Fletcher, H. George (editor).

PRINTING FOR KINGDOM, EMPIRE, AND REPUBLIC: TREASURES FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE IMPRIMERIE NATIONALE.

New York: The Grolier Club, 2011. 8.5 x 11.5 inches. hardcover. 118 pages. This volume was produced to accompany an exhibition held at the Grolier Club from December 6, 2011 to February 4, 2012, on the history of the French national typographic and printing establishment, the Imprimerie Nationale, arguably the most important printing house in Europe. Drawn from the ancient, vast, and comprehensive archives of the Imprimerie Nationale, Printing for Kingdom, Empire, & Republic documents..... READ MORE about PRINTING FOR KINGDOM, EMPIRE, AND REPUBLIC: TREASURES FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE IMPRIMERIE NATIONALE

Price: $95.00 save 20% $76.00  other currencies  Order nr. 108805

(Four Peaks Press). Williams, Fred.

THE JOY OF HAND SETTING TYPE.

Fountain Hills, AZ: Four Peaks Press, 2000. large 8vo. cloth, paper cover label. ix, (iii), 41, (2) pages. First edition, limited to 125 numbered copies signed by Williams and the publisher, Mike O'Connor. Fred Williams, the editor and publisher of Type & Press.,gives us this finely printed study of hand setting type. He reacts to the increasing computerization of type setting. Each chapter opens with a yellow head piece and decorative initial letter. Text was..... READ MORE about THE JOY OF HAND SETTING TYPE

Price: $195.00  other currencies  Order nr. 62857

(Germany).

GERMAN TYPOGRAPHY TODAY.

Leipziger Strabe: German Liaison Committee of the Type Directors Club of New York, 1987. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 63+(1) pages. A catalogue for the exhibition of the German Liaison Committee of The Type Directors Club of New York, which featured contemporary German graphic design in the United States. Illustrated and indexed. READ MORE about GERMAN TYPOGRAPHY TODAY

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 59352

(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

Gill, Eric.

AN ESSAY ON TYPOGRAPHY.

Boston: David R. Godine, (1988). 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. 133 pages. Facsimile reprint of the revised 1936 edition, with a new introduction by Christopher Skelton. Discussion of composition, lettering, typography, punch-cutting, paper and ink, etc. An important essay. Fine condition. READ MORE about AN ESSAY ON TYPOGRAPHY

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 24665

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

GOUDY'S TYPE DESIGNS, HIS STORY AND SPECIMENS.

New Rochelle: The Myriade Press, 1978. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 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..... READ MORE about GOUDY'S TYPE DESIGNS, HIS STORY AND SPECIMENS

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Haley, Allan.

PHOTOTYPOGRAPHY, A GUIDE TO IN-HOUSE TYPESETTING & DESIGN.

New York: Charles Scribner's Son, (1980). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 144 pages. First edition. A manual. READ MORE about PHOTOTYPOGRAPHY, A GUIDE TO IN-HOUSE TYPESETTING & DESIGN

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(Hill & Dale Press). Hopkins, Richard L.

IN QUEST OF TYPOGRAPHIC TREASURES AT THE ARCHABBEY.

A Monotype Fanatic's Escapade
Terra Alta: Hill & Dale Press and Typefoundry, 1984. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. A Monotype Fanatic's Escapade. Limited to 300 copies. Illustrations by Jim Willis. Typographic adventure at the St. Vincent Archabbey Press. READ MORE about IN QUEST OF TYPOGRAPHIC TREASURES AT THE ARCHABBEY

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 105500

Hlasta, Stanley C.

PRINTING TYPES & HOW TO USE THEM.

Pittsburgh: Carnegie Press, (1950). tall 8vo. cloth. x, 304 pages. First edition. Gathers all type faces available for use in one book so that comparisons may be made between the different faces. Includes history of the face with biographies of type designers. Covers rubbed along edges. Exlibrish with markings. Lacking dust jacket. Housed in a lovely quarter leather, cloth clamshell box. READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES & HOW TO USE THEM

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 62678

(House of Type).

THE MAN BEHIND THE FACE.

Names of type Designers Set in One of Their Astute Creations
Baltimore: The House of Type, 1984. 16mo. stapled stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Names of type Designers Set in One of Their Astute Creations. Limited to 120 copies. List of type designers using their various type faces. READ MORE about THE MAN BEHIND THE FACE

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(Johnston, Edward). Holliday, Peter.

EDWARD JOHNSTON: MASTER CALLIGRAPHER.

New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and the British Library, 2007. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover. 412 pages. First edition. Edward Johnston (1872-1944) was a man of letters - master calligrapher, typeface designer and creator of the lettering and branding for the London Underground. He was also a great teacher and philosopher. Many were, and still are, influenced by his down-to-earth ideas on calligraphy and lettering, and those who studied in his classes at..... READ MORE about EDWARD JOHNSTON: MASTER CALLIGRAPHER

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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

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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