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See More... (Caxton, William) PROPOSITIO JOHANNIS RUSSELL PRINTED BY WILLIAM CAXTON CIRCA A.D. 1476. REPRODUCED IN FACSIMILE.
Manchester and London University Press and Bernard Quaritch, and Sherratt and Hughes 1909 8vo. quarter vellum, cloth-covered boards. 35, (9) pages.
Facsimile of William Caxton's original printing reproduced here as book one of the John Rylands facsimile series. This book consists of an oration delivered by Russell on the occasion of his embassy in February 1470 to invest Charles the Bold with the Order of the Garter. Contains a new historical introduction by Henry Guppy along with a list of all works printed in this same "no.2" type. Some foxing of spine.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 59209

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See More... (Chappell, Warren) WARREN CHAPPELL.
Charlottesville Department of Rare Books, University of Virginia Library 1983 small 8vo. paper wrappers. (15) pages.
A keepsake issued on the occasion of an exhibition in the University of Virginia Library of his graphic work: drawings, illustrations, type and designs, February-March 1983.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 60687

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See More... Christian, Arthur DÉBUTS DE L'IMPRIMERIE EN FRANCE, L'IMPRIMERIE NATIONALE, L'HÔTEL DE ROHAN.
Paris Imprimerie Nationale 1905 small 4to. later cloth. xxiv, 340, (4) pages.
First edition. (St. Bride Cat. p.184). Preface by Jules Claretie followed by a history of the beginning of printing in France and histories of the two famous French printers, L'Imprimerie Nationale and Hotel de Rohan. Printed in different type faces to demonstrate types available and profusely illustrated with decorations, vignettes and other designs in various colors.
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 22254

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Clouse, Doug MACKELLAR, SMITHS & JORDAN: TYPOGRAPHIC TASTEMAKERS OF THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2008 8.5 x 11 inches Hardcover, dust jacket. 176 pages
First edition. This is the first full-length study of the leading American type foundry of the nineteenth century. It is an interesting history of the foundry from both a business and a design point of view. The emphasis is on the design of the hundreds of typefaces that were produced by the foundry, from its inception in the 1860s until its merger with most other American foundries at the end of the century. The author describes (with many detailed photographic illustrations) how changing business conditions and technical improvements in typefounding interacted with changes in public taste to modify, over the decades, the appearance of the typefaces that Americans found in their publications. While this is a study of only one of many American foundries, in many ways MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan can stand as an exemplar of all the rest. It was the descendant of the first successful American type foundry, Binny and Ronaldson, started in Philadelphia in 1796. Extensive business records of the firm exist, as do scores of type specimen books and promotional publications of the foundry. All of these have been used extensively by the author. The scores of typefaces illustrated and described are considered as the ever-changing output of a corporation, with lesser emphasis on the individual creators of each typeface. At the turn of the twentieth century, taste turned away from the florid, ornamented style of the earlier decades. Mr. Clouse has shown in this well-written study that the earlier styles were very successful in their own time and should be judged on that basis. A completely illustrated appendix showing MS&J's patented typefaces is extremely helpful.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 96669

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See More... Coakley, J.F. THE TYPOGRAPHY OF SYRIAC: A HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF PRINTING TYPES, 1537-1958.
New Castle, Delaware and London Oak Knoll Press and The British Library 2006 7 x 10 inches hardcover 272 pages
Syriac, a dialect of the ancient Aramaic language, has a remarkable Christian literature spanning a thousand years from the fourth to the thirteenth century, including important versions of the Bible. It remains the liturgical language of several churches in the Middle East, India, and the west, and 'Modern Syriac' is a vernacular still in use today. It is no wonder that this language has a long and rich printing history. The challenge of conveying the beautiful cursive Syriac script, in one or another of its three varieties, was taken up by many well-known type-designers in the letterpress era, from Robert Granjon in the sixteenth century to the Monotype and Linotype corporations in the twentieth, as well as by many lesser-known ones. This study records and abundantly illustrates no fewer than 129 different Syriac types, using archival documents, type-specimens, and the often scattered evidence of the print itself. The Typography of Syriac will be of interest not only to scholars of Middle Eastern languages and scripts but also to all historians of type and printing.
J. F. Coakley is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and on the staff of Houghton Library, at Harvard University. His private press, the Jericho Press, occasionally makes use of Syriac and other exotic types.

Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 91843

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See More... Condit, Lester A PROVISIONAL INDEX TO ROMAN PRINTING TYPES OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
Chicago The University of Chicago (1935) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (xii), 37 pages with 3 plates
Limited to 300 numbered copies. Frontispiece and 2 plates. Ex-library copy with markings.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 106399

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See More... COOKE TYPOGRAPHERS.
(Arlington, VA Cooke Typographers) n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers 48 pages
Type faces and borders offered by Cooke. List of trade customs. Standard proofreaders' marks on inside back wrapper.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 114781

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See More... (Cooper & Beatty) Hajnal, Edna. COOPER & BEATTY, DESIGNER WITH TYPE.
Toronto University of Toronto 1996 large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 50 pages.
An exhibition catalogue of the Cooper & Beatty designs held at the University of Toronto in 1996. As Canada's most important typographic firm, the exhibition concentrates on the exciting years of the company's history. Illustrated.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 56871

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See More... Cooper, Jeremy VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN DECOR
From the Gothic Revival to Art Nouveau New York Abbeville Press (1987) 4to. cloth, dust jacket 256 pages
A survey of the decorative arts from the Victorian to the Edwardian period. Includes over 600 color and black-and-white illustrations of home interiors and furniture. Minor wear to book and jacket.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 92692

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See More... Corris, Michael AS IF THE PILLARS OF SOCIETY.
New York Clarte Press (1987) folio stiff paper wrappers, metal spiral binding unpaginated
Limited edition of 1000. Social commentary using artistic design of typefaces. Color illustrations throughout.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 108816

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See More... Crombie, John. TRUE TO TYPE.
(Paris) Kickshaws (1989) 12mo. self paper wrappers unpaginated
Limited to 145 numbered copies. Hand set and printed in seven type fonts. Kickshaws was known for its "play[ing] with type in a creative and entertaining way" according to Margaret Dent, former Rare Books Librarian and Exhibition Curator at the National Library of Austraila. Wrappers lightly soiled. Listing of errata.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 108454

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See More... (Day, Steven) Amory, Hugh. STEVEN DAY'S FIRST TYPE.
Cambridge, MA Houghton Library 1989 4to. paper wrappers. 4 leaves.
Printed in an edition limited to 1000 copies at the Meriden-Stinehour Press. Specimens of the types found in Day's Bay Psalm Book and the Harvard Theses.
Price: $ 12.00 other currencies Order nr. 51656

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See More... Denman, Frank THE SHAPING OF OUR ALPHABET A STUDY OF CHANGING TYPE STYLES.
New York Alfred A. Knopf 1955 tall 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. 229 pages.
First edition. Traces the evolution of type faces from Jenson to Bruce Rogers and W.A. Dwiggins. Illustrated. Jacket rubbed and soiled with chipping along edges. Foxed along gutters.
Price: $ 17.50 other currencies Order nr. 31475

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See More... Denman, Frank THE SHAPING OF OUR ALPHABET A STUDY OF CHANGING TYPE STYLES.
New York Alfred A. Knopf 1955 tall 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. 229 pages.
First edition. Traces the evolution of type faces from Jenson to Bruce Rogers and W.A. Dwiggins. Illustrated. Jacket toned. Bookplate of Susan Otis Thompson (detached and exposing glue stains). Old newspaper article on free endpaper.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 114973

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See More... Denman, Frank THE SHAPING OF OUR ALPHABET A STUDY OF CHANGING TYPE STYLES.
New York Alfred A. Knopf 1955 tall 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. 229 pages.
First edition. Traces the evolution of type faces from Jenson to Bruce Rogers and W.A. Dwiggins. Illustrated. Jacket chipped at spine ends.
Price: $ 16.00 other currencies Order nr. 116309

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See More... Downie, R.A. LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD THAT CAN BE SET ON `MONOTYPE' MACHINES.
N.P. The Monotype Corporation Summer 1963 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 56 pages.
Being Volume 42, Number 4 of the Monotype Recorder. With type specimens.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 33231

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  Drost, Michiel TYPAGE.
N.P. Tolka Press (2007) 4to. decorated paper-covered boards 238 pages with 18 page supplement.
A Typehood book. Eclectic illustrations of type design, typography, and graphic design. Disclaimer and preface. Includes type specimens and numerous samples of design formats. Handwritten letter from the author laid in. "Review copy" inscribed on front free endpaper.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 114965

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See More... (Duensing, Paul Hayden) ORNAMENTA, FLEURONS FROM A PRIVATE TYPEFOUNDRY.
Kalamazoo The Private Press and Typefoundry of Paul Hayden Duensing 1973 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (44) pages.
Limited to 250 copies Filled with reproductions.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 106167

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See More... (Duensing, Paul Hayden) TYPES OF THE PRIVATE PRESS AND TYPEFOUNDRY OF PAUL HAYDEN DUENSING.
N.P. Paul Hayden Duensing n.d. large broadside (25.5 x 31 inches)
A showing of complete alphabets. Small hole along bottom not affecting text.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 19059

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See More... Dwiggins, W.A. A BAKERS' DOZEN OF EMBLEMS DRAWINGS BY W.A. DWIGGINS, AND VERSES BY WILLIAM ROSE BENET ... AND ELECTRA, A NEW LINOTYPE FACE FROM THE HAND OF THE SAID W.A.D.
Brooklyn Mergenthaler Linotype Co. 1935 small 8vo. original printed red paper wrappers with Dwiggins designs. (40) pages.
Very decorative. Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 2265

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See More... (Dwiggins, W.A.) CALEDONIA, A NEW PRINTING TYPE DESIGNED FOR MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE COMPANY BY W.A. DWIGGINS. With a Note on the Face by the Designer and a Note on the Designer by Hermann Puterschein (Dwiggins).
Brooklyn Mergenthaler Linotype Co. 1939 small 8vo. original stiff paper wrappers xxvii pages.
Beautifully designed.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 11827

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See More... (Dwiggins, W.A.) ELDORADO
Brooklyn Mergenthaler Linotype Co. 1953 small 8vo. purple paper wrappers. (14) pages.
With a three page introduction by Dwiggins concerning the making of this type face. Contains a Dwiggins' drawing on first page.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 3029

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See More... Enschedé, Charles TYPEFOUNDRIES IN THE NETHERLANDS, FROM THE FIFTEENTH TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
Haarlem Stichting Museum Enschedé 1978 folio quarter leather, printed paper over boards. xxvii, 477 pages.
An English translation of the original edition of 1908 in Dutch with revisions and notes by Harry Carter with the assistance of Netty Hoeflake. Edited by Lotte Hellinga. Intended as a history of the Enschedé firm, it is also a wonderful contribution to typography in general. Not only is this book an extensive history of typefoundries in the Netherlands, but it also contains various alphabets from five centuries and hundreds of ornaments, type specimens and woodcuts. Also contains a bibliography of related items. Beautifully printed.
Price: $ 425.00 other currencies Order nr. 34977

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  Ettenberg, Eugene M. TYPE FOR BOOKS AND ADVERTISING
New York D. Van Nostrand Co. 1947 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 160 pages.
First edition. "A detailed, comprehensive handbook on the many varied applications of all the phases of typography." Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 2634

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  Ettlinger, John R. Turner ROMAN TYPES, EXAMPLES FROM THE FIRST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF PRINTING IN ITALY.
Providence Brown University Library 1960 small 4to. paper wrappers. 16 pages.
Text on inside front cover. 16 plates. Loosely inserted is a T.L.s. from the author to Alan M. Fern meant to accompany this copy.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 31781

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