A Classified Catalogue of Pamphlets in Foreign Languages in the Toyo Bunko Acquired during the Years 1917-1971
Tokyo: Toyo Bunko, 1972. Softcover. Octavo, 328 pages. More
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The Form of the Book: Essays on the Morality of Good Design
Point Roberts, WA: Hartley & Marks Publishers, 1991. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; xviii, 181pp. A Fine copy (light spots on upper page edges) in near fine dust jacket (minor wear to extremities). "Tschichold was a lifelong student, teacher and practioner of typography, passionately concerned with the broadest principles and tiniest details..... More
Tuttle's Watch-Pocket English-Japanese Dictionary (Miniature)
Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1964. 6th. Paperback. 2 1/2" x 1 5/8". viii, 351 pp. Stiff grey wrappers with red lettering; housed in black slipcase with gilt lettering. A fine copy. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number -..... More
Humanists and Humanism in Amsterdam; Catalogue of an Exhibition in the Trippenhuis, Amsterdam 20-25 August 1973
Amsterdam: Library of the University of Amsterdam et al, 1973. 1st. Paperback. Octavo; 80 pages. Library markings, o/w Very Good. 'With the texts of the lectures held by Dr. F.F. Blok and Dr. C.S.M. Rademaker.' Next day shipping. Celebrating our 18th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation..... More
Typographer Vol. XX, No. I (Spring 1960) Dedicated to the Memory of Frederic W. Goudy 1865-1947
Rochester, New York: Institute of Technology, 1960. 1st. Paperback. 8vo. 52 pp. Illustrations by Charles E. Pont. Sitff staple-bound grey wrappers with blue and black lettering. A very good copy (age-toning; light staining). Essays by Goudy, Howard W. Coggeshall. Examples of type. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 17th year -..... More
Sixteenth Century Bibliography Booklets 1 - 21; 23; 25 - 26; 31 (25 volumes)
St. Louis: Center for Reformation Research, 1975-95. First Editions. Small octavos; various paginations in printed stapled wrappers. Generally Fine copies. 'The series is designed to offer bibliographic aids of different types to students of life and thought in the late medieval and early modern period. It aims to produce finding..... More
Sixteenth Century Bibliography Booklets 1 - 7 (7 volumes)
St. Louis: Center for Reformation Research, 1975-76. First Editions. Small octavos; various paginations in printed stapled wrappers. Generally Fine copies. 'The series is designed to offer bibliographic aids of different types to students of life and thought in the late medieval and early modern period. It aims to produce finding..... More
Sixteenth Century Bibliography Booklets 1 - 7; 10 - 15; 20 (14 volumes)
St. Louis: Center for Reformation Research, 1975-81. First Editions. Small octavos; various paginations in printed stapled wrappers. Generally Fine copies. 'The series is designed to offer bibliographic aids of different types to students of life and thought in the late medieval and early modern period. It aims to produce finding..... More
A List of the Printers' Marks in the Windows of the Frederick Ferris Thompson Memorial Library, Vassar College.
Poughkeepsie NY: Vassar College, 1917. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. small octavo; 8pp. String-tied, text loose in printed wrappers, soiled with minor extremity loss. The marks of each printer are pictured and listed by window. More
A Descriptive Catalog of Rare Chinese Books in the Library of Congress (Complete in 2 Volumes)
Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1957. 1st. Original wrappers. First Editions. Octavos; [6], 666pp; 667-1306pp. Title in English and Chinese. Text in Chinese only. Printed grey wrappers (age toning; foxing to upper page edges, very light extremity wear); else near fine copies. Lists 1,777 ancient classic works, which are organized..... More
The Craft of Printing and the Publication of Shakespeare's Works
Washington, Folger Shakespeare Library; London and Toronto, Associated University Presses: Folger Books, 1985. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 103 pp. 35 black & white illustrations. Black cloth in illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in fine dustjacket (minor wear to extremities). This monograph ...traces the developments that led to the invention of printing..... More