Results for: Printing History

(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 Order nr. 107958

(Silver Buckle Press).

WOOD TYPE SAMPLER.

Madison, WI: Silver Buckle Press, 2008. 8" x 4" loose sheets. 6 samples. Handprinted set of wood type specimen cards from the Silver Buckle Press. These specimens show six major styles of wood type in the collection: Antique, Gothic, Tuscan, Clarendon, Roman and Script faces. Each type is identified on the back of the card. The specimens in Wood Type Sampler were designed and printed by students on staff at the Silver Buckle Press. Cards..... READ MORE about WOOD TYPE SAMPLER

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 102511

(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 Order nr. 78881

(Society of Typographic Arts).

TYPE WORKSHOP.

(Chicago: Society of Typographic Arts, 1980). 12mo. text loosely laid in portfolio. unpaginated. A portfolio of type specimens from the 1980 workshop of the STA. Includes a descriptive brochure by Mary Underwood, listing of credits, and a number of specimen sheets of various fonts. READ MORE about TYPE WORKSHOP

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 115493

Solo, Dan X.

THE SOLOTYPE CATALOG OF 4,147 DISPLAY TYPEFACES.

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., (1992). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 238 pages. With price sheet tipped-in at the front. READ MORE about THE SOLOTYPE CATALOG OF 4,147 DISPLAY TYPEFACES

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 119735

SOUCASNÁ CESKÁ GRAFIKA.

(Prague): Klub Prátel Výtvarného Umení, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, illustrations loosely laid in. unpaginated. Text in Czech. Catalogue of contemporary Czech graphics produced by members of the Club of Friends of the Plastic Arts. Booklet includes essay "Principles of Graphic Techniques" by Jaroslav Sváb, bibliography and listing of KPVU members. Laid in black and white illustrations with listing of prices. READ MORE about SOUCASNÁ CESKÁ GRAFIKA

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 108238

(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 Order nr. 24808

(Tauchnitz, Karl). Schwarz, Heinrich.

KARL CHRISTOPH TRAUGOTT TAUCHNITZ. BUCHHÄNDLER, BUCHDRUCKER UND SCHRIFTGIESSER ZU LEIPZIG.

Leipzig: H. Berthold A.-G. Abteilung Böttger-Klinkhardt, 1924. large 4to. half vellum with pastepaper-covered boards, leather spine label. 35, (5) pages and 8 leaves of type specimens. Limited to an edition of 650 numbered copies. This book celebrates the life of Karl Tauchnitz, the influential German publisher and printer. His life, work, the development of his typefoundry, and a selection of his letters comprise the bulk of the text. This is followed by eight leaves of..... READ MORE about KARL CHRISTOPH TRAUGOTT TAUCHNITZ. BUCHHÄNDLER, BUCHDRUCKER UND SCHRIFTGIESSER ZU LEIPZIG

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 59801

(Tideline Press). Seastone, Leonard.

FOR THOSE OF US FOR WHOM THE WORLD OF LETTERS IS A POWERFULLY REAL EXPERIENCE.

N.P. (but NY): n.p. (but Tideline Press), n.d. broadside (14 3/4 in. x 10 1/2 in.). A type specimen of capitals at the bottom, along with & and !, as well as capitals artistically arranged, interspersed with a quote by Seastone above. "For those of us for whom the world of letters is a powerfully real experience the encounter of thought in words and words on paper in ways that justify our passionate life of..... READ MORE about FOR THOSE OF US FOR WHOM THE WORLD OF LETTERS IS A POWERFULLY REAL EXPERIENCE

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 100582

(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 Order nr. 125739

TIPS OF TYPE FROM SCHNEIDEREITH.

Baltimore, MD: Schneidereith & Sons, 1921-1924. 8vo. leather. variously paginated. Bound brochures from Schneidereith, from Vol. 1, No. 1 through Vol. 2, No. 7. Descriptive and historical informations about a number of the type faces offered for sale by the firm. Also includes numerous specimens, many tipped in. These include envelopes, tickets, small brochures, and other items, many in color. Covers very slightly rubbed and scuffed. READ MORE about TIPS OF TYPE FROM SCHNEIDEREITH

Price: $750.00 Order nr. 134345

Trattner, Johann Thomas.

ABDRUCK VON DENJENIGEN RÖSLEIN UND ZIERRATHEN WELCHE SICH IN DER K.K. HOFSCHRIFTGIESSEREY.

Vienna: Herbert Reichner, 1927. small 4to. boards, paper spine label. (ii) pages followed by the 27 page facsimile of the 1760 original edition. Limited to 200 numbered copies, being part of the series entitled Bibliotheca Typographica edited by Reichner. Reproduction of this 1760 book of type ornaments and ornamental arrangements. Covers faded with slight wear at spine ends. Front pastedown and free endpaper foxed. A scarce and interesting facsimile. READ MORE about ABDRUCK VON DENJENIGEN RÖSLEIN UND ZIERRATHEN WELCHE SICH IN DER K.K. HOFSCHRIFTGIESSEREY

Price: $100.00 Order nr. 19784

Tregurtha, C. Maxwell.

TYPES AND TYPE FACES, AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF TYPE DISPLAY AND ADVERTISEMENT LAYOUTS.

London: Sir Isaac Pitman, 1927. small 4to. cloth-backed boards. 47, (3) pages. Reprinted from "Modern Advertising." Covers soiled with wear at tips. READ MORE about TYPES AND TYPE FACES, AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF TYPE DISPLAY AND ADVERTISEMENT LAYOUTS

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 22903

Trenholm, George F.

ON THE TYPOGRAPHIC BEAM.

New York: George F. Trenholm, 1944. 16mo. decorated paper-covered boards. (vi), 36 pages. The first of the Diamant Classics. Limited to 450 numbered copies. READ MORE about ON THE TYPOGRAPHIC BEAM

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 38478

Tschichold, Jan.

GESCHICHTE DER SCHRIFT IN BILDERN.

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

TYPE EVIDENCE, A THESAURUS FOR USE IN RARE BOOK AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS CATALOGUING.

Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 1990. 4to. paper wrappers. viii, 19 pages. This thesaurus was prepared by the Bibliographic Standards Committee of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries/American Library Association to provide standard terms for use in cataloguing books and for the retrieval of type evidence. Reproduced from typescript. READ MORE about TYPE EVIDENCE, A THESAURUS FOR USE IN RARE BOOK AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS CATALOGUING

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 46419

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 Order nr. 78062

(Type Specimen). Monsen.

MONSEN.

trans-adhesive map type specimen book
Chicago, IL: Monsen-Chicago, Inc., 1951. 4to. self paper wrappers. (ii), 38 pages. trans-adhesive map type specimen book. A catalogue of Monsen type specimens used in Trans-adhesive maps. Four page Price List insert in front of book. Minor stains and some tears from adhesives on cover. READ MORE about MONSEN

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 96471

(Type Specimens). Imprimerie Royale.

NOTICE SUR LES TYPES ÉTRANGERS DU SPÉCIMEN DE L'IMPRIMERIE ROYALE.

Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1847. 4to. publisher's printed boards, later linen drop box. (ii), 65 pages. First edition. (Audin 14, Updike II, p.327, Burke 596). Presents typographic specimens from the Imprimerie Royale in more than thirty languages, including ancient Egyptian, Chinese, Armenian, Syriac, Arabic, Mongol, Tibetan, Russian, Runic, Anglo-Saxon, German (Fraktur), Javanese, and Gujarati. The two-page comparative table of Roman types shows those used by the Press from 1640 to 1846, with one font attributed to..... READ MORE about NOTICE SUR LES TYPES ÉTRANGERS DU SPÉCIMEN DE L'IMPRIMERIE ROYALE

Price: $650.00 Order nr. 65229

(Type Specimens). Imprimerie Royale.

NOTICE SUR LES TYPES ÉTRANGERS DU SPÉCIMEN DE L'IMPRIMERIE ROYALE.

Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1847. 4to. original publisher's printed paper covered boards. (iv), 65 pages. First edition. (Audin 14, Updike II, p.327, Burke 596). Presents typographic specimens from the Imprimerie Royale in more than thirty languages, including ancient Egyptian, Chinese, Armenian, Syriac, Arabic, Mongol, Tibetan, Russian, Runic, Anglo-Saxon, German (Fraktur), Javanese, and Gujarati. The two-page comparative table of Roman types shows those used by the Press from 1640 to 1846, with one font attributed to Garamont..... READ MORE about NOTICE SUR LES TYPES ÉTRANGERS DU SPÉCIMEN DE L'IMPRIMERIE ROYALE

Price: $650.00 Order nr. 109513

(Type Specimens).

ABOUT FACES: HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN TYPE DESIGN.

(Cambridge, MA): The Houghton Library, Harvard University, 1993. 4to. foldout brochurel. (8) pages. Exhibition at the Houghton Library, Harvard University, January-February 1993. Includes exhibition checklist and essay by Patricia Peterson and Gino Lee. Also with descriptive information for identifying type faces.. Front cover illustrated. READ MORE about ABOUT FACES: HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN TYPE DESIGN

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 119207

(Type Specimens). Adobe.

FONT & FUNCTION: THE CATALOG OF TYPE 1 TYPEFACES FROM ADOBE SYSTEMS.

Mountain View, CA: Adobe Systems, 1993. folio. self paper wrappers. 22, (2) pages. No. 12. A catalogue of typefaces offered by Adobe. Color and black and white illustrations. READ MORE about FONT & FUNCTION: THE CATALOG OF TYPE 1 TYPEFACES FROM ADOBE SYSTEMS

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 122552

(Type Specimens). Alden.

PHOTOCOMPOSITION AT THE ALDEN PRESS, OXFORD.

Oxford: Alden Press, (1981). oblong 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiii, (iii), 156 pages. First edition. A printer's type specimen book compiled by Hugh Williamson. An introduction to the Alden Press's photocomposition in which the principal characteristics are explained in the introduction. Each typographic character has been constructed from a succession of horizontal lines drawn by a laser beam. READ MORE about PHOTOCOMPOSITION AT THE ALDEN PRESS, OXFORD

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 57325

(Type Specimens). Allainguillaume J. Saling.

CARACTÈRES D'IMPRIMERIE MAYEUR.

Paris, France: Allainguillaume J. Saling et Cie. n.d., but circa 1919. 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. unpaginated. Text in French. A catalogue mainly of printer's devices. According to the Linked Data Service of the Library of Congres, Washington, Allainguillaume took over the stock (and maybe the firm) of the Fonderie Gustave Mayeur. Headings in text note Allainguillaume as a successor to Mayeur. Editorial notes in the LC description note that the Allainguillaume, J. Saling name..... READ MORE about CARACTÈRES D'IMPRIMERIE MAYEUR

Price: $900.00 Order nr. 129527

(Type Specimens). American Book Bindery.

BASKERVILLE AND CASLON OLD FACE IN THE ENGLISH MONOTYPE CUTTINGS.

New York: American Book Bindery - Stratford Press, n.d. (circa 1950s). 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper cover label. 80 pages. Well designed and printed specimen book. Minor spots on the cover, else near fine. READ MORE about BASKERVILLE AND CASLON OLD FACE IN THE ENGLISH MONOTYPE CUTTINGS

Price: $40.00 Order nr. 31719

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