St. Gallen: Verlag Zollikofer & Co., 1945. small 4to. boards. 122 pages. First edition. A study of monograms, marks and ornamentation. 288 illustrations done in black and red. Pastedowns and endpapers show age darkening. READ MORE about DAS BUCH DER WERKZEICHEN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 25746
New York: Paul A. Struck, 1946. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 128 pages. First edition in English. Divided into sections beginning with the title page, trade and business cards, ornament, cartouches, calligraphy, bookplates, billheads, labels, etc. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about MODERN AND HISTORICAL TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 36537
Stuttgart: C.E. Poeschel, 1959. 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (viii), 204 pages. A consideration of the basic issues of typography, especially work in the last 70 years. Illustrated with many examples of fine typography. Indexed. Jacket slightly yellowed. READ MORE about GROSSE UND GRENZEN DER TYPOGRAPHIE
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 50889
Chicago: The Caxton Club, 2003. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, smythsewn: drawn-on, hinge-scored cover; trimmed flush. 40 pages. Full color catalogue written for the Caxton Club exhibition: Inland Printers: The Fine-Press Movement in Chicago, 1920-45 ; at Columbia College in Chicago; held January 15, 2003. Features writings of 12 Caxtonians including: John P. Chalmers, Robert A. Cotner, Kim Coventry, Celia Hilliard, Thomas J. Joyce, Arthur H. Miller, Frank J. Piehl, Susan F. Rossen, Michael Thompson..... READ MORE about INLAND PRINTERS: THE FINE-PRESS MOVEMENT IN CHICAGO, 1920-45
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 73697
New York: The American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1939. 8vo. boards, (iv), 7 pages. First edition. Ruzicka did the colored woodcut and Bruce Rogers did the type arrangement. Presentation on frot free endpaper in pencil "To Dr. Archibald Mallock, with warm regards of R. Ruzicka. Dobbs Ferry, June 1939." Small split in front hinge at top. READ MORE about ON THE AESTHETIC VALUES THAT ARE TO BE FOUND IN THE PRINTED WORK OF BRUCE ROGERS
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 58674
(Munchen, Germany: Typostudio SchumacherGebler), 1989. 4to. stiff paper binder with spiral rings. (168) pages. A calendar and typographical compendium that serves as a reference book about letter forms, their designers, function and history. Most illustrations were supplied by the contributors and the typeface designers. Sponsored by the German Printers Federation, the Bundesverband Druck. Each pair of facing pages feature a distinct letter form with discussion in French, German and English. Printed with a wide range..... READ MORE about 26 LETTERS, LETTERN, LETTRES, AN ANNUAL AND CALENDAR OF 26 LETTERS OF THE ROMAN ALPHABET
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 79502
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, n.d. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 137 pages. First U.S. edition. Printed at the Curwen Press in England. Excellent one volume look at typography. Jacket has pieces missing at spine ends. Bookplate on front pastedown. READ MORE about INTRODUCTION TO TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 19864
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, n.d. 8vo. cloth. xi, 137 pages. First U.S. edition. Excellent one volume look at typography. Spine faded. READ MORE about INTRODUCTION TO TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 31470
London: Faber and Faber, (1956). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 156 pages. First edition. Much on English typography of the 20th century, the Curwen Press, The Fleuron and Signature. Illustrated including four collotype plates. Light foxing with wear along front hinge of jacket. READ MORE about PRINTER AND PLAYGROUND, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 31664
London: Faber and Faber, (1956). 8vo. cloth. xvi, 156 pages. First edition. Much on English typography of the 20th century, the Curwen Press, The Fleuron and Signature. Illustrated including four collotype plates. Spine rubbed. No jacket. READ MORE about PRINTER AND PLAYGROUND, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 54086
VOLUME IX/4 1979
Amsterdam: n.p., 1979. 8vo. self paper wrappers. 309-336 pages. VOLUME IX/4 1979. Offprint from Quaerendo, a Quarterly Journal from the Low Countries Devoted Manuscripts and Printed Books. Photocopy. With a survey of Egyptian founts. Wrappers slightly tanned at the spine. Crease to the top edge. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIA HIEROGLYPHICA
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 104853
San Francisco: Bedford Press, 1987. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 208, (24) pages. First edition. Facsimile reproductions of articles that appeared in TYPOGRAPHICA. Well illustrated. READ MORE about THE LIBERATED PAGE, A TYPOGRAPHICA ANTHOLOGY
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 62294
Chicago, IL: Miehle Printing Press & Mfg. Company, 1951. 4to. self paper wrappers. 12 pages. Extremities are soiled and tanned, with some wear and creasing at bottom corner. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIC PRESSWORK, PRINTING PRESS PRODUCTION STUDY FOR PRESSROOM MANAGEMENT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 102387
London: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd., 1991. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 112 pages. First British edition. Not a computer book, but a book on typography for people who do typography or what amounts to it on the computer, by S. Stone, from 1984-1990 director of typography at Adobe Systems, and the designer of the "Stone" series of computer fonts. Brief history of typography, a discussion of various types of design (books, promotional materials, etc.), and a...... READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHY ON THE PERSONAL COMPUTER
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 52243
Paris: Bureau de l'Edition, n.d. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers (disbound). 137, (3) pages. Well-illustrated. Needs to be bound. READ MORE about MODERN TYPOGRAPHY, ETUDE ARTISTIQUE, EDUCATIVE, PRATIQUE POUR IMPRIMEU RS, TYPOGRAPHES, EDITEURS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 30421
Vienna: Herbert Reichner, 1927. tall 8vo. paper-covered boards with paper covering missing from spine. 30 leaves. Limited to 200 numbered copies, being part of the series entitled Bibliotheca Typographica edited by Reichner. Reproduction of this 1760 book of type ornaments and ornamental arrangements.Other than the spine, a very good copy. READ MORE about ABDRUCK VON DENJENIGEN RÖSLEIN UND ZIERRATHEN WELCHE SICH IN DER K.K. HOFSCHRIFTGIESSEREY
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 4886
Ravensburg: Otto Maier Verlag, (1960). small 8vo. boards. 124, (2) pages. A book on design and typography. Illustrated. READ MORE about ERFREULICHE DRUCKSACHEN DURCH GUTE TYPOGRAPHIE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 37080
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1924. small 8vo. cloth-backed boards, top edge gilt, dust jacket. 70 pages. First edition. Chapters on planning of printing, style in the use of type, seven champions of typography, etc. Very unusual to find this title in jacket. Jacket is chipped with small holes along front hinge. Ink ownership inscription on free endpaper. Flaps of jacket have foxed endpapers. READ MORE about IN THE DAY'S WORK
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 5089
(New York): Kurt H. Volk, Typographer, n.d. tall 12mo. printed brochure with 16 broadsides loosely inserted along with a four page folder listing type faces available from Volk. A folder containing displays of his typographic skills printed in different colors. Inserted is a four page list of type faces and sizes available. Small tear at spine ends of brochure. READ MORE about A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY THROUGH A TYPOGRAPHIC JUNGLE
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 91398
London, England: James Moran, 1966. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 36, (2) pages. Table of contents. Includes reviews of new papers, materials, and specimens. Feature article by Hugh Williamson. Chipped at top of spine. READ MORE about LIGATURE: A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF COMMONSENSE TYPOGRAPHY AND GRAPHIC ART
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 132453
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corp. (1967). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 160 pages. First edition. Profusely illustrated. Chapters on typography, printing, paper, binding, dust jackets, etc. READ MORE about THE DESIGN OF BOOKS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 8130
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corp. (1967). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 160 pages. First edition. Profusely illustrated. Chapters on typography, printing, paper, binding, dust jackets, etc. Presentation on half-title "For David Belch, on the occasion of a delightful Books & Authors program, Adrian Wilson, November 20, 1968." Small spot along edge of back cover of jacket. READ MORE about THE DESIGN OF BOOKS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 43422
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2012. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 160 pages. A SIGNED COPY BY THE AUTHOR OF THIS LOVELY BOOK "Matthew Young's book showcases over 80 specimens (full size and in color), and gives a detailed account of the behind-the-scenes machinations that affected the course of the Specimen Exchange.... If you are interested in the history of graphic design, Young's book is a wonderful account of a lesser-known part..... READ MORE about THE RISE AND FALL OF THE PRINTERS' INTERNATIONAL SPECIMEN EXCHANGE
Price: $59.95 Order nr. 133467
N.P. The William Maxwell Historical Printshop, (1968). 8vo. stapled stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Typographical essay reprinted form Dot Zero Magazine. Wrappers tanned at the spine. READ MORE about QUESTIONS OF LEGIBILITY
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 105480
New York: Museum Books, 1964. oblong 4to. parchment - backed boards with parchment tips. not paginated. Limited to 500 numbered copies also signed by Zapf. Set in 16 languages with the types of D. Stempel "taken from the foundry's archives" and printed by Heinrich Egenolf. A magnificent display of typography and type specimens printed in black with some part printed in an alternative color. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIC VARIATIONS DESIGNED BY HERMANN ZAPF ON THEMES IN CONTEMPORARY BOOK DESIGN AND...
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 17095
