Stower Caleb (12 results)

cloth. 8vo. cloth. xviii, 530, (48) pages. Reprint of the 1808 first edition. (See Bigmore & Wyman II, 403). With an appendix showing specimens of printing type.

cloth. 8vo. cloth. xiii, 84 pages facsimile; xxi, 108 pages facsimile, (4) pages. Reprints of the 1817 and 1846 first editions with new introductions. Illustrated.

Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Copy previously owned by Vivian Ridler with his uninked embossed personalised stamp to front free endpaper. Vivian Ridler, CBE (2 October 1913-11 January 2009), ex-Faber exec, was a printer, typographer and scholar in Britain. He was Printer to the University of Oxford at Oxford University Press from 1958 until his retirement in 1978; and also established his own Perpetua Press. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 262 pages; Physical desc.: 262 p. ill., 18 cm. Subject: Printing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Facsimile reprint of The Printer's Manual a practical guide for compositors and pressmen by Thomas Lynch. Series: Series: Garland Press Nineteenth-century book arts and printing history. 1 Kg. Fine Facsimile Reprint published by Garland Publishing in 1981.…

Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Copy previously owned by Vivian Ridler with his uninked embossed personalised stamp to front free endpaper. Vivian Ridler, CBE (2 October 1913-11 January 2009), ex-Faber exec, was a printer, typographer and scholar in Britain. He was Printer to the University of Oxford at Oxford University Press from 1958 until his retirement in 1978; and also established his own Perpetua Press. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 262 pages; Physical desc.: 262 p. ill., 18 cm. Subject: Printing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Facsimile reprint of The Printer's Manual a practical guide for compositors and pressmen by Thomas Lynch. Series: Series: Garland Press Nineteenth-century book arts and printing history. 1 Kg. Fine Facsimile Reprint published by Garland Publishing in 1981.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Facsimile Edition. Facsimile Edition of Original 1808 Edition. NF/NF. Hardcover, red cloth with gilt titles, acetate DJ, 530 pp, b&w illustrations, light edgewear with slight age toning to pages, else a clean and crisp copy.

8vo. xiii[i], 83[1]pp, facsimile plate, text tables and diagrams; xxi, 108pp, frontis, plates, text illustrations, tables and diagrams. Original grey cloth gilt. * As new.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 52.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 54. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1806 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 54.…

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 158. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1808 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 158.…

MODERN FINE REBINDING, IN HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS, RAISED BANDS, GILT TILE ON RED LABLE. pp XV111, 530 + 32 TYPE SPECIMENS, INDEX. PAGES MISSING ARE: FRONTIS, 1-V1, XV-XV111 PRELIMS. (10 PAGES), 145-160 (16 PAGES), 187-216 (30 PAGES). A HANDSOME BOOK.

thick 8vo. contemporary half calf stamped in gilt. xviii, 530, (48) pages. Enlarged edition of the sixth English printer's grammar which was first published in 1755. (Appleton p.67; St. Bride Cat. p.870; Bigmore & Wyman III,403). Containing a Concise History of the Art, with the Improvements in the Practice of Printing, for the last Fifty Years. With a history of printing mostly taken from Moxon and Luckcombe with the addition of some new text and a practical discussion of all facets of producing the printed book. Included are twenty-eight pages of printer's ornaments by Fry and Steele, thirty-two pages of type specimens by the same firm and others by Caslon and Catherwood. Stower also has sections on printing ink, the different types of printing presses, lists of typefounders, printer's joiners and an abstract of acts relative to printers. Rebacked half leather over decorated paper boards. Frontis has been lined. Spine sunned. Leather has been lightly spotted on covers and spine, else near fine. contemporary half calf stamped in gilt.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1822 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 26 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 26.…