(Frankfurt am Main: D. Stempel AG, 1960). tall 12mo. cloth, leather spine label. 118 pages. First German edition, one of the 1300 copies. Spine detached, yet present, else a fine copy. Illustrated. READ MORE about ÜBER ALPHABETE - FEDANKEN UND ANMEKUNGEN BEIM SCHRIFTENTWERFEN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 143290
Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Legacy Press, 2026. 9 x 6 inches. softcover. 124 pages. What is an impractical, or perhaps more accurately, a not-very-practical book about letterpress? It is a series of essays that explores the internal experiences of the printer and the lessons that can be learned through printing. In this project, Ruffin traces and retrace the footsteps of heroes and colleagues - a small band of makers and doers who have labored in..... READ MORE about IMPRINT: IMPRACTICAL ESSAYS ABOUT LETTERPRESS PRINTING
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 143288
London: Day and Son, n.d. (1865). 4to. rebound in later full brown leather with a red leather spine label. 157 pages of text and 112 plates. First quarto edition, originally published in 30 parts, with some copies bound by the publisher and sold for five guineas (Friedman 152; Hardie p.243; McLean pp.122-125; Wakeman p.63). Rebound in full leather, internally a near fine copy with all of the plates present. "One of the greatest monuments of..... READ MORE about GRAMMAR OF ORNAMENT ILLUSTRATED BY EXAMPLES FROM VARIOUS STYLES OF ORNAMENT, ONE HUNDRED AND...
Price: $1,000.00 Order nr. 121982
Cincinnati: ST Publications, (1973). 8vo. paper-covered boards. x, 388, (2) pages. First edition, first printing. Ownership inscription in ink on the front free endpaper. Binding cocked, else a near fine copy. Text and reference book on sign painting. Black and white illustrations by the author. Preface by the author. Index. READ MORE about SIGN PAINTING TECHNIQUES: BEGINNER TO PROFESSIONAL
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 108532
With numerous engravings and diagrams.
Philadelphia: David McKay, Publisher, 1910. 12mo. cloth. 160 pages. With numerous engravings and diagrams. Includes a chapter on lettering with gold. 170 illustrations. Covers show light wear at spine ends and corners, spine faded, boards soiled. Otherwise, a good copy. READ MORE about HOW TO WRITE SIGNS, TICKETS AND POSTERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 108441
Chicago: Geo. K. Hazlitt & Co., (1898). small 8vo. original cloth. (ii), 176 pages. First edition. Lacking the front free endpaper, spine lightly faded, else a near fine copy. With 53 illustrations in the text. READ MORE about MODERN LETTER ENGRAVING IN THEORY AND PRACTICE, A MANUAL FOR THE USE OF WATCHMAKERS, JEWELERS AND...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 44185
New York: Pentalic Corp. (1976). thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 336 pages. Reprint of the first edition, part of the New Art Library. Binding cocked, else a very good copy. With 403 illustrations. An essential book for the reference library of anyone interested in lettering. READ MORE about LETTERING, FOR STUDENTS AND CRAFTSMEN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 32172
New York: Ronald Press Company, (1955). 8vo. cloth. xxvi, 293 pages with 40 illustrations and charts. Revised edition with a new introduction by editor L. Carrington Goodrich and a biographical sketch of Carter by his wife, Dagny Carter. Exlibris with markings. Lacking the dust jacket, spine and hinges lightly rubbed, else a near fine copy of this scarce book. A very important book in the study of the history of printing. READ MORE about THE INVENTION OF PRINTING IN CHINA AND ITS SPREAD WESTWARD
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 10279
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, (1971). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 294 pages. Revised edition. Ownership inscription in ink on front free endpaper. Wear to spine ends of the jacket. Spine of jacket slightly faded, with minor shelfwear. A very good copy. More than 275 black-and-white with some color drawings by the author in this history of writing. READ MORE about THE 26 LETTERS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 9835
Published by Victor Malsy and Lars Müller. Contributions by Axel Langer and Indra Kupferschmid. With the support of Alfred E. Hoffmann.
(Baden, Switzerland): Lars Müller Publishers, (2009). 4to. cloth. 159, (1) pages. Published by Victor Malsy and Lars Müller. Contributions by Axel Langer and Indra Kupferschmid. With the support of Alfred E. Hoffmann. First edition. A fine copy. Illustrated in color throughout. READ MORE about STORY OF A TYPEFACE: HELVETICA FOREVER
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 143284
East Aurora: The Roycrofters, 1901. 8vo. limp suede boards, gilt on cover. (vi), viii, 49, (9) pages. First Roycroft edition (McKenna no.72). Gift / ownership inscriptions on the title page. Minor rubbing and fading to edges, front hinge cracked, else a good copy. Foreword by Michael Monahan. Title page and ornaments after designs by Samuel Warner and typography by Andrew Andrews. READ MORE about POEMS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 141583
London: Impress, (2018). 4to. digital printed paper covered boards, separate portfolio with eight letterpress prints, cloth clamshell box. 136 pages. Limited to 24 unnumbered copies. The folder included within the Limited Edition contains a set of seven black and white 330mm x 250mm letterpress prints and one two-colour 500mm x 330mm letterpress print. These are formed from the rare and original 1930-60s metal printing blocks made from Bertholds hand drawn artworks. The blocks themselves were..... READ MORE about BERTHOLD WOLPE: THE TOTAL MAN
Price: $1,500.00 Order nr. 137119
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, (1982). oblong small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. Revised edition. A near fine copy. An introduction to calligraphers to the many-faceted world of Black Letter. This was a hand that dominated European manuscript writing from the early twelfth century to the fifteenth century. Illustrated with six major Black Letter hands. Includes a bibliography. READ MORE about BLACK LETTER PRIMER, AN INTRODUCTION TO GOTHIC ALPHABETS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 121389
New York: Pitman Publishing Corp. (1962). oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 44 pages. Covers creased and rubbed, else a near fine copy. Illustrated throughout. READ MORE about LETTERING IN A VARIETY OF ALPHABETS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 12008
Based on the First English edition of 1854, As Translated from the First French Edition of 1839, 'De la Loi du Contraste Simultané des Couleurs. A Newly Revised Edition with a Special Introduction and a Newly Revised Commentary by Faber Birren.
West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., (1987). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 192 pages. Based on the First English edition of 1854, As Translated from the First French Edition of 1839, 'De la Loi du Contraste Simultané des Couleurs. A Newly Revised Edition with a Special Introduction and a Newly Revised Commentary by Faber Birren. Revised edition. Fine in near fine jacket. A study on how to assemble colored objects so as to obtain their best..... READ MORE about THE PRINCIPLES OF HARMONY AND CONTRAST OF COLORS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS TO THE ARTS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 143277
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 232 pages. First edition. A fine copy. Explains the processes and issues of designing type with over 400 type specimens and diagrams. Discussion of design processes, variables in type design, parts of a letter and typeface classification. Bibliographic references, index and acknowledgements. READ MORE about DESIGNING TYPE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 108700
A Guide to Setting Perfect Type. Foreword by Frank Romano.
(Berkley): (Peachpit Press), (2003). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xxii, 362 pages. A Guide to Setting Perfect Type. Foreword by Frank Romano. Reprint of the first edition. A near fine copy. A technology-independent manual of the basic concepts and anatomy of good typography. Useful as a reference or textbook. READ MORE about THE COMPLETE MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 99578
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1984. 8vo. printed paper wrappers. ix, 55, (2) pages. First edition, limited to 300 copies. A near fine copy. Designed by Vance Gerry. A fascinating account of this great book designer and printer and containing a bibliography of books and articles by and about Ritchie. Well illustrated. READ MORE about A CONCISE ACCOUNT OF WARD RITCHIE HIS PRINTING & HIS BOOKS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 94390
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1978). small 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 222, (2) pages. First edition. Fine in fine jacket. A complete, graphically illustrated guide to phototypesetting for the designer and the non-designer. It is grouped under four major headings, terminology, design, copyfitting, and phototypesetting systems. Indexed. READ MORE about PHOTO TYPE SETTING, A DESIGN MANUAL
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 58961
Poole, Dorset: Blandford Press, 1985. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 368 pages. First published in German in 1983. Fine in fine dust jacket. A specimen book of ornaments from the 15th century to the present, grouped by general type: individual ornaments, borders and cartouches, rows and border pieces, ornamental areas (backgrounds, wallpaper, etc.), and initials. First two sections are subdivided into one-piece items and items assembled from smaller pieces (e.g. "Granjon Arabesques"). Some reproductions are entire..... READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHICAL ORNAMENTS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 53737
New York: Bonanza Books, (1980). 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 159+(1) pages. Reprint of the first U.S. edition. Lacking the dust jacket, else a fine copy. With a foreword by John Ryder. Wide experience on the field of lettering enables the author to recognize and address many problems which face those who work with letters. Illustrated by the author, with a glossary of printing terms. READ MORE about LETTERING DESIGN, FORM & SKILL IN THE DESIGN & USE OF LETTERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 44479
New York: Design Press, (1989). 4to. cloth, paper spine label, dust jacket. 255 pages. First English edition. Fine in fine jacket. Andersch describes how he teaches the art of writing, discussing the origins and evolutions of letterforms, and the expressive potential of lettering. Filled with exquisite examples of calligraphy produced by the author's students. A nice production. READ MORE about SYMBOLS, SIGNS, LETTERS. ABOUT HANDWRITING, EXPERIMENTING WITH ALPHABETS, AND THE INTERPRETATION...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 28249
London: Sylvan Press, 1951. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. Not paginated. First edition. Dust jacket torn and chipped in places, else a near fine copy. Gives examples of printing in 1851 and 1951 to allow the reader to compare the progress of printing over the period. Wonderful examples of printing bound-in. READ MORE about PRINTER'S PROGRESS, A COMPARATIVE SURVEY OF THE CRAFT OF PRINTING 1851-1951
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4825
An unpublished poem.
np (but San Diego): np (but the Brighton Press), nd (c.1988). 4to. cloth-covered boards, paper spine label, silk ties. (6) pages, one of which is printed. An unpublished poem. A unique, unpublished work privately printed by The Brighton Press. A fine copy. This single-page work features a beautiful combination of typography and engravings printed recto only. Even though no information is present, Michele Burgess' artwork still stands the testaments of time and are completely iconic..... READ MORE about A LOCKED HOUSE
Price: $750.00 Order nr. 143276
Seattle: M Kimberly Press, 1987. folio (21.5 x 2.5 x 14.5 inches). illustrated boards and a clamshell case. (12) signatures. Limited to 25 numbered copies signed by both Charles Simic and Mare Blocker on the colophon. A fine copy of an exquisite fine press production. A poem by Charles Simic from Return to a Place Lit by a Glass of Milk, individually hand watercolored, embellished, and bound by artist Mare Blocker. Winner of the 1990..... READ MORE about WATCH REPAIR
Price: $1,100.00 Order nr. 143273
