George Clymer and The Columbian Press

New York: The Typophiles; [designed and printed by Taylor & Taylor, San Francisco]; 1950. viii, [6], 60 pages, plus eight full-page plates, each with a printed tissue guard. Original blue-green cloth decorated in black and lettered in gilt on the spine. [18.2 cm.] Spine ends slightly rubbed, some faint soiling to joints, endpapers tanned near hinges,… Read more about this item

New York: The Typophiles, 1950. Edition limited to 420 copies, small 8vo, pp. viii, [6], 60, [2]; 8 plates plus illus. in text, designed and printed by Taylor & Taylor. Fine copy in orig. cloth. "First documented biography" of the inventor of the Columbian, "America's first important contribution to printing."

New York: The Typophiles, 1950. cloth. Clymer, George. small 8vo. cloth. xiv, 60, (2) pages. Limited to 770 copies of which this is one of the 420 copies printed for the Typophiles. Contains much information on this 19th-century American printing press inventor. With 8 illustrations of presses. Chapbook 23 issued by The Typophiles. Minor rubbing at spine ends. … Read more about this item

Fine. Fine one of a limited edition of 350 for the Book Club of California, crisp pages, clean cloth-binding, only very light shelfwear to edges of binding, Appears unread Ships with regular mail, not slow media mail.

New York: The Typophiles, 1950. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Inscribed to Kurt Wiener - Master printer - Jacob Kainen December 1950". Gilt spine lettering on blue decorated cloth covered boards. 12mo, 60pp. Twenty-third Chap Book in the Typophile series. This edition comprised of 420 copies. Spine ends lightly worn, contents… Read more about this item

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1950. Very Good EX-LIBRARY with NO external library markings. A solid/reading reference copy. Illustrated with 8 plates with printed tissue-guards. One of 350 copies printed for members of the Book Club of California. From the Preface: "Jacob Kainen's monograph is the first documented biography of George Clymer and it… Read more about this item

KAINEN, Jacob. George Clymer and the Columbian Press. 12mo. Original decorated cloth. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1950. Limited to 350 copies by Taylor & Taylor for club members. A fine copy.

Americana kjgc Kainen, Jacob. George Clymer and the Columbian Press. Preface by James Elliott with a note on the book's production by Paul Bennett.New York: The Typophiles, 1950. viii, 60 pages, notes, the eight full-page plates still have the tissue guards. One of 420 copies printed for the Typophile subscribers, this is Typophiles Chap Book Number 23. (The Book Club… Read more about this item