The Colophon; A Book Collectors' Quarterly Part Five, 1931 by Elmer Adler, Burton Emmett, and John T. Winterich, Editors: David B. Milne - 1931

U.S.A.: ITC, 1975. First Edition. Published to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the American typewriter, with designers Joel Kaden and Tony Stan reinvigorating the font by dispensing with its rigid spacing. "On every standard typewriter, there's a metal bar with a row of teeth spaced exactly one-tenth of an inch apart. In 1874 this famous bar lifted the typewriter from the inventor's bench and placed it in the office where it changed our reading habits, modified our concepts of legibility, and eventually opened the world of business to women." Bound in stapled colour paper wrappers, 340 mm x 153 mm, 27 pages, a near fine copy.

London: Unit Editions, 2021. 1st ed. Paperback. New/no dj as issued. A long overdue book examining the extraordinary life and work of artist/designer Ed Fella. Ed Fella is revered by many of the leading names in contemporary design. Now, at long last, there is a book that charts Ed's journey from the commercial design studios of 1950s Detroit to his current position as a widely celebrated artist/designer. Ed Fella: A Life in Images makes extensive use of his vast treasure store of visual delight: it showcases flyers, posters, original sketches, drawings, Polaroids and collages, as well as items from Ed's collection of vernacular design. The book makes unrestricted use of Ed's vast archive. David Cabianca, the book's co-author and its instigator, has surveyed the archive in depth. He writes: "Ed Fella's archive is legion. It branches into numerous streams while sustaining a robust trail of examples along the way. Fella's archive exhausts the possibilities one might find in graphic design. Ed Fella… Read More

5956Ruskin The King of the Golden River, A Legend of Stiria. Publisher: Roycrofters, East Aurora, NY, 1900. RARE. Original copyright 1841. BOUND IN SUEDE LEATHER. Used . Good- condition./ None Issued. A couple of top edges show bite-size area of loss. Does not effect text. Frontispiece black and white portrait of John Ruskin. Decorated title page and decorated initial letters by Samuel Warner. Colophon reads, printed in red, as follows: SO HERE ENDETH THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER, AS / WRITTEN BY JOHN RUSKIN: THE TITLE PAGE AND INITIALS / BEING DESIGNED BY SAMUEL WARNER, AND THE WHOLE / DONE INTO A BOOK BY THE ROYCROFTERS, AT THEIR SHOP, / IN EAST AURORA, NEW YORK, U.S.A., IN THE YEAR MCM. Roycroft logo with Elbert Hubbard printed in. handwritten gift inscription and signature on front free endpaper dates this item to the year 1900. Leather is in clean condition.

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1958. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/none. 13" × 9" × 2 1/2" (33 × 22.9 × 6.4 cm) . Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. First Printing. Edited by Frederick Startridge Ellis. Illustrated by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. Printed by Copifyer Lithograph Corporation. Small Folio. Bound in publisher's original hardcover blind-stamped cream leatherette, by The Press of the World Publishing Company, in imitation of the alum tawed pigskin binding design for the book by Morris and executed by Douglas Cockerell at the Doves Bindery. Gilt titles to spine. Printed on fine, thick and heavy, in imitation of the original Kelmscott paper paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon and special printer's device designed by Morris especially for this book. [xx], 554 pp. Includes a new introduction by John T. Winterich and a glossary for the modern reader. Often called "The Most Beautiful Book Ever Published," William Morris's acclaimed masterpiece, "THE KELMSCOTT… Read More

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.

Cloth cover with imprint of author on front. Silver on spine. The book is in good condition, pages are crisp and clean with a binding that is tight. There is a ding on the top spine but the photos will show it is in lovely shape with some sun fading. Bargain priced without the dust jacket. Please view photos for quality views.
"From the dust jacket: Paul Rand's stature as one of the world's leading graphic designers is uncontestable. For half a century his pioneering work in the field of advertising design and typography has exerted a profound influence on the design profession; he almost single-handedly transformed "commercial art" from a practice that catered to the lowest common denominator of taste to one that could assert its place among the fine arts. Among the numerous clients for whom he has been a consultant and/or designer are the American Broadcasting Company, IBM Corporation, and Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
In this witty and instructive book, Paul Rand speaks on the process and… Read More

Mainz: Johann Gutenberg (Oakland: Octavo), ca. 1455; 2003. 1st edition. Other Binding. New/No Jacket (as issued). Digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on two CD-ROMs; not a printed book) of one of only three surviving perfect copies of the Gutenberg Bible on vellum, from the Library of Congress. This milestone of digital publishing and preservation, part of the groundbreaking Octavo Digital Editions series, presents the entire work, including bindings, in unprecedented resolution (may be magnified at up to 200% of original size), with full searchable English translation of the text, and introductory commentary by Gutenberg expert Janet Ing Freeman, bibliographical information, and a detailed account of the copy's provenance. Unsold original stock, minor storage wear.

NY: J. M. Bowles and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine cloth eroded.. 1912. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 300 copies. A republication of an article by Currier which originally appeared in the August 1910 edition of The Graphic Arts magazine. Printed by Norman T. A. Munder and Company of Baltimore. Inscribed by Munder on the title page "To some good friend of Mr. John Hoyle". Brown cloth spine. Printed paper-covered boards. Printed on cream-colored laid paper. Currier Press printer's mark and initial T on page three drawn by Frederic W. Goudy and printed in orange ink. "...The choicest type face in the world may have its beauty or its legibility nullified by bad spacing. The tools are not superior to the workman." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 19 pages .

Ames Lake:: MKimberly Press,, 1988.. Edition of 88. 5 x 8.5"; 26 pages. Letterpress printed on Ragston paper, with an Astrolux dust jacket cover. Lino cuts. Sewn binding. Signed and numbered by the artist. Letterpress printed speciment book to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the M. Kimberly Press. A fun Type Specimen book that pairs the Type with guides to titems of curiosity and interest. For example, Cameo type is paired with poisons. Skulls are printed with the names of poisons underneath each - snake venom, puffer fish, datura, tobacco, nux vomica, foxglove, hemlock, draino. Additional types and guides are News Gothic /Spontaneous Combustion; Barnum / Spotted Animals; Stymie Outline / Slug Extermination; and so on.

London: Pelican Press, 1923. Sunning to spine. The written word and the printed word. Some tests for type. Concerning Printers' flowers. The pioneer work of the Pelican press. The points of a well made book. A glossary of printers terms. Type Specimens. A display of borders and intials.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.