Artists of a Certain Line. A Selection of Illustrators for Children’s 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]

The Bodley Head 1887 to 1957. London: The Bodley Head, 1970. || 4 1/4" x 7 1/2" Approx. Rare 21 page Limited edition of only 500 copies.

The Case for Legibility. New York: Moretus Press, 1979.

Decorative and special papers for experimental use at the Miniature Press. Richmond, UK, 1960.

Drawing for Radio Times, 1961.

Flowers and Flourishes. Including a newly annotated edition of A Suite of Fleurons. London: The Bodley Head for MacKays, 1976.

A fragment of Cresci's Essemplare Reproduced from John Ryder's copy of the 1578 ed., Bournemouth, England: Bournemouth & Poole College of Art, 1967.

“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.

The Just Shaping of the Twentieth-Century Book. Brighton: [The Stellar Press for Tony Appleton] Christmas, 1982.

[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.

[Foreword] The New Western Type Book. New [fourth] revised edition. London: Western Printing Services, n.d.

Miniature Folio of Private Presses. Richmond, UK, 1960.

Printing for Pleasure: a practical guide for amateurs. London: Phoenix House Ltd., 1955.

Printing for Pleasure: a practical guide for amateurs. Boston: Charles T. Branford, 1956. First American edition. || Original terra cotta cloth, gilt, dust jacket. From British sheets with a paste-over imprint.

Teach Yourself Printing for Pleasure. Teach Yourself Books. London: English Universities Press Ltd 1957, 1958

Printing for Pleasure. London: The Bodley Head, 1976. 12mo., cloth, dust jacket. 129, (15) pages.

Printing for Pleasure. Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., 1977. || Second American edition.

The Study Book of Printing. With drawings by Heather Copley and Christopher Chamberlain. London: The Bodley Head, 1960, 1966, 1970.

Six on the Black Art. London: Wynkyn De Worde, n.d.

A Suite of Fleurons. London: Phoenix House, 1956.