imitation_leather. Condizione: Very Good.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Limited Editions Club, 1940
Da: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: Good. Paper covers; mild wear; finger smudges on rear cover; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; interior clean and unmarked; 104+ pages.
Editore: The American Institute of Graphic Arts, [printed by Peter Beilenson, Mount Vernon], New York, 1947
Da: Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC, Durham, NC, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Prima edizione
Hardcover. First edition. New York: The American Institute of Graphic Arts, [printed by Peter Beilenson, Mount Vernon], 1947. 156 pages, plus [44] pages of facsimiles and specimens, being "A Gallery of Merrymount Title-Pages and Merrymount Types." Original dark blue cloth stamped in gilt on the spine. [23.9 cm.] A near fine copy in very good dust jacket with tiny chip to head of front panel, several short, closed tears neatly repaired on verso with archival mending tissue, and sun-fading to spine panel. FIRST EDITION. "A collection of papers written by friends and colleagues about one of the few great printers of the first half of this century. Two of the papers about him were written during Updike's lifetime; four were written shortly after his death in 1941; two were written specially for the present book. The long preliminary essay is the printer's own story of his career." "An Editor's Summary," p. 153. The contributors were Stanley Morison, Gregg Anderson, T.M. Cleland, M.A. de Wolfe Howe, George Parker Winship, Rudolph Ruzicka, David T. Pottinger, and Carl P. Rollins.
Editore: The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1940
Da: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good condition. Angelo, Valenti; & Fritz Kredel; William Sharp; W. A. Dwiggins; etc. (illustratore). First Edition. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1940. Very Good condition. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. Number 4, Fall 1940, Part 1 only. Illustrations throughout. This issue includes Lawrence Blochman's ALDINE FOLIO MURDERS (with woodcuts by Fritz Kredel); THE PRINTER AS AUTHOR by John T. Winterich; Holbrook Jackson's EDWARD LEAR, LAUREATE OF NONSENSE; THE PURLOINED LETTER by Edgar Allan Poe (illustrated with lithographs by William Sharp); etc. Bound in the original white and green pictorial wraps, stamped in black (with white parts a little sun darkened at the extremities, as usual). LEC Bibliography #S-5. Oversize Softcover. 8.5" wide by 12" tall. This large, heavy book may require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. First Edition. Oversize Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by Angelo, Valenti; & Fritz Kredel; William Sharp; W. A. Dwiggins; etc. 124pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
Da: London Bridge Books, London, Regno Unito
EUR 3,46
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrellohardcover. Condizione: Good. Diane Bigda (illustratore).
Da: London Bridge Books, London, Regno Unito
EUR 4,05
Quantità: 2 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Good. Robin Pickens (illustratore).
Da: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
spiral_bound. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
Da: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condizione: New. Robin Pickens (illustratore). In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
Editore: 8vo, 23,5cm, p.156 [+ 44 plates], New York: The American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1947., 1947
Da: Collinge & Clark, London, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
EUR 35,74
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Facsimile and reproductions in black and terracotta; blue buckram, spine blocked in gilt. Dust-jacket a bit chipped, otherwise a fine copy.
Editore: The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1940
Da: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine condition. Condizione sovraccoperta: No dust jacket. Angelo, Valenti; & Fritz Kredel; William Sharp; W. A. Dwiggins; etc. (illustratore). First Edition, Limited 500 copies. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1940. Scarce HARDCOVER edition. Limited to only 500 copies. In beautiful, bright and shiny Very Near Fine condition. Bound in the original bright, glossy green cloth, stamped in dark green. Binding is sewn, NOT stapled like some inferior copies. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Corners are NOT bumped. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. All other pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. Number 4, Fall 1940, Part 1 only. Illustrations throughout. This issue includes Lawrence Blochman's ALDINE FOLIO MURDERS (with woodcuts by Fritz Kredel); THE PRINTER AS AUTHOR by John T. Winterich; Holbrook Jackson's EDWARD LEAR, LAUREATE OF NONSENSE; THE PURLOINED LETTER by Edgar Allan Poe (illustrated with lithographs by William Sharp); etc. LEC Bibliography #S-5. Oversize HARDCOVER. 8.5" wide by 12" tall. This large book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. First Edition, Limited 500 copies. Oversize Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by Angelo, Valenti; & Fritz Kredel; William Sharp; W. A. Dwiggins; etc. 124pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
Editore: The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1941
Da: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine condition. Condizione sovraccoperta: No dust jacket. Appleton, LeRoy H. (wood engravings) (illustratore). First Edition. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1941. A gorgeous copy. Fine condition. NO fading. Almost NO rubbing. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. Bound in the original bright, glossy green cloth, stamped in dark green. Number 4, Spring 1941, Part III only. Illustrations throughout. Among this part's articles are: TOM SAWYER AND THE ILLUSTRATORS by Warren Chappell; THE MAN WHO BECAME A BOOKBINDER [Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson] by Ward Ritchie; HOW TO LOOK AT A BOOK by Philip Van Doren, with drawings by Donald McKay; BROTHER JONATHAN READS THE SONG OF SONGS by Emma L. Patterson, with drawings by Carlotta Petrina; MY FAVORITE BOOK AND WHY: A SYMPOSIUM with James Daugherty, Edmund Thompson, Zhenya Gay, Robert Ward Johnson, David T. Potinger, and Carlotta Petrina; THE CRANBROOK PRESS by Paul McParlin; --PATTERNS IN PRINT [typography] by Holbrook Jackson; BYWAYS OF BOOKMAKING edited by Dr Culrarity; THE GOOD BOOKS OF 1940 by Joseph Blumenthal. The separately paginated section at the end is a short story, THE AMBITIOUS GUEST by Nathanial Hawthorne, illustrated with wood- engravings by LeRoy H. Appleton. LEC Bibliography #S-5. 8.5" wide by 12" tall. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by Appleton, LeRoy H. (wood engravings). pp. 233-312 + 14 pages. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
Editore: The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1941
Da: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine condition. Condizione sovraccoperta: No dust jacket. NOT a library discard (illustratore). First Edition. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1941. A superior copy. Fine condition with almost none of the spine fading that afflicts so many copies. NO owner's name or bookplate. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. Bound in the original bright, glossy green cloth, stamped in dark green. Number 4, Winter 1941, Part II only. Illustrations throughout. Among this part's articles are: BOOKS THAT NEVER GREW UP (about miniature books) by Wilbur Macey Stone; SOME AUTHORS WHO LOOKED AT THEIR BOOKS by John T. Winterich, Booth Tarkington, and Andre Maurois; THE SHAKESPEARE TITLE-PAGE MYSTERY by Carolyn Wells; DON QUIXOTE AND THE ILLUSTRATORS by Philip Hofer; THE PASSIONATE BIBLIOPHILE TO HIS LOVE by Newman Levy, A PRESS IN THE LIVING ROOM by John Williams Andrews; etc. The separately paginated section at the end is a short story, Jean-Ah Poquelin, by George W Cable, illustrated with linoleum cuts by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. LEC Bibliography #S-5. 8.5" wide by 12" tall. . First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. pp. 109-232 + 16 pages. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.