Language: English
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1928
Seller: Shelley and Son Books (IOBA), Hendersonville, NC, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Numbered, Limited First Edition. Numbered, Limited First Edition #149 of 540. Publications of the Society of Calligraphers No.1. Signed by the Author on colophon in rear of book.Quarter black cloth with decoratively patterned brown boards. White label with red title on the spine. lxxxii pp.CONDITION: Light shelf wear. Label on spine is faded. Text is clear. Binding and textblock are sound. Some discoloration on front pastedown from a prior book plate. Missing the original slipcase. Full refund if not satisfied. Signed by Author.
Language: English
Published by Golden Hind Press, Madison, NJ, 1940
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Tan cloth with spine label and blue paper-covered boards, slender 8vo.,xv, 11, (2) pages, three illustrations. A spoof on the 500th anniversary of the invention of printing from moveable type. One of 250 bound copies hand-set in Weiss Antiqua and Original Oldstyle Italic by Arthur and Edna Rushmore on Arak Ash paper. With a Christmas greetings label from the Rushmores and a Zamorano label, noted Will Bradley, at front paste-down. Loosely inserted is a Typophile meeting invitation signed by Rushmore. A fine copy in archival mylar.
Hard cover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Spine is cracked but secure. Cover edges are slightly worn. Upper cover corners are bumped. Back upper cover corner is frayed. Inside is tanned, but legibility is not impacted.
Language: English
Published by New York, Alfred A. Knopf Printed at Plimpton Press in Norwood, Massachussets, 1928
Seller: PlanetderBuecher, Hamburg, Germany
8°, Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. 82 Seiten Nummer 263 von 540 im sehr gutem Zustand mit wenig gebräunten Seiten sowie kauzm beschabtem Einband. Bleistiftnotizen im Vortitel. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 286.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1928
Seller: Lost Horizon Bookstore, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Limited edition in slipcase. Limited edition in slipcase. Hardcover. Octavo. 82pp. #318 of a limited edition of 540 copies, SIGNED by Hermann Puterschein (a.k.a. Dwiggins). Decorated paper covered boards with cloth spine. Chapter heading decorations by Dwiggins, printed in red. Spine label faded and worn. In slipcase that is browned, worn on edges and has a couple short splits.
Published by NY, NY: Knopf., 1928
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. 8vo. Decorative Boards. 82 pp. Slipcase Good with tears and loose spine portion, else Very Good. Illustrations. Previous owner's bookplate inside cover.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf [for The Society of Calligraphers], New York, 1928
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Edition limited to 540 copies signed by the author, 8vo, pp. lxxxii, [2]; printed in red and black, decorations and typography by W.A. Dwiggins; fine copy in original black cloth-backed paper-covered boards, paper label on spine. The first formal publication of The Society of Calligraphers, printed at the Plimpton Press.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1928
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition, number 493 signed by the author. LXXXII, [2]pp. Printed at Plimpton Press in Norwood, Massachussets. 1 vols. Cloth and boards. Fine, In slipcase LXXXII, [2]pp. Printed at Plimpton Press in Norwood, Massachussets. 1 vols First edition, number 493 signed by the author. Signed.