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BOOK CATEGORY: Book Trade/History of Printing Allen, Francis W. & Allen, Argie B. Bookplates: A Selection From the Works of Charles R. Capon, Together with a Foreword and Check List of over Fifty Plates Description: [ii], 29, [5] pp, plus 8 plates, one of Harvard College Library tipped-in. Light green cloth, spine title gilt. One small spot of soil on spine, previous owner's note on ffep "Gift from Charles R. Capon 1953." Black slipcase, with wear at corners otherwise VG. One of 300 copies. With 2 laid-in slips: One is Capon's shipping label to L. Felix Ranlett; the other "[#] 291 With the compliments of Charles R. Capon". Ranlett was an editor at Youth's Companion and the author of Let's Go, Houghton Mifflin, 1927, a memoir of his service as an infantryman on the Blanc Mont Ridge in France during World War I, for which he was awarded the Purple Heart. Boston Typographical Union Leaves of History from the Archives of Boston Typographical Union No. XIII. From the Foundation of the Boston Typographical Society to the Diamond Jubilee of Its Successor Description: xv, 126 pp. Dark green cloth, titles gilt. 18 illustrations. Light wear to spine edges, glue residue on front board, otherwise clean & tight, many uncut pages. Ely, Timothy Flight into Egypt: Binding the Book Description: Unpaginated. Forward by Terence McKenna, Introduction by Timothy Ely. There is a reproduction of Ely's signature on the leaf following the introduction - which might be confused for an actual signature, but when viewed under magnification shows the dots typical of reproduction. Publisher’s printed band of architects' vellum with description of book, wrapped around the back board and held by a sticker printed with a motif from Ely's work. One corner bumped. The forward edges of the band are somewhat frayed. May require extra postage if shipped internationally. Householder, Fred W The First Pirate Description: Monograph. pp. 30-46. Reprinted from the transactions of The Bibliographical Society, The Library. Front cover detached, wear to edges. "We know of three early printed editions of the fourth book of St. Augustine's de Doctrina Christiana, to which the separate title de Arte Praedicandi was given by the author..." Matthias, Richard, Editor International Directory of Antiquarian Booksellers 1931/32 Description: vi, 336 pp. With numerous bookseller advertisements on endpapers and throughout text. Bookseller entries are in the language of their country of origin. Organized in three parts: Part I: list of firms in alphabetical order; Part II: list of firms arranged geographically by country and then by city; Part III: list of firms by speciality. Front hinge weak. Morison, Stanley John Fell, the University Press and the 'Fell' Types. Description: 315 p. Authorized facsimile reprint of the original edition printed by Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1967. Includes numerous illustrations within the text and 23 plates. With a new introduction by Nicolas Barker. John Fell established the French sixteenth-century and the Dutch seventeenth-century origins of these types. He attributes certain sizes to such celebrated early punchcutters as Claude Garamod, Robert Granhon, and Pierre Haultin. Brown cloth with titles gilt on spine, printed on acid free paper. Fine, without dustjacket as issued. Oversize book may require extra postage. Nicholson, James B A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding , Containing Full Instructions in the Different Branches of Forwarding, Gilding, and Finishing. Description: 325 p. 12 plates. Facsimile reprint of the original edition, Philadelphia: Henry Varey Baird, 1856 With a new introduction by Sidney F. Hunter. Intended for book collectors and amateurs, as well as for the "practical workman," Nicholson's manual is thought to have been the first written by an American. American bookbinding equipment is illustrated throughout. Brown cloth with titles gilt on spine, printed on acid free paper. Fine, without dustjacket - as issued. Pal, Pratapaditya & Meech Pekarik, Julia Buddhist Book Illuminations Description: 339, [1] pp. Number 76 of 400 copies. 108 color and more than 130 black and white illustrations. Illustrated Buddhist sutras are known from the 8th century on. This is a concise history of both handwritten and printed scriptures from India, Nepal, Tibet, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Indonesia, China, Japan and Korea. Slipcase was probably in very good + to near fine condition BEFORE something like a teething puppy embellished both ends of its spine. The case sacrificed itself to protect the book from harm. Rilke, Rainier Maria The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge Description: [xii], 218, [10] pp. Translated by Stephen Mitchell. One of 800 numbered copies on mould-made Magnani paper, set in Monotype Didot and printed at Stamperia Valdonega in Verona, Italy. Designed by Benjamin Shiff. Bound by Recalcati of Milan in full vellum, author on spine and title on the front panel stamped in gilt. In publisher’s slipcase. A series of semi-autobiographical notations by a Danish exile in Paris, the Notebooks is considered Rilke’s most important prose work. Some soiling to the covers else VG in VG slipcase. Schorr, Harry Dreve Style and Technique of Harry Dreve Schorr as Applied to Advertising Layout Description: Unpaginated. Given the subject, every page is profusely illustrated in black & white or halftone. Schorr's premise in writing the book was to show how "A special distinction and drama can be brought to any illustration, building , product, or whatnot, if the proper thinking is applied." Previous owner's stamp on front pastedown. A few marks in faint red pencil. Price-intact dustjacket is faded along spine; with closed tears, some repaired on back with cellophane tape. Southward, John Practical Printing, A Handbook of the Art of Typography Description: 640 p. 3 plates, numerous wood engravings. Facsimile reprint of the original edition, London: "Printers' Register" Office, 1882. Published just before mechanical typesetting became feasible, Practical Printing contains a last summation of the art of hand composition, with unusually detailed instructions for such difficult tasks as setting music type and tabular matter. Other interesting technical chapters on "Colour Printing" and on "Machine Printing." Brown cloth with spine title gilt, printed on acid free paper. Fine, without dustjacket - as issued. Oversize book: overseas customers please request a shipping quote, or anticipate a request for additional postage; the book will ship at cost. |
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