Cahier d'Écriture par Mercier, dédié à mes bien-aimés parents. by (CALLIGRAPHY - MANUSCRIPT) - 1858

Philadelphia, T.K. and P.G. Collins, printers, 1847. 32 pp. Original printed green paper wrappers (sl. dam.). Heavy foxing throughout. Catalogue listing 543 items. Pages 28 & 29 contain an index (artists) and pages 30 & 32 contain a publicity and the constitution of the Art-Union of Philadelphia, fro the promotion of the arts of design in the United Stated (incorporated 1844). The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is a museum and art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the first and oldest art museum and art school in the United States.

Paris, J. Sevin, n.d. (1893). Oblong (11 x 27 cm). 12 plates, printed on the recto only. Printed wrapprs with staples. (staples a bit rusted, wrappers a bit damaged and waterstained but interior fine). The printed cover serves as a titlepage. A very scarce late nineteenth century lettering book for the use of painters, architects etc. On the inside front cover the publisher explains that this booklet distinguished itself from other by the simplicity of the letters used as examples. Most of the plates attribute the letters used to Deberny & Cie. I have only found one library holding this (BNF) who date it 1893.

No place, no date. Engraved throughout. Plates not always bound in order and not always numbered. Collation: Halftitle, Avis au Lecteur, Title, 1 (1 unnumbered) 2 - 33, (2 unnumbered), 34 - 43, [43 but misnumbered should be 44], 45 - 57, (2 unnumbered), 58 - 62, [65 but misnumbered should be 63], 64 - 73, 78, 79, (1 unnumbered but should be numbered 76), 77, 74 - 75, 80 - 81, 86 - 87, 84 - 85, 82 - 83, 88. Original paper wrappers (a bit worn). Halftitle duststained, title and a few pages with some waterstaining, last 4 ff with waterstain in the margin, otherwise a good copy with large margins (page size 12 x 19) especially large lower margin. One of the many variant editions of this popular work. The present copy says Paris on the title page but the address has been mostly erased - before printing - so this is probably a pirated copy (?). Another version exists with "Reigles" in the title but ours definitely has "Regles". Published after 1732 as page 86 shows the facade for the Church of St. Sulpice… Read More

London, the Sun Engraving Co. Ltd., n.d. (but 1932/1933 with supplement 1940). (xii, 168 pp). A Supplementary List of Additional Type Faces, September 1940 bound in (pages 169 - 216). An updated price list has been pasted over the original price list. Folio. Original gilt printed cloth. (binding soiled, edges & corners rubbed, some slight damage to spine). (Six of the leather alphabet tabs with letters missing and 8 letters cut from 36 point 'Beton Extra Bold'. Obviously used but despite the defects still a good copy.Another relic, with type range reflecting the twenties and thirties. The introduction explains the design process for this specimen book and shows all aspects of "The Sun" in a series of 17 photos. Anglo Engraving was founded in London in 1898 by Edward Hunter and J.A. Hughes. They wanted to call their company "Sun Engraving" but the name was already in use. In 1911 the name 'Sun Engraving' becomes available and Hunter and Hughes create a new company at Milford House, Milford Lane,… Read More

Market Drayton, Tern Press, 1978. (62 pp). Woodcut illustrations. Uncut. Dark brown half leather with decorated and coloured cork boards. Woodcuts by Nicholas Parry, printed in Old Style on Medway paper and bound at the Tern Press by Nicholas and Mary Parry. Of eighty copies printed this is number 35, signed by the author and the illustrator.The Exeter Book riddles are a fragmentary collection of verse riddles in Old English found in the later tenth-century anthology of Old English poetry known as the Exeter Book. The riddles are varied in theme and represent the familiar, material world from an oblique angle. The Tern Press, named for a little river that runs through the proprietors' garden, was founded in 1973 by Nicholas and Mary Parry, who performed all the design, editing, typesetting, illustrating, binding, marbling and selling of the seemingly endless creations from their imagination. The press was energetic and very productive. It used the greatest variety of typefaces, paper, bindings and… Read More

Philadelphia, T.K. and P.G. Collins, printers, 1847. 32 pp. Original printed green paper wrappers (sl. dam.). Heavy foxing throughout. Catalogue listing 543 items. Pages 28 & 29 contain an index (artists) and pages 30 & 32 contain a publicity and the constitution of the Art-Union of Philadelphia, fro the promotion of the arts of design in the United Stated (incorporated 1844). The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is a museum and art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the first and oldest art museum and art school in the United States.

Paris, J. Sevin, n.d. (1893). Oblong (11 x 27 cm). 12 plates, printed on the recto only. Printed wrapprs with staples. (staples a bit rusted, wrappers a bit damaged and waterstained but interior fine). The printed cover serves as a titlepage. A very scarce late nineteenth century lettering book for the use of painters, architects etc. On the inside front cover the publisher explains that this booklet distinguished itself from other by the simplicity of the letters used as examples. Most of the plates attribute the letters used to Deberny & Cie. I have only found one library holding this (BNF) who date it 1893.

No place, no date. Engraved throughout. Plates not always bound in order and not always numbered. Collation: Halftitle, Avis au Lecteur, Title, 1 (1 unnumbered) 2 - 33, (2 unnumbered), 34 - 43, [43 but misnumbered should be 44], 45 - 57, (2 unnumbered), 58 - 62, [65 but misnumbered should be 63], 64 - 73, 78, 79, (1 unnumbered but should be numbered 76), 77, 74 - 75, 80 - 81, 86 - 87, 84 - 85, 82 - 83, 88. Original paper wrappers (a bit worn). Halftitle duststained, title and a few pages with some waterstaining, last 4 ff with waterstain in the margin, otherwise a good copy with large margins (page size 12 x 19) especially large lower margin. One of the many variant editions of this popular work. The present copy says Paris on the title page but the address has been mostly erased - before printing - so this is probably a pirated copy (?). Another version exists with "Reigles" in the title but ours definitely has "Regles". Published after 1732 as page 86 shows the facade for the Church of St. Sulpice… Read More

London, the Sun Engraving Co. Ltd., n.d. (but 1932/1933 with supplement 1940). (xii, 168 pp). A Supplementary List of Additional Type Faces, September 1940 bound in (pages 169 - 216). An updated price list has been pasted over the original price list. Folio. Original gilt printed cloth. (binding soiled, edges & corners rubbed, some slight damage to spine). (Six of the leather alphabet tabs with letters missing and 8 letters cut from 36 point 'Beton Extra Bold'. Obviously used but despite the defects still a good copy.Another relic, with type range reflecting the twenties and thirties. The introduction explains the design process for this specimen book and shows all aspects of "The Sun" in a series of 17 photos. Anglo Engraving was founded in London in 1898 by Edward Hunter and J.A. Hughes. They wanted to call their company "Sun Engraving" but the name was already in use. In 1911 the name 'Sun Engraving' becomes available and Hunter and Hughes create a new company at Milford House, Milford Lane,… Read More

Market Drayton, Tern Press, 1978. (62 pp). Woodcut illustrations. Uncut. Dark brown half leather with decorated and coloured cork boards. Woodcuts by Nicholas Parry, printed in Old Style on Medway paper and bound at the Tern Press by Nicholas and Mary Parry. Of eighty copies printed this is number 35, signed by the author and the illustrator.The Exeter Book riddles are a fragmentary collection of verse riddles in Old English found in the later tenth-century anthology of Old English poetry known as the Exeter Book. The riddles are varied in theme and represent the familiar, material world from an oblique angle. The Tern Press, named for a little river that runs through the proprietors' garden, was founded in 1973 by Nicholas and Mary Parry, who performed all the design, editing, typesetting, illustrating, binding, marbling and selling of the seemingly endless creations from their imagination. The press was energetic and very productive. It used the greatest variety of typefaces, paper, bindings and… Read More