(Book Club of California). Kelly, Jerry and Misha Beletsky.

THE NOBLEST ROMAN: A HISTORY OF THE CENTAUR TYPES OF BRUCE ROGERS.

San Francisco, CA: Book Club of California, 2016. small 4to. paper-covered boards, paper spine label, paper covered slipcase. 138 pages. Limited to 300 signed and numbered copies. Includes the prospectus. Roughly fifteen years after Gutenberg printed the first substantial book in Mainz in 1455, Nicolas Jenson of Venice produced what has been universally recognized among the most beautiful typefaces ever created. Based on the humanistic calligraphy of the Renaissance, an even and infinitely various set..... READ MORE about THE NOBLEST ROMAN: A HISTORY OF THE CENTAUR TYPES OF BRUCE ROGERS

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 129681

(Calkins, Ernest Elmo).

CAPS & LOWER CASE.

(New York, NY: Carlos Lopez Press, 1950). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. (8) pages. Excerpts from Calkins's The Book and Job Print. Initial and colophon designed by Ceil Smith Thayer. Tipped-in portrait of Calkins on front free endpaper. Wrappers lightly sunned. READ MORE about CAPS & LOWER CASE

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 122219

(Caxton, William).

PROPOSITIO JOHANNIS RUSSELL PRINTED BY WILLIAM CAXTON CIRCA A.D. 1476. REPRODUCED IN FACSIMILE.

Manchester and London: University Press and Bernard Quaritch, and Sherratt and Hughes, 1909. 8vo. quarter vellum, cloth-covered boards. 35, (9) pages. Facsimile of William Caxton's original printing reproduced here as a book. Part of the John Rylands facsimile series. This book consists of an oration delivered by Russell on the occasion of his embassy in February 1470 to invest Charles the Bold with the Order of the Garter. Contains a new historical introduction by Henry..... READ MORE about PROPOSITIO JOHANNIS RUSSELL PRINTED BY WILLIAM CAXTON CIRCA A.D. 1476. REPRODUCED IN FACSIMILE

Price: $55.00  other currencies  Order nr. 59209

Clouse, Doug.

MACKELLAR, SMITHS & JORDAN: TYPOGRAPHIC TASTEMAKERS OF THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2008. 8.5 x 11 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 176 pages. First edition. This is the first full-length study of the leading American type foundry of the nineteenth century. It is an interesting history of the foundry from both a business and a design point of view. The emphasis is on the design of the hundreds of typefaces that were produced by the foundry, from its inception in the 1860s..... READ MORE about MACKELLAR, SMITHS & JORDAN: TYPOGRAPHIC TASTEMAKERS OF THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 96669

Colish.

THE COLISH BOOK OF TYPES SHOWING A COLLECTION OF MODERN PRINTING TYPES SUITABLE FOR HIGH-GRADE PRINTING AND ADVERTISING TYPOGRAPHY.

New York, NY: A. Colish, n.d. 4to. cloth, loose leaf, paper cover label. unpaginated. Introductory comments. With chart of proof marks. Includes rules and borders. Two-page typescript history of the Erwin Wasey firm laid in. Covers spotted and soiled. Rubbed and scuffed at edges. Leaves of text tanned at edges. Previous owner's (Erwin Wasey) bookplate inside front cover. READ MORE about THE COLISH BOOK OF TYPES SHOWING A COLLECTION OF MODERN PRINTING TYPES SUITABLE FOR HIGH-GRADE...

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 125225

(Duensing, Paul Hayden).

ORNAMENTA, FLEURONS FROM A PRIVATE TYPEFOUNDRY.

Kalamazoo: The Private Press and Typefoundry of Paul Hayden Duensing, 1973. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (44) pages. Limited to 250 copies Filled with reproductions. READ MORE about ORNAMENTA, FLEURONS FROM A PRIVATE TYPEFOUNDRY

Price: $60.00  other currencies  Order nr. 106167

(Farthing Press).

A TYPE OF QUOTE, BOOK I. BEING A COLLECTION OF THE ROMAN TYPE FACES OF THE FARTHING PRESS.

Norfolk: The Farthing Press, 1985. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. A type specimens book produced by The Farthing Press with common adages and maxims in addition to the standard display of type specimens. Letter dated 20 March '86 signed by Alan J. Fitch & compliments of card laid -in. Large crease on top board and fading on both boards as if shelved next to smaller books. READ MORE about A TYPE OF QUOTE, BOOK I. BEING A COLLECTION OF THE ROMAN TYPE FACES OF THE FARTHING PRESS

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 96744

(Gallimaufry Press).

3 AMERICAN TYPE FACES.

Bethesda: The Gallimaufry Press, 1974. oblong 12mo. paper wrappers. 8 leaves. Limited to 100 copies printed by Ken Hammel. Reproductions of Binny & Ronaldson Roman No.1, Farmer's original Old Style Italic and Goudy's Newstyle. READ MORE about 3 AMERICAN TYPE FACES

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 4163

(Gutenberg, Johannes). Wehmer, Carl.

GUTENBERGS TYPOGRAPHI UND DIE TEIGDRUCKE DES MONOGRAMMISTEN d.

Mainz: Karl Pressler, 1970. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 426-484 plus 1 plate. Offprint from Essays in Honour of Victor Scholderer. Considers the presence of Gutenberg typeface in the work of "Monogrammist d"'s prints. Several black-and-white plates; one color plate tipped-in. READ MORE about GUTENBERGS TYPOGRAPHI UND DIE TEIGDRUCKE DES MONOGRAMMISTEN d

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 77018

(Hill & Dale). Mahr, Karl.

PRINTING TYPES, THEIR BIRTH IN THE TYPEFOUNDRY DEPICTED IN WOODCUT AND VERSE.

N.P. Privately Printed, 2000. folio. stiff paper wrappers, mailing envelope. (ii), 10, (4) pages. Limited to an edition of 130 (from another copy sold by Oak Knoll). The text for this edition was translated and set by hand at the Private Press and Typefoundry of Paul Hayden Duensing in Athens. GA. All the press and production work was performed by Richard Hopkins' Hill & Dale Press and Typefoundry in Terra Alta, WV. The English text..... READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES, THEIR BIRTH IN THE TYPEFOUNDRY DEPICTED IN WOODCUT AND VERSE

Price: $225.00  other currencies  Order nr. 104929

(Hill Press).

DUTCH TYPES USED IN THE ENGLISH BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER: 1911 - 1930.

Baltimore, MD: Hill Press, 2019. 8vo. leather. (iv), vi, 44, (2) pages. First edition limited to 60 numbered copies, of which this copy is one of 9 copies bound in full leather by the Don Rash of Boss Dog Press. This book seeks to establish the relationship between Dutch-inspired type faces and English prayer books. Essays included are 'Hendrik van den Keere: an Exceptionally Gifted Craftsman', by Guy Hutsebaut; 'Peter de Walpergen, His Training and..... READ MORE about DUTCH TYPES USED IN THE ENGLISH BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER: 1911 - 1930

Price: $590.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134707

Hudson, Graham.

THE DESIGN AND PRINTING OF EPHEMERA IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA, 1720-1920.

New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2008. 8.5 x 11 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 160 pages. First edition. Ephemera has been collected for many years, but only recently has it become widely accepted as material for academic study. This is the first book to discuss ephemera as an aspect of design history, showing how function, production process and period have affected the changing appearance of billheads, trade cards, flyers..... READ MORE about THE DESIGN AND PRINTING OF EPHEMERA IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA, 1720-1920

Price: $65.00 save 50% $32.50  other currencies  Order nr. 95868

(Incline Press). Moss, Graham and Kathy Whalen.

HUNG OUT TO DRY.

Oldham, England: Incline Press, 2007. 4to. cloth, marbled paper covered boards, slipcase. 95 pages, 76 broadsides. One of 150 copies of which this is one of 120 numbered copies bound thus by Chris Hicks. Sixty-seven broadsheets explore some of the endless design possibilities of single-sheet printing. Presenting a wide range of typefaces, borders and illustrations, these miniature posters range from the whimsical to the serious, representing more than six years of single sheet printing of..... READ MORE about HUNG OUT TO DRY

Price: $400.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133729