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Hurlburt, Allen PUBLICATION DESIGN, A GUIDE TO PAGE LAYOUT TYPOGRAPHY, FORMAT AND STYLE.
New York Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. (1971) small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 138 pages.
First edition. Includes sections on color, typography and technique. The silver jacket is rubbed.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 4328

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Huss, Richard E. MERGENTHALER'S LAST INVENTION: A STUDY OF THE LOGOTYPE CASTING AND COMPOSING MACHINE OF 1901
Lancaster Richard E. Huss 1985 4to. cloth (11), ii, 16 leaves with 10 illustrations
Monograph on the Logotype Casting and Composing machine of 1901. Typescript, black-and-white frontispiece, and 10 illustrations. Presentation from the author on free endpaper "To Carl Schlesinger with my compliments, Richard Huss." Also included is a T.L.s. from Huss to Schlesinger meant to accompany this book.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 104447

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IDEAS ON DESIGN
London and Boston Pentagram and Faber and Faber (1986) small 4to. cloth, dust jacket 160 pages
First U.S. edition. A look at some recent creative solutions to design problems. Dozens of images reproduced in color and black and white. Useful for those professionally and personally involved in design, typography, and communications.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 77919

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Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and .. Johnson ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF TYPE FACES (
London) Blandford Press (1993) 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xi, 416 pages.
Reprint of the first paperback edition which was a reprint of the fourth edition, revised and enlarged. Still the best guide to the subject. Some wear at corners.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 32482

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Johnston, Alastair ALPHABETS TO ORDER: LITERATURE OF 19TH-CENTURY TYPEFOUNDERS' SPECIMENS
New Castle Oak Knoll Press 2000 small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 222 pages.
First edition. This work explores the literature of nineteenth century typefounders Catalogues. Combining typographic scholarship and literary criticism, Alastair Johnston presents and discusses hundreds of examples of texts that show British and North American founders' interests and preoccupations with letter forms. Co-published with The British Library. Illustrated with hundreds of type specimens.
Price: $ 39.95 other currencies Order nr. 60132

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Johnston, Alastair M. HANGING QUOTES: TALKING BOOK ARTS, TYPOGRAPHY & POETRY.
(Victoria, TX) Cuneiform Press 2011 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 270 pages
A landmark oral history project with 19 interviews with book artists, typographers and poets including Nicolas Barker and Robert Creeley. Discussions of the transition from cast metal to digital type with Matthew Carter, Sumner Stona and Fred Smeijers; artists' books with Sandra Kirshenbaum and Joan and Nathan Lyons; and the history of the book in the 20th century with Dave Haselwood, Holbrook Teter, Bob Hawley, Walter Hamady and Graham Mackintosh. Table of contents and index.
Price: $ 22.00 other currencies Order nr. 110223

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(Johnston, Edward) Holliday, Peter EDWARD JOHNSTON: MASTER CALLIGRAPHER
New Castle and London Oak Knoll Press and the British Library 2007 8.5 x 11 inches hardcover 412 pages
First edition. Edward Johnston (1872-1944) was a man of letters - master calligrapher, typeface designer and creator of the lettering and branding for the London Underground. He was also a great teacher and philosopher. Many were, and still are, influenced by his down-to-earth ideas on calligraphy and lettering, and those who studied in his classes at the Central School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London took his ideas and views into their own classes and to their own students. Great calligraphers and letterers of today throughout the world are still influenced by Edward Johnston's work.

This detailed book by art and design historian Peter Holliday looks afresh at Johnston's work and legacy. It considers his friendships and his philosophy, the people he worked with and the influence he had on them and others. Importantly it gives details of the setting up of the craft community at Ditchling in Sussex and the craftspeople who were all drawn to the village as a result. During his career, Peter Holliday taught at Ravensbourne College of Design and worked at Ditchling Museum. He contributed to and edited the book Eric Gill in Ditchling published by Oak Knoll in 2002. Holliday passed away in November 2003 while creating this book, and the task of completing it passed to his sister, Susan Skinner. As a fellow calligrapher, she recognized the importance of this book on Johnston. With the information left to her by Holliday, Skinner contacted Sam Mullen to help her complete this book. Skinner and Mullen lightly edited Holliday's work using his impeccable research and have left the original Preface, written in 2002, untouched.
Co-published with The British Library. Sales Rights: Worldwide except in the UK; available in the UK from The British Library.
Price: $ 49.95 other currencies Order nr. 92516

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(Johnston, Edward) Holliday, Peter EDWARD JOHNSTON: MASTER CALLIGRAPHER
New Castle and London Oak Knoll Press and the British Library 2007 8.5 x 11 inches hardcover, dust jacket. 412 pages
Covers bumped.

First edition. Edward Johnston (1872-1944) was a man of letters - master calligrapher, typeface designer and creator of the lettering and branding for the London Underground. He was also a great teacher and philosopher. Many were, and still are, influenced by his down-to-earth ideas on calligraphy and lettering, and those who studied in his classes at the Central School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London took his ideas and views into their own classes and to their own students. Great calligraphers and letterers of today throughout the world are still influenced by Edward Johnston's work.

This detailed book by art and design historian Peter Holliday looks afresh at Johnston's work and legacy. It considers his friendships and his philosophy, the people he worked with and the influence he had on them and others. Importantly it gives details of the setting up of the craft community at Ditchling in Sussex and the craftspeople who were all drawn to the village as a result. During his career, Peter Holliday taught at Ravensbourne College of Design and worked at Ditchling Museum. He contributed to and edited the book Eric Gill in Ditchling published by Oak Knoll in 2002. Holliday passed away in November 2003 while creating this book, and the task of completing it passed to his sister, Susan Skinner. As a fellow calligrapher, she recognized the importance of this book on Johnston. With the information left to her by Holliday, Skinner contacted Sam Mullen to help her complete this book. Skinner and Mullen lightly edited Holliday's work using his impeccable research and have left the original Preface, written in 2002, untouched.
Co-published with The British Library.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 102484

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Kehrli, J. Otto. TYPOGRAPHIE UND KUNST.
Bern Schweizerischen Gutenbergmuseum 1945 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), 84 pages, with illustrations.
On typography and art from the beginnings of printing to the present day. Well-illustrated. Jacket torn with pieces missing including spine.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 48966

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Kelly, Jerry GOTTHARD DE BEAUCLAIR: ART AND LITERATURE THROUGH TYPOGRAPHY AND DESIGN
With an Introduction by Hermann Zapf New York The Typophiles 2006 6 x 9 inches paperback 48 pages
Born in 1907, Gotthard de Beauclair spent most of his life learning about calligraphy, printing, typography, and book design. With his expertise and skillful technique, he produced some of the finest examples of limited edition books. Even now, his work stands as a model for superior bookmaking.

This catalogue includes an Introduction by Hermann Zapf and a brief history of de Beauclair's work as a student, typographer, designer, and bookmaker. It lists his endeavors at the Insel Verlag, the Stempel Typefoundry, various publishers, the Trajanus Presse, and others. A section of illustrations is also included. The book was set in Aldus, a typeface designed by Hermann Zapf (Gotthard de Beauclair was also instrumental in the font's conception).

While the leading book designer in Gernmany, Beauclair is not as well known in the United States. Many presses in Germany and around the world have given up the tradition of printing from metal type by letterpress. Run now as industrial companies, publishing companies are often merged focusing on mass production over quality. This book brings to light the typographic work used in Beauclair's exceptional publications in hopes of demonstrating that fine editions can still be produced today in exquisite detail, even despite the ever-growing technologies.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 108921

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Kelly, Jerry SPEND YOUR ALPHABETS LAVISHLY! THE WORK OF HERMANN & GUDRUN ZAPF
With an Introduction by David Pankow New York The Typophiles in association with RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press 2007 6 x 9 inches paperback 48 pages
This catalogue of an exhibition at the Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection Rochester Institute of Technology presents a survey of work by Hermann and Gudrun Zapf. Honoring their fifty-year long relationship with RIT, the exhibition featured examples of calligraphy, type design, book design, and bookbinding drawn completely from the Zapf archives of RIT. The book provides a brief history of the Zapf's relationship with RIT, information regarding their calligraphy and contributions, and an 18 page section devoted to illustrations .

Beginning in 1957 when Hermann Zapf visited the original downtown Rochester campus of RIT, the school's relationship with the Zapf's continued to grow over the years. Hermann Zapf was the first recipient of the Goudy Award, and in 1977 he was appointed as Cary Professor where he had a dramatic impact on the Institute's printing and design program. He extensively used the Cary Graphic Arts Collection, a rare book library devoted to the history of the book and printing acquired by RIT in 1969, and taught his students the importance of original manuscripts, early books, and the early types of Jenson, Aldus, and others.

In 1991, with her considerable achievements in bookbinding, calligraphy, and type design, Gudrun Zaptf von Hesse also won the Goudy Award. Her receipt of this award was significant because it was planned in conjunction with the dedication of a larger library facility. Ever since their beginning involvements, the Zapf's have remained prominent in helping acquire collections.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 108920

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Kelly, Jerry TYPE REVIVALS: WHAT ARE THEY? WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? WHERE ARE THEY GOING?
New York The Typophiles 2011 6 x 9 inches paperback pamphlet 16 pages
Typophiles Monograph: New Series No. 27

Type Revivals gives the history of type revivals and explores their place in modern type design. By examining some of the earliest type revivals, the definition of a true type revival emerges: it is an adaptation of an old typeface for current production and use, not merely a rote reproduction. With this definition in mind, the book shows that even while brand new fonts were being developed, typographers were in the habit of looking back to old designs for inspiration, especially between 1915 and 1990, the "golden age of type revivals." Even during this golden age, the book explains, many typographers experienced difficulty reviving old typefaces. Some problems they faced were incorrectly attributed fonts, poor specimen sheets, and varied character sizes. In spite of these problems, type revivals continue to occur, and, as the book argues, will keep happening as long as new fonts are made.

In the margins, there are some revived types presented with the original types they were based on.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 109466

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Kindersley, David` GRAPHIC VARIATIONS.
Cambridge David Kindersley (1979) small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 51 leaves.
First edition. Four pages of text by Kindersley on the drawing of alphabets followed by the plates of demonstration alphabets printed on different colors of paper in different colors of ink. Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 21082

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(Kis Totfalusi, Miklos) Nemeth, Andor A BETU MESTERE.
Budapest Magyar Helikon n.d. (but c. 1960) paper-covered boards, paper spine label. 54, (6) pages.
Limited to 200 numbered copies. An essay on the work of the seventeenth century Hungarian typographer Kis Totfalusi. Contains examples of his type including one broadside laid-in. All in Hungarian.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 61736

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KLIMSCHS JAHRBUCH DES GRAPHISCHEN GEWERBES.
Frankfurt am Main Verlag Klimsch & Co. 1927 thick tall 8vo. cloth. (viii), 312 pages followed by a large number of plates demonstrating printing and illustration.
Ulrich & Kup p.57. The 20th volume of this German equivalent of the Penrose Annual. Filled with articles on printing and illustration. Tipped in color plates. Covers worn with spine covering lacking. Back cover detached.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 45779

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Knight, Stan HISTORICAL SCRIPTS FROM CLASSICAL TIMES TO THE RENAISSANCE.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press and John Neal, Bookseller (1998) 4to. hardcover, dust jacket 112 pages.
Second edition. The craft of calligraphy has a 2000-year history in the Western world. Up to the time of the Renaissance, calligraphy was the only means of preserving literature, and so, it played a vital role in the spread of learning, culture, and religion. Historical scripts were not rigidly-fixed "styles;" they represented the high peaks in an endlessly shifting landscape. Throughout centuries, styles of writing were continually being modified and developed in response to a multitude of influences encompassing political, religious, aesthetic, intellectual, sociological, and pragmatic changes in the ways that books were made and scripts were written. The modern calligrapher, typographer, historian, and anyone interested in western lettering and documents benefits from studying the methods, skills, and attitudes of generations of historical scribes who produced such outstanding and accomplished works for so many centuries.
Revised and expanded, this book is an excellent survey of bookhands with its full-page, enlarged illustrations and solidly researched sources. It is a useful text for studying the history of manuscripts as well as the details of letter construction. This work also helps one make judgments about the technical condition of letter writing and its qualities of rhythm and movement, possible only when consulting an original manuscript. The author has gone to considerable lengths to obtain photographs that are well-focused and lit so that the tactile qualities of surfaces, ink tone, and flow are revealed. The author has chosen examples of formal writing that show a coherent and reasonably consistent relationship between methods of tool use and letter formation, making the construction of a script much easier to grasp in practice. He has also made the effort of selecting writing without idiosyncrasies of style. Corners bumped.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 117712

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Knight, Stan HISTORICAL TYPES FROM GUTENBERG TO ASHENDENE.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2012 9 x 12 inches hardcover with dust jacket 104 pages
Historical Types begins in 1454 with Gutenberg's experiments with moveable type and reaches as far as the Fine Press movement at the beginning of the twentieth century. Every historical example shown in the survey is the result of hand-engraved punches, hand-set type, and pages hand-printed sheet by sheet. The book explores every major development in the design of type and includes some (previously) lesser-known designers whose type designs made significant contributions to the craft. The material is divided into sections by historical period and assigned category numbers for easy reference.

The text of the book provides an excellent historical background to the study of type history, but the primary value of this book is its illustrations. Each entry consists of a double-page spread showing three-fold photographic reproductions of the relevant types - a whole page of the book to show context, an actual-size sample to show scale, and a detailed enlargement to show a closer view of the type. All of the digital photographs for Historical Types have been specially commissioned (with special lighting) to show the type samples in a totally new way, with a size, detail, and clarity not seen before. Each set of illustrations is accompanied by a detailed but concise written commentary. The book also includes an extended introduction describing the book and dealing with significant material outside the scope of the commentaries.

Historical Types stands a step above other books on the history of type because of the size and quality of its reproductions and its straightforward and clear exposition. For these reasons, it should soon become a favorite text for teachers and students of type design, as well as anyone interested in the history of the book.
Price: $ 39.95 other currencies Order nr. 105522

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(Koch, Rudolf) Cinamon, Gerald RUDOLF KOCH: LETTERER, TYPE DESIGNER, TEACHER.
New Castle Oak Knoll Press 2000 small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 208 pages.
First edition. This is an important biography on the life and typographical innovations of Rudolf Koch, one of German's leading typographers in the early decades of the 20th century. Cinamon, a professional book designer and typographer himself, has captured the essence of this unique man by his excellent research and scholarship. His book is well-illustrated with hundreds of Koch's fonts, typographical designs and Koch's bold use of the wood-cut medium. Many illustrations are seen for the first time in an English language book. This critically acclaimed biography belongs in the library of anyone interested in typography, book design and calligraphy.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 112207

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Kostelanetz, Richard (editor) IMAGED WORDS & WORDED IMAGES.
New York Outerbridge & Dienstfrey (1970) small 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (x), 95, (7) pages.
First edition. An excursion into an intriguing new kind of art, derived as much from contemporary advertising as from the experiments of occasional poets and writers throughout the centuries. This collection is the first anthology of imaged words and worded images. Illustrated. Includes biographical notes.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 58513

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(Lakeside Press) DESIGN AND TYPOGRAPHY AT THE LAKESIDE PRESS
Chicago Lakeside Press n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers not paginated
Contains five subjects about design or typography with a couple of short paragraphs about each subject, together with the announcement that Walter L. Howe is the new Director of the Press's Department of Design and Topography. Edges lightly tanned.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 102313

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(Larisch, Rudolf von) Schweiger, Werner J. " SCHULE DES SCHREIBENS RUDOLF VON LARISCH."
Heft 2, Jhg. II (März/April 1982) Linz C. & E. Grosser 1982 4to. stiff paper wrappers 74 pages
An article in PARNASS: DIE OESTERREICHISCHE KUNST- UND KULTURZEITSCHRIFTFeatured (among other topics) in this issue of the Austrian arts and culture periodical Parnassis a 10-page article about the influence of Austrian typographer and graphic artist Rudolf von Larisch (1856-1934) through his work as a teacher of calligraphy and design. The exterior of this copy shows modest wear and soiling; the interior shows no signs of wear.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 91110

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Lawson, Alexander AN OLDER TYPOPHILE IN THE NINETIES.
N.P. Typophiles 1992 small 8vo. cord tied stiff paper wrappers (12) pages
A Typophile Keepsake and Red Cat Typography Pamphlet, printed for the Typophiles, Engdahl Typography, and Alexander Lawson, limited to an edition of three hundred copies. Set in Linotype and Monotype Baskerville types on Mohawk Vellum paper. Printed on a 1922 Kelly B and a Colts Universal platen press. Alexander Lawson taught typography at the School of Printing, Rochester Institute of Technology, from 1947 to 1977.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 71981

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(Lerner, Abe) Currie, Kit, et al. ABE LERNER 1908-2002
New York, NY The Typophiles 2003 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 31+(1) pages.
Typophiles Monograph New Series #20. Known throughout the world of typography, Abe Lerner was a highly respected and talented typographer/book designer with links to the likes of the great Bruce Rogers. With a meticulous eye for detail and clean design, he was constantly working on new projects. With a career that landed him as the Director of Design and Production at Macmillan, President of the Typophiles, and lecturer at the Grolier Club in New York, Abe Lerner was certainly one of our finest typographic designers of the 20th century. Published as a tribute to this great typographer/book designer, this monograph is made up of nine short and nostalgic stories written about the man by friends and colleagues alike. They include Kit Currie, Ronald Gordon, Howard Gralla, Jonathan Hill, Eric Holzenberg, Roland Hoover, Martin Hunter, Herbert Johnson and Jerry Kelly. Also included is a poem written by Kenneth Auchincloss for a dinner honoring Abe Lerner at the Grolier Club, September 16, 1993. Distributed for the Typophiles.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 94392

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(Lerner, Abe) MODERN FINE PRINTING FROM THE LIBRARY OF ABE LERNER
Los Angeles Dawson's Book Shop 1991 small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated.
Catalogue 508 issued by this bookseller.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 115147

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Lewis, John TYPOGRAPHY: DESIGN AND PRACTICE
London Barrie & Jenkins (1978) small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 144 pages.
First edition. Divided into two sections: the first deals with the influences in art and design that have shaped modern typography, the second gives practical instructions. Uncommon title. Jacket soiled and chipped with a tear in front cover.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 19652

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