(Typography). Appellof, Marian.

TYPOGRAPHY 11, THE ANNUAL OF THE TYPE DIRECTORS CLUB.

New York: Watson-Guptill, (1990). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 231+(1) pages. Presents the 201 winners, selected from more thant 5000 entries, selected to receive the Type Directors Club Certificate of Typographic Excellence for 1990, in a broad sampling of all categorie of graphic design: corporate graphics, magazine spreads, book covers, advertising, etc. Profusely illustrated in color. Some wear to dust jacket. READ MORE

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Appleton, Tony.

A TYPOLOGICAL TALLY THIRTEEN HUNDRED WRITINGS IN ENGLISH ON PRINTING HISTORY, TYPOGRAPHY, BOOKBINDING AND PAPERMAKING.

Brighton: Privately printed, 1973. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 94 pages. S-K 59. Limited to 1250 copies. Jacket chipped along top with two tears. READ MORE

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Aynsley, Jeremy.

GRAPHIC DESIGN IN GERMANY 1890-1945.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (2000). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 240. First U.S. edition. Table of contents, introduction, endnotes, bibliography, list of illustrations, picture credits, acknowledgments, index. Graphic design through the late Wilhelmine, Weimar, and Nazi eras of German history. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Wolfsonian-Florida International University, 2000-1. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE

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(Type Specimens). Banta.

BANTA BOOK OF TYPES & TYPOGRAPHICAL TIPS.

Menasha: George Banta Company, Inc. 1972. 4to. loose sheets inserted into a three ring binder. (54) pages of type specimens. A variety of type specimens which include Laurel and Laurel Bold, Times Roman and Times Bold, News Gothic and News Gothic Bold, and Zenith, Zenith Semibold, among others. READ MORE

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(Morison, Stanley). Barker, Nicolas.

STANLEY MORISON.

(London): Macmillan, (1972). thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 566 pages and 16 illustrations. First edition. (Appleton no.380). The best biography of Morison. READ MORE

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Bartram, Alan.

TYPEFORMS: A HISTORY.

New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2007. 9.5 x 10 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 128 pages. First edition. This book is the long-awaited successor to the classic An Atlas of Typeforms, the great visually-led history of type that Alan Bartram and James Sutton produced in 1968. Much has changed in the last 40 years, not least the teaching of typography and the means by which it is created. Because... READ MORE

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(Morison, Stanley). Baudin, Fernand.

STANLEY MORISON ET LA TRADITION TYPOGRAPHIQUE.

Bruxelles: Bibliotheque Albert, 1966. small 4to. paper wrappers. 88 pages. An excellent exhibition catalogue with full descriptions of 149 items and an essay by Morison entitled "Les Premiers Principes de la Typographie." (Appleton 351). Covers age darkened with some spotting. READ MORE

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(Miniature Books). Bauer,Hermann.

HOW THE ART OF PRINTING WAS INVENTED: A BIBLIOFANSTASY.

(New Britain CT): Sans Souci, (1963). miniature book (6.3 x 4.8 cm.). stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 44, (2) pages. Limited to 400 copies, this book began as the work of Anton Bohm of Sans Souci Press, in Denver, who passed away before the project was completed. Robert E. Massman, after consultation with Bohm's widow, was able to complete the book from New Britian, CT (Bradbury, REM, 3). This tiny volume contains a memoriam to Mr... READ MORE

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(Limited Editions Club). Bellamy, Edward.

LOOKING BACKWARD. Drawings by Elise. Introduction by Irwin Edman.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, (1941). tall 8vo. cloth. xviii, 388, (2) pages. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Elise (LEC 126); this copy is not numbered and has "office copy" written in and has an embossed stamp on the colophon page indicating that this is one of 25 Presentation Copies. With typography by Merle Armitage and printing by the Ward Ritchie Press. Lacks clear plastic slipcase. Covers soiled and inside hinge cracked. READ MORE

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Bierut, Michael and, William Drenttel, Steven Heller , D.K. Holland (editors).

LOOKING CLOSER: CRITICAL WRITINGS ON GRAPHIC DESIGN.

3 Volumes.
New York, NY: Allworth Press, (1994). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, slipcase. xviii, 19-245+(1); xiv, 273+(1); xx, 283+(1) pages. 3 Volumes. A collection of essays on graphic design. Introduction by Steven Heller. Each volume with introduction, acknowledgments, biographical sketches of contributors, and index. Foreword by Heller in Volume 3, in which Rick Poyner contributed to the introduction. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE

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Bigelow, Charles, Paul Hayden, and Linnea Gentry (Editors).

FINE PRINT ON TYPE. THE BEST OF FINE PRINT MAGAZINE ON TYPE AND TYPOGRAPHY.

San Francisco: Fine Print, 1989. 4to. cloth, dust-jacket. (viii), 148 pages. First edition. An anthology of the most interesting and informative articles published in Fine Print under the title "On Type." Covers a wide range of topics from the sixteenth century to the present day. Review copy with material inserted. READ MORE

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Biggs, John R.

AN APPROACH TO TYPE.

London: Blandford Press, (1961). small 4to. cloth. 136 pages. Second edition. Well illustrated introduction to typography. Minor jacket chipping. Bookplate. READ MORE

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Bjorkbom, Carl.

DET GAMLA TRYCKERIET, ETT TRYCKERI PA 1500-TALET, ETT FRANSKT LANDSOR.

N.P. (Stockholm?): "Bibliophiles" (i.e. Society of B...?), n.d (c1960). 12mo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. 79 pages. Limited to 700 copies. Three articles by Björkbom, previously published elsewhere. The "printing shop of the 1500's" is that of C. PLantin. No.10 in the "Bibliophile's Miniature Series." READ MORE

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