Maret, Russell.

AN IMPERFECT SPECIMEN.

New York, NY: Russell Maret, (2014). folio. cord-tied paper wrappers. (8) pages. A compilation of offprints from Maret's Pressed For Time, limited to 48 numbered copies signed by the artist on the colophon. Fine condition, and extremely scarce. Pressed For Time was a descriptive bibliography of the works of printer and typographer Russell Maret. This offprint features Baskerville Great Primer, Cancellaresca Milanese, Corsiva & Formata, Gremolata, Texto Portuguez & Ventura Italic, Strand Serif (inspired by..... READ MORE about AN IMPERFECT SPECIMEN

Price: $1,000.00  other currencies  Order nr. 142421

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SOME PROBLEMS WITH RED.

New York, NY: Russell Maret, 2016. oblong 8vo. quarter cloth, paper covered boards, plexiglass slipcase. unpaginated. One of 100 numbered and signed copies. "Some Problems with Red consists of five short texts about the difficulties of describing and reproducing color, each of which is paired with an illustration. As the title suggests, the book is a whimsical project that grew out of my 'General Color Theory' in AEthelwold Etc. In it I continue my recent..... READ MORE about SOME PROBLEMS WITH RED

Price: $1,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 128569

Maret, Russell.

VISIONARIES & FANATICS: AND OTHER ESSAYS ON TYPE DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY, & THE PRIVATE PRESS.

Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2021. 10 x 7 inches. cloth, sewn, dust jacket. 144 pages. Hardback edition with an additional specimen of type and ornaments, privately printed by Russell Maret loosely inserted. The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw a great flowering of typographic activity, resulting in a corpus of typographic literature that continues to hold sway over contemporary type design and practices. But are the precepts and motivations of late-Industrial typography..... READ MORE about VISIONARIES & FANATICS: AND OTHER ESSAYS ON TYPE DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY, & THE PRIVATE PRESS

Price: $70.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138596

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) Monograph Series. 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..... READ MORE about VISIONARIES & FANATICS: TYPE DESIGN & THE PRIVATE PRESS

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 107488