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AN APPRAISAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS EDUCATION. An Informal Evaluation of the Several Educational Activities in Their Contribution to the Graphic Industries and to the Current Educational Program of the United States
by Gage, Harry L[awrence]
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- 1938
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Lexington, Va.: Journalism Laboratory Press, Washington and Lee University, [printed by C. Harold Lauck], 1938. 27 pages. Original light blue cloth with black spine lettering. [21.8 cm.] Near fine in original unprinted dust jacket (a bit tanned, especially on spine panel and with a small chip and a few tiny closed tears). FIRST EDITION. One of 200 copies in… Read more about this item Item Price
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GEORGE CLYMER AND THE COLUMBIAN PRESS
by Kainen, Jacob
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- 1950
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New York: The Typophiles; [designed and printed by Taylor & Taylor, San Francisco]; 1950. viii, [6], 60 pages, plus eight full-page plates, each with a printed tissue guard. Original blue-green cloth decorated in black and lettered in gilt on the spine. [18.2 cm.] Spine ends slightly rubbed, some faint soiling to joints, endpapers tanned near hinges,… Read more about this item Item Price
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MODERN AMERICAN PRESSES
by Haas, Irvin, compiler and editor; Will Ransom, introduction
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- 1935
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Chicago: The Black Cat Press, 1935. 95, [3 - index] pages. Original tan buckram with gilt spine lettering and printed paper cover label. [24 cm.] Spine sun-darkened and with a few small spots and a little speckling, minor foxing to gutters of prelims; about very good. FIRST EDITION. One of 300 copies, this… Read more about this item Item Price
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SANTA CLAUS AT SIMPSON'S BAR
by Harte, Bret
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- 1941
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Rochester, N.Y.: [Privately printed for Winifred, Eino, and John Wigren; printed by Eino Wigren?], 1941. 16, [2] pages. Illustrated with title-page vignette and pictorial headpiece on the first page of text, both printed in red. Original decorative paper over stiff wraps with printed paper cover label. [17.6 cm.] Good plus. Front wrap shows faint… Read more about this item Item Price
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PLAIN PRINTING TYPES. A Treatise on the Processes of Type-Making, the Point System, the Names, Sizes and Styles of Types. [Series title at head of title page:] The Practice of Typography
by De Vinne, Theodore Low
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- 1925
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New York: Oswald Pub. Co., 1925. 403 pages. Illustrated with numerous type specimens and tables, and a few engravings, all printed with the text. Original brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. [19.3 cm.] Very good plus. Slight rubbing to spine ends, some rather faint soiling to cloth, still a nice copy. From the library… Read more about this item Item Price
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THIRTY BINDINGS described by G. D. Hobson. Selected from the First Edition Club's Seventh Exhibition, Held at 25 Park Lane, by Permission of Sir Philip Sassoon, Bart.
by Hobson, G[eoffrey] D[udley]
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- 1926
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London: The First Editions Club, [printed by Charles Whittingham and Griggs, Ltd., Chiswick Press], 1926. Quarto. xii, 68 pages, plus thirty full-page photographic plates, some printed in color. Original maroon cloth with gilt borders and lettering; top edge gilt. [32.6 cm.] Sun-fading to spine and, to a lesser degree, outer areas of covers; light… Read more about this item Item Price
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DESIGN AND BEAUTY IN PRINTING
by Goudy, Frederic W[illiam]
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- 1934
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[New York]: Printed by the Press of the Woolly Whale, 1934. [4], 18 pages. Original printed blue paper covered boards. [15.1 cm.] Boards unevenly sun-faded, light tanning to endpapers, barely perceptible foxing to gutters of prelims. Good plus in original glassine dust jacket (a bit age-toned but showing little wear). FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, printed in celebration of Goudy's 69th… Read more about this item Item Price
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D.B. UPDIKE & JOHN BIANCHI: A NOTE ON THEIR ASSOCIATION
by Bianchi, Daniel B.
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- 1965
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Boston: The Society of Printers, 1965. [2], 29 pages, plus three plates (two portraits and a facsimile). Original dark blue cloth stamped in gilt. [18.1 cm.] A fine copy in original glassine dust jacket (tiny chips to base of spine and scratch to front panel). FIRST EDITION. One of 500 copies. Issued… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE WORLD'S LINCOLN
by Drinkwater, John
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- 1928
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. New York: The Bowling Green Press, [printed and bound by William Edwin Rudge, Mt. Vernon, N.Y.], 1928. 34, [1] pages. Original white paper spine and blue paper covered boards, lettered in gilt. [23.2 cm.] Near fine in original unprinted parchment dust jacket. Spine a trifle sunned, upper corners slightly bumped. Jacket sunned… Read more about this item Item Price
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UPDIKE: AMERICAN PRINTER AND HIS MERRYMOUNT PRESS
by Updike, Daniel Berkeley, [et. al.; Peter Beilenson, editor and printer]
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- 1947
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New York: The American Institute of Graphic Arts, [printed by Peter Beilenson, Mount Vernon], 1947. 156 pages, plus [44] pages of facsimiles and specimens, being "A Gallery of Merrymount Title-Pages and Merrymount Types." Original dark blue cloth stamped in gilt on the spine. [23.9 cm.] A near fine copy in very good dust jacket with… Read more about this item Item Price
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CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS OF THE WASHINGTON CLUB OF PRINTING HOUSE CRAFTSMEN. Effective February 1970. Organized June 3, 1919. Incorporated Under the Laws of the District of Columbia October 9, 1969
by Washington Club of Printing House Craftsmen
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- [1969 or 1970]
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[Washington, D.C.: Washington Club of Printing House Craftsmen, 1969 or 1970]. 15 pages. Original printed wraps. [15.7 cm.] Fine. Apparent FIRST EDITION. Rare. Unrecorded by OCLC. Item Price
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THE MECHANISM OF THE LINOTYPE. A Complete and Practical Treatise on the Care and Operation of the Linotype, for the Novice as Well as the Experienced Operator ... Completely Revised and Amplified ...
by Thompson, John S[mith]; Oscar R. Abell and Windsor A. Straw, [eds.]
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- Revised thirteenth edition
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- 1948
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Brookings, [S.D.]: Lebawarts Printers, 1948. ix, [1], 238 pages. Illustrated with numerous figures in the text. Original black cloth over flexible boards stamped in green on the front cover. [16.9 cm.] Near fine. Minor rubbing to front hinge, upper corners a trifle bumped, still an excellent copy. Thirteenth edition, revised and enlarged, and… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE STORY OF FREDERIC W. GOUDY
by Beilenson, Peter
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- Second edition
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- 1965
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Mt. Vernon, N.Y.: Printed for the Goudy Centennial at the Peter Pauper Press, 1965. 68 pages. Original brick-red cloth with gilt spine lettering and gilt monogram on front cover. [18.3 cm.] A fine copy in original glassine dust jacket (spine panel sunned and slightly chipped at base; smudge to rear panel). SECOND EDITION. … Read more about this item Item Price
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TYPE REVIVALS: An Exposition Regarding Independent New Designs
by Goudy, Frederic W[illiam]
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- 1937
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Lexington, Virginia: Journalism Laboratory Press, Washington and Lee University, 1937. 18 pages. Original beige cloth spine and brown paper covered boards with gilt cover lettering. [17.1 cm.] Near very good in original glassine dust jacket. Slight gouge to the head of front board at the joint, else a nice, clean copy. Spine just… Read more about this item Item Price
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PRINTING TYPES: Their History, Forms, and Use. A Study in Survivals [2 volumes]
by Updike, Daniel Berkeley
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- Second printing
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- 1922 [i.e. 1923]
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1922 [i.e. 1923]. Two volumes. xxxii, 276 and xix, [1], 308 pages, plus numerous plates, some folding. Original black cloth with gilt spine lettering. [24.1 cm.] Cloth slightly faded and rubbed; minor wear to spine ends. Light dust soiling to fore-edges and small spot to fore-edge of vol. II; rather… Read more about this item Item Price
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JOHN GUTENBERG. A Lecture at the University of Pennsylvania Delivered on February 14, 1940, by the Rosenbach Fellow in Bibliography ...
by Winship, George Parker
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- 1940
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Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1940. [4], 38 pages. Original decorative paper by Veronica Ruzicka over light boards with printed paper cover label. [19.4 cm.] Near fine in original glassine dust jacket (tiny chip to head of spine, a few short, closed tears). FIRST EDITION. One of 900 copies. A brief but detailed… Read more about this item Item Price
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