2020 / 4 Journal of Library Science in China
Journal of Library Science in China, 2020. Softcover. Quarto. Softcover. Blue wraps. 130 pages. Text in Chinese and English. 26 cm. More
Books and Manuscripts and Printing
A-D [An Intimate Journal for Art Directors, Production Managers, and Their Associates] - Vol. VIII, No. 4, April-May, 1942 FINAL ISSUE
New York: A-D Publishing, 1942. Softbound. Red, white and blue patriotic image color cover. Unpaginated, appx. 160 pp. with several sub-publications contained inside. This was the final issue of this useful and resource-rich production. This issue states that production was being suspended to aid in the war effort then in..... More
A-D: An Intimate Journal for Production Managers, Art Directors and Their Associates. Vol. VII, No. 3 Feb - March 1941
New York: A-D Publishing Company, 1941. Softcover. Octavo. Softcover journal. Two color illustrated wraps. 69 pages. Color and b&w illustrations. 20 cm. Vol. VI No. 3, Cover designed by Paul Rand with subsequent insert with bio and samples of his work in photo engravings. Insert on book designs by Robert..... More
A-D: An Intimate Journal for Production Managers, Art Directors and Their Associates. Vol. VIII, No. 3 Feb - March 1942
New York: A-D Publishing Company, 1942. Softcover. Octavo. Softcover journal. Two color illustrated wraps. 71 pages. Color and b&w illustrations. 20 cm. Vol. VIII No. 3, Cover designed by Will Burtin with subsequent 32 page insert with bio and samples of his work many of which are reproduced in four..... More
A-D: An Intimate Journal for Production Managers, Art Directors and Their Associates. Vol. VII, No. 6 August - September 1941
New York: A-D Publishing Company, 1942. Softcover. Octavo. Softcover journal. Color illustrated wraps. 51 pages. Color and b&w illustrations. 20 cm. Vol. VI No. 4, Color silkscreen cover designed by Harry Sternberg followed by his article "A Brief Outline of the Silk Screen Process with b&w photo engravings of examples..... More
A-D: An Intimate Journal for Production Managers, Art Directors and Their Associates. Vol. VIII, No. 2 Dec - Jan 1941-2
New York: A-D Publishing Company, 1941-1942. Softcover. Octavo. Softcover journal. Color illustrated wraps. 60 pages. Color and b&w illustrations. 20 cm. Vol. VIII No. 2 Color photo offset cover by E. McKnight Kauffer followed by their article 'Advertsing At Now printed via letterpress. Inserts on the photograhy of Arnold Newman..... More
American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking; A History of These Arts in Europe and America, With Definitions of Technical Terms and Biographical Sketches
New York: Howard Lockwood & Co. Publishers, 1894. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Full marbled ediges. Brown cloth boards. library binding from the University of Michigan. iv, 592 pages illustrations, portrait 29 cm. More
American specimen book of type styles, complete catalogue of printing machinery and printing supplies
Jersey City, NJ: American Type Founders Company, 1912. Hardcover. Red boards with black text, red text block. 868 pp. Bw illustrations with some color. Many varieties of type as well as examples of their application in ads and letters. More
American Specimen Book of Type Styles: Complete Catalogue of Printing Machinery and Printing Supplies
Jersey City: American Type Founders Company, 1912. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover. Text block edges dyed red. Red cloth boards with black titles. 1301 (i.e. 1323) pages illustrations (some color) plates 29 cm. More
Archiv fur Buchgewerbe und Gebrauchsgraphik Sonderheft Stuttgart Heft 5-6 / 64. Jahrg. / 1927
Leipzig: Verlag des Deutschen Buchgewerbevereins zu Leipzig, 1927. Softcover. Quarto. Softcover. Plain paper wraps with black and red titles. Unpaginated, profusely illustrated in both b&w and color. German text. More
The Art of the Letter
Edinburgh: Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 1970. Staplebound. Small quarto. Staplebound softcover. Illustrated wraps. 36 pages illustrations 25 cm. More
The Art of Writing, an Exhibition in Fifty Panels
1965. Softbound. Printed card covers. appx. 120 pp., 50 pp of bw annotated plates. Copiously illustrated. More
At The Museum / At LACMA: Museum Members' Magazine
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2002-2006. Softbound. Loose issues. 28 loose issues of this museum's member's magazine. More
Berthold Schriften fur Handel und Industrie: Berthold-Probe Nr. 240
Berlin: H. Berthold AG, 1927. Softcover. Quarto. Softcover. Tan and orange wraps with black titles. 48 pages, 3 fold-out inserts. German text. More
Bibliotheca Phillippica New Series: Medieval Manuscripts, Part IV - Catalogue of Persian, Turkish and Arabic Manuscripts, Indian and Persian Miniatures
London: Sotheby & Co., 1968. Hardcover. Green paper/boards. Black lettering and decoration. 149 pp. with color frontis and 4 additional color plates; 55 bw plates. The oriental collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps. 440 items including manuscripts, mostly from Bengal, of Indian or Persian origin. Among the items: a Nizami of..... More
The Big Scheme of Simple Operation Linotype
Brooklyn, NY: Mergenthaler Linotype Company, 1923. Softcover. Quarto. Softcover. Illustrated wraps. 74 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. More
Birth of the Nation 1774-1803 (Catalogue One Hundred Eighteen)
New Haven, CT: William Reese Company. Softcover. Undated, circa 1990's. Octavo. Softcover. Grey speckled wraps with black titles. Unpaginated. Illustrations ; 23 cm. More
The Bookbinder: An Illustrated Journal For Binders, Librarians, and All Lovers of Books. Volume 1
London: W. Clowes and Sons, 1888. Hardcover. Bound in 3/4 burgundy leather and burgundy cloth boards; gilt spine lettering, marble illustrated end papers, bw illustrated frontispiece, bw illustrated title page; VIII, 192 pp, 21 unnumbered leaves of plates, illustrations, facsimiles (some color). A monthly journal, this volume from July 18..... More
Books as Art
Boca Raton, Fla. Boca Raton Museum of Art, 1991. Revised Second Edition; Collectors' Archive Edition. Hardcover. Slate-gray cloth, in red cloth slipcase, 104 pp., many illus., mostly in BW. Grew out of an exhibition and symposium on the subject of "Books as Art." With essay by Timothy A. Eaton, Alexandra..... More
British Museum: A Guide to the Printed Books Exhibited to the Public
London: The British Museum, 1887. Softcover. Rose paper wraps with black lettering; 32 pp.; bound with string at spine. Not a reprint. Includes "specimens" of illumated works and works done on a printing press (!), among others. More
Bulletin Du Bibliophile (1989-1994)
Paris: Promodis, 1989-1994). Hardbound. Uniformly bound in red library buckram. Various paginations, illustrated throughout. Various texts and essays in each issue, in French, English and other languages. A wonderful reference for the bibliophile. More
Castle Hacket, Belclare, Tuam, Co. Galway; The property of the late Percy Paley sold by order of the Executors
Glascow: Christie's & Edmiston's Ltd, 1986. Paperback. Red/white wraps with color photograph. 127 pages : illustrations (some color). Contents: v. 1. Fine Irish, English and continental furniture, Irish, English and continental paintings and drawings, prints, objects of art, silver and plate, ceramics, domestic furnishings, carpets and curtains, outside effects... More
Catalogue de Livres Rares et Precieux Composant la Bibliotheque de feu M. l'abbe Jean-Baptiste Chevalier de Bearzi
Paris: Edwin Tross, 1855. Softcover. Grey wraps; 191 pp.; No illustrations. Text in French; From the sale of the collection of rare books belonging to Jean-Baptiste Chevalier de Bearzi; 4487 lots listed, including books on theology, art, science, history, and much more. More
Catalogue No. 6 (A Compilation of Several Catalogues on Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Hardcover. A blue casebound library rebinding of several different rare book and manuscript catalogues. Gilt text 'Catalogue No. 6' on the spine. Each individual catalogue within is a slightly different size. The included catalogues are: Manuscrits et Livres Rares mis en Vente a la Librairie Ancienne, T. de Marinis &..... More
A catalogue of the books belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia, to which is prefixed, a short account of the institution, with the charter, laws, and regulations. (3 Volumes)
Philadelphia: C. Sherman & Co. Printers, 1835. Leather bound. Three volumes in full leather with richly marbled endpapers. Vol.1 [1835]: xxxix, (1), 606 pp. Vol. 2 [1835]: tp, (1), Synopsis, (1), pp. 607-1048, including Index (985-1048). Vol. 3 [Containing The Titles Added from 1835 to 1856 With An Alphabetical Index..... More