Roderick D Stinehour (8 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Complete in "Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society" Vol. 94, part 1 (April 1984), pp. 45-58. Complete issue, original wrapper. Also contains articles on Increase Mather, and book culture in post-Revolutionary Virginia.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Quarter black cloth gilt with decorated paper-covered boards, 8vo., (ii), 128 pages. Contribuors include Jan van Krimpen and Dorothy King with an early assessment of The Gehenna Press with an inserted wood engraving printed from the block. Attractive bookplate, else a near fine copy in archival mylar.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Quarter black cloth gilt with decorated paper-covered boards, DW, 8vo., (ii), 128 pages. Contributors include Jan van Krimpen and Dorothy King with an early assessment of The Gehenna Press with an inserted wood engraving printed from the block. A fine copy in the fine original acetate DW.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Fourth year of four issues of the quarterly journal. Decorative covers with Brown cloth binding. Ex-college lib, but only two discreet stickers inside front cover. No other marks. Slight discoloration along the edges of the cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Third year of four issues of the quarterly journal. Decorative covers with Black cloth binding. Ex-college lib, but only two discreet stickers inside front cover. No other marks. Slight discoloration along the edges of the cover.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 106 pages. No dust jacket. Patterned paper covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Sticker to front pastedown. Pencil inscriptions to endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Spine is in good condition. Stickers to both boards.…

Condition: Very good. - Octavo, stapled self-wraps. Illustrated. Some wraps lightly soiled, creased & slightly darkened. The contents are very good.

Condition: Very good. - Octavo, stapled self-wraps. Illustrated. Some wraps are lightly soiled, creased & slightly darkened. The contents are very good. Among the substantial lead articles in this series are: "The Literature of American Typefounding" by William Bentinck-Smith [Vol. I, No. 2] on the relatively scarce materials on the history of American typefounding; "Hawthorn House" by Roderick D. Stinehour [Vol. I, No. 4] on the New England press founded by Edmund B. Thompson, which was active from 1932-1942; "The Printing of Poetry" by Sinclair H. Hitchings [Vol. II, No. 5] on the choice of typography suitable for printing poems or books of poetry; "Letters from Bruce Rogers to Henry Watson Kent", edited by James Wells [Vol. III, No. 1]; "The Types of the Plantin-Moretus Museum" by Harry Carter [Vol. III, No. 3]; and "Artist vs. Craftsman?" by Warren Chappell [Vol. IV, No. 1] on the collaboration between artists and printers/engravers.…