Collection of Typophile Monographs 1942-1944 by Various - 1942

Chicago: University of Chicago, 1963. Hardcover. VG+/VG. ...with an introductory essay by Stanley Morison and supplemental material by Kennth Day. Large 4to, black cloth, gilt titles, xiii, 66, 377 plates, index. VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD jacket: dj has some lite edgewear, discoloring and rubbing to spine (in mylar) A must-have for your book arts collection.

Kingston ON, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1973, trade paperback, 162 pp, First Edition, Very Good condition. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light edge bumps, shallow creasing and faint smudging to covers. Contributions include; Steven J. Ingle-The Politics of George Orwell, Eric E. Lifton-"Machismo" and Prison Reform, E.F. Shields-Death and Individual Values in "Mrs. Dalloway", Tom Middlebro'-The Spirit and the Clay: the Poetry of Jack Clemo. Poetry and fiction by Nora Keeling, Carolyn Rosqui, Roy Fuller, Miriam Waddington and David Waltner-Toews, book reviews by Don Bailey. Appended: Notes on Contributors, Index of Book Reviews.

Kingston ON, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1973, trade paperback, 181 pp, First Edition, Very Good condition. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight corner bumps, very faint smudging to covers. Contributions include; Michael Bell-Yeats Visionary Poems, Bruce Berman-Nixon and the New Corporate State, Christopher A. Kent-Bohemia in Mid-Victorian England, Douglas Barbour-Ezra Pound's Legacy. Poetry and fiction from Rudy Weibe, Dale Zieroth, Al Purdy, Norman Ward and G.W. Ireland, book reviews by Douglas Barbour. Appended: Notes on Contributors, Index of Book Reviews.

New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1990. cloth. Bookbinding. 4to. cloth. xviii, 252 pages. Ever since W. H. James Weale laid the foundations for the scholarly study of panel-stamped bindings in 1894, it has been universally assumed that the stamps were hand-engraved, and thus, that each panel was a unique artifact. However, Fogelmark discovered that virtually everything written since Weale's study has been based on a fundamental mistake. In Fogelmark's search for literature on blind panels, he had not been able to find a single item dealing with the all-important questions of production and technique. Fogelmark believes that one must understand the nature of the panel stamp and the basic rules that guided its use before discussing matters of attribution and iconography. He now presents decisive evidence that panel stamps were cast in metal rather than hand engraved and were often produced in multiple copies for wide distribution. Identical stamps could be used concurrently in different… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. First Edition. hardcover. Good. 9 3/8" × 6 1/8" × 1". The Kelmscott Press and William Morris Master-Craftsman; by Sparling, H. Halliday. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh. 1924. First Edition. First Printing. Tall 8vo: 9 3/8" x 6 1/8" x 1" (23.8 x 15.6 x 2.5 cm). Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and paper title label. Uncut. [ix], [1], 176, [4] pp. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of Morris engraved by Emery Walker from a photograph by Sparling, with tissue guard present. Includes 16 plates and examples of types and illustrations from the Kelmscott Press. Henry Halliday Sparling (1860–1924) provides an informative history of William Morris's Press. Sparling was a former Kelmscott Press employee and as the husband of Morris's daughter, May Morris, from 1890–1898, was keenly familiar with Morris and his Press. Sparling provides a… Read More

Lowestoft: Scorpion Press, 1962. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, Limited, Numbered, Signed. Fine but for slightly shelf rubbed bottom edge, in a fine jacket. Number 37of only 50 numbered and signed copies. The first published study of C. P. Snow. Includes a bibliography by Bernard Stone..

The Writings in Prose and Verse of Eugene Field. First edition. xiii+253 pp.+2 pl. h.t. 19,5x13,5 cm. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1896.
--- Cloth-bound (publishers cloth), with gilt lettering and decoration. Some wear to extremities. Top edges gilt. Fore-edge and bottom-edge untrimmed. Some numbers written and a stamp on endpapers. Very tight binding. Pages bright and clean.

San Francisco: John Howell, 1979. First Edition. Near Fine. , bound complete in Five Parts [10.5x7.25in]; Cream buckram cloth covers with dark blue cloth spine, gilt lettering on maroon leather label on spine, original illustrated light brown wrappers of individual catalogues as originally bound; 560 pp.[21], reference list, index and errata. A five part priced Catalog #50 of 1665 items relating to California history from the Spanish Exploration to American Statehood. The books were part of a major Californiana collection of Jennie Crocker Henderson, granddaughter of Charles Crocker, one of the celebrated "Big Four" of early California development. The Catalogs are a comprehensive listing of California related books, Exploration, Overland Travel, Voyages by Sea, Mexican War, the Gold Rush, San Francisco, the Vigilance Committees, Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, the Outlaws notably Joaquin Murietta, Tiburcio Vasquez, etc., the Missions, the Indians, the Mountain Men, Guide Books, the Donner… Read More

University Supply and Equipment Co, 1952. Hardcover. Good. Mid-century detailed high school yearbook design how-to. Numerous topics, e.g., picture mounting, art work, layout, advertising, etc. Includes 22 pages of period clip art and 8 sample Coca-Cola ads. Bound in dark-green padded vinyl with raised texturing and gilt Useco logo and lettering to front panel. Extremely rare. No copies showing in WorldCat database. No other copies in commerce at the time of this posting. No online footprint whatsoever with the exception of a brief textual entry in the 1952 Catalog of Copyright Entries. 35 pp. plus 22 unnumbered pages of clip art. 10 3/4" x 8 1/4". Tight, unmarked copy with light shelf wear to extremities and fading to gilt. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2021. cloth with dust jacket. 7 x 10 inches. cloth with dust jacket. xii, 540 pages. First edition, third printing with corrections. Books About Books Book of the Year Award winner, 2023 "From the get-go, two things are obvious: one, Reid Byers has done his research, and two, Reid Byers loves books and having books in the home... the book is never a dry read. Its contents are sliced and chunked so nicely that there is no chance of getting bored... it is a book written for todays book collectors and bibliophiles." Read the article here: https://booksaboutbooks.com/the-private-library-book-of-the-year-2023/ Featured in The New York Times, alongside an interview with author Reid Byers, in the article "How Many Books Does It Take to Make a Place Feel Like Home?" "... a profusely illustrated, detail-crammed, Latin-strewn and yet remarkably unstuffy book ... goes to the heart of why physical books continue to beguile us." - Julie Lasky, The New York Times… Read More