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To Be a Good Printer: Our Four Commitments
by Donnelley, Gaylord
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- First Edition
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- 1977
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€9.40
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Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons, 1977. First edition. Octavo. xiii, 110 pp; frontispiece portrait of author & portraits of four family members. Gilt-stamped two-tone brown cloth. Fine, a clean, unmarked copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. Item Price
€9.40
The New York Public Library: A Universe of Knowledge
by Dain, Phyllis
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2000
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- Paperback
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- 9781857592344
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€14.09
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London: Scala Publishers, 2000. First edition. Octavo. 144 pp; numerous color & b/w illustrations. Glossy paperback. Near Fine, a long gift inscription of front free endpaper, else an unmarked copy. A richly illustrated history of the New York Public Library, founded in 1895.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Item Price
€14.09
The Colophon New Series. A Quarterly for Bookmen. Summer 1938. Volume III, Number 3
by Adams, Frederick B., Jr, Elmer Adler, Alfred Stanford & John T. Winterich
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- First Edition
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- 1938
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- Hardcover
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NY: Pynson Printers, 1938. Octavo. pp 335-476; several b/w illustrations. Decorative cloth-covered boards. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; old dampstain at bottom edge of front & rear covers, bottom edge of first 25 pp shows minor wrinkling; else covers clean & unmarked.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Item Price
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Some Random Recollections: An Informal Talk Made at the Grolier Club, New York. 21 October 1948
by Knopf, Alfred A.
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- Limited Edition
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- 1949
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- Hardcover
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NY: Typophiles, 1949. Limited to 1250 copies. Twelvemo. 41 pp. Red cloth with gilt-lettered cover & spine. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; spine sl. darkened. Book designed by W.A. Dwiggins and printed & bound by The Plimpton Press, Norwood, MA. The type is Arcadia, designed by Dwiggins and used here in a book for the first time. Typophile Chapbook no.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Colophon New Series. A Quarterly for Bookmen. Winter 1937. Volume II, Number 2
by Adams, Frederick B., Jr, Elmer Adler, Alfred Stanford & John T. Winterich
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- First Edition
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- 1937
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NY: Pynson Printers, 1937. Octavo. pp 159-310; several b/w illustrations, index. Decorative cloth-covered boards. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; covers lightly soiled, light stain along bottom edge of rear cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Item Price
€14.09
The Colophon New Series. A Quarterly for Bookmen. Autumn 1937. Volume II, Number 4
by Adams, Frederick B., Jr, Elmer Adler, Alfred Stanford & John T. Winterich
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- First Edition
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- 1937
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NY: Pynson Printers, 1937. Octavo. pp 481-628; 1 color & several b/w illustrations, index. Decorative cloth-covered boards. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; covers lightly soiled.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Item Price
€14.09
PRINTING AND THE RENAISSANCE: A Paper Read Before the Fortnightly Club of Rochester, New York
by Slater, John Rothwell
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- Limited Edition
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- 1921
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- Hardcover
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€18.79
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NY: William Edwin Rudge, 1921. Limited edition of 600 copies. Octavo. 35 pp a few b/w illustrations. Brown paper-covered boards. Good only, lacks paper spine covering, else a clean, unmarked copy. Designed by Bruce Rogers, it is one of 500 copies printed on Antique Wove Paper. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Item Price
€18.79
THE NEWSPAPER: An International History
by Smith, Anthony
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1979
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- Hardcover
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- 9780500012048
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€14.09
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NY: Thames and Hudson, 1979. First edition. Octavo. 192 pp; 120 b/w illustrations; reading list; index. Orange cloth with gilt-lettered spine with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket with no wear. Review copy slip and two photos laid in.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Item Price
€14.09
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF PUBLISHING 1837-1962
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- Near Fine
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- 1962
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Boston: Little, Brown, 1962. First edition (stated). Twelvemo. 84 pp; numerous b/w photographs. Gilt-lettered cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy; jacket has minor wear to spine ends & corners... First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Item Price
€14.09
Some Account of the Oxford University Press, 1468-1926
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- 1926
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- Hardcover
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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1926. Second edition. Octavo. 133 pp; numerous b/w illustrations, incl. photos. Gilt-lettered blue cloth. VG. Hard Cover. Very Good. Item Price
€14.09
OF MEN AND DREAMS: The Story of the People of Bowne & Co. and the Fulfillment of their Dreams in the Company's 200 Years from 1775 to 1975
by Stanley, Edmund A., Jr.
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- Second Edition
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- 1975
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NY: Bowne & Co., 1975. Second edition. Octavo. 83 pp; numerous sepia illustrations. Gilt-lettered red cloth. VG+, a clean, unmarked copy, spine gilt lightly rubbed.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 83 Pp; . Item Price
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PRINTER'S PROGRESS: A Comparative Story of the Craft of Printing 1851-1951
by Rosner, Charles
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- 1951
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€23.49
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1951. First edition, American issue, printed in Britain. Large quarto. 119 pp; profusely illustrated with color plates, die-cuts, fold-out plates, inserts, leaflets. Brown buckram with gilt-lettered spine, no jacket. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Item Price
€23.49
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN THE PAPER BUSINESS 1819-1944: being a brief history of the founding of the paper business of the Alling & Cory company, together with an account of its Growth
by Alling & Cory Company
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- 1944
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Rochester, NY: Alling and Cory Co., 1944. Quarto. 76 pp; illustrated with line drawings. Tan cloth-backed boards, illustrated endpapers. VG, former owner name on first blank page, offsetting from illustrations; cover edges lightly toned, corner tips lightly rubbed, couple of small tears to top edge of rear cover, rear hinge starting. Includes "Paper, a brief account of how it is… Read more about this item Item Price
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AN ACCOUNT OF THE MAKING OF THE OXFORD LECTERN BIBLE
by Rogers, Bruce
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€28.18
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Philadelphia, PA: Lanston Monotype Machine Company n.d., [1936]. Quarto. 16 pp. Stapled wraps with titles. Very good, light fading to edges of covers. Bruce Rogers explains the process of designing the typography and layout of the Oxford Lectern Bible.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Item Price
€28.18
ACHIEVEMENT: A Treatise on One of the Factors in the Advancement of the Art of Printing, with Examples
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- First Edition
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- 1920
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€42.28
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NY: Japan Paper Company, 1920. Octavo. 50 pp; frontispiece. Vellum-backed boards with blind-stamp decoration and gilt titles, edges untrimmed, in slipcase. VG+, light toning to spine & bottom corner lightly bumped; slipcase with one corner rubbed through, else minor edgewear. Printed letterpress on hand-made rag paper. Contains a catalogue of an exhibition held by the American Institute of Graphic Arts… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE LONDON BOOKSHOP: Being Part Two of a Pictorial Record of the Antiquarian Book Trade: Portraits and Premises
by Brown, Richard & Stanley Brett
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1977
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- Hardcover
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- 9780900002236
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€32.88
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Pinner, Middlesex: Private Libraries Association, 1977. Oblong quarto. 75 pp; full of b/w photographs. Dark gray cloth with gilt-stamped titles on burgundy labels with original glassine jacket. Near Fine/VG, a crisp clean copy; glassine has several short tears. Edition of 2000 copies.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Item Price
€32.88
SEPTEMBER, A MONTH OF DAYS
by Mead and Gilbert Papers
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- First Edition
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- 1988
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Dayton, OH: Mead Paper Company, 1988. Sixteenmo. Unpaginated. Profuse color illustrations. Paperback. VG, covers slightly soiled. Design by Pentagram for Mead and Gilbert Papers.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Item Price
€18.79
Printing at Gregynog = Argraffu Yng Ngregynog : Aspects of a Great Private Press = Agweddau Ar Wasg Breifat Fawr
by Hutchins, Michael
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1976
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- Paperback
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- 9780905171043
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[Cardiff]: Welsh Arts Council, 1976. Octavo. 38 pp; b/w illustrations. glossary. Stiff card covers. VG, a clean, unmarked copy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Item Price
€18.79
HOMES OF DOUBLEDAY, DORAN AND COMPANY, INC. Garden City, London, Kingswood, Surrey, Toronto
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- First Edition
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- 1930
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- Hardcover
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€32.88
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Garden City, NY: Privately Printed, 1930. Octavo. unpaginated. Fold-out frontispiece by Chester Price, b/w plates throughout; list of offices and bookstores. Original blue cloth with gilt rules and titles on cover. VG, minor wear to corners, crown bumped. Views of Country Life Press in Garden City, NY; Windmill Press in Kingswood, Surrey, England; 99 Great Russell St in London; and… Read more about this item Item Price
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A BOOKSELLER'S WAR
by Hill, Heywood & Anne. Edited by Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1997
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- Hardcover
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- 9780859552370
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€46.98
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Norwich: Michael Russell, 1997. Octavo. 208 pp; 8 pp of b/w photographs; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, small gift inscription on front free endpaper, else a clean, unmarked copy. The wartime letters between Heywood Hill, who had opened his bookshop in Curzon Street in 1936, and his wife Anne. He was suddenly called up in December 1942, and… Read more about this item Item Price
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