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Kelly, Jerry.

TYPE REVIVALS: WHAT ARE THEY? WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? WHERE ARE THEY GOING?

New York: The Typophiles, 2011. 6 x 9 inches. paperback pamphlet. 16 pages. Typophiles Monograph: New Series No. 27 Type Revivals gives the history of type revivals and explores their place in modern type design. By examining some of the earliest type revivals, the definition of a true type revival emerges: it is an adaptation of an old typeface for current production and use, not merely a rote reproduction. With this definition in mind, the... READ MORE about TYPE REVIVALS: WHAT ARE THEY? WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? WHERE ARE THEY GOING?

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 109466

Kelly, Jerry.

TYPE REVIVALS: WHAT ARE THEY? WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? WHERE ARE THEY GOING?

New York: The Typophiles, 2011. 6 x 9 inches. paperback pamphlet. 16 pages. Typophiles Monograph: New Series No. 27 Type Revivals gives the history of type revivals and explores their place in modern type design. By examining some of the earliest type revivals, the definition of a true type revival emerges: it is an adaptation of an old typeface for current production and use, not merely a rote reproduction. With this definition in mind, the... READ MORE about TYPE REVIVALS: WHAT ARE THEY? WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? WHERE ARE THEY GOING?

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 123372

Knight, Stan.

HISTORICAL TYPES FROM GUTENBERG TO ASHENDENE.

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

Price: $39.95 Order nr. 105522

Lawson, Alexander.

ANATOMY OF A TYPEFACE.

Boston: David R. Godine, (1990). thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 428, (2) pages. First edition. A great book on the history, development and use of type. The author discusses thirty contemporary printing types in an interesting and informative manner. Also contains a chapter on Type Making from Punch to Computer. Well-illustrated with reproductions of complete fonts, examples of fine design and other illustrations. Jacket chipped at head of spine. Name in ink on front pastedown. READ MORE about ANATOMY OF A TYPEFACE

Price: $55.00 Order nr. 128610

Lewis, Bernard J.

HOW TO MAKE TYPE TALK, THE RELATION OF TYPOGRAPHY TO VOICE MODULATION. BASIC PRINCIPLES AS DEVELOPED AND PROVEN IN ACTUAL PRACTICE.

Boston: The Stetson Press, (1914). small 8vo. boards. 31+(1) pages. With many two color reproductions. READ MORE about HOW TO MAKE TYPE TALK, THE RELATION OF TYPOGRAPHY TO VOICE MODULATION. BASIC PRINCIPLES AS...

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 22819

Lieberman, J Ben.

TYPE AND TYPEFACES.

New Rochelle: The Myriade Press, (1978). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 142 pages. Paperback edition. Some rubbing to covers. READ MORE about TYPE AND TYPEFACES

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 47018

Lieberman, J Ben.

TYPE AND TYPEFACES.

New Rochelle: The Myriade Press, (1978). 4to. later quarter black cloth with simulated red leather and with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. 142 pages. Second edition. In later binding. READ MORE about TYPE AND TYPEFACES

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 118144

Lieberman, J. Ben.

TYPE AND TYPEFACES.

New Rochelle: The Myriade Press, (1978). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 142 pages. This is the second edition of a good introductory, practical, and comprehensive book for beginners who want to learn about the history of type, typefounding and typefaces. Twenty-five chapters cover subjects such as how and why typefaces are different, fifteen great inventions behind typefaces, classifying type, choosing type, and the practical problems of identifying type plus what to do when you have become... READ MORE about TYPE AND TYPEFACES

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 47017

Mattingly, George (editor).

PRODUCTION DESIGN.

(San Francisco: Cosmep, Inc., 1975. 1975), small 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. One of a series of technical pamphlets published by the Committee of Small Magazine Editors and Publishers, in which this pamphlet will help you transform imagined graphic productions into real graphic productions which are economically and intelligently designed. Includes a bibliography. Slightly soiled. READ MORE about PRODUCTION DESIGN

Price: $12.50 Order nr. 58691

McGuinne, Dermot.

IRISH TYPE DESIGN: A HISTORY OF PRINTING TYPES IN THE IRISH CHARACTER.

with a foreword by Hendrik D.L. Vervliet
Dublin: National Print Museum, 2010. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 236 pages. with a foreword by Hendrik D.L. Vervliet. Second edition. The designing of special type for printing Irish language texts began in the late sixteenth century and lasted into our own day, attracting the attention of many leading political and religious figures -Elizabeth I; Irish Franciscans in exile on the Continent; and at one point even Napoleon I - as well as... READ MORE about IRISH TYPE DESIGN: A HISTORY OF PRINTING TYPES IN THE IRISH CHARACTER

Price: $55.00 Order nr. 104562

McGuinne, Dermot.

IRISH TYPE DESIGN: A HISTORY OF PRINTING TYPES IN THE IRISH CHARACTER.

with a foreword by Hendrik D.L. Vervliet
Dublin: National Print Museum, 2010. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. paperback. 236 pages. with a foreword by Hendrik D.L. Vervliet. Second edition. The designing of special type for printing Irish language texts began in the late sixteenth century and lasted into our own day, attracting the attention of many leading political and religious figures -Elizabeth I; Irish Franciscans in exile on the Continent; and at one point even Napoleon I - as well as scholars such... READ MORE about IRISH TYPE DESIGN: A HISTORY OF PRINTING TYPES IN THE IRISH CHARACTER

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 104563

McLean, Ruari.

MODERN BOOK DESIGN FROM WILLIAM MORRIS TO THE PRESENT DAY.

London: Faber & Faber, 1958. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 116 pages. First edition, second impression. Illustrated. An important study. Jacket price-clipped. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about MODERN BOOK DESIGN FROM WILLIAM MORRIS TO THE PRESENT DAY

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 15728

McLean, Ruari.

MODERN BOOK DESIGN FROM WILLIAM MORRIS TO THE PRESENT DAY.

London: Faber & Faber, 1958 (1959 printing). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 116 pages. Second impression of first edition. Illustrated. An important study. Price clipped. READ MORE about MODERN BOOK DESIGN FROM WILLIAM MORRIS TO THE PRESENT DAY

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 34929

McLean, Ruari.

MODERN BOOK DESIGN FROM WILLIAM MORRIS TO THE PRESENT DAY.

Fairlawn, NJ: Essential Books, 1959. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 116 pages. First U.S. edition. Illustrated. An important study. Jacket has small pieces missing along edge and is foxed. Pastedowns and endpapers also show foxing. READ MORE about MODERN BOOK DESIGN FROM WILLIAM MORRIS TO THE PRESENT DAY

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 60462

McLean, Ruari.

HOW TYPOGRAPHY HAPPENS.

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

McMurtie, Douglas C.

PRESENT AND FUTURE, TRENDS IN TYPEFACES AND LAYOUTS.

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

Meggs, Philip B.

A HISTORY OF GRAPHIC DESIGN.

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

Meggs, Philip B.

A HISTORY OF GRAPHIC DESIGN.

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

Meier, Hans Ed.

SCHRIFTGESTALTUNG MIT HILF DES COMPUTERS TYPOGRAPHISCHE GRUNDREGELN MIT GESTALTUNGSBEISPIELEN.

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

Mengel, Willi.

FORMPROBLEME DER GEGENWÄRTIGEN TYPOGRAPHIE.

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

Moran, James.

FIT TO BE STYLED A TYPOGRAPHER , A HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY OF TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGNERS.

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

Moran, James.

FIT TO BE STYLED A TYPOGRAPHER; A HISTORY.

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

Morison, Stanley.

THE ART OF PRINTING.

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

Morison, Stanley.

THE ART OF PRINTING.

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. Stain on front cover and wrappers chipped with piece missing. READ MORE about THE ART OF PRINTING

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 121448

Morison, Stanley.

FOUR CENTURIES OF FINE PRINTING TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTH-TWO EXAMPLES OF THE WORK OF PRESSES EXTABLISHED BETWEEN 1465 AND 1924.

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

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