Composing Stick (16 results)

Type Specimens (illustrator). small 4to. spiral bound self paper wrappers. Six volumes bound in one, each 8 pages long. With showings of Baskerville, Bodoni, Plantin and Perpetua, Times New Roman, Bembo, and Plantin and Rockwell. With text on each face. A near fine copy. spiral bound self paper wrappers.

Stapled Card. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8 pages, peinted in orange and black, illustrations, type specimens. Times New Roman. Minor wear, age toning, sl. rusty around staples. [821] Size: 280mm. X 220mm.

Stapled Card. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8 pages, peinted in blue and black, illustrations, type specimens. Bembo. Minor wear, age toning, sl. rusty around staples. [821] Size: 280mm. X 220mm.

Stapled Card. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8 pages, peinted in blue and black, illustrations. Includes an article on Giambattista Bodoni. Minor wear, age toning, sl. rusty around staples. [821] Size: 280mm. X 220mm.

Stapled Card. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8 pages, peinted in blue and black, illustrations, type specimens. Rockwell. Minor wear, age toning, sl. rusty around staples. [821] Size: 280mm. X 220mm.

Stapled Card. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8 pages, peinted in green and black, illustrations, type specimens. Plantin and Perpetua. Minor wear, age toning, sl. rusty around staples. [821] Size: 280mm. X 220mm.

Stapled Card. Condition: Very Good. George Him (illustrator). First Edition. 12 pages, illustrations. Includes an article on Fun with Flowers by John Ryder. Minor wear, age toning, sl. rusty around staples. [821] Size: 280mm. X 220mm.

Stapled Card. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 12 pages, illustrations, type specimens. Includes an article on Arnold Bank. laid in is a covering letter from the Sales Director. Minor wear, age toning, sl. rusty around staples. [821] Size: 280mm. X 220mm.

Stapled Card. Condition: Very Good. Friedlander, Elizabeth (illustrator). First Edition. 12 pages, peinted in red and black, illustrations, type specimens. Baskerville, Matura. Minor wear, age toning, sl. rusty around staples. [821] Size: 280mm. X 220mm.

Broadside, 21 x 15 cm.; printed in black & green, fine. "From a cut in a bookseller's catalog: Antiquariaat Fritz Knuf, The Netherlands, 1976." Rulon-Miller, Wulling 175.

Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. 124, [4] pages, illustrations, oblong boards. Bound in red cloth, gilt lettered spine. In slip case with printed paper boards (discoloration around the edges, but otherwise Very Good). Designed by Klaus Gemming. Essay on the history of the composing stick and the stability of its design. With numerous illustrations of historical specimens of the printer?s trusty tool.

stiff paper wrappers, slipcase. Quoin Press (illustrator). 32mo. stiff paper wrappers, slipcase. unpaginated. Limited to 150 numbered copies. Signed by the author on final page of text. The author's account of the art of printing.

Kl.-8° (quer), gebunden. Condition: Sehr gut. 125 Seiten Schuber etwas verfärbt, Buch selbst in sehr gutem und sauberem Zustand. Selten! Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 306.

Softcover. Condition: Very good. 1/150. This copy is No. 93. Signed Carl Hertzog. Written on the paper slicase is "from the Library of W. S. McMath." Bound in blue paper with a matching paper slipcase. Both front cover and front of slip case are printed in navy. Slicase and spine are faded to tan. 3 x 3 1/2 inches. Not paginated, 12 free pages.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Various (illustrator). A very scarce magazine showcasing the type available at James Upton and the Baskerville Press, and impressive work on typography. A very scarce magazine.Issues 1 to 18, and 20, of 'The Composing Stick', bound together in one volume. Issues 10 to 20 are bound with their original colourful wraps. Issues 1 to 9 were issued in plain wraps, which are not bound in.This magazine was published for printers, in which each issue is devoted to one of the series of types in the possession of James Upton and the Baskerville Press. Thus, this volume is acting as a press specimen book for Baskerville.The Baskerville Press who published this volume had no connection to John Baskerville, the pioneering printer and type designer of the eighteenth century.This magazine showcases the different types through various articles by contributors, as well as articles on the printing process. These include an article on Rolls-Royce, the younger generation working at James Upton, paper shortage, elementary geometry, Noel Montague's travels to Moscow, bookbinding in leather, the wood engravings of David Gentleman, and more.Illustrated throughout, including with fourteen colour plates and adverts. Bound in cloth. Externally, smart. Spine and extremities are faded. A few small marks to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. A couple of the advert plates are detached but present. Very Good Indeed. book.