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Bringhurst, Robert WHY THERE ARE PAGES AND WHY THEY MUST TURN.
Number one of the CODE(X) Monograph Series Berkeley, California CODEX Foundation 2008 5.5 x 7.75 inches paperback pamphlet 16 pages
Number one of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. Adapted from The Surface of Meaning: Books and Book Design in Canada, published in fall 2008 by CCSP Press at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver. Robert Bringhurst's essay talks about book design and typography, as well as the future of the book.

This book was designed and printed in an edition of 500 copies on a Heidelberg cylinder press by Peter Koch, assisted by Jonathan Gerken and Shanna Mahan for the CODEX Foundation. The cover was printed from antique wood and metal types in the Koch collection.

Robert Bringhurst is a philosopher, poet, linguist, and typographer living in British Columbia.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 102896

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Giroud, Vincent MARINETTI'S METAL BOOK.
Berkeley, California CODEX Foundation 2012 5.5 x 7.75 inches paperback pamphlet 24 pages
Number one of the CODE(X)+2 Monograph Series. This book discusses the Italian art movement, Futurism, and its impact on book design. It focuses on the metal book Parole in Liberta Olfattive Tattili-Termiche, a collection of futurist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's poetry, made by Tullio d'Albisola and Vincenzo Nosenzo in 1932.

This limited edition of 500 copies was designed and printed by Peter Koch with the assistance of Jonathan Gerken and Max Koch.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 115571

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Jury, David (editor) BOOK ART OBJECT.
with a foreword by Peter Koch Berkeley, California CODEX Foundation 2008 9 x 12 inches hardcover, dust jacket 448 pages
Book art object is a record of the first biennial Codex Book Fair and Symposium: "The Fate of the Art",Berkeley, California, 2007. The event showcased contemporary artist books and fine press and fine art editions produced by some of the worlds most esteemed printers, designers, book artists, and artisans.

The book includes transcripts of the following lectures: Sarah Bodman, Research Fellow, Centre for Fine Print Research, UWE, Bristol: "The hybrid lexicon: an overview of contemporary artists publishing in the UK"; Robert Bringhurst, poet, translator, and typographer: "Spiritual geometry: the book as a work of art"; and Felipe Ehrenberg, artist, Mexican diplomat, former publisher of the Beau Geste Press, London: "Cutting and pasting: metaphor of life." The volume is superbly illustrated in full color throughout.

David Jury is Head of Graphic Media at the Colchester Institute, School of Art and Design, UK. His numerous books include About Face: Reviving the Rules of Typography; Letterpress: The Allure of the Handmade; What is Typography?; and New Typographic Design. From 1996 to 2006 he was the editor of TypoGraphic (journal of the International Society of Typographic Designers). Jury designs and publishes limited edition letterpress printed books for his own Fox Ash Press.

The Codex Foundation was established in 2005 by Berkeley-based artist/printer/publisher Peter Rutledge Koch and other fine book printers, curators, and aficionados. It was founded to promote knowledge and appreciation of the book arts, and to organize a biennial international book fair and symposium in the San Francisco Bay Area. The non-profit Codex Foundation exists to preserve and promote the art and craft of the book. The mission is educational and, in the broadest possible context, to bring to public recognition the artisanship and the rich history of the civilizations of the book.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 100395

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Koch, Peter Rutledge ART: DEFINITION FIVE (AND OTHER WRITINGS).
Number two of the CODE(X) Monograph Series Berkeley, California CODEX Foundation 2008 5.5 x 7.75 inches paperback pamphlet 24 pages
Number two of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. Includes several essays and notebook entries by Peter Koch related to the craft of making books.

This book was designed and printed in an edition of 500 copies on a Heidelberg cylinder press by Peter Koch assisted by Jonathan Gerken for the CODEX Foundation. The cover was printed from antique wood and metal types in the Koch collection.

Peter Rutledge Koch is a printer living in Berkeley, California.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 102898

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Loney, Alan EACH NEW BOOK.
Number three of the CODE(X) Monograph Series Berkeley, California CODEX Foundation 2008 5.5 x 7.75 inches paperback pamphlet 24 pages
Number three of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. Loney's essay discusses his thoughts on both the physical value as well as the textual value of books and libraries.

This book was designed and printed in an edition of 500 copies on a Heidelberg cylinder press by Peter Koch assisted by Jonathan Gerken and Shanna Mahan for the CODEX Foundation. The cover was printed from antique wood and metal types in the Koch collection.

Alan Loney is a poet/printer living in Melbourne, Australia, where he runs Electio Editions.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 102903

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Maret, Russell VISIONARIES & FANATICS: TYPE DESIGN & THE PRIVATE PRESS
Number five of the CODE(X) Monograph Series. Berkeley, California CODEX Foundation 2010 5.5 x 7.75 inches paperback pamphlet 24 pages
Number five of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. Russell Maret explores the future of the private press and the division between the private press and the fine press. The fine printer, often a commercial outfit, leaves proportion, legibility, and craftsmanship as secondary principles, where as the private press printer is possessed with an irrepressible need to make books, containing characteristics of iconoclasm and reverence.

Richly illustrated with color images, the book was designed by Russell Maret and printed in an edition of 500 copies at Peter Koch Printers. The cover was printed from antique wood and metal types in the Koch collection.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 107488

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Marinetti, Filippo Tommaso PAROLE IN LIBERTA.
Berkeley, California CODEX Foundation 2012 5.5 x 7.75 inches paperback pamphlet 32 pages
Number two of the CODE(X)+2 Monograph Series. This book is a photographic reproduction of the metal book Parole in Liberta Olfattive Tattili-Termiche, a collection of futurist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's poetry, made by Tullio d'Albisola and Vincenzo Nosenzo in 1932. It contains photos of every page, the covers, and the slipcase.

The photographed copy is held by The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 115572

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Mutel, Didier ACIDE BRUT MANIFESTO
Number six of the CODE(X) Monograph Series. Translated from the French by Jonathan von Zelowitz, with an Introduction by Timothy Young. Berkeley, California CODEX Foundation 2011 5.5 x 7.75 inches paperback pamphlet 24 pages
Number six of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. Didier Mutel is a synaesthetic printer focused on the bite of acid on metal, of the metal plate on paper, and of the printed words on the mind. This book discuses the acide brut manifesto and the definition of acide brut, and how acide brut has affected communication, art, war, and love and tenderness.

This book was printed in an edition of 777 copies on the Heidelberg cylinder press at Peter Koch, Printers for the CODEX Foundation.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 107489

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Stoltz, Ulrike and Uta Schneider <USUS>, TYPOGRAPHY, AND ARTISTS' BOOKS
Number four of the CODE(X) Monograph Series Berkeley, California CODEX Foundation 2010 16 pages paperback pamphlet 5.5 x 7.75 inches
Number four of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. This book discusses typography in relation to the fields of graphic design, applied art, and book design. With contents and text already in a book, the book designer has to choose the correct typography and a medium that provides the reader with easy access to the subject matter. This book discusses type face, type style, type weight, type size, kerning, tracking, spacing, leading, and line length.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 107486

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