Liberty, WI: Heavy Duty Press, 2018. 16.5 x 11.5 cm. sewn stiff paper wrappers. 92 pages. Limited to 26 numbered copies signed by the author. Previously published in Parenthesis, No. 3, May 1999. Edited by Mike Koppa. Handset in 10 pt Century Oldstyle. Title pages feature 18 & 36 pt Huxley Vertical. Printed on Zerkall Laid and Classic Crest uv/ultra II with Vandercook SP-15 s.n. 29950. Bound by hand and tucked in one-of-a-kind covers, constructed..... READ MORE about TYPESETTING ON A WINTER'S AFTERNOON

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New York: Diamant Typographic Series, 1947. 16mo. boards. 42, (4) pages. The Fifth item of the "Diamant Classics" series on printing. Limited to 650 copies. Cracked along hinges with tape repair. READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES, THEIR ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT

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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

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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

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London: Cory, Adams & Mackay, (1963). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 127 pages. First edition. Well printed. Fine condition. READ MORE about THE WESTERN HERITAGE OF TYPE DESIGN, A TREASURY OF CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TYPEFACES DEMONSTRATING...

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London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1933. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers; top edge cut, other edges uncut. pp. 212-228. An article in Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, New Series, Vol. XIV, No. 2. With facsimiles of items cited by the author. Other articles focusing on printing and publishing in Tudor and Stuart England. Edges slightly worn and wrappers lightly tanned. Unopened. READ MORE about " ELIZABETHAN ROMAN AND ITALIC TYPES."

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New York: The Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection, 1980. 8vo. paper wrappers. 16 pages. Volume 1, Number 1. February 1980. READ MORE about FESTINA LENTE, THE JOURNAL OF THE MELBERT B. CARY, JR. GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION

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An artist's commentary on theory, gesture, photography, compostition, color, light, and the typeface Penumbra
(Florence MA): Kat Ran Press, 2007. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 60 pages. An artist's commentary on theory, gesture, photography, compostition, color, light, and the typeface Penumbra. Part of the Kat Ran Essays in Philatelics series. First edition. Hidy describes the entire process and evolution of the stamp. This stamp is believed to be the only U.S. stamp with the artwork and typeface designed by the same individual. Many color illustrations, mostly Hidy's work but some..... READ MORE about LANCE HIDY: DESIGNING THE MENTORING STAMP

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Oxford, England: Phaidon Christie's, (1986). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 263+(1) pages. First edition. Table of contents, introduction, price list, index. A volume in the Christie's Pictorial Histories series. Frontispiece; over 700 illustrations, 175 in color. READ MORE about DECORATIVE ART 1880-1980

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New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2012. 9 x 12 inches. hardcover with dust jacket. 104 pages. "The photography in Historical Types is excellent. The commentary on each type identifies its salient features with expert skill. The result is an anthology that can be put into the hands of a lettering artist or a printer, in the confident expectation that both would learn what gives letterforms in print their distinctive character." - Nicolas Barker "A..... READ MORE about HISTORICAL TYPES FROM GUTENBERG TO ASHENDENE

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New York: Design Press, 1992. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 254 pages. First edition. Fine condition. An introduction to the principles of type and lettering for anyone who uses, or designs the written word, from desktop publishers to graphic designers and calligraphers. It covers basic elements of design, optical illusions in lettering, letter, word, and line spacing and several more topics. Illustrated and indexed. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate..... READ MORE about HANDBOOK OF TYPE AND LETTERING

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Boston: Beacon Press, (1971). 8vo. paper wrappers. (viii), 119+(1) pages. Reprint of first paperback edition. A guide to recognition and identification of the meaning of type. Spine faded. READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES, AN INTRODUCTION

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