Artists of a Certain Line. A Selection of Illustrators for Childrens Books. London: The Bodley Head, 1960.
A Bibliophile’s Letter from Great Britain: A Tale of Revolution, no less. Offprint from Librarium: Review of the Swiss Society of Bibliophiles, Vol. II, No. III, [1968] Approx. Rare 21 page Limited edition of only 500 copies.
The Bodley Head 1887 to 1957. London: The Bodley Head, 1970. || 4 1/4″ x 7 1/2″
The Bodley Head Device. London: The Bodley Head, 1985.
The Case for Legibility. New York: Moretus Press, 1979.
The Contemporary Private Press. London: Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1960.
A Few Cuts on Wood. Chicago: Tinling Printing Group, 1970.
A Fragment of Cresci’s Essemplare Reproduced from John Ryder’s Copy of the 1578 ed., Bournemouth, England: Bournemouth & Poole College of Art, 1967.
Decorative and special papers for experimental use at the Miniature Press. Richmond, UK: Miniature Press 1960.
Drawing for Radio Times, 1961.
Engravers Observed. London: Chiswick Press, Fine Art Engravers, Ltd, nd.
Flowers and Flourishes. Including a newly annotated edition of A Suite of Fleurons. London: The Bodley Head for MacKays, 1976.
“Giovanni Mardersteig of the Officina Bodoni in Verona”. The Private Library. 1972;
Intimate Leave from a Designer’s Notebook. Newtown, Powys, Wales: Gwasg Gregynog, 1993.
[Catalog] Michael L. Turner. John Ryder, Designer & Art Director for The Bodley Head. An Exhibition at The Bodleian Library, 1974-75. Oxford: The Bodleian Library, 1974.
[Tribute] John Ryder Remembered by His Friends. London: Bertram Rota, 2001.
John Strobel Fass, typographer and printer of leaves. 1985.
[Foreword] Michael Harvey. Lettering Design: Form and Skill in the Design and Use of Letters. London: Bodley Head, 1975.
Lines of The Alphabet in the 16th Century. London: The Stellar Press and the Bodley Head, 1965.
Miniature Folio of Private Presses. Richmond, UK, 1960.
[Foreword] The New Western Type Book. New [fourth] revised edition. London: Western Printing Services, n.d.
Printing for Pleasure. Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., 1977. || Second US edition.
Printing for Pleasure. London: The Bodley Head, 1976. 12mo., cloth, dust jacket. 129, (15) pages.
Printing for Pleasure: a practical guide for amateurs. Boston: Charles T. Branford, 1956. First US edition. || Original terra cotta cloth, gilt, dust jacket. From British sheets with a paste-over imprint.
Printing for Pleasure: a practical guide for amateurs. London: Phoenix House Ltd., 1955.
Scholar-printer-publisher at Verona. Offprint from Scholarly Publishing, 1971.
Six on the Black Art. London: Wynkyn De Worde, n.d.
A Suite of Fleurons. London: Phoenix House, 1956.
Teach Yourself Printing for Pleasure. Teach Yourself Books. London: English Universities Press Ltd 1957, 1958.