(New York): Thames and Hudson, (1992). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 216 pages. Reprint of the first U.S. paperback edition, with corrections for this printing. Contains an historical introduction and chapters on equipment, methods of composition, casting-off, and jobbing, newspaper and magazine production. Well illustrated. READ MORE about THE THAMES AND HUDSON MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 108565
London: Thames and Hudson, (1980). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 216 pages. First edition. Short history followed by practical manual. Illustrated. With 188 illustrations. Ink inscription on front free endpaper. READ MORE about THE THAMES AND HUDSON MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 122185
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 1999. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 96 pages. First edition. Noted English typographer, Ruari McLean, discusses the evolution of typography as an art form. Looking at the work of other well known typographers in England, Europe and America, the author examines the development of typography, starting in the 17th century with Moxon's Mechanick Exercises and progresses to the work of Jan Tschichold and his contemporaries. READ MORE about HOW TYPOGRAPHY HAPPENS
Price: $21.95 Order nr. 56809
Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, (1987). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 192 pages. Examines the influences on the Graphic Arts, from William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement to the present day. Well illustrated, most in color. READ MORE about GRAPHIC DESIGN SOURCE BOOK With an introduction by F.H.K. Henrion
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 24159
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
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1987). 4to. paper wrappers with spiral comb binding. 101 pages. First edition. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about DESIGN FOR DESKTOP PUBLISHING, A GUIDE TO LAYOUT AND TYPOGRAPHY ON THE PERSONAL COMPUTER
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 30886
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: Westerham Press, 1978. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 65 pages. First edition. This was the last project James Moran was involved with before his death. A history of the organization through its first 50 years. Illustrated including some in color. READ MORE about FIT TO BE STYLED A TYPOGRAPHER , A HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY OF TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGNERS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 70956
London: Westerham Press, 1978. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. cloth. (viii), 65 pages. First edition. This was the last project James Moran was involved with before his death. A history of the organization through its first 50 years. Illustrated including some in color. READ MORE about FIT TO BE STYLED A TYPOGRAPHER; A HISTORY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 19274
London: From the Proceedings of the British Academy, 1937. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 30 pages of text followed by 28 plates. First edition (Appleton no.148). Being the Annual Lecture on Aspects of Art, Henriette Hertz Trust of the British Academy. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about THE ART OF PRINTING
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 4553
New York: Farrar, Straus and Co., 1949. 8vo. cloth. 342 pages. Second revised octavo edition (Appleton no.35c). Jacket has a piece missing from front cover. READ MORE about FOUR CENTURIES OF FINE PRINTING TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTH-TWO EXAMPLES OF THE WORK OF PRESSES...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4559
London, England, and Paris, France: Ernest Benn and Éditions Albert Lévy, n.d. folio. cloth. xl, plates. Text in French. This French edition limited to 200 numbered copies. Table of contents, acknowledgments. 212 specimens of modern typography from England, the United States, France, Italy, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Holland, and Sweden since the commencement of the 20th century, with descriptive information. Scattered spots on covers..Covers lightly worn at edges and at extremities of spine. READ MORE about LES PLUS BELLES PAGES DE LA TYPOGRAPHIE MODERNE
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 132149
London: Theodore Brun, (1949). 8vo. original full tan leather, top edge gilt. 106 pages. First printing of The Typographic Arts and The Art of Printing in one volume. Limited to 250 numbered copies and in full leather binding as issued. Contains 32 illustrations. Leather scuffed along top of front and back hinges. READ MORE about THE TYPOGRAPHIC ARTS, TWO LECTURES
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 13308
London: The Sylvan Press, 1949. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 106 pages. First edition. Reprints THE TYPOGRAPHIC ARTS and THE ART OF PRINTING. (Appleton no.148c). With information on William Morris throughout. Jacket soiled and chipped with piece missing at head of spine. READ MORE about THE TYPOGRAPHIC ARTS, TWO LECTURES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 41995
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1950. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 106 pages. First U.S. edition. Reprints The Typographic Artsand The Art of Printing. (Appleton no.148c). With information on William Morris throughout. Jacket has pieces missing along edges. READ MORE about THE TYPOGRAPHIC ARTS, TWO LECTURES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 128441
Copenhaven: Forening for Boghandvaerk [Association for Book Craft], 1960. small 8vo. paper-covered boards. 112, (4) pages. Basic information on many things: paper, type, title pages, text pages, citations, margins, colophons, types of text (poetry, etc.), illustrations, etc. With bibliography. Backing lightly browned. READ MORE about TYPOGRAFISK ABC FOR BOGVENNER
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 51403
Zurich: Graphis Press Corp, (1992). large 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 255+(1) pages. Over 400 full-color illustrations with detailed captions show why the 25 annual reports reproduced here were considered the best designed and produced internationally for 1991. Each report is described in detail from a design point of view. Dust jacket is very slightly rubbed. READ MORE about GRAPHIS ANNUAL REPORTS 3
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 91158
Zürich, Switzerland: Graphis Press Corp. (1994). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 251, (5) pages. Table of contents, introduction by the editor, glossary, biographical sketches of contributors, index. Color frontispiece, color illustrations throughout. An examination of typography from classical to modern times. Advertisements for other books and magazines by the publisher follow text. READ MORE about GRAPHIS TYPOGRAPHY I: THE INTERNATIONAL COMPILATION OF THE BEST TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGN
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 122714
Washington: RC Publications, Inc., (1975). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 95+(1) pages. Contains 90 examples of current covers. Well illustrated. An interesting design book. Jacket soiled. READ MORE about THE PRINT CASEBOOKS, FIRST ANNUAL EDITION, THE BEST IN COVERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 121241
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
St. Gallen: Verlag Zollikofer & Co., 1945. small 4to. boards. 122 pages. First edition. A study of monograms, marks and ornamentation. 288 illustrations done in black and red. Pastedowns and endpapers show age darkening. READ MORE about DAS BUCH DER WERKZEICHEN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 25746
New York: Paul A. Struck, 1946. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 128 pages. First edition in English. Divided into sections beginning with the title page, trade and business cards, ornament, cartouches, calligraphy, bookplates, billheads, labels, etc. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about MODERN AND HISTORICAL TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 36537
