Bennett Paul a Ed (53 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Typophiles chap book number 39. Limited edition. 114 pages. Illustrated. Fine condition in the original glassine jacket that has chipping and a small tear. (P5).

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Covers/contents crisp, bright; rear endpaper tad creased. DJ bright w/minor wear. ;

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Crisp, bright, clean pages except for a penned note on the front free endpaper; square, secure binding; quarter cloth hard cover shows only minimal corner wear, otherwise excellent. Lacks jacket. x, 114pp. This edition comprises 2100 copies, with 750 on this imprint and additional copies on the imprints of The Grolier Club, The Typophiles, and La Casa del Libro.

ix, [3], 114, [2] pp; 32 pp of facsimiles and photographs; 7 x 4.5"; original two-toned cloth binding, gilt title. A collection of reminiscences on the life and work of Elmer Adler by Frederick B. Adams, Jr., John T. Winterich, Philip C. Duschnes, and other bookmen. One of 400 copies over the Typophiles imprint (also published over the imprints of The Grolier Club, Princeton University Library, and La Casa del Libro, San Juan, Puerto Rico). Designed by P. J. Conkwright and printed by the Princeton University Press and the Meriden Gravure Company. A fine copy. Asaf 130.

ix, [3], 114, [2] pp; 32 pp of facsimiles and photographs; 7 x 4.5"; original two-toned cloth binding, gilt title. A collection of reminiscences on the life and work of Elmer Adler by Frederick B. Adams, Jr., John T. Winterich, Philip C. Duschnes, and other bookmen. One of 750 copies over the Princeton University Library imprint (also published over the imprints of The Grolier Club, The Typophiles, and La Casa del Libro, San Juan, Puerto Rico). Designed by P. J. Conkwright and printed by the Princeton University Press and the Meriden Gravure Company. A fine copy. Asaf 130.

ix, [3], 114, [2] pp; 32 pp of facsimiles and photographs; 7 x 4.5"; original two-toned cloth binding, gilt title. A collection of reminiscences on the life and work of Elmer Adler by Frederick B. Adams, Jr., John T. Winterich, Philip C. Duschnes, and other bookmen. One of 800 copies over The Grolier Club imprint (also published over the imprints of Princeton University Library, The Typophiles, and La Casa del Libro, San Juan, Puerto Rico). Designed by P. J. Conkwright and printed by the Princeton University Press and the Meriden Gravure Company. With the former owner's booklabel designed by Reynolds Stone. A fine copy. Asaf 130.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Cloth, lettered in gilt on upper board and spine; glassine dust jacket. Illustrated throughout. Tail of spine lightly rubbed, otherwise book is fine. Near fine dust jacket, with tiny chips at spine tips and corners. With contributions from Frederick B. Adams, Jr., John T. Winterich, Lawrance Thompson, Kneeland McNulty, Al Hine, David Jackson McWilliams, Edward Naumburg, Jr., Philip C. Duschnes, Elmer Adler.

8vo softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 8vo, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Second issue of this literary magazine, includes Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame by Charles Bukowski; also William Wantling, Charles Potts, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, et al. Unmarked copy with a bit of staple rust. Not Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition, hardcover, has a light lean to the binding, bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, mild wear to the cover edges, and a touch of foxing to the edges of the text block. Overall, this is a solid, tight, Very Good copy.

Good/No Jacket. Limited. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 94 pages. One of 640 copies. Typophile Chap Book XXV. Tribute to John Archer, a New York City printer and binder. Gray cloth with gilt lettering and black decoration. Upper corners of boards lightly bumped; water spots on spine; tiny bit of foxing on end sheets.

1st edition. Near fine copy bound in buckram and decorated in gilt. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dulled and bumped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xv, 430 p. : illus.; 21 cm. Notes: Includes index. "The first work with American types [by] Lawrence C. Wroth" : p. 65-[77] "Benjamin Franklin : printer and published [by] John T. Winterich" : p. 352-367. Subjects: Books. Printing. 3 Kg.

1st Edition Revised. Very good paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 430 pages; Physical desc. xv, 430 p. : illus. ; 21 cm. Subjects: Books. Printing. 3 Kg.

First Edition. NF/VG- (minus) , book corners very slightly rubbed. DJ spine darkened, corners worn. Overall a tight solid sound copy with DJ protected in mylar. ; 8vo, gray cloth with black and gilt decoration, top edge pages tinted reddish brown, unclipped DJ, 417pp. An outstanding example of the art of bookmaking with introduction by the Author.

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Two bookplates. Very good in d.j. with several tears & chips. Articles by W.A. Dwiggins, Porter Garnett, Sir Francis Meynell, Alfred W. Pollard, Frederic W. Goudy, Eric Gill, Aldous Huxley, Revised Editio. Binding is Cloth.

1st edition. Near fine copy bound in buckram and decorated in gilt. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dulled and bumped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xv, 430 p. : illus.; 21 cm. Notes: Includes index. "The first work with American types [by] Lawrence C. Wroth" : p. 65-[77] "Benjamin Franklin : printer and published [by] John T. Winterich" : p. 352-367. Subjects: Books. Printing. 1 Kg.

1st Edition Revised. Very good paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 430 pages; Physical desc. xv, 430 p. : illus. ; 21 cm. Subjects: Books. Printing. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. xv, 417 pp. First Edition, 1951. Limited to 1000 numbered copies for private distribution of the publisher, of which this is no. 985. "This book illustrates by way of its own format and design the greattraditions that have influenced the appearance of books since Johannes Gutenberg invented printing and the movable type. The author also has a great deal to say to the admirer of beautiful books and to the student of typography on the subject of book design, and he says it through the who have had most to do with the beauty of typographic design and bookmaking in this country." from the jacket flap. Price clipped. Minute chip to bottom edge spine dj with age-toned spine of same, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Grey textured-cloth with gilt motif with black background on front board and black title plate with gilt lettering to spine. Size: Large 8vo. Book.

BENNETT, Paul A, ed. Elmer Adler in the World of Books: Reminiscences. Original cloth. Princeton, NJ: The Princeton University Library, 1964. First edition. One of 750 copies Very good.

8vo. xv, [1], 417, [3] pp. Numerous type samples. Gray cloth, gilt & blk lettrng & illust. on frnt cvr, w/ d.j. (couple sml clsd tears, mnr creasng), NF/VG- copy. First edition, stated, of this excellent work on typography and printing, including articles by W.A. Dwiggins, Evelyn Harter, Porter Garnett, Oscar Ogg, and many others.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Two volumes in slipcase. Cloth, lettered in gilt on upper board and spine; illustrated dust jacket. Small faint spot of soiling on upper board of Volume I, otherwise both volumes are fine. Dust jackets tanned along spine, with very light wear along the edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. NY, Grolier Club, 1964. 114 pages, hardbound, very good condition, no jacket. Joseph Blumenthal's copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo bound in gray cloth. xv, 417 pp. Signed and inscribed to Herman H. Rosenthal by Bennett at half-title. Includes various ephemera relating to Bennett laid in. Near Fine in a VG+ jacket with a small chip and 1/2 closed tear to lower rear panel, with minor edgewear and mild sunning to spine. Otherwise excellent. [+1]. Inscribed by Author(s).

hardcover. Condition: very good. 2 volumes. A little faded. Corners slightly rubbed.

Octavo. Cloth. Fine in dust jacket with neat internal tape repairs and tear on front flap. First edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. World Publishing Company January 1951 Binding: Hardcover decorative gray boards. boards and spine show minor shelf wear. spine is sunned.

Condition: Good. 12mo. 114pp. Hard cover. Black and white plates. Very Good.

Condition: Good. Folio. [104 pp]. Soft wraps. Very good with marginal sunning around spine and creasing from use. Nameplates on flyleaf and pastedown. Some black and white plates. Includes essays by Edgar Allen Poe, Holbrook Jackson, Lawrence G. Blochman, John T. Winterich and illustrations by William Sharp. From the collection of the late Frederick Ruffner, Jr., founder of Gale Research, Detroit.

Edition limited to 2100 copies, 12mo, pp. ix-[xi], 114-[118], illus. after photographs and facsimiles on rectos and versos of 12 plates; original gray cloth-backed boards with some water staining on covers and spine.