Gress, Edmund G.

FASHIONS IN AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHY 1780 TO 1930 WITH BRIEF ILLUSTRATED STORIES OF THE LIFE AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN SEVEN PERIODS.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. 8vo. cloth-backed gold paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xxx, 201 pages. First edition. (Hart no.20). Foreword by Frederic Goudy. Gress covers "the various periods at which decided changes in the matter of type design or changed tastes in type arrangement took place." Very interesting gold dust jacket printed in black. Jacket chipped with small piece missing along the top.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about FASHIONS IN AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHY 1780 TO 1930 WITH BRIEF ILLUSTRATED STORIES OF THE LIFE AND...

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 16151

Haley, Allan.

ABC'S OF TYPE.

New York: Watson-Guptill, (1990). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 128 pages. First edition. Describes and analyses twenty of today's most popular typefaces covering characteristics, background, and considerations for use. Illustrated with examples of design and the complete roman and italic alphabet of each face. READ MORE about ABC'S OF TYPE

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 31363

Harris, Elizabeth M.

THE FAT AND THE LEAN, AMERICAN WOOD TYPE IN THE 19TH CENTURY.

Washington, DC: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, 1983. 6 x 9 inches. stiff paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. Publication accompanying a 1983 exhibition in the Hall of Printing and Graphic Arts of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Introduction, list of illustration captions, endnotes, bibliography. Black and white illustrations throughout. Corrigenda laid in. READ MORE about THE FAT AND THE LEAN, AMERICAN WOOD TYPE IN THE 19TH CENTURY

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 132741

Hess, Sol.

PRINTING TYPES: THEIR ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT.

Philadelphia: Lanston Monotype Machine Co., n.d. 12mo. paper wrappers. 15 pages. Illustrated. READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES: THEIR ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 4285

(Hill & Dale Press). Hopkins, Richard L.

IN QUEST OF TYPOGRAPHIC TREASURES AT THE ARCHABBEY.

A Monotype Fanatic's Escapade
Terra Alta: Hill & Dale Press and Typefoundry, 1984. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. A Monotype Fanatic's Escapade. Limited to 300 copies. Illustrations by Jim Willis. Typographic adventure at the St. Vincent Archabbey Press. READ MORE about IN QUEST OF TYPOGRAPHIC TREASURES AT THE ARCHABBEY

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 105500

(Hill Press).

DUTCH TYPES USED IN THE ENGLISH BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER: 1911 - 1930.

Baltimore, MD: Hill Press, 2019. 8vo. leather. (iv), vi, 44, (2) pages. First edition limited to 60 numbered copies, of which this copy is one of 9 copies bound in full leather by the Don Rash of Boss Dog Press. This book seeks to establish the relationship between Dutch-inspired type faces and English prayer books. Essays included are 'Hendrik van den Keere: an Exceptionally Gifted Craftsman', by Guy Hutsebaut; 'Peter de Walpergen, His Training and..... READ MORE about DUTCH TYPES USED IN THE ENGLISH BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER: 1911 - 1930

Price: $590.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134707

(House of Type).

THE MAN BEHIND THE FACE.

Names of type Designers Set in One of Their Astute Creations
Baltimore: The House of Type, 1984. 16mo. stapled stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Names of type Designers Set in One of Their Astute Creations. Limited to 120 copies. List of type designers using their various type faces. READ MORE about THE MAN BEHIND THE FACE

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 105501

Hudson, Graham.

THE DESIGN AND PRINTING OF EPHEMERA IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA, 1720-1920.

New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2008. 8.5 x 11 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 160 pages. First edition. Ephemera has been collected for many years, but only recently has it become widely accepted as material for academic study. This is the first book to discuss ephemera as an aspect of design history, showing how function, production process and period have affected the changing appearance of billheads, trade cards, flyers..... READ MORE about THE DESIGN AND PRINTING OF EPHEMERA IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA, 1720-1920

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 95868

Hutchings, R.S.

THE WESTERN HERITAGE OF TYPE DESIGN, A TREASURY OF CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TYPEFACES DEMONSTRATING THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSIFICATION OF FORM OF PRINTED LETTERS.

London: Cory, Adams & Mackay, (1963). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 127 pages. First edition. Well printed. Fine condition. READ MORE about THE WESTERN HERITAGE OF TYPE DESIGN, A TREASURY OF CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TYPEFACES DEMONSTRATING...

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 19754

(Incline Press). Moss, Graham and Kathy Whalen.

HUNG OUT TO DRY.

Oldham, England: Incline Press, 2007. 4to. cloth, marbled paper covered boards, slipcase. 95 pages, 76 broadsides. One of 150 copies of which this is one of 120 numbered copies bound thus by Chris Hicks. Sixty-seven broadsheets explore some of the endless design possibilities of single-sheet printing. Presenting a wide range of typefaces, borders and illustrations, these miniature posters range from the whimsical to the serious, representing more than six years of single sheet printing of..... READ MORE about HUNG OUT TO DRY

Price: $400.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133729

(Intertype).

HOW TO SELECT TYPE FACES ESPECIALLY INTERTYPE FACES.

Brooklyn: Intertype Corporation, (1929). tall 12mo. paper wrappers. 32 pages. Revised edition. Covers soiled. READ MORE about HOW TO SELECT TYPE FACES ESPECIALLY INTERTYPE FACES

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 33093

Jeavons, Terry and Michael Beaumont.

INTRODUCTION TO TYPOGRAPHY.

Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, Inc., (1990). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 128 pages. First edition. Covers the development of type design, basic terminology, copyfitting, photography and the computer, faults to avoid, etc. Well illustrated.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about INTRODUCTION TO TYPOGRAPHY

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 29689

(Johnston, Edward). Holliday, Peter.

EDWARD JOHNSTON: MASTER CALLIGRAPHER.

New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and the British Library, 2007. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover. 412 pages. First edition. Edward Johnston (1872-1944) was a man of letters - master calligrapher, typeface designer and creator of the lettering and branding for the London Underground. He was also a great teacher and philosopher. Many were, and still are, influenced by his down-to-earth ideas on calligraphy and lettering, and those who studied in his classes at..... READ MORE about EDWARD JOHNSTON: MASTER CALLIGRAPHER

Price: $49.95  other currencies  Order nr. 92516