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Bain, Eric K. THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGN.
New York Hastings House Publishers 1970 square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 182 pages.
First U.S. edition. Filled with illustrations. Jacket rubbed with small tears.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 24788

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Biggs, John R. BASIC TYPOGRAPHY.
New York Watson-Guptill Publications (1972) square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 176 pages.
First U.S. edition, second printing. Discusses the mechanics of book production. Many illustrations. Jacket rubbed.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 22795

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Biggs, John R. BASIC TYPOGRAPHY.
New York Watson-Guptill (1968) square 8vo. cloth. 176 pages.
First U.S. edition. Discusses the mechanics of book production. Many illustrations. Minor fading of spine.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 62008

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(Bookbinding) Smith, Keith A. and Fred A. Jordan SEWN AND PASTED CLOTH OR LEATHER BOOKBINDING FOR BOOK ARTISTS REQUIRING NO SPECIAL TOOLS OR EQUIPMENT.
Book No. 181. Rochester (NY) Keith Smith Books (2011) 8vo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. 415+(1) pages.
First edition, later printing. Part of the Sewn and Pasted, Cloth or Leather series. The sixth book on book design and bookbinding from the book artist K.A. Smith, with the assistance of the binder and teacher F.A. Jordan, covers the making of books from the selection of paper from the standpoint of binding requirements up to and including finishing. Three bindings suitable for nonprofessional (but not unskilled!) binders are emphasized: pamphlet binding in boards, flat back (cased) binding, and tight back (rounded and backed) quarter leather. There are many photographic illustrations and clear drawings of structures, materials, processes and finished products. With notes, a glossary, indexes and a list of paper and leather suppliers.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 53429

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(Book Design) Glassner, Andrew S 3D COMPUTER GRAPHICS, A USER'S GUIDE FOR ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS.
N.P. Design Books 1989 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 240 pages
Second edition. This is a completely updated and redesigned version of a popular text that is a concise introduction to professional techniques for nonprogrammers and nonmathematicians. Its scope takes in the entire field of three-dimensional computer graphics with an emphasis on modeling of shapes, specification of materials, and lighting design. For those with limited computer backgrounds who wish to use computer graphics in commercial and industrial design, advertising, and art, this book will provide a firm understanding of the principles and hardware used to create realistic, three-dimensional images, scenes, and animations. Subjects cover basic concepts and hardware, geometry and color, computer graphics hardware, surfaces and materials, lighting and shading, polygons and polygonal models, textures, fractals, curved surfaces, basic modeling, principles of rendering, rendering algorithms, advanced modeling, computer-assisted animation, and production techniques. Illustrated.
Price: $ 12.00 other currencies Order nr. 50257

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Bridgewater, Peter, et. al. DESIGN, GRAPHICS, ILLUSTRATION, AIRBRUSHING.
(Secaucus, NJ) Wellfleet Press (1988) 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket 336 pages
This is a one-volume reference source for aspiring designers, whatever their level of expertise. The materials and techniques of graphic design, illustration, and airbrushing are all described and illustrated, and their practical application in the commercial world is explained. Finished illustrations and step-by-step commissions by established artists reveal the process of design and illustration and how the end results are achieved. Light soiling to dust jacket.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 65114

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Bringhurst, Robert and Peter Rutledge Koch, et al. CARVING THE ELEMENTS: A COMPANION TO THE FRAGMENTS OF PARMENIDES
Berkeley Editions Koch 2004 6 x 9 inches Paperback 138 pages
First edition. This companion piece to The Fragments of Parmenides reveals the "blood, sweat and tears" the creators put into their original book. Carving the Elements tells the detailed story of the making of The Fragments of Parmenides, a grandiose book project meticulously crafted by: master letterpress printer Peter Koch; poet, translator and typographer Robert Bringhurst; punchcutter, type designer, typefounder and poet Dan Carr; master stonecutter and type designer Christopher Stinehour; master bookbinder Daniel Kelm; bookbinder, casemaker and printer Peggy Gotthold; and visual artist and master wood engraver Richard Wagener.
The text of the book, actually written by the book artists themselves, takes the reader through their journey in the making of The Fragmentswith essays including the following: "Philosophy & Printing in the Real West: or Herakleitos in Montana and Fly Fishing on Telegraph Avenue" by Peter Koch; "Deep in the Stone: A Conversation about Hand-Crafted Letters" by Christopher Stinehour; "Parmenides, Craft and Being: Designing and Cutting an Archaic Greek Typeface" by Dan Carr; "Finding the Form of an Ancient Text" by Robert Bringhurst; "A Dream of Pre-Socratic Color: From Joshua Tree to Baudelaire" by Richard Wagener; "How Is It Possible for the "One" to Have So Many Parts?" by Daniel E. Kelm; "Binding Parmenides" by Peggy Gotthold; and "Raven's Wine Cup" by Robert Bringhurst.
Well-illustrated and written by true bibliophiles, "This book is ... a guided tour of ... the philosophy of artisanship, in some of its many forms." Distributed for Editions Koch.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 78258

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Day, Kenneth THE TYPOGRAPHY OF PRESS ADVERTISEMENT.
New York Macmillan Co. 1956 4to. cloth. xvi, 304 pages.
First U.S. edition. Typographical principles explained and adapted for the advertising media. Well-illustrated. Corner bumped.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 43733

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De Vinne, Theodore Low A TREATISE ON TITLE-PAGES.
New York Haskell House Publishers 1972 8vo. cloth. xx, 485 pages.
Reprint of the first edition. (Hart no.15). Hundreds of illustrations. Covers spotted and top of spine bumped.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 104957

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Dreyfuss, Henry DESIGNING FOR PEOPLE
(New York Grossman Publishers 1974) tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 230, (2) pages.
Reprint of first edition. Discussion of design by industrial designers including such subjects as design of telephones, cars, airplanes, etc.
Price: $ 18.00 other currencies Order nr. 114643

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Ernst, Sandra B. ABC'S OF TYPOGRAPHY.
New York Art Direction Book Company (1977) 4to. cloth, dust jacket. ix, 188 pages.
First edition. Nine chapters on the art of typography. Many examples. Minor jacket wear. Ink ownership inscription on free endpaper.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 43203

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Fichtenberg, M. NEW AND COMPLETE MANUAL ON THE MAKING OF FANCY PAPERS BY M. FICHTENBERG
Edited by Richard J. Wolfe New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2010 5 x 7.25 inches hardcover 242 pages
New and Complete Manual on the Making of Fancy Papers was originally written in French by M. Fichtenberg in 1852. Richard Wolfe has translated the book into English and added a new preface.

The craft of marbling paper was introduced into Europe and the Middle East from Turkey and Germany during the last two decades of the sixteenth century, and then into France in the first decade of the seventeenth century. England, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and other European countries began marbling as well, but the production outside of England still remained small. It was not until its introduction into the British Isles in 1750 that marbling increased in popularity.

In France, marbling was first performed by bookbinders who catered mainly to the needs of the book trade. This often meant marbled papers were used for decorating "extra" bindings, or even sometimes made for people who restricted their output to wallpaper. Fortunately, the nineteenth century saw a change in French marbling, as they were introduced to a Turkish pattern containing an infusion of turpentine in the final color. This created an appearance of a network of fine, lacey holes.

New and Complete Manual on the Making of Fancy Papers documents the changes and innovations in French marbling, and describes the marbling and fancy paper trades of the mid-nineteenth century. It also provides technical details on the manufacture of these papers and is a key source for information that couldn't be found anywhere else at the time.

This manual describes many steps in the marbling process. It describes the methods of making colors and the preparation of the aluminum serving to give body to the colors including reds and violets, yellows, blues, and greens. It discusses the preparation of hide glue, paste, glue, glazing, polishers, workshops, troughs, papers that are quilted, papers exhibiting the grain of wood, granite papers, printing, varnishing, sealing wax, and a variety of other details. Four pages of color illustrations complete the book.
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 106047

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Goodchild, Jon and Bill Henkin. BY DESIGN: A GRAPHICS SOURCEBOOK OF MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES.
New York, London, and Tokyo Quick Fox (1980) small 4to. stiff paper wrappers 255+(1) pages
First edition. Everything you need to know to start designing professional looking graphics. Includes resources for further study and assistance. Many helpful pictures in black-and-white. Index.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 78024

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Gottschall, Edward M. (editor) TYPOGRAPHIC DIRECTIONS, ADVERTISING DIRECTIONS 4 (TRENDS IN VISUAL ADVERTISING).
New York Art Directions Book Co. (1964) 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 279 pages.
First edition. 30 authorities explore the past, present and future of advertising. Over 450 illustrations. Jacket soiled and chipped.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 8871

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Graydon, Samuel SOME NOTES ON CATALOG MAKING.
New York The Trow Press 1909 small 8vo. boards. 30 pages.
Limited to 900 numbered copies. A discussion of how a catalogue should be produced by Graydon of the Trow Press. Meant for advertising men.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 27860

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Günder, Gabriele DESKTOP DES?!GN
(Düsseldorf KrausDruck OHG 1988) large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket 164 pages
First edition. A graphic design manual for Macintosh computers in German. With sections on type faces, layouts, and image quality. Equipment, including scanners, laser printers, and software, is also discussed. With bibliography, index and glossary. Dust jacket shows wear and stains.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 74537

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Hochuli, Jost and Robin Kinross DESIGNING BOOKS: PRACTICE AND THEORY.
London Hyphen Press (1996) large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket 166, (2) pages.
First edition thus. A study of book design which is divided into three parts. The first, Book Design as a School of Thought, was originally delivered in German as a lecture and published as a pamphlet in 1991. The second part, Designing Books, was published as a separate booklet by Agfa in 1989, in German. The third part, Books Designed by Jost Hochuli, is new. Co-author Robin Kinross comments on 27 of his works. Illustrated and includes an index of book designers, illustrators, publishers and journals. Only slight jacket wear.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 70679

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Karch, R. Randolph. BASIC LESSONS IN PRINTING LAYOUT.
Milwaukee Bruce Publishing Company (1952) 8vo. stiff paper boards, plastic comb binding. 140 pages.
A textbook for the beginning student in typographic design. Covers display composition, correct spacing, and copyfitting. With problems and projects. Well-illustrated with photographs and examples. Edges rubbed, slightly chipped.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 48855

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Lewis, John and Smith, Edwin. REPRODUCING ART, THE PHOTOGRAPHY, GRAPHIC REPRODUCTION AND PRINTING OF WORKS OF ART.
New York Frederick A. Praeger (1969) small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 143+(1) pages.
A manual about transferring art from one medium to another. Topics include the early methods of printmaking, such as lithography and etching, and the modern methods, electronic color scanners, collotype, etc. An invaluable reference for anyone involved in the graphic reproduction of works of art. Many illustrations in black and white and color, with detailed technique explanations. Jacket is price clipped.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 44614

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Lewis, John and Smith, Edwin. REPRODUCING ART, THE PHOTOGRAPHY, GRAPHIC REPRODUCTION AND PRINTING OF WORKS OF ART.
New York Frederick A. Praeger (1969) small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 143+(1) pages.
A manual about transferring art from one medium to another. Topics include the early methods of printmaking, such as lithography and etching, and the modern methods, electronic color scanners, collotype, etc. An invaluable reference for anyone involved in the graphic reproduction of works of art. Many illustrations in black and white and color, with detailed technique explanations. Jacket has a piece missing along bottom of front cover.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 114673

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Lewis, Richard A. ANNUAL REPORTS, CONCEPTION AND DESIGN OF ANNUAL REPORTS.
Zurich Graphis (1971) 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 204 pages.
The first in a series of annuals produced by Graphis devoted to the Annual Report. Text in German, French and English. Hundreds of illustrations including many in color. Jacket chipped with small closed tears along edges.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 41301

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McLean, Ruari THE THAMES AND HUDSON MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY.
(New York) Thames and Hudson (1992) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 216 pages.
Reprint of the first U.S. paperback edition, with corrections for this printing. Contains an historical introduction and chapters on equipment, methods of composition, casting-off, and jobbing, newspaper and magazine production. Well illustrated.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 108565

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McLean, Ruari THE THAMES AND HUDSON MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY.
(New York) Thames and Hudson (1996) 8vo. later quarter green cloth with patterned cloth covered boards and with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. 216 pages.
Reprint of the first U.S. paperback edition, with corrections. Contains an historical introduction and chapters on equipment, methods of composition, casting-off, and jobbing, newspaper and magazine production. Well illustrated. In binding.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 118145

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Miles, John DESIGN FOR DESKTOP PUBLISHING, A GUIDE TO LAYOUT AND TYPOGRAPHY ON THE PERSONAL COMPUTER.
San Francisco Chronicle Books (1987) 4to. paper wrappers with spiral comb binding. 101 pages.
First edition. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 30886

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Mitchell, Michael and Susan Wightman BOOK TYPOGRAPHY: A DESIGNER'S MANUAL
Marlborough, Wiltshire Libanus Press 2005 7.25 x 9.25 inches paperback 434 pages
Book Typography: A Designer's Manual is a comprehensive guide to typography and typesetting. Books depend on good design to communicate. Every type of book, from a poetry collection to an encyclopedia, has its own style of communication. This manual describes the principles of good design, why they exist, and how to put them to practice.
Book Typography leads the reader from an understanding of what is a readable text, through the construction of books through all their different forms - novels, illustrated books and complex reference works. The organization of text and the handling of images are explained in detail. Advice is also given on work progression and print management.
Designing books is a visual task and is best demonstrated with visual examples. Book Typography contains over a thousand examples and illustrations showing typographic principles put into practice - from the smallest detail of punctuation to flat plans of entire books. All the samples come from published works and each is labeled with the font used, its size and leading. Additional information and comment is provided in the side notes.
Book Typography defines the industry's technical terminology in the chapter, "The Basic Terms of the Trade". An extensive glossary is also included. It is an essential guide for students and recent graduates hoping to work in book design and publishing.
Book Typography covers every aspect of the book designer's task, providing an invaluable reference to editors, copy-editors, proofreaders, production managers and publishers.
Distributed for Libanus Press. Sales Rights: Worldwide except Europe and the UK; available in Europe and the UK from Libanus Press.
Price: $ 69.95 other currencies Order nr. 92771

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