1900réf. 36719New York London: Geo. C. Whitney Hildensheimer & Faulkner 1900. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. A die cut shape book in the shape of a shoe bound with cord and tassle. Chipping and wear to edges of both covers with a few creases to rear cover. The cord has pulled out of several pages and at some point the book was resewn with thread; however the pages were rebound out of order. The title page is near the end of the book and one additional page is out of order but no missing pages. Pen marking to one page smudge marks and soiling to other pages. Short closed tear to one page. Includes 6 chromolithographs and 6 sepia illustrations. A well loved copy of this classic children's tale. 14 pages. CHILD/080923. Geo. C. Whitney, Hildensheimer & Faulkner paperback books
1891réf. 29399London / New York: Hildesheimer & Faulkner / Geo. C. Whitney 1891. Very good plus. Striking chromolithographed shape book of the classic nursery rhyme with cover image of a realistic late Victorian shoe. 6.25'' x 8.25'' approx. Original thread-bound stiff paper wrappers. Illustrated by Berkeley with lovely chromolithographs. 14 pages. A couple creases and nicks to wrappers. Light foxing to leaves. Marvelously intact. Hildesheimer & Faulkner / Geo. C. Whitney unknown books
1924réf. 25679Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1924. Limited edition. Hardcover. vg. 1/260. 8vo. Original marbled boards with printed title-label on spine as issued. Signed by D. B. Updike on limitation page. Pages unopened. Contents: On the planning of printing. Style in the use of type. The seven champions of typography. Illustrated with 11 reproductions of title-pages bookplates programs invitations and tickets. Head and tail of spine slightly chipped with closed tears. Severely torn glassine jacket separated in 3 pieces laid-in. Binding in good- interior in near fine condition. Harvard University Press hardcover books
réf. 36495MERRYMOUNT UPDIKE Daniel Berkeley and others. NOTES ON THE MERRYMOUNT PRESS & ITS WORK. San francisco: Alan Wofsy 1975. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. "With bibliographical list of books printed at the press 1893-1933" by Julian Pearce Smith; "to which has been added a supplementary bibliography of books printed at the press 1934-1949" by Daniel Berkeley Bianchi. Limited to five hundred copies. Fine. unknown books
1947réf. 55079New York: The American Institute of Graphic Arts. Very Good. 1947. Hardcover. blue boards have gilt stamped spine a near fine copy in a slightly chipped but very good dust jacket. . The American Institute of Graphic Arts hardcover books
réf. 9052Cambridge Harvard University Press 1934. Together "WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST OF BOOKS PRINTED AT THE PRESS 1893-1933" by Julian Pearce Smith. First edition. One of 500 copies. Very good condition. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1934 unknown books
2002réf. 56982West New York NJ: Mark Batty Publisher. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 097156874x . A handsome first Edition/First Printing in Fine condition in an equally unblemished dust-jacket; The Well-Made Book is a compilation of essays and lectures written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Updike and the editor William W. Peterson. The book is divided into four sections: "The Writer" "The Reader" "The Work of Making a Book" and "The Business of Books." In "The Writer" Updike discusses the importance of being a good writer and the techniques that he has used to achieve success. In "The Reader" he discusses the importance of reading and how it can transform a person. In "The Work of Making a Book" he discusses the process of book making and the importance of having a good editor. In "The Business of Books" he discusses the different aspects of the book business and the importance of bookselling.; 8vo; 383 pages . Mark Batty, Publisher hardcover books
2002réf. 55512West New York NJ: Mark Batty Publisher. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 097156874x . A Fine first edition/first printing in an equally handsome dust-jacket; The Well-Made Book is a collection of essays and lectures by celebrated authors and thinkers including David Foster Wallace J.D. Salinger and William Updike. Edited by William W. Peterson the book is a unique and illuminating exploration of the craft of writing from conception to publication.; 8vo; 383 pages . Mark Batty, Publisher hardcover books
2002réf. 55510West New York NJ: Mark Batty Publisher. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 097156874x . A Fine first edition/first printing in an equally handsome dust-jacket; In this book prominent authors and scholars offer essays and lectures on the craft of writing. Topics include sentence structure plot character development and more. This book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in improving their writing skills.; 8vo; 383 pages . Mark Batty, Publisher hardcover books
1968réf. 9228gcsSan Marino: Huntington Library 1968. One of 50 copies printed by members of the HEH Preparations Dep-artment. Octavo plain green sewn wrappers 8 pp. Fine.”In 1893 only a year after William Morris had issued the Golden Legend in which his Golden Type first appeared 33-year-old Daniel Berkeley Updike left eh Riverside Press in Cambridge and set up his own establishment as a Typographic Advisor at 6 Beacon Street Boston. From his two-room office Updke wrote to Morris on August 3 1893. The manuscript archives of Updike correspondence in the Huntington Library reveal no further exchange between them. Perhaps because his request was never granted Updike and Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue modified and enlarged the Morris font to create the Merrymount type of the great Altar Book issued with the imprint of the Merrymount Press in 1896. Huntington Library, 1968. One of 50 copies printed by members of the HEH Preparations Dep-artment. unknown books
1924réf. 268329Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1924. hardcover. near fine. Slim 8vo 70 pages khaki cloth backed boards. Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1924. First Edition. Near Fine. Printed by the author at the Merrymount Press. Signed presentation by Updike. Laid in is a 2 page A.L.S. and stamped envelope from Updike dated Dec. 16th 1935. Harvard University Press unknown books
1924réf. 252927Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1924. First. hardcover. near fine. Slim 8vo 70 pages khaki cloth backed boards. Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1924. First Edition. Near Fine. Printed by the author at the Merrymount Press. Signed inscription by Updike " who wishes this book was a better exponent or example of what it commends in book-making!" Laid in are a T.L.S. & a T.N.S. from Updike on the Merrymount Press letterhead. Harvard University Press unknown books
2013réf. 135315Boston MA: Society of Printers 2013. single sheet folded. Society of Printers. 8vo. single sheet folded. Keepsake from the Society of Printers for the Life Membership of John Kristensen. Society of Printers unknown books
1934réf. 599147Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1934. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. With a bibliographical list of books printed at the press 1893-1933 by Julian Pearce Smith. Small quarto. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Owner name on the front pastedown spine ends gently bumped a few faint scratches near fine lacking the dust jacket. Limited to 500 copies. Harvard University Press hardcover books
1934réf. 51502Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1934. First edition limited to 500 copies 8vo pp. vi 4 279 3; partially unopened fine in original brown linen stamped in gilt on spine. Standard work on the Merrymount Press. Harvard University Press unknown books
1934réf. 27787Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1934. First edition limited to 500 copies 8vo x & 280pp. 13 plates; spine ends just beginning to fray otherwise near fine in orig. brown linen stamped in gilt on spine. Standard work on the Merrymount Press. Harvard University Press unknown books
1975réf. 51503San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts 1975. Best edition with the Bianchi supplement limited to 500 copies 8vo pp. viii 6 357 1; 15 photographic text illustrations; brown cloth gilt title on cover and spine fine. The standard work on the Merrymount Press first published 1934. Alan Wofsy Fine Arts unknown books
1980réf. 52316Mt. Vernon NY: A. Colish Inc 1980. broadside 18 x 24 in. / 46 x 61 cm. Limited to 50 copies. A text excerpt from the 1962 Belknap Press/Harvard U. Press reprint of D. B. Updike's 1860-1941 founder of the Merrymount Press 1922 work "Printing Types: Their History Forms and Use." A "keepsake printed for The Second National Conference on Metal Typecasting & Design on the occasion of their visit to A. Colish Inc. Mount Vernon New York 1 July 1980." Printed in black with lavender rules at head and foot of text and inside a lavender border formed by a kind of ribbon design. A. Colish Inc unknown books
réf. 37077Iowa City: The Prairie Press n.d. self paper wrappers which unfolds to a small 4to. Prairie Press. 12mo. self paper wrappers which unfolds to a small 4to. broadside printing of Updike's comments on typography. With use of red and blue. The Prairie Press unknown books
1937réf. 89362Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1937. cloth later cloth slipcase. 8vo. cloth later cloth slipcase. xl 292; xx 326 pages. Two volumes. Second edition Appleton p.69. Ownership inscription in ink on the front free endpapers. Lacking the dust jackets. Spines lightly faded else a near fine set in near fine slipcase. Profusely illustrated. An essential reference book for anyone interested in the history of printing and development of type faces. Harvard University Press unknown books
1980réf. 2516New York: Dover Publications 1980. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xl292; xvii326 pages. 2 volumes. Reprint of the 1937 second edition. Profusely illustrated. Still the best book on the subject. Well preserved set. Dover Publications unknown books
réf. 34725Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd ed Cambridge 1951. 2 vols clothbound very good condition in dust jackets. Fly-leaves have stamp of previous owner Editor Inland Printer. . Other hardcover books
1966réf. 73058Cambridge:: Harvard University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. B00AH5CY4I . Complete in two volumes. With illustrations. Second printing of the third edition. Both volumes are very good in a very good price clipped dust jackets. . Harvard University Press, hardcover books
1980réf. 1070138vo two volume set paperback illustrated 292 326 pp. Some normal agingvery slight corner folds otherwise very good. Covers printing types from their invention to the 1800s. Dover Publications, Inc, books
1980réf. 51506New York: Dover Publications Inc. 1980. 2 volumes 8vo pp. xl 292; xvii 1 3-326; type specimens throughout; blue cloth-backed marbled boards gilt-lettered spines; fine. A reprint of the second 1937 edition publish by Harvard University Press. Standard and respected work. Dover Publications, Inc. unknown books
