(Printing).

CATALOGUE OF I. TYPEFOUNDERS' SPECIMENS, II. BOOKS PRINTED IN FOUNTS OF HISTORIC IMPORTANCE, III. WORKS ON TYPEFOUNDING PRINTING & BIBLIOGRAPHY OFFERED FOR SALE.

London: Birrell & Garnett, 1972. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 108 pages. Reprint issued by Tony Appleton of the 1922 first edition, limited to 500 numbered copies. A useful reference book for the study of type specimens. Well preserved. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF I. TYPEFOUNDERS' SPECIMENS, II. BOOKS PRINTED IN FOUNTS OF HISTORIC IMPORTANCE, III....

Price: $28.00  other currencies  Order nr. 2914

(Printing).

PRINTING TYPES FOUNDRY, PRECEDED BY THE ENGRAVING OF PUNCHES, THE TWO ARTS INCLUDE EIGHT PLATES.

N.P. n.p., n.d. small 4to. loose leaves printed on heavy paper and enclosed in mailing envelope addressed to Arvind Patel. 4 pages of text and 8 plates. A reprint of this section of Diderot's The Encyclopedia of Trades, Paris, 18th century, with an English translation. Handwritten information on outside of envelope attributes this work to David Peat. READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES FOUNDRY, PRECEDED BY THE ENGRAVING OF PUNCHES, THE TWO ARTS INCLUDE EIGHT PLATES

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 107500

(Printing equipment). Lanston.

CASTING ROOM MATRIX RECORD.

N.P. n.p., n.d. 4to. paper-covered boards, loose leaf bound. variously paginated. Handwritten information about dashes, advertising dashes, and piece accents. Includes catalogue from Lanston Monotype Machine Co., of Philadelphia. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Many pages soiled. READ MORE about CASTING ROOM MATRIX RECORD

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 126381

Reed, Talbot Baines.

A HISTORY OF THE OLD ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDRIES WITH NOTES, HISTORICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ON THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF ENGLISH TYPOGRAPHY.

London: Faber and Faber, (1952). 4to. cloth. xiv, 400 pages. New edition, revised and enlarged by A.F. Johnson. (Hart no. 99). Many illustrations. Lacking dust jacket. Minor wear to head of spine. Exlibris with markings. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF THE OLD ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDRIES WITH NOTES, HISTORICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ON THE...

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 4819

Rosendorf, Theodore.

THE TYPOGRAPHIC DESK REFERENCE.

(TDR) With a Foreword by Ellen Lupton
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2009. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Hardcover. 152 pages. (TDR) With a Foreword by Ellen Lupton. First edition, later printing. The Typographic Desk Reference (aka TDR) is comprised of a thousand facts on the form of Latin-based writing systems. The book includes the following four main sections: Terms - Definitions of format, measurements, practice, standards, tools, and industry lingo; Glyphs -The list of standard ISO and extended Latin characters, symbols..... READ MORE about THE TYPOGRAPHIC DESK REFERENCE

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 96672

Rosendorf, Theodore.

THE TYPOGRAPHIC DESK REFERENCE.

(TDR) With a Foreword by Erik Spiekermann
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Paperback. 368 pages. (TDR) With a Foreword by Erik Spiekermann. "A functional, comprehensive, postmodern approach... This reference source places clearly written, succinct explanations at the reader's fingertips." - Miriam, Kahn, SHARP News The Typographic Desk Reference (aka TDR) is an encyclopedic reference guide of typographic terms and classification with definitions of form and usage for Latin based writing systems. The second edition, in the..... READ MORE about THE TYPOGRAPHIC DESK REFERENCE

Price: $24.95  other currencies  Order nr. 108706

Rummonds, Richard-Gabriel.

NINETEENTH-CENTURY PRINTING PRACTICES AND THE IRON HANDPRESS.

2 volumes.
New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and the British Library, 2004. small 4to. unbound sheets. 1152 pages. 2 volumes. First edition. Nineteenth-Century Printing Practices and the Iron Handpress is encyclopedic in its examination of printing techniques from the late-seventeenth century through the nineteenth century. Using selected readings from printers' manuals - beginning with Joseph Moxon's Mechanick Exercises on the Whole Art of Printing, 1683, and culminating with John Southward's Practical Printing, 1900 - Gabriel..... READ MORE about NINETEENTH-CENTURY PRINTING PRACTICES AND THE IRON HANDPRESS

Price: $55.00  other currencies  Order nr. 76433

(Schiller, Albert).

INTER-AGENCY SUMMER EXHIBITS OF MACHINE-AGE ART,

the Type Pictures of Albert Schiller which were produced ... and are here presented...
N.P. Advertising Typographers Association of America, Inc., 1948. broadside (23 3/4 x 18 1/2 inches). the Type Pictures of Albert Schiller which were produced ... and are here presented. One in a series of posters which accompanied the exhibition. Parts VI to VIII by Schiller are printed here and have accompanying illustrations. Fold mark. READ MORE about INTER-AGENCY SUMMER EXHIBITS OF MACHINE-AGE ART

Price: $70.00  other currencies  Order nr. 105833

(Silve, Charles Thomas).

SPECIMENS OF FINE PRINTING OF THE XVI-XX CENTURY INCLUDING WOODCUT BOOKS AND CALLIGRAPHIC EXAMPLES.

Famous Press Books Latin-English-French-German-Italian-Spanish Books on Paper Making Type Specimen Books, Selections from the Library of the late Dr. Charles Thomas Silve.
New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1946. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 116 pages. Famous Press Books Latin-English-French-German-Italian-Spanish Books on Paper Making Type Specimen Books, Selections from the Library of the late Dr. Charles Thomas Silve. Parke-Bernet Sale No. 787. Auction catalogue, estate of Dr. Charles Thomas Silve, a research engineer, October 7-8, 1946. Included woodcut books calligraphic examples, famous press books in six languages, books about paper making and type specimens. 675 lots. Wrappers lightly faded..... READ MORE about SPECIMENS OF FINE PRINTING OF THE XVI-XX CENTURY INCLUDING WOODCUT BOOKS AND CALLIGRAPHIC EXAMPLES

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 107958

(Silvius, Willem). Blouw, Paul Valkema.

THE LEIDEN 'AFDRUCKSEL' A TYPE SPECIMEN OF THE PRESS OF WILLEM SILVIUS IN ITS LAST DAYS (1582), A FACSIMILE WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES.

Leiden: Ter Lugt Press, 1983. folio. stiff paper wrappers. 23 pages. Limited to only 108 copies. With a facsimile of this specimen broadside. Prospectus loosely inserted. READ MORE about THE LEIDEN 'AFDRUCKSEL' A TYPE SPECIMEN OF THE PRESS OF WILLEM SILVIUS IN ITS LAST DAYS (1582), A...

Price: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 78881

(Stephenson Blake).

A NOTE ABOUT A TYPEFOUNDRY AND THIS BOOKLET.

Sheffield: Stephenson Blake, n.d. (circa 1950). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. Each page contains examples of the uses of different type faces. The front cover indicates that this booklet was for the American market. READ MORE about A NOTE ABOUT A TYPEFOUNDRY AND THIS BOOKLET

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 24808

(Tiffany, Louis Comfort). Duncan, Alastair.

LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY.

New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams in association with the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, (1992). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 157+(1) pages. Table of contents, acknowledgments, introduction, chronology, bibliography, photographic credits, index. 116 illustrations, including 53 color plates. Dust jacket sunned at edges. READ MORE about LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 125739

TYPE FACES, SOME NOTES ON THEIR ORIGIN AND HISTORY, A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERAL SELECTED FONTS, CLASSIC, OLD STYLE, MODERN WITH A GLANCE AT RECENT TYPOGRAPHIC HISTORY IN THE UNITED STATES.

Detroit: Evans-Winter-Hebb Inc., 1938. small 8vo. marbled paper-covered boards, paper spine, paper cover label. (vi), 9, (3) pages. "Three Circles No. 169." A Christmas - New Years Greeting from this printer. Minor cover wear. READ MORE about TYPE FACES, SOME NOTES ON THEIR ORIGIN AND HISTORY, A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERAL...

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 78062