Books & Printing from Classic Books and Ephemera

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2012. Hardcover. Fine/fine. ix, [3], 204 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, June 2012. In The Holiday Makers, "the magazine industry serves as a window into postwar media and consumer society, showing… Read more about this item

Wilkes-Barre, PA: Industrial Catalogue Publishers, 1928. Hardcover. Fine. 132 p.: illustrations; 27 cm. Maroon cloth with gilt spine title: "Printing Equipment Catalogue." Gilt cover title: "1928 Co-operative Printing Equipment Catalogue." Contains illustrated ads for printing-related businesses in the United States and a product directory. Front free endpaper contains a form for routing instructions for sending… Read more about this item

State College, PA: American Philatelic Society, 1963. Paperback. Very Good +. Third Edition. [2], 110 p.: illustrations; 26 cm. Paperback with brown cover. Contents: Philatelic Trends -- Aims of Collecting -- Paper -- Watermarks -- Stamp Design -- From Design to Issued Sheets. In Very Good+ Condition: cover is lightly soiled; pages are clean… Read more about this item

S.l.: American Philatelic Society, 1964. Paperback. Very Good +. [2], 231-342 p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Paperback with blue cover. Contents: Planographic Printing -- Embossing. In Very Good+ Condition: cover is faded along edges; pages are clean and tight.

S.l.: American Philatelic Society, 1960. Paperback. Very Good +. [2], 111-230 p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Paperback with faint green cover. Contents: Printing Problems and Varieties -- Printing Characteristics -- Intaglio Printing: I. Line-Engraving II. Gravure. In Very Good+ Condition: cover has browned along edges, losing most of green; pages are clean and tight.

Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2003. Hardcover. Near Fine. xvii, [1], 301 p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title. No dust jacket. Contents: "Written with a Hard and Ruthless Purpose:" Rose Wilder Lane, Edna Ferber, and Middlebrow Regional Fiction by Donna Campbell -- The Cosmopolitan Regionalism of Zona Gale's Friendship Village by Deborah… Read more about this item

2012. Hardcover. Fine. [1], xxviii, 433 p.; 29 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title. Examines the coverage by newspapers published in the Philadelphia suburbs of several big regional issues, including Levittown, Pa.; the Cherry Hill Mall; the Blue Route (Mid-County Expressway); and affordable housing in Mount laurel, N.J. In Fine Condition: clean and tight.… Read more about this item

New York: Lindenmeyr Paper Corp, 1967. Paperback. Good +. [60] p.: 1125 samples of paper attached; 32 cm. Black card covers with white comb binding; spine title in black and red. Printed on light grey and white card throughout. Orange pocket inside front cover to hold the color window, which aided in choosing a color… Read more about this item

Hamilton, Ohio: Champion Coated Paper Co, 1928. Paperback. Fair. [120] p.: illustrations; 30 cm. Stapled orange card covers printed in black and red. Title page in orange and black. Incomplete: parts of several pages have been cut out, including the "D" from the title page; 2 leaves are detached but present, as are several smaller… Read more about this item

Jackson, Miss: University Press of Mississippi, 2003. Paperback. Near Fine -. xviii, 322 p.; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Includes index. The author looks at mass media and the women's movement in the United States from the publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique to the tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: W. E. Scull, 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. Four publisher samples: many illustrations; 25 cm. All attached to a plain black cloth binding with a snap closing; floral endpapers. Each sample consists of a blue or green cloth front cover with gilt and color title and illustration. Each has a sample spine, either attached to… Read more about this item

Fitchburg, Mass: Weyerhaeuser Co, 1974. Paperback. Fine. 17, [1] p.: illustrations (1 fold-out); 28 cm. Stapled paperback. Parkinson's tongue-in-cheek comments about the drafting of annual reports are cleverly illustrated by Belgian artist Jean-Michel Folon. In Fine Condition: clean and bright.

Fitchburg, Mass: Weyerhaeuser Co, 1975. Paperback. Fine. 20 p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Stapled paperback. About the American artist Philip Jamison and Vinalhaven, Maine, where he paints in the summer. Includes one 2-page illustration and one full-page illustration by Jamison, as well as smaller examples of his work. The photographs of Vinalhaven are by George… Read more about this item

Fitchburg, Mass: Weyerhaeuser Co, 1972. Paperback. Fine. 19, [1] p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Stapled paperback. Front cover has circle cut-out in the center to show watermarked paper from Ishiwara, a sample of which is at the front and back of the publication. Contains an illustrated article about Japanese papermaker Kozo Furuta by Mary Crowe Dorst,… Read more about this item

Hamilton, Ohio: Joseph Meadon, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. 428, [2] p.: many illustrations, both color and black-and-white, some tipped-in, some folded; 26 cm. Original leather spine with brown morocco-grain cloth over boards with gilt-stamped cover title: The Graphic Arts and Crafts Year Book 1910. 20th-century spine repair with dark brown library repair tape. Top page… Read more about this item

Cincinnati, OH: F+W Media, 2015. Paperback. Very Good. 96 p.: color illustrations; 27 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Contents: Finger of Speech by Rebecca Bedrossian [Twitter] -- Tower of Babble by Zoe Mendelson [emoji] -- Numer-o-typology by Steven Heller [Arabic numberals] -- Building Braille by Nadja Sayej -- House of Cards by Jason Tselentis [cue cards]… Read more about this item

Rochester, NY: Rochester Institute of Technology, 1979. Pamphlet. Fine. 15, [1] p.; 24 cm. Stapled wrapper with extended flaps. Title page in red and black. Contents: A Note on Our Objectives by Herbert H. Johnson -- A Note on the Name by David Lasko -- Prospectus -- A Note on the Cary Collection edited by Julie… Read more about this item

Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. x, [2], 457 p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Grey cloth with black spine and cover titles. Black endpapers. Without dust jacket. Includes index and bibliography. In Very Good Condition: cover is lightly soiled; internally clean and tight.

New York: John Martin's House, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. [12] p., 10 leaves containing 6 bookplates each; 27 cm. Blue cloth spine with illustrated paper over boards. Illustrated fixed endpapers. The text talks about the importance of books and the use of bookplates, including a list of 60 recommended books, with space to record when… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co, 1925. Fine. 2 advertising inserts printed on both sides. One (16 x 10 cm.) advertises the mail order department on one side and the stationery department on the other. The other (10 x 16 cm.) advertises a "Special Book Service" to provided buyers with information on new books in their… Read more about this item