London: Barrie & Jenkins, (1978). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 144 pages. First edition. Divided into two sections: the first deals with the influences in art and design that have shaped modern typography, the second gives practical instructions. Uncommon title. Some foxing of top edge. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHY: DESIGN AND PRACTICE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 121378
New Rochelle: The Myriade Press, (1978). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 142 pages. Paperback edition. Some rubbing to covers. READ MORE about TYPE AND TYPEFACES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 47018
New Rochelle: The Myriade Press, (1978). 4to. later quarter black cloth with simulated red leather and with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. 142 pages. Second edition. In later binding. READ MORE about TYPE AND TYPEFACES
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 118144
New Rochelle: The Myriade Press, (1978). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 142 pages. Second edition of his TYPES OF TYPEFACES which was originally published in 1968. Covers soiled. READ MORE about TYPE AND TYPEFACES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 23747
New Rochelle: The Myriade Press, (1978). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 142 pages. This is the second edition of a good introductory, practical, and comprehensive book for beginners who want to learn about the history of type, typefounding and typefaces. Twenty-five chapters cover subjects such as how and why typefaces are different, fifteen great inventions behind typefaces, classifying type, choosing type, and the practical problems of identifying type plus what to do when you have become..... READ MORE about TYPE AND TYPEFACES
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 47017
New Rochelle: The Myriade Press, (1978). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 142 pages. Second edition of his Types of Typefaceswhich was originally published in 1968. Jacket wrinkled along top. READ MORE about TYPE AND TYPEFACES
Price: $26.00 Order nr. 128604
New York: Sterling Publishing Co., (1968). 4to. cloth. 132 pages. Reprint of the 1967 first edition. READ MORE about TYPES OF TYPEFACES AND HOW TO RECOGNIZE THEM
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 21978
Prague: Naseho Smeru, 1924. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 33, (11) pages. Text in Czech. Introduction to the Artistic Beauty of Font. Illustrations of print fonts. Louda was editor of Ceskoslovensky Kreslir in the 1930s. Illustrated, with five color plates. Two samples tipped in. Wrappers lightly tanned. Slight tear to back wrapper at top edge. READ MORE about O PÍSMU ÚVOD K POZNÁNÍ, VYTVARNÉ KRASY PÍSMA
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 107598
Frankfurt am Main: Firma Ludwig & Mayer, (1935). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper envelope. (9) pages. First edition. A speech delivered to Franz Moritz on the occasion of his 50th year with the typefoundry Ludwig & Mayer. Richard Ludwig extols his employee's service. In German. Light foxing to covers. Small tears on envelope. READ MORE about ANSPRACHE AN HERRN FRANZ LAVER MORITZ ANLÄßLICH DER FEIER SEINES FÜNFZIGJÄHRIGEN JUBILÄUMS...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 63200
New York, NY: Russell Maret, 2016. 4to. quarter goatskin, paper covered boards, clamshell box. unpaginated. One of 100 numbered copies. Accompanied by the prospectus. Ornamental Digressions was handset and printed by Russell Maret in his Pinwheel Ornaments, which were engraved and cast by Ed Rayher at Swamp Press and Letterfoundry. The texts are set in Gudrun Zapf von Hesse's Diotima, with titling in Hermann Zapf's Michelangelo, both of which were cast by Rainer Gerstenberg in..... READ MORE about ORNAMENTAL DIGRESSIONS
Price: $1,500.00 Order nr. 129139
New York, NY: Editions Schlechter, 2013. folio. stiff paper wrappers. 128 pages. Trade edition. Out of print since 2010, Æthelwold Etc. is now available in meticulous facsimile, comprising the complete standard edition of the original as well as the diary of ink colors that accompanied the deluxe edition. Photographed at a very high resolution by 42-Line in Oakland, California, every line, impression, and paper fiber of the original edition is reproduced with remarkable clarity. 750..... READ MORE about ÆTHELWOLD ETC
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 118739
Melbourne: The Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand, 1981. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 25+(1), and 32 pages of printing materials. The Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand Occasional Publication No.2. The list of printing materials reproduced in these pages shows the range of typefaces held by the printer Matthews, Baxter & Co. of Dowling Street, Dunedin, sometime in the mid-1880s. This study characterizes that stock and traces the process of its formation..... READ MORE about VICTORIAN TYPEFACES IN DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 64848
Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1959. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 62 pages. An illustrated history of the society, featuring some of its more noteworthy collections. Black and white illustrations throughout. Matrices once in the possession of Benjamin Franklin illustrated on the wrappers. READ MORE about THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 114549
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 7.5 x 10.75 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 256 pages. Sir Emery Walker (1851-1933) was a leading figure of the Arts and Crafts movement and the inspiration for the revival of fine printing in Britain, the Continent, and America. His November 1888 address to the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society (summarized in Appendix 1 of this book; the original text of the speech is lost) prompted William Morris to..... READ MORE about PRINTING FOR BOOK PRODUCTION: EMERY WALKER'S THREE LECTURES FOR THE SANDARS READERSHIP IN...
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 131955
(San Francisco: Cosmep, Inc., 1975. 1975), small 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. One of a series of technical pamphlets published by the Committee of Small Magazine Editors and Publishers, in which this pamphlet will help you transform imagined graphic productions into real graphic productions which are economically and intelligently designed. Includes a bibliography. Slightly soiled. READ MORE about PRODUCTION DESIGN
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 58691
with a foreword by Hendrik D.L. Vervliet
Dublin: National Print Museum, 2010. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 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..... READ MORE about IRISH TYPE DESIGN: A HISTORY OF PRINTING TYPES IN THE IRISH CHARACTER
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 104562
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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New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 1999. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 96 pages. First edition. Noted English typographer, Ruari McLean, discusses the evolution of typography as an art form. Looking at the work of other well known typographers in England, Europe and America, the author examines the development of typography, starting in the 17th century with Moxon's Mechanick Exercises and progresses to the work of Jan Tschichold and his contemporaries. READ MORE about HOW TYPOGRAPHY HAPPENS
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London: Faber & Faber, 1958. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 116 pages. First edition, second impression. Illustrated. An important study. Jacket price-clipped. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about MODERN BOOK DESIGN FROM WILLIAM MORRIS TO THE PRESENT DAY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 15728
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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London: Thames and Hudson, (1980). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 216 pages. First edition. Short history followed by practical manual. Illustrated. With 188 illustrations. Fine condition. READ MORE about THE THAMES AND HUDSON MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 40391
(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
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 76328
New York: Thames and Hudson, (1980). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 216 pages. First U.S. edition. Short history followed by practical manual. Illustrated. With 188 illustrations. READ MORE about THE THAMES AND HUDSON MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $42.50 Order nr. 98612
(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
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 108565
London: Thames and Hudson, (1980). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 216 pages. First edition. Short history followed by practical manual. Illustrated. With 188 illustrations. Ink inscription on front free endpaper. READ MORE about THE THAMES AND HUDSON MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 122185
