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ref. 270136Philadelphia: Carriage Monthly Engravings and Printing House. Original poster. Color lithograph. 51.5 x 35 inches. Unusual advertising poster is dated to circa 1891 features light carriages harnesses and sleighs manufactured by J. H. Birch. Issued by the Carriage Monthly Engraving and Printing House in Philadelphia PA the poster shows some of the products manufactured by J. H. Birch in Burlington N.J. These also include horse clothings blankets robes whips saddles bridles and everything pertaining to the road track and stable. The poster features 26 illustrations of horses and 4 images of goats with the various products advertised. Also contains detailed text explaining each product featured terms and other interesting information. On the top of the poster J. H. Birch boldly claims "I carry in stock all I advertise and more too". Another amusing note at bottom right reads "This is the largest Harness Chart ever published in the world and consequently cost me large amount of money and you will confer a favor by hanging it in a conspicuous place." The poster is in good condition with some edge loss along top and bottom edges and minor wear along original folds. Minor loss at some fold intersections. Lined on canvas. Toning near top right corner. Carriage Monthly Engravings and Printing House unknown books
1944ref. 2613341944. Poster. Offset Lithograph. 28 x 20 inches. This poster features a vibrantly colored and striking image of a blue-eyed baby girl framed by bold red and blue lettering which urges the population to buy war bonds. This poster is in good condition is creased as issued at original folds. Some rips near edges. unknown books
1945ref. 2613361945. Poster. Offset Lithograph. 26 x 18.5 inches. This WW II poster is in good condition and features Uncle Sam's hand offering war bonds to a man who is reaching into his pocket for money. The image implies a sense of duty and patriotism. In the background planes and tanks advance toward the horizon and bold yellow lettering urges the population to buy bonds. In good condition with fold lines visible. Minor edge wear and foxing. unknown books
1917ref. 230473San Francisco: John Henry Nash 1917. Limited. hardcover. good. 40pp. Slim 4to cloth-backed boards with paper spine label; uncut edges. San Francisco: John Henry Nash 1917. Spine quite worn and frayed but internally clean and near fine. Limited edition -- number 44 of only 100 numbered copies. John Henry Nash unknown books
1799ref. 26898Brussels: Flon 1799. First. hardcover. very good. Thick 8vo 500 pages. 1/2 tan calf marbled boards. Bruxelles: Flon An VII 1799. First Edition. Very good . An important study on the origin and antecedents of printing by the Belgian bibliographer who did much to establish Gutenberg as the originator of the art. Brunet VI 31191. Biog. univ. 11 66-67. Flon unknown books
1935ref. 151321New York: International Printing Ink Corp 1935. hardcover. near fine. 3 volumes. Number One: Color Chemistry. Number two: Color as Light. Number three: Color in Use. Thin 4to cloth glassine wrappers. New York: International Printing Ink Corp. 1935. Fine in a chipped board slipcase. International Printing Ink Corp unknown books
1903ref. 1340118Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1903. Hardcover. Octavo; G Hardcover; Olive Green spine with Gilt text; Boards shaken some edgewear some shelfwear bumping and rubbing to corners stain on front cover scratching to both covers; Textblock has age toning foxing on some pages and along edges slight waviness to pages; 1227 pp. 1340118. FP New Rockville Stock. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1867ref. 1320027Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1867. Hardcover. Octavo 596 pages; G; fully bound in brown leather spine has embossed lettering; binding has heavy shelf wear with the top and bottom of the spines missing chunks has fraying and bumping on the fore edge corners has streaks and patches of rubbing throughout; pages have age toning and blotching have minor detachment in several locations endpapers have pencil markings; shelved case 1. 1320027. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1922ref. 49434San Francisco: Printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn and James McDonald 1922. 1st edition thus Heller & Magee 49. Bound in brown paper boards with fleur-de-lis decorations & lettering in burnt orange parchment back. Very slight lean; bit of age-toning soiling & extremity wear VG. Unpaginated though 20 pp. Cover t.p. & initials by Joseph Sinel. 10-1/4" x 7-1/4" Printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn and James McDonald hardcover books
1898ref. 20127Paris: Imprimerie de Vaugirard 1898. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. decorated in color Art Nouveau portfolio. Fine. 27 x 21 cm. Twelve separate full-page color plates printed on glossy stock by prominent and less known Belle Epoque artists depict a variety of scenes some sporting and military but balance more characteristic of each artist's style. such as the charming five singing children by Boutet de Monvel. A month by month list of artists follows January through December respectively: Henri Boutet de Monvel Leon Sabattier Maurice Orange E. De Monzaigle Paul Destez Felicien De Myrbach Reichan Leon L'Hermitte A. Parys Emile Caran d'Ache Leopold Kowalski and Luc-Olivier Merson. Each plate with two holes at upper margin as issued for silk ties no longer present. Issued as a promotion for a leading chain of clothing shops in Paris Lyon Marseille and five other French cities. Interior and covers almost as new. Imprimerie de Vaugirard unknown books
1940ref. WAS44770Unnumbered pages 10 x 10 ½ inches stiff wrappers with plastic spiral binding markings in blue ink drawn on inside front cover. Manufacturer of printing inks published this technical guide to help printers select the proper paper and ink to reproduce Kodachrome transparencies and "similar types of direct color photography". Fuchs & Lang paperback books
1946ref. 24902New 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
1833ref. 123235Small slim 4to. Paris: Techener 1833. Small slim 4to32ff printed in black letter on vellum woodcut illustration on t/p. Original full orange morocco backstrip gilt black label modern quarter red morocco box bookplate of Robert Hoe. A fine copy with some fading to the boards. § Unique copy printed on vellum Hoe's copy with his bookplate of this first facsimile reprint of the extremely rare French edition of 1530. This was one of several tales printed in the sixteenth century as a collection itself of the utmost rarity. We have not located a single copy in the US. Techener hardcover books
1763ref. WRCLIT82010Cambridge: Printed by John Baskerville Printer to the University 1763. 573 leaves. Royal folio. Full contemporary blue-black morocco faded to emerald spine gilt extra narrow gilt borders on boards marbled endsheets a.e.g. Fore-corners bumped joints a bit worn but not cracked lower fore- corners of several leaves exhibit an old ink stain with old mends to two corners but otherwise an attractive copy. The Baskerville Bible one of the highpoints of the imprint and indeed of all English Bible-making was printed in an edition of 1250 copies priced at four guineas. This copy of what Dibdin declared "one of the most beautifully printed books in the world" has the subscribers list in the third state concluding with the entry for Charles York. Such an ambitious undertaking stretched Baskerville's finances to their limits and of necessity in 1768 he remaindered 556 copies to the London bookseller R. Baldwin at 36s each. As late as 1771 Baldwin was advertising copies in sheets in the BIRMINGHAM GAZETTE priced at 3 guineas. "The design is traditional but the quality of material and workmanship is so high and the conventions are so delicately modified and consistently applied that the result is extremely impressive" - CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF THE BIBLE p.464. This is a very interesting association copy having been the family Bible in the 18th and 19th centuries of the S.L. Galton family and descendants with extensive records in manuscript on two preliminary blanks recording such events as the marriage of Frances Ann Violetta Darwin daughter of Erasmus Darwin and aunt of Charles Darwin to Samuel Tertius Galton and the birth in 1822 of Francis Galton -- the originator of the 'school' of Eugenics explorer meteorologist psychologist and a central figure in the development of the use of fingerprints as a means of identification. There are two bookplates of the Galton family on the front pastedown and another. GASKELL 26. DARLOW & MOULE 857. RUMBALL & PETRIE 145. Printed by John Baskerville, Printer to the University hardcover books
ref. 50994Long 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
1964ref. 50967Long 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
ref. 106926Long 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
1981ref. 25274San Francisco CA: The Arion Press 1981. Andrew Hoyem's letter-announcement only for his new discount policy for the Arion Press. With detailed information on currently available and forthcoming projects for the press. Approx. 8 1/2" x 11" letter size printed one side only. Old fold lines; light shallow creasing at one top tip; clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Not Bound. Very Good. The Arion Press paperback books
1964ref. 25255New York NY: Royal Typographers Inc. 1964. 227 pages. ". for the first time deals with copy in mass. This is a type book for body copy only.many different type faces.the samples are set in 54 pica 9" measures. The purpose of those extra-long settings is to give you the opportunity to "crop" the type as it will actually be set. To frame it with your hands or paper so you can actually see the "color' of each different type face as it will finally appear in your piece." from the prefatory information. Tipped-on at front endpaper is a presentation slip from the company to John Collins. Volume approx. 8 5/8" x 11" size; two-tone cloth over hardcover boards with illustrated endpapers; in a black cloth-covered cardstock slipcase. Slipcase with some edge tips wear; Light wear to the binding; first text page with old crease; in very good condition. First Printing. Hard Cover in Slipcase. Very Good. Royal Typographers Inc. hardcover books
1975ref. WRCLIT18204London 1975. Approximately 230 leaves octavo. Mixed holograph and heavily revised typescript. Some use but very good. A preliminary draft of this publishing history by the great-grandson of the founder of the firm concentrating on the evolution of the printing as opposed to publishing division of the firm. unknown books
1981ref. 22586Herefordshire: Five Seasons Press 1981. First edition limited issue. One of 50 numbered "special copies" on Barcham Green hand-made paper. Contributors include Seamus Heaney B. S. Johnson Eric Mottram Jeff Nuttall Anne Stevenson Gael Turnbull and Jonathan Williams among others. Morocco a bit rubbed otherwise a fine copy. 4to illustrations original half-morocco and linen over boards illustrated endpapers publisher's slipcase. Morocco a bit rubbed otherwise a fine copy. Five Seasons Press unknown books
1987ref. 43129Long 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
1976ref. 110213Long 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
1983ref. 105236Long 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
ref. 6171Six leaves printed on silk first & final two leaves are blank. 4to 271 x 197 mm. cont. pale pink silk over boards covers stamped in gilt silk paste-down endpapers a.e.g. Weimar: 1818. A rare deluxe printing on silk a poem written to celebrate the birth on 24 June 1818 of Karl Alexander the second son of the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia 1786-1859 and Karl Friederich Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1783-1853. Maria Pavlovna was the third daughter of Tsar Paul I 1754-1801. Maria Pavlovna was raised at her father's palaces at Pavlovsk and Gatchina. Karl Alexander later inherited his father's title. In 1804 Maria Pavlovna met and married Karl Friedrich in St. Petersburg while he was on a grand tour of Europe. In Weimar she became a great patron of art and music and the sciences and took a serious interest in the social welfare of the inhabitants of the Grand-Duchy. She took courses at the University of Jena several of which were taught by Alexander von Humboldt. Franz Liszt was appointed her Kapellmeister following his retirement from the concert stage. Goethe considered Maria Pavlovna one of the worthiest women of his time. A fine copy preserved in a slip-case. hardcover books
