Books for the Practical Historian

Used Books - Book Arts

Used books on typography, papermaking, binding, printing presses, book collecting, and the like. Books about individual typographers are found under Used Books - Typographers



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American Institute of Graphic Arts, American Type...

American Institute of Graphic Arts, American Type...

...Designers and Their Type Faces, on Exhibit. New York. 1948. 30 pages; stapled in wrappers.
$18.00

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Bank, The Alphabet.

Bank, The Alphabet.

Rochester, New York. Rochester Institute of Technology. 1951. (From Typographer, Winter 1951 issue)
$8.00

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Baudin, How Typography Works....

Baudin, How Typography Works....

...(and why it is important). New York. Design Press. 1988.
$30.00

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Biegeleisen, Art Directors' Book of Type Faces...

Biegeleisen, Art Directors' Book of Type Faces...

...for Artists, Typographers, Letterers, Teachers & Students. Second Edition. New York, Arco Publishing Co. 1970. On inside front cover: "This book...
$10.00

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Biegeleisen, The ABC of Lettering, 2nd edition

Biegeleisen, The ABC of Lettering, 2nd edition

New York. Harper & Brothers. 1958. Stamp on fly leaf from the Frederic G. Melcher Library, R.R. Bowker Company." Spiral Bound, limp covers.
$27.50

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Biegelsen, Design and Print Your Own Posters

Biegelsen, Design and Print Your Own Posters

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1976. Hardbound with dust cover.
$10.00

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Bigelow, Dunesing, Gentry, Fine Print on Type: the...

Bigelow, Dunesing, Gentry, Fine Print on Type: the...

...Best of Fine Print Magazine on Type and Typography. Bedford Arts. San Francisco. 1989. Trade paperback.
$28.50

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Biggs, Basic Typography

Biggs, Basic Typography

London (Faber and Faber Ltd.) and New York (Watson-Guptill Publications). 1968. Hardbound. Dustcover overlaid with Mylar.
$18.00

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Blumenthal, Art of the Printed Book 1455-1955:...

Blumenthal, Art of the Printed Book 1455-1955:...

...Masterpieces of typography through five centuries from the Collections of the Pierpont Morgan Library New York. New York: The Pierpont Morgan...
$60.00

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Blumenthal, The Printed Book in America

Blumenthal, The Printed Book in America

Boston: David Godine, 1977. Dust jacket soiled, and very lightly faded.
$65.00

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Brinkley, Lettering Today

Brinkley, Lettering Today

London. Studio Vista Limited. 1964. Hardbound. Dustcovers somewhat dinged and ripped.
$22.00

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Caflisch, Typographia practica

Caflisch, Typographia practica

Hamburg: Maximilian-Gesllschaft, 1988.
$150.00

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Cavanagh, Lettering & Alphabets: 85 Complete Alphabets

Cavanagh, Lettering & Alphabets: 85 Complete Alphabets

New York; Dover Books. 1946. Trade Paperback.
$15.00

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Chappel, A Short History of the Printed Word

Chappel, A Short History of the Printed Word

New York. David R. Godine, Publisher. 1970. Trade paperback.
$10.00

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Cobden-Sanderson, The Ideal Book or Book Beautiful. A tract...

Cobden-Sanderson, The Ideal Book or Book Beautiful. A tract...

...on calligraphy printing and illustration and on the book beautiful as a whole. New York. Privately printed by the Printing House of William Edwin...
$25.00

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Craig and Barton, Thirty Centuries of Graphic Design

Craig and Barton, Thirty Centuries of Graphic Design

Watson-Guptill Publications. New York. 1987.
$18.50

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Craig, Designing with Type:...

Craig, Designing with Type:...

...A Basic Course in Typography. Revised edition (Now Includes Phototypesetting). New York. Watson-Guptill Publications. 1980. Spiralbound with hard...
$15.00

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Craig, The Design and Spacing of Lettering.

Craig, The Design and Spacing of Lettering.

London. Blackie and Son, Ltd. 1948.
$20.00

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Cusick, The Ink and the Paper: A Fable.

Cusick, The Ink and the Paper: A Fable.

Woolwich, Maine. TBW Books. 1984. 15 pages; pamphlet.
$15.00

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Dair, Design with Type.

Dair, Design with Type.

University of Toronto Press. Toronto and Buffalo, New York. 1985.
$50.00

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Day, Book Typography 1815-1965 in Europe and the U.S.

Day, Book Typography 1815-1965 in Europe and the U.S.

First published in 1965 "in the Netherlands, by NV Drukkerij G.J. Thieme, Nijmegen, under the title 'Anderhalve Eeuw Boektypografie 1815-1965'". This...
$50.00

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Delpire, The Written Word.

Delpire, The Written Word.

London: Prentice-Hall International. 1962. Hardbound. Signed on the inside front cover "Alfread Fairbank / 21.1.1963"
$20.00

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Demoney and Meyer, Pasteups & Mechanicals...

Demoney and Meyer, Pasteups & Mechanicals...

...a step-by-step guide to preparing art for reproduction. New York. Watson-Guptill Publications. 1982. Hardbound with dustcovers.
$27.50

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Dumpleton, Make Your Own Booklet.

Dumpleton, Make Your Own Booklet.

New York. Taplinger Publishing Co. 1980.
$8.00

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Forman, The Books of William Morris...

Forman, The Books of William Morris...

...described with some account of his doings in literature and in the allied crafts. Chicago. Way and Williams. 1897. Frontispiece of William Morris;...
$140.00

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Franklin and Craig, Fond of Printing.

Franklin and Craig, Fond of Printing.

The Typophiles. New York. 1980.
$27.50

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Glaister, Encyclopedia of the Book, 2nd edition, with a ....

Glaister, Encyclopedia of the Book, 2nd edition, with a ....

...New Introduction by Donald Farren. Oak Knoll Press and the British Library. New Castle, Delaware. 2001. Publisher's cloth, dust jacket; in very...
$75.00

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Grafton, Historic Alphabets & Initials

Grafton, Historic Alphabets & Initials

New York. Dover Publications. 1977.
$15.00

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Gray, Nineteenth Century Ornamented Typefaces

Gray, Nineteenth Century Ornamented Typefaces

Berkeley. The University of California Press. 1976. "Originally published as 'XIXth Century Ornamental Types & Title Pages' in 1938 and reprinted in...
$225.00

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Green, Works of Ralph Green: The Iron Hand Press in....

Green, Works of Ralph Green: The Iron Hand Press in....

...America; A History of the Platen Jobber; On Making a Printing Press. Cincinnati, Ohio. Oak Knoll Press, printed by Ye Old Printery. 1981.
$45.00

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Heck, The Complete Encyclopedia of Illustration

Heck, The Complete Encyclopedia of Illustration

New York. Park Lane. 1979. "Reprint of the 2 vols. of plates originally published by R. Garrigue, New York in 1851 as part of the author's 4 vol....
$40.00

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Hoe, Catalogue of Printing Presses and Printers' Materials

Hoe, Catalogue of Printing Presses and Printers' Materials

New York. Garland Publishing, Inc. 1980. Hardcover.
$150.00

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Hofer, Baroque Book Illustration: ...

Hofer, Baroque Book Illustration: ...

...a short survey from the collection in the department of graphic arts Harvard College library. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970.Hardbound.
$50.00

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Kelly, American Wood Type 1828-1900: Notes on the....

Kelly, American Wood Type 1828-1900: Notes on the....

...Evolution of Decorated and Large Types. Da Capo Press. New York. 1977. Trade paperback; very good condition.
$325.00

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Lambert, Letter Forms: 150 complete alphabets

Lambert, Letter Forms: 150 complete alphabets

London. Peter Owen Limited. 1964. Hardbound with dustcovers.
$30.00

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Lewis and Brinkley, Graphic Design with special reference...

Lewis and Brinkley, Graphic Design with special reference...

....to lettering, typography and illustration
$50.00

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Lewis, Typography: design and practice

Lewis, Typography: design and practice

New York. Taplinger Publishing Company ("A Pentalic Book"). 1978. Hardcover with dustcovers.
$18.00

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Lieberman, Type and Typefaces

Lieberman, Type and Typefaces

New Rochelle, NY. The Myriade Press. 1978. Trade Paperback.
$25.00

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Longyear, Type & Lettering, 4th edition

Longyear, Type & Lettering, 4th edition

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1966. Fourth Edition: revised and enlarged. Spiral bound, with hard covers.
$15.00

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Ludlow Type Foundry, Ludlow Typefaces

Ludlow Type Foundry, Ludlow Typefaces

Chicago, Boston, and San Francisco. Ludlow Typography Company. No date.
$100.00

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MacRobert, Printed Books: A Short...

MacRobert, Printed Books: A Short...

...Introduction to Fine Typography. HMSO and Victoria & Albert Museum. London. 1957.
$20.00

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Midolle, Florid and Unusual Alphabets: 109 Complete Alphabets

Midolle, Florid and Unusual Alphabets: 109 Complete Alphabets

New York. Dover Publications. 1976. Trade paperback.
$5.00

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Moran, Printing Presses: History and Development...

Moran, Printing Presses: History and Development...

...from the fifteenth century to modern times. London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1973. Hardbound. Dust jacket.
$75.00

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Morris, Ornamentation and Illustrations from Kelmscott Chaucer

Morris, Ornamentation and Illustrations from Kelmscott Chaucer

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1973. Trade paperback.
$10.00

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Nesbitt, 200 Decorative Title Pages

Nesbitt, 200 Decorative Title Pages

New York. Dover Publications. 1964.
$10.00

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Nicholson, An Alphabet

Nicholson, An Alphabet

London: William Heinemann Ltd. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts. 1975, from an edition "originally published 1897.". Hardbound, with dustcover.
$125.00

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Perfect and Rookledge, Rookledge's International Type-Finder:...

Perfect and Rookledge, Rookledge's International Type-Finder:...

...The essential handbook of typeface recognition and selection. New York. Frederic C. Beil, PUblisher. 1983.
$22.50

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Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Book, 1700 to 1914.

Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Book, 1700 to 1914.

Two volumes bound as one. New York. The Pierpont Morgan Library in association with Dover Publishing, Inc. 1986.
$60.00

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Rosen, Type and Typography:...

Rosen, Type and Typography:...

...The designer's type book. Revised Edition. New York. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. 1978. Trade paperback.
$28.00

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Ruzicka, Studies in Type Design

Ruzicka, Studies in Type Design

$75.00

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Solomon, The Art of Typography: an introduction to...

Solomon, The Art of Typography: an introduction to...

...typo.icon.ography. Understanding contemporary type design through classic typography
$30.00

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Sterne, Catalogue of Nineteenth Century Printing Presses

Sterne, Catalogue of Nineteenth Century Printing Presses

Cincinnati, Ohio. Ye Olde Printery. 1978. First printing. Hardbound.
$50.00

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Stoddard and Rothkopf, eds., A Library-Keeper's Business

Stoddard and Rothkopf, eds., A Library-Keeper's Business

New Castle, Delaware. Oak Knoll Press. 2002. Harbound. Very good.
$135.00

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Sutton and Bartram, An Atlas of Typeforms

Sutton and Bartram, An Atlas of Typeforms

New Jersey: Chartwell Books, Inc., 1968. Hardbound, with dust jacket.
$55.00

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Thomas, The History of Printing in America...

Thomas, The History of Printing in America...

...with a biography of printers & an account of newspapers. Edited by Marcus A. McCorison from the second edition. New York. Weathervane Books. 1970....
$100.00

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Tompson, Tompson's Roman alphabet

Tompson, Tompson's Roman alphabet

New York: F. W. Devoe & Co., 1878. Revised Edition.
$40.00

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Tracy, Letters of Credit: a view of type design

Tracy, Letters of Credit: a view of type design

Boston. David R. Godine Publisher. 1986. First edition. Hardbound with dust covers. Very good.
$35.00

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Updike, Printing Types: ...

Updike, Printing Types: ...

....their history, forms, and use: a study in survivals. Second Edition. New York: Dover Publicatons, Inc., 1980. 2 vols. Trade paperback.
$40.00

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Wade, Modern Lettering & Layout

Wade, Modern Lettering & Layout

London, Sir Iasaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd. 1950. Hardbound.
$25.00

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Warde, The Crystal Goblet: sixteen essays on typography

Warde, The Crystal Goblet: sixteen essays on typography

Cleveland and New York. The World Publishing Company. 1956. Bookplate saying "From the library of A.N. Rodway", number 938. Hardbound; dust covers...
$100.00

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Weinberger, Encyclopedia of Comparative Letterforms...

Weinberger, Encyclopedia of Comparative Letterforms...

...for Artists & Designers. New York. Art Direction Book Company. 1971. Third printing, 1985.
$80.00

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Zapf, Ein Arbeitsbericht. Herausgegeben von der...

Zapf, Ein Arbeitsbericht. Herausgegeben von der...

Lehrdruckerei der Technischen Hochschule Darmstadt. Hamburg. Maximilian-Gesellschaft. 1984. Hardcover.
$85.00

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Zapf. Champion Papers: the printing salesman's herald, book 39

Zapf. Champion Papers: the printing salesman's herald, book 39

New York. Champion International Corporation. 1978. Wrappers.
$90.00

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