Staples Press Ltd (9 results)

Printed wrappers. 8vo, 27 cm, [6], 82 pp, ills, maps. A trifle frayed at the foot of the spine, otherwise Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with no DJ. Gray cloth over boards with gold lettering on front board and spine. No date on title page. Copyright page dated 1952. 276 pages. Very light shelf wear at top and bottom edges of spine as well as corners of boards. Gold lettering on front board and spine is shiny and legible. Minor rubbing across front and rear boards. Patterned front and rear endpapers. Small green star at bottom left of rear attached endpaper. Pages are in excellent shape with graphs throughout. Text is neat and legible. Binding strong and secure with no missing pages. Very Good condition. Please contact us with questions or if you would like to see photographs.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Minor browning to the wrappers and the pages. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description: 82 pages: illustrations,maps; 27 cm. Subjects: Alphabet History; Exhibitions. Alphabet History. Genre: Catalogue. Illustrated. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Number 91 of 229 press-numbered copies. Illustrated with type specimens, reproductions from books and inset book jackets. Blue half calf, gilt, with marbled sides and endpapers. Spine and corners a bit rubbed, front cover marked, some foxing. A good copy. The fifth edition. Principal contents include: TRUTH: Seventy-Five Years a National Weekly, How to correct a Proof; A Glossary.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Number 91 of 229 press-numbered copies for private circulation, signed by Ronald Staples. Printed in red, blue and black. Illustrated with various type specimens, half-tones, four-colour half-tones and a tipped in colour plate. Green half calf, gilt, with marbled paper sides and endpapers. Rubbed at edges and elsewhere. A good copy. The first in the series. It includes short articles on Line blocks, The Half-tone Process, The Lithographic Printing process, The Law as it affects a Printer. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Number 91 of 229 press-numbered copies, signed by Ronald Staples, for private circulation only. Printed in red, blue and black. Illustrated with specimens of type, reproductions of pages from books, line blocks, half-tones and various tables.Maroon half calf, gilt, with marbled paper sides and endpapers. Wear to top and tail of spine, slight rubbing elsewhere. Occasional light foxing. About very good. The second edition of this publication. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Number 91 of 229 press-numbered copies, signed by Ronald Staples, for private circulation only. Illustrated with type specimens, an inset leaf, colour lithographs after Alfred Chalon. Bound in grey half calf, gilt, with marbled paper sides and endpapers. Extremities a little rubbed. A very good copy. The fourth edition, much concerned with alphabets and the Trajan column. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Minor browning to the wrappers and the pages. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description: 82 pages: illustrations,maps; 27 cm. Subjects: Alphabet History; Exhibitions. Alphabet History. Genre: Catalogue. Illustrated. 1 Kg.

4to., with a folding frontispiece and numerous illustrations and type samples in the text; original printed wrappers, sewed as issued, a very good, clean copy. Scarce. The advisory panel includes Francis Meynell, Stanley Morison and Mortimer Wheeler.