The Earliest Directory Of The Book Trade by John Pendred (1785)
London: Bibliographical Society, 1955. First edition. Paperback. 90 pages. 22 x 18 cm. Oxford Bibliographical Society: for Year 1954.Unopened. More
London: Bibliographical Society, 1955. First edition. Paperback. 90 pages. 22 x 18 cm. Oxford Bibliographical Society: for Year 1954.Unopened. More
London: Bibliograhical Society, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. 675 pages. 25 x 17 cm. Sources -- Manuscripts; Printed Books, Pamphlets, & Unpublished Theses; Books Issued by Subsription ; and Newspapers & Periodicals. More
Chicago: Apprentice House, 1964. First edition. Paperback. Approx. 120 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Plethora of wood engravings by Imre. Introductory biiography by Abel Pokorny and appreciations by Eleanor F. Steiner-Prag and Paul Standard. Limited edition, one of 1000. More
Francestown: Typographeum, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. 20 pages. 25.5 x 16.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 57 of 100 signed by R.T. Rask. Facsimile letter frontispiece. Slight bleed through lower front cover pastedown and free endpaper. More
Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. 156 pages. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 1000, Illustrated with color sample pages. Foreword by Lawrence Clarke Powell. Bibliography. Author and Title Index. More
Np: Cheloniidae Press, 1991. Robinson, Alan James. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 28 x 20.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 28 of 100 signed by Alan James Robinson and Patrick McGrath, printed at Wild Carrot Press with calligraphy by Suzanne Moore and Elizabeth Curtis. Etching of McGrath with tissue guard, printed in..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. 127 pages. 24 x 15.5 cm. Signed by Bruce Rogers. A catalogue of an exhibition arranged by the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the Grolier Club of New York with an introduction by D.B. Updike a letter from John T...... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1910. Rogers, Bruce. Hardcover. 75 pages printed recto only. 22 x 16.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 121 of 450 copies printed by the Riverside Press. WARDE 101. Uncut, bright, very fresh copy. Backstrip darkened at center. More
Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1897. First edition. 58 pages in text. Folio, 36.5 x 28 cm. Limited edition, copy 6 of 50 designed by Bruce Rogers, printed on Japan vellum: the first work produced by Rogers for the Riverside Press. One hundred and eight photogravures from the original designs. Lettered tissue..... More
Scarsdale: Fran and Fred Rudge, 1944. First edition. Boards. Approx. 20 pages. 20 x 13 cm. Introduction by Bruce Rogers. More
Hanover: Friends of the Dartmouth Library, (1968). First edition. Hardcover. Folio, 36 x 28 cm. Ten folded sheets in two or three color type, alphabets and varying type formats, the calligraphy chosen suit the varying ten titles and authors. Each sheet housed in their own titled paper portfolio. Also laid-in..... More
London: Bibliograhical Society, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 221 pages. 25 x 18 cm. Host of reproductions in the text. Bibliography. Indexes. Oxford Bibliographical Society: for Year 1979. More
Leipsig: Renker & Sohne, 1926. First edition. Boards. 15 pages in text. 28.5 x 22.5 cm. llustrated with sixteen black and white plates. Title pages and page designs. Text in German. Printed on excellent paper by Zerkall. More
London: Essex House Press (Edward Arnold), 1904. leather_bound. 96 pages. Folio, 29.5 x 21.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 67 of 200 of 220 (20 printed on vellum). Frontispiece by C.R. Ashbee with text printed in red and black in Endeavour type. Wide text margins, bright copy, top front tie lacking..... More
San Francisco: Grace Hoper Press, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 32 pages. 33 x 23 cm. Limited edition one of 75 copies. Title page printed in red and black, remainder of text printed in a variety of colors and type faces. Backstrip label chipped. More
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 90 pages. Introduction by Ann Baer, daughter of Frank Sidgwick. The book was designed by Ruari McLean, and printed for the Shakespeare Head Press at the Alden Press. Includes the Shakespeare Head Prospectus 1904 which is laid-in a special pocket at rear cover..... More
London: By T. Bensley And Son For Robert Triphook, 1816. First edition. leather_bound. [XVI], 373 [3] pages. 27 x 22 cm. Limited edition, one of 250 copies. Eleven engraved, and eight color woodcuts, woodcuts within the text, some on india paper, plus two additional hand colored plates titled, "Origine des..... More
London: Bibliograhical Society, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 351 pages. 22 x 18 cm. Bibliography. More
London: Sold by the Housekeeper at the Society's House in the Adelphi, 1819. First edition. Hardcover. 72 pages. 25.5 x 16.5 cm. T.C. Hansard's Plan for a Typographic Bank Note; finely engraved plate of a Bank of England £1 note design submitted by Thomas Ransom; an exceptional engraved plate of..... More
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Book Clinic, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. 30 pages. Illustrated. Ex-library. A Keepsake publication to commemorate Soule's direction of the University of Pennsylvania Press on the eve of his retirement. Limited edition, copy 135 of 250. Nicked at backstrip head. More
San Francisco: Roy Vernon Sowers, 1942. First edition. Boards. 76 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Illustrated. More
Boston: S.D. Warren, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. 209 pages. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Useful chapter on Paper Grades and Definitions. "The book has been planned for those who are unfamiliar with the paper industry.... It is in no sense a text book." An eminently digestible study. More
New York: Pocket Back Books, Inc., 1964. First printing. leather_bound. 70 pages. 17 x 10.5 cm. Bound by Monastery Hill Press of Chicago founded by Ernst Hertzberg, and stamp signed in gilt "Hertzberg Monastery Hill" inside back cover. Presents a history from its earliest days in the 19th century through..... More
New York: Pocket Back Books, Inc., 1964. First printing. leather_bound. 70 pages. 17 x 10.5 cm. Bound by Monastery Hill Press of Chicago founded by Ernst Hertzberg, and stamp signed in gilt "Hertzberg Monastery Hill" inside back cover. Presents a history from its earliest days in the 19th century through..... More
Toronto: Toronto Public Libraries, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. 130 pages. Approximately 100 illustrations. Published to celebrate the 500 year anniversary of the discovery of printing from movable type, and a review of early printing in Canada. More