London: Office of “The British Printer,” 25 Pilgrim Street, 1890. First edition of this number. Large 8vo (11.25 x 9 inches), contemporary deep wine half morocco, pebbled cloth sides, gilt lettering, [8] pages plus 280 specimen leaves of printing (generally rectos only, several with multiple examples per leaf; one example..... More
Harrisburg, Pa. Gedruckt und zu haben bey G. S. Peters, [ca. 1835-1839?]. Original printed pictorial glazed orange wrappers, 5.88 x 3.5 inches, 16 leaves printed on one side only. Fifteen color-printed illustrations. A nice copy of an early edition of the Peters edition of the Joseph story (the first evidently..... More
Harrisburg, Pa. Gedruckt und zu haben bey G. S. Peters, 1835. First edition in German. Original printed pictorial coated rose pink wrappers, 5.63 x 3.56 inches, 18 leaves printed on one side only. Fifteen color-printed illustrations. The earliest German edition of the Peters edition of the Joseph story (the first..... More
(Los Angeles: Heidelberg Western Sales Co.), [ca. 1956]. First edition. Original die-cut printed white wrappers bound with heavy thread (12.88 x 10 inches), [36] pages. With mounted illustrations. An attractive trade catalog for the Original Heidelberg Cylinder 21 x 28 with four rollers, designed by J. Chris Smith of Gould-Smith..... More
Augsburg: Maschinenfabrik Augsburg Nürnberg A. G., [1928]. Oblong pamphlet (8.75 x 12.25 inches), white coated wrappers printed in black and gilt, 43, [1] pages, bound with cord. Illus. An attractive promotional catalog for this German rotogravure press, built to work on a large scale. Contemporary violet ink stamp for a...... More
Augsburg: Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg A.G., [1930]. Oblong pamphlet (8.25 x 11.75 inches), original pictorial coated wrappers, 31, [1] pages. Illustrated throughout. An attractive modernist trade catalog with technical specifications for the latest models of these high speed presses (and parts) from M-A-N. With a violet ink stamp for a Budapest distributor..... More
Geisenheim am Rhein: Maschinenfabrik Johannisberg, [ca. 1930s]. Oblong pamphlet (11 x 8.25 inches), original pictorial self-wrappers, [20] pages, wire stitched. Illustrated throughout. An uncommon promotional booklet for a sheet-fed rotary printer from the German press manufacturers (or as the motto on the title page has it, “Für Tiefdruck nur Johannisberg.”)..... More
Bern: Internationale Aussrüstungsgesellschaft für Graphische Kunst A. G., [ca. 1920s]. Original printed wrappers (8.88 x 6 inches), 16 pages, wire stitched. Illustrated throughout. A promotional pamphlet for the Miehle Horizontal automatic press, intended for a Swiss audience. More
Paris: Administration du «Bulletin de l’Imprimerie,», 1878. 8vo (9.75 x 7.25 inches), slightly later pebbled maroon calf spine and tips, marbled boards, [4], 434, [4] pages. Numerous illustrations, many full page. An extensive and practical guide to contemporary presses and their operation. More
![Item #21542 Victoria Buchdruck-Schnellpressen [wrapper title]. Printing Presses, Rockstroh,...](https://bibliophagist.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/21542.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1725906784)
Dresden: Maschinenfabrik Rockstroh & Schneider, [ca. 1910?]. Oblong pamphlet (9.25 x 12.13 inches) original printed red wrappers, black cloth tape spine, 8 leaves printed rectos only. Illus. Attractive cuts of various Victoria presses from the German manufacturer, perhaps a nonce catalog. More
Lipsia [Leipzig]: J. G. Schelter & Giesecke, [1930]. Original embossed pictorial wrappers (11.75 x 8.38 inches), [3]-40 pages on coated paper. Illustrated throughout. With an attractive ticket tipped in before the title page for the Italian representative of Schelter & Giesecke in Italy, Guglielmo Lorch. An elaborate promotional catalog for..... More
Plainfield, New Jersey: Walter Scott & Company, [ca. 1936]. Oblong pamphlet (9.25 x 12.38 inches), wrappers stamped in silver and red, [24] pages, wire stitched. Illustrated throughout. “The Basic Idea behind the Scott Unit (originated in 1916 and perfected throughout 20 years of development) is a Unit 5 feet long..... More
![Item #21414 Terno . . . [portfolio title]. Printing Presses, Lettergieterij Amsterdam,...](https://bibliophagist.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/21414.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1715101149)
Amsterdam: Lettergieterij Amsterdam, [ca. 1925]. Printed portfolio (10.75 x 7.88 inches) with five unbound folios of promotional material for M.A.N. Terno presses. Illus. A promotional packet for four models of high-speed Terno presses, evidently distributed in the Netherlands by the type foundry Amsterdam. With a printer’s code on the final..... More
[Paris: Boildieu & Fils, 1878]. Folio (12.63 x 9.88 inches), original cloth spine and printed boards, 151, [1] pages including an inserted double page cut of a paper-cutting machine. Frontis, illus. throughout. “Non-seulement cet ouvrage renferme tous les modèles d’outils, de meuble et machines nécessaires à une imprimerie, il contient..... More
Kansas City: The Inland Supply Company, [1935]. Oblong pamphlet (8.75 x 11 inches), original printed wrappers, 32 pages plus forms and promotional material laid in. Illus. An attractive Linotype and Intertype machine supply trade catalog, the products all tending toward the promise of cleaner mats, lighter trays, and an elimination..... More
