Day, Kenneth (editor).

BOOK TYPOGRAPHY, 1815-1965 IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1966). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxiii, 401 pages. First U.S. edition, first published in Holland by Thieme in Dutch. Various authors discuss book typography for different countries including Handover on British Book Typography and James Wells on Typography in the U.S. 192 pages of illustrations. Minor rubbing. Bookplate. READ MORE about BOOK TYPOGRAPHY, 1815-1965 IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Price: $17.50  other currencies  Order nr. 19876

Day, Kenneth (editor).

BOOK TYPOGRAPHY, 1815-1965 IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

London: Ernest Benn Ltd., (1966). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxiii, 401 pages. First English edition, first published in Holland by Thieme in Dutch. Various authors discuss book typography for different countries including Handover on British Book Typography and James Wells on Typography in the U.S. 192 pages of illustrations. Jacket faded and rubbed. READ MORE about BOOK TYPOGRAPHY, 1815-1965 IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 53219

Day, Lewis F.

THE PLANNING OF ORNAMENT.

London: B.T. Batsford, 1887. 12mo. original blue cloth. xi, 49, (3) pages. Textbooks of Ornamental Design series, II. Frontispiece. Preface by the author. Decorated endpapers. 38 black and white plates with descriptive list of plates. Boards warped and stained. Hinges cracked. Early pages detached. Bookplate on front pastedown. READ MORE about THE PLANNING OF ORNAMENT

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 108672

(De Beauclair, Gotthard). Kelly, Jerry.

GOTTHARD DE BEAUCLAIR: ART AND LITERATURE THROUGH TYPOGRAPHY AND DESIGN.

With an introduction by Hermann Zapf
New York: The Grolier Club, 2006. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 48 pages. With an introduction by Hermann Zapf. Gotthard de Beauclair was a leading twentieth-century book designer. He produced some of the finest limited edition books through his craft techniques and use of precious materials. He stands as a model of fine bookmaking. This exhibition catalogue reveals his typography and design work for various German publishers. It includes fifteen color and black-and-white illustration and... READ MORE about GOTTHARD DE BEAUCLAIR: ART AND LITERATURE THROUGH TYPOGRAPHY AND DESIGN

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 106666

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., 1902. small 8vo. cloth, leather spine label, top edge gilt. x, 476 pages. Part of the Practice of Typography Series. Second edition. (Hart no.14). Spine label shows rubbing and a bit of chipping. Bookplate. READ MORE about CORRECT COMPOSITION A TREATISE ON SPELLING, ABBREVIATIONS, THE COMPOUNDING AND DIVISION OF WORDS,...

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 24759

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

De Vinne, Theodore Low.

A TREATISE ON TITLE-PAGES, WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS IN FACSIMILE AND SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE EARLY AND RECENT PRINTING OF BOOKS.

New York: The Century Co., 1914. 8vo. cloth, leather spine label. xx, 485 pages. Reprint of the 1902 first edition. (Hart no.15). Hundreds of illustrations. Leather spine label chipped and rubbed with loss. Name stamped in ink on front pastedown. READ MORE about A TREATISE ON TITLE-PAGES, WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS IN FACSIMILE AND SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE...

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 88448

(DePol, John).

TO DR. ROBERT LINCOLN LESLIE ON HIS NINETY-NINTH BIRTHDAY. THE TYPOPHILES. DECEMBER 1984.

N.P. The Typophiles, 1984. small 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. With a full color woodcut by John DePol of Leslie on front cover. READ MORE about TO DR. ROBERT LINCOLN LESLIE ON HIS NINETY-NINTH BIRTHDAY. THE TYPOPHILES. DECEMBER 1984

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 88420

DEUTSCHE BUCHUMSCHLÄGE AUS SIEBZIG JAHREN.

Mainz: Gutenberg-Museum, 1966. 8vo. self paper wrappers. unpaginated. Text in German. Exhibition of book covers presented by the Gutenberg Museum, Mainz, in 1966. Includes the 19th century, the Jugendstil movement, and the post-World War II period. Black and white illustrations. List of artists and bibliography. READ MORE about DEUTSCHE BUCHUMSCHLÄGE AUS SIEBZIG JAHREN

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 114765

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

Diringer, David.

THE ILLUMINATED BOOK, ITS HISTORY AND PRODUCTION.

London: Faber & Faber, (1967). thick 8vo. cloth. 514 pages. Revised edition. "Virtually an encyclopedia of the hand-illuminated book." An historical account. Many illustrations including some in color. READ MORE about THE ILLUMINATED BOOK, ITS HISTORY AND PRODUCTION

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 53617

(Douglas, Lester).

BOOKS DESIGNED & DIRECTED BY LESTER DOUGLAS, EXHIBITED AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

Washington: Library of Congress, 1949. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (22) pages. With a three page introduction by Harry Richards. READ MORE about BOOKS DESIGNED & DIRECTED BY LESTER DOUGLAS, EXHIBITED AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 19527

(Douglas, Lester). Bradford, Ralph.

IN THE IMAGE OF MAN.

Washington, DC: (House of Judd & Detweiler), 1932. small 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. 39+(1) pages. Limited to 675 copies. Published at Christmastime 1932. Designed and directed by Lester Douglas. Illustration by Benjamin Greenstein. Boards scuffed and rubbed at edges and along spine. READ MORE about IN THE IMAGE OF MAN

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 119213