A GARDEN OF PRINTERS' FLOWERS.
Nevada City, CA: Harold Berliner's Typefoundry, (1982). large 8vo. paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. Catalogue of typographical ornament. READ MORE about A GARDEN OF PRINTERS' FLOWERS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 51732
Typography
THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF TYPE FACES.
London: Blandford Press, (1953). small 4to. cloth. 335 pages. First edition of this classic book. Lacks dust jacket. READ MORE about THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF TYPE FACES
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 121977
AN APPROACH TO TYPE.
London: Blandford Press, (1961). small 4to. cloth. 136 pages. Second edition. Well illustrated introduction to typography. Minor jacket chipping. Bookplate. READ MORE about AN APPROACH TO TYPE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 19724
THE USE OF TYPE, THE PRACTICE OF TYPOGRAPHY.
London: Blandford Press, 1954. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 219 pages. First edition. Ownership signature in ink on front cover of jacket and front free endpaper. Slight soiling of jacket, else very good. Produced to help the printer design his printing work. Includes title page from the Oxford Lectern Bible designed by Bruce Rogers. Includes chapters on the choice of type, mixing types, principles of spacing, etc. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan..... READ MORE about THE USE OF TYPE, THE PRACTICE OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 87052
TYPEFACES FOR DESKTOP PUBLISHING, A USERS GUIDE.
London: Architecture Design and Technology Press, 1990. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. ix, 106 pages. First edition. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about TYPEFACES FOR DESKTOP PUBLISHING, A USERS GUIDE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 98827
20TH CENTURY TYPE.
(Corte Madera, CA: Gingko Press Inc., 1998). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 191+(1) pages. First edition. Printed in full color throughout.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about 20TH CENTURY TYPE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 124867
PRINTING HISTORY, FORMS AND USE, A CATALOGUE IN THREE PARTS OF THE COLLECTION FORMED BY JACKSON BURKE.
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1975. 8vo. cloth. 71; 95; 130 pages. Covers soiled. Title written in ink on spine of two of the volumes. READ MORE about PRINTING HISTORY, FORMS AND USE, A CATALOGUE IN THREE PARTS OF THE COLLECTION FORMED BY JACKSON...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 120078
THE LEIDEN 'AFDRUCKSEL' A TYPE SPECIMEN OF THE PRESS OF WILLEM SILVIUS IN ITS LAST DAYS (1582), A FACSIMILE WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES.
Leiden: Ter Lugt Press, 1983. folio. stiff paper wrappers. 23 pages. Limited to only 108 copies. With a facsimile of this specimen broadside. Prospectus loosely inserted. READ MORE about THE LEIDEN 'AFDRUCKSEL' A TYPE SPECIMEN OF THE PRESS OF WILLEM SILVIUS IN ITS LAST DAYS (1582), A...
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 78881
ART OF THE PRINTED BOOK 1455-1955, MASTERPIECES OF TYPOGRAPHY THROUGH FIVE CENTURIES FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY.
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, (1973). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 192 pages. First edition. Profusely illustrated. Spine ends lightly worn, else near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ART OF THE PRINTED BOOK 1455-1955, MASTERPIECES OF TYPOGRAPHY THROUGH FIVE CENTURIES FROM THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 21973
ART OF THE PRINTED BOOK 1455-1955; MASTERPIECES OF TYPOGRAPHY THROUGH FIVE CENTURIES FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY.
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, (1974). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 192 pages. First edition, second printing. Profusely illustrated. Jacket chipped around edges. Some dampstaining along spine of jacket. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ART OF THE PRINTED BOOK 1455-1955; MASTERPIECES OF TYPOGRAPHY THROUGH FIVE CENTURIES FROM THE...
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ART OF THE PRINTED BOOK 1455-1955; MASTERPIECES OF TYPOGRAPHY THROUGH FIVE CENTURIES FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY.
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, (1984). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 192 pages. First edition, fourth printing. Profusely illustrated. Name in ink. READ MORE about ART OF THE PRINTED BOOK 1455-1955; MASTERPIECES OF TYPOGRAPHY THROUGH FIVE CENTURIES FROM THE...
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THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA.
Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College Library, (1989). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 250, (2) pages. Reprint of first edition. A study of the more interesting of American typographers from colonial times to the present. Well illustrated. READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 34364
THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA.
Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College Library, (1989). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xvi, 250, (2) pages. Reprint of first edition. A study of the more interesting of American typographers from colonial times to the present. Well-illustrated. Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 45842
THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA.
Boston: David R. Godine, (1977). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 250, (2) pages. First edition. A study of the more interesting of American typographers from colonial times to the present. Well-illustrated. Jacket spine faded; chipped around edges. READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 64775
THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA.
Boston: David R. Godine, (1977). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 250, (2) pages. First edition. A study of the more interesting of American typographers from colonial times to the present. Well-illustrated. With a small paper label on the free endpaper calling attention to the fact that this book was printed on Mohawk Superfine Text. READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 105191
THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA.
Boston: David R. Godine, (1977). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 250, (2) pages. First edition. A study of the more interesting of American typographers from colonial times to the present. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 124825
THE CLIP ART BOOK OF DESIGNS: MORE THAN 5,000 MOTIFS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
New York, NY: Crescent Books, 1995. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 302 pages. Introduction, Bibliography. Clip art and motifs from Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, Australasia. Fine condition.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about THE CLIP ART BOOK OF DESIGNS: MORE THAN 5,000 MOTIFS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135187
TYPE & DECORATIVE MATERIAL USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF CATALOGUES FOR THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, ANDERSON GALLERIES INC.
New York: Publishers Printing Company, the William Bradford Press, n.d. small 4to. cloth-backed boards. 35 pages. Printer's type specimen book produced to show work for this book auction house. Well preserved copy still in glassine jacket. READ MORE about TYPE & DECORATIVE MATERIAL USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF CATALOGUES FOR THE AMERICAN ART...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 41043
BOOK PRINTING IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA, A GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE AND A DIRECTORY OF PRINTERS.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, (1983). 8vo. cloth. ix, 163 pages. First edition. Lists 1,021 books, theses, sales and exhibition catalogues, and articles in periodicals on the subject. Contains a section for each country and covers such subjects as Printing Manuals, Type Specimen books, Music, Religion, and Writing and Calligraphy. At the back is a list of 389 Printers, Typographers, Calligraphers, and Book Designers; and three short checklists of general works and titles on British and..... READ MORE about BOOK PRINTING IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA, A GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE AND A DIRECTORY OF PRINTERS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 26723
CARVING THE ELEMENTS: A COMPANION TO THE FRAGMENTS OF PARMENIDES.
Berkeley: Editions Koch, 2004. 6 x 9 inches. Paperback. 138 pages. First edition. This companion piece to The Fragments of Parmenides reveals the "blood, sweat and tears" the creators put into their original book. Carving the Elements tells the detailed story of the making of The Fragments of Parmenides, a grandiose book project meticulously crafted by: master letterpress printer Peter Koch; poet, translator and typographer Robert Bringhurst; punchcutter, type designer, typefounder and poet Dan Carr;..... READ MORE about CARVING THE ELEMENTS: A COMPANION TO THE FRAGMENTS OF PARMENIDES
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 78258
TYPOGRAPHICAL WIDOW WHO IS SHE? WHAT IS SHE?
New York: New York Public Library, 1948. 8vo. paper wrappers. 25 pages. Humorous enquiry into the origin of the term "widow" when referrring to a line of print that begins on one page and ends on another. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHICAL WIDOW WHO IS SHE? WHAT IS SHE?
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DUPLICATES OF TYPE SPECIMEN BOOKS, ETC., UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN, FOR SALE BY THE TYPOGRAPHIC LIBRARY OF THE AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS COMPANY.
With Historical Notes and Comments by Henry Lewis Bullen. Introduction by Richard B. Yale.
San Diego: Frontier Publishing Co., 1972. 4to. cloth. (7), 53 leaves printed on one side. With Historical Notes and Comments by Henry Lewis Bullen. Introduction by Richard B. Yale. Reprinted in typescript from the 1934 first edition and containing some additional matter. Compiled by H.L. Bullen, librarian of the ATF Company, to eliminate duplicates from the library and raise money. Excellent bibliographical tool in the study of these specimen books as Bullen has added comments..... READ MORE about DUPLICATES OF TYPE SPECIMEN BOOKS, ETC., UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN, FOR SALE BY THE TYPOGRAPHIC...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 31351
COLUMBUS.
N.P. n.p., (1995). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 12 pages. Written in German. Reprinted from "Typografische Monatsblätter", Heft I, 1995, here bound separately. With various type specimens and some black-and-white plates throughout. READ MORE about COLUMBUS
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 101413
STONE PRINT.
N.P. n.p., n.d. (circa 1992). 4to. self paper wrappers. 8 pages. Written in German. Reprinted from the "Typografische Monatsblätter", a Swiss periodical on typography which Caflisch has contributed many articles to. Contains various type specimens throughout this essay. READ MORE about STONE PRINT
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 101411
TYPE: THE BEST IN DIGITAL CLASSIC TEXT FONTS.
(Zurich, Switzerland: Graphis Press Corp. 1995). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 217, (5) pages. Table of contents, publisher's remarks, foreword by Carnase, preface by Gorkin. Depictions of eighteen noteworthy type faces. READ MORE about TYPE: THE BEST IN DIGITAL CLASSIC TEXT FONTS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 122975