(Foulis Press). Pope, Alexander.

THE POETICAL WORKS.

4 volumes
Glasgow, Scotland: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1773. small 12mo. full calf, with raised bands, red leather labels and gilt stamped devices on spines, all edges marbled. xii, 162, (2); (xii), 176, (1); (iv), 241+(1); (iv), lvi, (2), 60-197+(1) pages. 4 volumes. Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, Printers to the University of Glasgow, set in Brevier Roman and Long Prime Roman, designed by Alexander Wilson (1714-86), type-founder to the University (Gaskell 560). Half title and..... READ MORE about THE POETICAL WORKS

Price: $995.00  other currencies  Order nr. 71636

Gent, Thomas.

THE LIFE OF MR. THOMAS GENT, PRINTER, OF YORK WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.

Edited by Rev. Joseph Hunter
London: Thomas Thorpe, 1832. 8vo. original cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Gent; iv, 208 pages. Edited by Rev. Joseph Hunter. First edition. (Bigmore & Wyman I, 260). "A very interesting biography of a distinguished country printer. It contains also a number of details relative to the history of typography during the second half of the eighteenth century." Thorpe found this manuscript in an Irish collection he had purchased. Gent had written the manuscript in 1746, 32..... READ MORE about THE LIFE OF MR. THOMAS GENT, PRINTER, OF YORK WRITTEN BY HIMSELF

Price: $325.00  other currencies  Order nr. 96430

Gid, Raymond.

CÉLÉBRATION DE LA LETTRE.

N.P. The Composing Room, n.d. square 12mo. self paper wrappers. 17, (3) pages. A prose meditation on letters, typography, and printing. Text in English. READ MORE about CÉLÉBRATION DE LA LETTRE

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 51018

(Gill, Eric). Carter, Sebastian.

ERIC GILL: THE CONTINUING TRADITION.

N.P. Monotype Recorder, 1990. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 39 + (1) pages. New series Autumn 1990 number eight. Issue of the Monotype Recorder that concentrates on the type design of Eric Gill. The text is profusely illustrated . The issue was set using Gill's own faces which had been adapted to the MonoText (computerized) system. Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about ERIC GILL: THE CONTINUING TRADITION

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 93477

(Gill, Eric). Shewring, Walter.

THE LETTERS OF ERIC GILL.

London: Jonathan Cape, (1947). 8vo. cloth. 480 pages. First edition. Contains 344 of Gill's correspondence from the years 1900-1940. Illustrated. Clipped portrait of GIll pasted down on free endpaper. Pencil inscription of David Evans, the sculptor, above copy of this portrait. READ MORE about THE LETTERS OF ERIC GILL

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 51612

(Goudy, Frederic W.). Lewis, Bernard.

BEHIND THE TYPE, THE LIFE STORY OF FREDERIC W. GOUDY.

Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1941. 8vo. cloth-backed boards. xiv, 114 pages with 17 illustrations. First edition, limited to 1600 copies. The second part of the book contains an essay by Goudy entitled "The Ethics and Aesthetics of Type and Typography." Front cover spotted and faded. READ MORE about BEHIND THE TYPE, THE LIFE STORY OF FREDERIC W. GOUDY

Price: $14.00  other currencies  Order nr. 128929

(Goudy, Frederic W.). Goudy, Frederic W.

GOUDY'S TYPE DESIGNS, HIS STORY AND SPECIMENS.

New Rochelle: The Myriade Press, 1978. small 8vo. Paperback. 285+(1) pages. This book is not only Goudy's autobiography, but it is the most complete record to date of his typographic contribution, which has had a major worldwide effect. First published in 1946 as one of the Typophile Chapbooks XIII and XIV, entitled A HALF-CENTURY OF TYPE DESIGN AND TYPOGRAPHY, this second edition is available as the student and professional typographer's working tool, as well as..... READ MORE about GOUDY'S TYPE DESIGNS, HIS STORY AND SPECIMENS

Price: $14.95  other currencies  Order nr. 47020

(Green, Ralph).

LIST OF BOOKS ON PRINTING, INCLUDING MANY ON TYPOGRAPHY, BINDING, AND THE OTHER GRAPHIC ARTS.

Williamsburg: College of William and Mary, 1962. small 4to. plastic ring binding, stiff paper covers. (i), 39 leaves. Items in the Ralph Green Collection on the History of American Printing, along with similar items elsewhere in the Wm. and Mary library. Sort of a bibliography but not in Besterman. 600+ entries. The entry under "Green, Ralph" provides a bibliography of Green's own writings. Reproduced typescript. Covers somewhat soiled. READ MORE about LIST OF BOOKS ON PRINTING, INCLUDING MANY ON TYPOGRAPHY, BINDING, AND THE OTHER GRAPHIC ARTS

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 52482

Gress, Edmund G.

FASHIONS IN AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHY 1780 TO 1930 WITH BRIEF ILLUSTRATED STORIES OF THE LIFE AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN SEVEN PERIODS.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. 8vo. cloth-backed gold paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xxx, 201 pages. First edition. (Hart no.20). Foreword by Frederic Goudy. Gress covers "the various periods at which decided changes in the matter of type design or changed tastes in type arrangement took place." Very interesting gold dust jacket printed in black. Jacket chipped with small piece missing along the top.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about FASHIONS IN AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHY 1780 TO 1930 WITH BRIEF ILLUSTRATED STORIES OF THE LIFE AND...

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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

Hoe, Richard M.

LITERATURE OF PRINTING, A CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HISTORY AND ART OF TYPOGRAPHY, CHALCOGRAPHY AND LITHOGRAPHY.

London: Privately printed, 1877. 8vo. 19th c. cloth covered boards, gilt on spine. (iv), 149, (3) pages. First edition. (Bigmore & Wyman I, 332). Bigmore & Wyman claim that "only a very few copies were issued." They also state that this was the first attempt to form a bibliography of printing. Beautifully printed by the Chiswick Press on Whatman paper. Plate of printing press facing title. Front gutter cracked. Minor wear at tips and head..... READ MORE about LITERATURE OF PRINTING, A CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HISTORY AND ART OF...

Price: $800.00  other currencies  Order nr. 39284

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

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 53486