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

McMurtrie, Douglas C.

TYPES AND TYPEFOUNDING IN GERMANY: THE WORK OF CHRISTIAN EGENOLFF AND HIS SUCCESSORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LUTHER FOUNDRY. THE FIRST TYPE SPECIMEN SHOWING THE TYPE OF CLAUDE GARAMOND.

Chicago: privately printed, 1932. 4to. paper self wrappers. 8 pages with 8 figures. First separate edition. Covers soiled, else a very good copy. READ MORE about TYPES AND TYPEFOUNDING IN GERMANY: THE WORK OF CHRISTIAN EGENOLFF AND HIS SUCCESSORS IN THE...

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 11571

(MERGENTHALER, OTTMAR).

NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1886.

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 1988. 17.5 x 23.5 inches. folded broadsheet. Printed in black on one side only. A facsimile of the first newspaper page composed on a commercial Linotype. Although printed by offset lithography, the parts composed by the Linotype can still be visibly distinguished from the hand-set type because of a single wrong-font bold face apostrophe. This appears in only three of the stories (see Schlesinger: Ottmar Mergenthaler, Inventor of the..... READ MORE about NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1886

Price: $4.00  other currencies  Order nr. 24085

Middendorp, Jan.

DUTCH TYPE.

Berlin, Germany: Druk Editions, 2018. 4to. paper-covered boards, illustrated endpapers. 320 pages. Reprint edition of the 2004 first edition. Acknowledgments, table of contents, introduction, bibliography, indices of names and typefaces, credits. A study of typefaces and letterforms developed by Dutch designers. Includes a historical overview of printing in the Netherlands from the 15th century, but focuses on the 20th century. Considers individual designers, as well as centers of activity such as The Hague and Arnhem..... READ MORE about DUTCH TYPE

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 135575

(Miniature Books).

A LITTLE BLACK BOOK.

Marcham: Alembic Press, The, 1995. miniature book (7.2 x 6 cm). sewn in eight sections with a Coptic binding in heavy textured black boards. 63 pages. Limited to 100 numbered copies. Printed by hand by Claire Bolton at her Alembic Press. A type specimen book demonstrating the collection of blackletter faces in the Alembic Press archives. Printed in black and red. A fine copy. READ MORE about A LITTLE BLACK BOOK

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 41892

(Miniature Books).

ORIENTAL SAYINGS: AN EXERCISE IN USING SMALL TYPES.

(Overland Park, KS): Scott Free Press & Papermill, 1987. miniature book (6.0 x 4.9 cm). stiff paper wrappers. 30, (6) pages. Limited to 250 numbered copies, signed by publisher Duane C. Scott (Bradbury, Scott Free Press 5). Samples of type faces used by Scott. Covers are printed on paper handmade by the press. READ MORE about ORIENTAL SAYINGS: AN EXERCISE IN USING SMALL TYPES

Price: $60.00  other currencies  Order nr. 118159

(Miniature Books). Petty, G. Harvey.

ALPHABETUM ZANIUM.

Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, (1976). miniature book (5.2 x 6.9 cm). quarter leather, paper-covered boards. 27, (5) pages. Limited to 249 copies. (Bradbury, Black Cat Press 44). Foreword by the author. Whimsical alliterative treatment of the letters of the alphabet, each letter in a different typeface. Index of typefaces. READ MORE about ALPHABETUM ZANIUM

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 118454

(Miniature Books).

TYPE FACES: A CRITICAL ESSAY.

Ann Arbor, MI: The Quilkin Press, 1974. miniature book (5.9 by 4.1 cm.). stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 8, (2) pages. Bradbury, Quilkin Press, 1. A whimsical look at eight type faces. READ MORE about TYPE FACES: A CRITICAL ESSAY

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133399

MONOTYPE NEWSLETTER.

London, England: The Monotype Corporation, 1934-71. 4to. self paper wrappers. variously paginated. Various issues. Have the following available: Monotype House No. 50, Sept 1956 (1); No. 55, Aug 1958 (1); No. 56, Dec 1958 (1); No. 58, Oct 1959 (1); No. 59, Jul 1960 (1); No. 61, Apr 1961 (1); No. 63, Sept 1961 (1); No. 64, Dec 1961 (1); No. 65, Mar 1962 (1); No. 67, Sept 1962 (1); No. 68, Dec 1962 (1);..... READ MORE about MONOTYPE NEWSLETTER

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 132448

Moran, Bill, Robert Style, Dennis Ichiyama, and Richard Zauft.

HAMILTON WOOD TYPE: A HISTORY IN HEADLINES.

St Paul, MS: Blinc Publishing, 2004. 8.5 x 8.5. stiff paper wrappers. 65 pages. Hamilton began producing type in 1880 and within 20 years became the largest provider in the United States. The Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum is the only museum dedicated to the preservation, study, production and printing of wood type. With 1.5 million pieces of wood type and more than 1,000 styles and sizes of patterns, Hamilton's collection is one of..... READ MORE about HAMILTON WOOD TYPE: A HISTORY IN HEADLINES

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 99663

Morison, Stanley.

THE ROMAN ITALIC & BLACK LETTER BEQUEATHED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD BY DR. JOHN FELL.

Oxford: Printed for the Typophiles at the University Press, 1951. small 8vo. cloth. 49, (3) pages. Reprinting of the first edition which was limited to only 100 copies; the 26th chap book, limited to 475 copies. A fine copy. History of the Fell type and reproductions of some of the type and ornaments. READ MORE about THE ROMAN ITALIC & BLACK LETTER BEQUEATHED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD BY DR. JOHN FELL

Price: $90.00  other currencies  Order nr. 12800

Mosley, James.

BRITISH TYPE SPECIMENS BEFORE 1831; A HAND-LIST.

Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1984. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 70 pages. Occasional Publication No. 14. Corrected and updated supplement to Berry and Johnson's bibliography of British type specimen books. Gives locations, an appendix of printer's specimen books and a chronological list of specimens. A valuable supplement. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BRITISH TYPE SPECIMENS BEFORE 1831; A HAND-LIST

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 11740