San Francisco, CA: Book Club of California, 2016. small 4to. paper-covered boards, paper spine label, paper covered slipcase. 138 pages. Limited to 300 signed and numbered copies. Includes the prospectus. Roughly fifteen years after Gutenberg printed the first substantial book in Mainz in 1455, Nicolas Jenson of Venice produced what has been universally recognized among the most beautiful typefaces ever created. Based on the humanistic calligraphy of the Renaissance, an even and infinitely various set... READ MORE

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New York: The Typophiles in conjunction with an exhibition at the Grolier Club, (2006). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Typophiles Monograph New Series no.22 according to tipped-in printed notice. Grolier Club exhibition catalogue of Gotthard De Beauclair's typography and design work for various German publishers. Introduction by Hermann Zapf. With 10 color and black-and-white illustrations. READ MORE

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(New York): The Grolier Club, (1999). 4to. cloth. xxx, (ii), 110 pages. Printed at the Stinehour Press in an edition limited to two hundred and fifty case bound copies set in Dante type. Designed by Jerry Kelly. Grolier Club catalogue of the 100 most beautiful, finely printed books produced during the 20th century arranged in chronologicial order. "The idea of one book a year, on average, seems almost presumptuous. Yet one must begin somewhere, and... READ MORE

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New York: The Grolier Club, 1999. 9 x 12 inches. paperback. 144 pages. This catalogue contains 100 of the most beautiful, finely printed books produced during the twentieth century. To choose just 100 out of an immense number of books, the selection was limited to books printed in England and America containing the Roman alphabet. Books as objects and more sculptural books are not included in the publication. The introduction is divided into two parts... READ MORE

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Boston: David R Godine, 2016. cloth, gilt on cover and spine, dust jacket. (iv), 141 pages. First trade edition, one of 400 copies. A first-ever compilation devoted to Alice's calligraphy and drawing. New Yorkers or any of the citys millions of visitors who walked along Madison Avenue in the 60s, 70s and 80s know her masterful posters for the Morgan Library. Scribes in the U.S. and abroad know her through her celebrated workshops. She is... READ MORE

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New York, NY: The Grolier Club, 2017. 9 x 12 inches. Hardcover. 118, [2] pp. Published to accompany the eponymous exhibition, held at the Grolier Club May 17-July 29, 2017. Preface by Jerry Kelly, Introduction by Christopher Calderhead, followed by a catalogue of the 88 items in the exhibition, all presented as full page color plates. The word calligraphy comes from the Greek kaligraphia-kallos "beauty" + graphein "to write." It is an art with a.... READ MORE

Price: $45.00 save 15% $38.25  other currencies  Order nr. 130046

With an Introduction by Hermann Zapf
New York: The Typophiles, 2006. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 48 pages. With an Introduction by Hermann Zapf. Born in 1907, Gotthard de Beauclair spent most of his life learning about calligraphy, printing, typography, and book design. With his expertise and skillful technique, he produced some of the finest examples of limited edition books. Even now, his work stands as a model for superior bookmaking. This catalogue includes an Introduction by Hermann Zapf and a.... READ MORE

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New York: The Typophiles, 2011. 6 x 9 inches. paperback pamphlet. 16 pages. Typophiles Monograph: New Series No. 27 Type Revivals gives the history of type revivals and explores their place in modern type design. By examining some of the earliest type revivals, the definition of a true type revival emerges: it is an adaptation of an old typeface for current production and use, not merely a rote reproduction. With this definition in mind, the... READ MORE

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Pomona, New York: The Kelly-Winterton Press, 2004. large 8vo. cloth spine with paper-covered boards. X, 56, (2) pages plus 58 plates with 4 tipped-in original leaves. Printed in an edition limited to 300 copies, this being edition C containing 4 original leaves from Pickering titles (Leaf Book - Chalmers 229). A work highlighting the important role of William Pickering in nineteenth-century publishing. During his lifetime, Pickering published works by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Donne and... READ MORE

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New York: The Typophiles, 1984. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 13 pages with 8 pages of plates. First edition. Limited to 480 copies. Designed by Jerry Kelly and printed at the press of A. Colish. READ MORE

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Foreword by Robert Bringhurst
New York: The Typophiles, 2011. 4.5 x 7 inches. hardcover, slipcase. 112 pages. Foreword by Robert Bringhurst. 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... READ MORE

Price: $170.00  other currencies  Order nr. 109481