Results for: Typography

Ruzicka, Rudolph.

ON THE AESTHETIC VALUES THAT ARE TO BE FOUND IN THE PRINTED WORK OF BRUCE ROGERS.

New York: The American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1939. 8vo. boards, (iv), 7 pages. First edition. Ruzicka did the colored woodcut and Bruce Rogers did the type arrangement. Presentation on frot free endpaper in pencil "To Dr. Archibald Mallock, with warm regards of R. Ruzicka. Dobbs Ferry, June 1939." Small split in front hinge at top. READ MORE about ON THE AESTHETIC VALUES THAT ARE TO BE FOUND IN THE PRINTED WORK OF BRUCE ROGERS

Price: $55.00 Order nr. 58674

Schulz-Anker, Erich.

FORMANALYSE UND DOKUMENTATION EINER SERIFENLOSEN LINEARSCHRIFT AUF NEU ER BASIS: SYNTAX-ANTIQUA.

Frankfurt: D. Stempel, 1969. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. 20, (2) pages. Essay analyzing a new sans-serif type face designed by Hans Ed. Meyer. READ MORE about FORMANALYSE UND DOKUMENTATION EINER SERIFENLOSEN LINEARSCHRIFT AUF NEU ER BASIS: SYNTAX-ANTIQUA

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 50949

Schumacher-Gebler, Eckehart (editor).

26 LETTERS, LETTERN, LETTRES, AN ANNUAL AND CALENDAR OF 26 LETTERS OF THE ROMAN ALPHABET.

(Munchen, Germany: Typostudio SchumacherGebler), 1989. 4to. stiff paper binder with spiral rings. (168) pages. A calendar and typographical compendium that serves as a reference book about letter forms, their designers, function and history. Most illustrations were supplied by the contributors and the typeface designers. Sponsored by the German Printers Federation, the Bundesverband Druck. Each pair of facing pages feature a distinct letter form with discussion in French, German and English. Printed with a wide range..... READ MORE about 26 LETTERS, LETTERN, LETTRES, AN ANNUAL AND CALENDAR OF 26 LETTERS OF THE ROMAN ALPHABET

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 79502

Sears, Matthew Urlwin.

SPECIMEN OF STEREOTYPE ORNAMENTS 1825.

London: Printing Historical Society, (1990). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. Facsimile of this early specimen book. With introduction by James Mosley. Contains about 156 ornaments. READ MORE about SPECIMEN OF STEREOTYPE ORNAMENTS 1825

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 35478

Shepherd, Walter.

SHEPHERD'S GLOSSARY OF GRAPHIC SIGNS AND SYMBOLS.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., (1974). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 598 pages. A reprint of the 1971 publication, this is an extensive treatment of the subject matter. Its prime objective: to assist the self-educator who indulges in much technical reading; however, all who consult obscure works, inscriptions, manuscripts, maps and charts will be liable to come across strange signs or the letters of strange alphabets. Filled with 5,000 distinct forms with upwards of..... READ MORE about SHEPHERD'S GLOSSARY OF GRAPHIC SIGNS AND SYMBOLS

Price: $16.00 Order nr. 99525

Sichowsky, Richard Von.

TYPOGRAPHIE UND BIBLIOPHILIE.

Hamburg, Germany: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1971. 8vo. paper-covered boards, all edges stained gray. 270, (2) pages. Text in German. Limited to 1400 copies. A collection of essays and speeches selected to celebrate two hundred years of the printing arts. Includes selections by Giambattista Bodoni, William Morris, Stanley Morison, Eric Gill, Jan Tschichold, and Paul Valéry; the selections are printed in different type faces. Also included are separate pages of type samples from various periods and countries. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIE UND BIBLIOPHILIE

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 126341

Simon, Oliver.

INTRODUCTION TO TYPOGRAPHY.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, n.d. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 137 pages. First U.S. edition. Printed at the Curwen Press in England. Excellent one volume look at typography. Jacket has pieces missing at spine ends. Bookplate on front pastedown. READ MORE about INTRODUCTION TO TYPOGRAPHY

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 19864

Simon, Oliver.

INTRODUCTION TO TYPOGRAPHY.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, n.d. 8vo. cloth. xi, 137 pages. First U.S. edition. Excellent one volume look at typography. Spine faded. READ MORE about INTRODUCTION TO TYPOGRAPHY

Price: $13.00 Order nr. 31470

Simon, Oliver.

PRINTER AND PLAYGROUND, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

London: Faber and Faber, (1956). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 156 pages. First edition. Much on English typography of the 20th century, the Curwen Press, The Fleuron and Signature. Illustrated including four collotype plates. Light foxing with wear along front hinge of jacket. READ MORE about PRINTER AND PLAYGROUND, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Price: $12.50 Order nr. 31664

Simon, Oliver.

PRINTER AND PLAYGROUND, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

London: Faber and Faber, (1956). 8vo. cloth. xvi, 156 pages. First edition. Much on English typography of the 20th century, the Curwen Press, The Fleuron and Signature. Illustrated including four collotype plates. Spine rubbed. No jacket. READ MORE about PRINTER AND PLAYGROUND, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 54086

Smitskamp, Rijk.

TYPOGRAPHIA HIEROGLYPHICA.

VOLUME IX/4 1979
Amsterdam: n.p., 1979. 8vo. self paper wrappers. 309-336 pages. VOLUME IX/4 1979. Offprint from Quaerendo, a Quarterly Journal from the Low Countries Devoted Manuscripts and Printed Books. Photocopy. With a survey of Egyptian founts. Wrappers slightly tanned at the spine. Crease to the top edge. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIA HIEROGLYPHICA

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 104853

Spencer, Herbert (editor).

THE LIBERATED PAGE, A TYPOGRAPHICA ANTHOLOGY.

San Francisco: Bedford Press, 1987. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 208, (24) pages. First edition. Facsimile reproductions of articles that appeared in TYPOGRAPHICA. Well illustrated. READ MORE about THE LIBERATED PAGE, A TYPOGRAPHICA ANTHOLOGY

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 62294

Spicher, Craig R. (presenter).

TYPOGRAPHIC PRESSWORK, PRINTING PRESS PRODUCTION STUDY FOR PRESSROOM MANAGEMENT.

Chicago, IL: Miehle Printing Press & Mfg. Company, 1951. 4to. self paper wrappers. 12 pages. Extremities are soiled and tanned, with some wear and creasing at bottom corner. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIC PRESSWORK, PRINTING PRESS PRODUCTION STUDY FOR PRESSROOM MANAGEMENT

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 102387

Stone, Sumner.

TYPOGRAPHY ON THE PERSONAL COMPUTER.

London: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd., 1991. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 112 pages. First British edition. Not a computer book, but a book on typography for people who do typography or what amounts to it on the computer, by S. Stone, from 1984-1990 director of typography at Adobe Systems, and the designer of the "Stone" series of computer fonts. Brief history of typography, a discussion of various types of design (books, promotional materials, etc.), and a...... READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHY ON THE PERSONAL COMPUTER

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 52243

Strugalla, Johannes.

BETWEEN DRAWING & PRINTING.

Berkeley, California: CODEX Foundation, 2018. 5.5 x 7.75 inches. Paperback. 20 pages. Number fifteen of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series, commissioned for the sixth biennial CODEX Symposium, 6 February 2017. Illustrated in color. Artist, poet, and printer Johannes Strugalla writes about his bilingual typographic oddyssey and what it means to be an artist engagée. "As a human and an artist, I live with my eyes and my ears wide open in light of the distress and..... READ MORE about BETWEEN DRAWING & PRINTING

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 133474

Thireau, Maurice.

MODERN TYPOGRAPHY, ETUDE ARTISTIQUE, EDUCATIVE, PRATIQUE POUR IMPRIMEU RS, TYPOGRAPHES, EDITEURS,

Paris: Bureau de l'Edition, n.d. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers (disbound). 137, (3) pages. Well-illustrated. Needs to be bound. READ MORE about MODERN TYPOGRAPHY, ETUDE ARTISTIQUE, EDUCATIVE, PRATIQUE POUR IMPRIMEU RS, TYPOGRAPHES, EDITEURS

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 30421

Trattner, Johann Thomas.

ABDRUCK VON DENJENIGEN RÖSLEIN UND ZIERRATHEN WELCHE SICH IN DER K.K. HOFSCHRIFTGIESSEREY.

Vienna: Herbert Reichner, 1927. tall 8vo. paper-covered boards with paper covering missing from spine. 30 leaves. Limited to 200 numbered copies, being part of the series entitled Bibliotheca Typographica edited by Reichner. Reproduction of this 1760 book of type ornaments and ornamental arrangements.Other than the spine, a very good copy. READ MORE about ABDRUCK VON DENJENIGEN RÖSLEIN UND ZIERRATHEN WELCHE SICH IN DER K.K. HOFSCHRIFTGIESSEREY

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 4886

Tregurtha, C. Maxwell.

TYPES AND TYPE FACES, AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF TYPE DISPLAY AND ADVERTISEMENT LAYOUTS.

London: Sir Isaac Pitman, 1927. small 4to. cloth-backed boards. 47, (3) pages. Reprinted from "Modern Advertising." Covers soiled with wear at tips. READ MORE about TYPES AND TYPE FACES, AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF TYPE DISPLAY AND ADVERTISEMENT LAYOUTS

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 22903

Trenholm, George F.

ON THE TYPOGRAPHIC BEAM.

New York: George F. Trenholm, 1944. 16mo. decorated paper-covered boards. (vi), 36 pages. The first of the Diamant Classics. Limited to 450 numbered copies. READ MORE about ON THE TYPOGRAPHIC BEAM

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 38478

Tschichold, Jan.

ERFREULICHE DRUCKSACHEN DURCH GUTE TYPOGRAPHIE.

Ravensburg: Otto Maier Verlag, (1960). small 8vo. boards. 124, (2) pages. A book on design and typography. Illustrated. READ MORE about ERFREULICHE DRUCKSACHEN DURCH GUTE TYPOGRAPHIE

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 37080

Tschichold, Jan.

GESCHICHTE DER SCHRIFT IN BILDERN.

Basel: Holbein-Verlag, 1946. small 4to. boards, paper spine label, dust jacket. 18, (2) pages of text followed by 70 full page plates, colophon. First edition. Traces the history of the development of type styles from cave printing up to 1924. A classic book in the field. Jacket toned with some ink lines on front cover. READ MORE about GESCHICHTE DER SCHRIFT IN BILDERN

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 24567

Tschichold, Jan.

MEISTERBUCH DER SCHRIFT.

Ravensburg: Otto Maier, (1952). 4to. cloth, dust jacket, cardboard mailing slipcase with paper spine label. 238 pages. First edition. Later printed in English as TREASURY OF ALPHABETS AND LETTERING. Authoritative introductory essay on letter forms and typographic principles, followed by 176 pages of plates beautifully illustrating many different type styles and lettering. Jacket has tears and a small piece missing at corner. READ MORE about MEISTERBUCH DER SCHRIFT

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 29611

Updike, D.B.

IN THE DAY'S WORK.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1924. small 8vo. cloth-backed boards, top edge gilt, dust jacket. 70 pages. First edition. Chapters on planning of printing, style in the use of type, seven champions of typography, etc. Very unusual to find this title in jacket. Jacket is chipped with small holes along front hinge. Ink ownership inscription on free endpaper. Flaps of jacket have foxed endpapers. READ MORE about IN THE DAY'S WORK

Price: $50.00 Order nr. 5089

Updike, Daniel Berkeley.

PRINTING TYPES, THEIR HISTORY, FORMS AND USE.

2 volumes in one.
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2001. 6.5 x 9 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 1,088 pages. 2 volumes in one. Third edition, reprinted with new introduction by Martin Hutner. This extraordinary work explores the art of typography from the dawn of printing to the twentieth century. By tracing the development of type design, Updike discusses the importance of each historic period and the lessons they contain for today's designers. The original two-volume set has been..... READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES, THEIR HISTORY, FORMS AND USE

Price: $85.00 save 50% $42.50 Order nr. 63429

Updike, Daniel Berkeley.

PRINTING TYPES, THEIR HISTORY, FORMS, AND USE A STUDY IN SURVIVALS.

2 volumes.
Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1951. 8vo. cloth, dust jackets. xl,292; xx,326 pages. 2 volumes. Second edition, second printing. (Appleton p.69). Profusely illustrated. An essential reference book for anyone interested in the history of printing and development of type faces. Jackets chipped with tears. READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES, THEIR HISTORY, FORMS, AND USE A STUDY IN SURVIVALS

Price: $70.00 Order nr. 5250

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