18397 ALDIS, Harry G. THE PRINTED BOOK. The original manual revised and brought up tp date by John Carter and
Brooke Crutchley. Third edition, Cambridge: at the University Press, 1951. Cr.8vo, (180x118mm), xii,142p. 17 illustrations.
A good copy in original cloth, dustjacket slightly frayed. £12.00
15538 AMES, Joseph, & William HERBERT.
TYPOGRAPHICAL ANTIQUITIES; or the history of printing in England, Scotland and Ireland: containing memoirs of our ancient
printers, and a register of the books printed by them. And now greatly enlarged, with copious notes,... comprehending the
history of English literature,... by Thomas Frognall Dibdin. Volume 3, London: Printed for John Murray... by W. Bulmer, 1816.
4to, (289x230mm), [vi],615,[1]p. the last leaf supplied in facsimile. Lacking the plates but with the woodcuts (some in two
colours) present in the text. Library stamp on the title and untrimmed in modern binders' cloth. An incomplete odd volume
but with still useful notices of a number of early British printers, including Thomas Berthelet, Richard, and William Copland,
Richard Grafton, Richard Lant, William Middleton, Thomas Petit, John, and William Rastell, Robert Redman and his widow Elizabeth,
Edward Whitchurch, &c. £50.00
17104 AVIS, F.C. ENGLISH PRINTERS' MARKS OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
London: Glenview Press, 1964. 8vo, (228x148mm), 24p. 7 illustrations. A good copy in original cloth, dustjacket. £20.00
19532 BENSUSAN, Geoffrey. THE BENEVOLENT YEARS. Some notes of the Printers' Pension Corporation and its background in
the trade. London: 1954. 8vo, (220x140mm), 42,[2]p. 7 illustrations. A good copy in original repeat-pattern printed decorated
jacketed wrappers. Printed in Linotype Pilgrim by the Linotype and machinery printing department to celebrate the 128th anniversary
of the Printers' Pension, Almhouse, and Orphan Asylum Corporation annual festival. £10.00
17694 BERRY,
W. Turner & H. Edmund POOLE. ANNALS OF PRINTING. A chronological encyclopaedia from the earliest times to 1950. London:
Blandford, 1966. Sm.4to, (250x175mm), xx315p. 206 illustrations and type samples. Original cloth, front cover slightly damp-stained
stained, dustjacket frayed and cockled. £15.00
18467 BERRY, W. Turner & H. Edmund POOLE. ANNALS OF PRINTING.
A chronological encyclopaedia from the earliest times to 1950. London: Blandford, 1966. Sm.4to, (250x175mm), xx315p. 206 illustrations
and type samples. Original cloth, front and rear covers partly damp-stained. £18.00
18215 BIGMORE, F.C.
& C.W.H. WYMAN. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTING (1880). Reprinted. London: Holland Press, 1969. 8vo, (230x152mm), xii,449,(v-)vii,412,(v-)vi,115p.
A good copy in original cloth, dustjacket a little frayed. Originally published in three volumes and here reprinted
as a single volume. Despite its antiquity this remains the fundamental bibliography of the subject. £35.00
19234 BLADES, EAST & BLADES. PROGRESS OF PRINTING ILLUSTRATED. London: Blades, East and Blades, [1900?] 16mo, (140x95mm),
[26]p. printed in red and black, 12 illustrations. Original card wrappers, a small tear in the front wrapper. An advertising
booklet from a famous printing house of the period. 'In presenting this small brochure, Messrs. Blades, East & Blades
wish to intimate that they make a speciality of getting up similar pamphlets on and subject, Trade, etc., in a unique and
artistic manner, emplying special Artists and Photographs for portraying anything of interest, and Historians who are able
to write readable and intelligent matter.' £25.00
3585 BLADES, William. DEPOSITIO CORNUTI TYPOGRAPHICI.
A mirthful play performed at the confirmation of a journeyman. A translation from the German by William Blades. With an introduction
by James Moran London: Maximilian Editions, 1962. 500 copies, 8vo, (225x143mm), 55p. 16 illustrations. A very good copy in
original hardback, slipcase. £12.00
2282 BLADES, William. THE PENTATEUCH OF PRINTING. With a chapter on
Judges. With a memoir of the author, and a list of his works by Talbot B. Reed. Chicago: A.C. McClurg, 1891. 4to, (260x200mm),
xxviii,118p. 60 illustrations, several full-page or folding. Ex-library copy in original rib-grain cloth, lettered and ornately
blocked in gilt, slightly soiled and some internal spotting. The American issue, bound up from the sheets of the English edition,
of Blades's last work; the illustrations include full-page reproductions of the title pages of several important works
on the history of printing. £45.00
21479 BLADES, William. THE PENTATEUCH OF PRINTING, With a chapter on
Judges. With a memoir of the author, and a list of his works by Talbot B. Reed. Chicago: A.C. McClurg, 1891. 4to, (285x230mm),
xxviii,118p. 60 illustrations, several full-page or folding. An ex-library copy, with several rubber-stamps, in original quarter
brown morocco, diaper-grain cloth sides, ?A deluxe issue with generous margins and printed on fine mould-made paper, edges
untrimmed. The American issue, from the English-printed sheets, of Blades' last work, the illustrations include full-page
reproductions of the title-pages of several important works on the history of printing. £45.00
5133 BLADES,
William. SOME ACCOUNT OF THE TYPOGRAPHY OF ST. ALBAN'S IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. (1860). With an introduction by
Eric Vickers. London: Printed by the John Roberts Press, 1976. 700 copies, 8vo, (214x137mm), [14],16p. frontispiece portrait.
An excellent copy in original printed stiff wrappers. A facsimile of Blades’ essay produced for the Wynkyn de Worde
Society and the School of Librarianship at the Polytechnic of North London as part of the Caxton quincentenary celebrations.
£5.00
6544 BLISS, Carey S. SOME ASPECTS OF SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH PRINTING WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO
JOSEPH MOXON. With an Introduction by Ward Ritchie. Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 1965. 8vo, (228x156mm),
[6],33p. 6 plates. Original printed wrappers, spine sunned. William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Seminar Papers number 14.
£8.00
614 BLUMENTHAL, Joseph. THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA. London: Scolar Press, 1977. 4to, (277x182mm),
xvi,251p. 70 illustrations, a number printed in two colours. A very good copy in original cloth, dustjacket. A work which
traces the history of American printing from 1640 to the present time and provides a comprehensive account of the development
of American typography, paying particular attention to the role played by the private press. £15.00
20570
BLUMENTHAL, Joseph. THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA. London: Scolar Press, 1977. 4to, (277x182mm), xvi,251p. 70 illustrations,
a number printed in two colours. An ex-library copy in original brown cloth, blind ownership stamp in the centre of the front
cover. A work which traces the history of American printing from 1640 to the present time and provides a comprehensive account
of the development of American typography, paying particular attention to the role played by the private press. £10.00
13621 [BLUM, Hans & others] 500 JAHRE BUCH UND ZEITUNG ON KOLN. Ausstellung, vor allem aus den Bestanden der Universitats-
und Stadtbibliothek. Koln: Universitats- und Stadtbibliothek, 1965. 8vo, (240x165mm), 159p. 32 plates & 25 text illustrations.
An ex-library copy in original hardback boards. £5.00
12296 BOILER EXPLOSION ACTS. REPORT OF A PRELIMINARY
INQUIRY (No. 2667) Explosion from a steam heated cast iron press at the General press Co.'s works, 32 Fleet Lane, [London]
E.C.4. (Drop-title thus) London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1924. Folio (335x210mm), 2[4]p. final leaf blank, +
plan. Mss annotations at the tail of the first page. Account of an explosion in a press manufactured by J. Collis and Sons
and formerly owned by Cassells. £10.00
12297 BOILER EXPLOSION ACTS. REPORT OF A PRELIMINARY INQUIRY (No.
2830) Explosion from a cast iron matrix press at the Walthamstow Press Limited. (Drop-title thus) London: His Majesty's
Stationery Office, 1924. Folio (335x210mm), 3[1]p. final page blank,+ folding plan. Mss annotations at the tail of the first
page. Account of an explosion in a press manufactured by Victory Kidder Printing Machine Co., in Birkenhead. £10.00
13018 BOLD. John. [ABRIDGEMENT OF A PATENT] FOR CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN PRINTING. Extracted from The London Journal of Arts
and Sciences, 1823. 8vo (210x130mm), 4p. + 1 engraved plate (browned). Disbound. Details of a patent granted to John Bold,
printer of West-street, Nelson-street, Long-lane, Bermondsey. £5.00
19427 BRITISH FEDERATION OF MASTER PRINTERS.
TRAINING COURSE IN PRINTING SALESMANSHIP. 6 parts in one volume. London: Harold Whitehead for the British Federation of Master
Printers, [1953-4.] 8vo, (228x157mm), 41;39;48;57;50;63p. colour & monochrome illustrations. Each of the six parts bound
(by James Burn) in a 'wire-o' stiff card binding and contained in the publishers cloth cover, a pocket within the
rear cover also contains 'Sales Case' scenarios to each part together with several pre-printed personal advice sheets.
Bookplate of the British Federation of Master Printers library. The parts comprising: (1) Your market and methods, (2)
Making the most of an interview, (3) Giving advice about format and type, (4) Process colour and illustration, (5) Getting
the order, (6) Building goodwill and promoting sales. £35.00
7547 BRITISH PRINTING INDUSTRIES FEDERATION.
THE ECONOMY AND THE PRINTING INDUSTRY. A report. London: British Printing Industries Federation, 1979. 4to, (297x209mm), 96p.
A good copy in original stiff wrappers. A report prepared by a committee chaired by Roy Duncombe. £5.00
182
BUYERS GUIDE BUYERS GUIDE TO EUROPEAN PRINTING. London: George Putnam, 1973. 4to, (300x214mm), 198p together with several
additional inserts, profusely illustrated, largely in colour. A very good copy in original cloth. A 'show off our
work' volume and directory to some very fine European printing, and advertising houses and book packagers. £5.00
13671 CHAN, Michael. DER DRUCK DER WISSENS. Geschichte und Medium der wissenschaftlichen Publikation. Berlin: Staatsbibliothek
Preussicher Kulterbesitz, 1991. Roy.8vo, (240x162mm), 76p. A fine copy in original paperback. £5.00
18083
CHILDS, Edmund. WILLIAM CAXTON. A portrait in a background. London: Northwood, 1976. 8vo, (198x128mm), 191p. 6 plates &
28 text illustrations. A good copy in original paperback. £5.00
4446 CHRISTIAN, Arthur. DÉBUTS DE
L‘IMPRIMERIE EN FRANCE. L‘Imprimerie Nationale, L‘Hôtel de Rohan. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1905.
4to, (275x185m.), [vi],xxiv,345p. 101 illustrations (including ornamental head- and tail-pieces) and 42 pages of type specimens.
A good copy in modern binders buckram preserving the original printed wrappers. The text matter is set in a variety
of typefaces, including a civilité face, with specimen pages of exotic types from the collection of the Imprimerie
Nationale. £75.00
17935 CLAIR, Colin. CHRISTOPHER PLANTIN. London: Cassell, 1960. 8vo, (248x150mm), xvi,302p.
24 plates. A good copy in original brown cloth, gilt lettered, dustjacket. An important biographical study, and the first
to appear in English, of one of the most influential men in printing history. £50.00
19339 CLAIR, Colin.
A HISTORY OF PRINTING IN BRITAIN. London: Cassell, 1965. 8vo, 215x140mm), [12],314p. 53 plates, text-block slightly damp-cockled
at the tail. Original cloth, dustjacket. An important general history of English printing from Caxton onwards. £15.00
17827 CLAIR, Colin. A HISTORY OF EUROPEAN PRINTING. London: Academic Press, 1976. 8vo, (234x155mm), 526p. 90 illustrations.
A good copy in original boards, backstrip very slightly faded, dustjacket, bookplate. Clair’s extensive survey of printing
in Europe from Gutenberg to the mid-twentieth century, with appendices listing the establishment of early presses, and when
and where the first books were printed. £35.00
15743 CURWEN, Harold. PRINTING. First edition, Harmondsworth:
Penguin, 1948. Oblong sm.4to, (184x221mm), 31p. colour and monochrome illustrations by Jack Brough. A good copy in original
colour printed wrappers, (Rogerson, Noel Carrington and his Puffin Picture Books 70). Number 70 of Noel Carrington's Puffin
Picture Books, printed at the Curwen Press. 'This book was very carefully designed and printed, showing due deference
to the subject matter.' (Rogerson) £12.00
18780 DEAN, Sybil (Editor). PRINTING AND ALLIED TRADES DIRECTORY.
1962-1963. London: Benn Bros, 1962. 4to, (310x232mm), 294p +32p trade adverts. Original laminated hardback boards, slightly
soiled. £15.00
19931 DEAN, Sybil (Editor). PRINTING AND ALLIED TRADES DIRECTORY. 1964-1965. London: Benn
Bros, 1964. 4to, (310x232mm), 298p +32p trade adverts. An ex-library copy in original laminated hardback boards. £15.00
19932 DEAN, Sybil (Editor)? PRINTING AND ALLIED TRADES DIRECTORY. 1966-1967. London: Benn Bros, 1966. 4to, (310x232mm) 352p.
An ex-library copy in original laminated hardback boards. £15.00
11410 DELAFONS, Allan. THE STRUCTURE OF
THE PRINTING INDUSTRY. London: Macdonald, 1965. 8vo, (222x145mm), 122p. A good copy in original cloth, dustjacket. £10.00
13271 DELAFONS, Allan. THE STRUCTURE OF THE PRINTING INDUSTRY. London: Macdonald, 1965. 8vo, (222x145mm), 122p. Ex-library
copy in original cloth, dustjacket. £3.00
13601 DELGADO, Alan. PRINTING. Exeter: Wheaton, 1969. Sm.4to,
(244x180mm), 78p. illustrations. A good copy in original cloth, dustjacket. A volume in the publisher's 'Modern industries
series.' £3.00
17905 DICKSON, Robert & John Philip EDMOND. ANNALS OF SCOTTISH PRINTING From the
introduction of the art in 1507 to the beginning of the Seventeenth century. Cambridge: Macmillan and Bowes, 1890. 500 copies,
4to, (282x210mm), xvi,530p. 3 plates (2 printed in black & red) and 70 text illustrations (several full-page). An
ex-library copy with several rubber-stamps, in modern buckram. Includes illustrations of the devices and marks of many of
the printers discussed. £65.00
16742 DREYFUS, John. INTO PRINT. Selected writings on printing history, typography
and book production. Special edition, London: British Library, 1994. 8vo, (240x160mm), 339p. 90 illustrations. A good copy
in original cloth, dustjacket a little faded at the backstrip and head. A collection of some of the most important and stimulating
essays and lectures by this renowned historian of print. £65.00
13839 (DUTCH PRINTING) DESIGN AND PRINTING
IN THE NETHERLANDS 1960. Amsterdam: Graphic Export Centre, 1960. 4to, (312x240mm), 28p + [74]p examples, in colour & monochrome,
of contemporary Dutch printing. Original stiff wrappers, slightly soiled, rubber-stamp on the inside front over. Designed
by Mart Kempers. £15.00
13061 ECKERSALL, Kenneth Eric. YOUNG CAXTON. A history of aims in printing education
in Melbourne 1870-1970. Melbourne: Melbourne College of Printing & Graphic Arts, 1980. 8vo, (214x134mm), 220p. illustrations.
A good copy in original paperback. £5.00
18517 FAIRLEY, M.C. SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE IN THE PRINTING
INDUSTRY. Oxford: Pergampn Press, 1968. 8vo, (215x149mm); xvi,138p. 25 illustrations. An internally clean ex-library copy
in original laminated hardback boards. £5.00
18965 FRASER, James H. INDIAN MISSION PRINTING IN ARIZONA.
[An article in] The Journal of Arizona History. Tucson: Arizona Pioneers Historical Society, Volume 10, number 2, Summer,
1969. 8vo, (242x166mm), pages 67-102 of [4],53-136p. 6 illustrations. A good copy in original wrappers. Includes a bibliography
of works printed in native American languages. £5.00
11238 GARTE, Hansjorg (Editor). GRAPHIC TRADE DICTIONARY.
Part 1: English – German. Second edition, Biefefeld: Carl Garte, 1954. 8vo, (194x112mm), 113p. Original cloth, slightly
soiled. £8.00
5039 GILLESPIE, Sarah C. A HUNDRED YEARS OF PROGRESS. The record of the Scottish Typographical
Association 1853-1952. Glasgow: for the Association by Robert Maclehose, 1953. 8vo, (220x145mm), xviii,268p. colour frontispiece.
A good copy in original cloth, dustjacket. £4.00
19566 [GRAVES, R.T.] MISCELLANEA. Being a collection of
biographical notes concerning printers, letterfounders and typographers. Sheffield: Sheffield College of Art, 1960. 8vo, (222x145mm),
11p, Original decorated wrappers, covers slightly spotted. Designed and handset by R.T. Graves who was presumably also the
compiler of this example of student printing. £10.00
7628 GUTENBERG MUSEUM. GUTENBERG-MUSEUM DE STADT MAINZ.
Weltmuseum der Druckkunst. Second edition, Munchen: Peter-Winkler, 1966. 4to, (277x200), 76p. +77-103 adverts, illustrations,
some coloured. Original quarter linen. £3.00
19752 HALBMEIER, Carl. SENEFELDER THE HISTORY OF LITHOGRAPHY.
Elmhurst, N.Y.: Senefelder Publishing Co., 1926. 8vo, (230x150mm), 216p (including trade adverts), illustrations, tears
in the first two leaves crudely repaired. A working copy in binders' cloth. £15.00
11417 HAMILTON, Frederick
W. A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRINTING IN AMERICA Containing a brief sketch of the development of the newspaper and some notes on
publishers who have contributed to printing. Chicago: United Typothetae of America, 1918. 8vo, (200x130mm), 80,[3]p. Original
cloth, bookplate. £5.00
3067 HARLAN, Robert D.. THE COLONIAL PRINTER. Two views. A paper read at a Clark
Library seminar on intellectual freedom. Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 1978. 8vo, (228x152mm), viii,39p.
A good copy in original wrappers. £5.00
504 HARRISON, James, Editor. ABRIDGEMENTS OF PATENT SPECIFICATIONS
RELATING TO PRINTING 1617-1857. Including therein the production of all copies of all kinds of materials by means of types,
stereotype blocks, plates, stone, dies, paper writings, electrochemicals, and light. First published in 1859 and now reprinted
with a prefactory note. London: Printing Historical Society, 1969. Cr.8vo, (184x120mm) xxii,613,[4],311-370+[3]p (as is correct).
A fine copy in original cloth. Containing several hundred abstracts from patent specifications relating to a number of diverse
printing methods with a very good subject index. A book of immense value and usefulness to the historian of print. £4.00
8961 HART, James D. & Ward RITCHIE. INFLUENCES ON CALIFORNIA PRINTING. Papers read at a Clark Library Seminar, with
an introduction by Andrew W Horn and a bibliography of the Primavera Press [by J.M. Edelstein]. Los Angeles: William Andrews
Clark Memorial Library, 1970. 8vo, (230x152mm), [4],84p. double-page illustrated title spread. An ex-library copy in original
printed wrappers. £5.00
13055 HOLROYDE, F.J. THE CHALLENGE TO THE PRINTING INDUSTRY. London: Printing Trades
Alliance, [1956?] 8vo, (215x138mm), 30p. A good copy in original wrappers. A series of articles reprinted from the 'Alliance
Record.' £3.00
11442 HORAK, Frantisek & others. FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OF CZECH PRINTING. Praha: Vytiskla
Státní tiskárna, 1968. Sm.4to, (200x205mm), 252p. profusely illustrated, parallel text in English, German
and Czech (or Russian). A clean ex-library copy in original cloth, dustjacket torn. £15.00
5585 HOWE, Ellic.
THE BRITISH FEDERATION OF MASTER PRINTERS 1900-1950. London: [B.F.M.P.], 1950. 8vo, (227x140mm), xxvi,249p. Original cloth,
backstrip very lightly faded. £3.00
19760 HOWE, Ellic & Harold E. WAITE. THE LONDON SOCIETY OF COMPOSITORS.
(Re-established 1848) a centenary history. London: Cassell, 1949. 8vo, (216x135mm), xvi,359p. An ex-library copy in original
cloth. Printed at the Curwen Press. The first third of the book traces the development of the printing trade in London from
1476 including trade regulations, journeymen, the Chapel and the scale of prices; before tracing the growth of the trades
unions up to 1848. £10.00
2271 HOWE, Ellic (Editor). THE LONDON COMPOSITOR. Documents relating to
the wages, working conditions and customs of the London printing trade 1785-1900. London: Bibliographical Society, 1947. 8vo,
(222x150mm), 528p. A good copy in original quarter linen. £8.00
12255 HOWE, Ellic (Editor). THE LONDON COMPOSITOR.
Documents relating to the wages, working conditions and customs of the London printing trade 1785-1900. London: Bibliographical
Society, 1947. 8vo, (222x150mm), 528p. A good ex-library copy in original quarter linen. £3.00
8254 HUNTER,
H.L. THE WYNKYN DE WORDE SOCIETY London: Wynkyn de Worde Society, 1978. 320 copies, 8vo, (240x158mm), 15p. Original printed
wrappers, front head-fore corner slight creased. Printed at the John Roberts Press £10.00
15577 JACOBI,
Charles T. THE PRINTING OF MODERN BOOKS. Being a paper read before the Bibliographical Society on June XIX MDCCCXCIII. London:
Chiswick Press, 1893. 12mo, (165x100mm), 24p. on handmade paper. Slightly dust-soiled in modern paste-paper wrappers. 'Imprinted
by the author for presentation only' and with a presentation inscription: 'From the Author Jan/94'. £20.00
17439 JENKINSON, Francis. A LIST OF THE INCUNABULA COLLECTED BY GEORGE DUNN ARRANGED TO ILLUSTRATE THE HISTORY OF
PRINTING. London: Bibliographical Society, 1923. Sm.4to, (223x178mm), xx,83p. outer margins lightly browned. Modern
quarter cloth. £15.00
18503 JENNETT, Sean. PIONEERS IN PRINTING. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1958.
8vo, (220x145mm), xii,196p. 14 plates & 54 text illustrations. Original cloth, backstrip faded and covers partly dampstained.
Essays on Gutenberg, Caxton, Caslon, Baskerville, Senefelder, Koenig, Merganthaler and Lanston. £8.00
21519
JOHNSON, A.F. THE FIRST CENTURY OF PRINTING AT BASLE. London: Ernest Benn, 1926. Sm.4to, (250x188mm), 28p + 50 plates. Original
decorated paper covered boards, recently rebacked with art canvas. £20.00
18468 JOHNSON, Alfred Forbes.
FRENCH SIXTEENTH CENTURY PRINTING. London: Ernest Benn, 1928. Sm.4to, (242x185mm), 32p. + 50 plates. Original decorated paper
covered boards, dampstained in the tail-fore corner throughout. £8.00
8858 JOHNSON, Alfred Forbes. GERMAN
RENAISSANCE TITLE-BORDERS. London: Bibliographical Society, 1929. 4to, (274x218mm), viii,20p. 86 collotype plates, several
printed in red and black. An ex-library copy in original quarter linen, rebacked. £80.00
16509 JOHNSON,
John. THE PRINTER HIS CUSTOMER AND HIS MEN. With a foreword by Hugh R. Dent. London: J.M. Dent, 1933. 12mo, (152x97mm), 64p.
A good copy in original Cockerell marbled paper boards, gilt lettered on the spine. The third of the J.M. Dent Memorial
Lectures. £12.00
16573 JOHNSON, John. THE PRINTER HIS CUSTOMER AND HIS MEN. With a foreword by Hugh R. Dent.
London: J.M. Dent, 1933. 12mo, (152x97mm), 64p. An ex-library copy in original Cockerell marbled paper boards, gilt
lettered on the spine. The third of the J.M. Dent Memorial Lectures. £8.00
19778 KRUMMEL, D.W. ENGLISH MUSIC
PRINTING 1553-1700. London: Bibliographical Society, 1975. 4to, (270x215mm), xii,188p. 62 illustrations. A very good copy
in original cloth. £12.00
19945 KULUNDZIC, Zvonimir. GUTENBERG UND SEIN WERK IM SLAWISCHEN SUDEN. Gutenberg
i injegovo djeolo na Slavenskom jugu. Mainz: Gutenberg-Gessellschaft, 1973. 8vo, (232x155mm), 36p. +7 plates. A fine copy
in original jacketed wrappers. Gutenberg-Gessellschaft kleiner druck number 94 with the text in German and Serbo-Croat. £5.00
10386 Le BRUN, [Nicolas Contat]. ANECDOTES TYPOGRAPHIQUES. Où l'on voit la description des coutumes, moeurs et
usages singuliers des Compagnons imprimeurs (1762). La misère des apprentis imprimeurs by Dufresne (1710) Edited with
an introduction and notes by Giles Barber. Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1980. 8vo, (232x152mm), viii,163p. numerous
illustrations. An ex-library copy in original quarter linen, paper sides. £10.00
3345 MacROBERT, T.M. PRINTED
BOOKS. A short introduction to fine typography. London: H.M.S.O., 1957. 4to, (305x240mm), [4],8p. + 46 plates. Original stiff
wrappers. £5.00
19876 MANCHESTER GUARDIAN. FACSIMILE OF THE PRINTING SUPPLEMENT of The Manchester Guardian,
23 May 1922. Barnet: Stellar Press, 1967. Folio, (455x306mm), a full facsimile of this newspaper issue of historical printing
interest. Folded (as issued) and internally fine in the original loose card covers, these slightly spotted. Printed
for presentation to delegates at the ATypeI conference held in Paris with a limited number also reserved for presentation
to members of the Wynkyn de Worde Society. The facsimile includes a contribution by Stanley Morison (Appleton,The writings
of Stanley Morison 11 note). £20.00
506 McCRILLIS, John O.C. PRINTER'S ABECEDARIUM. London: Bodley Head,
1975. Roy.8vo, (255x145mm), [64]p. 26 two-colour initials and an ampersand. A fine copy in original cloth, dustjacket. An
alphabet book in the form of brief biographies of great printers from Aldus to Zainer with, on the facing page, an alphabet
taken from Gutenberg's Catholicon. Composed digitally in Inkunabula type and printed offset by Meriden Stinehour. £5.00
15933 McMURTRIE, Douglas C. THE INVENTION OF PRINTING A BIBLIOGRAPHY. Reprinted, New York: Burt Franklin, 1970. Roy.8vo,
(260x170mm), xxiv,413p. A very good copy in original cloth. £20.00
3456 MEYNELL, Francis. ENGLISH PRINTED
BOOKS. London: Collins, 1946. Sm.4to, (230x165mm), 48p. 8 colour-plates & 21 monochrome text illustrations. A good copy
in original hardback, dustjacket slightly frayed. Designed and produced by Adprint, one of the Britain in Pictures series
that offered a view of various aspects of British life and culture. £5.00
8883 MORAN, James. NATSOPA SEVENTY-FIVE
YEARS. A history of the National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants (1889-1964). Oxford: Printed at the University
Press, 1964. 8vo, (217x140mm), x,161p. 6 plates. A good copy in original cloth, dustjacket. £8.00
15864
MORISON, Stanley. FOUR CENTURIES OF FINE PRINTING. Examples of work of presses established between 1465 and 1924. Second,
revised octavo, edition, London: Ernest Benn, 1949. 8vo, (218x136mm), 342p. 272 full-page illustrations. An ex-library copy
in binders' cloth. (Appleton The writings of Stanley Morison 35a) The first octavo edition with a revised preface. The
introductory text and large body of illustrations present a wide-ranging historical survey of the art of printing. £5.00
3241 MORISON, Stanley. FOUR CENTURIES OF FINE PRINTING. Examples of work of presses established between 1465 and 1924. Fourth
edition, revised. London: Ernest Benn, 1960. 8vo, (220x145mm), 252p.192 full-page illustrations. A good copy in original cloth.
dustjacket. (Appleton The writings of Stanley Morison 35d) With a revised introduction and added postscript. The introductory
text and large body of illustrations present a wide-ranging historical survey of the art of printing. £15.00
8932 MORISON, Stanley. FOUR CENTURIES OF FINE PRINTING. Examples of Work of Presses Established Between 1465 and 1924. Fourth
revised edition, London: Ernest Benn, 1960. 8vo, 252p.192 full-page illustrations. An ex-library copy in original cloth,
backstrip worn. (Appleton The writings of Stanley Morison 35d) With a revised introduction and added postscript. The introductory
text and large body of illustrations present a wide-ranging historical survey of the art of printing. £10.00
8675 MORISON, Stanley. GERMAN INCUNABULA IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Facsimile plates of fine book-pages from presses of Germany,
German-Switzerland and Austria-Hungary printed in the Fifteenth century in gothic letter and derived founts. With an introduction.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1928. 398 copies, folio, (427x304mm), [4],27p with 174 pages or double-page spreads (75 printed in
red & black & 1 in 3 colours) illustrated on 151 plates (of 152, lacking the final plate). An ex-library copy, the
plates clean (a small rubber-stamp on the verso of each) and with a pin-hole stamp in the title, in original black cloth,
gilt lettered, worn at the head of the backstrip. (Appleton The writings of Stanley Morison72) £80.00
8926 MORISON, Stanley. A REVIEW OF RECENT TYPOGRAPHY in England, the United States, France & Germany. London: The Fleuron,
1927. 8vo, (226x145mm), [8],64p. 16 illustrations. A good copy in original cloth, printed back-label, dustjacket. (Appleton
Writings of Stanley Morison 63) £15.00
14976 MORISON, Stanley. A REVIEW OF RECENT TYPOGRAPHY in England,
the United States, France & Germany. London: The Fleuron, 1927. 8vo, (226x145mm), [8],64p. 16 illustrations. An ex-library
in quarter leather library binding, backstrip faded. (Appleton Writings of Stanley Morison 63) £5.00
19093 MOSLEY, James & James MORAN. FIVE CENTURIES OF PRINTING HISTORY. [Catalogue of] A selection of rare books, documents
& illustrations in the St Bride Printing Library. London: Royal Society of Arts, 1961. 8vo, (202x127mm), [4],36p. 7 illustrations.
Original stiff wrappers, spine very slightly faded. £10.00
8528 MOXON, Joseph THE COMPOSITOR'S TRADE.
[Oxford: Printed at the University Press, c.1986.] Broadside, (420x295mm), heading and 23 lines of text printed in Fell type
double pica roman and italic, with an ornamental initial. A fine example. Lithographed from an original letterpress pull and
presumably intended as a keepsake, the text quotes from Moxon on the duties and requirements of a good compositor. £10.00
1190 MUSSON, A.E. THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION. Origins and history up to 1949. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1954.
8vo, (224x150mm), x,487p. slightly soiled. Original cloth, dustjacket. Despite its seemingly narrow title, this book provides
a history of trade unions in the printing industry from the early craft guilds to the provincial book trade in the 19th century,
and of labour relations in general from the 1750s. £5.00
11392 MUSSON, A.E. THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION.
Origins and history up to 1949. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1954. Larger paper copy, 8vo, (255x160mm), x,550p. slightly
soiled. A good copy in original buckram, dustjacket. Despite its seemingly narrow title, this book provides a history of trade
unions in the printing industry from the early craft guilds to the provincial book trade in the 19th century and of labour
relations in general from the 1750s, this issue is one of the large paper copies with the text reset. £5.00
1198 NATIONAL GRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION. LIST OF OFFICES RECOGNISED BY THE N.G.A. (FAIR LIST). Bedford: N.G.A., March 1977.
8vo, (183x123mm), 329p. original stiff wrappers, slightly soiled. A list of all the printing shops in the United Kingdom recognised
as being 'fair' (ie: establishments where the union's word was just a touch less authoritative than God's
- before Mrs Thatcher and others saw off that particular state of play!) £5.00
13847 OVINK, G.W. SCHOONHEID
- TOELEG OF TOEGIFT? Amsterdam: Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers Maatschappij, 1956. 8vo, (270x180mm), 28,[2]p. Original jacket
wrappers, slightly dust-soiled. £3.00
18344 PANKOW, David (Introduction). TWENTY YEARS OF THE FREDERIC W.
GOUDY AWARD. Rochester: The Press of the Good Mountain, 1988. 4to, (268x192mm), xvi,80p. 20 portrait drawings by Mary Jo Scott.
A good copy in original jacketed wrappers. £10.00
13019 PARKIN, Thomas. [ABRIDGEMENT OF A PATENT] INVENTION
OF CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY, OR APPLICABLE TO, OR EMPLOYED IN PRINTING. Extracted from The London Journal of Arts
and Sciences, 1825. 8vo, (210x130mm), 5p + engraved plate. Disbound. £5.00
8944 PEDDIE, R.A. (Editor).
PRINTING. A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ART. London: Grafton House, 1927. 8vo, (190x125mm), x,390p. An ex-library copy in original
black cloth, gilt lettered. With chapters on the development of printing in various countries by Ernst Crouch (Germany), G
Fumagalli (Italy), Charles Mortet (France) Maurits Sabbe (Holland & Belgium), James P R Lyell (Spain & Portugal),
Henry R Plomer (Great Britain & Ireland), Lauritz Nielsen (Scandinavia), L C Wharton (Eastern Europe & Slavonic Countries),
G P Winship (Spanish America), and Lawrence C Wroth (North America). £15.00
17326 PICKERING, Charles L.
(Introduction). A DECADE OF THE BEATRICE L WARDE TRUST AWARDS. Northampton: Nene College, [1987.] Sm.4to, (197x192mm), [48]p.
Original wrappers, front cover slightly soiled. Designed by Julia Beith. £10.00
19374 PLOMER, Henry R. A
SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLISH PRINTING 1476-1898. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1900. Sm.4to, (222x175mm), xvi,330p.
4 plates (portraits) & 40 illustrations. Original buckram, backstrip slightly faded, top edge gilt, others untrimmed.
Bookplate of Vivian Ridler (a nicely printed typographic label and presumably printed by him). A volume in The English Bookman's
Library. £25.00
12194 PLOMER, Henry R. A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLISH PRINTING 1476-1898. Second edition, London:
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1915. 8vo, (210x140mm), xii,276p. some spotting. Original cloth, slightly soiled,
printed back-label. £15.00
3374 POTTINGER, David. PRINTERS AND PRINTING. (1941) Reprinted. Freeport, N.Y.:
Books for Libraries, 1971. 8vo, (222x142mm), xii,143p. 6 plates. A good copy in original cloth. A reprint of the Harvard Press
edition of 1941 £10.00
19658 PRINTER'S DEVIL. CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF ITEMS AT THE PRINTER'S
DEVIL 98 Fetter Lane, London. Illustrating the history of printing. With essays by A. Lloyd-Taylor and John Lewis, and a glossary
of terms. London: Whitbread, [1956?] 8vo, (216x140mm), 98p. 14 plates & 26 illustrations. Original stiff wrappers, slightly
soiled. A collection of printing memorabilia and examples that once graced the walls of a London pub and eventually ended
up in a builder's skip. £10.00
16188 PRINTERS' YEAR BOOK 1904. THE PRINTERS' AND STATIONERS'
YEAR BOOK & DIARY, 1904. Edited by Robert Hilton, London: Office of the Caxton Magazine, 139 & 140 Fleet Street, 1904.
4to, (280x205mm), [6 adverts], 76,112 (diary pages),77-112 [6 adverts]p. adverts also included and interspersed in the editorial
matter and with several supplementary inserts and illustrations (some printed in colours). The diary pages unused. Original
cloth, slightly soiled. The editorial matter includes articles on recent improvements in printing machinery, Lithography and
its allied trades in 1903 (by Charles Harrap), Some notes on the books of 1903 (by W.J. Eden Crane), and a directory of paper
mills. £40.00
16189 PRINTERS' YEAR BOOK 1905. THE PRINTERS' AND STATIONERS' YEAR BOOK &
DIARY, 1905. Edited by Robert Hilton, London: Office of the Caxton Magazine, 139 & 140 Fleet Street, 1905. 4to, (280x205mm),
viii adverts, 112,112 (diary pages),113-148p. adverts also included and interspersed in the editorial matter and with several
supplementary inserts and illustrations (some printed in colours). The diary pages unused. Original cloth, slightly soiled.
The editorial matter includes articles on The progress of printing in 1904, The jubilee of coloured journalism. Lithography
and process in combination, Some notes on the books of 1904 (by W.J. Eden Crane), and a Complete list of named printing and
writing papers. The advertisements include a wonderfully messy piece of Art Nouveau typography for Oppenheimer Bros pictorial
postcards that includes an original colour-printed postcard laid down on the sheet. £40.00
2878 PRINTING
AND THE MIND OF MAN. CATALOGUE OF A DISPLAY OF PRINTING MECHANISMS AND PRINTED MATERIALS Arranged to illustrate the history
of western civilization and the means of the multiplication of literary texts since the XV century. London: F.W. Bridges,
July, 1963. 8vo, (235x158mm), 125,62p. 48 plates. Original stiff wrappers. Both parts (in one) of the catalogue of the immensely
influential exhibition held at Earls Court as part of IPEX 1963. £5.00
13057 PRINTING TRADES ALLIANCE. THE
ALLIANCE HANDBOOK and forty-three-and-a-half-hour week wages calculator. Fourth edition, London: Printing Trades Alliance,
[1950?] 8vo, (215x140mm), 133p. original jacketed wrappers. £3.00
14018 RAMAZZINI, Bernadino. DE MORBIS
TYPOGRAPHORUM. DISEASES OF PRINTERS. Translation from the Latin of 1713 by Wilmer Cave Wright; Introduction by Malcolm Harrington.
Birmingham: Hayloft Press, 1989. 330 copies, 8vo, (232x160mm), [16]p. woodcut portrait by Clare Melinsky. Original printer
wrappers, spine lightly sunned. £20.00
7370 REED, R. Editor. SYMPOSIUM ON PRINTING. Leeds: Leeds Philosophical
and Literary Society, 1971. Sm.4to, (254x190mm), [10],89p. colour frontispiece, 24 monochrome plates & 8 text illustrations.
A good copy in original cloth. Contents include: P. Waters, Problems of restoring old books, R.C. Alston, Old books and their
reproduction, John Dreyfus The design of type faces, and I. Manton Chinese prints and printing. £8.00
15069
REY, A. BICENTENAIRE DES ETS A. RET EDITEUR IMPRIMEUR. Avec douze peintres Lyonnais. Avant-propos de Jean Çuburu. Lyon:
A. Rey, 1991. 650 copies, 4to, (297x208mm), 153p. colour & monochrome illustrations. A good copy in original paperback.
£15.00
2283 ROTHERHAM, Albert & Maurice STEELE. A HISTORY OF PRINTING IN NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE. [Stoke?]:
North Staffordshire Polytechnic, 1975. [400 copies], imp.8vo, (272x175mm), xii,136p. 225 plates and 48 text illustrations.
A good copy in original buckram, dustjacket slightly frayed. An excellent history of the printers of fourteen North Staffordshire
towns with a wide range of illustrations of the work they produced between 1783 and 1914. £25.00
19915
RUMBLE, Walker. THE SWIFTS. Printers in the age of typesetting races. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2003.
8vo, (222x145mm), xx,233p. 26 illustrations. A good copy in original cloth, dustjacket. A colourful account of typesetting
races in late 19th century USA and the men who took part in them and gained considerable fame for their skills. £15.00
20114 RYDER, John. THE STUDY BOOK OF PRINTING. Third impression, London: Bodley Head, 1970. Sm4to, (202x170mm), 48p. two-colour
illustrations from drawings by Heather Copley and Christopher Chamberlain. A good copy in original illustrated hardback boards,
dustjacket, bookplate. John Ryder's charming introduction for young readers to the history and technique of printing,
these days it is an uncommon book that retains both its charm and authority. £25.00
7599 SCHAUER, Georg
Kurt. STUTTGARTER BIBELTYPOGRAPHIE. [Reprinted from Druckspiegel 6/64]. No imprint, [1964?] 8vo, (240x170mm), [20]p. 12 full-page
illustrations. An excellent copy in original printed wrappers. £5.00
5365 SCHENCK, David H.J. DIRECTORY
OF LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTERS OF SCOTLAND 1820-1870; Their locations, periods, and a guide to artistic lithographic printers. Edinburgh:
Edinburgh Bibliographical Society & National Library of Scotland, 2000. Sm.4to, (246x190mm), 124p. 5 plates. A fine copy
in original paperback. A major contribution to the study of lithography in Scotland which lists over 700 practitioners during
the period, preceded by an introductory essay. £25.00
13618 SCHNEIDER, Arnold. BASLE AND THE PRINTER'S
CRAFT FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE PRESENT DAY. Basel:Typefoundry Haas, 1980. Tall narrow 8vo, (210x115mm), 57p. Parallel text
in German, English & French. A good copy in original paperback. A short address delivered on the fourth centenary of the
Haas Typefoundry. £10.00
14385 SCHOLL, Hanns Karl. LANDMARKS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WRITING AND PRINTING
TECHNIQUES. Translated from the German by Douglas Martin. Leicester: Leicester School of Printing, 1971. Cr.8vo, (192x128mm),
58p. An excellent copy in repeat-pattern paper boards, dustjacket repeating the pattern. £15.00
16016 SESSIONS,
Mary. THE FEDERATION OF MASTER PRINTERS HOW IT BEGAN. London: William Sessions, 1950. 8vo, (214x133mm), xvi,370p. A fine copy
in publisher's paperback. Sheets from the original edition re-issued in paperback form some years later, and carrying
the publisher's York address on the front cover imprint. £10.00
5763 SESSIONS, William K. THE FIRST
PRINTERS AT IPSWICH IN 1547-1548 AND WORCESTER 1549-1553. York: Ebor Press, 1984. 4to, (295x210mm), [2],190p. 118 illustrations.
Original stiff wrappers. Number 6 of the Greenback series of studies on the spread of printing through the British Isles from
1476 to 1695. £12.00
5764 SESSIONS, William K. & David STOKER. THE FIRST PRINTERS IN NORWICH from 1567:
Anthony de Solempne, Albert Christiaensz & Joannes Patez. With an essay by David Stoker. York: Ebor Press, 1987. 4to,
(294x218mm), [2],106p. 31 illustrations. Original stiff wrappers. Number 8 of the Greenback series of studies on the spread
of printing through the British Isles from 1476 to 1695. £10.00
5769 SESSIONS, William K. THE KING'S
PRINTER AT NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE in 1639, at Bristol on 1643-1645, at Exeter in 1645-1646. York: Ebor press, 1988. 4to, (295x210mm),
[4],149p. 95 illustrations. Original stiff wrappers. Number 5 of the Greenback series of studies on the spread of printing
through the British Isles from 1476 to 1695 £10.00
1368 SHARP, Mick. NORTHERN PRINTERS' SALES 1867-98.
A collection of auction catalogues. Newcastle upon Tyne: History of the Book Trade in the North, 1997. 8vo, (210x145mm), [vi],49p.
29 illustrations. A fine copy in original wrappers. A catalogue of in a series of auctions in provincial towns in the north
east of England in the second half of the 19th century; together with an introductory essay, and brief accounts of the printers
whose plant and letter stock was sold. £3.00
3504 SHAW, Graham. PRINTING IN CALCUTTA TO 1800. A description
and checklist of printing in late 18th-century Calcutta. London: Bibliographical Society, 1981. 8vo, (240x150mm), xii,249p.
5 plates. A very good copy in original blue cloth, gilt lettered. £5.00
6541 SILVER, Rollo G. GOVERNMENT
PRINTING IN MASSACHUSETTS BAY, 1770-1750. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society. Worcester, MA.:
American Antiquarian Society, 1958. 8vo, (247x163mm), [2],134-162p. A good copy in original printed wrappers. £5.00
10685 STEPHENSON, Henry K. PRINTING. Some account of its invention, earlier writing forms, personalities and later developments
in England. [London: privately printed], 1941. 400 copies, sm.folio, (317x205mm), 34p. 7 illustrations. An ex-library copy
with large rubber-stamps on the title (verso & recto) in original quarter linen, soiled. Gift inscription from the author
on the limitation leaf. Unquestionably a 'reading copy' only, but handsomely printed and clean after the vandalised
title. £10.00
13797 STEPHENSON, Henry K. PRINTING. Some account of its invention, earlier writing forms,
personalities and later developments in England. [London: privately printed], 1941. 400 copies, sm.folio, (317x205mm), 34p.
7 illustrations. Original quarter linen, slightly soiled and rubbed, bookplate slightly crudely removed from the limitation
leaf. £25.00
8173 STRAUSS, Victor. THE PRINTING INDUSTRY. An introduction to its many branches, processes
and products. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1967. Roy.8vo, (247x170mm), xvi,815p. profusely illustrated, some colour illustrations.
A good copy in original blue cloth, dustjacket torn. Designed by Hans Schneider, a monumental manual covering the printing
processes and methods, composition, colour printing, graphic arts, printing presses, presswork, paper, inks, binding
and art and copy preparation. £18.00
12193 SWAN, Bradford F. THE SPREAD OF PRINTING: THE CARIBBEAN AREA.
Amsterdam: VanGendt, 1970. 4to, (245x185mm), 47p. distribution map & 10 illustrations. A very good copy in original jacketed
wrappers. £25.00
20167 THOMAS, H[enry]. THE BEGINNINGS OF PRINTING IN LONDON. Brighton: Tony Appleton, 1980
100 copies, 8vo, (202x133mm), 16p. 4 illustrations. A fine copy in original printed wrappers. A Christmas book which reprints
in facsimile the small pamphlet designed by Stanley Morison and printed by Lanston Monotype as a souvenir of the Lord Mayor's
Show of 1928. £15.00
3051 THOMAS, Isaiah. THE HISTORY OF PRINTING IN AMERICA. With a biography of printers
& an account of newspapers. Edited by Marcus A. McCorison from the second edition [of 1874]. New York: Weathervane, [1975].
8vo, (233x160mm), xxii,650p. A good copy in original cloth, dustjacket. £10.00
19944 THURSTON, Brown. THE
MECHANICAL CONDITION AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ART OF PRINTING IN MAINE IN THE LAST ONE HUNDRED YEARS. Being a Speech Delivered
[to the Maine Press Association] on January 30, 1885. Portland: The Yellow Kid Press, 1968. 100 copies, sm.4to, (227x195mm),
[28]p. 16 illustrations (one printed on a sepia ground). Original printed wrappers, edges very slightly creased. £15.00
240 TODD, William B. A DIRECTORY OF PRINTERS AND OTHERS IN ALLIED TRADES: London & vicinity 1800-1840. London: Printing
Historical Society, 1972. 8vo, (235x154mm), xxviii,234p. An excellent copy in original cloth, dustjacket. An immensely useful
directory of members of the printing trades (largely letterpress) in early 19th-century London preceded by an authoritative
introduction which includes information on the registration of printers under the Seditious Societies Act. £3.00
13093 TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARY. CANADIAN BOOK OF PRINTING. How printing came to Canada and the story of the graphic arts,
told mainly in pictures. Toronto: Toronto Public Libraries, 1940. 8vo, (227x150mm), xiv,130,[1]p. numerous ilustrations. Original
stiff wrappers, slightly soiled. £5.00
149 TWYMAN, Michael. A DIRECTORY OF LONDON LITHOGRAPH PRINTERS 1800-1850.
London: Printing Historical Society, 1976. 8vo, (248x155mm), [4],55p. 6 distribution maps. An excellent copy in original blue
cloth, gilt lettered. A useful historic directory which extends the coverage of Todd’s Directory of Printers to include
the lithographic printers operating in London in the first half of the 19th century. £2.50
20120 TYPOGRAPHICAL
ASSOCIATION. TYPOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION TRIENNIAL DELEGATE MEETING. Ryde, I.O.W. [London: Typographical Association], 1953.
Sm.4to, (253x190mm), [128]p, numerous illustrations in colour & monochrome. Internally spiral-bound cloth, covers a little
soiled, bookplate. Clearly a 'freebie' for delegates of the Typographical Association's conference wherein many
of the member firms have contributed examples of their work, these include letterpress examples but are mainly illustrative
matter in a variety of graphic processes, in its way this volume is a modest printers' specimen exchange but thankfully
without the concomitant vulgarity of the 'Artists Printing' movement. £25.00
18416 VICTORIA &
ALBERT MUSEUM. EARLY PRINTERS' MARKS. London: H.M.S.O., 1962. Cr.8vo, (180x123mm), 4p. introduction + 28 plates. A good
copy in original stiff wrappers. Printed at the Curwen Press. £5.00
9577 WATSON, James. JAMES WATSON'S
PREFACE TO THE HISTORY OF PRINTING 1713. Edited by James Munro. Greenock: printed by Thomas Rae. Sold from his Signet Press,
1963. 250 copies, 8vo, (185x125mm), xiv,35p. 2 folding plates. A fine copy in original vellum-paper boards printed in red.
Compliment slip with ms additions from Tom Rae loosely inserted. (Private Press Books 63.120). £30.00
1538
WILLETT, Ralph. MEMOIR OF THE ORIGIN OF PRINTING in a Letter Addressed to John Topham. Reprinted, Forest Hills: Battery Park,
1978. 8vo, (235x155mm), [2],72p. A good copy in original cloth. A facsimile of the Newcastle edition of 1820 edited by T.
Hodgson. £10.00
21440 WILLIAMS, Maldwyn, & others. THE SUPREME REQUIREMENT. Five papers on some masters
of the printed word compiled as a project by Maldwyn Williams, Alan Spencer, Alec Warburton, William Morris & Michael
Cane. London: North-Western Polytechnic Printing Department, 1951 Sm.4to, (250x190mm), [38]p. Original decorated stiff card
covers, the front cover slightly foxed and with a small piece of torn from the tail. Essays by student teachers of printing
on William Pickering, Edward Johnston, Bruce Rogers, George W. Jones and Emery Walker. £20.00
11240 WOLFE,
Richard J. EARLY AMERICAN MUSIC ENGRAVING AND PRINTING. A history of music publishing in America from 1787 to 1825 with commentary
on earlier and later practices. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1980. 8vo, (235x157mm), xx,321p +2p adverts. illustrations.
A good copy in original cloth, spine of dustjacket faded. £20.00
5892 WOOD, Robert. THE VICTORIAN PROVINCIAL
PRINTER AND THE STAGE. An essay based on information gleaned from the papers left by John Proctor and his son. Newcastle upon
Tyne: Newcastle Imprint Club, 1972. 8vo, (218x140mm), 30p. 9 illustrations. A fine copy in original printed stiff wrappers.
Based on the papers of Hartlepool's first printer. £5.00
9298 ZIMMER, Szczepan. THE BEGINNINGS OF CYRILLIC
PRINTING Cracow, 1491 from the orthodox past in Poland. New York: Columbia University Press for the Polish Institute of Arts
and Sciences of America, 1983. 8vo, (230x150mm), [16],292p. +4p publisher's adverts, 68 illustrations (5 coloured). A
fine copy in original blue cloth, gilt dustjacket. A detailed study of the development of the first Cyrillic press established
by Szwajpolt Fiol on Cracow in 1491, and the books produced for the Orthodox Church. £40.00
