Birmingham School Printing (34 results)

Birmingham School of Printing (illustrator). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, green cord-tied. 13, (3) pages. Printed under the direction of Leonard Jay. Originally a presentation to members of the Birmingham Jewish Literary Association, October 28, 1934. Cover design by Olga Garner. Wrappers lightly tanned, bent at bottom edge. stiff paper wrappers, green cord-tied.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 5/10/2016 Birmingham: Central School of. 4to. Pp. [31]. Orig. wrappers. Sewn.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Cord sewn printed wrappers, slender 8vo., 9, (1) pages, cover woodcut by Joyce Francis. From "Archiv fur Buchgewerbe" July 1936. Arranged and printed under the direction of Leonard Jay. A fine copy in archival mylar.

Birmingham School of Printing (illustrator). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 23+(1) pages. Prepared under the direction of Leonard Jay. Geofroy Tory border on title re-cut on wood by George W. Jones. Errata tipped-in on inside front wrapper. Wrappers slightly bent and tanned at edges. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Set in 16-point linotype Granjon and decorated with initials and decorations. Colours: black, pale blue and vermillion. Roped into overlapping grey paper covers, titled on the front in terracotta. A fine copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Covers lightly marked and slightly dusty, contents fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Set in 14-point Granjon and printed in black with initials in light blue. Roped into verlapping decorative wrappers titled in black. A very good to fine copy.

4to, coloured frontis., illustrs., orig. cloth-backed boards. Wallis, p.95.

SOFTCOVER. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition Thus. Tall Quarto size (4to) in printed grey wraps with string ties. 21pp . [CONDITION: VERY GOOD, a clean and tight copy (cover edges a bit rubbed and creased) ] . __To see more of our Typography and book arts titles type DbbGRAPHIC in the Keywords search box . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

4to, orig. cloth-backed boards. Wallis, p.84.

4to, orig. cloth-backed boards. Wallis, p.84.

title-page printed in black and blue, pp. 25, crown 8vo, sewn grey wrappers printed in blue, light mark to front, very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1938, 1st. Thin Folio. 12pp. Original grey card covers, sewn at spine. Some edge wear and creasing. Overall a 'Very Good' copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Arranged and printed under the direction of Leonard Jay at the City of Birmingham School of Printing. The type, which is 12 point Granjon, was set on the Linotype: teacher,W.H. Gould. Compositors' work by boys in pre-apprentice classes: teachers F. G. Moseley and H. Weekes. Printed by students attending Letterpress Machine classes: teachers, A. Hoyle and V.S. Ganderton. Printed card wrappers with blue thread binding. Octavo, 216 x 142 mm, pp. [20]. A booklet in Very Good condition with very light foxing to the wrappers. Now in a clear, archival quality, protective display pocket.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Arranged and printed under the direction of Leonard Jay at the City of Birmingham School of Printing. The type, which is 12 point Granjon Old Face, was set on the Linotype: teacher,W.H. Gould. Compositors' work by boys in the Junior School: teachers F. G. Moseley and H. Weekes. Printed by students attending Letterpress Machine classes: teachers, A. Hoyle, V.S. Ganderton and H. Copeland. Printed and decorated grey card wrappers with grey thread binding. Octavo, 222 x 158 mm, pp. 30. A booklet in Very Good condition, now in a clear, archival quality, protective display pocket. Reprinted from 'Pall Mall Magazine', January 1895.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Arranged and printed under the direction of Leonard Jay. Set on the Linotype in the Venezia series: teacher, W.H. Gould. Opening words designed by Margaret Dady: teacher, C.H. Adams. Compositors' work by boys of the pre-apprentice classes: teachers, H.C. Page and F.G. Moseley. Printed on the Miehle by students attending the Letterpress Machine classes: teachers, A. Hoyle and V.S. Ganderton. Card covers printed in red and bound using brown thread. Octavo, 240 x 160 mm, pp. [12]. Reprinted from 'The Linotype and Machinery Record'. A booklet in Very Good condition, now in a clear, archival quality, protective display pocket. Peter Schöffer (1425-1503) was an early German printer who studied in Paris and worked as a manuscript copyist in 1451 before apprenticing with Johannes Gutenberg. By 1457 he had formed the firm of Fust and Schoeffer after the foreclosure of the mortgage on Gutenberg's printing workshop. Famous works include the Psalter of 1457, the 1462 Bible (the fourth printed Bible, the Biblia pulcra), Cicero's De officiis (1465) and Herbarius - Rogatu plurimorum (1484), illustrating and describing 150 plants and 96 medicines commonly found in apothecaries. Schöffer is considered the author of many innovations such as dating books, including a title page and coloured inks in print.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Printed under the direction of Leonard Jay. Set in 14-point Granjon on the Linotype: teacher, H. Gould. Compositors' work by students in the pre-apprentice classes: teacher, F. Moseley. Printed in the Letterpress Machine classes: teacher, V.S. Ganderton. Grey paper wrappers with black lettering and 'stars' decoration, white thread binding. Quarto, 285 x 195 mm, pp. [2, blank] [decorated title page] [blank] [3] 4-20 [21-22] [4, blank]; text printed in black and green. A booklet in Very Good condition with some wear to the wrappper edges. Now in a clear, archival quality, protective display pocket.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Set in Monotype Baskerville and printed in black and vermillion on white wove paper. Corderd into blue overlapping pictorial wrappers. A fine copy. Presentation copy: To my colleague Vernon Ganderton, who is entirely responsible for the presswork, Leonard Jay, 15.10.34". Signed by Author(s).

pp. 14, crown 8vo, sewn blue wrappers printed in a darker shade, faintly spotted, very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Arranged and printed under the direction of Leonard Jay at the City of Birmingham School of Printing. The type, which is 14 point Granjon, was set on the Linotype: teacher,W.H. Gould. Compositors' work by boys in the Junior School: teachers F. G. Moseley and H. Weekes. Printed by students attending Letterpress Machine classes: teachers, A. Hoyle, V.S. Ganderton and H. Copeland. Printed and decorated grey card wrappers with white thread binding. Octavo, 232 x 155 mm, pp. [20]. A booklet in Near Fine condition. Now in a clear, archival quality, protective display pocket. This was an Address delivered at the School's Presentation of Prizes on 9th November 1949.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Printed under the direction of Leonard Jay. Grey card wrappers decorated in green and printed in black, gold thread binding. Octavo, 235 x 155 mm, pp. [2, blank] [title page] [blank] 3-10 [11] [3, blank]. Title page illustrated with a harp, in green. A booklet in Very Good condition, now in a clear, archival quality, protective display pocket. Professor Thomas Patrick Bodkin (1887 - 1961) was an Irish barrister and art collector who became an art historian and the founding Director of the Barber Institute of Fine Art in Birmingham from 1935 to 1952.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Arranged and printed under the direction of Leonard Jay at the City of Birmingham School of Printing. The type, which is 12 point Baskerville, was set and cast on 'Monotype' machines by students attending the classes: teachers, T. Gill and H. Bracey. Compositors' work by boys in pre-apprentice classes: teachers, H. Page and F. Moseley. Printe by students attending letterpress machine classes: teachers, A. Hoyle and V.S. Ganderton. Woodcut of Baskerville by Joyce Francis. Illustrated card wrappers with brown thread binding. Octavo, 233 x 150 mm, pp. [12]. The text is taken from 'Archiv für Buchgewerbe' July 1936 by Dr Hans Bockwitz of the Deutches Buchmuseum, Leipzig. Translated by A.B. Hill. A booklet in Very Good condition. Now in a clear, archival quality, protective display pocket.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Concertina folding pamphlet (25 x 16.5cm), [pp. 8]. Title page lettered in orange, others printed in black. Gently toned, some offsetting, especially to final page. Else, clean. Very good. Unusual. A lovely example of this attractive mid-century concertina folding pamphlet, showcasing 21 alphabets of type faces installed in the Composing Department at the City of Birmingham School of Printing, including Cloister Old Style. Typefounders'., Gill Sans Light and Bold. Monotype., Bodoni. Linotype., and Madonna Bold. Typefounders'; likely produced under the aegis of Leonard Jay, who was appointed the first head of the Birmingham School of Printing, "the largest centre of printing outside London," in 1925; he would remain in post until his retirement in 1953. From the library of Birmingham-based artists Catherine and Ernest Hill (though without inscription). Ernest F. Hill, RBSA (1873-1960) was a British painter, arts educator and Vice President of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RSBA). An early Newlyn group member, he worked primarily in watercolour, favouring British landscape and coastal scenes; he exhibited at the Royal Academy until 1946, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, but his paintings were most often hung in Birmingham (CAI, 2021). Hill was Headmaster of the prestigious Bournville School of Art and Crafts, and was well-connected in regional cultural networks, as well as with the Cadbury family. Less in known of Catherine Hill, who was a watercolour artist, print maker and book binder. Their library reflected these interests, featuring numerous arts and crafts, typographical and fine press books, often in excellent condition, thanks to the addition of hand-marbled or clear wrappers.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Printed under the direction of Leonard Jay in 14 point Baskerville, set and cast on the Monotype by students attending the classes of teachers, T. Gill and H.E. Bracey. Compositors' work by boys attending the pre-apprentice classes of teachers H.C. Page and F.G. Moseley. Printed by students attending the Letterpress Machine Classes of A. Hoyle and V.S. Ganderton. Decorated and printed card covers bound with cream thread. Narrow Quarto, 258 x 165 mm, pp. 30. A book in Very Good condition, now in a clear, archival quality, protective display pocket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Arranged and printed under the direction of Leonard Jay at the City of Birmingham School of Printing. The type, which is 14 point Baskerville, was set and cast on 'Monotype' machines by students attending the classes: teachers, T. Gill and H. Bracey. Compositors' work by boys in pre-apprentice classes: teachers H. Page and F. Moseley. Printed by students attending Letterpress Machine classes: teachers, A. Hoyle and V.S. Ganderton. Red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and upper board. Octavo, 265 x 165 mm, pp. 140. A book in Good Plus condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Printed in black and greenunder the direction of Leonard Jay. Set on the Linotype in 12 point Granjon: teascher W.H. Gould. Compositors' work by boys of the pre-apprentice class: teachers H.C. Page and F.G. Moseley. Wood engravings by Ivy A Ellis: teacher Bernard Sleigh. Printed by students attending Letterpress Machine classes: teachers, A Hoyle and V.S. Ganderton. Printed and illustrated card wrappers bound with green thread. Octavo, 210 x 133 mm, pp. 12, with three wood engravings. Text reprinted from the Manchester Guardian. A booklet in Near Fine condition, now in a clear, archival quality, protective display pocket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Arranged and printed under the direction of Leonard Jay at the City of Birmingham School of Printing. The type, which is 14 point Baskerville, was set and cast on 'Monotype' machines by students attending the classes: teachers, T. Gill and H.E. Bracey. Compositors' work by D.E. Roberts and S. Hinett: teachers, H.C. Page and F.G. Moseley. Printed by students attending Letterpress Machine classes: teachers, A. Hoyle and V.S. Ganderton. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to the spine Octavo, 245 x 175 mm, pp. 44. Corrigendum slip tipped to front pastedown. A poor and faded cloth binding with clean and tightly bound contents.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardback bound in patterned cloth, attractively illustrated by Bernard Sleigh. Preface + 17pp. Good+ with some dulling to spine.

City of Birmingham School of Printing, Birmingham. 1937. First Edition Thus. Private press. Slim 4to. Lovely patterned orange silk with silver and gilt pattern. No DW, none issued. 17pp. Lovely illustrations. Extremities slightly rubbed, spine sunned. Occasional grubby mark to contents o/w a clean and sound copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Printed in black and various colours in Linotype Granjon on Old York paper. Title-page decorated with arabesques. Decorative initials under the direction of A.M. Fletcher. Orange cloth, titled in gilt on the spine and upper board. A very good clean copy. A tremendous selection of lectures by John Thackray Bunce, W. Holman Hunt, William Morris, W.J. Wainwright, Thomas Jackson, Sir William Richmond, W.R. Lethaby, Reverend Dr. Gore, Edward Prior, W. Rothenstein, Fred Burridge and Sir C. Grant Robertson.