Typographica, Signed (16 results)

1/4 Leather. Condition: Good. Limited. Limited edition #36/250 copies signed by Horace Hart, 142pp., bound in 1/4 brown morocco over tan cloth, spine gilt and top edge gilt, spine edges rubbed with some chipping to head of spine otherwise a very nice copy. Signed by Author(s).

quarter leather, top edge gilt. 8vo. quarter leather, top edge gilt. xii, 142 pages. With an Introduction by George Parker Winship. First edition, one of 250 numbered and signed copies bound thus. Lacking the slipcase, else a fine copy. An excellent book as the author comments on many of the books given in his bibliography. Separate sections dealing with writing, papermaking, manuscripts, printing, bookbinding, publishing, bibliography and book collecting periodicals.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Special Edition, this is Number 241 of 250 copies Signed by Hart. 142 pages. There is some dampstaining inside the front and rear covers which causes a slight rippling to the contents. Otherwise the contents are bright and complete and the covers are clean and nice. Near Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Introduction by George Parker Winship. xi, 142pp. Modest rubbing at the spine ends, else near fine. One of 250 numbered copies Signed by the author.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Full-bound brown cloth, gilt titles, top edge stain orange, [xi] 142pp, index, inscribed and SIGNED by author on front-free endpaper; tiny water spot top edge, dust jacket has minor wear with three 1/4 to 1/2 inch chips at top edge front panel, upper front corner and spine head, couple of short closed tears along edges, faint finger-tip size brown spot with tiny chip at front flap-fold, tanning to spine, in protective Mylar covers. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Full vellum gilt, quarter vellum gilt and natural linen-covered tray case, small 4to., (6), 303 pages, profusely illustrated with facsimile title pages. Of 1,050 copies printed, this is number 3 of 50 numbered copies signed by the author and presented to the binder Arno Werner. Later presented by Werner to a noted student and fine printer. Bound by Werner. A near fine, substantial vellum binding with very minor soiling, warping during a dry atmosphere, in a near fine quarter vellum tray case. Inscribed by Author(s).

Half Morocco, Decorated Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Full title - Specimen of Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby's Principia Typographica, A Extensively Illustrated Work, in Three Volumes, Imperial Quarto, on the Block-Books, or Xylographic Delineations of Scripture History Issued in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, During the Fifteenth Century; on their Connexion with the Origin of Printing, and on the Character of the Water-Marks in the Paper of the Period. Specimen title, notice and list of purchasers, 4pp.; specimen-notice title,and advertisement, 4pp.; title-page of vol. I of "Principia," with introduction and list of plates, 16pp.; index to the 3 volumes of Principia, [26]; 8 plates. Additionally bound in is a letterpress notice, mainly in French, from J W Holtrop ( Author of Monumens Typographiques des Pays-Bas au XVe siecle), which has an inked note signed S Leigh Sotheby. Loosely laid-in are 2 plates and 8 pages, with pencilled notes also by Sotheby. Half Morocco, decorative cloth, gilt title to spine, top edge gilt. Some rubbing, wear to extremities, bookplate removed from front pastedown, which has a small bookseller label to bottom edge, some soiling, spotting internally, loose leaves chipped, edgeworn. The copies of the ''Principia'' were not published in the ordinary way, but offered to the trade by Messrs Sotheby & Co. at a public auction, the upset price being nine guineas each copy. They were all disposed of in two hours. (Bigmore & Wyman 373,374). [16077/830] Size: 360mm. x 260mm. Signed by Author(s).

c130pp. 4to. Original wrappers, slightly chipped at edges, b&w illustrations, a very good copy. Typed signed letter from Douglas M. McMurtrie attached to ffep.

The Printing House of Leo Hart, Rochester und New York, 1933. 142 Seiten, Leinen (Exlibbris auf Vorsatz)--- - original signiert/Text englisch - 470 Gramm.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A survey of contemporary fine printing style. #44 of 76 Copies specially bound on special paper as noted in pencil on verso of title page. A total of 1050 copies were printed with a standard binding, on standard paper.The leather binding and leather tipped corners and marble boards contain 16 chapters and numerous illustrations. Book is VF. There appears to be a label missing on spine which has five raised leather bands and a few minor scratches to the leather binding. Book is in publishers slipcase which shows very little wear. This is an important collectible for those interested in printing, type of fonts and private presses. Size: 10.5x7.25. Signed by Author(s).

1st edition. Letter SIGNED by the author. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth with a paper-label. Boards dust-toned, stained. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 167 p. : ill, facsims ; 36 cm. Subjects; Printing History. Illumination of books and manuscripts ; Catalogs. Incunabula ; Bibliography ; Catalogs. Manuscripts ; Catalogs. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Special edition, being number 53 of 250 copies signed by Horace Hart. Bound in quarter morocco with gilt spine titling, top edge gilt, bevelled linen sides. Original card slipcase slightly damaged. A fine copy. Signed by Author(s).

1st edition. Letter SIGNED by the author. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth with a paper-label. Boards dust-toned, stained. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 167 p. : ill, facsims ; 36 cm. Subjects; Printing History. Illumination of books and manuscripts ; Catalogs. Incunabula ; Bibliography ; Catalogs. Manuscripts ; Catalogs. 1 Kg.

Unbound. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A signed reprinted issue from the New Series of 'Typographica', containing only Charles Hasler's article on 18th and 19th-century stock blocks. No. 10 of the New Series, "Reprinted from Typographica". This copy only contains an article on the emergence of the printer's stock block by Charles Hasler.Signed by Hasler to the blank verso of the first leaf.Unbound, comprising eight leaves (p. 30-48), two of which are dual-spread. Held in the original wraps, matching the design of the original issue. With an additional glassine wrap.Illustrated throughout with engraved examples.Typographica was a typography and visual arts-focused journal founded and edited by Herbert Spencer, a British designer, writer, photographer and teacher. Unbound, comprising eight leaves, held in the original wraps. With a glassine wrapper. Externally, with minor fading and edge wear to the wraps. Pages are generally bright and clean, with light spotting concentrated to the margins. Very Good. signed by author. book.

First edition, limited to 215 sets. First edition, limited to 215 sets. Numerous plates and illustrations, some hand colored. 3 vols. Folio. The Memoranda is inscribed by Sotheby to John Thadeus Delane (1817-1879), editor of The Times, "as an addition to the copy of the Principia Typographica reviewed in that paper". ". one of the most important that has ever been published on the subject of the orignes typographicae . Its chief value, in fact, attaches to it on account of the reproductions of pages of block books, facsimiles of watermarks, etc." (Wyman). Bigmore & Wyman II, p.370 Modern blue calf-backed marbled paper boards, contrasting title labels Numerous plates and illustrations, some hand colored. 3 vols. Folio.

First Edition. Publisher's blue folder containing: 1) SIGNED original wood engraving by Bernard Brussel-Smith printed by L. F. White Co. and distributed at a dinner for the friends and members of the Type Directors Club of New York given in Warde's honor on April 28, 1950. The engraving of Warde is printed on 11 3/4 x 17 1/2" Basingwerk Parchment wove paper (folded to 11 3/4" x 8 3/4") title 'Beatrice L. Warde' in red and SIGNED in pencil by Brussel-Smith. 2) Broadside titled "Paul Beaujon disguised as B. Warde/To Beatrice" commemorating her visit to New York City. The two-color broadside is 8 1/2" x 11" on ivory laid paper and bears a poem composed by Albert Schiller, who created the accompnaying type figure in her honor. The folder is somewhat browned at edges and worn as is the 3 3/4" x 4 1/2" calligraphed label in red and black. The folder bears the printed label 'From the 'Frederic Melcher 'Library of Books about Books.' Melcher, who proposed both the Newbery and Caldecott Medals, was once described as "the greatest all-round bookman in the English-speaking world.".