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(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 Order nr. 96744

Fletcher, H. George (editor).

PRINTING FOR KINGDOM, EMPIRE, AND REPUBLIC: TREASURES FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE IMPRIMERIE NATIONALE.

New York: The Grolier Club, 2011. 8.5 x 11.5 inches. hardcover. 118 pages. This volume was produced to accompany an exhibition held at the Grolier Club from December 6, 2011 to February 4, 2012, on the history of the French national typographic and printing establishment, the Imprimerie Nationale, arguably the most important printing house in Europe. Drawn from the ancient, vast, and comprehensive archives of the Imprimerie Nationale, Printing for Kingdom, Empire, & Republic documents..... READ MORE about PRINTING FOR KINGDOM, EMPIRE, AND REPUBLIC: TREASURES FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE IMPRIMERIE NATIONALE

Price: $95.00 save 20% $76.00 Order nr. 108805

Frazier, J.L.

TYPE LORE, POPULAR FONTS OF TODAY, THEIR ORIGIN AND USE. THE HISTORY O F THE ART OF TYPOGRAPHY SUCCINCTLY RELATED FOR PRACTICAL MEN.

Chicago: Privately printed, 1925. tall 8vo. cloth- backed boards. 114 pages. First edition. Fifteen chapters devoted to the development of different type faces. Illustrated. Fine copy. READ MORE about TYPE LORE, POPULAR FONTS OF TODAY, THEIR ORIGIN AND USE. THE HISTORY O F THE ART OF TYPOGRAPHY...

Price: $65.00 Order nr. 27951

(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 Order nr. 4163

Garfield, Simon.

JUST MY TYPE: A BOOK ABOUT FONTS.

(London): Profile Books, (2010). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 352 pages. A book of stories about type faces, their origins and employment. Table of contents, introduction, bibliography, acknowledgements, index. Black and white illustrations throughout. Fine condition. READ MORE about JUST MY TYPE: A BOOK ABOUT FONTS

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 112222

Garve, Andrew.

THE LONG SHORT CUT.

New York: Harper & Row, (1968). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 166, (2) pages. First U.S. edition of a work by an English novelist. A suspense novel. Mimeographed paper from the Printing Industries of America, laid in, states that this work is the first CRT-produced general trade book, briefly describing the process. READ MORE about THE LONG SHORT CUT

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 109545

(Gilman).

GILMAN FANFOLD SYSTEMS. FANFOLD, SUPERFOLD, TIEFOLD.

Cleveland: Gilman Printing Co., n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, embossed lettering. Descriptive brochure covering the patented record system developed by this firm. Continuous forms for bookkeeping. Spine broken with covers loose. READ MORE about GILMAN FANFOLD SYSTEMS. FANFOLD, SUPERFOLD, TIEFOLD

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 30908

(Goudy, Frederic W.).

MONOTYPE: A JOURNAL OF COMPOSING ROOM EFFICIENCY.

Philadelphia, PA: Lanston Monotype Machine Company, 1928. 4to. self paper wrappers. 9, (7) pages. Volume 22, No. 73. "Goudy Number." Includes Goudy's article "Art in Type-Design" and specimens of Goudy-designed type faces. Black and white portrait of Goudy. Wrappers lightly tanned. Back wrapper lightly soiled. READ MORE about MONOTYPE: A JOURNAL OF COMPOSING ROOM EFFICIENCY

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 118983

Grafton, Carol Belanger (editor).

VICTORIAN SPOT ILLUSTRATIONS, ALPHABETS AND ORNAMENTS FROM PORRET'S TYPE CATALOG.

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., (1982). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 91 pages. Taken from Porret's Illustrations Typographiques published in Paris between 1838 and 1842. READ MORE about VICTORIAN SPOT ILLUSTRATIONS, ALPHABETS AND ORNAMENTS FROM PORRET'S TYPE CATALOG

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 106280

(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 Order nr. 77018

Haley, Allan.

ABC'S OF TYPE.

New York: Watson-Guptill, (1990). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 128 pages. First edition. Describes and analyses twenty of today's most popular typefaces covering characteristics, background, and considerations for use. Illustrated with examples of design and the complete roman and italic alphabet of each face. READ MORE about ABC'S OF TYPE

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 31363

Hess, Sol.

PRINTING TYPES, THEIR ORIGIN & DEVELOPMENT BASED ON AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT FRANLIN INSTITUTE.

Philadelphia: Lanston Monotype Machine Co., n.d. 4to. paper wrappers. 8 pages. Illustrated with reproductions of several type specimens. Corner bumped. READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES, THEIR ORIGIN & DEVELOPMENT BASED ON AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT FRANLIN INSTITUTE

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 4286

Hess, Sol.

PRINTING TYPES, THEIR ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT.

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

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 116320

Hess, Sol.

PRINTING TYPES: THEIR ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT.

Philadelphia: Lanston Monotype Machine Co., n.d. 12mo. paper wrappers. 15 pages. Illustrated. READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES: THEIR ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 4285

(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 Order nr. 104929

(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, plain paper 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..... READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES, THEIR BIRTH IN THE TYPEFOUNDRY DEPICTED IN WOODCUT AND VERSE

Price: $200.00 Order nr. 105320

Hollick, Richard4292.

BOOK MANUFACTURING.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1986). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 34 pages. Some illustrations. With glossary. READ MORE about BOOK MANUFACTURING

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 109820

Hopper, A. Raymond.

HOPPER'S TYPE TABLES.

New York: A. Raymond Hopper, 1938. tall 4to. cloth. 70, (6) pages. "Fundamental arrangements of the `sets' of more than 600 type- faces, embracing nearly 5,000 different fonts..." Minor cover rubbing. Foxed along gutters. READ MORE about HOPPER'S TYPE TABLES

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 30519

(House of Type).

TYPOGRAFIKS 2.

Baltimore, MD: The House of Type, 1978. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 28, (2) pages. A selection of quotations about typefaces and typography set in a number of typefaces. Includes a listing of different typefaces used in the text. READ MORE about TYPOGRAFIKS 2

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 118881

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 Order nr. 95868

Hupp, Otto.

EIN MISSALE SPECIALE VORLÄUFER DES PSALTERIUMS VON 1457.

Munich: Nationale Verlagsanstalt, 1898. 4to. quarter leather with paste paper-covered boards and leather spine label, original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. 30; 98; 142 pages. Three volumes bound together. The second and third volumes are entitled Gutenbergs ersten Drucke and Zum Streit um das Missale speciale Constantiense, respectively. Three monographs of Hupp's analysis of the Missale Speciale, which he discovered in 1880. Each subsequent volume corrects the conjectures set forth in earlier issues and offers new..... READ MORE about EIN MISSALE SPECIALE VORLÄUFER DES PSALTERIUMS VON 1457

Price: $300.00 Order nr. 77014

Hutchings, R.S.

THE WESTERN HERITAGE OF TYPE DESIGN, A TREASURY OF CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TYPEFACES DEMONSTRATING THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSIFICATION OF FORM OF PRINTED LETTERS.

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

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 19754

(I.M. Imprimit).

Prospectus for ORNAMENTED TYPES.

N.P. I.M. Imprimit in association with St. Bride Printing Library, 1992-1993. folio. cloth, paper cover label, slipcase; cloth Solander box, paper cover label. (vi),37,(2) pages; 52 leaves. Please note, this is for the prospectus only. First edition, limited to 200 numbered copies. Printed on specially made acid-free Zerkall mould-made 175gsm paper. Designed and hand printed by Ian Mortimer at his I.M. Imprint of London. This publication was awarded the internationally prestigious 1993-1994 Felice Feliciano award..... READ MORE about Prospectus for ORNAMENTED TYPES

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134262

(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 Order nr. 133729

(Incline Press). Moss, Graham.

I AM NOT A TYPE COLLECTOR.

England: Incline Press, 1999. 16mo. paper wrappers. 10, (2) pages. An extract from a talk given to the Typophiles, New York in 1999. A discussion on buying second hand type. Illustrated with letters of the alphabet. READ MORE about I AM NOT A TYPE COLLECTOR

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 58721

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