Joseph Blumenthal, Signed (28 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. No. 221 of 300 copies signed by author. 8vo., 1/4 cloth with gilt lettering, decorative boards, 153 pp. Lacking slipcase. ; Sharp copy with no ownership markings. ; Well packaged in a box, ships with tracking. Signed by Author.

8vo. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards, slipcase. viii, 153, (3) pages. First edition, one of 300 numbered copies signed by Blumenthal and issued thus for the Grolier Club (Asaf 142). Illustrated autobiography by this book designer. With information on The Spiral Press. Printed by the Stinehour Press. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards, slipcase.

Hardcover in slipcase. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; Limited edtion. B&W Reproductions; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 153 pages; [SIGNED] 1982. Printed at the Stinehour Press for the Grolier Club. Limited edition of 300 copies, signed by Blumenthal and numbered 191/300 on the limitation leaf at rear. Inscribed by Blumentahl on the half -title page to Club member and subscriber, Herbert Runsdorf. Tight, bright and fresh in flawless cloth and patterned paper slipcase. Facsimile leaves and layouts printed by the Meriden Gravure Co. Fine in Fine slipcase. ; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Quarter burgundy cloth gilt, patterned paper-covered boards, slipcase, 8vo., (vi), 153 pages. One of 300 numbered copies printed by the Stinehour Press, plates by Meriden Gravure. Signed at the colophon and signed and inscribed in pencil at the half-title. Small printed broadside showing the first use of the Centennial Mark designed by Jerry Kelly, printed at Kelly/Winterton Press in 1983, laid in. Armorial bookplate, else a fine copy in a fine cloth and paper slipcase, with spine label. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Fair. Signed Copy . Book Very Good. No dust jacket. Signed by Robinson on his bookplate on front endpage. From the Art Reference Collection of wildlife artist and outdoorsman Alan James Robinson. This collection was used by Robinson to create his wonderful art and Cheloniidae Press books. (books, book design, biography).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. #745/975, signed on the colophon by Antonio Frasconi, Glenway Wescott and Joseph Blumenthal. In addition Glenway Wescott inscribed the book on the front endpaper. Joseph Blumenthal at The Spiral Press designed and printed the book on Rives mould-made paper, type set by hand, illustrations printed from the artist's original blocks. No slipcase. The original glassine wrapper is in pieces. The printed boards are worn at the edges, red cloth spine sunned, some of front panel of cloth is also sunned. A beautiful book. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011. Signed by Author, Illustrator & Designer.

cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 153, (3) pages. Illustrated autobiography by this book designer. With information on The Spiral Press. Presentation copy "for Mary Ahern with friendly greetings Joe B- March/'83.".

Mit zahlr. tlw. farb. typogr. Beispielen. 24,3 : 16 cm. Roter Orig.-Halbleinen mit goldgeprägt. Rückentitel, graue Bezugspapiere mit den Wappen des Grolier-Clubs, ohne den Schuber. * 1 von 300 numerierten Exemplaren, Druckvermerk vom Verfasser signiert. Erschienen zum 100-jährigen Bestehen des Grolier-Clubs. "It is the first of the publications to mark the centenial of the Grolier-Club. The book has been designed by Joseph Blumenthal, printed at The Stinehour Press, Lunenburg, Vermont, with reproductions printed by the Meriden Gravure Company." (Druckvermerk) - Mit Subskribentenverzeichnis, am Schluß mit Index. - Sehr gut erhalten.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good DJ. 1st Edition. 215 Pp. Essay On Kafka's "The Trial" By Kenneth Rexroth, With Sets Of Pages For Projected Editions By Each Of The Six Designers, This Book Designed By Lee. Fine, In A Lightly Worn Plain Brown Rice Paper Dj,With Edge Tears And Small Creases But Only Minute Losses. This Example Inscribed By Armitage To His Friend And Illustrator Pasquale Giovanni Napolitano And His Wife, ""For Dear Emmy And Jonnie - For Their Collection Of M.A. Material. Love Merle 1968.". Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase. First Edition Thus. Red Cloth Gilt, Over Decorative Paper Covered Boards. #528 Of 975 Numbered Copies And 25 Lettered Copies All Signed By Frasconi, Westcott And Blumenthal. Near Fine, Slight Fading To Spine Cloth, Gilt Still Brilliant; Pencil Ownership Signature Of Paco Lagerstrom Dated March 1955, And Small Ownership Label Of Anton Roshko. In The Original Black Slipcase With Cover Label Printed In Red And Black; Slipcase With Rubbing All Along Right, Top And Bottom Open Edges, 1/4" Splits Along Two Bottom Open Corners, And Tiny Frays At Corners Of The Closed End. Paco Axel Lagerstrom (1914 - 1989) Was An Applied Mathematician And Aeronautical Engineer. He Was Trained Formally In Mathematics, But Worked For Much Of His Career In Aeronautical Applications. He Was Known For Work In Applying The Method Of Asymptotic Expansion To Fluid Mechanics Problems.[3] Several Of His Works Have Become Classics, Including "Matched Asymptotic Expansions: Ideas And Techniques". In 1946, Lagerstrom Was Recruited By Hans Liepmann To The Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory At Caltech.[5] He Was Later Promoted To Professor Of Aeronautics In 1952 And Professor Of Applied Mathematics In 1967, Having Departed Only Briefly To The University Of Paris In 1960-1961 As Visiting Professor On A Guggenheim Fellowship. His Book "Laminar Flow Theory", Initially Published In 1964 In The Theory Of Laminar Flows, Edited By F.K.Moore, Is Still Considered As The Standard Textbook For Fluid Mechanics. Anatol Roshko (1923-2017) Was The Theodore Von Kármán Professor Of Aeronautics, Emeritus, At The California Institute Of Technology, Pasadena, Ca. Roshko Is Known For His Contributions To Gas Dynamics. He Along With H. W. Liepmann Is The Co-Author Of The Widely Used Textbook "Elements Of Gasdynamics". He Has Made Research Contributions To Problems Of Separated Flow; Bluff-Body Aerodynamics; Structure Of Turbulent Shear Flow. He Completed His Undergraduate Education At The University Of Alberta With A B.Sc. Degree In Engineering Physics, In 1945, Received The M.Sc. Degree From Caltech In 1947 And The Ph.D. In 1952. Most Of His Academic Career Has Been At Caltech, Where He Was The Theodore Von Karman Professor Of Aeronautics, Emeritus At The Time Of His Death. He Was Also A Member Of The National Academy Of Engineering; A Fellow Of The American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics, The American Physical Society, The American Academy Of Arts And Sciences And An Honorary Fellow Of The Indian Academy Of Sciences. Roshko Received Fluid Dynamics Prize By The American Physical Society (Aps) In 1987. He Was Also Awarded The Timoshenko Medal In 1999. In Fluid Mechanics, The Roshko Number (Ro) Is A Dimensionless Number Describing Oscillating Flow Mechanisms. Signed by Author(s).

One of 1500 copies. Small 4to, pp. 66, plus reproductions of books and ephemera. Presentation on flyleaf "for Joe Whitehead | from Joe Spiral | February 1966 -- " Illustrated. Paper wraps. Fine. Colophon reads: "The edition of this book consists of 400 copies bound in cloth and 1500 copies paperbound. It has been designed by Joseph Blumenthal who gratefully acknowledges his indebtedness to Joan Van Haasteren and Ronald Gordon for assistance in the preparation of text and catalogue. Production has been supervised by Frank J. Petrocelli; monotype setting by A. Colish, Inc.; composition and make-up in the Baskerville and Bulmer types by William Stanton, James O'Hagen and Norman Richardson; presswork by John Luciani and Harry Bettum; cutting by Ray Smith. The paper is "Curtis Rag." The 16 pages of illlustrated books and ephemera were printed at Crafton Graphic Co. by offset lithography. Bound by the Russell-Rutten Company, New York, in January of 1966.".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Printed for members of The Grolier Club in an edition of 300 copies signed by Joseph Blumenthal on the colophon. The first of the publications to mark the centennial of The Grolier Club. Designed by Blumenthal and printed at The Stinehour Press, with reproductions by The Meriden Gravure Company. A fine copy in a like publisher's decorated slipcase. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Original Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Inscribed in pencil: "For Harry Dordick/ inscribed with pleasure/ to a book-neighbor/Joseph Blumenthal/June 1980." Loose at front, 36-word inscription by Blumenthal for "Margaret & Harry" on back of a Spiral Press/ Cornell University Library bookmark. (Spiral Press was Blumenthal's private press.). Signed by Author.

8vo. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards, gilt-stamped spine, slipcase with paper spine label. (xii), 153, (3) pages. Limited to 300 numbered copies, signed by the author on colophon. Presentation by the author on half title. Acknowledgments, list of subscribers, table of contents, index. Illustrations. Grolier Club ephemera laid in. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards, gilt-stamped spine, slipcase with paper spine label.

viii, 153, [3] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition, Number 36 of 300 copies printed by the Stinehour Press. viii, 153, [3] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed to Alfred Eisenpries. Crimson cloth and grey printed boards. Fine in slipcase First edition, Number 36 of 300 copies printed by the Stinehour Press.

8vo (23.5 x 15 cm). 153, [1] page. Profusely illustrated. Quarter crimson cloth, patterned paper boards; slipcase. Presentation copy, inscribed by Blumenthal in pencil on the half-title to Laura S. Young. Loosely inserted slip announcing regret that the slipcase had been made "slightly too small" and forwarding a replacement, and a sheet printed by the Kelly/Winterton Press, March 1983, presenting the Grolier Club's Centennial mark designed by Jerry Kelly sent to subscribers of the book. A fine copy First edition, number 80 of 300 copies signed by Blumenthal.

Hardcover with dj. 4to ( 12.5" x 9"), gilt-stamped black cloth. xiii, 192 pp. includes four autograph letters signed and one a.n.s. CONDITION: Near fine, light wear to extremities of dj. First edition of a popular book by fine-press historian and printer, Joseph Blumenthal. Includes letters from Blumenthal to Wyman Parker, a collector of fine-press books, arranging a meeting with a lauded typographer. Blumenthal's letters and note trace his attempts to invite the Parkers over for an "informal luncheon" so that they can meet John Dreyfus,historian of books and designer for Cambridge University Press. Letters from August 28th and September 26th, 1975, indicate the difficulty of organizing a meeting with Parker, who at first seems unreceptive. But Blumenthal's letter from October 3rd, 1975, indicates that Parker had a change of heart and agreed to come to Blumenthal's luncheon. This letter shows Blumenthal's delight and provides instructions to get to his house and tells him about his other guests, "Leslie Katz of Eakins Press and his poet wife Jane Mayhall." The fourth letter, undated, provides Parker with a hand-drawn map showing Blumenthal's house vis-à-vis his surroundings. The undated note further indicates Blumenthal's happiness at Parker's "friendly note.

Hardcover. Condition: like new. Easthampton MA: Warwick Press, 2004. Printed in an edition of 75. Signed by Carol Blinn on the limitation page. Prospectus included. In new condition. Book.

HC. B&W illustrations (illustrator). unpaginated One of 285 copies. Signed by the artist, engraver, calligrapher, and printer. CONDITION NOTE - Very good, vellum style spine, black cloth covered boards, protected in fold over boards that then slides into a slipcase. Measures about 10 inches by 13 1/4 inches. Only detraction is some old soiling on the white "vellum" probably from hand oils from holding and then storage in slipcase - IMAGES AVAILABLE. very good (hardcover) in good slipcase (see note for details).

Hard Cover. Condition: vg-. Dust Jacket Condition: vg+. Antonio Frasconi (illustrator). #450/500. Signed limited edition (#450/500) book of woodcuts by Uruguayan/American artist Antonio Frasconi. Printed from the original wood blocks at The Spiral Press. 7" tall, printed boards and slipcase; 30 woodcuts and one color woodcut on handmade Goyu paper. Slipcase in near fine condition; some foxing to edges of book. Signed by author. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited edition of Letters from and to the Ford Motor Company, with a laid-in letter from the printer, Joseph Blumenthal. (illustrator). Limited Edition. Octavo, [unpaginated]. Red cloth spine, title in gilt on spine. Printed at The Spiral Press in New York. Solid text block, a fine example. Housed in the publisher's matching slipcase. Stated one of 550 copies on limitation page at rear. Laid-in letter states, "Dear Dr. Bornemann - Because of your affection for Marianne Moore, the exchange of letters here enclosed (which I printed) may amuse you and will warrant 3/8" of space on your precious book shelves. With all best wishes, Joseph Blumenthal 29 November '78.".

Condition: Near Fine. Signed.

Rogers, Bruce (illustrator). small 4to. quarter black leather with patterned paper-covered boards, red leather spine label. xvii, 215 pages. With a foreword by John Dreyfus. First edition, limited to 2125 copies, of which this is one the 125 specially bound copies signed by the author on the half-title page. A fine copy. A biography of Rogers by an acknowledged expert in the field. Designed and printed at the press of W. Thomas Taylor with plates produced at The Press of A. Colish. Contains a list of subscribers, one of which Robert D. Fleck, Jr. (founder of Oak Knoll Books & Press). This book forms an intimate look at the life of this innovative typographer, through the many letters he wrote as he worked in both England and the United States. Included are 57 plates, with a number printed in two colors, and reproductions of book pages he designed, including two-page foldouts of pages from the Oxford Lectern Bible. American typographer and inventer of the "Centaur" typeface (based on the Renaissance-period printing of Nicolas Jenson), is considered by many to be one of the greatest book designers of the twentieth century. He designed books for the Riverside Press, Cambridge, where he cut his first typeface, "Montaigne," named for the first book it appeared in, "The Essays of Montaigne," 1903; he designed "Centaur" while working as house designer for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 1916, he worked for the Cambridge University Press, and a few years later returned to the U.S. where he met William Edwin Rudge and was employed by him at his Mount Vernon Press. During this time he also designed books for Harvard University Press and served as typographic advisor to Lanston Monotype. In 1928, Rogers returned to England where he produced what many have called "the most important and notable typographic achievement of the twentieth century," his Oxford Lectern Bible. quarter black leather with patterned paper-covered boards, red leather spine label.

Quarter leather. Limited, finely bound edition. This one of ten specially bound, signed, and numbered copies of the limited edition is accompanied by the original publisher's promotional leaflet and housed in the original Solander case. The colophon states that of an edition "limited to one thousand copies "THIS IS NUMBER X OF TEN SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES". The limitation number "X" is hand-inked and the limitation line partially overwritten by the signature of "Joseph Blumenthal" the typographer. Below his signature Blumenthal wrote the date "October / '85".The vast majority of the edition - 99 percent of the copies - were issued clothbound and slipcased. The ten "specially bound copies", of which this is the last, were bound in quarter cedar-hued goatskin over blue-gray cloth boards, with the hand-numbered and signed colophon, and housed in an oatmeal cloth Solander case, felt-lined with leather spine label. The contents, printed on Mohawk Superfine paper and printed from Blumenthal's own Emerson type, include Blumenthal's text, followed by 31 illustrated plates and an extensive index. This copy is in fine condition, with just a hint of superficial rubbing to the spine ends where they contacted the cloth of the inner surface unprotected by the felt lining. The volume appears otherwise immaculate. The Solander case is very good plus, sound though with a small bump to the upper front corner and some toning along the spine and fore edges. The publisher's original promotional leaflet measures 8.5 x 11 inches (21.59 x 27.94 cm), comprised of four panels, all printed, detailing the genesis of the work, and providing brief biographies of the author, printer, and publisher. This brochure is folded once horizontally and shows mild staining along the left and right vertical edges of the title panel.Of this book, the publisher, W. Thomas Taylor, writes "Robert Frost told his early biographer Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant that he was 'the best-printed American writer.' That boast may well have been justified, for Frost's poetry has been put into type by many of America's finest book designers, including D. B. Updike and Bruce Rogers. Joseph Blumenthal's Robert Frost and His Printers is an engaging and informative account of the creation of these fine books Each book is placed in context by the inclusion of biographical information about the printers, and Frost's relations with them." In his Foreword, the author, Joseph Blumenthal, writes "Included are descriptions of the limited editions, Christmas cards, posters, and other special printings of Frost poetry; data about circumstances that led to their publication; and something about the people who were responsible for design and production Sole responsibility for selection is my own. After diligent search I dare to hope that there are forgivably few sins of omission."Blumenthal (1897-1990) was uniquely suited to author this work, being "responsible for more than a dozen fine editions of Frost's works, as well as twenty-five years of Christmas greetings, many of them first printings of new poems." Blumenthal, with whom Frost had "a warm and intimate friendship" of thirty years, "was the founder and, for nearly five decades, the director of the highly respected Spiral Press.".

wraps. First Edition. A small pamphlet containing just the title poem and issued as Number Eight of the Borzoi Chap Books series. Crane A17: 2000 copies. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author with his initials on the inside of the front cover: "For Joseph Blumenthal/from R.F." Blumenthal's Spiral Press printed most of Frost's Christmas greetings as well as several other titles including the 1930 Limited COLLECTED POEMS and the 1961 DEDICATION. THE GIFT OUTRIGHT. THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS. Also included is the small pamphlet--ROBERT FROST AND THE SPIRAL PRESS--a brief memoir by Blumenthal printed by him in an edition of 450 copies in 1963. A superb Association Copy. Both items are Fine, housed together in a cloth chemise.

BLUMENTHAL, Joseph. TYPOGRAPHIC YEARS: A PRINTER'S JOURNEY THROUGH HALF A CENTURY. New York: The Grolier Club, 1982. 8vo. Cloth spine, slipcase. (xii), 153, (2 pages. One of 300 copies, signed. A compelling and readable memoir of Blumenthal's fifty years in printing at t Spiral Press. Fine. With an additional presentation from Blumenthal to Dr. Gordon Jones. Bookplate.

First Edition. 8vo, pp. 153. One of 300 copies numbered and signed by the author. Designed by Blumenthal and printed at Stinehour Press with reproductions by The Meridan Gravure Company. A fine copy in original slipcase. In addition, this copy is inscribed on the end paper to Random House founder Donald Klopfer: "Don- with my thanks for the very important part you and Bennett had in these pages. Joe | October/82".

8vo, pp. 153. Index. Illustrated. Patterned paper over boards with cloth spine. Fine in matching box. No 54 of 300 copies, signed by the author.