British Printer, First Edition (26 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Nearly all plates, colour, black-and-white & tipped-in. Blue buckram with spine lettered in gilt. Lacks dust-jacket. A very good copy.

c. 124pp. 4to. Original green buckram, a touch faded. Colour and black and white plates and illustrations. Some marks to half-title. A very good copy. First edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The Queen's Printer for British Columbia - A History 1859-2009, Published by Queen's Printer, Victoria, BC, 2009. First Edition. Card covers. Black and white illustrations. 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 121 pp. In fine condition without marks, tears or folds. The Queen's Printer for British Columbia A History 1859-2009, Published by Queen's Printer, Victoria, BC, 2009. First Edition. Card covers. Black and white illustrations. 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 121 pp. In fine condition without marks, tears or folds. Published in the 150th year anniversary of the Queenżs Printer, this volume: "serves as an opportunity to demonstrate the time-honoured craft of print and also functions as a vehicle to communicate the history of our province and the integral role that the Queen's Printer played in its development. Readers will be surprised to find the story of the Queen's Printer to be so closely tied to that of the evolution of our province. Those that work there today will no doubt find a renewed sense of pride for their trade, and the casual reader will be enlightened to learn the significance of the Queen's Printer and its fundamental relationship with the Province of British Columbia. This engaging read is all delivered in a beautifully designed layout, laced with interesting historical facts and photographs".

First edition hardback. The brown cloth binding is rubbed and stained, the spine is detached but present, the rear hinge is weak. There are a couple of owner's stamps in the prelims. There are some fingermarks in places throughout the text, xxv + 257.

Hardcover with dust-wrapper. 28.5 x 22cm. Unpaginated. Illustrated. 1st edition.Wonderful examples of printing bound-in.Dustjacket slightly chipped to edges, with small losses.

Paper. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A very good copy of this offprint from British Printer, 1963, about the new works of the Sun Engraving Company, No Dust Jacket. Cover: white laminated paper with black lettering and black and white photograph to front; very clean and bright; very few signs of shelf wear or use. Internally: very clean and tightly glue bound; no markings, inscriptions or book plates; pages edges very slightly darkened. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout.6 pp.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Sm. 4to. Pp. 52. Monochrome designs for working in colours (which are named) for various classes of 'artistic' job work. Original decorative printed wrappers and end-papers. A little tumbed.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 121 pp. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. "An account of one of British Columbia's great institutions. Tells the story of how the Queen's Printer for British Columbia came to be, and reveals what exactly takes place in its landmark building at the corner of Superior and Government Streets in Victoria." - Introduction. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Oblong 30 x 23cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small 4to, iv + pp484 split into monthly sections of 40 pages (44 pages in first part) profusely illustrated in duo-tone, b/w & colour and 3 chromolithographic plates. Hardcover no dust jacket. Bound in half green morocco over marbled paper covered boards in good+ condition with a little rubbing to side of spine and edges. Inside a faint aroma of smoke, otherwise all pages in clean and bright condition with the very occasional spot of foxing. This publication was called "the Bookbinder" from 1887-1890, (the first 3 volumes), with this first edition the first to become "The British Bookmaker" in 1891. A very nice copy.

Green library cloth, gilt spine- title, original printed wrappers bound in at end, edges sprinkled red, 4to, 56, 48 + [57] -108, 44 + [109] -160, 56 + [161]-214, 44 + [215] - 266, 50 + [267]-318, 48 pp, numerous ills (many in colour), some additional unpa Includes all six bi-monthly issues for 1896, with a frontispiece, title-page and cumulated index at the beginning, and the original printed wrappers for the six issues bound in at the end. The issues are : No. 49 Jan-Feb 1896 to No. 54 Nov - Dec 1896. Each issue comprises approximately 52 pp of editorial material and illustrations (many in colour) followed by a similar number of advertisement pages (typically largely illustrations). The journal advertised itself as "The Educator of the Craft. Always up-to-date: Contains Portraits and Biographies of Eminent Printers - Specimen Jobs in Colour and Monochrome - Fine Art Picture Supplements - Instructive Technical Papers - Valuable Hints and Trade Information - Reports of the Technical Classes and of the progress of Technical Education for Printers" - a journal for the printing trades". Bookplate of De Montfort Press Technical Library on front pastedown endpaper, otherwise Near Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Attractively printed in black with light blue and pink as extra colours, demonstrating use either as a commercial or text type. Photomontage covers. A near fine copy. Several letters of this script, with no lower case, resemble the same founder's Gavotte. The weight, however, is heavier, and the contrast between thick and thin strokes stronger.

Cloth, gilt cover device incorporating title, original printed wrappers bound in at end, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, 4to, 52, 48 + [53] -106, 44 + [107] -162, 56 + [163]-216, 58 + [217] - 270, 60 + [271]-322, 58 pp, numerous ills (many in colour Includes all six bi-monthly issues for 1899, with a frontispiece, title-page and cumulated 2-page index at the beginning, and the original printed wrappers for the six issues bound in at the end. The issues are : No, 67 Jan-Feb 1899 to No. 72 Nov - Dec 1899. Each issue comprises approximately 52 pp of editorial material and illustrations followed by a similarnumber of advertisement pages (typically largely illustrations). The illustrations include black-and-white, colour and chromolithograph examples including some heightened in gilt. The journal advertised itself as "The Educator of the Craft. Always up-to-date: Contains Portraits and Biographies of Eminent Printers - Specimen Jobs in Colour and Monochrome - Fine Art Picture Supplements - Instructive Technical Papers - Valuable Hints and Trade Information - Reports of the Technical Classes and of the progress of Technical Education for Printers" - a journal for the printing trades". Lacking the spine-panel ( a heavily worn section of it is laid in), front joint a little tender, covers slightly worn, contents Near Very Good. .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Vol. 10 no. 55 through no. 60; January -December 1897. Includes extra advertising pages and index. In one hardcover volume. Front hinge cracked. Scattered foxing. Few pages in first issues are detached, laid in. ; quarto; 312; 48 pages.

First Edition. Good copy in contemporary half green calf over green buckram boards, now slightly scuffed. Corners and panel edges rubbed with some surface loss to the former. Spine gilt-tooled with substantial wear, particularly to the endbands. Rear joint split, with tight tears from both ends on the front. The text block itself remains tight, bright and clean; colour frontispiece retains its tissue-guard. A well-preserved example overall. Physical description; 1 volume, variously paginated : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm. Notes; Each issue paginated individually. "A journal for the printing trades." Subjects; Printing. Periodicals. Great Britain. 19th century. Illustrated. 3 Kg.

Cloth, gilt cover device incorporating title, original printed wrappers bound in at end, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, 4to, 56, 80 + [57]-112, 68 + [113]-168, 66 + [169]-224, 74 + [225]-280, 76 + [281]-336, 80 pp, numerous ills (many in colour), Includes all six bi-monthly issues for 1907, with a frontispiece, title-page and cumulated 2-page index at the beginning, and the original printed wrappers for the six issues bound in at the end. The issues are : No, 115 Feb-Mar 1907 to No. 120 Dec 1907-Jan 1908. Each issue comprises 56 pp of editorial material and illustrations followed by a somewhat greater number of advertisement pages (typically largely illustrations, including a number in colour). The journal advertised itself as "The Educator of the Craft. Always up-to-date: Contains Portraits and Biographies of Eminent Printers - Specimen Jobs in Colour and Monochrome - Fine Art Picture Supplements - Instructive Technical Papers - Valuable Hints and Trade Information - Reports of the Technical Classes and of the progress of Technical Education for Printers" - a journal for the printing trades". Wear to spine-ends and joints, binding firm, contents Very Good.

116 vols, laminated wrappers, 8vo, 20 cm, approximately 20 pp per issue, ills. From the website of the publisher, the British Printing Society: "No other magazine caters in quite the same way for the small business or hobby printer. Its contents include official and membership news, reviews, articles on the various aspects of printing, instructional features, correspondence, ideas and suggestions, details of suppliers and members' small advertisements." The issues included are Vol, 29 Nos 2-12; Vol. 30 Nos1-12; Vol. 31 Nos 1, 4-12; Vol. 32 Nos 2-9 and 11-12; Vol 33, Nos 1-12; Vol. 34 nos 1, 3 and 5-11; Vol. 35 Nos 2-12; Vol. 36 Nos 1-12; Vol. 37 Nos 1-3; Vol. 39 Nos7-9; Vol. 40 Nos 3-6, 6 bis, 8-11; Vol. 44 Nos 8-12; and Vol 45, Nos 1-9. Very Good.

First Edition. Good copy in contemporary half green calf over green buckram boards, now slightly scuffed. Corners and panel edges rubbed with some surface loss to the former. Spine gilt-tooled with substantial wear, particularly to the endbands. Rear joint split, with tight tears from both ends on the front. The text block itself remains tight, bright and clean; colour frontispiece retains its tissue-guard. A well-preserved example overall. Physical description; 1 volume, variously paginated : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm. Notes; Each issue paginated individually. "A journal for the printing trades." Subjects; Printing. Periodicals. Great Britain. 19th century. Illustrated. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Numbered 77 out of a printing of 179 copies. 159 page hardcover in blue/gray paper boards with a brown spine strip and publisher's title label on spine. Very thin paper covers worn at fore corners, else good plus, with no owner's names or marks. Ships promptly, insured, in a box.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 9 volumes in a cloth slipcase. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Many inserted chromolithograph plates, some folding frequently heightened with gold, all very much in the American style of 'artistic printing' Black-and white reproductions (some of the being demonstrations of stereotype processes, etc). Original advertisements and covers decorative covers bound in. Full brown cloth, gilt on the spine and upper cover, spotting to endpapers, front hinge cracked. A good copy In part, the contents are spectacular.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Many inserted chromolithograph plates, some folding frequently heightened with gold, all very much in the American style of 'artistic printing' with fancy rules, etc. Quarter morocco with gilt spine titlin, pebbled dark green cloth, blocked in gilt on the upper board, all edges marbled. Original wrappers bound in at the rear. A very good bright copy of this inestimable resoure.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Periodical/Journal 6 Issues No 31 (Jan-Feb) - No 36 (Nov-Dec) colour plates and b&w ills throughout pp452 + pp440 ads, covers bound in at end of volume. Condition Near Fine, marbled edges embossed front board (partially detached), bumped spine head and tail. Internally pristine, clean, bright and unmarked.

5 vols, leather spines and cloth, original printed wrappers bound in at end, gilt cover-devices, blindstamprd borders, all edges marbled, 4to, between 390 and 880 pp per volume, many illustrations, some in colour, some heightened in gold, some folding. A run of 5 volumes comprising issue numbers 7-36 of this important printing trades journal. From 'Fine Printing: Its Inception, Development, and Practice', by George Joyner, (1895): 'A lengthy diatribe on the phenomenal growth and success of the 'British Printer' would be superfluous in view of the fact that its position as the foremost exponent of the art in Great Britain is universally admitted. The extent of its influence in the development of fine printing is without parallel, and its valuable work is well known to and highly appreciated by all fine printers. As previously stated, it gave extended effect to the style of typography instituted by Mr. [George] Jones; it also rendered much service to the craft by reproducing, or inserting as supplements, many of the best examples of the work of the printers of this and other countries ; promoted emulation by its excellent job com petitions, besides ably exemplifying the various improvements in process engraving." Covers rubbed, several spines heavily rubbed with some wear and fraying and some cracking to joints although the bindings remain firm and sound, a small number of leaves with light foxing and occasional minor marks - generally the contents are clean and Good.

Condition: Near Fine. Volume VI of this journal devoted to the craft and history of book binding, published in1893 and containing numerous plates, text illustrations, cloth binders specimen plates, advertisements etc. Edited by Robert Hilton, The British Bookmaker was published from 1891-1894 before being absorbed into The British Printer. This volume was owned by the Yorkshire bookbinder Martin E Thorpe who trained at Leeds College of Technology in the 1950s and founded the binders Etherington Thorpe & Co. Ltd. The book has been recently rebound in half black morocco over pebbled cloth, red spine label with gilt lettering, raised bands, green marbled endpapers, marbled edges to the text block. Vol VI vi, pp288, near fine, just a little spotting to the original end papers. Ownership inscription of Ernest Hutchings to title page. A fascinating and elegant volume. Near Fine Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. 2 vols. Quartos. Each approx. 500pp. Bound in half maroon leather over cloth boards. Covers with slight rubbing and peeling to leather, with some chipping to spines, otherwise very good indeed with clean, bright contents. Name to front endpapers.

First edition, No. 127 of 179 published copies. frontispiece 22 plates, ix, 159 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Peter Edes (1756-1840) was a colonial American printer and son of Boston printer, Benjamin Edes, who along with his partner, John Gill, published The Boston Gazette, which is credited with instigating the Boston Tea Party and rallying support for the American cause. Peter Edes, who was one of the participants in the Boston Tea Party, was arrested for his support of the patriot cause two days after the Battle of Bunker Hil and was imprisoned for 104 days. After the war, Edes removed to Augusta, Maine, where he established the first printing house in the state. Brick cloth and paper over boards, paper label title on spine, ex-library, book label of the Connecticut Historical Society, untrimmed, minor sunning to spine, else fine frontispiece 22 plates, ix, 159 pp. 1 vols. 8vo First edition, No. 127 of 179 published copies.