Search Results: Book Arts from The Owl at the Bridge

"First published 1942. New edition by permission of Yale University Press 1973." "To accompany the photographic reprint of the original Bibliography, 1942, this Supplement has been prepared so that both purchasers of the reprint and the present owners of the original edition may have record of the significant corrections and additions that have been identified or acquired during thirty years. ..." (Introductory Note). Includes an alphabetical list of Owners of Copies. xxxiv, 300 pages; 25.5 cm. Very Good in VG dust jacket protected in mylar. Stock#ofc0707.

"A Publication of the American Antiquarian Society's Program in the History of the Book in American Culture." xxiv, 230 pages, 97 figures; 27.5 cm. Red cloth stamped in gold; no dust jacket; Near Fine. Stock#ofc0837.

Handmade booklet "for grandmothers who read stories to little booklovers." Copy 39 of 40. "Handset and printed at Fiddlehead Wood Press Maryland, N. Y. 1988." [40] unnumbered pages printed on rectos only; 11.5 cm. Tied in brown-paper covers; Fine, with author's gift inscription on dedication page. Stock#ofc0698.

Foreword by Frederic G. Melcher. Contents include Records Before the Printing Press; Palaeography, Illuminating, and Calligraphy; Printing Types; Processes of Reproduction; Paper and Papermaking; Materials and Practice of Binding; The Author and the Manuscript; Book Trade; Bibliography; Libraries; Index. xii, 244 pages. index; 25.5 cm. Paper covers; edges worn, small chips, spine darkened; internally clean; Good. Stock#ofc0561.

Bookseller catalogue with 161 listings, illus.; stapled in pictorial paper covers; Good with a few librarian scribbles. Stock#ofc0261.

"Copyright, 1938, by The Southworth-Anthoensen Press. Second edition, revised and enlarged." Contents include The First Presses of the Colonies, Type and Type Founding of the Colonial Period, Printing Ink, The Paper of the Colonies, The Journeymen and Apprentices, General Conditions of the Trade, Bookbinding in Colonial America. xxiv, 368 pages, 24 plates, 6 drawings in the Appendix; Index, pages 349-368. Bound in dark green buckram, spine stamped in gold; spine faded, no dust jacket; bookplate; Very Good. Stock#ofc0569.

Bookseller catalog of books relating to the Middle Ages in Italy, its art and history. 1155 items listed; stapled in pictorial paper covers; Good. Stock#ofc0258.

Paris, Emile Hazan, M.CM.XXIX-M.CM.XXX [1929-1930]. A beautiful set of classic French comedy. Molière's complete works, in French, each volume with its original paper spine tipped in at end. Copy no. 208 of 1000 "sur verge teinte de rives, pur chiffon, à la forme." "Ce livre est sorti des Presses de l'Imprimerie Darantiere à Dijon en Mai M. CM. XXIX". Vol. 2 came out in August, Vol. 3 in September, Vol. 4 in December the same year; Vol. 5 left the presses in March and Vol. 6 in July of 1930. Six volumes; 20 cm. Uncut, untrimmed; handsomely bound in 3/4 red leather, with faux backstrips, over red-&-gold patterned paper; a little rubbing but attractive & firm. Stock#MM005b.

"In his comprehensive study of types from the earliest times to the twentieth century, Mr. Updike, founder of the famous Merrymount Press of Boston, traces the sequence of development in typography and discusses the relative importance of each period and the lesson that it holds for the modern printer. The 367 illustrations reproduce carefully selected pages from rare and beautiful books. The text constitutes a running commentary on the historical and artistic significance of these specimens, which exemplify the best work of printers and type founders from Gutenberg to Bruce Rogers." "Preface to the Third Edition" by Lawrence C. Wroth. Two volumes: xlvi, 292; xix, 326 pages, 367 illustrations; 24 cm. Dust jacket edges browned, chips at tops of spines; previous owner bookplates; Very Good. Stock#ofc0595.

Foreword by Deborah J. Johnson. Prepared to accompany an exhibition at the Rhode Island School of Design of 19th-century books; sections are Sacred Texts, History of the Book, Secular Literature, Architecture and Design, Manuals and Examples of Hand-Illumination, Historical Chronicles and Heraldry; Bibliography; Index. 83 pages, color & b/w illustrations; 28 cm. Pictorial brown paper covers. Fine; gift quality. Stock#ofc0550.