Guppy, Henry.

EVOLUTION OF THE ART OF PRINTING IN COMMEMORATION OF THE FIVE-HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ART OF TYPOGRAPHY. With STEPPING STONES TO THE ART OF TYPOGRAPHY.

2 volumes in 1.
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1940. 8vo. later half cloth over paper covered boards. 45; 83-121 pages. 2 volumes in 1. Reprinted (with additions) from the "Bulletin of the John Rylands Library," Vol. 24, No.2, October, 1940. With 18 separate plates. Second volume comes from the 1927 Bulletin. Cloth spine shows some fading. READ MORE about EVOLUTION OF THE ART OF PRINTING IN COMMEMORATION OF THE FIVE-HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ART OF...

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 122154

Haley, Allan.

ABC'S OF TYPE.

New York: Watson-Guptill, (1990). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 128 pages. First edition. Describes and analyses twenty of today's most popular typefaces covering characteristics, background, and considerations for use. Illustrated with examples of design and the complete roman and italic alphabet of each face. READ MORE about ABC'S OF TYPE

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 31363

(Morison, Stanley). Handover, P.M.

STANLEY MORISON, A SECOND HANDLIST, 1950-1959.

With additions and Corrections to the Original Handlist by John Carter.
Bishop's Stortford: Elkin Mathews Ltd., (1959). 4to. blue paper wrappers, stapled with paper cover label. pp.(51)-57. With additions and Corrections to the Original Handlist by John Carter. Reprinted from Motif 3 and published by the Shenval Press Ltd. (Appleton no.212). Issued on the 70th birthday of Morison. READ MORE about STANLEY MORISON, A SECOND HANDLIST, 1950-1959

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 4564

Harrison, John Mannering.

THE PENANCE WALK.

N.P. Xlibris Corporation, 2010). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. iv, 264, (2) pages. Memoir of John Mannering Harrison, who became President of the International Society of Typographic Designers. Table of contents. Presentation by the author. Dust jacket lightly worn, corners bumped. READ MORE about THE PENANCE WALK

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 119988

Hauswedell, Ernst L.und Christian Voigt (Editors).

BUCHKUNST UND LITERATUR IN DEUTSCHLAND, 1750 BIS 1850.

2 volumes.
Hamburg: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1977. small 4to. cloth, paper spine and cover labels, cardboard slipcase. 369, (3); 191+(1) pages. 2 volumes. Edition limited to 1400 copies. Intended as a parallet work to Maximilian-Gesellschaft's 1963 publication, Deutschen Buchkunst 1890 bis 1960 by Georg Kurt. Surveys a century in which old graphic techniques to illustrate and embellish books were gradually giving way to the new. Volume I discusses typography, illustrations and illustrators, journals and almanacs, bookclubs, the art of..... READ MORE about BUCHKUNST UND LITERATUR IN DEUTSCHLAND, 1750 BIS 1850

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 62364

Herold, Don.

ATA ADVERTISING PRODUCTION HAND BOOK.

N.P. Advertising Typographers Assoc. of America, (1954). small 4to. cloth. 91 pages. Second edition. Sections on printing, book illustration, typography, etc. READ MORE about ATA ADVERTISING PRODUCTION HAND BOOK

Price: $9.00  other currencies  Order nr. 13930

Holme, Charles (editor).

L' ART DU LIVRE ETUDE SUR QUELQUES-UNS DES DERNIERES CREATIONS EN TYPOGRAPHIE, ORNEMENTATION DE TEXTES, ET RELIURE, EXECUTEES EN EUROPE ET EN AMERIQUE.

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 about L' ART DU LIVRE ETUDE SUR QUELQUES-UNS DES DERNIERES CREATIONS EN TYPOGRAPHIE, ORNEMENTATION DE...

Price: $55.00  other currencies  Order nr. 3781

Holme, Charles (editor).

THE ART OF THE BOOK A REVIEW OF SOME RECENT EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN WORK IN TYPOGRAPHY, PAGE DECORATION & BINDING.

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 about THE ART OF THE BOOK A REVIEW OF SOME RECENT EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN WORK IN TYPOGRAPHY, PAGE...

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 126982

Homer, William Innes.

AVANT-GARDE PAINTING AND SCULPTURE IN AMERICA 1910-1925.

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 about AVANT-GARDE PAINTING AND SCULPTURE IN AMERICA 1910-1925

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Hudson, Graham.

THE DESIGN AND PRINTING OF EPHEMERA IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA, 1720-1920.

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 about THE DESIGN AND PRINTING OF EPHEMERA IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA, 1720-1920

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 95868

Hurlburt, Allen.

PUBLICATION DESIGN, A GUIDE TO PAGE LAYOUT TYPOGRAPHY, FORMAT AND STYLE.

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.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about PUBLICATION DESIGN, A GUIDE TO PAGE LAYOUT TYPOGRAPHY, FORMAT AND STYLE

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 4328

Hutchins, Michael.

TYPOGRAPHICS, A DESIGNER'S HANDBOOK OF PRINTING TECHNIQUES.

London: Studio Vista, (1969). square 8vo. cloth, paper cover label covering most of front cover. 96 pages. First edition.Covers rubbed along edges with scratches to paper cover label. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHICS, A DESIGNER'S HANDBOOK OF PRINTING TECHNIQUES

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 100468