Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. Pp. 40(last blank)+[2] (colophon, verso blank), coloured frontispiece portrait, pictorial half-title page printed in tan & brown, one four-page folding plate printed in dark brown, 6 full page illustrations (one printed tan, others black & white), a large decorative initial and the colophon device printed in..... More
An account of the printing of 'The Tapestry' based upon correspondence between Stanley Morison and Robert Bridges. Preface by Brooke Crutchley Pp. [vi]+44, title page decoration, 4 facsimile pages from The Tapestry; roy. 8vo; maroon cloth backed grey papered boards, lettered and decorated in gilt, the spine cloth lightly faded..... More
Pp. xxiv+72, 12 plates, folding facsimile of type specimen in pocket at end, appendix; demy 4to; maroon cloth, spine blocked in black and lettered & ruled in gilt, boards lightly marked, bottom fore-corners faintly bruised; top edges red, slightly damp stained; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled and foxed, both panels..... More
An address to the Wynkyn de Worde Society at Stationers' Hall London on 29 January 1976, by F. E. Pardoe to mark the 200th anniversary of Baskerville's death. Pp. [16](last colophon, verso blank), one double page plate; pictorial stiff red paper wrappers with flap folds, faintly scuffed; Wynkyn de Worde..... More
Pp. xii+126+[2](colophon, verso blank), 5 plates (1 folding), text figures, addenda/errata sheet loosely inserted, appendices, indices; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, bottom fore-corners bruised, dust wrapper, slightly soiled and creased, edges a trifle rubbed and split; a few corners slightly creased, a little faint foxing and..... More
Pp. 64 (including advertisements, some illustrated), some text figures, index to advertisers; demy 24mo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, very slightly soiled; NSW Branch, Printing Industry Craftsmen of Australia, Sydney, 1950. More
With a memoir of the author, and list of his works, by Talbot B. Reed. Pp. xxviii+118, frontispiece with tissue guard, engraved vignette title page and two folding plates, numerous text illustrations, index; post 4to; blue ribbed cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, black & blind, the boards a trifle..... More
Pp. xvi+250+[2](colophon, blank), numerous full page illustrations (some coloured), selective bibliography, index; impl. 8vo; brown cloth, spine blocked in black and lettered and ruled in gilt; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, backstrip slightly faded; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, name in ink on blank preliminary leaf, the colophon slightly..... More
Masterpieces of typography through five centuries from the collections of the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. With an essay by Joseph Blumenthal. Pp. xiv+192+[2](colophon, verso blank), 1 folding plate plus 125 pages of facsimiles, the title page printed in brown & black, selective bibliography, index; tall med. 4to; black cloth..... More
[Facsimile edition, text in English (Preface) and Italian]. Pp. xvi+358(last blank), frontispiece portrait, several full page illustrations, text decorations, indices; demy 4to; Martino Publishing , Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[c. 1994]. *Bibliography of the eighteenth century Italian printer and typographer, originally published in Florence by Tipografia Barbera, in 1927. More
Pp. xii+[362], text figure, numerous music scores, tables, indices; 8vo; dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, a couple of tiny spots of foxing; Ashgate, Aldershot, Hants, 2005. Variorum Collected Studies Series. *Collected papers previously presented at conferences, etc. 'The articles in..... More
With a supplement to The Bowyer Ornament Stock (1973), an appendix on the Bowyer-Emonson partnership, and 'Bowyer's Paper Stock Ledger', by Herbert Davis. Pp. x+256, text illustrations, appendix, index; narrow cr. 4to; Bibliographical Society of America, New York, 1993. *Contains twenty-nine studies in the eighteenth-century London book trade, centering on..... More
A COMPANION TO THE FRAGMENTS OF PARMENIDES. Pp. 142(last colophon, blank), printed in light brown & black, text illustrations, notes; printed stiff paper wrappers, the lower wrapper faintly soiled; bottom fore-corner of upper wrapper a trifle creased, backstrip slightly faded; bottom fore-corner of first couple of leaves faintly creased; Editions..... More
Illustrating the history of printing, music-printing and bookbinding. Pp. 180 (with pp. 117-134 excised from this edition due to a rearrangement of a portion of the exhibits), text illustrations (several full page); printed papered boards, a trifle soiled, corners lightly rubbed, the spine faded; a little light foxing and offsetting;..... More
(Extracted from B.S. 1219 : 1945). Single card sheet, folded twice to comprise 6 pages; slightly soiled; British Standards Institution, London, n.d.[1947]. More
Seven miniature broadsides printed in red & black or blue & black; each 7 x 5 cm.; loosely contained in a pocket on the lower pastedown of a marbled papered portfolio with ribbon tie to fore-edge and full size horizontal title label on verso of upper board; Tabula Rasa Press..... More
The first type cutter and caster in English America. A review ... of Abel Buell of Connecticut. Pp. [24]; med. 16mo; cloth backed patterned papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; uncut, partly unopened; privately printed, William Edwin Rudge, Mount Vernon, New York, 1930. One of forty copies, printed by William..... More
Pp. xiv+138+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece, plus 4 plates, text illustrations, appendix, addenda, index; roy. 8vo; qr. cream cloth, spine lettered in black, dark blue papered boards, slightly scuffed; a little light foxing; published for The Oxford Bibliographical Society by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1966. Oxford Bibliographical Society Publications New Series..... More
Catalogue of the exhibitions at The British Museum and at Earls Court, London 16-27 July 1963. Organized in connexion with the eleventh Printing Machinery and Allied Trades Exhibition [cover title]. Pp. 128(last blank)+64(last blank), with one coloured and 32 black & white plates and an index in part I and..... More
A quincentenary biography of England's first printer. Pp. xii+228(last blank), frontispiece plus 5 plates, text illustrations, notes, select bibliography, chronological list of Caxton's first editions, index; med. 8vo; blue cloth, spine blocked in orange and lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, top edges of front panel a trifle creased; bookseller's..... More
Pp. xviii+244+xvi(index)+[4](notes), frontispiece, text illustrations; med. 8vo; orange cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; top edges orange; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and chipped, the backstrip faintly faded; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Andre Deutsch, London, 1972. First U.K. edition. *'The aesthetic and technical considerations basic to..... More
The Cranach Press of Count Harry Kessler. Pp. 456(last colophon, verso blank), printed in red & black, profusely illustrated in colour and black & white (several full or double page), appendix, indices; med. 4to; gilt lettered red cloth; within black card slipcase, slightly scuffed; ribbon marker; book label of David..... More
Pp. 192, text illustrations, index; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, slight signs of sticker removal from foot of front flap; The Bodley Head, London, 1980. First edition. *Brooke Crutchley was the University Printer at Cambridge University Press from 1946 to 1974, succeeding Walter Lewis. He was closely associated with..... More
Uncorrected proof copy. Pp. 188(last blank), text illustrations; printed paper wrappers, slightly soiled and foxed; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Bodley Head, London, 1980. Uncorrected proof copy. *Brooke Crutchley was the University Printer at Cambridge University Press from 1946 to 1974. More
Master Printer. A tribute on his 75th birthday, by Philip S. Brown, John Dreyfus, Ward Ritchie, Roby Wentz, Hermann Zapf & Jake Zeitlin. Pp. [viii]+36+[2](colophon, blank), hand-tipped photographic frontispiece portrait, title page printed in red & black; med. 8vo; cloth backed patterned papered boards, printed title label on spine a...... More