(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
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 1999. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 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
Price: $39.00 Order nr. 56807
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
Price: $21.95 Order nr. 56809
With a Bibliographical Essay on the First Year of Printing in New York by Wilberforce Eames.
Chicago: John Calhoun Club, 1928. large folio. cloth. 38 pages of text followed by 78 plates. With a Bibliographical Essay on the First Year of Printing in New York by Wilberforce Eames. Limited to 240 numbered copies. Ex-library copy with number on spine and bookplate removed. Call number on verso of title page. READ MORE about NEW YORK PRINTING MDCXCIII. FACSIMILES IN THE FULL SCALE OF THE ORIGINALS OF ALL KNOWN NEW YORK...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 39637
Social and political Graphics since the Sixties
(London: Phaidon Press, 1993). large 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 240 pages. Social and political Graphics since the Sixties. Filled with color and black-and-white images. Visually stunning. READ MORE about GRAPHIC AGITATION
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 96340
Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, (1987). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 192 pages. Examines the influences on the Graphic Arts, from William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement to the present day. Well illustrated, most in color. READ MORE about GRAPHIC DESIGN SOURCE BOOK With an introduction by F.H.K. Henrion
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 24159
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, (1983). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (xii), 511 pages. Reprint of the first 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
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 24452
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
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 97880
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
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 50721
New York: Rutgers Univ. Press, 1941. 8vo. cloth-backed boards. (xii), 97 pages. First trade edition. Miers takes comments from Updike, Goudy, Rollins and many others to help describe the process of designing a book. READ MORE about COMPOSING STICKS & MORTAR BOARDS
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 4501
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1987). 4to. paper wrappers with spiral comb binding. 101 pages. First edition. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about DESIGN FOR DESKTOP PUBLISHING, A GUIDE TO LAYOUT AND TYPOGRAPHY ON THE PERSONAL COMPUTER
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 30886
Bloomington: Mcknight Publishing Company, 1978. square 4to. paper-covered boards. iv, 92 pages. First edition. A textbook for graphic arts, and basic industrial arts. Illustrated and indexed. Ex-library copy with markings. READ MORE about GRAPHIC ARTS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 59348
(Redhill, Surrey): Monotype, (1992). 23 x 12 inches. broadside. folded in three with the two outside panels being about an inch short of the middle panel creating an overlap effect. First edition of 300 copies printed for The Monotype Conference 1992. The newly drawn typeface for 1992 drew its inspiration from types used in Spain to create new text types of economical yet highly readable proportions, and with particularly handsome large display sizes , specifically..... READ MORE about COLUMBUS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 87724
1958. small 4to. stiff paper portfolio containing the text. pp.35-38. Reprinted from The Penrose Annual, Volume 52, 1958. Discussion of this annual meeting of people interested in typography. READ MORE about L' ECOLE DE LURE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 32684
London: Westerham Press, 1978. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 65 pages. First edition. This was the last project James Moran was involved with before his death. A history of the organization through its first 50 years. Illustrated including some in color. READ MORE about FIT TO BE STYLED A TYPOGRAPHER , A HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY OF TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGNERS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 70956
London: Westerham Press, 1978. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. cloth. (viii), 65 pages. First edition. This was the last project James Moran was involved with before his death. A history of the organization through its first 50 years. Illustrated including some in color. READ MORE about FIT TO BE STYLED A TYPOGRAPHER; A HISTORY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 19274
London: Lund Humphries, (1971). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 184 pages. First edition. (Appleton no.374). Biography of Morison including his time at the Fleuron, the Penrose Annual, The Times, etc. Many illustrations. Corners slightly bumped. READ MORE about STANLEY MORISON, HIS TYPOGRAPHIC ACHIEVEMENT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 4585
New York: Hastings House, (1971). 4to. cloth. 184 pages. First U.S. edition. (Appleton no.374). Biography of Morison including his time at the Fleuron, the Penrose Annual, The Times, etc. Many illustrations. Covers rubbed with scratch on front cover. Lacks dust jacket. READ MORE about STANLEY MORISON, HIS TYPOGRAPHIC ACHIEVEMENT
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 128930
London: From the Proceedings of the British Academy, 1937. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 30 pages of text followed by 28 plates. First edition (Appleton no.148). Being the Annual Lecture on Aspects of Art, Henriette Hertz Trust of the British Academy. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about THE ART OF PRINTING
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 4553
New York: Farrar, Straus and Co., 1949. 8vo. cloth. 342 pages. Second revised octavo edition (Appleton no.35c). Jacket has a piece missing from front cover. READ MORE about FOUR CENTURIES OF FINE PRINTING TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTH-TWO EXAMPLES OF THE WORK OF PRESSES...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4559
N.P. n.p., (1937). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32, (4) pages. An artilce in PM IV:1 September 1937; reprinted from The Fleuron. With over sixty color and black and white illustrations. Wrappers chipped at edges and tanned. READ MORE about " TYPE DESIGNS OF THE PAST AND PRESENT."
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 121341
London: Theodore Brun, (1949). 8vo. original full tan leather, top edge gilt. 106 pages. First printing of The Typographic Arts and The Art of Printing in one volume. Limited to 250 numbered copies and in full leather binding as issued. Contains 32 illustrations. Leather scuffed along top of front and back hinges. READ MORE about THE TYPOGRAPHIC ARTS, TWO LECTURES
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 13308
