Italy: Iris Ceramics, 2008. 195 pp., 4to. Paperback. "In everyday life everything hides a project." A pictorial look at contemporary design (interior, furniture, etc.) W/ French, English, Spanish, & German text. Light sunning & shelfwear to covers & spine. Textblock clean & crisp.
Los Angeles: Butterfields Auctioneers Corp. 2001. 146 pp., 4to. Paperback. Butterfields Vol. 19, Sept. 23 2001. Slight scuffing & shelfwear to covers & spine. Some creasing to joints. Some faint soiling to textblock edges. Pgs clean & crisp.
Pittsburgh: Eljer, circa 1960s. 11 pp., 12mo. Oblong stapled paperback. A vibrant pictorial of retro restroom design. "Make your dream bathroom a practical reality." Some faint sunning & shelfwear to covers. Pgs clean & crisp.
Portland, Maine: Fred L. Tower, 1930. 8vo. 770 pp. Corners and spine ends of covers bumped and worn. Small tear to edge of map. Pages are clean. Number 24. Containing a general directory of the citizens, a classified business directory, city officers, churches, Societies, etc. Large fold out map of.....
Springfield, MA: H. A. Manning Company, 1931. 8vo. 803 pp. Volume 25. Corners and spine ends of covers bumped and worn. Book is slightly shaken. Small tear to edge of map. Pages are clean and binding is very tight. Containing a general directory of the citizens, a classified business directory.....
Springfield, MA: H. A. Manning Company, 1934. 8vo. 613 pp. Volume 28. Book is slightly shaken. Corners and spine ends of covers bumped and worn. Frontispiece advertisement nearly detached. Stamp to fore-edge, title page, front end page. Small tear to edge of map. Pages are very crisp and clean. Containing.....
Springfield, MA: H. A. Manning Company, 1949. 8vo. 826 pp. Volume 40. Book is slightly shaken. Corners and spine ends of covers bumped and worn. Hinge slightly split to ffep, binding tight. Stamp to fore-edge, title page, front end page. Pages are very crisp and clean. Containing a general directory.....
Boston, MA: H. A. Manning Company, 1951. 8vo. 788 pp. Volume 42. Book is slightly shaken. Corners and spine ends of covers bumped and worn. Frontispiece advertisement nearly detached. Stamp to fore-edge, title page, front end page. Pages are very crisp and clean. Containing a general directory of the citizens.....
Chicago: The Society of Typographic Arts, 1949. 183 pp., 4to. Hardcover. W/ characteristic examples of his art in lettering, type designing & such of his writings as reveal the Cooperian Typographic Gospel." Light shelfwear & soiling to boards & spine. Binding sturdy. Textblock quite clean.
New York: The Typophiles, 1955. 119 pp., oblong 16mo. Hardcover in slc. Typophile Chap Books: #28. Light shelfwear to boards & spine. Binding sturdy. Some faint soiling to eps, otherwise textblock quite clean. Slight wear to slc; sm sticker to spine.
New York: Authentic Designs, 1971. 8vo. 64 pp. Cover is lightly soiled. B&w photos of early American light fixtures.
New York: Marquardt & Co., 1944. 16 pp., 12mo. Stapled booklet. Covers & spine fine. Binding tight. Textblock clean.
New York: Marquardt & Co., circa 1940s. 14 pp., 12mo. Stapled booklet. Discussing E. McKnight Kauffer posters. Some light edgewear & soiling to covers & spine. Binding very sturdy. Light foxing scattered to very clean interior.
New York: Marquardt & Co., circa 1940s. 16 pp., 12mo. Stapled booklet. Scarce. Saul Steinberg issue. Illustrated. Some light foxing & shelfwear to covers & spine. Binding very sturdy. Textblock very clean.
New York: Marquardt & Co., circa 1940s. 24 pp., 12mo. Stapled booklet. "Erik Nitsche: imagician." Heavy foxing & light shelfwear to covers & spine; tiny hole to front cover. Binding very sturdy. Light discoloration through textblock; paper-clip impression to top edge. Illustrated w/ b&w plates.
New York: The Goudy Chappel, 1976. Unpaginated, 12mo. Hardcover. Representing these Great Presses: The Artichoke Press, The Private Press of the Haywoods, Herity Press, Press of the Iron Horse, Powers Private Press, The Pre-Columbian Press, Ron Press, & Under the Cellar Steps Press. Boards & spine fine. Binding very sturdy.....
University of Toronto Press, 1967. Unpaginated, 12mo. 64 booklets/samplers (& 1 hc) in slc. 1 of 200 copies. Light foxing & soiling scattered to very clean pgs. Slight edgewear to slc; mild sunning, slight foxing to spine sticker.
Los Angeles: Butterfields Auctioneers Corp. 2002. Unpaginated, 4to. Paperback. Butterfields Vol. 22, May 19 2002. Some light scuffing, soiling & edgewear to covers & spine. Creasing to front joint. Some very light creases to textblock top edge corners otherwise pgs clean & crisp. Price sheet print-outs laid in.
London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1958. Unpaginated, oblong 8vo. String-bound paperback. Large Picture Book No. 12. Text "composed in Pilgrim type after designs by Eric Gill." Some faint soilng to covers; sm green sticker to spine bottom edge. Binding secure. Textblock quite clean.
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1973. 4to. 88 pp. B&w photos. Jacket scuffed and slightly damaged on corners. Pages crisp. Furniture and objects from an exhibit on the Shakers.
Appleton, WI: Fox River Paper Co. 46 pp., squarish 16mo. Type design. Illustrated w/ fonts & descriptive commentary. Light soiling & wear to covers. Textblock clean & crisp.
New York: Inkwell Press, 1983. 153 pp., 8vo. Hardcover. 1 of 500 copies. Privately printed for Friends of Hermann Puterschein. W/ contributions by Dorothy Abbe, Charles E. Skaggs, Meyer Miller, Vincent Torre, W. A. Dwiggins himself & others. Light shelfwear to boards & spine. Slight cocking but binding very sturdy.....
New York: The New York Chappel, 1960. Limited edition. Unpaginated, 12mo. Hardcover. Limited edition - (quantity printed uncertain), first book printed by New York Chappel. Hand-set in Weiss types & printed on 8x12 C&P Old Style press at Private Press of the Haywoods in Fair Lawn, N.J. Very light shelfwear.....
Vivays, 2011. 511 pp., 4to. Hardcover in dj. A compilation of 1500+ decorative motifs. W/ a general introduction. Featuring examples from the primitive style, antiquity, Greek, Etruscan, & Greco-Roman art, India, Arabia, Byzantine & Moorish styles, the East & West, the Renaissance, & the 17th & 18th centuries. Boards fine.....
New York: Sterling Publishing Co., 2012. 162 pp., 4to. Hardcover. Some faints cuffing to boards. Some light creasing to joints. Slight cocking & shaking to spine but binding very sturdy. Pgs clean & crisp.
