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| D1. | Two classic Book Arts Press Publications now remastered on one region-free DVD: The Anatomy of a Book: Part I: Format in the Hand-Press Period and The Making of a Renaissance Book. | $60.00 |
| D2. | Two classic Book Arts Press Publications now remastered on one region-free DVD: How to Operate a Book and From Punch to Printing Type. | $60.00 |
Fine Print. Sandra and Noel Kirshenbaum turned over the remaining back stock of Fine Print for sale through the BAP. We're offering sets containing most issues from 1985-1990 (Vols 11-16) for $70. Each issue offered in the set is also available separately; individual issues from Vols 11-14 are $5 each, and issues from Vols 15-16 are $4 each. Be sure to consult the list of selected contents for these issues! Ordering and shipping information are available at the end of this document. |
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Books & Pamphlets |
| B1. | Belanger, Terry, ed. Proceedings of the Fine Printing Conference at Columbia University Held May 19-22, 1982. 1982, reprinted 1992. 122 pp. | $10.00 |
| B2. | BAP Address Book. List of the Friends of Rare Book School, Rare Book School attendees 1983-2002, and others with whom RBS has come into contact. All Friends receive a copy of this nearly annual publication. To join the Friends of Rare Book School, please visit our FRBS page. Additional copies are available to Friends at $15 per copy. | $25.00 |
| B3. | Breslauer, B. H. The Uses of Bookbinding Literature. 1986. An annotated and evaluative guide to the literature of bookbinding. | $10.00 |
| B4. | de Hamel, Christopher. Cutting up Manuscripts for Pleasure and Profit. 1996. The 1995 Sol. M. Malkin Lecture. Second Printing, 1998. | $10.00 |
| B6. | Printing & Graphic Arts. Through the kindness of Roderick Stinehour, the BAP has mint copies for sale of bound volumes V through IX of this distinguished periodical (1953-65), as well as individual copies of a number of single issues. The bound volumes are $7 each; individual issues are $2 each. Our diminishing stock of these issues and volumes varies at any given point; ask us what's currently available! | |
| B7. | Rare Book School 1993 Yearbook. Names and addresses of participants and complete course evaluations; 218 pp, with about 50 photographs. | $10.00 |
| B8. | Rare Book School 1998 Yearbook. As above, sans course evaluations; 72 pp, with about 7 photographs. | $5.00 |
| B9. | Rare Book School 1999 Yearbook. As above; 91 pages, with about 60 photographs. | $5.00 |
| B10. | Rosenthal, Bernard M. The Gentle Invasion: Continental Emigre Booksellers of the Thirties and Forties and Their Impact on the Antiquarian Booktrade in the United States. The 1986 Sol M. Malkin Lecture. New printing, with a postscript. | (out of stock) $10.00 |
| B11. | Rota, Anthony. The Changing Face of Antiquarian Bookselling, 1950-2000 A.D. 1995. The 1994 Sol. M. Malkin Lecture. | (out of stock) $10.00 |
| B12. | Schiller, Justin G. Pioneering Collectible Children's Books: The First 100 Years. 2002. The 1993 Sol. M. Malkin Lecture. | $10.00 |
| B13. | Stoddard, Roger E. 'Put a Resolute Hart to a Steep Hill': William Gowans, Antiquary and Bookseller. 1990. The 1988 Sol. M. Malkin Lecture. | $10.00 |
| B14. | Tanselle, G. Thomas. Introduction to Bibliography: Seminar Syllabus. Fifth BAP edition, 2002. 370 pp. | $25.00 |
| B15. | ______. Introduction to Scholarly Editing: Seminar Syllabus. Second BAP edition, 2002. 257 pp. | $20.00 |
| B16. | ______. Libraries, Museums, and Reading. The 1990 Sol. M. Malkin Lecture. | $10.00 |
| B17. | Winship, Michael. Hermann Ernst Ludewig: America's Forgotten Bibliographer. 1986. The 1985 Sol. M. Malkin Lecture. | $10.00 |
DVD |
| D1. | Two classic Book Arts Press Publications remastered on one region-free DVD:
The Anatomy of a Book: Part I: Format in the Hand-Press Period and The Making of a Renaissance Book.
Also sold with a workbook, practice sheets of facsimile chainline paper, and a set of facsimile format sheets (see Facsimiles of Bibliographical Format below). |
DVD alone: $60.00 DVD and accompanying materials: $95.00 |
| D2. | Two classic Book Arts Press Publications now remastered on one region-free DVD: How to Operate a Book and From Punch to Printing Type. | $60.00 |
Videotapes |
| V1. | From Punch to Printing Type: The Art and Craft of Hand Punchcutting and Typecasting. A 45-minute videotape (VHS; available both in NTSC and PAL) featuring Stan Nelson; directed by Peter Herdrich. 1985. | $50.00 |
| V2. | How to Operate a Book. A 30-minute videotape (VHS; available both only in PAL) featuring Gary Frost. An examination of the physical structure of books, from the medieval manuscript codex to the modern paperback. Directed by Peter Herdrich. Out of print as VHS in both NTSC and PAL formats, but now available on DVD (see above). | $50.00 |
| V3. | Anatomy of a Book: I: Format. A 30-minute videotape featuring Terry Belanger. First principles of bibliographical format.
Directed by Peter Herdrich. Produced by Viking Productions; distributed by the Book Arts Press. Out of print as VHS
in both NTSC and PAL formats, but now available on DVD (see above). All tapes for sale are previously viewed, and supplies
are limited. Also sold with a workbook, practice sheets of facsimile chainline paper, and a set of facsimile format sheets (see Facsimiles of Bibliographical Format below). |
Video alone: $35.00 Video and accompanying materials: $70.00 |
| V4. | The Making of a Renaissance Book. The classic 22-minute 16mm film made in 1969 by the American Friends of the Plantin-Moretus Museum, now owned and distributed by the BAP and available as a videotape. Note: Limited supplies available. Out of print as VHS in both NTSC and PAL formats, but now available on DVD (see above). | $50.00 |
| V5. | The 'Doc' Robert Leslie Collection of Videotapes and Films on Graphic Arts Subjects Owned by the Book Arts Press. A classified, evaluative 48-page guide to more than 100 videotapes and films. | (out of stock) $10.00 |
Bibliographical Facsimiles |
| P1. | Facsimile Chainline Paper. Sheets of 11" x 15" paper with schematic deckles, chainlines, tranchefiles,
a watermark and a countermark printed on both sides of each sheet; intended for use in teaching the principles of
bibliographical format. Per 25 sheets: Per 100 sheets: Per ream of 500 sheets: |
$10.00 $25.00 $100.00 |
| P2. | Facsimiles of Bibliographical Format. A set of six facsimile sheets showing various bibliographical formats (2º, 4º, 8º, 8º in half-sheet imposition, 12º in 12s, 12º in 6s). Each set includes 18 format sheets (three copies of each of the six facsimiles), 10 sheets of facsimile chainline paper (see description above) and the Format dvd workbook: | $35.00 |
Exhibition Catalogs |
| E1. | Breslauer, B. H. Historic and Artistic Bookbindings from the Bibliotheca Bibliographica Breslaueriana. In November 1986, a selection of books from the Bibliotheca Bibliographica Breslaueriana notable for their bindings was exhibited at the Bibliotheca Wittockiana in Brussels. The 168-page catalog of the exhibition contains full-page illustrations of 75 bindings (including six in color). | $20.00 |
| E2. | Dewey. The Dewey Years at Columbia, 1883-1888: An Exhibition Held in The Rotunda, Low Library, Columbia University, December 1987. | $5.00 |
| E3. | Leab, Daniel J. It Is Impossible to Sell Animal Stories in America, Mr Orwell: George Orwell and His Publishers. A Book Arts Press Exhibition Drawn from the Collection of Daniel J. Leab Held in the Rotunda of the University of Virginia 6 February - 15 May 1997. 52 pp. | $5.00 |
| E4. | Calvin P. Otto. Only in Cloth: Publishers' Bookbindings 1830-1910: An Exhibition from the Collection of Calvin P. Otto on Display in the Rotunda of the University of Virginia, 18 September - 22 December 1997. 1998. 48 pp. | $5.00 |
Rare Book School Gift Items |
| G1. | RBS aprons are blue with an RBS lion wielding a lightning bolt.
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$10.00 |
| G2. | RBS 2005 coffee mug (lion with tonsured head and monk's robe);
RBS 2004 coffee mug (21st anniversary lion in suit, holding a hundred dollar bill);
RBS 2003 coffee mug (lion in a postage stamp);
RBS 2002 coffee mug (lion in airplane);
RBS 2001 coffee mug (lion on skates).
All mugs are dark blue with yellow printing.
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$5.00 ea |
| G3. | RBS retractable cloth tape measure (orange, featuring RBS lion in purple)
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$3.00 |
| G4. | RBS Keychain (brass with RBS logo)
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$5.00 |
| G5. | RBS T-Shirt (white 100% cotton with purple lion wielding yellow lightning bolt on back and purple RBS lion logo on front
chest.)
Back 
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$10.00 |
| G5. |
RBS 2005 T-Shirts only have a small lion (with tonsured head and monk's robe) on the front. Colors & Sizes: Pine (S,M,L),
Cardinal (S,M,L,XL), and Graphite (S,M,L,XL) |
$12.50 |
| G6. | RBS cloth tote bag (black with lion wielding yellow lightning bolt.)
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(out of stock) $10.00 |
How to Order BAP Publications & RBS Gift Items |
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Domestic Shipping Rates: All BAP and RBS items are shipped within the US using United Parcel Service (UPS) for a flat fee of $5.00 plus $1.00 for each additional item. If we are shipping to a location within Virginia, please add 5% sales tax to all items (shipping is non-taxable). Please contact us for shipping rates on bulk orders. International Orders and Shipping Rates: RBS must receive payment for all international orders before shipping merchandise. Please contact us before sending payment to confirm the total cost of your order, including international shipping. Note: International customers are responsible for paying any fees levied by the customs agencies of their countries; such fees are not included in the cost of shipping. Discounts: We offer a 40% discount when ordering five or more copies of the same BAP book, pamphlet, or exhibition catalog. Payment: We prefer VISA, American Express, and MasterCard; but we also accept checks and money orders. If paying by credit card, please include your card number, name as it appears on the card, expiration date, billing address (if different from shipping address), and telephone number. Please send us your order by email, fax, or post:
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