16650 ANGLO-AMERICAN COUNCIL OF PRODUCTIVITY. PRODUCTIVITY TEAM REPORT: LETTERPRESS PRINTING. Report of a Visit to the U.S.A. in 1950 of a Productivity Team Representing the Letterpress Printing Industry. London: Anglo-American Council on Productivity, 1951. Sm.4to, (248x186mm), [12],78p. a number of line illustrations in the text. Original stiff wrappers, slightly soiled. £5.00

9591 AUERBACH. AUERBACH ON AUTOMATIC PHOTOCOMPOSITION. Princeton: Auerbach, 1972. Roy.8vo, (253x176mm), [10],128p. illustrations & diagrams. An ex-library copy in original cloth, covers slightly soiled. £6.00

9499 AVIS, F.C. PRINTERS' IMPOSITION. Second Impression, London: Avis, 1957. Cr.8vo, (183x122mm), 144p. A very good copy in original cloth, gilt lettered, dustjacket. £5.00

16124 AVIS, F C. PRINTING MACHINE AND PAPER PROBLEMS. London: [The Author], 1950. Cr.8vo, (184x120mm), 128p. 17 lay-out diagrams (1 a cancel), some ink underscoring of the contents leaf. Original red cloth, dustjacket, bookplate £5.00

19867 AVIS, F.C. PRINTING MACHINE AND PAPER PROBLEMS. Second edition, London: Avis, 1966. 8vo, (192x130mm), 128p. An ex-library copy in original cloth. £5.00

8247 BANKS, W.H. (Editor). ADVANCES IN PRINTING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference of Printing Research Institutes, Wildhaus, Switzerland, May 1975. London: Pentech Press, 1977. 8vo, (225x145mm), xii,412p. A good copy in original hardback, gilt lettered, dustjacket. 30 papers and edited discussions concerning contemporary trends in the printing industry, process research, production evaluation, newsprint and news ink printability. £10.00

17994 BANKS, W.H. (Editor). ADVANCES IN PRINTING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference of Printing Research Institutes, Eisenstadt, Austria, June 1987. London: Pentech Press, 1988. 8vo, (220x140mm), x,401p. A clean ex-library copy in original hardback boards, gilt lettered, dustjacket. Papers and edited discussions concerning contemporary trends in the printing industry, process research, production evaluation, newsprint and news ink printability. £10.00

17995 BANKS, W.H. (Editor). ADVANCES IN PRINTING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of Printing Research Institutes, Moscow, USSR, September 1989. London: Pentech Press, 1990. 8vo, (220x140mm), x,462p. An ex-library copy in original hardback boards, gilt lettered, dustjacket. Papers and edited discussions concerning contemporary trends in the printing industry, process research, production evaluation, newsprint and news ink printability. £10.00

19157 BANKS, W.H. (Editor). HALF TONE PRINTING. Proceedings of the seventh international conference of printing research institutes. Oxford: Pergammon Press, 1964. 8vo, (235x155mm), xii,423p. illustrations and diagrams. An ex-library in original cloth, binding defective. £8.00

13068 BANKS, W.H. (Editor). PAPER IN THE PRINTING PROCESSES. Proceedings of the eighth International Conference of Printing Research Institutes. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1967. 8vo (235x155mm), vii,454p. illustrations and charts. An ex-library copy in oiginal cloth. £15.00

7314 BANKS, W.H. (Editor). PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF PRINTING RESEARCH INSTITUTES. In Canandaigua, N.Y. 1971. [Frankfurt am Main?]: P. Keppler, 1973. 8vo, (212x150mm), [8],323p. illustrations, charts & diagrams. A very good copy in original cloth. 19 papers on such topics as ink, paper strength in perfect-bound books, use of computers in newspaper offices, &c. £8.00

19171 BARNARD, Michael. INTRODUCTION TO PRINTING BUYING. London: Blueprint, 1987. 4to, (295x210mm), x,150p. A reasonably clean ex-library copy in original stiff wrappers. £5.00

19766 BERG, N. Edward. ELECTRONIC COMPOSITION. A guide to the revolution in typesetting. Pittsburgh: Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, 1975. 4to, (283x220mm), xxviii,[354]p. illustrations. A good copy in original cloth. £15.00

529 BIRCHALL, Charles, & others. LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING. Report of a visit to the U.S.A. in 1951 of a productivity team representing the British Lithographic Printing Industry London: Anglo-American Council on Productivity, 1951. Sm.4to, (244x185mm), viii,120p. 2 colour & 12 monochrome plates with 24 text illustrations. Original printed wrappers, slightly soiled and the head and tail of the backstrip worn £8.00

19174 BIRKENSHAW, J.W. INVESTIGATING LOW COST SOLUTIONS TO COMPLEX SETTING PROBLEMS. The use of microcomputers as an aid to mark-up. Leatherhead: PIRA, 1980. 4to, (295x210mm), A clean ex-library copy in original wrappers, stamped 'Confidential' on the front cover. pages dog-eared in the tail-fore corner. £5.00

19303 BIRKENSHAW, John. SHORT RUN PRINTING. Leatherhead: PIRA Intermnational, 1994 4to, (280x200mm), x,182p. illustrations and charts. A good copy in original stiff wrappers. £8.00

10213 BISKEBORN, H. PHOTOGRAVURE MACHINE PRINTING. A working manual covering machine-room practices, methods of correction, ink and paper problems and modern photogravure printing machines. London: Isaac Pitman, 1949. 8vo, (246x152mm), viii,108p. 2 colour plates & 47 monochrome text illustrations. An ex-library copy in original cloth. £10.00

18516 BLUHM, Andrew. PHOTOSETTING. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1968. 8vo, (210x147mm); x,106p. 16 plates. A good copy in original paperback. A manual that marks the change from hot-metal to photo-typesetting, designed for apprentice compositors and those experienced comps retraining for the new technology - now itself virtually a thing of the past. £15.00

14740 BOWER, W.M. & others. MECHANICAL TYPESETTING. London: Isaac Pitman, 1947. 8vo, (190x126mm), [40,(161-224p. illustrations. Original cloth. Volume 3 of the Printing Theory and Practice series edited by John C. Tarr. £5.00

7562 BOXALL, L.E. &  D.O. CLAYDEN. MAGNETIC INK PRINTING. Leatherhead: Printing, Packaging and Allied Trades Research Association, 1962. 8vo, (216x140), [8],28p. 8 illustrations. A good copy in original stiff wrappers. PATRA Principles in Practice series No. 2. £5.00

7954 BREWER, Roy. AN APPROACH TO PRINT. A basic guide to the printing process. London: Blandford Press, 1971. 8vo, (222x155mm), 165p. 91 illustrations. A good copy in original red boards, dustjacket. £3.00

18829 BREWER, Roy. AN APPROACH TO PRINT. A basic guide to the printing process. London: Blandford Press, 1971. 8vo, (222x155mm), 165p. 91 illustrations. A good copy in original red boards, dustjacket. Gift inscription from Nicolete Gray on the front free end-leaf. £5.00

16593 BREWER, Roy. PRINT BUYING. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1986. 8vo, (222x143mm), 125p. The front end-leaves heavily stamped otherwise a clean ex-library copy in original hardback boards, dustjacket. £3.00

6972 BRITISH FEDERATION OF MASTER PRINTERS. COSTING SYSTEM. Explanation and Specimen Forms. Eleventh Edition. London: British Federation of Master Printers, 1949. 8vo, (620x228 folded to 155x228mm), bound as a dyptych of xx,100p +69 specimen forms (most folded). A good copy in original cloth, covers slightly rubbed & soiled. £5.00

18518 BROWN, Noel. PRINT AT WORK. How to plan, prepare and use printed matter for technical and industrial publicity. London: Business books, 1969. 8vo, (223x146mm); xii,206p. 12 plates. A clean ex-library copy in original hardback boards, dustjacket. £5.00

7518 BUREAU, William H. WHAT THE PRINTER SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PAPER. Second edition, Sewickley: Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, 1995. Roy.8vo, (260x195mm), [6],346p. illustrations. A very good copy in original laminated hardback.. £10.00

19173 CAMERON, C.A. USER SURVEY OF PROCESSORS FOR PHOTOTYPESETTERS. Leatherhead: PIRA, 1980 4to, (295x210mm), A clean ex-library copy in original wrappers, stamped 'Confidential' on the front cover. £5.00

19167 CAMERON, C.A. & J.W. BIRKENSHAW. PAGE MAKE-UP SYSTEMS FOR NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS. Leatherhead: PIRA, 1981. 4to, (290x210mm), [10],iv,102p. A clean ex-library copy in original wrappers, stamped 'Confidential' on the front cover. £12.00

19515 CAPPER PASS. PRINTING METALS. Their production, nature and use. Third edition. London: Capper Pass & Son, and Pass Printing Metals. 1932. Cr.8vo, (190x125mm), 86p. 16 illustrations. Some slight damage to the extreme fore-edge of a number of leaves. Original cloth. £8.00

19454 CAPPER PASS. PRINTING METALS. Their production, nature and use. Fifth Edition. London: Capper Pass & Son, and Pass Printing Metals. 1955. Cr.8vo, (190x125mm), 93p. 21 illustrations. An ex library copy in original cloth. £5.00

16611 CARUZZI, Richard. OFFSET DUPLICATOR TECHNIQUES. Edited by Fred W. Hoch and Carl B. Harris. New York: Fred W. Hoch, 1956. 4to, (278x210mm), 95p. numerous illustrations. An ex-library copy, the title-page heavily stamped, in binders' cloth. £3.00

19008 CASLON, H.W. PRICE LIST OF MACHINERY, PRINTERS' SUNDRIES, etc. London: H.W. Caslon, December, 1925. 4to, (286x228mm), [4]p. Edges dust-soiled and frayed. £8.00

8942 CHAMBERS, Eric. PHOTOLITHO-OFFSET. London: Ernest Benn, 1967. 8vo, (215x140mm), xviii,282p. 87 illustrations. An ex-library copy in original red cloth. £5.00

8246 CHAMBERS, Harry T. THE MANAGEMENT OF SMALL-OFFSET PRINT DEPARTMENTS. A guide to setting up and running internal and trade offset printing. London: Business Books, 1969. 8vo, (222x142mm), xii,191p. 6 plates & 10 line illustrations. A good copy in original hardback, gilt lettered, dustjacket. £4.00

8710 CHAUNDY, T.W., P.R. BARRETT & Charles BATY THE PRINTING OF MATHEMATICS. Aids for authors and editors and rules for compositors and readers at the University Press, Oxford. Oxford: University Press, 1954. 8vo, (235x155 mm), xii,110p. 5 plates and 4 text illustrations together with numerous setting examples. An ex-library copy with pin-hole stamp in the title and several small rubber-stamps, in original cloth, blind ownership stamp on the front cover. £25.00

13086 CHICAGO UNIVERSITY PRESS. A MANUAL OF STYLE. Containing typographical and other rules for authors, printers, and publishers recommended by the University of Chicago Press, together with specimens of type. Eleventh Edition, Fifth impression, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1956 8vo, (210x144mm), x,534p. Aclean copy in origianl cloth, dustjacket frayed. £5.00

12376 CLAY, Richard (Printers). HANDBOOK OF TECHNICAL & PRODUCTION AIDS. Third edition, Norwich: Richard Clay, 1983. Sm.4to, (252x190mm), 63p. colour & monochrome illustrations. A fine copy in original cloth. £5.00

3639 CLOWES, William. A GUIDE TO PRINTING. An introduction for print buyers. London: Heinemann, 1963. 8vo, (217x139 mm), xii,134p. 29 plates & 9 text illustrations. Original black cloth, gilt lettered £3.00

13202 CORKETT, F.T. PHOTO-LITHO AND OFFSET PRINTING. London: Raithby Lawrence, 1923. 8vo, (218x140mm), 150p. +xviip trade adverts. 4 colour & 2 monochrome plates with 18 text illustrations, A stamped ex-library copy in original cloth, soiled and worn.  A collection of essays by various experts including J.H. Benton, William Gamble, F.R. Riddell and A. H. de la Rue. £10.00

19009 CORNERSTONE. [ADVERTISING BOOKLET FOR] CORNERSTONE NUMBERING BOXES. Dunstable: Hawthorn Baker, [1960s.] 8vo, (208x145mm), [6]p. illustrations. Original wrappers Illustrations and technical details of printer's automatic numbering machines by Cornerstone 'the boxes that are measured in ems.' £5.00

19172 DANSON, G.A. SMALL FRONT-END SYSTEMS FOR GENERAL PRINTERS. Leatherhead: PIRA, 1982. 4to, (290x210mm),[12],122p. A clean ex-library copy in original wrappers, stamped 'Confidential' on the front cover. £5.00

20313 DUNCAN, C.J. COMPUTER COMPOSING. Final report for the period September 1965  - February 1970. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1971. Sm.folio, (298x210mm), 41p. 10 illustrations. Original stiff wrappers, very slightly soiled. A pioneering research project into computer typesetting carried out at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne for the Department of Trade and Industry from the early 1960s. £20.00

18082 DUNFORD, Nelson James. A HANDBOOK FOR TECHNICAL TYPISTS. New York: Gordon & Breach, 1964. 8vo, (235x155mm), viii,136pp. An internally clean ex-library copy in original cloth, head of the front cover a little soiled. £5.00

17053 DURRANT, Bob. INTRODUCTION TO WEB PRINTING Leatherhead: Pira international, 1994. 4to, (270x200mm), x,137p. numerous diagrams, small stain in the fore-margin throughout and a rubber-stamp on the half-title. Original stiff wrappers. £15.00

19789 DURRANT, W.R. C.W. MEACOCK & R.E.WHITWORTH. MACHINE PRINTING. London: Focal press, 1973. 8vo, (235x160mm), x,245p. diagrams. An ex-library copy marred only by a rubber stamp and small ink annotation on the front free endleaf, in original cloth, dustjacket frayed. A volume in the Library of Printing Technology series, devoted to letterpress, litho and gravure printing. £5.00

14877 ENSCHEDE Joh. en Zonen. CATALOGUS VAN DE TECHNISCHE BIBLIOTHEEK. Haarlem: Joh Enschede, 1953. Roy.8vo, (258x160mm), xii,290p. An ex-library copy in original cloth. Rubber-stamps on the pre-lims and last text leaf, but perhaps these faults slightly lessened by the presence of a gift inscription from Sam Hartz to W. Turner Berry on the front pastedown endleaf. £25.00

8260 THE ESTIMATOR. THE ESTIMATOR. Twenty Third Edition, York: William Sessions, 1972. Cr.8vo, (146x105mm), 132p. A good copy in original paperback. Covers cost scales, small job work, booklets, blocks, &c. £3.00

18536 FAUX, Ian. MODERN LITHOGRAPHY. Second edition, Plymouth: MacDonald & Evans, 1978. 8vo, (222x130mm), 205 illustrations. A clan ex-library copy in binders' cloth preserving the original front & rear wrappers. Includes chapters on phototypesetting set-up, printing press design and operation of the lithographic press. £10.00

7026 FISHER, R.E. TRANSFERRING AND PROOFING. London: Isaac Pitman, 1961. 8vo, (190x126mm), [4],(137-)196p.  illustrations. A good copy in original cloth, dustjacket frayed. Volume 13 of the Printing Theory and Practice series edited by John C. Tarr. £10.00

14752 FISHER, R.E. TRANSFERRING AND PROOFING. London: Isaac Pitman, 1961. 8vo, (190x126mm), [4],(137-)196p.  illustrations. An ex-library copy in original cloth, dustjacket. Volume 13 of the Printing Theory and Practice series edited by John C. Tarr. £3.00

7436 GANDERTON, Vernon S. MECHANICAL FEEDERS. London: Isaac Pitman, 1946. Cr.8vo,  (190x126mm), [4],(145-)207p. 37 illustrations. Original cloth, slightly soiled. Volume 8 of the Printing Theory and Practice series edited by John C. Tarr. £3.00

14746 GANDERTON, Vernon S. MECHANICAL FEEDERS. London: Isaac Pitman, 1946. 8vo,  (190x126mm), [4],(145-)207p. 37 illustrations. An ex-library copy in original cloth, slightly soiled. Volume 8 of the Printing Theory and Practice series edited by John C. Tarr. £3.00

14749 GANDERTON, Vernon S. MISCELLANEOUS PRINTING PROCESSES. London: Isaac Pitman, 1952. 8vo, (190x126mm), [4],(273-335p.illustrations. A good copy in original cloth. Volume 10 of the Printing Theory and Practice series edited by John C. Tarr. Includes embossing silk screen and Letouzey process printing. £5.00

14743 GANDERTON, Vernon S. PROOF AND PLATEN PRESSES. London: Isaac Pitman, 1946. .8vo, (190x126mm), [4],64p.  illustrations. Original cloth slightly soiled. Volume 6 of the Printing Theory and Practice series edited by John C. Tarr. £5.00

14744 GANDERTON, Vernon S. PROOF AND PLATEN PRESSES. London: Isaac Pitman, 1946. Cr.8vo, (190x126mm), [4],64p.  illustrations. An ex-library copy in original cloth slightly soiled. Volume 6 of the Printing Theory and Practice series edited by John C. Tarr. £3.00

19476 GATEHOUSE, A.L. &  K.N. ROPER. A MANUAL FOR FILM PLANNING AND PLATEMAKING. London: Litho Training Services, [1976.] 8vo, (210x148mm), viii,275p. numerous illustrations and diagrams. Original paperback, previous owner's rubber-stamp on the inside of the front cover. £12.00

10771 GERHARDT, Claus W. BEITRÄGE ZUR TECHNIKGESCHICHTE DES BUCHWESENS. Kleine Schriften 1969-1976. Frankfurt am Main: Polygrah Verlag, 1976. Sm.4to, (229x169mm), [viii],148p. several illustrations including 2 gilt & 1 colour embossed plates and a large folding colour facsimile ground plan laid down inside the rear cover. A very good copy in original quarter cloth. £15.00

15979 GERHARDT, Claus W. TECHNOLOGY AND PRACTICE OF PRINTING AND EMBOSSING WITH COLOURED FOILS. Frankfurt am Main: Polygraph, 1973. 4to, (307x233mm), [14]p, illustrations. Original stiff wrappers printed with gold and coloured foils, very slightly soiled. £10.00

13106 GLICKMAN, Robert Jay & Gerrit Josoeph STAALMAN. MANUAL FOR THE PRINTING OF LITERARY TEXTS AND CONCORDANCES BY COMPUTER. Preliminary edition. Toronto: Toronto University Press, 1966. 4to, (280x220mm), 118p. loose chart present inside the rear cover. An ex-library copy in original plastic-comb bound stiff wrappers, faded. £5.00

16249 GOLDMANN, Gerd, THE WORLD OF PRINTERS. Technologies of the Oce printing systems, printing technologies. Sixth edition, Loughton: Oce (UK) Ltd, 2002. Sm.4to, (235x170mm), [392]p. numerous illustrations. A fine copy in original paperback. An example the technologies of on-demand printing, this book was printed at IPEX 2002 on the Oce Demandstream 8090 CX. £15.00

13199 HALETT, E.K. BLUE PRINT AND DYELINE FOR SCHOOLS. London: Faber and Faber, 1963. 8vo, (212x155mm), 61p. illustrations. An ex-library copy lacking the front free endleaf, in original cloth. £3.00

7025 [HARPER, R.G.] PRINTING METALS. Revised [second] edition. London: Fry's Metal Foundries, 1956. Cr.8vo, (185x130mm), viii,93p. 27 illustrations and charts. A good copy in original cloth. Originally written by A.H. Mundey in 1936, this edition was recast and updated to take account of developments in the metallurgy of printing alloys. £5.00

19514 [HARPER, R.G.] PRINTING METALS. Revised [third] edition. London: Fry's Metal Foundries, 1959. Cr.8vo, (185x130mm), viii,93p. 27 illustrations and charts. A good copy in original cloth. Originally written by A.H. Mundey in 1936, this edition was recast and updated to take account of developments in the metallurgy of printing alloys. £8.00

16238 HART, Horace. RULES FOR COMPOSITORS AND READERS AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD. Thirty-sixth edition (The twenty-second for publication). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1952. 12mo, (138x94mm), 143p.Ex-library copy in binders' cloth. The definitive compositors' guide to correct setting. £10.00

16381 HART, Horace. RULES FOR COMPOSITORS AND READERS AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD. Thirty-seventh edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1967. 12mo, (138x94mm), 144 p. An internally clean ex-library copy in original cloth, dustjacket worn. The definitive compositors' guide to correct setting. £10.00

16438 HART, Horace. RULES FOR COMPOSITORS AND READERS AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD. Thirty-seventh edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1967. 12mo, (138x94mm), 144 p. A good copy in original cloth, dustjacket slightly frayed. The definitive compositors' guide to correct setting. £18.00

8230 HEATH, L.G. & Ian FAUX. A MANUAL FOR PHOTOTYPESETTING. London: Lithographic Training Services, [1976?] 8vo, (212x143mm) x,220p.127 illustrations. A stamped ex-library copy in original paperback. Includes a directory of phototypesetting machines and equipment suppliers. £3.00

7136 HEWITT, R.A. STYLE FOR PRINT AND PROOF-CORRECTING. London: Blandford, 1957. 8vo, (210x145mm), xvi,334p. Original cloth, slightly soiled, dustjacket. £5.00

19428 HOLMES, Ken. TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT. Leatherhead: PIRA, 1992. 8vo, (215x150mm), viii,234p. several flow chart illustrations. A excellent copy in original hard boards. £10.00

19746 HOLTZAPFFEL, Charles. PRINTING APPARATUS FOR THE USE OF AMATEURS. Reprinted from the third greatly enlarged edition of 1846. Edited by James Mosely & David Chambers. Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1971. 8vo, (222x134mm), 80,xlviiip. 4 plates and 14 text illustrations. Original cloth, a working copy with the text block damp-cockled at the head. £5.00

7079 HUSS, Richard E. THE PRINTER'S COMPOSITION MATRIX. Its history and development. New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, 1985. 400 copies, sm.4to, (270x200mm), 80p. 8 plates & 22 text illustrations. An excellent copy in original cloth. £25.00

10314 INTERTYPE. THE INTERTYPE. A book of instruction for its operation and general maintenance. Slough: Intertype, 1948. 8vo, (230x155mm), xxiv,473p. 222 illustrations. Original cloth, slightly soiled. £10.00

12443 INTERTYPE. THE INTERTYPE: ITS FUNCTION, CARE. OPERATION AND ADJUSTMENT. 4 Volumes: 1 Assembling mechanism; 2 Casting mechanism; 3 Distributing mechanism; 4 Magazine frame mechanism. Slough: Harris-Intertype, [1962]. 8vo, (228x152mm), [12],38,[2]; [16].(39-)197,[8]; [8],(197-)343,[11]; [10],(343-)445,[8]p. 222 illustrations. soiled, volume 2 heavily so. Original stiff wrappers. £15.00

8931 JACOBI, Charles T. SOME NOTES ON BOOKS AND PRINTING. A guide for authors, publishers & others. Fourth Edition, London: Charles Whittingham, 1912. 8vo, (222x142mm), [12],173p. including 45 pages of type specimens (printed on one side of the leaf only) and 21 leaves of paper samples, occasional faint spotting. A clean ex-library copy in original red cloth backstrip discoloured. A handy guide written by a one-time apprentice of the Chiswick Press who rose to become a partner. This edition is enlarged from the first of 1892 particularly in the section of illustration methods which is thoroughly rewritten to take account of contemporary developments in photomechanical processes. £18.00

14942 JOHNSON, J. TYPOGRAPHIA, or the printers instructor: including a account of the origin of printing... (1824), 2 volumes, reprinted, London: Gregg Press, 1966. Oblong 8vo, (144x176mm), printed 2 pages up. A clean ex-library copy in original cloth. A facsimile reprint of Johnson's classic manual of instruction and education for printers. £30.00

7694 JORGENSEN, George W. & Michael H. Bruno. THE SENSITIVITY GUIDE. New York: Lithographic Technical Foundation, 1948. 8vo, (215x140mm), iv,42p. illustrations. Original stiff wrappers, soiled. £3.00

7644 KARCH, Robert Randolph. GRAPHIC ARTS PROCEDURES. Chicago: American Technical Society, 1948. 8vo, (214x144mm) xii,373p. 222 illustrations. A heavily marked ex-library copy in original cloth, soiled. An elementary instruction manual that covers all aspects of printing, together with chapters of paper and binding.  £3.00

14949 KARCH, Robert Randolph. GRAPHIC ARTS PROCEDURES. Second edition (fourth impression), Chicago: American Technical Society, 1957 8vo, (215x140mm), xii,384p. 257 illustrations. Original cloth, dustjacket, the inner face of the dustjacket carrying a list of titles from the publisher. £5.00

7645 KARCH, Robert Randolph. GRAPHIC ARTS PROCEDURES. Third edition, Chicago: American Technical Society, 1965 8vo,  (214x144mm) xii,388p. 262 illustrations. A clean ex-library copy in original cloth, soiled. An elementary instruction manual that covers all aspects of printing, together with chapters of paper and binding.  £5.00

8958 KARCH, Robert Randolph & Edward J BUBER. GRAPHIC ARTS PROCEDURES. The offset process. Includes strike-on and film composition. Chicago: American Technical Society [with cancel slip on the imprint: London:  Technical Press, 1967. 8vo, (210x137mm), [6],570p. profusely illustrated. A clean ex-library copy in original cloth. £5.00

14910 KOENIG & BAUER. SCHNELLPRESSENFABRIK: JUBILEE PUBLICATION ON THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY. Würzburg: Koenig & Bauer, 1967. Oblong 4to, (237x255mm), 96p. colour and monochrome illustrations. Original skiver leather, very slightly rubbed. A celebration of the history of this manufacturer of printing machines. £15.00

20174 KOENIG, Friedrich & Andreas Friedrich BAUER. THE FIRST PRINTING MACHINES. Constructed in London up to the year 1818. Leipzig: Koenig & Baur, [1971.] Folio, (300x220mm), 16p. several illustrations, A good copy in original self wrappers. A facsimile reprint, with parallel text in English and German, of a booklet produced for the Great Exhibition of 1851. £20.00

18201 KPE. PRICE LIST OF PRINTERS SUPPLIES. London: KPE, February, 1982. 8vo, (210x150mm), 40p. Original printed wrappers. Details of and prices for paper, card, staplers, &c., &c., £5.00

4541 LARKEN, H.W. COMPOSITOR’S WORK IN PRINTING. Third Edition. London: Staples, 1969. 8vo, (222x140mm), x,382p. 96 illustrations. A good copy in original hardback. A standard textbook of composition with chapters on hand, mechanical, photo-, and computer setting, tabular work, &c, and other aspects of the printing trade as it relates to the composing room. £8.00

20035 LEACH, Robert. LET THE INK FLOW. The history of the first fifty years of Fishburn Ink. Watford: Fishburn Printing Ink Co., 1980. Sm.sq.4to, (205x215mm), 73p. illustrations. A good copy in original hardback boards, dustjacket. £10.00

18492 LETOUZEY, Victor. COLOUR AND COLOUR MEASUREMENT in the graphic industries. London: Pitman, 1957. sm.4to, (253x188mm); x,62p. illustrations (some coloured) and diagrams. An ex-library copy marred only by a bookplate, in original hardback boards, covers partly lightly faded. £20.00

11452 LILLIEN, Otto M. 75 JAHRE ROLLEN-TIEFDRUCK. Eingeleitet von Erhardt D. Stiebner. München: Bruckmann, 1980. Sm.4to, (245x230mm), 112p. illustrations in colour & monochrome. A very good ex-library copy in original cloth, dustjacket. £10.00

14900 LOCKEY, J.F. THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF TYPEWRITING Including office practice. Being the second edition of the second part of The theory of typewriting. London: Isaac Pitman, 1948. 4to, (260x205mm), [iii-]viii,152p. illustrations. An ex-library copy in binders' cloth. £10.00

19579 LUDLOW TYPOGRAPH. [ADVERTISING FOLDER:] AN OUTSTANDING PRINTING PLANT'S EXPERIENCE WITH LUDLOW. Chicago: Ludlow Typograph Company, [1950?] French-folded broadside (273x210mm), printed in black and green with illustrations Ludlow plant and operators at the Times-Mirror Printing House, Los Angeles. Agent's rubber-stamp of A.M. Satterthwaite, Christchuch, New Zealand. Slightly soiled. £10.00

20341 LUKER, Lesle G. BEGINNERS GUIDE TO PAPER, INK AND ROLLERS. Twickenham: Adana, 1973. Sm.4to, (215x147mm); 81p.  2 colour plates & 7 double-leaf paper samples. An internally good ex-library copy in original hardback boards, some slight damage to the covers at the tail of the backstrip and adjacent area. £10.00

7364 [MacDONALD, David J.] ANALYSIS OF THE SINGLE-COLOUR OFFSET PRESSMAN'S TRADE. With suggested course of study. New York: Lithographic Technical Foundation, 1928. 8vo, (240x160mm),  vi,138p. An ex-library copy in binders' cloth preserving the original front wrapper. £10.00

18086 MADDOX, H.A. PRINTING. Its history, practice. and progress. London: Isaac Pitman, 1932 8vo, (215x140mm), x,151p. +8p. publisher's adverts, 44 illustrations and several examples of type specimens. A clean ex-library copy in original cloth. £10.00

17586 MARTIN, Gerard. LA PHYSICO-CHEMIE DES ENCRES. Deuxieme edition entierement refondue, augmentee et mise a jour. [Paris?] Editions Estienne, 1968. Sm.4to, (220x170mm), 216p. illustrations. An ex-library copy in original paperback, the text clean but the usual mess of stamps, &c on the front free endleaf. £10.00

14763 MASON, John. MACHINE RULING. London: Isaac Pitman, 1946. 8vo,  (190x126mm), [4],(233-)272p. A poor ex-library copy in original cloth, soiled. Volume 24 of the Printing Theory and Practice series edited by John C. Tarr. £3.00

7700 MAZZAFERRI, Joseph W. OFFSET PLATE MAKING. Albumin process. New York: Lithographic Technical Foundation, 1944. 8vo, (210x140mm), [6],86p. illustrations. An ex-library copy in original paperback, slightly soiled. £3.00

8915 MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING Co. PRESSMAN'S GUIDE FOR 3M BRAND LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES. St Paul, Minnesota, Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co [3M], 1971. 8vo, (217x154mm), 68p. illustrations. A very good copy in original comb-bound stiff wrappers. Includes a 10 page glossary of terms. £8.00

15532 MONOTYPE. THE MONOTYPE KEYBOARD OPERATORS MANUAL. Third impression, London: National Committee of Monotype Users, 1956. 8vo, (225x145mm), [12],204p. 12 plates and a number of line illustrations and diagrams in the text. A good copy in original cloth. £25.00

18698 MORAN, James. A BRIEF ESSAY ON THE PRINTING PRESS. Durham: Richardson Printing Ink Co., 1963. 8vo, (184x125mm), 31p. 17 plates & illustrations. original printed wrappers, spine very lightly faded. Called 'Chap-book number 3' and produced for IPEX 1963. £10.00

11423 MORAN. James. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRINTING PRESS. London: Wynkyn de Worde Society, [1971.] 8vo, (248x155mm), 24p. 8 illustrations. A good copy in original wrappers. £8.00

19674 MORTIMER, Anthony. COLOUR REPRODUCTION IN THE PRINTING INDUSTRY. Leatherhead: Pira, 1991. 8vo, (216x152mm), [8],233p. colour & monochrome illustrations. Original hardback boards, backstrip slightly faded. £10.00

8262 MORTIMER, Edward. MORTIMERS READY RECKONER. Paper calculations and printing tables. Halifax: Edward Mortimer, 1971. Cr.8vo, (153x108mm),  384p. Original cloth. £3.00

19922 MOXON, Joseph. MECHANICK EXERCISES ON THE WHOLE ART OF PRINTING (1683-4) Edited by Herbert Davis & Harry Carter. Second [corrected] edition, London: Oxford University Press, 1962. Roy.8vo, (246x155 mm), lviii,[6],488p. 2 folding type-specimen facsimiles, 49 plates and 24 text illustrations (mainly full-page). A good ex-library copy in original buckram, gilt lettered, dustjacket a little frayed. The authoritative edition of the first English manual for printers, written in the 1680s, by the man of whom the editors write 'he was the first writer on printing, and though he had a dignified following, he was probably the best of all.'  The text is preceded by a lengthy and scholarly introductory essay. £95.00

10800 [MUNDEY, A H] PRINTING METALS. London: Fry's Metal Foundaries, Tandem Works, 1936. Cr.8vo, (184x122mm), viii,92p. 16 plates from micro-photographs & 9 text illustrations. A very good copy in original printed wrappers. £5.00

14761 NEWELL, L.F. STEREOTYPING AND ELECTROTYPING. London: Isaac Pitman, 1952. 8vo, (190x126mm), [4],(261-)363p. illustrations. Original cloth, very slighlty soiled. Volume 20 of the Printing Theory and Practice series edited by John C. Tarr. £5.00

14762 NEWELL, L.F. STEREOTYPING AND ELECTROTYPING. London: Isaac Pitman, 1952. 8vo, (190x126mm), [4],(261-)363p. illustrations. An ex-library copy in original cloth, soiled. Volume 20 of the Printing Theory and Practice series edited by John C. Tarr. £3.00

14767 OLDFIELD, Margaret. PRINTING SALESMANSHIP. London: Isaac Pitman, 1946. 8vo, (150x126mm), [4],64p. An ex-library copy in original cloth, slightly soiled. Volume 26 of the Printing Theory and Practice series edited by John C. Tarr. £3.00

7057 OLSEN, Kenneth E. TYPOGRAPHY AND MECHANICS OF THE NEWSPAPER. New York: Appleton, 1930. 8vo, (222x145mm), xviii,441p. numerous illustrations. Original cloth, slightly faded. Allegedly the first text on the mechanics and typography of newspaper production. £12.00

18088 PAGE, S.B. MODERN OFFICE COPYING. Photocopying, duplication and near-print. London: Andre Deutsch, 1966. 8vo, (214x140mm), 176p. 25 illustrations. A generally clean ex-library copy in original hardback boards. An outline of photocopying processes primarily concerned with multiple-copying methods but including several which cannot be used economically for more than one copy, although frequently used for multiple copies. (Intro.) £8.00

19668 PARIS, Philip. TROUBESHOOTING FOR PRINTERS. London: British Printing Industries Federation, 1990. 4to, (270x212mm), [8],128p. colour & monochrome illustrations. Original paperback, previous owner's signature on the front cover. £10.00

12094 PATEMAN, F. & L.C. YOUNG. PRINTING SCIENCE. London: Isaac Pitman, 1963. 8vo, (190x126mm), xii,306p. numerous line illustrations in the text. An ex-library copy in original tan cloth. £5.00

7296 P.A.T.R.A. LITHOGRAPHY IN 1960. Proceedings of the PATRA offset-litho conference, Harrogate, Jan.-Feb. 1960. London: Printing, Packaging & Allied Trades Research Association, 1960. 8vo, (220x145mm), xii,435p. illustrations, diagrams & charts. An ex-library copy in original cloth, backstrip discoloured. The collected paper of a conference described as 'the most important technical conference on current trends and developments in offset-lithography ever held in [England].'  £8.00

19223 PEACOCK, John & Michael BARNARD. THE BLUEPRINT DICTIONARY OF PRINTING AND PUBLISHING. London: Blueprint, 1990. 8vo, (224x140mm), [10],280p. illustrations. An ex-library copy with rubber-stamps on the title and final leaf in original hardback boards, dustjacket. £12.00

8261 PETERS, Norman. SUCCESSFUL PRINTING SALESMANSHIP. London: Charles Skilton, 1960. 8vo, (190x128mm, 126p. A clean ex-library copy in original pale blue hardback, dustjacket. £3.00

13056 PETRELLI, Thomas. PHOTO-OFFET PRODUCTIONS OF SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS. Newark: American Graphic Incorporated, 1952. 8vo, (217x140mm), [4],28p. illustrations. Original wrappers, soiled. £3.00

16717 PHILLIPS, Arthur. COMPUTER PERIPHERALS AND TYPESETTING. A study of the man-machine interface incorporating a survey of computer peripherals and typographic composing equipment. London: H.M.S.O., 1968. 8vo (245 x 150mm.), xxii,665p. numerous illustrations, diagrams, tables, &c. Original green buckram. £15.00

13342 PICKERING, Charles L. BOOKWORK AND IMPOSITION. London: Isaac Pitman, 1948. 8vo, (190x125mm), [4],(225-)304p. illustrations. A good copy in original cloth. Volume 4 of the Printing Theory and Practice series edited by John C. Tarr. £5.00

14739 PICKERING, Charles L. BOOKWORK AND IMPOSITION. London: Isaac Pitman, 1948. 8vo, (190x126mm), [4],(225-)304p. illustrations. A ex-library copy in original cloth, covers soiled. Volume 4 in the `Printing Theory and Practice Series' edited by John C Tarr. £3.00

14742 PICKERING, Charles L. COMPOSITORS' EQUIPMENT. London: Isaac Pitman, 1946. 8vo, (190x126mm), [4],72p. illustrations. An ex-library copy in original cloth, covers soiled. Volume 1 of the Printing Theory and Practice series edited by John C. Tarr. £3.00

19453 PORTER, Derek. PRINT MANAGEMENT. Leatherhead: Pira, 1993. 8vo, (215x151mm), xii,331p. A fine copy in original hardback laminated boards. £10.00

12383 PRINTING INDUSTRIES OF AMERICA. COMPRINT INTERNATIONAL 91: Printing 2000; Printing in the global village by Joachim Scharioth & others; The state of the art edited by W.P. Jaspert & Roy Brewer. Together 3 volumes, Alexandria: Printing Industries of America, 2000. 4to, (296x210mm), colour & monochrome illustrations & charts. Original paperbacks in slipcase. £20.00

19764 RADFORD, R.G. LETTERPRESS MACHINE WORK. Revised edition, 2 volumes. London: Staples Press, 1957. 8vo, (216x138mm), xx,270; xx,251p. 205 plates & text illustrations (several coloured). Original cloth, dustjacket, though that on vol.1 partly lacking. A standard textbook written by the onetime head of the letterpress department at the London School of Printing. £25.00

7560 REED, Robert F. FORMULARY. Formulas for solutions used in lithography. New York: Lithographic Technical Foundation, 1956. 8vo, (215x140mm), [2],iv,87p. 10 illustrations. An ex-library copy in original stiff wrappers, spine faded. £3.00

7603 REED, Robert F. & Anthony GEORGE. LITHO-KLEEN. An improved cleaner and preservative for offset blankets and rollers. New York: Lithographic Technical Foundation, 1939. 8vo, (228x152), 11p. An unstamped ex-library copy in original stiff wrappers, covers dust-soiled. £3.00

19448 RIDDELL, G.L. (& others). PROCEEDINGS OF THE PATRA LETTERPRESS METHODS CONFERENCE. Held at the Grand Hotel, Eastbourne, October, 1955. London: Printing, Packaging and Allied Trades Research Association, [1955] SM.4to, (220x140mm), xxiv,84,44,67,92,xxv-xxxviip. several illustrations. Original wrappers slightly discoloured; bookplate. An uncorrected proof copy, a slip overlaid on the front cover reads: 'Not for publication before October 17 1955,' and perhaps formerly the copy of G.L. Riddell whose paper, the first in the book, includes a number of textual changes and revision in red ink. £10.00

12987 ROBINSON, Karl Davis. WHAT THE LITHOGRAPHER SHOULD KNOW ABOUT AIR CONDITIONING. Ney York: Lithographic Technical Foundation, 1950. 8vo, (215x138mm), [6],iv,92p. folding plate & text charts & illustrations. An ex-library copy in original paperback. £3.00

14754 ROTARY GRAVURE. PREPARATION OF ARTWORK FOR ROTARY GRAVURE. London: Institute of Practitioners in Advertising, 1958. 8vo, (213x140mm), 20p. Original stiff wrappers. £3.00

16613 ROUSE, W.M. & H.Mills CARTWRIGHT. NOTES ON THE ROTARY PHOTOGRAVURE PROCESS. Fourth edition, London: Autotype Company, [1930s.] 8vo, (222x140mm), 40p. A clean ex-library copy in original quarter cloth, slightly soiled. £10.00

19497 RYDER, John. PRINTING FOR PLEASURE. London: English Universities Press, 1957. 8vo, (177x105mm); 142p. 59 illustrations, several in two colours. Original hardback boards, backstrip faded and worn The 'Teach Yourself' series edition of one of the very best instruction manuals for the small printer or tyro-private press. £15.00

18847 SAVAGE, William. A DICTIONARY OF THE ART OF PRINTING (1841). Reprinted, London: Gregg, 1966. 8vo, (225x140mm), [2],viii,815p. Original cloth, backstrip faded. (Bigmore & Wyman II.297 noting the original edition; Gaskell, Barber & Warrilow E21 noting also this reprint.) A good facsimile of the most extensive comprehensive manual in English since Moxon. £45.00

20465 SAYERS, A.G. & Joseph STUART. THE COMPOSING DEPARTMENT. The compositor and his work; guides to typesetting, bookwork, imposition, typographic display; mechanical composition, with description and illustration of the various machines in general use. London: Isaac Pitman, 1932. 8vo, (190x128mm), xii,285p. 131 illustrations. A good copy in original green cloth, gilt lettered, bookplate. Volume 1 of The Art and Practice of Printing series issued under the general editorship of William Atkins. £20.00

6494 SAYERS A.G. & Joseph STUART. THE COMPOSING DEPARTMENT. The compositor and his work, guides to typesetting, bookwork, imposition, typographic display, mechanical composition with description and illustration of the various machines in general use. London: New Era, [1933?] 8vo, (190x128mm), xii,285p. 131 illustrations. A good copy in original cloth, gilt lettered. Volume 1 of The Art and Practice of Printing issued under the general editorship of William Atkins. £15.00

1095 [SCOTT, R.H.] MECHANISM AND OPERATION OF MODERN LINOTYPES. A handbook for the guidance and instruction of linotype operators. London: Linotype & Machinery, 1951. 8vo, (224x160mm), xii,232p. profusely illustrated with photographs and diagrams. An ex-library copy marred only by a rubber-stamp on the title verso in original cloth, rebacked preserving most of the original backstrip. £12.00

19751 [SCOTT, R.H.] MECHANISM AND OPERATION OF MODERN LINOTYPES. A handbook for the guidance and instruction of linotype operators. London: Linotype & Machinery, 1951. 8vo, (224x160mm), xii,232p. profusely illustrated with photographs and diagrams. Original cloth, slightly soiled. £12.00

10715 SHAPIRO, Charles (Editor). THE LITHOGRAPHERS MANUAL. Pittsburgh: Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, 1966. 4to, (280x210mm), xvi,[554]p. profusely illustrated in colour & monochrome. A good copy in original buckram. £12.00

19631 SHAPIRO, Charles (Editor). THE LITHOGRAPHERS MANUAL. Pittsburgh: Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, 1966. 4to, (280x210mm), xvi,[554]p. profusely illustrated in colour & monochrome. A very good copy of the Walter Soderstrom Commemorative Edition bound in original quarter off-white rexine, blue cloth sides lettered in gilt, slipcase. £15.00

19936 SHAPIRO, Charles (Editor). THE LITHOGRAPHERS MANUAL. Pittsburgh: Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, 1966. 4to, (280x210mm), xvi,[554]p. profusely illustrated in colour & monochrome. An ex-library copy in original buckram. £10.00

18697 [SHEPHERD, W.A. (Editor)?] EARLY VICTORIAN PRINTING MACHINES. With details of their manipulation. Plymouth: Plymouth College of Art, 1972. Cr.8vo, (182x120mm), 30p. 4 plates and 10 text illustrations. A very good copy in original printed wrappers. Produced by students in the Department of Printing and styled on the front cover 'A Twentieth-Century Chap-Book.' £15.00

19551 SLATER, W.H. WHAT A COMPOSITOR SHOULD KNOW. The art and practice of display. Second edition, London: Borough Publishing, 1928. 8vo, (175x110mm), 202p. +7p adverts. very large folding plate carrying multiple images, and several design examples in the text. Modern quarter cloth, deocrated paper sides. £25.00

13087 SOBLICK, Herman. PHOTOCOMPOSITION METHODS AND EQUIPMENT. Buyers' guide and refernce handbook. [of] manufacturers, distributors , specifications, descriptions... Bellmore, NY: Quad, 1964. 8vo, (228x148mm), [10],143p. illustrations. Original quarter cloth, covers slightly dust-soiled. £10.00

19689 SOUTHWARD, John. MODERN PRINTING. A handbook of the principles and practice of typography and the graphic arts. Section II: Book & jobbing composition, machine composition. Second edition, London: Raithby, Lawrence, 1904. 8vo, (224x140mm), [8],198p. 14 plates of design samples, mainly printed in two colours, and numerous text illustrations, somewhat soiled throughout. Original blue cloth, gilt lettered, covers a little soiled and with a very small tear in the front joint. (see Wakeman, Literature of letterpress printing 54.) Printed in Leicester at the De Montford Press. One volume (although complete in itself) of Southward's treatise on the practicalities of the printing shop; in this instance devoted to composition. The book contains chapters on the Linotype and on the composition of title pages, Greek, Hebrew, German, algebra, music, &c., and does, in some measure, reflect the prevailing 'artistic printing' style with chapters given over to the styles of (dare one say) the torturing of bands, panels, vignettes and curved lines. £20.00

18260 SOUTHWARD, John MODERN PRINTING. A handbook of the principles and practice of typography and the auxiliary arts. 2 volumes, Third edition. London: Raithby Lawrence, 1913-5. 8vo, (230x150mm), viii,440; vi,395p. + adverts profusely illustrated, with some in colour including specimens of jobbing work design in the Artistic printing style. Original cloth, soiled, the backstrip of volume 2 discoloured. (Wakeman Literature of letterpress printing 54) First published in 1898-1900 this book is described by Wakeman as being 'the most important and complete [such] book to have appeared since ... 1882, and it remained influential for many years.' The textual changes still retain a certain historical flavour, perhaps to meet the needs of printers or their apprentices with less than up-to-date equipment, operation of the Wharfedale press is discussed in detail and although Monotype and Linotype composing machines are covered, the well-superseded Thorne, Hattersley, and Wicks composing-machines are all described. An eighth and final edition appeared in 1954 when it was surely the last printing manual to quote from Johnson's Typographica. £30.00

18520 SPECTOR, Cyril. MANAGEMENT IN THE PRINTING INDUSTRY. London: Longmans, 1967. 8vo, (220x145mm); x,354p. An internally clean ex-library copy in original cloth, dustjacket frayed. £5.00

14939 SPELLMAN, John A. PRINTING WORKS LIKE THIS. London: Pheonix house, 1964. 8vo, (252x155mm), viii,56p. illustrations. An ex-library copy in original hardback boards, rubbed. £3.00

14928 SPICHER, Craig R. THE PRACTICE OF PRESSWORK. Second edition, Chicago: The Author, 1929. 8vo, (200x140mm), [10],346p. illustrations. An ex-library copy in original cloth. £5.00

14883 STAR PAPER. HOW WILL IT PRINT? Numbers 1-4. Blackburn: Star Paper, [1975]. 4to, (300x218mm), (8 - 20p) illustrations. A good set in original stiff wrappers. A bulletin for the purpose of aiding pressmen deal with the complexities of printing and lithograph processes, comprising: (1) Specks in printing (2) Scumming in offset litho printing (3) Air, moisture and paper, (4) Astralux. £10.00

15066 STEWART, J. THE COMPOSITOR'S RUSSIAN PRIMER. Designed to assist those unacquainted with the Russian language. London & Leicester: Raithby, Lawrence, 1917. Cr.8vo, (185x125mm), 39p. text illustrations including several of Russian type-case layouts. An ex-library copy in original cloth. £3.00

13681 St JOHN, Eugene. ROTARY WEB PRESSWORK. New York: Oswald, 1916. Cr.8vo, (175x122mm), [4],38p. frontispiece. A stamped ex-library copy in a quarter calf library binding, backstrip rubbed. £5.00

9305 STOWER, Caleb. THE PRINTER'S GRAMMAR; or, introduction to the art of printing, with improvements in the practice of printing, for the last fifty years. (1808) Facsimile reprint. London: Gregg, 1965. 8vo, (195x122mm),  [2],xviii,578p. 8 illustrations. Original cloth, backstrip faded. (Bigmore & Wyman II.403 noting the original edition; Gaskell, Barber & Warrilow E6 also noting this reprint.) A reprint of a comprehensive manual which set the form for its successors up to an including Timperley and containing specimens of types from Fry & Steel, and Caslon & Catherwood. £40.00

18591 STUART, Edwin H. LABOR-SAVING DEVICES FOR THE COMPOSING ROOM. Description and details of their operation. Pittsburgh: [The author?], 1949. 1,000 numbered copies (this copy out-of-series) Sm.4to, (266x180mm), xii,41p. 26 illustrations. An ex-library copy in original cloth. Presentation inscription from the author on the half-title. £15.00

10651 TARR. John Charles. HOW TO PLAN PRINT. Fourth Impression, London: Crosby Lockwood, 1946. 8vo, (220x145) xii,175p. numerous illustrations. Original cloth, dustjacket, bookplate. £3.00

18532 THOMPSON, Bob. PRINTING MATERIALS: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. Leatherhead: Pira, 1998. 8vo, (240x158mm), xxiv,567p. numerous diagrams and charts. A spotlessly clean ex-library copy, marred only by small rubber-stamps on the front end-leaves, in original hardback boards, a small split at the head of the rear joint. Chapters on: atoms and molecules, applications of quantum effects in printing, chemical bonding, organic chemistry and printing, polymers & their applications in printing, basic optics for printing, substrates, paper manufacture, recycled paper, paper properties & printing problems, adhesives, inks, coatings & transfer requirements, organic pigments, chemistry & physics of colour, measurement and control of the colour of inks, water based ink systems, digital imaging techniques & materials, photopolymer plates, &c, &c. £65.00

19088 TIMSONS Limited. AFTER SIXTY YEARS. TIMPSONS LIMITED 1896 – 1956. Kettering: Timpsons Limited, [1957.] Oblong sm.4to, (209x272mm), 24p. illustrations. Original stiff wrappers, rear cover slightly creased. A brief history of a rotary printing machine manufacturers. £12.00

8993 TORY, Bruce E. OFFSET LITHOGRAPHY. Sydney: Horowitz, 1957. 4to, (287x215mm), xvi,331p. profusely illustrated including several full-page colour plates. An ex-library copy in original cloth. £12.00

13375 TORY, Bruce E. OFFSET LITHOGRAPHY. Sydney: Horowitz, 1957. 4to, (282x210mm), xvi,331p. profusely illustrated including several full-page colour plates. An ex-library copy in binders' cloth, covers slightly soiled. £10.00

20339 TRITTON, Kelvin. COLOUR CONTROL IN LITHOGRAPHY. Leatherhead: Pira International, 1993. 8vo, (215x150mm), xvi,239p. tables & diagrams. A very good copy in original laminated hardback boards. One of the 'Guide' series from the independent research centre for the paper, packing, printing and publishing industries. £10.00

19537 TYRRELL, Arthur. BASICS OF REPROGRAPHY. London: Focal Press, 1972. 8vo, (222x145mm), 243,[1]p. several diagrams. Original hardback boards, dustjacket, review slip loosely inserted. £10.00

7979 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PRESSWORK. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1948. 8vo, (234x152mm), xii,248p. A good ex-library copy in original grey cloth, bookplate of the British Federation of Master Printers library. A series of forty lectures for apprentices in the various branches of the graphic arts. £5.00

20213 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. THEORY AND PRACTICE OF LITHOGRAPHY. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1964. 8vo, (237x150mm), vi,109p. A very clean ex-library copy, marred only by the bookplate of the British Master Printer's Federation, in original illustrated cloth. One of the series of technical manuals issued under the office's training scheme and containing a lengthy glossary of terms. £5.00

14757 WALLIS, F.G. & H. HOWITT, PHOTO-LITHO IN MONOCHROME AND COLOUR. London: Isaac Pitman, 1963. 8vo, (190x126mm), [6],(197-)284p. illustrations. A good copy in original cloth. Volume 14 of the Printing Theory and Practice series edited by John C. Tarr. £5.00

1531 WHETTON, Harry. PRACTICAL PRINTING AND BINDING. A complete guide to the latest developments in all branches of the printer’s craft. London: Odhams, 1946. 8vo, (227x154mm), 448p. 8 colour plates & numerous monochrome illustrations. Original cloth, backstrip slightly faded. £5.00

10652 WOODBRIDGE, D. LETTER ASSEMBLY IN PRINTING. London: Focal Press, 1972. 8vo, (228x150mm), x,301p. illustrations. A good copy in original cloth, front free endleaf removed. £8.00

12440 WOODMAN, G.V. PRECEPTS FOR PRINTERS or how the printer can help the bookbinder. [Second impression], London: [Woodman, Marshall (Bookbinders)], 10 Chesterfield House, South Audley Street, 1960. 8vo, (206x120mm), 28p. Original printed wrappers. Written by the onetime managing director of the Fisher Bookbinding Company, and founder of Woodman, Marshall (Bookbinders). £8.00

12441 WOODMAN, G.V. PRECEPTS FOR PRINTERS or how the printer can help the bookbinder. London: Fisher Bookbinding Co, St Ann's Works, Herne Hill, [1953?] 8vo, (212x128mm), 28p. A good copy in original cloth, lettered and blocked in silver gilt. Written by the onetime managing director of the Fisher Bookbinding Company, and founder of Woodman, Marshall (Bookbinders). £10.00