UPPER AND LOWER CASE PAYS.
Chicago: privately printed, 1934. 8vo. paper wrappers. 6 pages. First edition. Lightly soiled, else fine. READ MORE about UPPER AND LOWER CASE PAYS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 11612
Chicago: privately printed, 1934. 8vo. paper wrappers. 6 pages. First edition. Lightly soiled, else fine. READ MORE about UPPER AND LOWER CASE PAYS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 11612
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 Order nr. 11571
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, (1983). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (xii), 511 pages. Reprint of the first edition. A complete and comprehensive study of the development of graphic design from prehistoric times to the twentieth century. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF GRAPHIC DESIGN
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 24452
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, (1998). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (xvi), 510, (6) pages. Third edition. A complete and comprehensive study of the development of graphic design from prehistoric times to the twentieth century. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF GRAPHIC DESIGN
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 97880
Zürich, Switzerland: Eidgenössische Technische hochschule, 1991. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 78 pages. Text in German. Table of contents, glossary, list of other publicatoins. A guide to computer-assisted design. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about SCHRIFTGESTALTUNG MIT HILF DES COMPUTERS TYPOGRAPHISCHE GRUNDREGELN MIT GESTALTUNGSBEISPIELEN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 121502
Frankfurt: Deutscher Typokreis, 1955. 8vo. paper-covered boards. 45, (3) pages. On problems in contemporary typography. Spine faded. Corners bumped. READ MORE about FORMPROBLEME DER GEGENWÄRTIGEN TYPOGRAPHIE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 50721
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 Order nr. 24085
Brooklyn: Mergenthaler Linotype Company, 1946. 4to. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. A booklet presenting ten of the most popular Linotype faces, and discussing the details which distinguish them. A fine copy. With a handy center spread for a quick comparison of all ten fonts, and a chart on the back cover showing four weights of the Bodoni type family. READ MORE about SOME BRIEF NOTES ON TYPE DESIGN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 47898
N.P. Advertising Typographers Association of America, (1965). tall 8vo. cloth. xv, 134, index. Over 1000 display faces are presented. Near fine condition. An excellent guide for someone interested in the styles of types that have been developed. READ MORE about A.T.A. TYPE COMPARISON BOOK
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 9649
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 Order nr. 135575
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1987). 4to. paper wrappers with spiral comb binding. 101 pages. First edition. Near fine. READ MORE about DESIGN FOR DESKTOP PUBLISHING, A GUIDE TO LAYOUT AND TYPOGRAPHY ON THE PERSONAL COMPUTER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 30886
Milwaukee: ABCDarium, 1987. miniature book (3.8 x 5.3 cm). cloth, title stamped on spine and front board. unpaginated, accordion folded. Limited to 38 numbered copies (Bradbury, ABCDarium, 1). Commemorates the 50th anniversary of Legend, designed by F.H.E. Schneidler, published in 1937 by Bauer Types. Miniature bookplate of Kathryn Rickard on front pastedown. READ MORE about ECCE LITTERA, VOL. 1
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 116519
Philadelphia: Lanston Monotype Company, n.d. miniature (2.25 x 4.125 in.). envelope, folded sheet, type sample. (4) pages. The accompanying folded sheet bears a reproduction of the typeface, enlarged 10 times. Lacking the type specimen with the Lord's Prayer, else very good. READ MORE about THE LORD'S PRAYER TYPE, CAST FROM A MATRIX ORIGINALLY ENGRAVED BY LANSTON
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 51996
(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 Order nr. 118159
(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. Small label of private collector in corner of back free endpaper. READ MORE about ORIENTAL SAYINGS: AN EXERCISE IN USING SMALL TYPES
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 118456
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 Order nr. 118454
(Sudbury, MA: Kurbel Books, 1984). miniature book (6 x 6 cm). embroidered cloth covers with small metal dog attached to a ribbon as a bookmarker. Printed accordian style with 21 leaves. Limited to 200 numbered copies (Bradbury, Kurbel 4). Art by E. Helene Sherman, Layout by Robert E. Massmann and frontispiece portrait by Fred G. Moynlhan, Jr. Ten stages in this dog's life as told in illustrated pictures with hand-colored numbers. This special edition of..... READ MORE about BEAU-BEAU'S 1 2 3
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 117169
Wichita, KS: Oak Park Press, 1988. miniature book (7.5 x 6.0 cm). cloth, title gilt-stamped on spine and front cover, decorated endpapers. unpaginated. Limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by author on colophon (Bradbury, Oak Park 7). An alphabetical overview of type faces, with illustrations. Introductory comments by the author. READ MORE about B IS FOR BROADWAY: ABC'S FOR PRINTERS
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 118437
New York: Dover Publications, (1976). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 143 pages. A near fine copy. READ MORE about HANDBOOK OF PICTORIAL SYMBOLS 3250 EXAMPLES FROM INTERNATIONAL SOURCES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 2373
London: Lanston Monotype Corporation, March-April 1927. small 4to. paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. This is volume XXVI, no. 218 of The Monotype Recorder, "a journal for the users and prospective users of the 'Monotype' composing machine and supplies." This volume features an article by R.C. Elliott on the history of early Scottish printers. Illustrated in black & white. A type specimen of "Monotype" Scotch Roman can be found at the article's end. Device of Robert Maclehose..... READ MORE about THE MONOTYPE RECORDER. VOLUME XXVI. NO. 218
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 61880
Philadelphia: Lanston Monotype Machine Co., 1937. small 8vo. stiff paper wrapper. Unpaginated. The Monotype-how it works, its inventor, evolution to meet new needs and more. Edges of covers worn, lightly soiled. A good copy. Illustrated. Specially printed for distribution at the New York Times National Book Fair using various Monotype book faces; with two-tone green glossy wrappers, large copper-colored embossed medallion. Very scarce. READ MORE about THE MONOTYPE TYPESETTING MACHINE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 48157
n.p. Monotype Corporation, n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. unpaginated. Small pamphlet regarding the design phases of producing corporate documents and manuals.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about MONOTYPE: DESIGNING BUSINESS DOCUMENTS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 135183
Edited by F.L. Rutledge.
Philadelphia: The Lanston Monotype Machine Company, 1922. (ii). 20, (2) pages. Edited by F.L. Rutledge. Volume IX, Number 2, March to April. Three articles by Henry Huntly Taylor, John T. Hoyle, and Fred W. Goudy in which they discuss the quality of printing, initial letters, and training in printing. A near fine copy. READ MORE about MONOTYPE, A JOURNAL OF COMPOSING-ROOM EFFICIENCY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 59334
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 Order nr. 99663
Brighton: Tony Appleton, 1976. 8vo. parchment-backed boards, dust jacket. xx, 117 pages. Limited to 600 numbered copies. Best bibliography to-date. Loosely inserted is a catalogue issued by Appleton on Morison. Also present is an A.L.s. from Appleton in which he describes some changes in this catalogue. READ MORE about THE WRITINGS OF STANLEY MORISON, A HANDLIST
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 7197