Structure, Verses, Agency Books

The Well-Made Book. Essays & Lectures

UPDIKE, Daniel Berkeley · 2002

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

West New York, New Jersey, Mark Batty Publisher, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" 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 edg...

Book Typography 1815-1965 in Europe and the United States of America.

Day, Kenneth, ed. · 1966

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Chiago, The University of Chicago Press, 1966. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Good-looking, structurally sound hardcover copy bound in octavo format gray cloth, with gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate w...

The Printed Book in Americablumenthal, Josephpublished by / Dartmouth, Boston (1977)

1977

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Chicago, David R. Godine, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. 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...

The First Printers and Their Books. A Catalogue of an Exhibition Commemorating the Five Hundredth Anniversary of the Invention of Printing

Mongan, Elizabeth, and Wolf, 2nd Edwin, compilers · 1940

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia, 1940. First Edition. Softcover. . A nice-looking, structurally sound copy in softcover, featuring printed, illustrated wraps, a bit chipped along the edges, but clean of interior, and in a large font that is easy to read. Published i...

Publishing Women: Salons, the Presses, and the Counter-Reformation in Sixteenth-Century Italy

Robin, Diana · 2007

$29.60 (€26.86 | £22.40 | ¥4,727)

Chicago, University Of Chicago Press , 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" 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; no...

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,...

New and Used

Josephus, Marc' Damon Krukowski and Marc Joseph, eds. · 2006

$26.40 (€23.95 | £19.98 | ¥4,216)

Gottingen, Steidl, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting an...

Bibliotheca Medii Aevi. 320 Incunabula Systematically Arranged Including Specimens of Rare Presses Woodcut Books Fine Bindings. Catalogue 220

Gilhofer & Ranschburg · 1927

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Wien, Gilhofer & Ranschburg, 1927. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and still relatively sturdy of interior. Moderately soiled and worn, split, printed, illustrated wraps, tan, over flexibl...

The Freedom of the Press in the Dutch Republic (1581-1795), Catalogue 800

Gerits, Anton · 1969

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Oblong 32mo 4" - 5" tall. Scarce in the trade in any condition, there being currently no copies available on-line. This is a Fine condition copy of Catalogue 800, published in the Hague by Martinus Nijhoff. Fo...

Die Officina Bodoni: Das Werk Einer Handpresse 1923-1977

Mardersteig, Giovanni · 1979

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Hamburg, Germany, Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy bound handsomely in light brown linen cloth, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edg...

A History of the Eragny Press 1894-1914

Genz, Marcella D. · 2004

$15.20 (€13.79 | £11.51 | ¥2,427)

New Castle, Delaware / London, England, Oak Knoll Press / The British Library, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. An unusually handsomely produced copy in hardcover format, bound in brown cloth and with gilt lettering to spine. Published in First Editio...

A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books

Nicholas A. Basbanes · 1995

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1995. . Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An uncommonly fine-looking, structurally sound trade paperback copy, little discernible wear to the exterior, bright, gilt illustrated covers, with a bright interior, unmarked. Handsomely bound, a le...

Pioneer Printing at Dartmouth

Nash, Ray · 1941

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

Hanover, New Hampshire, Dartmouth College printed by George T. Bailey, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Two bookplates inside front flap, that of the Merrymount Press of Boston and by Graydon E. Spalding of Pasadena, California, representing Windsor, Vt. & V...

Book Illustration: A Survey of Its History & Development Shown by the Work of Various Artists, Together with Critical Comments

Ellis, Richard Williamson · 1952

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Kingsport, Tennessee, Kingsport Press, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound handsomely in two-tone, brown cloth over board...

A Tribute to the Work of Richard John Hoffman: Master Printer and Teacher

Petko, Edward Repan · 2002

$140.00 (€127.02 | £105.97 | ¥22,356)

Los Angeles, California, The Zamorano Club, 2002. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. With tipped in photographic frontispiece. Illustrated from photographs and facsimiles. The introductory matter is printed with surrounding typographic borders printed in bl...

Collected Books: The Guide to Values, 2002 Edition

Ahearn, Allen and Patricia Ahearn · 2001

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Still relevant, and a stated First Edition, with "1" in number line present. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very sl...

A Bio-Bibliography of Countee P. Cullen 1903-1946

Perry, Margaret · 1971

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Westport, Connecticut, Greenwood Publishing Company, 1971. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if lightly toned endpapers, minimal rubbing to extremities. Foreword by Don M. Wolfe, being a fine reprint editio...

Bruce Rogers: Designer of Books

Warde, Frederic · 1925

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if lightly toned endpapers, some light rubbing to extremities, light scuffing to spine head. Gray cloth covers, inte...

Printing & the Mind of Merker: A Bibliographical Study

Berger, Sidney E. · 1997

$52.00 (€47.18 | £39.36 | ¥8,304)

New York, Groiler Club, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A fine bio-bibliographical study of printing and printers and typography with a special focus on the genius K.K. Merker, compiled by Sidney E. Berger, but with contributions also by Harry Duncan...