with a foreword by Hendrik D.L. Vervliet
Dublin: National Print Museum, 2010. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. paperback. 236 pages. with a foreword by Hendrik D.L. Vervliet. Second edition. The designing of special type for printing Irish language texts began in the late sixteenth century and lasted into our own day, attracting the attention of many leading political and religious figures -Elizabeth I; Irish Franciscans in exile on the Continent; and at one point even Napoleon I - as well as scholars such..... READ MORE about IRISH TYPE DESIGN: A HISTORY OF PRINTING TYPES IN THE IRISH CHARACTER

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Fairlawn, NJ: Essential Books, 1959. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 116 pages. First U.S. edition. Illustrated. An important study. Jacket has small pieces missing along edge and is foxed. Pastedowns and endpapers also show foxing. READ MORE about MODERN BOOK DESIGN FROM WILLIAM MORRIS TO THE PRESENT DAY

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(New York): Thames and Hudson, (1988). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 216 pages. Reprint of the first U.S. paperback edition. Contains an historical introduction and chapters on equipment, methods of composition, casting-off, and jobbing, newspaper and magazine production. Well illustrated. READ MORE about THE THAMES AND HUDSON MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY

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(New York): Thames and Hudson, (1992). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 216 pages. Reprint of the first U.S. paperback edition, with corrections for this printing. Contains an historical introduction and chapters on equipment, methods of composition, casting-off, and jobbing, newspaper and magazine production. Well illustrated. READ MORE about THE THAMES AND HUDSON MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY

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Chicago: privately printed, 1935. orange wrappers. 7 pages. One of 200 copies. Fine. Reprinted from the Ben Franklin Monthly, 1922.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about DIDOT FAMILY TYPEFOUNDERS

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San Francisco, CA: Meadow Press, 1990. 4to. text loosely laid in portfolio. 23, (3) pages. Limited to 100 copies. Introduction, brief history of the Meadow Press, table of contents, Type specimens used by the press. Errata and corrigenda. Printed on recto only. READ MORE about ARTIST'S PROOF: BRIEF HISTORY, TYPE SPECIMEN AND CHECKLIST OF THE MEADOW PRESS

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New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, (1998). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (xvi), 510, (6) pages. Third edition. A complete and comprehensive study of the development of graphic design from prehistoric times to the twentieth century. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF GRAPHIC DESIGN

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Frankfurt: Deutscher Typokreis, 1955. 8vo. paper-covered boards. 45, (3) pages. On problems in contemporary typography. Spine faded. Corners bumped. READ MORE about FORMPROBLEME DER GEGENWÄRTIGEN TYPOGRAPHIE

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Berlin, Germany: Druk Editions, 2018. 4to. paper-covered boards, illustrated endpapers. 320 pages. Reprint edition of the 2004 first edition. Acknowledgments, table of contents, introduction, bibliography, indices of names and typefaces, credits. A study of typefaces and letterforms developed by Dutch designers. Includes a historical overview of printing in the Netherlands from the 15th century, but focuses on the 20th century. Considers individual designers, as well as centers of activity such as The Hague and Arnhem..... READ MORE about DUTCH TYPE

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Marcham: Alembic Press, The, 1995. miniature book (7.2 x 6 cm). sewn in eight sections with a Coptic binding in heavy textured black boards. 63 pages. Limited to 100 numbered copies. Printed by hand by Claire Bolton at her Alembic Press. A type specimen book demonstrating the collection of blackletter faces in the Alembic Press archives. Printed in black and red. A fine copy. READ MORE about A LITTLE BLACK BOOK

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(Overland Park, KS): Scott Free Press & Papermill, 1987. miniature book (6.0 x 4.9 cm). stiff paper wrappers. 30, (6) pages. Limited to 250 numbered copies, signed by publisher Duane C. Scott (Bradbury, Scott Free Press 5). Samples of type faces used by Scott. Covers are printed on paper handmade by the press. Small label of private collector in corner of back free endpaper. READ MORE about ORIENTAL SAYINGS: AN EXERCISE IN USING SMALL TYPES

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(Sudbury, MA: Kurbel Books, 1984). miniature book (6 x 6 cm). embroidered cloth covers with small metal dog attached to a ribbon as a bookmarker. Printed accordian style with 21 leaves. Limited to 200 numbered copies (Bradbury, Kurbel 4). Art by E. Helene Sherman, Layout by Robert E. Massmann and frontispiece portrait by Fred G. Moynlhan, Jr. Ten stages in this dog's life as told in illustrated pictures with hand-colored numbers. This special edition of..... READ MORE about BEAU-BEAU'S 1 2 3

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