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ARS TYPOGRAPHICA
9 issues, the complete run. New York The Marchbanks Press edited by Frederic W. Goudy (then Douglas McMurtrie) 1918-1934 4to. stiff paper wrappers
Volumes I, 1-4; II, 1-4, III, 1., a complete set of this interesting periodical first issued under the editorship of Goudy and then Douglas McMurtrie. An excellent set of a typographic periodical difficult to find complete. First issue has tape repair to spine, third issue has tape repairs to cover. Minor chipping along edges.
Price: $ 550.00 other currencies Order nr. 30570

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(Bird & Bull Press) de Nova Villa, Henricus SO LONG, HOT-METAL MEN
The Comprehensive Bird & Bull Type Specimen Book Newtown, PA Bird & Bull Press 2007 small folio quarter morocco, slipcase (x), 117, (3) pages
Limited to an edition of 140 numbered copies. This book represents a full year of daily work creating a type specimen book that not only shows type faces ranging from the very rare to the common but also contains wonderful Henry Morris quotes composed in type. While there are serious entries, many, if not most, exhibit Morris's finely-tuned humor. How often does one get immense reading pleasure, to say nothing of a good laugh, from an exquisitely executed type specimen book? The alphabets shown range from the gargantuan 84-pt. to a miniscule 4-pt. There is ornamental material from the last days of the great German type founders, which is rarely seen in American private presses, much of which was designed by Hermann Zapf and others of equal ability. "I've seen many of the type specimen books of the twentieth century and I believe I have come up with a novel way of doing this. I predict the idea will be copied, but this is the original and no serious collection should be without it." (from the prospectus). Set in numerous types printed on Frankfurt paper.
Price: $ 550.00 other currencies Order nr. 93138

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BULLETIN OFFICIEL DES COURS PROFESSIONNELS.
Paris Chambre Syndicale Typographique Parisienne 1925 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 80 pages followed by the specially printed typographic examples.
A special number issued by this group of Pariesene book professionals. This magnificent issue has paper supplied by different manufactures containing printing by various type founders. Filled with illustrations and a section of typographic examples printed on different colored paper stock. Small tear in front hinge at top; corner bumped.
Price: $ 275.00 other currencies Order nr. 105400

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(Conkwright, P.J.) Argetsinger, Mark HARMONY DISCOVERED, P.J. CONKWRIGHT IN THE TRADITION OF CLASSICAL TYPOGRAPHY
Princeton Princeton University Library 1995 8vo. cloth (x), 131 pages
Limited to 200 copies. An in-depth study of the typographic work of P.J. Conkwright, including a portfolio of designs. Black-and-white and color illustrations.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 105583

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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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(Hill & Dale) Mahr, Karl PRINTING TYPES, THEIR BIRTH IN THE TYPEFOUNDRY DEPICTED IN WOODCUT AND VERSE
N.P. Privately Printed 2000 folio stiff paper wrappers, mailing envelope. (ii), 10, (4) pages
Limited to an edition of 130 (from another copy sold by Oak Knoll). The text for this edition was translated and set by hand at the Private Press and Typefoundry of Paul Hayden Duensing in Athens GA. All the press and production work was performed by Richard Hopkins' Hill & Dale Press and Typefoundry in Terra Alta, WV. The English text is set on the first ten pages and is accompanied by eight illustrations. The German text is on last three of the final unnumbered pages. In original mailing envelope addressed to a customer in India.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 104929

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(Hill & Dale) Mahr, Karl PRINTING TYPES, THEIR BIRTH IN THE TYPEFOUNDRY DEPICTED IN WOODCUT AND VERSE
N.P. Privately Printed 2000 folio stiff paper wrappers, plain paper envelope. (ii), 10, (4) pages
Limited to an edition of 130 (from another copy sold by Oak Knoll). The text for this edition was translated and set by hand at the Private Press and Typefoundry of Paul Hayden Duensing in Athens GA. All the press and production work was performed by Richard Hopkins' Hill & Dale Press and Typefoundry in Terra Alta, WV. The English text is set on the first ten pages and is accompanied by eight illustrations. The German text is on last three of the final unnumbered pages.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 105320

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Howard-Hill, T.H. THE BRITISH BOOK TRADE, 1475-1890: A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
New Castle, Delaware, and London, England Oak Knoll Press and The British Library 2009 7.5 x 9.75 inches Hardcover, 2 volumes 1,876 pages in 2 volumes, plus index on CD-ROM
This superbly comprehensive and detailed bibliography of the British book trade, the product of research in over three hundred libraries in the UK and USA, supersedes all bibliographies on British authors and authorship, bibliography itself, book collecting, bookbinding, book illustration, bookselling, censorship, copyright, libraries, literacy, papermaking, printing, publishing, textual criticism, and typography until 1890. More than 24,000 items (notably articles in trade journals) are lightly annotated and arranged in classified chronological order to illustrate the social and technological development of British book crafts and industries. Items are minutely indexed on the accompanying CD-ROM. Large areas of the history and practices of the British book trades are opened to scholarly study for the first time. British Book Trade, 1475-1890 belongs in every research library: no-one who works in the fields of British literature, bibliography, or book trade history should neglect this work.

Trevor Howard-Hill is Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. Besides his many publications on Shakespearean texts, Renaissance dramatic manuscripts, and textual scholarship are eight volumes of the Index of British Literary Bibliography (Oxford 1969-99).

Published by Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, in association with The Bibliographical Society and The Bibliographical Society of America.
Price: $ 175.00 other currencies Order nr. 96665

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Macrakis, Michael S. (editor) GREEK LETTERS: FROM TABLETS TO PIXELS
New Castle Oak Knoll Press 1997 small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxviii, 325 pages.
First edition. GREEK LETTERS follows the history and development of Greek types and printing: their role in the history of the printed word and civilization, the urgent need for quality modern fonts and the challenges faced by the current and future realm of Greek type design. These challenges inspired the Greek Font Society, formed in 1992, to promote and design quality Greek fonts for printing and use on the computer screen. These issues also spurred the Society to gather some of the most respected professionals, designers and scholars at the first International Symposium on the Contributions of the Greek Alphabet. Noted figures, including Hermann Zapf, Matthew Carter, Nicolas Barker and John A. Lane, from the fields of typography, history, book history, art, economics, technology and policy in Greece, Europe and America came to the Symposium to present papers on these issues, now contained in GREEK LETTERS. This work, profusely illustrated, not only addresses the Hellenist scholar, but also the modern writer, typographer, historian, graphic designer, printer, publisher and computer specialist.
Price: $ 235.00 other currencies Order nr. 45576

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Macrakis, Michael S. (editor) GREEK LETTERS: FROM TABLETS TO PIXELS
New Castle Oak Knoll Press 1997 small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxviii, 325 pages.
First edition. GREEK LETTERS follows the history and development of Greek types and printing: their role in the history of the printed word and civilization, the urgent need for quality modern fonts and the challenges faced by the current and future realm of Greek type design. These challenges inspired the Greek Font Society, formed in 1992, to promote and design quality Greek fonts for printing and use on the computer screen. These issues also spurred the Society to gather some of the most respected professionals, designers and scholars at the first International Symposium on the Contributions of the Greek Alphabet. Noted figures, including Hermann Zapf, Matthew Carter, Nicolas Barker and John A. Lane, from the fields of typography, history, book history, art, economics, technology and policy in Greece, Europe and America came to the Symposium to present papers on these issues, now contained in GREEK LETTERS. This work, profusely illustrated, not only addresses the Hellenist scholar, but also the modern writer, typographer, historian, graphic designer, printer, publisher and computer specialist. Closed tear in front cover of jacket.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 117898

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(Miniature Books) Ege, Otto F. THE STORY OF THE ALPHABET ITS EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT. EMBELLISHED TYPOGRAPHICALLY WITH PRINTERS FLOWERS ARRANGED BY RICHARD J. HOFFMAN.
Van Nuys, CA Richard J. Hoffman 1988 miniature book (7 x 7.3 cm) decorated cloth. 78, (4) pages.
Limited to 250 copies (Bradbury, Hoffman 7). A beautiful reproduction of an interesting essay on the history of each letter of the Roman alphabet. Each letter of the alphabet has been printed with Goudy Ornate type surrounded by a colorful arrangement of various printer's fleurons.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 26080

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Rand, Paul PAUL RAND: A DESIGNER'S ART
New Haven Yale University Press 1985 small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 239 pages.
First edition. A collection of articles taken from a variety of design magazines and journals. Most have been edited and updated. Well illustrated. Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 30923

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Rehak, Theo PRACTICAL TYPECASTING
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Books 1993 4to. cloth. xviii, 221 pages.
First edition. The history of practical manuals on typefounding is quite short; the dominant tradition in this craft was on-the-job training. In the 1990s, the commercial importance of making metal type declined, and large portions of this highly-developed technology are in serious jeopardy of disappearing. This work is the accumulated technical knowledge of making metal types. The author has been trained by the master-founders at the American Type Founders Company (ATF) in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Through the development of the famous Barth Automatic Casting Machine, this foundry has produced the finest, most solid and highest quality type ever made. Although some of the described techniques are based on this machine, the procedures outlined are adaptable to making superior type on other equipment. These operations have been part of the unwritten tradition at ATF for many years, and their preservation is the vehicle for their transmission to future generations. Section One covers typecasting machines and techniques and contains chapters on "The Basic Principles of Casting Type and the Hand Mold," "Pivotal Casting Machines," "Monotype Display Machines," "The Thompson Caster" and "The Foundry Automatics." Section Two deals with the "service crafts" and contains chapters on "Finishing Type," "Maintenance of Equipment," "Matrix Engineering," "The Benton Engraver," "The Gorton Engraver," "Electros," "Making Matrices from Type" and "Design Guidelines." Illustrated in black-and-white, this book also includes appendices, a glossary, a select bibliography and an index.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 34981

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(Rogers, Bruce) Blumenthal, Joseph BRUCE ROGERS, A LIFE IN LETTERS 1870-1957.
With a foreword by John Dreyfus. Austin W. Thomas Taylor (1989) small 4to. quarter black leather with patterned paper-covered boards, red leather spine label xvii, 215 pages.
First edition, limited to 2125 copies, of which this is one the 125 specially bound copies signed by the author. A biography of Rogers by an acknowledged expert in the field. Designed and printed at the press of W. Thomas Taylor with plates produced at The Press of A. Colish. Has 57 plates printed with a number in two colors. Prospectus loosely inserted as is the invitation to subscribers for the special edition and a letter of apology from the printer.
Price: $ 350.00 other currencies Order nr. 54494

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(Russell Maret) Gehl, Paul F. A MEDITATION IN ROME.
New York Russell Maret 2012 folio quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards 27, (5) pages
Limited to 110 numbered copies of which ten are proofs. Comprises the script from which the author read his address "How Can Type History Be Good History?" to the plenary session of ATypI Roma on September 20, 2002. An exploration of historical honesty in typographic revivalism. Frontispiece foldout color photograph of the Pantheon in Rome. Color illustrations tipped in throughout text. Printed on Hahnemühle Biblio paper by Maret and Nancy Loeber in the digital versions of Rusell's Gremolata and Cancellaresca Milanese typefaces. Covers feature a paper printed from a new metal type ornament designed by Maret, engraved and cast for this book by Micah Currier. Listing of the author's references and credits. Prospectus and card from the publisher laid in.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 114370

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SIGNATURE, A QUADRIMESTRIAL OF TYPOGRAPHY AND GRAPHIC ARTS. Edited by Oliver Simon. ORIGINAL SERIES NO 3.
London Signature 1936 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 56 pages.
With articles by Morison, Sutherland, A.F. Johnson and Miles on Edward Bawden. With illustrations in color.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 24267

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Thompson, Bradbury THE ART OF GRAPHIC DESIGN.
With an appreciation by J. Carter Brown and a foreword by Alvin Eisenman. New Haven Yale University Press 1988 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 216, (2) pages.
First edition. Reveals this designer's working methods and philosophy. Shows examples of his work in magazines, books, postage stamps, etc. Includes contributions from other notable designers, critics, and art historians. Well-illustrated in color throughout.
Price: $ 175.00 other currencies Order nr. 30919

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(Type Specimens) Laurent LA FONDERIE TYPOGRAPHIQUE.
de Laurent, Balzac et Barbier Crée en 1827. Réédition du Spécimen des Divers Caractères, Vignettes et Ornemens Typographiques de la Fonderie de Laurent et de Berny Dit de Balzac Paris Éditions des Cendres 1992 oblong large 4to. quarter cloth, marbled paper-covered boards, glassine wrapper xxxix, (ix) pages followed by 86 leaves numbered recto only, then (3) pages
Text in French. Limited to an edition of 999. Facsimile of the rare 1828 catalogue of types and decorations offered by the Founderie de Laurent et de Berny printed by H. Balzac. Preface by René Ponot and foreword with an history of Balzac as an editor and printer by John Dreyfus. Illustrated throughout, with 1505 examples of type and decorations. Printed in Bauer-Bodoni type.
Price: $ 195.00 other currencies Order nr. 94612

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(Whittington Press) MATRIX 28
(Lower Marston Farm, Risbury Whittington Press 2009) 4to. half leather, slipcase (vi), 180, (2) pages plus portfolio of photographs
One of 70 copies of the deluxe version bound thus. The separately issued portfolio contains a suite of photographs by Janet Stone of Myfanwy Piper, Lord David Cecil, Geoffrey Keynes, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Julian Huxley, Doublas Cleverdon, L.P. Hartley & Laurence Whistler. Matrix is the longest surviving and probably the last typographical journal to be printed by letterpress. It is an eclectic mix of fine printing, type design, and small press lore, forming a record of events and personalities whose memory would otherwise have died with their recorders. It is no exaggeration to say that in the future it will be impossible to research fine printing without reference to Matrix. This issue contains essays by Alan Powers on The Curwen Story, Andrew Anderson on Eric Gill, Humphrey Stone on the photographers, Janet Stone, David Hughes on the Baynard Press, James Fergusson on The Amate Press, Michael Harvey on Janet the Typeface, Hal Bishop on Ronald Salmond, John Randle on The Offizin Haag-Drugulin, Jerry Cinamon on Leipzig rambling, Andrew Dolinski on Poltawski, Barbara Henry on producing the Vandercook Book, Katherine McCanless-Ruffin on The Shinola Vandercook, and many more. Illustrated throughout with many tipped-in specimens on special paper, engravings, photographs. color plates, etc. Card regarding Matrix 29 loosely laid-in.
Price: $ 605.00 other currencies Order nr. 103108

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(Zapf, Hermann) Kelly, Jerry ABOUT MORE ALPHABETS: THE TYPES OF HERMANN ZAPF
Foreword by Robert Bringhurst New York The Typophiles 2011 4.5 x 7 inches hardcover, slipcase 112 pages
Deluxe edition signed by the author and limited to 75 copies. Includes four type specimens in a paper folder and a slipcase for the book and specimen folder.

Typophiles Chapbook, New Series, 3. "Letterforms are things that nearly all of us in the Western world have learned to take for granted. We treat them much like door knobs, water taps, thermostats, and hinges. We evidently think (in defiance of all logic) that what we read or write matters far more than how it's read or written, and that letterforms are just a way to get there, as a door knob is a way to open a door," writes Robert Bringhurst in the Foreword to About More Alphabets. This book hopes to bring attention to a neglected topic by focusing on the letterforms of Hermann Zapf.

From metal type to the digital characters, Hermann Zapf has composed exceptional type designs for seventy years. He can be considered one of the most important calligraphers of all time, as well as a most notable book designer and typographer. His typefaces are among the most beautiful and familiar in the world. This book, a companion volume to the Typophile Chapbook About Alphabets (1960, updated 1970), describes Zapfs post-1970 type designs and provides new research on many of the earlier types.

In this volume, typographer and calligrapher Jerry Kelly describes the origins and history of numerous Hermann Zapf typefaces including Marconi, ITC Zapf International, Linotype Zapfino, and Zapf Civilité. Kelly also includes new information on the Palatino nova and Optima nova families. This new Typophiles Chapbook is profusely illustrated with type specimens and drawings, many of which have never before been reproduced. Illustrations include drawings by Zapf, comparisons of various types, early sketches, typefaces never issued, and a twenty-eight page image section of type specimens. Other types described include Hallmark Textura, AMS Euler fraktur bold, Zapf Renaissance italic swash, Medici script, Aurelia, AMS Euler, Zapf Renaissance, ITC Zapf Chancery, and Zapf Civilité.

Robert Bringhurst calls Zapf one of historys greatest two-dimensional architects. He says, "Hermann Zapf has made letters so subtle, so lovely they bring tears to knowledgeable eyes. And there are very few people who know Zapfs work as well as Jerry Kelly. Read him and weep."
Price: $ 170.00 other currencies Order nr. 109481

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Zapf, Hermann MANUALE TYPOGRAPHICUM, 100 TYPOGRAPHICAL ARRANGEMENTS WITH CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT TYPES, TYPOGRAPHY AND THE ART OF PRINTING SELECTED FROM PAST AND PRESENT, PRINTED IN EIGHTEEN LANGUAGUES.
New York Z-Presse Frankfurt 1968 4to. parchment-backed cloth (vi) pages followed by 117 leaves, each with an embossed page number.
English translation, limited to 975 numbered and signed copies. Contains material developed after the 1954 version. A landmark in the study of type and design. Printed in black and red. Lacks dust jacket.
Price: $ 300.00 other currencies Order nr. 30593

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Zapf, Hermann MANUALE TYPOGRAPHICUM, 100 TYPOGRAPHICAL ARRANGEMENTS WITH CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT TYPES, TYPOGRAPHY AND THE ART OF PRINTING SELECTED FROM PAST AND PRESENT, PRINTED IN EIGHTEEN LANGUAGUES.
New York Z-Presse Frankfurt 1968 4to. parchment-backed cloth (vi) pages followed by 117 leaves, each with an embossed page number.
English translation, limited to 975 numbered and signed copies. Contains material developed after the 1954 version. A landmark in the study of type and design. Printed in black and red. Presentation from Zapf to Ben Lieberman on half-title. Small damage area to outer edge of three leaves. Lacks jacket.
Price: $ 350.00 other currencies Order nr. 116225

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