New York: The Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography, 1992. tall 4to. self paper wrapper, stiff paper dust jacket. Unpaginated. A catalogue for an exhibition at Cooper Union of examples of modern Czech book design, with several introductory essays. Illustrated in color. READ MORE about BOOK DESIGN IN PRAGUE, 1960-1990
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 47053
Westfield, MA: Paper Makers Advertising Association, 1967-1977. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Twenty-seven issues of da , which had evolved from Direct Advertising (1911). Each issue contains many full color illustrations, samples of paper and great design concepts. The title changes to Printing Paper beginning with Volume 63, No.4. READ MORE about da, THE PAPER QUARTERLY FOR THE GRAPHIC ARTS
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 77725
(Stockholm): Forum, (1961). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 287+(1) pages. Text in Swedish. Second revised edition. Translated into Swedish from Danish by Henning Wieslander. A general history of the book from ancient times to the 20th century. Foreward by the translator, table of contents, bibliography, and index. Black and white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket worn at edges with spine faded. READ MORE about BOKENS HISTORIA
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 115354
Urbana: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1968. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 134 pages. First edition. Talks about the William Morris effect on Scandinavia during the turn of the century. READ MORE about SCANDINAVIAN BOOKMAKING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 34611
(London): Faber & Faber, 1975. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 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: $25.00 Order nr. 64084
(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 Order nr. 78401
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, (1968). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 112 pages plus 209 plates. First American 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. Light wear to jacket. READ MORE about PACKAGE AND PRINT, THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONTAINER AND LABEL DESIGN
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 25712
(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
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 105411
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. READ MORE about BOOK TYPOGRAPHY, 1815-1965 IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 16315
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 Order nr. 19876
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 Order nr. 53219
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1966). 8vo. cloth. 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. Ink inscription on free endpaper. READ MORE about BOOK TYPOGRAPHY, 1815-1965 IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 76847
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 Order nr. 108672
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. A fine copy. 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..... READ MORE about GOTTHARD DE BEAUCLAIR: ART AND LITERATURE THROUGH TYPOGRAPHY AND DESIGN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 106666
2 volumes.
New York: The Typophiles, 1968. 12mo. cloth, slipcase. viii,87+(1); (viii),173,(3) pages. 2 volumes. Limited to 500 copies. Chap Book no.XLVII. Slipcase faded along edges. READ MORE about THEODORE LOW DE VINNE, TOGETHER WITH A LIST OF DEVINNE'S WRITINGS, HIS REFLECTIONS ON THE CENTURY...
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 2109
New York: The Century Co., 1902. 8vo. cloth, leather spine label, top edge gilt. xx, 485 pages. First edition. (Hart no.15). Hundreds of illustrations.With the bookplate and ink signature of Gavin Bridson. Covers rubbed with wear at spine ends. Leather spine label partially lacking. READ MORE about A TREATISE ON TITLE-PAGES, WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS IN FACSIMILE AND SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE...
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 20029
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 Order nr. 88448
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 Order nr. 88420
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 Order nr. 114765
Leipzig: Buch-und Bibliothekswesen, 1962. 4to. cloth. xxiv, 402 pages of text followed by plates of illustrations. Nineteen chapters concerning German books written as part of this Festschrift. READ MORE about DEUTSCHE BUCHEREI, 1912-1962 FESTSCHRIFT ZUM FÜNFZIGJÄHRIGEN BESTEHEN DER DEUTSCHEN...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 2099
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 Order nr. 39225
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 Order nr. 53617
N.P. Privately printed (by Lester Douglas), 1934. 8vo. paper-covered boards, paper cover label. (30) pages. Printed by hand on fine paper with decorative ornaments in blue ink. READ MORE about AFTER THE PASSAGE OF WINTER, IN COMMEMORATION OF THE LIFE AND PASSING OF JENNIE THERESA DOUGLAS,...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 42675
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 Order nr. 119213
Washington: Lester Douglas, 1949. 8vo. limp cloth. (22) pages. Douglas's Christmas booklet. Presentation from Douglas on colophon page. Initial letters by Cal Hoke. READ MORE about ONE THERE WAS IN PALESTINE
Price: $11.00 Order nr. 41355
