![Item #21541 A. W. Sijthoff’s Uitgevers-Maatschappij Leiden [wrapper title]. A. W....](https://bibliophagist.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/21541.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1722551720)
[Leiden: A. W. Sijthoff’s Uitgevers-Maatschappij, 1913]. First edition. Oblong pamphlet (5.38 x 7.75 inches), original printed wrappers, [32] pages. Illus. A promotional pamphlet from the important Leiden printing and publishing house, “Ter Herinnering aan de Internationale Grafische Tentoonstelling in het Paleis voor Volksvlijt te Amsterdam, gehouden van 22 Juli —15..... More
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
[N. p.]: Bird & Bull Press, Iris Nevins, 1991. First edition. 8vo (9.13 inches), original blue quarter cloth, marbled sides, leather spine label printed in gilt, 79, [3] pages. 12 mounted specimens of marbled paper. Vignette illustrations. Number 25 of 250 numbered copies, printed on Johannot mould-made paper. With the..... More
London: Office of “The British Printer,” 1 Imperial Buildings, Ludgate Circus, 1891. First edition of this number. Large 8vo (11.75 x 9,13 inches), contemporary deep wine half morocco, pebbled cloth sides, gilt lettering, [8] pages plus 303 specimen leaves of printing (generally rectos only; several specimens folding). Numerous instances of..... More
London: Office of ‘The British Printer,’ 1 Imperial Buildings, Ludgate Circus, 1893. First edition of this number. Large 8vo (11.75 x 9.5 inches), contemporary deep wine half morocco, pebbled cloth sides, gilt lettering, [10] pages plus 284 specimen leaves of printing (generally rectos only; eight specimens folding). Numerous instances of..... More
[N. p.]: (The Private Press and Typefoundry of Paul Hayden Duensing, 1998). Original printed wrappers (8.5 x 5.5 inches), [6], [2] pages, wire stitched. An anecdote of a WWII intelligence officer checking on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer to discover whether an inadvertently-printed pi-line in an issue of the paper was an..... More
![Item #20770 Les Annales de l’Imprimerie: Revue Belge de l’Industrie du Livre [wrapper title]....](https://bibliophagist.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/20770.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1716932168)
Bruxelles [Brussels]: Publiées sous les auspices du Cercle d’Etudes Typographiques de Bruxelles, 1901-1902. First edition. 13 wire stitched numbers of the first volume (December, 1901 to December, 1902), bound into early pebbled half cloth, marbled sides, 9.75 x 7.88 inches, original wrappers bound in. With inserts, examples of color printing..... More
![Item #20772 Les Annales de l’Imprimerie: Revue Belge de l’Industrie du Livre [wrapper title]....](https://bibliophagist.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/20772.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1716932169)
Bruxelles [Brussels]: Publiées sous les auspices du Cercle d’Etudes Typographiques de Bruxelles, 1903. First edition. 12 numbers of the second volume (January, 1903 to December, 1903), bound in early pebbled half cloth, marbled sides, 9.88 x 7.63 inches, original wrappers bound in. With inserts, examples of color printing, inserted folding..... 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
[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
Leipzig: J. G. Schelter & Giesecke, Maschinenfabrik, [ca. 1900-1910?]. Original printed drab wrappers (8 x 5.5 inches), 36 pages. Illus. in the text. Folding plate diagram of press parts tipped in. Directions for the set-up and operation of the Phönix platen presses, models 1-5. More
Leipzig: J. G. Schelter & Giesecke, [1899]. First edition. Original cloth spine (11.13 x 8.88 inches), pictorial upper board, 48 pages plus twelve inserted plates (plates include the title page). Illus. Inserted samples and offprints. An early trade catalog, intended for the French market, promoting the Schelter & Giesecke Phoenix..... More
Leipzig: J. G. Schelter & Giesecke, [1913]. First edition. Original cloth over card stock sides (11.38 x 9 inches), 32 pages. Portfolio pocket (with samples) mounted on the inside rear board. Illus. A trade catalog for the American market, promoting the Schelter & Giesecke Phoenix platen presses. With the contemporary..... More
![Item #21329 La Pratique du Croquis-Calque Typographique en 20 Exemples [caption title]. Paris: G....](https://bibliophagist.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/21329.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1716911352)
Paris: G. Peignot & Fils, 20 Fevrier, 1904. First edition. First title: Original glazed white self-wrappers (7.75 x 5.25 inches), 16 pages. Illus. Second title: Original decorated wrappers (8.25 x 5.5 inches), 37, [3] pages. A couple of fairly early publications from Thibaudeau, attractive technical publications on the use of..... More
(Offenbach: Gedruckt in der Hausdruckerei, 1913. First edition. Pamphlet measuring (11.38 x 8.75 inches), [2], 22 pages. Lacks wrappers. An early refinement on Koch’s groundbreaking Deutsche Schrift for Klingspor. This copy evidently lacks wrappers (cf. the Letterform Archive sales at Swann in 2021) but retains the front blank, said the..... More
Brooklyn, New York: Margenthaler Linotype Company, [ca. 1936]. First edition. Original embossed red buckram lettered (presumably in Metro) in black (10.63 x 7.75 inches), xxxix, [1], 1215, [1] pages, irregularly paginated with insertions and gaps, as published. Illus. A nice copy of the handsome comprehensive Linotype specimen known popularly as..... More
