Brunner, Felix.

A HANDBOOK OF GRAPHIC REPRODUCTION PROCESSES, A TECHNICAL GUIDE INCLUDING THE PRINTMAKING PROCESSES.

New York: Visual Communication Books, (1984). oblong 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 379 pages. Sixth revised edition. With text in English, German and French. Well-illustrated. Excellent work to enable you to understand and tell the differences in the various reproductive processes. READ MORE about A HANDBOOK OF GRAPHIC REPRODUCTION PROCESSES, A TECHNICAL GUIDE INCLUDING THE PRINTMAKING PROCESSES

Price: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 59865

Burke, Clifford.

PRINTING IT A GUIDE TO GRAPHIC TECHNIQUES FOR THE IMPECUNIOUS.

Berkeley: Wingbow Press, (1974). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 127 pages. Second printing. With Illustrations by Chuck Miller. READ MORE about PRINTING IT A GUIDE TO GRAPHIC TECHNIQUES FOR THE IMPECUNIOUS

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 688

Chaplin, Ruth A.

THE LITTLE DETAILS.

Brooklyn: George McKibbin & Son, (1949). 8vo. cloth-backed decorated paepr covered boards. 13 pages. First edition, limited to 2000 copies. Details of typographic design. McKibbin issued a number of books on design. READ MORE about THE LITTLE DETAILS

Price: $8.00  other currencies  Order nr. 1369

Clouse, Doug.

MACKELLAR, SMITHS & JORDAN: TYPOGRAPHIC TASTEMAKERS OF THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2008. 8.5 x 11 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 176 pages. A SIGNED COPY BY THE AUTHOR OF THIS LOVELY BOOK First edition. This is the first full-length study of the leading American type foundry of the nineteenth century. It is an interesting history of the foundry from both a business and a design point of view. The emphasis is on the design of the hundreds of typefaces that were..... READ MORE about MACKELLAR, SMITHS & JORDAN: TYPOGRAPHIC TASTEMAKERS OF THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133463

Compton, Susan.

RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE BOOKS 1917-34.

Cambridge: The MIT Press, (1993). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 175 pages. First U.S. edition. Using examples from the British Library's collection of Russian Avant-Garde Books, this study explores graphic design and photomontage in books and journals. Well illustrated throughout, many in color. Jacket curled at top edge. READ MORE about RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE BOOKS 1917-34

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 37001

Craig, James and Bruce Barton.

THIRTY CENTURIES OF GRAPHIC DESIGN.

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1987). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 224 pages. First edition. With 400 illustrations and a selected bibliography. Presentation from Barton on page facing title page. Covers and ages of pages show toning. READ MORE about THIRTY CENTURIES OF GRAPHIC DESIGN

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 124255

Davis, Alec.

GRAPHICS, DESIGN INTO PRODUCTION.

(London): Faber & Faber, 1975. 8vo. cloth. 154 pages. Reprint of the 1973 first edition. A look through a designer's eyes at the main methods of graphic reproduction in use twenty-five years ago. "The book's aim is deliberately limited to the provision of facts" about production. Chapters on The Scope of Graphics Today, Printing and Printers, Words into Print, Pictures into Print, Graphics Not on Paper, and Functional Considerations. With 125 illustrations. Glossary. READ MORE about GRAPHICS, DESIGN INTO PRODUCTION

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 78401

Davis, Alec.

PACKAGE AND PRINT, THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONTAINER AND LABEL DESIGN.

(London): Faber and Faber, (1967). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 112 pages plus 209 plates. First Edition. A book about packaging before the word "packaging" was invented. History of the development of packaging and container and label design from the sixteenth century. Jacket chipped along edges and is price clipped. READ MORE about PACKAGE AND PRINT, THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONTAINER AND LABEL DESIGN

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De Vinne, Theodore Low.

CORRECT COMPOSITION A TREATISE ON SPELLING, ABBREVIATIONS, THE COMPOUNDING AND DIVISION OF WORDS, THE PROPER USE OF FIGURES AND NUMERALS ... Part of the Practice of Typography Series.

New York: The Century Co., 1901. small 8vo. cloth, leather spine label, top edge gilt. viii, 476 pages. First edition. (Hart no.14). Covers rubbed. Spine label has very small piece missing. Label removed from corner of free endpaper leaving a mark. READ MORE about CORRECT COMPOSITION A TREATISE ON SPELLING, ABBREVIATIONS, THE COMPOUNDING AND DIVISION OF WORDS,...

Price: $55.00  other currencies  Order nr. 121944

Dickson, T. Elder.

THE ELEMENTS OF DESIGN.

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1933. square 8vo. cloth. 49, (7) pages. Well illustrated manual covering all aspects of design with some application to books. READ MORE about THE ELEMENTS OF DESIGN

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 39225

Drew, Ned and Paul Sternberger.

BY ITS COVER.

New York, NY: Princeton Architectural Press, (2005). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 192 pages. Table of contents, acknowledgments, endnotes, select bibliography, index, photographic credits. A history of American book cover design. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about BY ITS COVER

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 122256

Ede, Charles (editor).

THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950.

London: The Studio Publications, (1951). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 214 pages. S-K 5740. First edition. Major sections on type design, lettering, printing, illustration, commercial binding and hand binding. Each section is well-illustrated. A different author summarizes the results of each country; i.e., binding in the U.S. by E.W. Palmer and Edith Diehl. Dust jacket has a few creases, chips and short closed tears. Ink inscription on endpaper. Corner bumped. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950

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Ede, Charles (editor).

THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950.

London and New York: The Studio Publications, (1951). 4to. cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. xii, 214 pages. S-K 5740. First U.S. edition. Major sections on type design, lettering, printing, illustration, commercial binding and hand binding. Each section is well-illustrated. A different author summarizes the results of each country; i.e., binding in the U.S. by E.W. Palmer and Edith Diehl. In a later San Francisco Public Library binding. Exlibris with markings. Else fine. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 120770