London: From the Proceedings of the British Academy, 1937. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 30 pages of text followed by 28 plates. First edition (Appleton no.148). Being the Annual Lecture on Aspects of Art, Henriette Hertz Trust of the British Academy. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about THE ART OF PRINTING
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 4553
New York: Diamant Typographic Service, 1945. 32mo. decorated boards. viii, 126 pages and 28 plates. Limited to 650 copies. (Appleton 148a). Appleton states that there are some additions to the appendix in this edition. The Third Diamant Classics. READ MORE about THE ART OF PRINTING
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 18316
Cambridge: University Press, 1932. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 335 pages. First edition. (Appleton no.120). Expanded version of his Sandars Lectures in Bibliography. Contains 6 plates and 156 illustrations in the text. The first attempt at the study of the development of the newspaper with sections on the predecessors of the newspaper, early weekly and daily newspapers, journals, etc. This is the first book to be printed in "Monotype Bell." Jacket chipped with small pieces..... READ MORE about THE ENGLISH NEWSPAPER, SOME ACCOUNT OF THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF JOURNALS PRINTED IN LONDON...
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 18387
New York: Farrar, Straus and Co., 1949. 8vo. cloth. 342 pages. Second revised octavo edition (Appleton no.35c). Jacket has a piece missing from front cover. READ MORE about FOUR CENTURIES OF FINE PRINTING TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTH-TWO EXAMPLES OF THE WORK OF PRESSES...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4559
London: Ernest Benn, 1962. 8vo. boards, dust jacket. 79 pages. Revised and enlarged edition. (Appleton 53c). From the reference library of Frederic Melcher with label on spine and bookplate. READ MORE about ON TYPE DESIGNS, PAST AND PRESENT, A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 18301
London: Ernest Benn, 1962. 8vo. boards, dust jacket. 79 pages. Revised and enlarged edition. (Appleton 53c). Minor jacket chipping. READ MORE about ON TYPE DESIGNS, PAST AND PRESENT, A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 22069
London, England, and Paris, France: Ernest Benn and Éditions Albert Lévy, n.d. folio. cloth. xl, plates. Text in French. This French edition limited to 200 numbered copies. Table of contents, acknowledgments. 212 specimens of modern typography from England, the United States, France, Italy, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Holland, and Sweden since the commencement of the 20th century, with descriptive information. Scattered spots on covers..Covers lightly worn at edges and at extremities of spine. READ MORE about LES PLUS BELLES PAGES DE LA TYPOGRAPHIE MODERNE
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 132149
London: The Fleuron, 1926. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. (viii), 70, (2) pages. First edition. (Appleton p.50). Spine slightly faded. Corner of paper spine label chipped off. Foxing. READ MORE about TYPE DESIGNS OF THE PAST AND PRESENT WITH UPWARDS OF SIXTY ILLUSTRATIONS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 121392
N.P. n.p., (1937). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32, (4) pages. An artilce in PM IV:1 September 1937; reprinted from The Fleuron. With over sixty color and black and white illustrations. Wrappers chipped at edges and tanned. READ MORE about " TYPE DESIGNS OF THE PAST AND PRESENT."
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 121341
London: Theodore Brun, (1949). 8vo. original full tan leather, top edge gilt. 106 pages. First printing of The Typographic Arts and The Art of Printing in one volume. Limited to 250 numbered copies and in full leather binding as issued. Contains 32 illustrations. Leather scuffed along top of front and back hinges. READ MORE about THE TYPOGRAPHIC ARTS, TWO LECTURES
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 13308
London: The Sylvan Press, 1949. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 106 pages. First edition. Reprints THE TYPOGRAPHIC ARTS and THE ART OF PRINTING. (Appleton no.148c). With information on William Morris throughout. Jacket soiled and chipped with piece missing at head of spine. READ MORE about THE TYPOGRAPHIC ARTS, TWO LECTURES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 41995
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1950. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 106 pages. First U.S. edition. Reprints The Typographic Artsand The Art of Printing. (Appleton no.148c). With information on William Morris throughout. Jacket has pieces missing along edges. READ MORE about THE TYPOGRAPHIC ARTS, TWO LECTURES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 128441
Vol. VI. Edited by Stanley Morison.
Cambridge: University Press, 1928. 4to. cloth. xiii, 254, (3) pages. Vol. VI. Edited by Stanley Morison. Limited to 1310 copies of which this is one of 1150. Articles on Rudolf Koch, Geofroy Tory by A.F. Johnson, On Decorative Printing in America by Paul Beaujon (Beatrice Warde), Decorated Types by Stanley Morison and others. Bookplate removed from front pastedown. Minor shelfwear. Rear hinge is starting. Bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown. READ MORE about FLEURON, A JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 16481
Vol. V.
Cambridge: The University Press, 1926. 4to. cloth. xvi, 205, (21) pages. Vol. V. Limited to 1370 copies. Article on Karl Klingspor by Julius Rodenberg including a list of books printed at the Private Press of the Gebr. Klingspor, articles on Laboureur, Bulmer, and "Towards an Ideal Italick" by Stanley Morison. Small bump along bottom of front cover and small tears at spine ends. READ MORE about FLEURON, A JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 73564
Vol. V.
Cambridge: The University Press, 1926. 4to. cloth. xvi, 205, (21) pages. Vol. V. Limited to 1370 copies. Article on Karl Klingspor by Julius Rodenberg including a list of books printed at the Private Press of the Gebr. Klingspor, articles on Laboureur, Bulmer and "Towards an Ideal Italick" by Stanley Morison. Only minor cover wear. Bookplate. READ MORE about FLEURON, A JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 14574
Paris, France: n.p., 1957. 8vo. self paper wrappers, later dust jacket. 30 pages. Text by Morison is in English. Quite rare. READ MORE about DOCUMENTS TYPOGRAPHIQUES FRANCAIS: L'INVENTAIRE DE LA FONDERIE LE BE SELON LA TRANSCRIPTION DE...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 84604
(London: Rampant Lions Press for Monotype Corporation, 1962). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 6 pages. Limited to 600 copies and printed to be the first use of the new type face designed by Will Carter and David Kindersley (called Octavian). Ink acquisition note by previous owner in corner of free endpaper. READ MORE about TACT IN TYPOGRAPHICAL DESIGN. A TYPE SPECIMEN
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 84695
Vol. VI. Edited by Stanley Morison.
Cambridge: University Press, 1928. 4to. cloth. xiii, 254, (3) pages. Vol. VI. Edited by Stanley Morison. Limited to 1310 copies. Articles on Rudolf Koch, Geofroy Tory by A.F. Johnson, On Decorative Printing in America by Paul Beaujon (Beatrice Warde), Decorated Types by Stanley Morison and others. Only minor cover rubbing. Faint paperclip mark on front free endpaper. Usual foxing of endpapers. READ MORE about FLEURON, A JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $160.00 Order nr. 69905
New York: The Oliphant Press, 1978. small 8vo. self paper wrappers. (8) pages. Printed in an edition of 175 copies for Abe Lerner by Ronald Gordon at the Oliphant Press as a keepsake for the members of the Double Crown Club. READ MORE about EXCERPTS FROM THE POSTSCRIPT
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 42506
New York: The Typophiles, 1968. tall 12mo. cloth. xiv, 167 pages. First combined edition, being Typophile Chapbook 45. Reprints of essays that appeared in 1963 and 1962 with a new introduction by John Dreyfus and a reprint of Beatrice Warde's recollections which appeared in the Sunday Times. Well preserved copy;. READ MORE about LETTER FORMS, TYPOGRAPHIC AND SCRIPTORIAL, TWO ESSAYS ON THEIR CLASSIFICATION, HISTORY AND...
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