Johnston, Alastair M.

HANGING QUOTES: TALKING BOOK ARTS, TYPOGRAPHY & POETRY.

(Victoria, TX): Cuneiform Press, 2011. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 270 pages. A landmark oral history project with 19 interviews with book artists, typographers and poets including Nicolas Barker and Robert Creeley. Discussions of the transition from cast metal to digital type with Matthew Carter, Sumner Stona and Fred Smeijers; artists' books with Sandra Kirshenbaum and Joan and Nathan Lyons; and the history of the book in the 20th century with Dave Haselwood, Holbrook Teter, Bob... READ MORE about HANGING QUOTES: TALKING BOOK ARTS, TYPOGRAPHY & POETRY

Price: $22.00  other currencies  Order nr. 110223

Johnston, Paul (editor).

THE BOOK COLLECTOR'S PACKET.

(Meriden, CT: for The Crow's Nest), 1932-1933, 1938-1939, 1945-1946. 4to. issues loosely inserted in quarter leather, cloth clamshell box. variously paginated. A monthly review of fine books, bibliography, and typography published monthly. This set includes all 41 issues from March 1932 to June 1946, Volumes 1 through 3. Includes March-September, November-December 1932; February-June/July 1933; April-July 1938; September 1938-December 1939. Volume 4 includes issues 1-10. Some issues tanned at edges. READ MORE about THE BOOK COLLECTOR'S PACKET

Price: $350.00  other currencies  Order nr. 130104

Kehrli, J. Otto.

TYPOGRAPHIE UND KUNST.

Bern: Schweizerischen Gutenbergmuseum, 1945. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), 84 pages, with illustrations. On typography and art from the beginnings of printing to the present day. Well illustrated. Jacket chipped. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIE UND KUNST

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 61708

Kelly, Jerry.

HERMANN ZAPF AND THE WORLD HE DESIGNED: A BIOGRAPHY.

New York: The Grolier Club, 2019. 6.125 x 9.5 inches. Hardcover. 368 pages. Published to accompany the Grolier Club exhibition "Alphabet Magic: A Centennial Exhibition of the Work of Hermann & Gudrun Zapf," curated by Jerry Kelly and Steven Galbraith, on show at the Club February 20-April 27 2019, in celebration of the centenary of Zapf's birth. This is the first comprehensive biography of Hermann Zapf (1918-2015), whom Robert Bringhurst has called "the greatest type... READ MORE about HERMANN ZAPF AND THE WORLD HE DESIGNED: A BIOGRAPHY

Price: $48.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133672

Kelly, Jerry.

TYPE REVIVALS: WHAT ARE THEY? WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? WHERE ARE THEY GOING?

New York: The Typophiles, 2011. 6 x 9 inches. paperback pamphlet. 16 pages. Typophiles Monograph: New Series No. 27 Type Revivals gives the history of type revivals and explores their place in modern type design. By examining some of the earliest type revivals, the definition of a true type revival emerges: it is an adaptation of an old typeface for current production and use, not merely a rote reproduction. With this definition in mind, the... READ MORE about TYPE REVIVALS: WHAT ARE THEY? WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? WHERE ARE THEY GOING?

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 109466

(Kis Totfalusi, Miklos). Nemeth, Andor.

A BETU MESTERE.

Budapest: Magyar Helikon, n.d. (but c. 1960). paper-covered boards, paper spine label. 54, (6) pages. Limited to 200 numbered copies. An essay on the work of the seventeenth century Hungarian typographer Kis Totfalusi. Contains examples of his type including one broadside laid-in. All in Hungarian. READ MORE about A BETU MESTERE

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 61736

(Lakeside Press).

DESIGN AND TYPOGRAPHY AT THE LAKESIDE PRESS.

Chicago: Lakeside Press, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. Contains five subjects about design or typography with a couple of short paragraphs about each subject, together with the announcement that Walter L. Howe is the new Director of the Press's Department of Design and Topography. Edges lightly tanned. READ MORE about DESIGN AND TYPOGRAPHY AT THE LAKESIDE PRESS

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 102313

(Lerner, Abe). Currie, Kit, et al.

ABE LERNER 1908-2002.

New York, NY: The Typophiles, 2003. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 31+(1) pages. Typophiles Monograph New Series #20. Known throughout the world of typography, Abe Lerner was a highly respected and talented typographer/book designer with links to the likes of the great Bruce Rogers. With a meticulous eye for detail and clean design, he was constantly working on new projects. With a career that landed him as the Director of Design and Production at Macmillan... READ MORE about ABE LERNER 1908-2002

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 94392

Lewis, Bernard J.

HOW TO MAKE TYPE TALK, THE RELATION OF TYPOGRAPHY TO VOICE MODULATION. BASIC PRINCIPLES AS DEVELOPED AND PROVEN IN ACTUAL PRACTICE.

Boston: The Stetson Press, (1914). small 8vo. boards. 31+(1) pages. With many two color reproductions. READ MORE about HOW TO MAKE TYPE TALK, THE RELATION OF TYPOGRAPHY TO VOICE MODULATION. BASIC PRINCIPLES AS...

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 22819

Lewis, John.

TYPOGRAPHY: DESIGN AND PRACTICE.

London: Barrie & Jenkins, (1978). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 144 pages. First edition. Divided into two sections: the first deals with the influences in art and design that have shaped modern typography, the second gives practical instructions. Uncommon title. Edges curled. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHY: DESIGN AND PRACTICE

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 46916

Lieberman, J Ben.

TYPE AND TYPEFACES.

New Rochelle: The Myriade Press, (1978). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 142 pages. Paperback edition. Some rubbing to covers. READ MORE about TYPE AND TYPEFACES

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 47018

Lieberman, J. Ben.

TYPE AND TYPEFACES.

New Rochelle: The Myriade Press, (1978). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 142 pages. This is the second edition of a good introductory, practical, and comprehensive book for beginners who want to learn about the history of type, typefounding and typefaces. Twenty-five chapters cover subjects such as how and why typefaces are different, fifteen great inventions behind typefaces, classifying type, choosing type, and the practical problems of identifying type plus what to do when you have become... READ MORE about TYPE AND TYPEFACES

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 47017

(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