Thomas, Isaiah
THE HISTORY OF PRINTING IN AMERICA: with a Biography of Printers & an Account of Newspapers
Barre, MA: Imprint Society, 1970

Stout octavo. xxi, 650 pp; index. Blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine in cream slipcase with paper label. Near Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy, slipcase VG+, top & bottom lightly soiled, else unmarked. #758 of 1950 copies signed by the editor, Marcus A. McCorison. Printed by the Stinehour Press.
Inventory number #012657

Smith, Anthony
THE NEWSPAPER: An International History
NY: Thames and Hudson, 1979

First edition. Octavo. 192 pp; 120 b/w illustrations; reading list; index. Orange cloth with gilt-lettered spine with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket with no wear. Review copy slip and two photos laid in.
Inventory number #012654

Some Account of the Oxford University Press, 1468-1926
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1926

Second edition. Octavo. 133 pp; numerous b/w illustrations, incl. photos. Gilt-lettered blue cloth. VG
Inventory number #012653

Dark, Larry, Ed.
THE LITERARY GHOST: Great Contemporary Ghost Stories
NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991

First printing. Large octavo. 369 pp. Two-tone cloth with dustjacket.VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket has light crease at top of spine, minor soil on back cover. A collection of short stories written by some of the most prominent and respected authors; most were first published in the 1980s. The authors included are: Paul Bowles, A.S. Byatt, Robertson Davies, M.F.K. Fisher, Mavis Gallant, John Gardner, Nadine Gordimer, Patrick McGrath, Tim O'Brien, Muriel Spark, and others.
Inventory number #012647

Vogel, Lucien
AMENAGEMENT D'UNE LOGE D'ACTRICE PAR SUE & MARE Execute par La Compagnie des Arts Francais
Paris: Gazette Du Bon Ton, 1920

Issue No. 5, June 1920. Octavo. Printed paper folder with four color plates laid in, as issued. Near Fine, images bright, plates evenly toned. The plates are of a mirror, a dressing table and stool, a stool and curtain sash, and an elaborate grooming set of blackened pear wood and galuchat lining.
Inventory number #012630

Polo, Roberto
GALERIE HISTORISMUS. No. 1, Septembre 2006
Paris: Galerie Historismus, 2006

Quarto. 117 pp; profuse color photographs. Stiff card covers with flaps. Near Fine, a bright, unmarked copy.
Inventory number #012616

Snodin, Michael, Ed.
KARL FRIEDRICH SCHINKEL: A Universal Man
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1991

First edition. Quarto. 218 pp; 75 color & 125 b/w illustrations. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket shows minor wear, tiny tear at top of jacket spine. This volume serves as the catalogue for an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, July 31 to October 27, 1991.
Inventory number #012602

Fox, Justin, Paul Kotze et al
REVEL FOX: Reflections on the Making of Space
South Africa: R. Fox, 1998

Quarto. 183 pp; profuse color & b/w photographs, floor plans & elevations. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. This is a catalogue for an exhibition of work by the award-winning South African architect Revel Fox, with essay contributions by leading international architects and colleagues.
Inventory number #012601

Stanley, Edmund A., Jr.
OF MEN AND DREAMS: The Story of the People of Bowne & Co. and the Fulfillment of their Dreams in the Company's 200 Years from 1775 to 1975
NY: Bowne & Co., 1975

Second edition. Octavo. 83 pp; numerous sepia illustrations. Gilt-lettered red cloth. VG+, a clean, unmarked copy, spine gilt lightly rubbed.
Inventory number #012599

Le Corbusier
CONCERNING TOWN PLANNING
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1948

First American edition. Octavo. 127 pp; over 60 drawings by the author. Grey cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy, top edge a bit dusty; unclipped jacket has a quarter inch loss at head of spine extending 0.75 inch onto back panel, small chip at base of spine, spine & back panel lightly soiled & small tan stain near bottom edge, edge of spine lightly rubbed; all in all a very respectable jacket.
Inventory number #012592

Johnson-Marshall, Percy
REBUILDING CITIES
Chicago: Aldine Publishing, 1966

Large quarto. vi, 375 pp; profuse b/w photographs, plans & diagrams; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket has light wear to extremities, small edge tear on back panel.
Inventory number #012587

Musson, Jeremy
PLASTERWORK: 100 Period Details from the Archives of Country Life
London: Aurum Press, 2000

First edition. Square octavo. 108 pp; fully illustrated with b/w photographs; index of houses. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. The b/w photos are high quality, and show many close-ups of decorative elements of English ceilings, walls, doors, windows, and overmantels. Included are examples of approx. 75 houses of the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 20th centuries, as well as examples from five 19th-century houses.
Inventory number #012585

Kronenberg, John L.
THE ILLITERACY THREAT. An Address Given on Receipt of The Byron Culver Award
Rochester, NY: Rochester Institute of Technology, 1984

Octavo. (16) pp. Stapled wraps. VG, gentle vertical crease at bottom edge, else a clean, unmarked copy. Set and printed in the Typography Laboratory, School of Printing in an edition of 100 copies, by Ronald Jones.
Inventory number #012581

Mermorial Service Program
CHARLES V. MORRIS 1905-1984
NY: Malcolm & Hayes, 1985

Octavo. Single sheet folded into 4 leaves and loose in paper covers. Near Fine. Service held February 6, 1985.
Inventory number #012572

R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company
A ROD FOR THE BACK OF THE BINDER: Some considerations of binding with reference to the ideals of the Lakeside Press
Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1928

Quarto. 32 pp; 16 halftone plates on 8 leaves, 29 text figures. Printed cloth with gilt-lettered label on cover. Near Fine, small nick at edge of spine, short tear at head of spine.
Inventory number #012563

Chase, Ilka, introduction
A LADY'S PLEASURE: The Modern Woman's Treasury of Good Reading
NY: William Penn Publishing, 1946

First edition. Octavo. xi, 602 pp. Cloth with gilt-lettered spine with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy, price-clipped jacket edges lightly chipped, small loss at base of spine. An anthology of short stories, poems, articles, reminiscences, sketches and other pieces of nonfiction by renowned authors, both male and female.
Inventory number #012559

Arnet, Edwin & Hans Kasser
THE BOOK OF ZURICH
Zurich: Artemis Publishing & Zurich Tourist Office, 1954

First English edition. Square octavo. 71 pp text plus 2 color & 68 b/w illustrations, several inserts. Blue flexible cloth with silver-stamped lettering with dustjacket. VG/VG, inscription on ffep, dated 1956, else a clean, unmarked copy; jacket spine & flap folds lightly toned, a few tiny edge chips. A most attractive history of Zurich with high-quality b/w photos & drawings. Wonderful 50's jacket design by Kurt Wirth.
Inventory number #012553

Jones, Louise Seymour
WHO LOVES A GARDEN
Los Angeles: Primavera Press, 1935

Second printing. Octavo. 205 pp. Decorated paper-covered boards with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy except for toning on front & rear free endpapers from jacket flaps, spine a bit toned, small stain at bottom edge of back cover; price-clipped jacket has toned spine, old water stain ring near bottom of spine, top edge of back cover lightly chipped with small loss at top corner. A delightful account of the gardens of poets, philosophers and kings.
Inventory number #012549

Hill, Janet M.
CAKES, PASTRY AND DESSERT DISHES
Boston: Little, Brown, 1925

Later printing. Octavo. ix, 276 pp; b/w photographs; index. Original pictorial cloth. VG, a clean, unmarked copy, cover clean & bright, spine a touch darkened with only minor wear to spine ends.
Inventory number #012546

Jones, Herbert
TYPE IN ACTION: A Manual of Elementary Typographic Lay-out
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1950

Second revised edition. Quarto. 58 pp; full of b/w illustrations. Red cloth with orange dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; price-clipped jacket is lightly soiled & spine is lightly sunned. This is the revised edition, with many new illustrations.
Inventory number #012538