Structure, Verses, Agency Books

Frederic G. Melcher: Friendly Reminiscences of a Half Century Among Books & Bookmen

Frederic G. Melcher; Christopher Morley et al. · 1945

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, The Book Publishers' Bureau , 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Preface by Christopher Morley, and then tributes from far and wide from bookmen and women of the life in books led by Frederic G. Melcher, including from Mildred Smith, Charles Goodspee...

The Turn of a Century 1885-1910: Art Noveau - Jugendstil Books

Wick, Peter A. · 1970

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Department of Printing and Graphic Arts the Houghton Library, Harvard University, 1970. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall. Square softcover format, bound tightly in printed, illustrated brown card stock wraps, clean and unmarke...

Book Covers and Brochures

Wick, Peter; Toulouse-Lautrec · 1972

$8.80 (€7.98 | £6.66 | ¥1,405)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard College Library, 1972. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sterling condition softcover copy, perfect-bound with printed, illustrated wraps featuring a likeness of a Toulouse-Lautrec, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean inte...

Printing for Kingdom, Empire, and Republic: Treasures from the Archives of the Imprimerie Nationale, Specimens

Fletcher, George H. · 2011

$70.40 (€63.87 | £53.29 | ¥11,242)

New York, The Grolier Club, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Another splendid volume published by The Grolier Club, edited by H. George Fletcher, on the social and technical history of printing and typography, bound handsomely in blue cloth with sharp...

English Book Illustration of to-Day: Appreciations of the Work of Living English Illustrators, with Lists of Their Books

Sketchley, Rose E.D. · 1903

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co., Ltd,, 1903. . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A probable First Edition, but not so stated. Ex-library copy with black call letters to spine, "Gift" stamped in blue at copyright page, and bound in original gilt-blocked cloth. Gi...

Bookends: Two Women, One Enduring Friendship

Rostenberg, Leona and Madeleine Stern · 2001

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, The Free Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. One of the more affecting memoirs of bookselling around by the incomparable duo of New York-based bookselling. Unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf-...

The Book in the Age of Theater, 1550-1750

Norman, Larry F. · 2001

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2001. . Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy bound in stiff card wraps, illustrated, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the printed, i...

Meilleurs Voeux

Champion, Christophe · 2010

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

Paris, Librairie Faustroll, 2010. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. SIGNED by the author and publisher, Christophe Champion, and inscribed warmly by him to Richard Leon Press, the Sacramento-based rare art book dealer. This rare book catalog, being the first ...

Typography, Second Impression

Meynell, Frances and Stanley Morison · 1927

$68.00 (€61.70 | £51.47 | ¥10,859)

London, Pelican Press, 1927. Second Impression. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An absolutely indispensable reference work for students of Pelican Press books, typography, type-founders, book illustration, and technical terms thereabout. Added association value in that som...

Decoration and Its Uses

Johnston, Edward D. · 1991

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Berkeley, California, Ten Speed Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. A lovely copy of a fine volume in which Edward Johnston traces the development of letterforms and type and the use and application of formal writing. Hand-lettered with an Introduc...

Calligraphic Styles

Gourdie, Tom · 1979

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, Taplinger Pub Co, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. This beautiful book provides a letter-by-letter analysis of all the important alphabets used by today's calligraphers, a practical survey of calligraphic styles based on the great hands of the...

Handwriting Models for Schools

Lehman, Charles L., with assistance by Donald Cowles and Gertrude Hildreth · 1976

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Portland, The Alcuin Press, 1976. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear, mostly in the form of light sunning along the edges, to the...

British Wood-Engraved Book Illustration, 1904-1940: A Break with Tradition

Selborne, Joanna · 2001

$68.00 (€61.70 | £51.47 | ¥10,859)

London, British Library Board, 2001. Revised Edition. . Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the printed, illustrated covers. A big, tall, fat, hea...

Deering Library: An Illustrated History

Barrett, Nina; Northwestern University Library · 2008

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Evanston, Illinois, Northwestern University Press, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Oblong 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy illustrate...

Book Use, Book Theory: 1500-1700

Bradin Cormack,Carla Mazzio · 2005

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

Chicago, The University of Chicago Library, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Book Use, Book Theory: 1500-1700 is ...

Splendid Pages: The Molly and Walter Bareiss Collections of Modern Illustrated Books

Mellby, Julie · 2003

$16.80 (€15.24 | £12.72 | ¥2,683)

New York, Hudson Hills, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library,...

Picasso As a Book Artist

Horodisch, Abraham · 1962

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Cleveland, Ohio, World Publishing Company, 1962. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Brilliantly red cloth over boards binding, some rubbing to the gilt over black label to spine, with resulting schmutz to inside of dust jacket but that is otherwise in easi...

Catalogue of Exhibitions of British Coloured Books 1738-1898, Including a Selection from the Royal Library at Windsor Graciously Loaned Her Majesty the Queen

National Exhibition Centre · 1980

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Birmingham, England, National Exhibition Centre, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor to moderate wear of covers and text-block, really just slight furling to tips and very mild soiling, but with neither und...

Artistic and Intellectual Trends from Rubens to Daumier As Shown in Book Illustrations

Benesch, Otto · 1943

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Department of Printing and, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor unde...

A Rod for the Back of the Binder: Some Considerations of Binding with Reference to the Ideals of the Lakeside Press

The Lakeside Press · 1929

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Chicago, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, by the Lakeside Press, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The finest looking copy of this book that I've ever seen. Brown textured linen cloth over boards, no lettering to spine, but a most handsome black cloth labe...