Category: Books about Books

Color, Contrast, and Dimension in News Design: Understanding the theory of color and its applications.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, 1995. The Poynter Papers; No. 6.

Seller ID: vas996

Octavo, paperbound (sitff off-white wrappers), 93 pp. Highlighting throughout; otherwise, very attractive, with little wear. From Foreword: The material in this perfectly packaged and organized essays is the sort of primer that all of us involved in the various forms of publication design have wished somebody would take the time to produce. Except that here, in addition to the basics of color theory, the science of color, and discussions of color perception, we also find substantive analysis of the impact of color on a page. The author combines that rare and rich blend of an artistic educ...
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The New Colophon: A Book Collectors' Quarterly. Volume 1, Part One (January 1948).

By: Adler, Elmer, John T. Winterich and Frederick B. Adams, Jr.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: Duschnes Crawford, 1948. One of 2500 copies printed at The Asthoensen Press.

Seller ID: 9177gcs

Quarto, patterned boards, [1]-106, [iii] pp. Illus., ads. Includes: An Early Frost Broadside, by Lawrence Thompson; A Puritan Bookshelf, by James D. Hart; Elbert Hubbard and ÔA Message to Garcia,' by Dard Hunter; Drifting into a Print Collection, by Allen Evarts Foster; Where There's a WillÉ, by Jacob Blanck; Ten Years of Serigraphy, by Carl Zigrosser, with an original serigraph by Leonard Pytlak; and A Book is a Book is a Book, by Donald C. Gallup. Near-Fine, lower corners slightly bumped.
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The New Colophon: A Book Collectors' Quarterly. Volume 1, Part Three (July 1948).

By: Adler, Elmer, John T. Winterich and Frederick B. Adams, Jr.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: Duschnes Crawford, 1948. One of 2500 copies printed at The Asthoensen Press.

Seller ID: 9179gcs

Quarto, patterned boards, [iv], 221-312, [vi], [i] pp. Illus, ads. Includes: The True Story of ÔHerndon's Lincoln,' by David Donald; An Addendum to ÔEnemies of Books,' by Michael Sadlier; A Mere Sale to Effect, edited by John H. Birss; Homer Martin as Illustrator, by Sinclair Hamilton; The G.P.O. in War and Peace, by Cedric Larson; Grandfather Was a Collector, by Ellen Denby and illustrated by Leo Hershfield; Books about Books, 1947, compiled by George L. McKay; and The American Academy Award to Bruce Rogers. Very Good, some light foxing, bearing the bookplate of Isaac Foot, influential Br...
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The New Colophon: A Book Collectors' Quarterly. Volume 1, Part Two (April 1948).

By: Adler, Elmer, John T. Winterich and Frederick B. Adams, Jr.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: Duschnes Crawford, 1948. One of 2500 copies printed at The Asthoensen Press.

Seller ID: 9178gcs

Quarto, patterned boards, [iv], 113-216 pp. Illus., ads. Includes: Stephen Crane, War Correspondent, by Ames W. Williams; Almost Books, by Frederick R. Goff; Reflections on Rarity, by John Carter; Silhouette of a Librarian, by George Boas; Holbein's Old Testament Woodcuts, by Philip Hofer; The Harmless Drudge, by Herbert W. Liebert; and A Ghost from a Barber Shop, by Carl J. Weber. Near-Fine, corners a bit bumped.
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The New Colophon: A Book Collectors' Quarterly. Volume II, Part Five (January 1949).

By: Adler, Elmer, John T. Winterich and Frederick B. Adams, Jr.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: Duschnes Crawford, 1949. One of 2500 printed by E. L. Hildreth & Co.

Seller ID: 9182gcs

Quarto, patterned boards, [vi], 104, [2] pp. Illus., ads. Includes: Epic on an American Theme, by Stephen Vincent Ben?t; Grabhorniana, by Oscar Lewis; Peter the Whaler, Plagiarist, by Malcolm M. Willey; Colored Paste Papers, by Rosamond B. Loring; A Seventh Century Book-Label Problem, by Edward Naumburg, Jr.; The Literature of the Gold Rush, by Carl I. Wheat; and Firsts, in a Manner of Speaking, by Vincent Starrett, and illustrated by Susanne Suba. Fair, with wear to spine (interior bright and tight).
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The New Colophon: A Book Collectors' Quarterly. Volume II, Part Six (June 1949).

By: Adler, Elmer, John T. Winterich and Frederick B. Adams, Jr.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: Duschnes Crawford, 1949. One of 2500 copies printed by E. L. Hildreth & Co.

Seller ID: 9183gcs

Quarto, patterned boards, [iv], 107-189, [i] pp. Very Good. Contents includes: Another Man's Roses, Frederick B. Adams, Jr.; On Belonging to Clubs, by Christopher Morley, and illustrated by Richard Erdoes; On Making a Few Books, by Alfred A. Knopf; Sadleir Sadleirized, by Simon Nowell-Smith; The Typophiles, by Deoch Fulton; The Last word, by Wilmarth S. Lewis; and The First Famous Print, by A. Hyatt Mayor. Near-Fine, light wear.
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The New Colophon: A Book Collectors' Quarterly. Volume II, Part Six (June 1949).

By: Adler, Elmer, John T. Winterich and Frederick B. Adams, Jr.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: Duschnes Crawford, 1949. One of 2500 copies printed by E. L. Hildreth & Co.

Seller ID: 9184gcs

Quarto, patterned boards, [iv], 107-189, [i] pp. Very Good. Contents include: Another Man's Roses, Frederick B. Adams, Jr.; On Belonging to Clubs, by Christopher Morley, and illustrated by Richard Erdoes; On Making a Few Books, by Alfred A. Knopf; Sadleir Sadleirized, by Simon Nowell-Smith; The Typophiles, by Deoch Fulton; The Last word, by Wilmarth S. Lewis; and The First Famous Print, by A. Hyatt Mayor. Near-Fine, light wear.
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Sleuthing in the Stacks.

By: Altrocchi, Rudolph.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1944. First Edition.

Seller ID: 8967gcs

Signed and inscribed by the author, with publisher's ad for the book laid-in. Octavo, burgundy cloth-backed blue boards (hardcover), paper label, gilt letters, 279 pp. Fine, in a Very Good, mylar protected dust jacket with sunned spine and edgewear. From dust jacket: Here is scholarly research made human, a scholar turned sleuth. Working in a library, in an old bookshop, or in a church -- in Florence New York, Paris, Dublin -- a literary detective has followed mysterious clues of forgery and murder, ferreting out strange relations between fact and fiction to get at the very sources of hum...
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Old Friends, Personal Recollections.

By: Bell, Clive.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London: Chatto & Windus, 1956. First Edition.

Seller ID: 10015gc

Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, [200] pp. Foxing (age darkened spotting); otherwise, Fine in a Very Good, mylar protected dust jacket with edgewear. From dust jacket: Intimidated by the word Ômemoirs, with its hint of Saint-Simon, Clive Bell has set down his memories in the form of portraits of some of his friends in the worlds of literature and art. His book falls into two parts: appreciations of people he has known intimately; and random recollections of those whom he has known long but less well. Of Lytton Strachey, Roger Fry, Maynard Keynes and Virginia Woolf his account...
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Some Notes on the Engaging By-paths and Enduring Pleasures of Fine Bookmaking. This Keepsake commemorates the Dedication of the Morgan A. and Aline D. Gunst Memorial Library.

By: Bennett, Paul A.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Palo Alto: Stanford University Libraries, 1963. One of 1,000 copies printed at The Grabhorn Press.

Seller ID: 9188gcs

Octavo, stiff printed wrappers, 53, [1] pp. Ex-library copy, bearing a bookplate and no other marks; Very Good in protective envelope.
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The Aweful Truth About Publishing: Why They Always Reject Your Manuscript...And What You Can Do About It.

By: Boswell, John.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: Warner Books, [1986]. First Edition.

Seller ID: 70159s

Octavo, cloth & boards (hardcover), 161 pp. Fine in dust jacket.
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Anglo-American First Editions. Volumes I and II.

By: Brussel, I. R.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York: Sol Lewis, 1981. Reprint of the 1935-36 edition.

Seller ID: 50517bd

Volume I, describes first editions of English authors whose books were published in America before publication in England, 1826-1900, with an Introduction by Graham Pollard; Volume II describes first editions of American authors whose books were first published in England before publication in America, 1786 - 1930, with an Introduction by Lord Esher. Octavo, green buckram (hardcover), xvi, 170 pp + xl, 132 pp. Frontis., plates. Fine in slip case.
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The Book-Hunter etc. With Additional Notes by Richard Grant White.

By: Burton, John Hill.

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York: Sheldon and Company, 1863. First American Edition, and with White's Additions.

Seller ID: 8610bd

Octavo, bound by Sickles in full brown levant with blind-stamped strapping and the gilt-stamped monogram of Charles Edward Ballard (hotelier and circus owner) on lower front cover, top edge gilt, paneled dentelles with corner devices, silk doublures and end sheets, xii, 411 pp. Half-title, decorative ornaments and initials. Fine.
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French Art of the Book: I. Le Livre Illustre, 1937-1948. II. Hommage ? Quelques Grands Illustrateurs Disparus. III. La Reliure D'Art6, 1890-1948.

By: Cain, Julien (Preface).

Price: $22.00

Publisher: San Francisco: California Palace of Legion of Honor, 1949. One of 1200 copies printed at The Grabhorn Press.

Seller ID: 9193gcs

Quarto, stiff illustrated wrappers, printed in blue and black, [49] pp. 14 illustrations on seven separate leaves bound-in. Very Good.
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The Private Press.

By: Cave, Roderick.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1971). First Edition.

Seller ID: 8985gcs

Royal octavo, brown cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, 376 pp, 60 line illustrations, 80 pp half-tone b & w illus., Bibliography, Index. Fine in a Very Good, mylar protected dust jacket From dust jacket: For five centuries, printing has been a personal art form. Ever since Gutenberg's invention of printing from movable types, dedicated amateurs, scholars, artists, and craftsmen -- as well as commercial printers -- have been fascinated by the beauty and the authority of the printed word. In this thoroughly documented, authoritative book, Roderick Cave surveys the history of the private press,...
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Harsh Words.

By: Cleveland, T. M.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York: The Typophiles, 1940. One of 300 of the Second Chap Book in the Typophile Series printed at The Marchbanks Press. The copy is identified in Cleveland's hand as ÒAuthor's Copy.Ó It has been inscribed, ÒTo Alfred [Knopf], affectionately an

Seller ID: 9372gcs

Signed and inscribed by the author. Text of the address delivered at a meeting of The American Institute of Graphic Arts, in New York Feb. 5, 1940. Small octavo, green cloth with silver lettering (hardcover), 32 pp, [3] pp. Fine.
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Men's Adventure Magazines in Postwar America. The Rich Oberg Collection. Text by Max Allan Collins and George Hagenauer. With an Essay by Steven Heller. The Defnitive Guide to the Sweat Magazine Genre!

By: Collins, Max Allan and George Hagenauer.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Hong Kong: Taschen, (2008). Taschen 25th Anniversary special edition.

Seller ID: vas916

Octavo, slick red illustrated boards (hardcover), 352 pp. Numerous full-color illustrations, photos of cover art, etc. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Contents include: Blood, Sweat, and Tits: A History of Men's Adventure Magazines, Die Geschichte der Mannerabenteuerhefte, L'Histoire des magazines d'adve3ntures pour hommes; Weasels Ripped My Flesh: When Animals Attack, Der Angriff der Tiere, Les betes sauvages attaquent; The Wild Rampage of the Sex-Crazed Pirate Women: From the High Seas to High Noon, Von Hoher See in den Wilden Wester, De la haute mer au midi brulant; I Watched the Fire Dan...
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A History of Illuminated Manuscripts.

By: De Hamel, Christopher.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London: Phaidon Press, (2014). Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged.

Seller ID: 51652bd

Square quarto, softbound, 272 pp. Color illustrations throughout. Near-Fine.
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The Memoirs of a Publisher.

By: Doubleday, F. N.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1972.

Seller ID: 1410gls

First Edition. Limited Edition, designed for distribution among employees, and with a printed letter laid-in indicating such. Published in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the company. Octavo, gilt=stamped cloth, [xv], 304 pp. Frontis. Near-Fine in a slightly chipped dust jacket.
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Doors of Perception: Essays in Book Typography.

By: Duncan, Harry.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1987. Second Printing, printed offset by David Holman at the Wind River Press from the original edition designed by Carol Blinn at the Warwick Press.

Seller ID: 9003gcs

Octavo, gray printed wrappers, title printed in red & black, [ii], 99, [3] pp. Fine.
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Category: Books about Books