Currie, Kit, et al.

ABE LERNER 1908-2002.

New York: The Typophiles, 2003. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 31+(1) pages. Typophiles Monograph New Series #20. Known throughout the world of typography, Abe Lerner was a highly respected and talented typographer/book designer with links to the likes of the great Bruce Rogers. With a meticulous eye for detail and clean design, he was constantly working on new projects. With a career that landed him as the Director of Design and Production at Macmillan, President..... READ MORE about ABE LERNER 1908-2002

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 75326

Dair, Carl.

EPISTLES TO THE TORONTONIANS. WITH ARTICLES FROM CANADIAN PRINTER & PUBLISHER.

With an introduction by William Ross and notes by Rod McDonald.
Toronto and New Castle, Delaware: Coach House Press with Sheridan College and Oak Knoll Press, 2015. 9 x 11.25. hardcover cloth with wrap-around paper cover label, DVD in pocket in back. 130 pages numbered from the half title. With an introduction by William Ross and notes by Rod McDonald. "These letters document the immense skill that was required to take a letter from a drawing to a piece of type." - Jon Bath, SHARP News..... READ MORE about EPISTLES TO THE TORONTONIANS. WITH ARTICLES FROM CANADIAN PRINTER & PUBLISHER

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 126777

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

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 16315

Dodd, Robin.

FROM GUTENBERG TO OPEN TYPE.

An Illustrated History of Type form the Earliest Letterforms to the Latest Digital Fonts
Vancouver: Hartley & Marks, (2006). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 192 pages. An Illustrated History of Type form the Earliest Letterforms to the Latest Digital Fonts. A history of typography, typographers, and printing with 290 illustrations. A very interesting new book. READ MORE about FROM GUTENBERG TO OPEN TYPE

Price: $29.95  other currencies  Order nr. 93283

Dreyfus, John (compiler).

THE HERITAGE OF THE GRAPHIC ARTS LECTURE SERIES: A COMPLETE LISTING.

New York: The Typophiles, 1994. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 42, (4) pages. Limited to 500 copies. A Typophile Monograph, New Series Number Eleven. A listing of the lectures which ran in various series from 1965 to 1982, arranged by Dr. Robert L. (Doc) Leslie, the topics being typography, printing, paper, book design, calligraphy, and other aspects of the graphic arts. Illustrated by Lili Cassel Wronker. READ MORE about THE HERITAGE OF THE GRAPHIC ARTS LECTURE SERIES: A COMPLETE LISTING

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 48729

(Duensing, Paul Hayden).

DEUTSCHE DRUCKSCHRIFTEN: GERMAN PRINTING TYPES.

Vicksburg, MI: privately printed, 1990. oblong 16mo. cloth, labelus-mi on front cover, decorated slipcase. unpaginated. Limited to 174 copies, 29 specially bound and slip-cased. 140 copies reserved for the American Typecasting Fellowship and the Typecrafters meetings in 1990. This copy is thus. Completed at the Private Press and Typefoundry of Paul Hayden Duensing. Title and illustration adapted from a Klingspor Type Foundry specimen issued early in the 20th century. Illustrations of numerous German type specimens..... READ MORE about DEUTSCHE DRUCKSCHRIFTEN: GERMAN PRINTING TYPES

Price: $250.00  other currencies  Order nr. 121724

(Engdahl Typography). Engdahl, Lee.

SLIDEHOOK, SEVEN COMIC POEMS.

N.P. n.p., 1988. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Limited to 150 numbered copies, printed by Silverado Press, with Engdahl Typography working on the presswork, composition, and typography. Laid-in are two receipts from Engdahl Typography addressed to the former owner that have been signed by Engdahl. Minor wear, spine faded, extremities lightly tanned. READ MORE about SLIDEHOOK, SEVEN COMIC POEMS

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 101176

(Farthing Press).

A TYPE OF QUOTE, BOOK I. BEING A COLLECTION OF THE ROMAN TYPE FACES OF THE FARTHING PRESS.

Norfolk: The Farthing Press, 1985. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. A type specimens book produced by The Farthing Press with common adages and maxims in addition to the standard display of type specimens. Letter dated 20 March '86 signed by Alan J. Fitch & compliments of card laid -in. Large crease on top board and fading on both boards as if shelved next to smaller books. READ MORE about A TYPE OF QUOTE, BOOK I. BEING A COLLECTION OF THE ROMAN TYPE FACES OF THE FARTHING PRESS

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 96744

(Florin Press). Wyatt, Leo.

LEO WYATT'S LITTLE BOOK OF ALPHABETS.

Ashford, England: The Florin Press, 1985. 8vo. quarter leather, paper over boards, leather label on cover, slipcase. (xiv), 12, (3) pages. First edition, limited to 150 copies. With introduction by Michael Taylor. Contains 12 alphabets, engraved in wood and printed in color. Printed from the original wood blocks on handmade paper. A fine copy. READ MORE about LEO WYATT'S LITTLE BOOK OF ALPHABETS

Price: $400.00  other currencies  Order nr. 34479

Freeman, Arthur.

JULIA ALPINULA, PSEUDO-HEROINE OF HELVETIA: HOW A FORGED RENAISSANCE EPITAPH FOSTERED A NATIONAL MYTH.

London, United Kingdom: Bernard Quaritch, 2015. 8vo. paper wrappers. 72 pages. Julia Alpinula is a legendary Swiss heroine, whose pathetic fate in AD 69 inspired popular historians, dramatists, artists, and poets including an infatuated Byron over a period of more than two hundred years. Her very existence, however, was based entirely on a funerary inscription first published in 1588 and ultimately shown to be a humanist forgery. Julia Alpinula is a fully documented account of..... READ MORE about JULIA ALPINULA, PSEUDO-HEROINE OF HELVETIA: HOW A FORGED RENAISSANCE EPITAPH FOSTERED A NATIONAL...

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 127033

(Germany).

GERMAN TYPOGRAPHY TODAY.

Leipziger Strabe: German Liaison Committee of the Type Directors Club of New York, 1987. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 63+(1) pages. A catalogue for the exhibition of the German Liaison Committee of The Type Directors Club of New York, which featured contemporary German graphic design in the United States. Illustrated and indexed. READ MORE about GERMAN TYPOGRAPHY TODAY

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 59352

(Gill, Eric). Shewring, Walter.

THE LETTERS OF ERIC GILL.

London: Jonathan Cape, (1947). 8vo. cloth. 480 pages. First edition. Contains 344 of Gill's correspondence from the years 1900-1940. Illustrated. Clipped portrait of GIll pasted down on free endpaper. Pencil inscription of David Evans, the sculptor, above copy of this portrait. READ MORE about THE LETTERS OF ERIC GILL

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 51612

(Gilman).

GILMAN FANFOLD SYSTEMS. FANFOLD, SUPERFOLD, TIEFOLD.

Cleveland: Gilman Printing Co., n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, embossed lettering. Descriptive brochure covering the patented record system developed by this firm. Continuous forms for bookkeeping. Spine broken with covers loose. READ MORE about GILMAN FANFOLD SYSTEMS. FANFOLD, SUPERFOLD, TIEFOLD

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 30908