Louisville Kentucky: American Printing House for the Blind 1980. Original edition. Very Good. The front of the card displays a photograph of the printing house. The back contains the Braille Alphabet and Numbers Used by the Blind. 6.25" x 3.5 American Printing House for the Blind unknown
Long Island City NY: American Printing Equipment and Supply Co. n.d. stiff paper wrappers. Print Equipment. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. Catalog of printing equipment. Advertising supplement laid in. American Printing Equipment and Supply Co.) unknown books
Long Island City NY: American Printing Equipment & Supply Co 1976. stiff paper wrappers. Printing Equipment. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 332 pages. The "Bicentennial Edition" of the company's catalogue. Organized by type of equipment including type specimens. Index of products available. "Prices Void" stamped on front wrapper. Wrappers slightly bent at edges. Back wrapper and spine soiled. American Printing Equipment & Supply Co unknown books
Long Island City: American Printing Equipment and Supply Co n.d. stapled self paper wrappers. Printing Equipment. 4to. stapled self paper wrappers. 48 pages. A catalogue of composing room equipment cabinets tables racks cases etc. Much of the equipment offered was for schools. Illustrated priced. American Printing Equipment and Supply Co unknown books
Long Island City NY: APES 1987. stiff paper wrappers. Printing Equipment. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 272 pages. One of the annual equipment catalogues issued by this firm. Filled with illustrations. APES unknown books
Long Island City NY: APES 1983. stiff paper wrappers. Printing Equipment. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 248 pages. One of the annual equipment catalogues issued by this firm this being the 50th Anniversary Catalog. Filled with illustrations. Ink stamp by APES on front cover. APES unknown books
American Printing History Association 2006. 8vo. 17 poems printed by 15 American fine press printers. Foreword by Henry Lyman. Contents loose as issued in blue cloth clamshell box. Contributor's copy with printed note from Jerry Kelly laid-in this being the former copy of Ronald Gordon of The Oliphant Press responsible for the printing of Mary Karr's 'A Blessing from my Sixteen Years' Son." The other designers/printers are: Mindy Beloff Michael and Winifred Bixler Carolee Campbell Ed Colker Sandy Connors Barbara Henry Jerry Kelly Kay Michael Kramer David Pankow Michael Peich Robin Price Michael Russem Gaylord Schanilec and Jack Stauffacher. <br/><br/> American Printing History Association hardcover books
Long Island City: American Printing Equipment and Supply Co 1964. stapled paper wrappers. Printing Equipment. 4to. stapled paper wrappers. 28 pages. Catalogue of composing room equipment cabinets tables racks cases etc. Much of the equipment offered was for schools. Illustrated priced. Covers foxed. American Printing Equipment and Supply Co unknown books
pp. 149, (4)[Publisher's catalogue] + Plus wood engraved frontis and a full page plate. Decorated title page. Age stained. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, embossed in blind. Gilt decorated and lettered spine. Nice original publisher's binding. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! CHRISTMAS/W70.
New York NY: Johnson Fry & Co. 1871. Twenty - two images including the plates titled: Conrad and Medora dated 1867; the illustrated title page for 1871 'Byron & Moore Gallery'; and the images Kaled; Olympia; Gulmare; Rich and Rare engraved by Buttre after Fisher; Thou art not false but thou art fickle; Laura; Angiolina; Haidee; Medora; Leila; The Coming Step Buttre after Ward; Zelica Buttre after A. de Valentine; The Irish Girl Buttre after A. Elmore; Young Jessica Rice & Buttre after Ward; Parisina; Azim and Zelica Buttre after Corbould; Witch of the Alps; The Peri Bannister after Meadows; Maid of Athens; Don Juan and Haidee. Each image titled below; several with a verse from the relevant poem. The plates printed one side only on heavy paper stock and interleaved with plain paper guards. Previous owner name on front endpaper. Approximately 9" x 11 1/2" size; bound in gray-green decoratively blind-stamped cloth titled "Specimen" on front cover the back cover with the publisher name and address. Boards detached with edge and tips wear top cover stained spine covering gone. A few images with a little spotting in the margins and with evidence of being somewhat crudely edge-trimmed; generally the plates very clean and in very good condition an interesting specimen illustration book from this publisher. Specimen Book. Hard Cover. Good. Johnson Fry & Co. Hardcover books
Hamden Connecticut: Hamden Card Works 1897. Four black and white printed sides to one large sheet. From the text: ".Remember these are all hidden name cards. The name is printed in the center of the card and the floral ornament can be raised at one end to show the name when desired.We allow a cash commission of 25 per cent on cards sold at these prices or you can select any of the premiums on our List not shown." Each style of card offered is illustrated including showing decorative and fringed border-work and with descriptions of each style; 32 different cards are shown. Including a variety of fancy beveled edge cards gold & silver bevel and colored envelope-style die-cut silk fringed combination packages of cards photo cards and more. Approx. 9" 5/8 x 13 3/4" size; printed on thin newsprint paper stock. Old fold lines edge tips wear few tiny holes; old edge-repairs not in imagery or text; in good condition. First Edition. Not Bound. Good. Hamden Card Works paperback books
New York NY: Not Published 1873. A folding announcement for the wedding at the Methodist Episcopal Church in NY of this prominent Baltimore MD physician and his fiancee. Elaborately engraved invitation copper-plate style in black on polished paper. On the opposite side of the text is an embossed stylized coat-of-arms. Approx. 5 1/4" x 6 1/2" size; simple folded paper format; some offsetting to the printing on the embossment side. Light wear in very good condition. Ephemera. Soft Cover. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
Boston Massachusetts: D. Lothrop & Co. 1882. 12 pages; with black and white illustrations throughout. Advertising books for sale with descriptions prices binding variants if desired. Natural history books by Amanda B.Harris Tennyson poetry travel family-oriented & children's publications including magazines - Wide Awake Babyland Our Little Folks The Pansy; at back is "A Complete list of the Popular "Pansy" Books & lists of other other authors with series titles. Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2" size; printed sewn paper covers with a small illustration. Light edge wear to the wraps little darkened tips chipped back cover with a small discoloration at top margin inner top corner chipped away; in very good condition. First Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. D. Lothrop & Co. paperback books
Bridgehampton New York: The Bridgehampton National Bank 1945. Two ink blotters printed for the bank; in color with an idyllic farm scene & the bank's contact information; with a handy ruled section at top; approx. 3 1/2" x 6" size; not dated circa 1945; printed by the Thomas D. Murphy Co. with their trademark; one blotter with a chipped corner; some edge tips wear a little soiling spotting; in good condition blotter backs do not appear used; interesting job printing for this Long Island bank circa mid-twentieth century. . Ink Blotters . Not Bound. Good. The Bridgehampton National Bank Paperback books
Boston Mass.: The Church Supply Co. 1903. A circular advertising the printed products of this Boston company with 8 or more typefaces as part of the promotional; giving rates and details of the products offered and offering to send samples; printed one side; approx. 5 1/2" x 9 1/4" size; addressed to Mr. Ralph V. Morrison of the No. Cong. Church in Bangor Maine; with the original postmarked mailing envelope having the company imprint; envelope with some wear; broadside advertisement circular in very good condition; a nice example of job printing typographical design and niche market business printing history in the early part of the 20th century. Broadside. Broadside. Very Good. The Church Supply Co. books
Boston Mass.: Union Published 1941. The meeting to be held June 26 1941 at the Italian-American Association Hall in Cambridge; listing the companies now organized or petitioning for such in the Boston area and those which were currently union shops in the printing trades; evidently urging the Riverside Press employees to "Join the Parade of Progress"; printed one side with several typefaces on thin stock; approx. 9" x 11 1/2" size; light wear couple of short closed edge-tears; in very good condition and interesting mid- 20th century American printing and allied trades union ephemera. Broadside. Broadside. Very Good. Union Published books
Oyster Bay Long Island New York: Not Published 1811. Collection includes 17 separate documents all of which reference this court case regarding the petitioner Alexander Peacock an insolvent debtor from Oyster Bay Queens County Long Island NY; appearing before Cary F. Dunn Jr. first judge of the court of common pleas County of Queens; Peacock was ".conforming himself to the directions of the act entitled 'An act for the benefit of insolvent debtors and their creditors'."; the first document partially printed titled No. 1 Petition has been notarized with the blindstamp at top of E. Ely Notary and is addressed to Judge Dunn; the next is the proof of residence deposed and signed by John B. Hicks & the judge; the following is an Account of Creditors a long list of over 30 names and including individuals living in New York Philadelphia and New Jersey the debts amounting to $ 5468.00; next is an accounting of the 6 suits and judgements brought against Mr. Peacock including that of Joseph C. Hornblower of Newark NJ James King and Archibald McKellar of the City of New York and others; the next document is an inventory of the estate of Peacock with a list of 15 people who have notes outstanding owed to him including Benjamin Smith Gilbert Robertson & Co. David R. Floyd Jones Luther Hildreth a Mr. Sibbsone of England Capt. Jones of the United States Vessel Revenge and Louis Jones a Colored man totalling $ 5647.62 - the back of this sheet gives a list of the "Body Clothing Beds & Bedding." Peacock being fairly well-dressed and provided for; other documents here include the Oath certifying the amounts owed; a certification of copies of the documents by James Fairlie Clerk of the Supreme Court; a legal agreement & acknowledgment from Peacock to meet with creditors at the house of Joseph Roe innkeeper in the Village of Jamaica; also is the "Order for Advertisement" document signed by Judge Dunn requesting that the notice of the meeting be published ".in the paper printed by the printer to the State and in the Columbian and Long island Star for six weeks successively requiring his creditors to appear before me at the House of Joseph Roe."; attached here are the printed papers completed in manuscript attesting to the publication of the notice to publicize by the judge from Charles Holt printer of the Columbian and counter-signed by James Campbell Master in Chancery and tipped-on is a printed copy of the actual advertisement as it appeared in the newspaper; with a similar notice from Solomon Allen printer of the Albany Register another from Alden Spooner printer of the Long Island Star both of these also with their samples of notice tipped-on; with a notice signed by the judge assigning all of Peacock's properties excepting his bedding & clothing to his creditors; and an attesting witness of the judge's assignment signed by Edward Parker; with a certifying document with original seals of Peacock's main creditors receiving conveyance of his estate as assignees in satisfaction of the debts signed by Edward Parker John B. Hicks and Christian Truss as witnesses signed & sealed by Wm. Wright David Findlay and Wm. Crow with the verso attested to by the judge; with a notice of oath-taking of Wright & Findlay to uphold the decision of the court; and a similar oath by Wm. Crow and signed by Judge Dunn; each page is signed by Alexander Peacock; originally these were all sealed or adhered to each other at the top of the sheets to make one continuous 'case' of materials - some of the old glue has given way and now there is separation of the pages; varying sizes from 6 3/4" x 8" to 8 1/2" x 13 1/2" size sheets; most of the paper of very good quality chain-laid some with the paper makers' watermark; some edge tips wear and chipping to edges some darkening and old fold lines; in very good condition overall and a collection offering a glimpse of the process for relieving debt in this case substantial especially useful for outlining the entire process under the law in the early days of the American Republic; interesting legal history documentation. Noteworthy individuals mentioned in this case are: Joseph Coerten Hornblower 1777 - 1864 American lawyer and jurist from Belleville New Jersey Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court; Alden Spooner 1783-1848 who ".has the distinction of being a printer in two Long Island towns Sag Harbor and Brooklyn. It was natural that he chose to be a printer as his father Judah Paddock Spooner was the pioneer printer of Vermont and his uncle Timothy Green was a printer in New London Connecticut." Spooner also started Brooklyn's first daily newspaper Doggett Long Island Printing; Judge Carey Dunn Jr. Revolutionary War veteran; Commodore Jacob Nicholas Jones 1768 - 1850 officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France the First Barbary War and the Second Barbary War and the War of 1812. Manuscript. Not Bound. Good. Not Published Paperback books
New York N.Y.: Marquardt & Company Inc. 1946. 29 pages; printed in blue & black with black & white illustrations tracing the history of 25 years of awards of the Art Directors Club with the lists of winners year-by-year. Edited by P.K. Thomajan and with art direction by Arnold Roston whose signature is on the front endpaper. Approx. 5" x 7 3/4" size. Bound in black cloth covered boards gilt cover and spine titles. Some edge tips wear dustiness to the covers spine cloth worn. Contents clean and in good condition. Signed by Designer. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Marquardt & Company Inc. hardcover books
Schuylerville New York: The Artisan Press Barry Targan Prop. 1970. Artists' book with this traditional nursery rhyme illustrated printed in two colors with 12 accordion-fold panels. Approx. 4 1/2" x 6 3/4" size; bound in patterned-paper covered boards; light wear binding a little darkened; little bit of off-setting to the colors; in very good condition and a charming rendition of this story in pictures & prose. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Arleen Targan. The Artisan Press, Barry Targan, Prop. hardcover books
Peterborough New Hampshire: David L. O'Neal Antiquarian Booksellers Inc. 1965. Printed double-side broadside style; ".designed and edited at the Philidor Press in Boston. The types are Centaur Kennerley Caledonia Goudy Mediaeval and Arrighi." with 125 titles of publications and their descriptions prices. Approx. 17 1/4" x 23 1/4" size printed on heavy paper stock; edges a little darkened & on old fold lines; in very good condition. . Booksellers Catalog. Boadside. Very Good. David L. O'Neal Antiquarian Booksellers, Inc. paperback books
New York NY: The Herity Press Elizabeth and Ben Lieberman Props. 1976. Single-sided letterpress printing; in red black blue. Approx. 5 7/8" x 11" size a little light wear; clean and in very good condition a good impression. Fine Press. Single Sheet. Very Good. The Herity Press Elizabeth and Ben Lieberman, Props. paperback books