[Rarebooks] FS: Books, Printing, Type, Ornaments & Labels

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

A selection of titles-

Bader, Barbara. AMERICAN PICTURE BOOKS FROM NOAH'S ARK TO THE BEAST WITHIN. 
New York; Macmillan: 1976. "A picturebook is text, illustrations, total 
design; an item of manufacture and a commercial product; a social, cultural 
and historical document; and, foremost, an experience for a child". 
Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 615 pages, color and b/w illustrations, dj. Jacket 
with a little wear and a small stain. $50.00

Blumenthal, Joseph. THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA. Hanover; Dartmouth College 
Library / University Press of New England: 1989. A "monumental survey", the 
"first work of scholarship and critical judgment to compress into a single 
volume a comprehensive account of the development, variety, and quality of 
American typography". Hardcover. 7.5"x10.5", 250 pages, b/w illustrations, 
dj; a fine copy. $25.00

French, Hannah D. BOOKBINDING IN EARLY AMERICA. SEVEN ESSAYS ON MASTERS AND 
METHODS. Worcester; American Antiquarian Society: 1986. "With catalogues of 
bookbinding tools prepared by Willman Spawn". Hardcover. 7.5"x10.5", 230 
pages, b/w illustrations; near fine. $60.00

Isaac, Peter. WILLIAM DAVISON'S 'NEW SPECIMENS OF CAST-METAL ORNAMENTS AND 
WOOD TYPES' introduced with an account of his activities as Pharmacist and 
Printer in Alnwick, 1780-1858. London; Printing Historical Society: 1990. 
Hardcover. 8.5"x11", about 200 pages, b/w illustrations, dj; near fine. $35.00

Lee, Brian North. EARLY PRINTED BOOK LABELS. A CATALOGUE OF DATED PERSONAL 
LABELS AND GIFT LABELS PRINTED IN BRITAIN TO THE YEAR 1760. Private 
Libraries Association and the Bookplate Society: 1976. Hardcover. 6.5"x10", 
185 pages, b/w illustrations; near fine. $25.00

Plomer, Henry R. ENGLISH PRINTERS' ORNAMENTS. New York; Burt Franklin: 
1960s. An attempt "to give an outline history of the introduction of 
ornaments into books printed by English printers and the subsequent growth 
and development of the art down to the present day". A facsimile of the 
original 1924 edition. Hardcover. 7"x10.5", 291 pages, b/w illustrations; 
light soil, a very nice copy. $40.00

Slater, John R. PRINTING AND THE RENAISSANCE: A Paper Read Before the 
Fortnightly Club of Rochester, New York by John Rothwell Slater. Forest 
Hills; Battery Park Book Company: 1978. One of 500 copies on wove paper. 
"Printing did not make the Renaissance; the Renaissance made printing". 
Hardcover. 6"x9.5", 36 pages, several b/w illustrations; near fine. $20.00



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