N.P. Advertising Typographers Assoc. of America, (1954). small 4to. cloth. 91 pages. Second edition. Sections on printing, book illustration, typography, etc. READ MORE
Price: $9.00 other currencies Order nr. 13930
An artist's commentary on theory, gesture, photography, compostition, color, light, and the typeface Penumbra
(Florence MA): Kat Ran Press, 2007. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 60 pages. An artist's commentary on theory, gesture, photography, compostition, color, light, and the typeface Penumbra. Part of the Kat Ran Essays in Philatelics series. First edition. Hidy describes the entire process and evolution of the stamp. This stamp is believed to be the only U.S. stamp with the artwork and typeface designed by the same individual. Many color illustrations, mostly Hidy's work but some... READ MORE
Price: $45.00 other currencies Order nr. 99451
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Press, (1950). tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 304 pages. First edition. Gathers all type faces available for use in one book so that comparisons may be made between the different faces. Includes history of the face with biographies of type designers. Jacket worn with piece missing. Bookplate on front pastedown. READ MORE
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 60942
Van Nuys, CA: Richard J. Hoffman, (1988). 8vo. cloth. 61, (2) pages. First edition, limited to 200 copies. The fourth type specimen book to be produced by this fine private press. An interesting collection of borders and rules handsomely presented in a variety of colorful, typographical arrangements. READ MORE
Price: $50.00 other currencies Order nr. 26082
(New York): Thames and Hudson, (1994). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 224 pages. First edition. With over 800 illustrations, 29 in color. READ MORE
Price: $5.00 other currencies Order nr. 121960
Londres: Le Studio, 1914. 4to. original stiff paper wrappers. vii, 276 pages. First edition, the edition in French. Eight separate chapters on the art of the book for seven countries. Orcutt has covered America with Newdigate on typography in England and Cockerell on bookbinding in England. The other countries covered are France, Germany, Austria, Hungary and Switzerland. Many illustrations. Minor chipping at spine ends. READ MORE
Price: $55.00 other currencies Order nr. 3781
Londres: Le Studio, 1914. 4to. original cloth, top edge gilt. vii, 276 pages. First edition, the edition in French. Eight separate chapters on the art of the book for seven countries. Orcutt has covered America with Newdigate on typography in England and Cockerell on bookbinding in England. The other countries covered are France, Germany, Austria, Hungary and Switzerland. Many illustrations. Covers rubbed. Slightly shaken. READ MORE
Price: $65.00 other currencies Order nr. 75090
London: The Studio, 1914. 4to. cloth covered boards. viii, 276 pages. First edition. With sections on British types, Fine Bookbinding in England, the Art of the Book in Germany, France, Austria, Hungary, Sweden and America. Many illustrations including a number in color. Soiling to covers and spine. Very minor fraying to the cloth of the head and tail of the spine. Bookplate on front paste down. READ MORE
Price: $35.00 other currencies Order nr. 38718
London: The Studio, 1914. 4to. cloth, top edge gilt. viii, 276 pages. First edition in the cloth bound version. With sections on British types, Fine Bookbinding in England, the Art of the Book in Germany, France, Austria, Hungary, Sweden and America. Many illustrations including a number in color. READ MORE
Price: $75.00 other currencies Order nr. 38725
London: Studio Editions, (1990). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 284 pages. Reprint of the 1914 first edition. S-K 122. With sections on British types, Fine Bookbinding in England, the Art of the Book in Germany, France, Austria, Hungary, Sweden and America. Many illustrations including a number in color. READ MORE
Price: $17.50 other currencies Order nr. 71573
New York: Dorset Books, (1990). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 284 pages. Reprint of the 1914 first edition. S-K 122. With sections on British types, Fine Bookbinding in England, the Art of the Book in Germany, France, Austria, Hungary, Sweden and America. Many illustrations including a number in color. Jacket has piece missing along top of front cover. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 126982
New York: Dorset Books, (1990). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 284 pages. Reprint of the 1914 first edition. S-K 122. With sections on British types, Fine Bookbinding in England, the Art of the Book in Germany, France, Austria, Hungary, Sweden and America. Many illustrations including a number in color. Jacket chipped with small tears along edges. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 42116
Delaware Art Museum, April 1910-1925.
Wilmington (DE): Delaware Art Museum, 1975. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 3-176 pages. Delaware Art Museum, April 1910-1925. Although the American artists featured here had little involvement in typography, book design, or book illustration, their adaptation of European modernism influenced these in the 1930's and later. Fifty-six artists with brief bio-historico-descriptive articles and reproductions of a few works. Eleven short introductory articles, about 160 black-and-white illustrations, indexes. READ MORE
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 53486
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1928. 8vo. half cloth over boards, top edge gilt, slipcase. (xiv), 85 pages. Limited to 1000 copies. Completed as a course project for a course taught by Frederic Goudy with typography suggested by him and binding by Edith Diehl. Introduction by Guy Holt. Slipcase is partially broken. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 63468
East Aurora: The Roycrofters, 1919. 8vo. creme-colored paper-covered spine decorated in gilt with brown paper-covered boards stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. 266, (2) pages. McKenna 264. With revisions by Elbert Hubbard II. Typography by Cy Rosen and Axel Edw. Sahlin and binding by Charles Youngers. Covers rubbed and soiled. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 26022
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
Price: $65.00 other currencies Order nr. 95868
Stockholm: The Royal Library, 2002. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (80) pages. Issued as Exhibition Catalogue No. 138 by The Royal Library with comments throughout the catalogue by the editor. Set in Caslon No.540 and printed on Lessebo Book, natural white paper, with Ingres wrappers. The exhibited material (120 entries) is divided by geographical area, and presents us with a composite of 20th century typography and graphic design, from Theodore Low De Vinne (1828-1914) to... READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 72126
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., (1971). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 138 pages. First edition. Includes sections on color, typography and technique. The silver jacket is rubbed. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 4328
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., (1976). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 136 pages. Revised edition. Includes sections on color, typography and technique. Covers soiled. READ MORE
Price: $17.50 other currencies Order nr. 40395
Accompanied by an Original Leaf Printed on Vellum at the Merrymount Press
N.P. Chiswick Book Shop, 1990. folio. cloth, leather spine label, slipcase. xviii, 75+(1) pages. Accompanied by an Original Leaf Printed on Vellum at the Merrymount Press. Limited to 285 copies printed at A. Colish, Inc. with typography by Jerry Kelly (Leaf Book - Chalmers 192). History of the production of this famous book designed and printed by D.B. Updike including information from the files of Bruce Rogers and Stanley Morison. Presentation from the author on... READ MORE
Price: $475.00 other currencies Order nr. 123194
New York: Privately printed, 1943. 8vo. cloth-backed boards. 162 pages. Limited to 1000 copies. With 12 illustrations done in color by the stencil process by the Charlize Brakely Studio and typography by Bradbury Thompson. Contributions by Irvin S. Cobb, John Erskine, Rign Lardner, Don Marquis, Ogden Nash, Burton Rascoe and others. This special issue contains a history of the club from its beginning. Covers soiled. READ MORE
Price: $60.00 other currencies Order nr. 33075
Stanford: Stanford University Press, (1942). 8vo. cloth. xii, 178 pages. Second edition (retitled) of "26 Lead Soldiers." Ex-library copy, with markings. Includes index and glossary. READ MORE
Price: $8.00 other currencies Order nr. 50555
London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1926. small 4to. decorated boards, paper cover label. 50 pages. First edition. (Hart No.107; Appleton no.256). With 50 illustrations. Part of the Periods of Typography series edited by Stanley Morison. Lacks spine and dust jacket. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 41983
London: Grafton & Co., 1959. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 184 pages. Second edition. "A study of typography from the point of view of type design from the invention of the art to the nineteenth century." Minor shelfwear to dustjacket. READ MORE
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 6307
London: Andre Deutsch, (1966). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 184 pages. Third edition. "A study of typography from the point of view of type design from the invention of the art to the nineteenth century." READ MORE
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 30591
