Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1966). 8vo. cloth. xxiii, 401 pages. First U.S. edition, first published in Holland by Thieme in Dutch. Various authors discuss book typography for different countries including Handover on British Book Typography and James Wells on Typography in the U.S. 192 pages of illustrations. Ink inscription on free endpaper. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 76847
New York: Oswald Publishing Co. 1921. 8vo. cloth. x, 3-476 pages. Reprint of the second edition.(Hart no.14). Inside hinges have been reinforced with archival tape. READ MORE
Price: $28.00 other currencies Order nr. 2104
Part of the Practice of Typography Series.
New York: The Century Co. 1902. small 8vo. cloth, leather spine label, top edge gilt. x, 476 pages. Part of the Practice of Typography Series. Second edition. (Hart no.14). Spine label shows rubbing and a bit of chipping. Bookplate. READ MORE
Price: $40.00 other currencies Order nr. 24759
New York: Oswald Publishing Co. 1921. 8vo. cloth. x, 3-476 pages. Reprint of the second edition.(Hart no.14). Covers rubbed around edges. Corner bumped. READ MORE
Price: $30.00 other currencies Order nr. 30267
New York: The Century Co. 1901. small 8vo. cloth, leather spine label, top edge gilt. viii, 476 pages. First edition. (Hart no.14). Covers rubbed. Spine label has very small piece missing. Label removed from corner of free endpaper leaving a mark. READ MORE
Price: $55.00 other currencies Order nr. 121944
With an Introduction by James Sutherland and Woodcuts by Bernd Kroeber.
Avon, CT: The Limited Editions Club, 1976. 4to. two-toned cloth. xiv, 256, (2) pages. With an Introduction by James Sutherland and Woodcuts by Bernd Kroeber. Limited to 2000 numbered copies signed by Kroeber (LEC 491). Printed at The Stinehour Press with typography by Adrian Wilson. Lacks slipcase. READ MORE
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 24898
The Seventeenth Annual of the American Center for Design, Design Year in Review
(Chicago): American Center for Design, (1995). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 156 pages. The Seventeenth Annual of the American Center for Design, Design Year in Review. A catalogue of the 100 winners of the seventeenth annual design competition held by the American Center for Design. The competition is considered the toughest graphic design competition in America. The catalogue Includes full-color photographs of each winning design as well as notes from the jurors and essays by... READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 92093
An Illustrated History of Type form the Earliest Letterforms to the Latest Digital Fonts
Vancouver: Hartley & Marks, (2006). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 192 pages. An Illustrated History of Type form the Earliest Letterforms to the Latest Digital Fonts. A history of typography, typographers, and printing with 290 illustrations. A very interesting new book. READ MORE
Price: $29.95 other currencies Order nr. 93283
Translated by Constance Garnett. Introduced by George Steiner. Illustrated by Alexandre Alexeieff.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1967. 8vo. quarter leather, slipcase. xvi, 352, (2) pages. Translated by Constance Garnett. Introduced by George Steiner. Illustrated by Alexandre Alexeieff. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Alexeieff (LEC 392). Printed at The Sign of the Stone Book with typography by John Dreyfus. Monthly Letter / prospectus loosely inserted. Well preserved copy. READ MORE
Price: $85.00 other currencies Order nr. 23319
(Mies, Switzerland: RotoVision, 2005). 4to. paper-covered boards. 224 pages. Table of contents, introduction, acknowledgments, list of contributors, index. Color illustrations throughout. A guide for the use of color in graphic design. CD-ROM attached to front pastedown. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 122670
New York: The Typophiles, 1994. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 42, (4) pages. Limited to 500 copies. A Typophile Monograph, New Series Number Eleven. A listing of the lectures which ran in various series from 1965 to 1982, arranged by Dr. Robert L. (Doc) Leslie, the topics being typography, printing, paper, book design, calligraphy, and other aspects of the graphic arts. Illustrated by Lili Cassel Wronker. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 48729
New York: The Typophiles, 1994. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 42, (4) pages. Limited to 500 copies. A Typophile Monograph, New Series Number Eleven. A listing of the lectures, which ran in various series from 1965 to 1982, arranged by Dr. Robert L. (Doc) Leslie, the topics being typography, printing, paper, book design, calligraphy, and other aspects of the graphic arts. Illustrated by Lili Cassel Wronker. Distributed for the Typophiles by Oak Knoll Press. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 61090
London and Offenbach: Wynkyn de Worde Society and Bund Deutscher Buchkünstler, (1989). 4to. cloth. 251, (2) pages. A collection of about forty essays reflecting upon the personality and career of typographer, Hermann Zapf, including one by Zapf himself. Text is in German and English. Illustrated, some in color. READ MORE
Price: $60.00 other currencies Order nr. 34513
Boston: David R. Godine, (1995). 8vo. cloth. x, 339 +(1) pages. First edition. A compilation of writings on many aspects of printing and book design, chosen by the author. The topics are varied, and include eighteenth-& nineteenth-century studies, private presses, type design and manufacture, exhibitions and speculations. In an interesting chapter on twentieth-century typographers, the author discusses Stanley Morrison, Eric Gill, Bruce Rogers and several other well known printers. Illustrated with photographs and facsimiles. Handlist... READ MORE
Price: $50.00 other currencies Order nr. 45937
N.P. Tolka Press, (2007). 4to. decorated paper-covered boards. 238 pages with 18 page supplement. A Typehood book. Eclectic illustrations of type design, typography, and graphic design. Disclaimer and preface. Includes type specimens and numerous samples of design formats. Handwritten letter from the author laid in. "Review copy" inscribed on front free endpaper. READ MORE
Price: $35.00 other currencies Order nr. 114965
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, (2009). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxx, 386 pages. Table of contents, acknowledgments, preface, glossary, bibliography, photographic credits, index. The social and cultural role of visual communication from prehistory to the present. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE
Price: $45.00 other currencies Order nr. 121325
London: Thames and Hudson Ltd, (1995). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 320 pages. First edition. An examination of the history of lettering, printing and calligraphy. It covers the many imaginative, often idiosyncratic ways in which the letters of the alphabet have been assigned value in political, spiritual, or religious ways over thousands of years. It is richly illustrated with images never used before and includes a chapter which will be fascinating to historians and to... READ MORE
Price: $45.00 other currencies Order nr. 60338
With a Preface by Daphne du Maurier. Illustrated by the Author.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1963. small 4to. leather-backed boards, slipcase. xviii, 344, (2) pages. With a Preface by Daphne du Maurier. Illustrated by the Author. Limited to 1600 numbered copies (LEC 350). With the illustrations taken from the originals in the Pierpont Morgan Library. Typography by George Salter. Damaged at head of spine. Slipcase starting. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 12322
With a Preface by Daphne du Maurier. Illustrated by the Author.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1963. small 4to. leather-backed boards, slipcase. xviii, 344, (2) pages. With a Preface by Daphne du Maurier. Illustrated by the Author. Limited to 1600 numbered copies (LEC 350). With the illustrations taken from the originals in the Pierpont Morgan Library. Typography by George Salter. Edge of slipcase slightly sunned. READ MORE
Price: $30.00 other currencies Order nr. 97173
With a Preface by Daphne du Maurier. Illustrated by the Author.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1963. small 4to. leather-backed boards, slipcase. xviii, 344, (2) pages. With a Preface by Daphne du Maurier. Illustrated by the Author. Limited to 1600 numbered copies (LEC 350); this copy is not numbered and has "office copy" written in and the initials "g.c." (Gordon Carroll) and has an embossed stamp on the colophon page indicating that this is one of 25 Presentation Copies. With the illustrations taken from the... READ MORE
Price: $45.00 other currencies Order nr. 126070
With a Preface by Daphne du Maurier. Illustrated by the Author.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1963. small 4to. leather-backed boards, slipcase. xviii, 344, (2) pages. With a Preface by Daphne du Maurier. Illustrated by the Author. Limited to 1600 numbered copies (LEC 350). With the illustrations taken from the originals in the Pierpont Morgan Library. Typography by George Salter. In custom slipcase. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 129324
Austin, TX: W. Thomas Taylor, 1987. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 99, (3) pages. Second printing, reprinted from the first edition which was limited to only 325 copies. Five provocative essays describe Duncan's ideal in his own life and explores its implications for today's hand-printer and for future generations interested in typography and printing. This popular book contains essays on the Cummington Press, The Technology of Hand Printing, The Art of the Printed Book, My... READ MORE
Price: $16.50 other currencies Order nr. 63597
New York: The Grolier Club, 1924. 4to. cloth- backed boards. 26 pages. First edition, limited to 300 copies (Asaf 80). Designed and printed by T.M. Cleland including a color title page illustration. This is one of the six books done by eminent American printers at the request of the Grolier Club to demonstrate advances in American typography. Minor rubbing along edges. Small booklabel on front pastedown from the typographic library of Joseph Francis Weiler. READ MORE
Price: $45.00 other currencies Order nr. 27881
Frankfurt am Main: Polygraph Verlag, 1950. small 8vo. paper-covered boards. 57, (2) pages. First edition. A look at the development of typography. Special attention is paid to the influence of engraving on the process. Illustrated in black-and-white. In German. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 62981
Los Angeles: Grant Dahlstrom & Saul Marks, 1967. tall 8vo. orange cloth back with patterned cloth sides, paper spine label. (x), 131 pages. First edition, limited to 800 copies. Typography by Marks and printing by Dahlstrom. READ MORE
Price: $45.00 other currencies Order nr. 20322
