Philadelphia, PA: Typographer's Digest, 1969. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. In Typographer's Digest, No.27, Spring 1969. Entire issue devoted to Goudy including many illustrations and reproductions of photographs. Spine faded. Set in the Monotype cutting of Kennerley Oldy Style, the 19th type designed by Goudy. This special Goudy keepsake was designed by W.C. Stremic. READ MORE about FWG
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 4193
N.P. NP, 1980. 25 x 17.25 inches. broadside. A letter to Gutenberg from three contemporary masters of the printer's art, reassuring him that the form of typography he invented will always be vital to the craft of printing despite technological changes. A near fine copy. Signed in ink below the text by Lawson, Provan and Zapf. Finely letterpress printed at the Press of the Good Mountain on Ticonderoga stock, the body of text in black..... READ MORE about DEAR JOHANNES GUTENBERG
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 46352
Rochester, NY: The Press of the Good Mountain, 1980. small 4to. stapled paper wrappers. unpaginated. Privately printed in an edition of 175 numbered copies. A fine copy. Printed in 12 point Monotype Baskerville. A very scarce pamphlet. Presented for The Frederic W. Goudy Distinguished Lecture in Typography for 1979. READ MORE about THE PRESENT & FUTURE STATE OF TYPOGRAPHY IN THE UNITED STATES
Price: $24.00 Order nr. 140152
Philadelphia: North American Publishing Co., 1966. small 4to. cloth. 257 pages. First edition. Presentation from Lawson on free endpaper to Herbert H. Johnson. A fine copy. Each day of the year is accompanied by an essay pertaining to that date and related to the craft of the printer. Interesting anecdotes. READ MORE about A PRINTER'S ALMANAC THE HERITAGE OF THE PRINTER. VOLUME II. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 42008
Philadelphia: North American Publishing Co., 1966. tall 8vo. cloth. (vi), 258 pages. First edition. The second volume in this series of books containing facts on printing history in the U.S. This book is done in almanac style with a lengthy bit of printing history given for each date. Spine has a few spots. READ MORE about A PRINTER'S ALMANAC, THE HERITAGE OF THE PRINTER. VOLUME II
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 4404
Volume II. With Illustrations.
Philadelphia: North American Publishing Co., 1966. small 4to. cloth. 257 pages. Volume II. With Illustrations. First edition. A near fine copy. Each day of the year is accompanied by an essay pertaining to that date and related to the craft of the printer. Interesting anecdotes. READ MORE about A PRINTER'S ALMANAC THE HERITAGE OF THE PRINTER
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 4316
Boston: Beacon Press, (1990). 8vo. paper wrappers. (viii), 132 pages. Revised and expanded edition. A fine copy. A guide to recognition and identification of the meaning of type. READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES, AN INTRODUCTION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 32552
Boston: Beacon Press, (1971). 8vo. paper wrappers. (viii), 119+(1) pages. Reprint of first paperback edition. A guide to recognition and identification of the meaning of type. Spine faded. READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES, AN INTRODUCTION
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 50451
Athens, Georgia: The Press of the Nightowl, 1990. 8vo. cloth. (iv), 36 pages. First edition, limited to 350 numbered copies of which this is one of the trade copies bound thus. An interesting essay illustrated with wood engravings by Joseph Sanders. Fine condition. READ MORE about THE COMPOSITOR AS ARTIST, CRAFTSMAN, AND TRADESMAN
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 31622
Kirkwood, MO: The Printery, 2002. small 8vo. quarter cloth, marbled paper-covered boards. x, (ii), 50, (2) pages. Limited to an edition of 90. The text is a previously unpublished talk delivered by Alexander S. Lawson as part of the Heritage of the Graphic Arts Lecture Series. The lecture was given on September 23, 1970 and traced the history of English language printer's manuals from 1683 to the twentieth century. Contains an introduction by Kay Michael..... READ MORE about PRINTER'S MANUALS FROM MOXON TO THE PIA
Price: $320.00 Order nr. 94638
Kirkwood, MO: The Printery, 2002. small 8vo. quarter cloth, marbled paper-covered boards. x, (ii), 50, (2) pages. Limited to an edition of 90. Head of spine lightly faded, else near fine. The text is a previously unpublished talk delivered by Alexander S. Lawson as part of the Heritage of the Graphic Arts Lecture Series. The lecture was given on September 23, 1970 and traced the history of English language printer's manuals from 1683 to the..... READ MORE about PRINTER'S MANUALS FROM MOXON TO THE PIA
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