Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1929. First Edition. Wraps. Octavo; pp; 24; frontispiece of the building housing the Bureau; original printed paper wrappers;. An overview of printing and engraving processes as well as a history of the department. Interestingly scarce;. More
Boston: The Graphic Arts Company, March, 1914. Wraps. Quarto, (12.25” x 9.5”); pp; 129-184, (i); illustrated in color and black and white; original printed decorated gray paper wrappers;. In this Issue; The Work of W. Peterson; Standards In Illustration; Commercial Color Work; Effective Two-Color Illustrations; Conspicuous Features in Advertising; Making..... More
Np: No Publisher, 1934. Wraps. Folio folding drochure measuring 16.5" x 22.5" unfolded; printed in black;. Lists all of the guests by alphabet and by Table Number. A. E. Giegengack ascended to his position in 1934. More
New York: Advertising Typographers of America, 1927. First Edition. Wraps. Quarto; pp; 10, printed on rectos only, blue paper wrappers;. Each page is a tenet of the Code of Ethics and as you expect nicely printed. I suspect these were broken and framed within a shop or agency. Veru uncommon..... More
Providence: Printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press for the Phi Beta Kappa Society, Alpha of Rhode Island, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; (viii), 227, index; blue cloth, top edge dyed red, spine lettered in gilt;. Any book from the Merrymount Press is worth examining. Merrymount #940;..... More
Norman: University Of Oklahoma Press, 1947. Wraps. 24mo; pp; 24; original printed tan paper wrappers;. Three articles; Hemans; Have You Money To Venture?; Norman Donaldson; Enthusiasm Is Not Enough; Savoie Lottenville; What Would You Publish?; "The three articles .... were prepared originally at the invitation of the editors of College..... More
New York: George P. Rowell & Co’s Newspaper Advertising Bureau, March, 8th, 1879. Wraps. Octavo; pp; 90; illustrations and ads; original printed paper tan wrappers; l. Scarce. More
Galesburg Mi: Enterprise Office, 1893. Seventh Thousand. Broadsheet. Broadsheet printed on blue paper measures 12.5” x 6”;. A humorous poem concerning a married couple of 30 years attempting to enter Heaven. Verso is an ad for a cartoon illustrated version of the poem. More
Chicago: The Book Fellows, 1927. Limited Edition, copy #186 of 285 copies printed at the Torch Press. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 112; original pencil titled and signed etched frontispiece, "Rothenberg..."; There were fifteen different etchings used in the production of these volumes, each signed by the artist, the etching in this..... More
Philadelphia & New York: Westcott & Thompson Inc., (1949). First Edition. Wraps. Octavo; pp; (vi), 33; original printed green paper wrappers;. Lists all the various types and their sizes. More
Cambridge: Printed by the Anthoensen Press for the Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1956. First Edition. Wraps. Octavo; pp; 26; frontispiece; additional sepia halftone plate in text (reproduction of bookplate for the library) and two additional plates; original blue paper wrappers with a paste-on title label in salmon to..... More