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$80.00
2g24c/24

Dynamic Judo: Throwing Techniques


KUDO, KAZUZO

4to, pp. 224; red heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt & white; illus. tp, photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ht, covered in whiteout); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing, fading & soiling; light to moderat ebruising & creasing to edges & extrems; med open tear to spine; moderate tanning & foxing; price clipped to front flap).,

PUBLISHER: Japan Publications Trading Company 1967

KEYWORDS: martial arts athletic sport judo throwing tehchniques method guide self defence self-defence

$75.00
2g37b/6

Rudolf Koch: ein deutscher Schreibmeister (A German Writing-Master)


KOCH, RUDOLF; LANGE, WILHELM H; HERMERSDORF, MARTIN

4to, pp. 54 + [2 advts]; stiff wrapers; illus.; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping, esp to upper spine extrem; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; final pg partially detatched).

PUBLISHER: Heintze & Blandertz N.D.

KEYWORDS: Rudolf Koch 19th 20th century German calligraphy book arts design Gothic

$15.00
xx147pol208919

Bruce Lee Library Volume 1: Words of the Dragon: Interviews 1958-1973


LITTLE, JOHN (ed)

Super 8vo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Charles E. Tuttle Co. 1997

KEYWORDS: 20th century martial arts actor Bruce Lee interview interviews

$20.00
xx147pol208920

Bruce Lee Library Volume 3: Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way


LITTLE, JOHN (ed)

Super 8vo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Charles E. Tuttle Co. 1997

KEYWORDS: 20th century martial arts actor Bruce Lee commentary

$40.00
ak2/18a/24

The Penrose Annual: Volume 51, A Review of the Graphic Arts 1957


FISHENDEN, R B (Ed)

Quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, mixed pagiantion, illus, VG+ (light bruising & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims, occasional sl cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderaate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate tanning to spine, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Lund Humphries 1957

KEYWORDS: penrose annuals past issues years 1957 graphic art graphics arts

$175.00
2e9a/7

Alonso Victor de Paredes' Institution, and the Origin of the Art of Printing, and General Rules for Compositors [Madrid: ca. 1680]


DE PAREDES, ALONSO VICTOR; ALVAREZ, PABLO (ed); CRUICKSHANK, DON W (forew)

Imp. 8vo, pp. xvi + 449; black buckram bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; NF (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; minor bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor tanning & soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; sl bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: The Legacy Press 2018

KEYWORDS: Alonso Victor de Paredes Pablo Alvarez 18th century printing publishing history methods techniques book arts design letterpress bibliography

$45.00
2e9a/8

The Encyclopaedia of Type Faces


BERRY, W TURNER & JOHNSON, A F & JASPERT, W P

Super 8vo, pp. 358; blue cl bds, spine lettered in silver gilt, bds lettered in blind; illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown; bdg sl sloppy; peeled sticker to front board; light to moderate tanning throughout); in d/w, VG- (light to moderate fading, scuffing & soiling; mdoerate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping and loss; lg closed tear along fold at spine; sm open tear along fold at spine; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Blandford Press 1958

KEYWORDS: W Turner Berry A F Johnson w P Jaspert book arts design lettering letters words type faces typefaces printing publishing history bibliography foundry foundries alphabet typography

$100.00
2e9a/10

Printing Types: Their History, Forms, and Use: A Study in Survivals (2 vols)


UPDIKE, DANIEL BERKELEY

Two volume set. Super 8vo, pp. xlvi + 292, xx + 326; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; foldout sheets, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with heavy chipping & loss; lg open tears to spine extrem at head; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press 1962

KEYWORDS: Daniel Berkeley Updike printing publishing history type typefaces book arts design letter forms alphabet typography

$40.00
2e9a/22

The Little ABC Book of Rudolf Koch


KOCH, RUDOLF & WOLPE, BERTHOLD: KREDEL, FRITZ; CHAPPELL, WARREN (forew)

Obl super 8vo, unpaginated; yellow light card covers, covers lettered in black & red; illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; sl tanning & soiling to prelims & terminal; prev bookseller's sticker to ht).

PUBLISHER: David R. Godine 1979

KEYWORDS: Rudolf Koch calligraphy letter forms language book arts design

$50.00
2e9a/29

Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility


CRAWLEY, ASHON T

Super 8vo, pp. [6] + 311; illus. light card covers; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges; minor soiling to prelims & terminals; bookplate to ht).

PUBLISHER: Fordham University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: aesthetics aesthetic philosophy performing arts pentecostals symbolism

$100.00
2e11b/25

History of the Monotype Corporation


SLINN, JUDY & CARTER, SEBASTIAN & SOUTHALL, RICHARD; BOAG, ANDREW & BURKE, CHRISTOPHER (eds)

Super 8vo, pp. 432; blue cl bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; NF (sl scuffing to bds; minor bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Printing Historical Society 2014

KEYWORDS: printing publishing history 19th 20th century Monotype type typography letter forms machine press book arts design bibliography

$225.00
2e18c/2

A History of Printing in New Zealand 1830-1940


ANDERSEN, JOHANNES; MILLS, TOM L; BAXTER, K MCL; CLARKSON, E W & BERRY, L J; TUBBS, H J; SUTCH, W B; CLARK, A B; MCKAY, R A (ed)

No.297/600. Imp. 8vo, pp. [18] + 249 + [3 (index)]; half-bd in cl with textured heavy card bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; top edge stained blue, illus. eps, frontis., plates, elaborate initals, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate scuffing to joints with loss to colour; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & teminals; sticker, Fred B. Butler Collection, to front paastedown; moderate cracking to front gutters).

PUBLISHER: Richard Alexander McKay 1940

KEYWORDS: New Zealand printing publishing history 19th 20th century book arts design press type typography bibliography

$40.00
2e18c/4

A Book Printer's Display Material: As Used by William Clowes & Sons Ltd at the Caxton Works, Beccles


WILLIAM CLOWES & SONS

Imp. 8vo, pp. xvi + 246; illus. heavy card bds, red cl spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, type specimens; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; blue ink stains to tp verso).

PUBLISHER: William Clowes & Sons 1954

KEYWORDS: William Clowes & Sons type specimen book arts design type typography printing publishing history press

$42.50
2e18c/5

The History of the Illustrated Book: The Western Tradition


HARTHAN, JOHN

4to, pp. 288; brown cl bds, spine lettered in gilt, publisher's device to front board in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; lg closed tear to back).,

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1981

KEYWORDS: printing publishing history book arts design illustrated history illustrations

$40.00
2d12a/20

A Life of Ts'ai Luing and Japanese Paper-Making


NARITA, KIYOFUSA

Sm 8vo, pp. [6] + 106; illus. light wrappers; frontis. tipped in, photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: The Dainihon Press 1966

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese craft paper making paper-making book arts desgin

$20.00
xxylb209473

The Complete Tae Kwon Do Hyung


IL CHO, Master HEE

Imperial octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hee Il Cho 1984

KEYWORDS: martial arts tae kwon do guides Master Hee Il Cho

$20.00
xxylb209474

The Judo Manual


REAY, TONY & HOBBS, GEOFFREY

Quarto softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Stanley Paul 1982

KEYWORDS: martial arts judo manuals guides hobbies

$35.00
xxyle209495

Bunraku: The Puppet Theater


ANDO, TSURUO & DUNN, CHARLES J (Intro)

Octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Walker/Weatherhill 1970

KEYWORDS: history puppets puppetry marionettes Bunraku Japan Japanese performing arts

$17.50
xxymc209519

Doris Humphrey: An Artist First


HUMPHREY, DORIS & COHEN, SELMA JEANNE (Ed & Completed by) & MARTIN, JOHN (Intro) & WOODFORD, CHARLES HUMPHREY (Fore) & SCHLUNDT, CHRISTENA L (Chronology)

Super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Wesleyan University Press 1977

KEYWORDS: Doris Humphrey autobiography autobiographies memoir dance performing arts dancers

$19.50
xxymc209525

Secrets of the Ninja


KIM, ASHIDA

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing N/D (modern printing)

KEYWORDS: ninja skills martial arts meditation guide fighting cqc combat

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