Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1971. small 4to. quarter leather, paper covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, slipcase. xxxviii, 104, (2) pages. Limited to 160 numbered copies and printed by Giovanni Mardersteig at the Officina Bodoni. (Schmoller no.170). Fine in fine publisher's slipcase. Prospectus loosely inserted. Protected by accetate jacket. An English translation of Torniello's text by Betty Radice with an introduction in English by Mardersteig. The text discusses Torniello, Guillaume Le Signerre who cut "the portrait..... READ MORE about ALPHABET OF FRANCESCO TORNIELLO DA NOVARA (1517) FOLLOWED BY A COMPARISON WITH THE ALPHABET OF...

Price: $1,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 35984

Washington: American Council on Education, (1932). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. Achievement of Civilization, number 1. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE STORY OF WRITING

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 22637

N.P. Ward Schori, n.d. oblong 32mo. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. Calligraphy by G. Harvey Petty, production by Norman Forgue. Selections from St. Matthew 5:3-11. Printed by the Black Cat Press. READ MORE about THE BEATITUDES

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 128009

Boston: L. Prang & Co., n.d. (before July 1870). oblong 8vo. original green cloth stamped in gilt. (16) leaves. Preface, color title page followed by 15 plates of alphabets (some colored), and a leaf of advertising. Publishing date comes from title in ad in the back. Former owner has added pencil addresses and comments on front pastedown, free endpaper and verso of free endpaper. Shaken with pages detached. Covers are well preserved. READ MORE about ALPHABETS PLAIN, ORNAMENTED AND ILLUMINATED, A SELECTION FROM THE BEST ANCIENT AND MODERN STYLES,...

Price: $700.00  other currencies  Order nr. 121470

St. Gall: Zollikofer and Co., 1948. small 4to. boards, dust jacket. 95 pages. Examples of lettering for book design. Some illustrations are printed in two colors. Piece of front cover of jacket lacking. Wear along spine of jacket. Book is in fine condition. READ MORE about LETTERING IN BOOK ART. [THE APPLICATION OF LETTERING FOR DISPLAY WORK ON JACKETS, TITLE-PAGES AND...

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Berkeley, CA: The Bancroft Library/University of California, Berkeley, 1985. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), ii, 48 pages. The Book Artifacts Collection of The Bancroft Library contains material relating to the development of writing, the history of printing, and the various book arts. Part I is an illustrated guide to the collection; Part II, Outline of Holdings, is intended as a convenient record for readers familiar with the subject. READ MORE about GUIDE TO THE BOOK ARTIFACTS COLLECTION

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New York: The Grolier Club, 1927. 4to. quarter parchment with decorated paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (ii), xxiii, 208, (2) pages. First edition thus, limited to 390 copies. (Ransom no.17, Haas 143; AIGA 361). Designed by Bruce Rogers and printed by William Edwin Rudge. First edition in English of this landmark 16th century book on the formation of letters presented in a beautiful illustrated format by Bruce Rogers. With three different sections: Reform of the French..... READ MORE about CHAMP FLEURY. BY GEOFROY TORY. TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH AND ANNOTATED BY GEORGE B. IVES

Price: $575.00  other currencies  Order nr. 53450

(TDR) With a Foreword by Erik Spiekermann
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Paperback. 368 pages. (TDR) With a Foreword by Erik Spiekermann. "A functional, comprehensive, postmodern approach... This reference source places clearly written, succinct explanations at the reader's fingertips." - Miriam, Kahn, SHARP News The Typographic Desk Reference (aka TDR) is an encyclopedic reference guide of typographic terms and classification with definitions of form and usage for Latin based writing systems. The second edition, in the..... READ MORE about THE TYPOGRAPHIC DESK REFERENCE

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(Munchen, Germany: Typostudio SchumacherGebler), 1989. 4to. stiff paper binder with spiral rings. (168) pages. A calendar and typographical compendium that serves as a reference book about letter forms, their designers, function and history. Most illustrations were supplied by the contributors and the typeface designers. Sponsored by the German Printers Federation, the Bundesverband Druck. An article about the editor's typeface collection and correspondence between him and the type designer George Abrams loosely inserted. READ MORE about 26 LETTERS, LETTERN, LETTRES, AN ANNUAL AND CALENDAR OF 26 LETTERS OF THE ROMAN ALPHABET

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Volume XI, Number 8, June 1948.
(Atlanta: Higgins-McArthur Company), 1948. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Volume XI, Number 8, June 1948. Many examples of type from Higgins-McArthur. Covers lightly soiled with minor damage and wear to extremities. READ MORE about SEZ HIGGINS=MCARTHUR NUMBER FOR ADVERTISING TYPOGRAPHY AND CALLIGRAPHY

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London, England: A. & C. Black, n.d. 8vo. self paper warppers. (4) pages. Prospectus announcing the publication of Percy J. Smith, Lettering: A Handbook of Modern Alphabets. Includes a specimen page and comments from the press. Scattered foxing. READ MORE about Prospectus for LETTERING: A HANDBOOK OF MODERN ALPHABETS

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Cambridge: University Press, 1969. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 152 pages. First edition. Over 60 illustrations. Illustrated. Jacket price clipped and with chipping around edges with small pieces missing. READ MORE about VISIBLE WORDS, A STUDY OF INSCRIPTIONS IN AND AS BOOKS AND WORKS OF ART

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 121587