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Emerson Wulling was a printer in La Crosse Wisconsin who was 92 when he met Gaylord Schanilec - this is his story. The text takes…

A series of fictional letters and other texts, opening with a public letter by Confederate officer, Major George E. Tommey, requesting information on the whereabouts…

The text of the book was transcribed from the tapes of an interview Gaylord Schanilec conducted with Ernest Morgan in North Carolina in 1997.
The introduction…

Booklabel of Alfred M. Hellman.

Rogers’s ‘Montaigne’ typeface was inspired by Nicholas Jenson’s 15th century alphabets.

Keepsake No. 83 of the Columbiad Club.

An early overview of the work of the Ehmckes. The last page bears an adverstisment of the Werkstatt fur Kunstlerische Schrift [Workshop for Artistic Font]…

From the library of Jean B. Barr. Later with a book label from the Graphic Arts Collection in Honour of Mary B. Eilbeck.

Inscribed by Richard Ellis on the ffep, ‘for Jesse, with the expression and friendship of the author-printer, Richard’.

A selection from the seven volumes of The Fleuron published between 1923 and 1930, including Newdigate on The Ashendene Press and Emery Walker, Updike on…

Justin Loëven was known to be making these kind of printed illuminations in England in the second half of the 19th century. He produced valentines…

With the book label of Elizabeth Siskey.

A beautifully printed and unusually laid out book in square format, the second published by Hammer’s Anvil Press.
With a printed slip inserted loose advising that…

With the book label of Frederick Marquand Godwin.

A fine example of Bruce Roger’s mastery of typography, design and illustration. For his design of Auguste Bernard’s important work on Geofroy Tory – the…