Amsterdam: the monthly, 1938-39. Magazine. Printing trade magazine, a group of 12 unduplicated issues, each 12x9 inches, a little abrasion to spinefolds, a touch of rust to staples, good to very good copies. Find 1938, nos. 2 (Feb), 4 (April), 6 (June), 7 (Sept), 10 (Dec; this issue has a...... More
Cat.No: 224576
Springfield, OH: Typographical Union no. 117, 1869. Four panel brochure, 5x8 inches, printed on two panels, front panel printed in gold & red ink includes logo, list of officers, second panel printed in black includes a list of members, those withdrawn by card and one honorary member, some foxing and..... More
Cat.No: 184847
Stockholm: Robert Matton Co AB, 1996. Pamphlet. Unpaginated, about fifty pages, softbound, an oversize pamphlet in stapled 10x7.5 inch white and black wraps (cardstock wraps are white with a black verso). A concept book with largepoint lettering in black, white and red, minimalist figures, philosophical one-liners. A nice clean copy..... More
Cat.No: 233186
New York: Something Else Press, 1967. 16p. includes covers, 5.25x8.25 inches, alternating font styles and colors (pink, red, blue), purposely faded strikes to deep dark print, very good first edition chapbook in white stapled printed wraps. A Great Bear Pamphlet #11. Lists previous 10 Great Bear pamphlets on rear cover..... More
Cat.No: 203322
San Francisco: Bathysphere Press, 1997. 51p., professionally printed double-sided but cheaply copyshop-bound, standard leaves side-stapled under decorated aqua cover sheets. A little edgeworn with a corner-crease to tail, else sound; text is clean and unmarked within. An odd feature here, perhaps a nod to humility, the thirty or so poets..... More
Cat.No: 241639
San Francisco: designed by Abe Lerner for The Book Club of California, 1980. Hardcover. 90p., 4.75x7.25 inches, foreword, introduction, essays, Craig's essay, illustrated with b&w and color plates reproducing bookplates and typography, fine first edition limited to 450 copies for the Book Club bound in persimmon boards with floral vignette..... More
Cat.No: 212930
London: Verso, 1990. Paperback. 378p., Verso modern classics series. More
Cat.No: 226640
Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1968. Paperback. [32p], fancy presswork on particolored-paperstock leaves, typography varies from page to page, expect many photographs of a nude woman that anchor a spew of dubious humor, very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Pretty book, designer Levy should get top billing..... More
Cat.No: 226041
Palo Alto: Printed at the Greenwood Press for Stanford University Library, 1954. Pamphlet. ix, 23p., rubricated titlepage, two vignette cuts, softbound in stapled 9x6 inch green wraps. Spinefold is sunned, edges are worn with dog-damage to back cover (an inch-long marginal chip, creasing and a few tooth-marks). A fair copy..... More
Cat.No: 210668
London: Cassell & Co Ltd, 1953. Hardcover. xv, 224p., hardbound in 10x6.5 inch dark blue buckram boards gilt, t.e.g., elegant presswork done by University Press Cambridge in a run of 1,000, this being no. 557. Features a goodly number of Gill vignettes; handsome book in handsome condition, clean, sound and..... More
Cat.No: 242128
Berkeley Heights, NJ: [Oriole Press], 1964. Small broadside announcement, 4.25x8.75 inches, printed on one side only with a small illustration, the rest text. More
Cat.No: 129130
London: The British Library, 1982. 109p., fullpage and vignette b&w photos, a colorphoto section, features lots of info and detail we never knew before, a nice production in 9.5x6.5 inch boards gilt and glossy color dust jacket. Clean and sound, free of any markings, a very good copy. Detective work..... More
Cat.No: 226657
San Diego: Singing Horse Press, 2005. Paperback. 118p., softbound in glossy colorphoto wraps, 11x8.5 inches. Covers yawn slightly, with unobtrusive crimp and edgewear, altogether clean, sound and unmarked. A very good copy. Shaped, or "concrete" unrhymed verse, syntax yields to music, pushed a little harder than Mallarme might; our unalgorhythmic..... More
Cat.No: 240519
Colorado Springs: International Typographical Union, 1981. 122p., staplebound booklet, minor handling wear. Cover title: "Book of Laws" More
Cat.No: 224150
Indianapolis, IN: International Typographical Union, 1960. Magazine. 399p., bound in black buckram, very good condition. Complete run for 1960. More
Cat.No: 112155
Indianapolis, IN: International Typographical Union, 1958. Hardcover. 351p., bound in black buckram, very good condition. Complete run for 1958. More
Cat.No: 112158
Indianapolis, IN: International Typographical Union, 1953. 195p., paperback, very good, 3.75x5.75 inches. Cover title: "Book of Laws..." More
Cat.No: 238906
Oakland: printed by Lederer, Street & Zeus Company, Inc., for the International Typographical Union, Oakland Chapter, host, 1949. Unpaginated, some ninety or one hundred pages, glossy paperstock throughout, a folded aerial view of glorious Oakland introduces; 9x12.25 inches, fastened adroitly with cord passed through diecut holes designed for a comb-style..... More
Cat.No: 172775
Berkeley Heights, NJ: Oriole Press, 1966. Single 5x9 inch broadside/leaflet printed on one side only in three colors, with a tinted deckle edge, decorative touches, very good. On March 14th, while the exhibit was still up, Joseph Ishill gave a talk at the library, walked home and died shortly thereafter..... More
Cat.No: 129563
[Berkeley Heights, NJ]: [The Oriole Press], 1958. Single 4.5x7.5 inch leaflet on fine paper, in which Ishill reprints a 19-line review by Walter Harding of "The Thoreau Family Two Generations Ago" that includes praise for Ishill's typography. Very good. More
Cat.No: 180831
Cleveland, OH: International Stereotypers & Electrotypers' Union of North America, 1937. Various pagination, one issue browned, folded chart and folded group photograph, bound in green buckram with leather label gilt, spine label rubbed. Complete run for 1937. More
Cat.No: 118270
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Typographical Union no. 174, 1975. Hardcover. 109p., original blue cloth binding, 9x11 inch oblong, illus., extensive text along with ads. Number 974 of 2,000 copies. Very good. More
Cat.No: 131933
Denver, CO: International Stereotypers & Electrotypers' Union of North America, 1933. 808p. paper browned, a few pages chipped with some loss of text, a folded group photograph laid in, bound in green buckram with leather spine label titled and ruled gilt, label slightly rubbed. Complete run for 1933. More
Cat.No: 118277
Denver, CO: International Stereotypers & Electrotypers' Union of North America, 1935. 904p. paper browned, folded chart and a folded group photograph, bound in green buckram with leather spine lable ruled and tiled gilt, label slightly rubbed. Complete run for 1935. More
Cat.No: 118276
Cleveland, OH: International Stereotypers & Electrotypers' Union of North America, 1936. 776p. paper browned, folded chart detached but present, a few pages chipped in the upper margin, folded group photograph, bound in green buckram, spine faded, spine label rubbed. Complete run for 1936. More
Cat.No: 118275
