Do You Sell Books?" (or is the Customer ALWAYS Right?)"
Carlton, Nottingham: Haines and Ketton, 1976. First Edition. Staplebound. 12mo. 31 pp., illus. More
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The Zaehnsdorfs (1842-1947): Craft Bookbinders
Pinner, Middlesex: Private Libraries Association, 1986. First Edition. Cloth. 4to. 109 pp., illus. One of a limited edition of 2250 copies (of which 1000 are for sale). A fine copy in a original glassine wrapper which is quite tattered. Important biography of this famous bookbinding family. More
The Venetian Printing Press, 1469-1800: An Historical Study Based Upon Documents for the Most Part Hitherto Unpublished
Amsterdam: Gerard Th. van Heusen, 1969. Reprint. Cloth. 4to. xvii, 463 pp., illus. Facsimile reprint of 1891 edition, bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Previous owner's bookplate, hinges weak, mild edgewear. More
Gogmagog: Morris Cox & The Gogmagog Press
Pinner, Middlesex: Private Libraries Association, 1991. First Edition. Cloth. 4to. Frontis., 184 pp., illus. One of 1650 copies (of which 500 are for sale). The definitive history of this important private press with bibliography. Small bruise to foot of spine, else fine. More
The Rampant Lions Press: a Printing Workshop Through Five Decades
Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. 4to. 95 pp., illus. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 11 May - 27 June, 1982. Compiled and annotated by Sebastian Carter with additional notes by Will Carter. With a foreword by the Directory of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Michael..... More
Printing History, Forms and Use: A Catalogue in Three Parts of the Collection Formed By Jackson Burke (Catalogues 428, 433, 436 Bound in One Volume)
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1975. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 71 pp. + 95 pp. + 130 pp., illus., index. Bound in brown coloured cloth covered boards with printing in red on front and spine. Front inner hinge starting, else a fine copy. More
The University - The Library: Papers Presented By Samuel Rothstein, Richard Blackwell, Archibald MacLeish at York University, Toronto, on the Occasion of the Dedication of the Scott Library, 30 October, 1971
Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press, 1972. First Edition. Cloth-backed Bds. 8vo. Frontis., 62 pp., illus. Preface by Thomas F. O'Connell. Contains three short addresses by Samuel Rothstein [From Reaction to Interaction: The Development of the North American University Library"]; Richard Blackwell ["The Library and the Bookseller"]; and Archibald MacLeish ["The Premise..... More
The First Score: An Account of the Foundation and Development of the Beaumont Press and Its First Twenty Publications
Bronxville: Nicholas T. Smith, 1980. First American Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 96 pp., illus. Reprint of the first edition which was published in 1927 in a limited edition of 390 copies. More
Rare books and Royal Collectors: Memoirs of an Antiquarian Bookseller
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1966. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 220 pp. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Book has some light edgewear and the foot of the spine is bruised; price-clipped dustjacket is edgeworn at head and foot of spine, and spine is sunned. More
The Introduction of Printing Into Canada: A Brief History (In Six Parts)
Montreal: Rolland Paper Company Limited, 1957. First Thus. Printed Wrapper, Staplebound. 8vo. Chapter One: Pioneer Printers on the North American Continent, 34 pp., illus.; Chapter Two: Pioneer Printers in the Maritime Provinces, 18 pp., illus.; Chapter Three: Pioneer Printers in the Province of Quebec, 21 pp., illus.; Chapter Four: Pioneer..... More
The University of Chicago Press: 100 Years of Scholarly Publishing, Souvenir of the Celebration on June 20th 1992
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1992. First Edition. Cloth. Square 8vo. 71 pp., illus. For private distribution, limited to 1500 numbered copies, this being copy #23. Transcript of remarks made at the celebratory dinner by Morris Philipson, Kenneth Northcott, Jacques Barzun, John Ryden, Theodore J. Lowi, Ferdinand Mount, Jacques..... More
Bibliographica: Papers on Books, Their History, and Art, Volume I, Parts I - IV
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., 1895. First Edition. Half Leather. 4to. Frontis., viii, 511 pp., illus. teg. No jacket as issued. Includes all four parts of volume 1, with original paper covers and advertisements bound at back of volume. Marbled endpapers. All 23 plates intact, with tissue..... More
Of the Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New
London: Bracken Books, 1984. Cloth. 8vo. 243 pp., illus. Facsimile reprint of the 1896 edition. More
Scandinavian Bookmaking in the Twentieth Century
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1968. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 134 pp., illus. Fine copy in original slipcase. More
The Country Life Press: Garden City, New York
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1919. First Edition. Cloth. 12mo. 268 pp., illus. + 1 fold-out map., teg. Essays on the history of Doubleday which celebrated its tenth anniversary in 1910, and on Joseph Conrad, Booth Tarkington, Kathleen Norris, Rudyard Kipling and O.Henry, et al. Loosely inserted is a...... More
Fond of Printing: Gordon Craig as Typographer & Illustrator
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1980. First Edition. Cloth-backed Bds. 12mo. 89 pp., illus. With a Foreword by Edward Craig and an Essay by Gordon Craig on illustrations in general. One of 450 copies made for the Book Club of California. Publication Number 164 designed by Abe Lerner. Loosely..... More
The Story of Frederic W. Goudy
Mt. Vernon, New York: Peter Pauper Press, 1965. First Thus. Cloth. 12mo. 68 pp. With title-page portrait of Goudy by William Oberhardt. Printed at the Peter Pauper Press. One of total edition of 1950 copies (out of which 350 copies were reserved for The Typophiles), printed for the Goudy Centennial..... More
The Permanence of Johann Gutenberg
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1970. First Edition. Paper Over Boards. 8vo. 29 pp. One of five hundred copies. The first annual Lew Feldman Lecture on Bibliography. Fine in original clear plastic cover which has a one inch tear at bottom right corner. More
The Library: Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, New Series, Vol. XIX, No. 1, June 1938
London: Oxford University Press, 1938. First Edition. Printed Wrapper. 8vo. 126 pp.+ adverts. Articles by Sir Stephen Gaselee, F. P. Wilson, Folke Dahl, Victor Scholderer, E. S. De Beer, Lord Rothschild, in addition to reviews. Fragile covers are splitting, chipped along the edges, spine is darkened, pages still bright and..... More
The Engraved Work of Eric Gill (Victoria and Albert Museum)
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1963. First Edition. Printed Wrapper. 8vo. 95 pp., illus. Introduction by John Physick. Contains over 206 engravings. Some wear and fading to cardboard covers, still a very nice copy. More
Eric Gill: His Life and Art
Toronto: University of Toronto Library, 1991. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. 8vo. Frontis. 54 pp., illus. Catalogue of an Exhibition in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 19 April - 30 June 1991. A bit of edgewear, else a near fine copy. More
The Private Library: What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books
London: Strangeways & Sons, 1897. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. vi, 162 pp. teg Printed by Strangeways & Sons and sold by Hatchards. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine. Age-toning to pages, signatures beginning to loosen, edgewear, corners rubbed. More
The Alphabet and Elements of Lettering
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1942. First Thus. Cloth. Folio. Frontis., xv, 101 pp., + unnumbered plates (27), illus. First edition of this newly revised and enlarged edition. A well-thumbed copy that has soiled prelims. Edges soiled and mildly damp-stained. Covers show a bit of wear. More
The Fear of Books
London/New York: Soncino Press/Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 199 pp., teg. One of a limited edition of 2000 copies. Spine faded, corners bumped and extremities worn and with some small tears. Bump to top edge of front cover and some pages internally bent. More
Behind the Type: The Life Story of Frederic W. Goudy
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1941. First Edition. 8vo. Frontis., 113 pp., illus. No jacket as issued. The American Institute of Graphics Arts Keepsake No. 68. One of 600 copies out of a total edition of 1600. Keepsake notice loosely inserted. Issued by the Department of Printing at the Carnegie..... More