(Maret, Russell). Maret, Russell.

ORNAMENTAL DIGRESSIONS.

New York, NY: Russell Maret, 2016. 4to. quarter goatskin, paper covered boards, clamshell box. unpaginated. One of 100 numbered copies. Accompanied by the prospectus. Ornamental Digressions was handset and printed by Russell Maret in his Pinwheel Ornaments, which were engraved and cast by Ed Rayher at Swamp Press and Letterfoundry. The texts are set in Gudrun Zapf von Hesse's Diotima, with titling in Hermann Zapf's Michelangelo, both of which were cast by Rainer Gerstenberg in..... READ MORE about ORNAMENTAL DIGRESSIONS

Price: $1,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 129139

McGrew, Mac.

AMERICAN METAL TYPEFACES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 1993. 4to. paperback. 398 pages. Second, revised edition. Discover 1,600 classical as well as bizarre typefaces in one of the most massive tributes to the history of printing and metal types. This edition of American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century contains 300 more typefaces in a clean, attractive format. This well-organized work captures the rapidly disappearing traditions and legacy that metal-type printing has left behind. Much of this..... READ MORE about AMERICAN METAL TYPEFACES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Price: $500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 105261

McGuinne, Dermot.

IRISH TYPE DESIGN: A HISTORY OF PRINTING TYPES IN THE IRISH CHARACTER.

with a foreword by Hendrik D.L. Vervliet
Dublin: National Print Museum, 2010. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. paperback. 236 pages. with a foreword by Hendrik D.L. Vervliet. Second edition. The designing of special type for printing Irish language texts began in the late sixteenth century and lasted into our own day, attracting the attention of many leading political and religious figures -Elizabeth I; Irish Franciscans in exile on the Continent; and at one point even Napoleon I - as well as scholars such..... READ MORE about IRISH TYPE DESIGN: A HISTORY OF PRINTING TYPES IN THE IRISH CHARACTER

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 104563

McLean, Ruari.

THE THAMES AND HUDSON MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY.

(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. A fine copy. READ MORE about THE THAMES AND HUDSON MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 24138

McLean, Ruari.

THE THAMES AND HUDSON MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY.

(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  other currencies  Order nr. 76328

McLean, Ruari.

THE THAMES AND HUDSON MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY.

(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  other currencies  Order nr. 108565

McMurtrie, Douglas C.

UPPER AND LOWER CASE PAYS.

Chicago: privately printed, 1934. 8vo. paper wrappers. 6 pages. First edition. Lightly soiled, else fine. READ MORE about UPPER AND LOWER CASE PAYS

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 11612

Meggs, Philip B.

A HISTORY OF GRAPHIC DESIGN.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 97880

Mengel, Willi.

FORMPROBLEME DER GEGENWÄRTIGEN TYPOGRAPHIE.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 50721

Moran, James.

FIT TO BE STYLED A TYPOGRAPHER , A HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY OF TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGNERS.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 70956

(Morison, Stanley). Barker, Nicolas.

STANLEY MORISON.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1972. 8vo. cloth. 566 pages and many illustrations. First U.S. edition. (Appleton no.380). The best biography of Morison. Lacking the dust jacket, else near fine. READ MORE about STANLEY MORISON

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 11197

(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 about STANLEY MORISON ET LA TRADITION TYPOGRAPHIQUE

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 7196

(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