition. An exceptional copy.Fine. 2003 Large Hardcover. [40 pp.] If a book was published 600 years ago, it would have been copied out by hand by a scribe in a monastery and probably would have taken months to produce. But thanks to Johann Gutenberg in the fifteenth century, modern printing was born and nowadays it can take only a few seconds to print a book. Gutenberg invented the printing press as well as a new type of ink and a new way to cast type. Learn the incredible story of Johann Gutenberg and the history of early printing and publishing. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Russell & Russell Inc.: 1965
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2200893
Condition: Near Fine
1965 Hard Cover. viii, [2], 11-352 pp. 8vo. 1965 reissue of 1904 original. An account of early education in colonial America, beginning with the origins of its educational system in Europe, and focusing specifically on schools in Massachusetts and books used during the colonial period. Includes reproductions of title pages of numerous well-known works such as Eliot's Indian Primer, Noah Webster's American Spelling Book, etc. View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company: 1966
Seller ID: 2279055
Condition: Good
Former library copy - usual marks. No jacket. 1966 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xiv, 628 pp. CONTENTS: American Publishing to 1865; Genteel Publishing in the Gilded Age; The Commercialization of Literature: 1900-1945; Publishing Goes Public: 1945-1965; Chronology of Publishing Events; Bibliography; Index. View more info
By: Massachusetts Historical Society
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston: 1937
Edition: Second Edition
Seller ID: 2048848
Condition: Very Good
Second edition, revised and corrected. 1937 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. [ii], 144 pp. A descriptive list of the publications of the Massachusetts Historical Society, including the collections, proceedings, and special volumes. View more info
Price: $18.00
Publisher: Oxford University Press: 1943
Edition: Third Edition
Seller ID: 2273133
Condition: Very Good
Third revised edition. Lacks jacket. A few minor abrasions on front board. 1943 Hard Cover. xxx, 676 pp. A history of printing from the most primitive records to the modern bindings we know today. From the jacket: This book tells the romantic and fascinating story of one of mankind's greatest achievements - the printed book. Behind the production of the books of today there lies a long history of inventive and creative effort, the work of innumerable artists and craftsmen throughout centuries, from the far-off days when books were written, letter by letter and word by word, by the careful hand... View more info
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Oxford University Press: 1943
Seller ID: 2281258
Condition: Good
Ex-library with usual marks. Jacket rubbed. 1943 Hard Cover. xxx, 676 pp. A history of printing from the most primitive records to the modern bindings we know today. From the jacket: This book tells the romantic and fascinating story of one of mankind's greatest achievements - the printed book. Behind the production of the books of today there lies a long history of inventive and creative effort, the work of innumerable artists and craftsmen throughout centuries, from the far-off days when books were written, letter by letter and word by word, by the careful hands of skillful scribes. And behi... View more info
By: Morison, Stanley
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Humphrey Milford, London: 1937
Seller ID: 1723622
Condition: Good
Wrappers rubbed, corners creased, front hinge reinforced with clear tape. 1937 Trade Paperback. 30 pp., 16 plates. Original wrappers, sewn binding. Includes reproductions of 15th & 16th century calligraphy, coins, and printed material. View more info
By: Musee Conde, Chantilly; Longnon, Jean; Cazelles, Raymond; Meiss, Millard
Price: $9.00
Publisher: George Braziller, Inc., New York: 1989
Edition: 1st Printing
Seller ID: 2041018
Condition: Near Fine
First printing of revised paperback edition. 1989 Large Softcover. 224 pp. From the flap: 'Cited as 'one of the miracles of art history' by Kenneth Clark, the Tres Riches Heures is the most luxurious and most famous of such books and marks the zenith of manuscript illumination in late medieval Europe. Commissioned by the influential patron, Jean de Berry, in the early years of the fifteenth century, this masterpiece was executed by the three Limbourg brothers, the greatest miniaturists of the time. The manuscript opens with a calendar illustrating scenes of daily life during the twelve months ... View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Hacker Art Books: 1968
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2280873
Condition: Very Good
Reissue. Lacks jacket. 1968 Hard Cover. A complete overview of the printing press in the Americas, from the earliest printing of the 16th century through the present day. View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Boston: S.D. Warren Company: 1920
Seller ID: 2066627
Condition: Very Good
Front & end matter faintly foxed. 1920 Large Hardcover. 12 pp., plus [32 pp.] (16 sheets) of blank 80 lb. sheets perforated along binding edge. From the advertisement following text: 'Printers and advertisers have in the Warren Service Library the material to lay out new work and to show how it will appear when finished. Specifications for the production of work similar to this volume, except for such variations as may be made in end leaves and cover papers, are as follows: 48 pages Warren's Cumberland Coated Book, 25 x 38 - 80 lb.; Type, Cloister Oldstyle and Cloister Oldstyle Italic.; Illust... View more info
By: Schad, Robert O.
Price: $3.00
Publisher: Henry E. Huntington Library & Art Gallery, San Marino: 1963
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 2048770
Condition: Very Good
1967 2nd printing. Spine faded, tiny crease on back corner. 1963 Stapled Binding. 32 pp. Stapled binding. Includes photographs, illustrations, and facsimiles of pages from the Huntington Gutenberg Bible and Ellesmere Chaucer. A brief overview of Henry Edwards Huntington and the library he founded, which houses many important works honoring the history of books and printing. View more info
![Image for Johann Gutenberg: Inventor of Printing [Johannes]](/assets/images/product/2271600.jpg)
Price: $10.00
Publisher: The Trustees of the British Museum: 1970
Edition: Second Edition
Seller ID: 2271600
ISBN: 0714102881
Condition: Near Fine
Second edition. 1970 Hard Cover. 31, [1] pp., 18 plates. A biographical sketch of the inventory of movable type and the printing press, whose contributions to publishing changed the course of the written word forever. View more info
