Basel: Holbein-Verlag, 1946. small 4to. boards, paper spine label, dust jacket. 18, (2) pages of text followed by 70 full page plates, colophon. First edition. Traces the history of the development of type styles from cave printing up to 1924. A classic book in the field. Jacket toned with some ink lines on front cover. READ MORE about GESCHICHTE DER SCHRIFT IN BILDERN
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 24567
Brussels: Unitype, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Text in French. Type faces offered by Unitype of Brussels. Features Louqsor but includes others. Also includes borders and decorations. Wrappers faded, slightly worn at edges. READ MORE about UNITYPE FONDERIE DE CARACTÈRES
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 109211
Two volumes.
London: Oxford University Press, (1937). 8vo. cloth, dust jackets. xl,292; xix+(i),326 pages. Two volumes. English edition. Second printing of second edition. Lacking dust jackets. Spine of volume one sunned. READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES, THEIR HISTORY, FORMS, AND USE A STUDY IN SURVIVALS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 1323
Two2 volumes.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1922. 8vo. cloth, top edges gilt. xxxii,276; xix,308 pages. Two2 volumes. First edition, first printing. One of the most important books written on the subject. Printed at the Merrymount Press. Covers rubbed; hinges split on volume two with front cover close to coming off. Internally fine. Back cover of volume 1 is missing. READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES, THEIR HISTORY, FORMS, AND USE A STUDY IN SURVIVALS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 28590
2 volumes.
Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1951. 8vo. cloth, dust jackets. xl,292; xx,326 pages. 2 volumes. Second edition, second printing. (Appleton p.69). Profusely illustrated. An essential reference book for anyone interested in the history of printing and development of type faces. Jackets chipped with tears. READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES, THEIR HISTORY, FORMS, AND USE A STUDY IN SURVIVALS
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 5250
2 volumes.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1951. 8vo. cloth. xl,292; xix,326 pages. 2 volumes. Reprint of the second edition (Appleton p.69). Profusely illustrated. An essential reference book for anyone interested in the history of printing and development of type faces. No jackets. READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES, THEIR HISTORY, FORMS, AND USE A STUDY IN SURVIVALS
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 14117
2 volumes.
Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1937. 8vo. cloth. xl,292; xx,326 pages. 2 volumes. Second edition. (Appleton p.69). Profusely illustrated. An essential reference book for anyone interested in the history of printing and development of type faces. Covers rubbed. Name in ink. READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES, THEIR HISTORY, FORMS, AND USE A STUDY IN SURVIVALS
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 42917
Two volumes.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1962. 8vo. cloth, dust jackets. xlvi,292; xx,326 pages. Two volumes. Third edition. Profusely illustrated. An essential reference book for anyone interested in the history of printing and development of type faces. This edition has a preface by Lawrence Wroth. Very minor chipping of the head of the dust jacket of volume 2. READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES, THEIR HISTORY, FORMS, AND USE A STUDY IN SURVIVALS
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 52518
2 volumes.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1962. 8vo. cloth, dust jackets. xlvi,292; xx,326 pages. 2 volumes. Third edition. Profusely illustrated. An essential reference book for anyone interested in the history of printing and development of type faces. This edition has a preface by Lawrence Wroth. Jackets chipped and spotted. READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES, THEIR HISTORY, FORMS, AND USE A STUDY IN SURVIVALS
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 75123
2 volumes.
New York: Dover Publications, (1980). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xl,292; xvii,326 pages. 2 volumes. Reprint of the 1937 second edition. Profusely illustrated. Still the best book on the subject. Spines faded. Ink ownership inscription in corner of free endpaper of first volume. Tape repair of tear in volume two cover. READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES, THEIR HISTORY, FORMS, AND USE A STUDY IN SURVIVALS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 121454
2 volumes.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1962. 8vo. cloth, dust jackets. xlvi,292; xx,326 pages. 2 volumes. Third edition. Profusely illustrated. An essential reference book for anyone interested in the history of printing and development of type faces. This edition has a preface by Lawrence Wroth. Jackets chipped with part of spine covering lacking on the second volume. READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES, THEIR HISTORY, FORMS, AND USE A STUDY IN SURVIVALS
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 126179
(New York): Mark Batty, (2005). 8vo. cloth with dustjacket. (vi), 128 pages. The book provides the first extensive look at the life and work of George W. Jones ( 1860-1942) filling a gap in the literature of graphic design and printing history. He was one of the most respected and celebrated fine printers of his generation, producing books for notable publishers such as the Nonesuch Press and the Limited Editions Club. In 1911, he established... READ MORE about GEORGE W. JONES : PRINTER LAUREATE
Price: $58.00 Order nr. 86900
Upton-upon-Severn: Severnside Printers, 1993. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xiii, 161 pages. First edition. These essays "range over printing trade history, typography, and technology." Preface followed by 31 articles. READ MORE about TYPOMANIA, SELECTED ESSAYS ON TYPESETTING AND RELATED SUBJECTS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 40527
Frankfurt am Main: D. Stempel, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 19, (19) pages. Text in German. A study of the production of artistic type faces by the Stempel firm. Eight black and white plates. Two black and white illustrations in text. READ MORE about DIE KÜNSTLERISCHE DRUCKTYPE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 109157
Cambridge: n.p., 1925. 8vo. paper wrappers. 16 pages. Reprinted from BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS; A TRIBUTE TO WILBERFORCE EAMES. Inscribed by Wroth on the front cover. READ MORE about THE FIRST WORK WITH AMERICAN TYPES
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 5138
Forest Park, IL: Acorn Press, (1962). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, front wrapper gilt-stamped. (vi), 29, (3) pages. Limited to 350 copies. Type faces available at the Acorn Press. Foreword and explanation. Indexed. Wrappers faded. READ MORE about ONE LINE SPECIMEN BOOK
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 114780
N.P. Adagio Press, n.d. 4to. unbound. 131 broadside specimen sheets enclosed by heavy paper covers. Ornaments and type faces offered by the Adagio Press. Includes designs by Will Bradley (American Type Founders), D. Stempel, Imre Reiner and Jose Mendoza y Almeida (Typefoundry Amsterdam), Alessandro Butti and Aldo Novarese, G.C. Lange (H. Berthold), American Type Founders, Monotype, Georg Trump, Konrad Bauer and Walter Baum, designers for Bauersche Giesserei, Hermann Zapf, Jan van Krimpen and others. Illustrations..... READ MORE about THE ADAGIO PRESS
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 109160
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. 6.7 x 9.5 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 312 pages. The Greek Editions of Aldus Manutius and his Greek Collaborators was first published in Greek in 2015, in order to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of the Venetian printer. A succinct introduction on the pioneers of Renaissance humanism in Crete is followed by a thorough presentation of the graphic aspect of Aldus's Greek editions, that is, initials... READ MORE about THE GREEK EDITIONS OF ALDUS MANUTIUS AND HIS GREEK COLLABORATORS
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 127162
Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, 2018. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 466 pages. Pablo Alvarez offers the first complete English translation of Alonso Víctor de Paredes Institucion, y origen del arte de la imprenta, y reglas generales para los componedores [Institution, and Origin of the Art of Printing, and General Rules for Compositors]. This 96-page printing manual set and printed by Paredes himself was issued in Madrid around 1680. It opens with an introductory digression on... READ MORE about ALONSO VÍCTOR DE PAREDES’ INSTITUTION, AND ORIGIN OF THE ART OF PRINTING, AND GENERAL RULES...
Price: $100.00 save 20% $80.00 Order nr. 133686
New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2007. 9.5 x 10 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 128 pages. First edition. This book is the long-awaited successor to the classic An Atlas of Typeforms, the great visually-led history of type that Alan Bartram and James Sutton produced in 1968. Much has changed in the last 40 years, not least the teaching of typography and the means by which it is created. Because... READ MORE about TYPEFORMS: A HISTORY
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 95866
Frankfurt am Main: Bauerschen Giesserei, 1962. 34 x 27 inches. large broadside. This large broadside was issued by the Bauer Type Foundry to celebrate their 125th anniversary. It pictures a large tree done in black ink against a gray background with each of the important type faces in the company's history pictured in blocks placed on the branches of the tree. The blocks are printed in various colors with the example of the type face... READ MORE about DIE STAMMBAUM DER SCHRIFT
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 36606
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 2008. small 4to. unbound signatures. 194 pages. First edition, limited to 150 numbered copies; this copy is not numbered and consists of unbound signatures for the book. The private press has been with us in one form or another for 200 years or more. The equipment for a small private press was inexpensive, required little space and almost anyone could learn to do basic printing in a short time... READ MORE about PRIVATE TYPECASTERS, PRESERVING THE CRAFT OF HOT-METAL TYPE INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Price: $325.00 Order nr. 120691
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 2007. Broadside (11 3/4 by 8 inches). Prospectus for Henricus de Nova Villa, So Long, Hot-metal Men: The Comprehensive Bird & Bull Type Specimen Book. READ MORE about PROSPECTUS FOR SO LONG, HOT-METAL MEN
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 126564
(Milan, Italy): Conchiglia, 1946. 8vo. cloth, front cover and spine gilt-stamped, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (vii), 47, (27) pages. Text in Italian. Number "18" of an unspecifed number of copies. Published on the occasion of an exhibition in Milan, November 1946. Color and black and white illustrations, including two tipped-in. Presentation from the author on front free endpaper. Soiling on front cover. Slight rubbing and scuffing at edges. Light tanning at edges of text. READ MORE about SAGGIO DI BIBLIOGRAFIA BODONIANA
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 126622
New York: Redfield-Kendrick-Odell, (1923). small 4to. boards, paper cover label. (44) pages. Limited to 500 numbered copies. With a frontispiece portrait of Bodoni and a biography sketch by Arthur K. Willyoung. AIGA notice of this book loosely inserted. Head of spine bumped. READ MORE about A PRINTED EXHIBIT OF BODONI TYPE WITH APPROPRIATE ORNAMENTS, BEING THE SECOND OF A SERIES OF...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 18838
