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OCAP Anthology '84: A gathering of signatures created by members of the Print Making Department of the Ontario College of Art
by Ontario College of Art
Toronto: Ontario College of Art Press, 1984. Limited edition of 100. Leather bound. Near fine. Unpaginated. 32 cm. Numerous colour and b&w illustrations. Green cloth spine with green paper covered boards. Blank impressing. Boards faded at edges. Light edge wear. Part 1 of the OCAP volumes. Various signatures produced by different printers, all listed at front. Some truly beautiful work, especially the paper cutouts by Paul Dempsey.
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£238.23
Etching and intaglio printing
by MIDDLETON, M. J
New York: Drake Publishers, 1972. Hardcover. Very good +/Poor. 63 p. 24 cm. B&w illustrations. Red cloth in dustjacket. Jacket has numerous chips and tears to both panels. Ink signature on front free endpaper.
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£59.56
A Funeral Sermon, preached at Donegal Meeting House, Lancaster County, on the Death of Rev. William Kerr
by MARTIN, Samuel
First Edition. 16pp. 8vo, disbound; (a few pages foxed, small light dampstain throughout). Lancaster, (PA.): Printed by Mary Dickson, 1823.<br/><br/> In 1823, Mary Dickson became the sole proprietress of the Lancaster, Pennsylvania printing shop she had founded with her husband, William, and his brother Robert. William Dickson died in 1823. In 1799, Mary and the Dickson Brothers founded the anti-Federalist newspaper, the Lancaster Intelligencer. The Dickson's firm printed for Mathew...
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£992.62
Early Lithographed Books: A Study of the Design and Production of Improper Books in the Age of the Hand Press. With a Catalogue
by Twyman, Michael
Farrand Press & Private Libraries Association, 1990 4to (26 cm), 374 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine and the front cover (spine sunned, edges slightly foxed). "This book is about books produced by lithography in Europe in the age of the hand press. The period it covers corresponds roughly with the first half of the nineteenth century, but since the hand press continued to be used for lithography long after this, even on a commercial basis, I have allowed myself some chronological...
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£15.91
The Type Louse
by Out of Sorts Pres and Letter Foundery
Larchmont, NY, 1974. 250 copies. Booklet. Fine. [12 p.]. 16 cm. Booklet with built-in dustjacket. Reprinted from A Treasury of American Folklore ed. by B. A. Botkin and published by Crown Publishers.
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£19.85
THE AMERICAN PRINTER. Vol 80, No. 1. January 5, 1925
by Oswald, John Clyde
NY: Oswald Publishing, 1925. Quarto. 80 pp; numerous b/w illustrations. Perfect bound paperback. VG, covers lightly soiled, minor edgewear.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.
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£19.85
Schola steganographica In Classes Octo Distributa, Quibus, praeter alia multa, ac jucundissima, explicantur Artificia Nova, Queis quilibet, scribendo Epistolam qualibet de re, & quocunque idiomate, potest alteri absenti, eorundem Artificiorum conscio, arcanum animi sui conceptum, sine ulla secreti latentis suspicione manifestare
by Schott, Gaspar Schott
Nürnberg: Sumptibus Johannis Andreae Endteri & Wolfgangi Junioris haeredum excudebat Jobus Hertz, 1665. First edition. Bound in contemp. vellum, somewhat stained. The last sheet with a list of Schott's writings up to 1665 is not included here. Quarto 21 ½ x17 ½ cm). Signatures: )( -4 )(⁴ 5 )(² A-2X⁴ (Xx4 blank) Yy². There are . 8 engraved plates and partly engraved folding tables, 3 printed folding tables, and 5 engravings in text. de Backer-Sommervogel .vol. VII,col. 911; Gallard, J.S. Bib....
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£3,176.40
Delafons, Allan, ed. The Penrose annual: a review of the graphic arts, 1960. (Vol. 54)
London: Lund, Humphries, 1960. First edition, 4to, pp. [20], xv-xl, 120, [20], 1-50; frontis.; illus. throughout; fine in jacket. Includes "Typophiles' adventures in bookmaking," by Paul Bennett and, "Porson's Greek Types," by J.M. Mosley.
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£31.96
The Officina Bodoni, Montagnola, Verona: Books printed by Giovanni Mardersteig on the hand press, 1923-1977
by Barr, John
London: The British Library, 1978 4to (26 cm), 96 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. The catalogue of an exhibition held in the King's Library, British Library Reference Division, 9 August - 22 October 1978. From the blurb: "The Officina Bodoni, the distinguished private press founded and operated by Giovanni Mardersteig (1892-1977), has over the last half century produced books of outstanding quality which are admired and collected by connoisseurs of fine book printing. In Montagnola...
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£35.80
Diogenis lærtii historiographi de philosophorum vita decem per q[uam] fecundi libri ad bene beateq[ue] viuendu[m] co[m]motiui
by Diogenes Lærtius , (Tr: Ambrosius Traversarius 1386-1439.)
Paris: Guy or Jean Marchant, for Jean Petit, 1509. Modern binding in 3/4 calf, marbled boards, marbles end leaves. With the . Ex libris of Jos Nève. Portrait of a philosopher at his writing table on verso of title page.(see back cover of this catalogue. Charming woodcut on last page (Marchant's device). Some nice woodcut initials. Marginal annotations and underlinings.. https://data.cerl.org/istc/id00226000 GW VII Sp.436a Goff D226; H 6197?; Aquilon p. 91; Frasson-Cochet 106; Moreau I 317: Moreau,...
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£3,176.40
Printing Types: Their History, Forms and Use. Vol. I - II [complete set]
by Updike, Daniel Berkeley
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1937 2 volumes 8vo (24 cm), XL, 292 pp, 192 illustrations (one folding); xix, 326 pp, ill. 193-367 (one folding). Publisher's cloth (first volume slightly sunned). An extensively revised second edition of the classic study on the art of typography, spanning from the invention of printing to the 20th century, authored by Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941), an American printer and historian of typography. Originally published in 1922, this seminal work played a pivotal...
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£69.62
Printed Books and Manuscripts including a collection of The Doves Press on Vellum, Fine Bindings
New York: Christie, Manson & Woods International, Inc, 1981 4to (25.5 cm), 200 pp. Printed wrappers, price list loosely inserted (wrappers slightly stained). Auction catalogue of a Christie's sale held in New York on May 22, 1981. Featuring 417 entries, including lots 372 to 411 printed at the Doves Press from the John A. Saks Collection.
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£38.79
Duplicata. L'Imprimerie, Une Profession, Un Art
by Mathieu, Robert
Louis Musin, 1976 Oblong 8vo (20 x 22 cm), 305 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (two tears at the to and one of the bottom of dj). Limited to 100 copies, this is copy no. 43 inscribed to a to Belgian bibliophile Marianne Delvaux-Diercxsens. Concise but comprehensive manual. Brief history of typography followed by descriptions of various printing processes, papers used and bindings.
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£39.78
De tesseris Hospitalitatis Liber singualris, In quo hospitii universum, apud veteres potissimum, expenditur. Amstelodami, Sumptibus Andreæ Frissi 1670. 12mo, engraved frontispiece by F. Bloteling, engraved vignette on title, 9 engraved plates (2 folding) illustrations in the text, index at end, [12], 227, [25] pp. [Bound with:-] TOMASININ (Jac Philippi) Episcopi Æmoniensis Titvs Livivs Patvinvs
by TOMASININ (Jac Philippi)
Amstelodami, Sumptibus Andreæ Frissi., 1670. engraved vignette on title, 2 folding plates, index at end,125, [17]pp. Two works in one, 12mo, bookplate of Revd., Geo., Innes, College, Warwick. contemporary calf, upper cover detached, lower joint a little wormed, gilt title and date on spine.
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£268.75
Grimsby Wayzgoose Anthologies 1982-2004
by Various
Grimsby, Ontario, 1982-2004. Hardcover. Near fine. 23 vols. Unpaginated. 23 cm. Over 1,000 b&w and colour illustrations. Bound in numerous colours and materials. '82, '86 and '87 have light soiling to front covers. A wayzgoose was a traditional gift from a master printer to his workmen each year in celebration of St. Bartholomew's Day in order to mark the end of the summer season and the beginning of autumn when work had to be done by candlelight. The tradition has continued into the contemporary...
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£2,382.30
A Century for the Century: Fine Printed Books from 1900 to 1999
by Kelly, Jerry
Paperback. Very Good.
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£8.62
Behold the Child. American Children and Their Books 1621-1922.
by Avery, G.:
London, Bodley Head, 1994., 1994. 8vo. 1st UK ed. 245mm x 185mm. Many illustrations, dust wrapper. Nice clean copy.
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£10.00
The Raymond A. Bidwell Collection of Prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi
1968 softcover as pictured. This is a museum catalog of prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, one of the last great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting. Ex-Everson Museum library with typical markings. Covers are rubbed. Glued binding is loosening due to age and has detached from covers. FFEP has come free. Text includes a short introduction with 127 pages of very nice b&w and color plates. Text appears clean and unmarked. Price reflects condition. Your purchase helps support...
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£14.29
Mercurii Philosophici Firmamentum Firmianum Descriptionem et Usum Globi Artificialis Coelestis..
by Thomas, Corbinianus
Frankfurt & Leipzig: N.P., 1730. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Johann Christoph Berendt. P. Corbiniano [Corbinianus] Thomas. Mercurii Philosophici Firmamentum Firmianum Descriptionem et Usum Globi Artificialis Coelestis, ac Asterismos ejusdem ad ineuntem annum 1730. reductos LXXXVI. Iconismis æri incisis exhibens. Authore P. Corbiniano Thomas, Benedictino Elchingensi, AA. LL. et Philosophiæ Doctore, ac in Alma et Archi-Episcopali Universitate Salisburgensi Matheseos Porfessore Ordinario. Cum...
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£7,146.90
THE AMERICAN PRINTER. Vol 81, No. 10. November 20, 1925
by O'Neill, Matthew J
NY: American Printer Inc., 1925. Quarto. 80 pp; numerous b/w illustrations. Perfect bound paperback. VG, covers lightly soiled, bottom corner creased, minor edgewear.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.
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£19.85
HISTORY OF PRINTING IN AMERICA, WITH A BIOGRAPHY OF PRINTERS AND AN ACCOUNT OF NEWSPAPERS, TO WHICH IS PREFIXED A CONCISE VIEW OF THE DISCOVERY AND PROGRESS OF THE ART IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.|A
by Thomas, Isaiah
Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, 1810. later half leather over marbled paper covered boards, five raised bands, gilt on spine, leather spine label. small 8vo. later half leather over marbled paper covered boards, five raised bands, gilt on spine, leather spine label. 487; 576 pages. Two volumes. First edition. (Bigmore & Wyman III, 9; S-K 3602 for binding references, Howes T168, Sabin 95405, Streeter 4176). All five plates are present (though bound in different locations than called for in some cases). An...
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£3,196.25
THE AMERICAN PRINTER. Vol 82, No. 9., May 5, 1926
by O'Neill, Matthew J
NY: American Printer Inc., 1926. Quarto. 80 pp; numerous b/w illustrations. Perfect bound paperback. VG, covers lightly soiled, minor edgewear, small loss at base of spine.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.
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£19.85
Ivan Fedorov. Nachalo knigopechatania na Rusi: Opisanije izdanij i ukazatel literatury
by Nemirovskij, Evgenij
Moscow: Pashkow dom, 2010 8vo (21 cm), 344 pp. Publisher's laminated boards. In Russian. Bibliography of Ivan Fedorov (c. 1525-1583), was one of the fathers of Eastern Slavonic printing, the first known Russian printer in Moscow. He also printed the first boom in Ukraine. 3389 items.
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£49.72
Letter forms. Formes de caracteres. Forme typografiche. Formas tipograficas. Buchstabenformen.
by Lambert, Frederick W
London: Peter Owen Ltd., 1968 191 printed pages. Introduction in five languages. 150 complete alphabets. Red decorative endpapers. Vintage Foyles bookshop label on paste-down endpaper. 25 x 27.5 cm. Original black cloth with gilt and grey lettering along spine and on upper cover. Corners very slightly bumped. Original printed dustwrapper, torn at spine with bottom 5 cm missing, & with other creases and minor tears. Fred Lambert is an English designer for Letraset, as well as a lecturer at the London...
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£100.00
I Quattro Primi Libri di Architettura di Petro Cataneo Senese
by Cataneo, Pietro
Vinegia (Venice): Aldus. In casa de' figliuoli di Aldo, 1554. First Edition. Full Morocco. Very Good. Folio, 34.5 by 24 cm. [116] pp. (2 unnumbered leaves, including title, 54 numbered leaves, 2 unnumbered leaves.) Title vignette with Aldus anchor emblem. Repeated on last page. 42 woodcut illustrations, seven of which are full page, in addition to 53 woodcut letter devices, each with a small vignette illustration. Condition: later brown morocco rubbed heavily in corners, less so, along joints,...
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£3,573.45