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Fabulous Distress US Gov Military Money Tote Bag Leather Canvas with Olive Belt
By US Government Printing Office
Located in National City, CA
US Government Bag
Old US military style bag in canvas and leather with olive green cotton belt.
12.5 tall x 8.25 diameter
Stamped underneath LIGHTS Incorporated ALHAMBRA, CALIF. M...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Leather, Canvas
H 12.5 in. Dm 8.25 in.
Antique Printing Table
Located in Oakville, CT
Mashek form truck printer's table
Measures: Overall Dimensions: 42" x 56"
Height Adjustment: 35" - 46".
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Steel, Iron
Sculptural Display Printing Blocks in Tray
Located in Norwalk, CT
This interesting display of printing blocks in a tray is a fun sculptural statement piece.
Category
20th Century Mounted Objects
Materials
Wood
Steps, Jerzy Kosinski, Stated 1st Printing
Located in valatie, NY
Steps, Jerzy Kosinski. Published by Random House, New York, 1968. Stated 1st Printing hardcover with dust jacket. Steps is a book by the Polish-American writer Jerzy Kosinski, releas...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Books
Materials
Paper
Steel Wallpaper Printing Roller Table Lamps, a Pair
Located in Copake Falls, NY
A tall pair of custom lamps made from steel wallpaper printing rollers. Decorated with a raised vine like pattern detailed with dots and lines. Each roller has a round wooden base. D...
Category
Mid-20th Century Industrial Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Stoker, Bram, Dracula, 1897, First Edition Second Printing
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: STOKER, Bram.
Title: Dracula.
Publisher: London: Archibald Costable, 1897.
FIRST EDITION SECOND PRINTING. 1 vol., with the 1 page "The Shoulder of Shasta" final ad...
Category
Antique 1890s British Books
Materials
Fabric
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, Third Edition, Fourth Printing - 1839
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SHELLEY, Mary Wollstonecraft - Frederick Schiller.
TITLE: Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus - bound with - The Ghost-Seer.
PUBLISHER: London: Richard Bentley, 18...
Category
Antique 1830s British Books
Materials
Leather
Tall Vintage Wallpaper Printing Roller as Table Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
A lamp made from a vintage roller for printing wallpaper. uniquely detailed flower designs with interesting markings from the printing process. Newly made into a table lamp with comp...
Category
Vintage 1940s Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
"Roughing It" by Mark Twain, Later Printing, 1874
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark, Roughing It. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1874. Later printing. Bound by Zucher of Philadelphia in 3/4 blue leather and cloth boards with gilt titles and tooli...
Category
Antique 1870s American Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Neo Cyclostyle Printing Machine, Duplicating Apparatus, Victorian, 1890
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Neo-Cyclostyle printing machine. An English, oak cased duplicating apparatus, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1890.
Fascinatingly complete Victorian ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Scientific Instruments
Materials
Oak
H 5.32 in. W 13 in. D 10.63 in.
Lectern or Restaurant Host Station, Authentic Printing Typeset Case
Located in Oakville, CT
Original printers typeset cabinet, reconfigured to act as Hostess station or lectern. All original condition with normal wear commeserate with age. Additional typeset trays available...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Pedestals
Materials
Wood
H 49.375 in. W 27.5 in. D 19.375 in.
Furniture Designed by Architects by Marian Page, First Printing Paperback
Located in valatie, NY
Furniture Designed by Architects by Marian Page. Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1980. Stated first printing softcover. 224 page paperback with many illustrations. The book wa...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 11 in. W 8.25 in. D .50 in.
Antique Victorian Industrial Fabric or Wallpaper Printing Roller Lamp
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Dating from the 1890s, this industrial fabric or wallpaper roller has been up cycled at some point in time into a table lamp. The roller itself is clearly identified as being made in...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Belgian Steampunk Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, First Printing of the Third Edition, 1831
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: SHELLEY, Mary.
Title: Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus, Revised, Corrected, and Illustrated with a New Introduction by the Author - BOUND WITH - The Ghost Seer. Vo...
Category
Antique 1830s British Books
Materials
Leather
Pre-1929 Graphotype Addressograph Model 6281 Embossing and Printing Machine
Located in New York, NY
Large graphotype addressograph with a general electric motor. Model number 6281. Working when taken out of service but stored for 20 years so unknown working condition. This was used...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Industrial Scientific Instruments
Materials
Steel
H 53 in. W 35 in. D 21 in.
Leslie Thornton, Large Mixed Media Floor Sculpture, "History of Printing"
Located in Morristown, NJ
Leslie Thornton (British, 1925-2016), "History of Printing", no signature observed, mounted on wood plinth. An arresting and fascinating piece, this tall floor sculpture has strong p...
Category
Late 20th Century English Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Christmas in America Vintage Hardcover Book 1988 First Printing Edition
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Christmas in America hardcover vintage book.
Copyright 1988, First Printing, first Edition
Christmas in America: Images of the Holiday Season by 100 of America's Leading Photograph...
Category
20th Century American Expressionist Books
Materials
Paper
H 14.5 in. W 10.5 in. D 1.5 in.
A Farewell to Arms, Signed by Ernest Hemingway, First Edition, Later Printing
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First edition, later printing. Signed and inscribed by Hemingway on the front free endpaper recto. Pub...
Category
Vintage 1920s Books
Materials
Paper
H 7.63 in. W 5.5 in. D 1.38 in.
My Life, Signed by Bill Clinton, First Edition, First Printing, 2004
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Clinton, Bill, My Life, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo. Signed by Bill Clinton on the title page. In publisher’s original blue boards with gil...
Category
Early 2000s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 9.75 in. W 6.88 in. D 2.63 in.
Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, 1957, 9th Printing, Inscribed Presentation Copy
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Rand, Ayn
Title: Atlas Shrugged.
Publisher: NY: Random House, 1957.
Description: First Edition Ninth Printing Presentation Copy. 1 vol., inscribed and dated on the f...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Books
Materials
Fabric
H 8 in. W 5.5 in. D 2.5 in.
Set of Five Vintage Indonesian Copper Batik Textile Floral Printing Blocks
Located in Yonkers, NY
A set of five vintage Indonesian copper Batik textile printing blocks from the mid 20th century, with floral patterns. We have an unlimited stock available, priced per set of five. C...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Mounted Objects
Materials
Copper
H 8 in. W 8 in. D 1.75 in.
William Caxton, A Leaf from the Polycronicon, 1482, First Printing in English
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: CAXTON, William - Higden, Ranulf (Ranulphus).
Title: Polycronicon. ( Polychronicon ).
Publisher: [Westminster]: William Caxton, 1482.
An Original A single folio lea...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier British Books
Materials
Paper
H 10.52 in. W 7.68 in. D 0.01 in.
Hamilton Typesetters Desktop Vintage Industrial Oak Printing Press Desk Design
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Antique Hamilton of Two Rivers Wisconsin Industrial steel/oak type Ledge Worktable for Printers, Printmakers, or TypeSetting. Patina and wear to all surfaces. Many years of use has c...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Steel
H 18 in. W 72 in. D 26 in.
The American Revolution by John Fiske, Later Printing, Two Volumes, 1901
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Fiske, John. The American Revolution. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1901. In two volumes. Reprint ("Twenty seventh thousand"). 8vo. Three-quarter tan calf, blin...
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 8.5 in. W 5.25 in. D 2.5 in.
Madman's Drum, A Novel in Woodcuts by Lynd Ward, Second Printing, 1930
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: WARD, Lynd.
Title: Madman's Drum. A Novel In Woodcuts by Lynd Ward.
Publisher: NY: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930.
SECOND PRINTING. 1 vol., hardbound, with th...
Category
Vintage 1930s North American Books
Materials
Fabric
"Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson" Signed by Herbert Hoover, Sixth Printing, 1958
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Hoover, Herbert. The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1958. Signed and inscribed by Herbert Hoover. Sixth printing. Original dust jacket and housed in a custom slipca...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 9.75 in. W 6.75 in. D 2 in.
Martyn Green's Treasury of Gilbert and Sullivan, Stated 1st Printing
Located in valatie, NY
Martyn Green's Treasury of Gilbert and Sullivan by Martyn Green. Simon & Shuster, New York, 1961. Stated 1st printing hardcover with Gaylord dust jacket. William Martyn-Green, better...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Books
Materials
Paper
Character Is Destiny, Signed by John McCain, First Edition, Later Printing, 2005
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
McCain, John, with Mark Salter. Character is Destiny: Inspiring Stories We Should All Know. New York: Random House, 2005. First edition, later printing. Signed by McCain. Octavo. In ...
Category
Early 2000s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 9.88 in. W 8.5 in. D 1.75 in.
Mario Bellini, LOGOS 50/60 (59) Electronic Printing Calculator for Olivetti 1972
By Mario Bellini, Olivetti
Located in London, GB
Mario Bellini (designer), Italy
Olivetti (manufacturer), Italy
LOGOS 50/60 (59) Electronic Printing Calculator, designed 1972
Die-cast aluminium casing and ABS plastic (and othe...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Desk Sets
Materials
Aluminum
H 4.73 in. W 16.54 in. D 9.45 in.
Life of George Washington by Jared Sparks, Period Binding, Later Printing, 1843
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Sparks, Jared. The Life of George Washington. Boston: Tappan and Dennet, 1843. Later printing. Octavo. In contemporary boards, professionally rebacked, and tooled in period style, wi...
Category
Antique 1840s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 9.25 in. W 5.88 in. D 2 in.
Large 19th Century Pine Wood Photography Darkroom Negative Printing Tilt Frame
Located in Haarlem, NL
This is a large tilting antique pine wood dovetailed 19th century photography wood darkroom contact printing frame on a mobile wheeled stand
A printing frame or a 'chassis presse pho...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Picture Frames
Materials
Iron
H 52.37 in. W 51.19 in. D 24.41 in.
Park Maker Life of Frederick Law Olmsted by Elizabeth Stevenson, 1st Printing
Located in valatie, NY
Park Maker: Life of Frederick Law Olmsted by Elizabeth Stevenson. MacMillan Publishing Company, 1977. Stated 1st Printing hardcover with dust jacket. 484pgs and 28 B/W photos. Freder...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 9.5 in. W 6.5 in. D 2 in.
The Original Bill Paley 1996 by Kate Paley, Rare 1st Ed Private Printing
Located in valatie, NY
The Original Bill Paley 1996 by Kate Paley. 1st Ed hardcover with pictorial inset to the front cover, no dust jacket as issued. In the famous Slim Aarons photograph of Babe Paley, po...
Category
1990s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 6.25 in. W 6.25 in. D .75 in.
Strangers in the Vly by Edmund Gilligan, First Edition and 1st Printing
By Edmund Gilligan
Located in valatie, NY
Strangers in the Vly by Edmund Gilligan. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 261 pp. A horror novel set in New York's Catskill mountains wher...
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Console with Early 20th Century Printing Blocks Top on Black Metal Frame
Located in London, GB
Console specially designed to display 1920s typography letters housed in its original wooden typesetter tray with a variety of wooden vintage letterpress printing blocks of letters, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Console Tables
Materials
Metal
H 30.71 in. W 41.34 in. D 15.36 in.
Nice Grand Tour Roman Head Marble and Bronze Printing Press Stamp Large Sized
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this lovely Roman bronze head mounted in marble printing stamp
A large decorative piece, most likely a grand tour collectable
Dimensions
Height 7....
Category
Antique 19th Century English Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
H 2.96 in. W 3.15 in. D 1.19 in.
Italian Midcentury Space Age Solari di Udine Card-Printing Flip Clock 1976 Red
By Solari Udine
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Gorgeous Solari di Udine flap wall clock, numbered, 1st edition of the card-printing production by Solari di Udine, with all original parts and European plug. Extremely rare piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Clocks
Materials
Metal
H 19.69 in. W 10.63 in. D 7.09 in.
Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice, 1st Ed - 1st Printing, Uncorrected Proof 1964
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: FLEMING, Ian.
Title: You Only Live Twice - UNCORRECTED PROOF.
Publisher: London: Jonathan Cape, 1964.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, UNCORRECTED PROOF. 1 vol., perh...
Category
Vintage 1960s British Books
Materials
Paper
H 7.5 in. W 5 in. D .5 in.
Console with Early 20th Century Printing Letters and Glass Top on Metal Frame
Located in London, GB
Console specially designed to display 1920s typography letters housed in its original wooden typesetter tray with a variety of wooden vintage letterpress printing blocks of letters, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Console Tables
Materials
Metal
H 30.71 in. W 41.34 in. D 15.36 in.
Historic Houses Restored and Preserved by Marian Page, 1st Ed and 1st Printing
Located in valatie, NY
Historic Houses Restored and Preserved by Marian Page. Whitney Library of Design, New York, 1976. Stated 1st Ed and printing hardcover with dust jacket. 200 illustrations, Bibliograp...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 12.25 in. W 9.25 in. D .88 in.
1855 Inauguration Stationary President Franklin Pierce, Presidential
By US Government Printing Office
Located in Acworth, GA
1855 Inauguration Stationary President Franklin Pierce. Showing images of the first 13 Presidents. Great condition and color. When a new President took office patriotic items were ma...
Category
Antique 1850s American American Classical Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Large WWII Bank Display $100 Savings Bond
By US Government Printing Office
Located in Acworth, GA
During WWII the Treasury Department made all kinds of promotional material and displays to raise money for the war effort by selling Government Bonds. This is probably the most spect...
Category
Vintage 1940s American American Classical Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Rare Presidential Document Wax Seal, 1840-1860
By US Government Printing Office
Located in Acworth, GA
Rare antique United States Presidential wax seal
red wax document seal, circa mid-1800s based on the style used at the time
rare antique U.S. Presidential red wax document seal, ci...
Category
Antique 1840s American American Classical Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wax
PRINTING ROLL TABLE LAMP
Located in New York, NY
TABLE LAMPS MADE OUT OF ANTIQUE PRINTING ROLLS. 6 LAMPS ARE AVAILABLE AND ALL HAVE A DIFFERENT PATTERN AND SOLD SEPERATELY
Category
20th Century French Table Lamps
Copper Topographical Map Printing Plate of Winchester, VA
Located in Cookeville, TN
This is a unique antique copper printing plate for Winchester, Virginia. It is a topographical plate. The plate is labeled “Winchester 83” and is presented unframed.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Other Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Copper
Vintage Copper Printing Blocks of Bayard Shotgun Rifles
Located in Antwerp, BE
Three copper printing plates used to print advertisements for Belgian Bayard rifles, circa 1940. The extremely detailed design of each printing block makes these a great desk accesso...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Paperweights
Materials
Copper
Copper Waterway Map Printing Plate of Winchester, VA
Located in Cookeville, TN
This is a unique antique copper printing plate for Winchester, Virginia. It is a waterway plate. The plate is labelled “Winchester 83” and is presented unframed.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Other Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Copper
19thC Alphabet Tray of Wooden Letterpress Printing Blocks c.1895
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The collection of approximately one hundred and twenty three letterpress printing blocks, presented in their original wooden stained tray from the print house, the font being an elon...
Category
Antique 1890s English Late Victorian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Mahogany
Table Lamp from Industrial Wallpaper Printing Roller from the Early 1990s
Located in Madison, WI
Table lamp created from roller used to print wallpaper in the late 1800s. Mounted on a hand-crafted, distressed maple base, the lamp was professionally-wired with UL-approved compone...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Iron Printing Table
Located in Culver City, CA
America, circa 1920
Category
20th Century American Industrial and Work Tables
Engravers Printing Press
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Printing Press by Peter Leisten. Complete working mechanism.
Category
Antique 19th Century German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Printing Factory Turtle Table
Located in New Rochelle, NY
A fine example of a 1910 to 1920's printing table or known as a turtle table. It has a great patina all around with its original top(see photos). As you can see this table was used f...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Metal
Large Scale Antique Printing Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderful large scale metal industrial table with a height adjustable tilt top and wheels. It was used in printing large scale posters and is called a "Mashek Form Truck".
The pati...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Steel
Aluminum printing roll table lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large and elegant alumnum printing roll table lamp.High with the shade 41 inches.
Category
Vintage 1950s Unknown Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage French Textile Printing Cylinder
By Brendan Bass
Located in Dallas, TX
Vintage French textile printing cylinder as end table. Lagos Azul top.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Industrial End Tables
19thc French Stone Printing Blocks
Located in New York, NY
French Stone Printing Blocks<br />
Great Graphics<br />
Can be used as serving pieces<br />
Decorative<br />
Five Available
Category
Antique 19th Century French Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Original, Vintage Industrial Printing Table or Desk
Located in Oakville, CT
Original, vintage Industrial, very ornate printing table or desk.
Category
20th Century American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Architectural Color by Tom Porter, Stated First Printing
Located in valatie, NY
Architectural Color by Tom Porter. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1982. Stated 1st printing hardcover with no dust jacket. 126 pp. A design guide to using color on buildings....
Category
Vintage 1980s American Books
Materials
Paper
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote, Early Printing, 1958
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Capote, Truman. Breakfast at Tiffany's. A Short Novel and Three Stories. New York: Random House, early printing(1958). Octavo, full leather with decorative spine and boards in custom...
Category
Vintage 1950s Books
1989 1/4 Scale Gutenberg Model Printing Press Miniature Lewis McClure
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage 1989 ¼ scale model Gutenberg printing press from the miniature book society’s conclave seven keepsake, including linoleum block print made by Kalman L. Levitan. Measures: 17"...
Category
Vintage 1980s Renaissance Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
H 16.5 in. W 6.25 in. L 16.5 in.
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Printing Office For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the printing office you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A printing office — often made from paper, wood and metal — can elevate any home. Find 107 options for an antique or vintage printing office now, or shop our selection of 5 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer printing office, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A printing office is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Industrial, Mid-Century Modern and Neoclassical styles are sought with frequency. A well-made printing office has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Ernest Hemingway, US Government Printing Office and Mario Bellini are consistently popular.
How Much is a Printing Office?
A printing office can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,250, while the lowest priced sells for $49 and the highest can go for as much as $35,000.