Washington: n.p., 1940. 4to. stapled stiff paper wrappers. 10 pages. First separate edition, reprinted from the Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Convention, American Society of Newspaper Editors. Reproduced from typescript. READ MORE about MODERN DESIGN FOR MODERN NEWSPAPERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 96095
Chicago: Privately printed, 1939. 4to. self paper wrappers. (8) pages. First separate edition, reprinted from the 1939 Year Book of the Chicago Typographical Union. READ MORE about PRESENT AND FUTURE, TRENDS IN TYPEFACES AND LAYOUTS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 96093
New York: Press of Ars Typographica, 1925. tall 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Well illustrated discussion of this type specimen form from its beginning in the 17th century up through the 19th century. Intended as a review of Stanley Morison's article on Script Types that had appeared in the Fleuron, No.4. Small tear along paper covering of hinge at bottom. READ MORE about A NOTE REGARDING SCRIPT TYPES
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 17102
Bloomington: Mcknight Publishing Company, 1978. square 4to. paper-covered boards. iv, 92 pages. First edition. A textbook for graphic arts, and basic industrial arts. Illustrated and indexed. Ex-library copy with markings. READ MORE about GRAPHIC ARTS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 59348
London: Ernest Benn, 1962. 8vo. boards, dust jacket. 79 pages. Revised and enlarged edition. (Appleton 53c). From the reference library of Frederic Melcher with label on spine and bookplate. READ MORE about ON TYPE DESIGNS, PAST AND PRESENT, A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 18301
London: Ernest Benn, 1962. 8vo. boards, dust jacket. 79 pages. Revised and enlarged edition. (Appleton 53c). Minor jacket chipping. READ MORE about ON TYPE DESIGNS, PAST AND PRESENT, A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 22069
London: The Fleuron, 1926. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. (viii), 70, (2) pages. First edition. (Appleton p.50). Spine slightly faded. Corner of paper spine label chipped off. Foxing. READ MORE about TYPE DESIGNS OF THE PAST AND PRESENT WITH UPWARDS OF SIXTY ILLUSTRATIONS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 121392
(London: Rampant Lions Press for Monotype Corporation, 1962). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 6 pages. Limited to 600 copies and printed to be the first use of the new type face designed by Will Carter and David Kindersley (called Octavian). Ink acquisition note by previous owner in corner of free endpaper. READ MORE about TACT IN TYPOGRAPHICAL DESIGN. A TYPE SPECIMEN
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 84695
Lunenburg: The Stinehour Press, 1953-. 8vo. cloth-backed boards as issued by the publisher. various pagination. Various odd volumes of this periodical in publisher's binding. Includes Volumes, V(4), VI(2), VII, VIII (4), IX(5). Price is per volume. READ MORE about PRINTING & GRAPHIC ARTS (PAGA
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 75494
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. 8vo. cloth. xii, 438 pages. First edition. Chapters on Theodore Watts-Dunton, George Gissing, Robert Burns, Shakespeare, etc. Minor cover rubbing. READ MORE about A BOOKMAN'S LETTERS
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 88036
New York: American Printing History Association, 1998. 8vo. cloth. 176, (4) pages followed by 38 plates. This book is a fascinating survey of typefaces developed in America after 1892 and intended for composition in metal for the use of an individual or press. It includes essays by the following: Susan Otis Thompson on American Arts & Crafts typefaces, Martin Hutner on the Merrymount Press, Herbert Johnson on Bruce Rogers's Centaur type, Cathleen Baker on Dard..... READ MORE about AMERICAN PROPRIETARY TYPEFACES
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 97457
New York: Columbia University, 1974. 8vo. paper wrappers. (iv), 40 pages. Illustrated. Staples are rusted. Some foxing of covers. READ MORE about TYPE PUNCHES AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, AN INVENTORY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 114349
Paris: Éditions des Cendres, 1998. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 113, (5) pages. Text in French. Limited to an edition of 380 numbered copies on Vergé Légende Ivoire. A history of Perrin as a printer and typographer, with special attention to Perrin's Augustaux type. Contains two fold-out Augustaux type specimens and several examples of Perrin's printing in black-and-white. Preface by Fernand Baudin. Printed in Perrin type redesigned by L'Atelier National de Création Typographique in 1986. READ MORE about LOUIS PERRIN & L'ÉNIGME DES AUGUSTAUX
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 94595
London: Faber and Faber, (1952). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 400 pages. New edition, revised and enlarged by A.F. Johnson. (Hart no.99). Many illustrations. With a calligraphic presentation from Richard Ellis to John Anderson on the front pastedown and a wonderful page inscription by Ellis to Anderson wishing him success upon his move to California. Nice association item. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF THE OLD ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDRIES WITH NOTES, HISTORICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ON THE...
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 4803
N.P. Dawsons of Pall Mall, (1974). 4to. cloth. xiv, 400 pages. Reprint of the second edition, revised and enlarged by A.F. Johnson. (Hart no.99). Many illustrations. READ MORE about HISTORY OF THE OLD ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDRIES WITH NOTES, HISTORICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ON THE...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 28288
London: Faber and Faber, (1952). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 400 pages. New edition, revised and enlarged by A.F. Johnson. (Hart no.99). Many illustrations. Jacket chipped and externally tape repaired. Small private ownership label in corner of free endpaper. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF THE OLD ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDRIES WITH NOTES, HISTORICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ON THE...
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 96342
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, (1981). small 4to. leatherette covered boards, dust jacket. vi, 410 pages. A handbook about computer-controlled Cathode Ray Tube typesetting. Samples of popular typefaces are shown from 6 to 36 point; Helvetica and Times Roman, due to their popularity in modern typesetting, are shown from 6 to 50 point. Includes introduction and Rules. Dust jacket chipped, faded on spine. READ MORE about CRT TYPESETTING HANDBOOK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 45036
New York: Frederick C. Beil, (1983). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 272 pages. First U.S. edition. 700 illustrated typeface specimens. The book consists of two parts, Text and Decorative typefaces. Tears in back cover of jacket. READ MORE about ROOKLEDGE'S INTERNATIONAL TYPEFINDER, THE ESSENTIAL HANDBOOK OF TYPEFA CE RECOGNITION AND SELECTION
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 18688
New York: JCH Graphics, (1986). 4to. heavy paper covers, plastic spiral binding. unpaginated. Second edition. Type faces offered by JCH. Introduction, copyfitting chart and reference guide. Arranged alphabetically. READ MORE about THE TYPE REFERENCE GUIDE
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 109737
Frankfurt: D. Stempel, 1969. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. 20, (2) pages. Essay analyzing a new sans-serif type face designed by Hans Ed. Meyer. READ MORE about FORMANALYSE UND DOKUMENTATION EINER SERIFENLOSEN LINEARSCHRIFT AUF NEU ER BASIS: SYNTAX-ANTIQUA
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London: Printing Historical Society, (1990). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. Facsimile of this early specimen book. With introduction by James Mosley. Contains about 156 ornaments. READ MORE about SPECIMEN OF STEREOTYPE ORNAMENTS 1825
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 35478
Hamburg, Germany: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1971. 8vo. paper-covered boards, all edges stained gray. 270, (2) pages. Text in German. Limited to 1400 copies. A collection of essays and speeches selected to celebrate two hundred years of the printing arts. Includes selections by Giambattista Bodoni, William Morris, Stanley Morison, Eric Gill, Jan Tschichold, and Paul Valéry; the selections are printed in different type faces. Also included are separate pages of type samples from various periods and countries. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIE UND BIBLIOPHILIE
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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
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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
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
