New York: Reinhold Publishing Corp. (1963). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 406 pages. First edition. "A practical workbook for the graphic designer." Each face is shown in all characters. Jacket is worn. Name on free endpaper. READ MORE about TYPE AND TYPOGRAPHY, THE DESIGNER'S TYPE BOOK
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 50469
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corp. (1963). 4to. cloth. (x), 406 pages. First edition. "A practical workbook for the graphic designer." Each face is shown in all characters. Lacks jacket. READ MORE about TYPE AND TYPOGRAPHY, THE DESIGNER'S TYPE BOOK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 112264
(TDR)
With a Foreword by Ellen Lupton
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2009. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Hardcover. 152 pages. (TDR) With a Foreword by Ellen Lupton. First edition, later printing. The Typographic Desk Reference (aka TDR) is comprised of a thousand facts on the form of Latin-based writing systems. The book includes the following four main sections: Terms - Definitions of format, measurements, practice, standards, tools, and industry lingo; Glyphs -The list of standard ISO and extended Latin characters, symbols... READ MORE about THE TYPOGRAPHIC DESK REFERENCE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 96672
(TDR)
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Hardcover. 368 pages. (TDR). "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 works since 2010, has more than... READ MORE about THE TYPOGRAPHIC DESK REFERENCE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 108705
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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
Price: $24.95 Order nr. 108706
Chicago: The Caxton Club, 2003. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, smythsewn: drawn-on, hinge-scored cover; trimmed flush. 40 pages. Full color catalogue written for the Caxton Club exhibition Inland Printers: The Fine-Press Movement in Chicago, 1920-45, held at Columbia College in Chicago, January 15, 2003. Features writings of 12 Caxtonians including: John P. Chalmers, Robert A. Cotner, Kim Coventry, Celia Hilliard, Thomas J. Joyce, Arthur H. Miller, Frank J. Piehl, Susan F. Rossen, Michael Thompson, and... READ MORE about INLAND PRINTERS: THE FINE-PRESS MOVEMENT IN CHICAGO, 1920-1945
Price: $15.00 save 20% $12.00 Order nr. 72548
Chicago: The Caxton Club, 2003. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, smythsewn: drawn-on, hinge-scored cover; trimmed flush. 40 pages. Full color catalogue written for the Caxton Club exhibition: Inland Printers: The Fine-Press Movement in Chicago, 1920-45 ; at Columbia College in Chicago; held January 15, 2003. Features writings of 12 Caxtonians including: John P. Chalmers, Robert A. Cotner, Kim Coventry, Celia Hilliard, Thomas J. Joyce, Arthur H. Miller, Frank J. Piehl, Susan F. Rossen, Michael Thompson... READ MORE about INLAND PRINTERS: THE FINE-PRESS MOVEMENT IN CHICAGO, 1920-45
Price: $15.00 save 20% $12.00 Order nr. 73697
Boston: Shambhala, 1991. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 183+(1) pages. First US edition. A compilation of 130 rare alphabets, signs, monograms, and logos from the eighteenth century to the present. With reproductions from Arts et Métiers Graphiques, the important pre-war prining magazine. Includes chapters on lettering by hand, French religious and political trademarks, Mecanno alphabets, and an homage to American typefounders. A beautifully designed resource book for typographers and graphic designers. READ MORE about ALPHABETS & OTHER SIGNS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 74560
New York: The American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1939. 8vo. boards, (iv), 7 pages. First edition. Ruzicka did the colored woodcut and Bruce Rogers did the type arrangement. Presentation on frot free endpaper in pencil "To Dr. Archibald Mallock, with warm regards of R. Ruzicka. Dobbs Ferry, June 1939." Small split in front hinge at top. READ MORE about ON THE AESTHETIC VALUES THAT ARE TO BE FOUND IN THE PRINTED WORK OF BRUCE ROGERS
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 58674
New York: Hastings House Publishers, (1982). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 195 pages. Reprint of first edition. READ MORE about GRAPHIC DESIGNER'S PRODUCTION HANDBOOK
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 121400
Kristiania, Sweden: Fabritius & Sønner, 1924. small 8vo. half leather with paper-covered boards. ix, (v), 174 pages. First edition. A guide to books and bookmaking. All the major components of the books are dealt with here--typography, book illustration, paper, binding, etc. Scheibler also provides a short history of the early printed book. Finely printed with large decorative initial letters printed in red and black. Many illustrations, printed in black-and-white with red accents. Index at rear... READ MORE about EN BOK OM BOKEN
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 61787
(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. Each pair of facing pages feature a distinct letter form with discussion in French, German and English. Printed with a wide range... READ MORE about 26 LETTERS, LETTERN, LETTRES, AN ANNUAL AND CALENDAR OF 26 LETTERS OF THE ROMAN ALPHABET
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 79502
New York, NY: Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, 2013. small 4to. illustrated stiff paper wrappers. 96 pages. A look at book jackets designed by Grushkin, also includes jackets designed by George Salter, Grushkin's teacher. Table of contents, introduction, a biography of Grushkin, book jackets and examples of graphic design by Grushkin. Glossary, biographical sketches of important figures, biographical sketch of the author. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about PHILIP GRUSHKIN: A DESIGNER'S ARCHIVE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 120400
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, n.d. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 137 pages. First U.S. edition. Printed at the Curwen Press in England. Excellent one volume look at typography. Jacket has pieces missing at spine ends. Bookplate on front pastedown. READ MORE about INTRODUCTION TO TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 19864
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, n.d. 8vo. cloth. xi, 137 pages. First U.S. edition. Excellent one volume look at typography. Spine faded. READ MORE about INTRODUCTION TO TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 31470
London: Faber and Faber, (1963). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 164 pages. Second edition. Excellent one volume look at typography. This edition was edited by David Bland. Covers rubbed. READ MORE about INTRODUCTION TO TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 53014
London: Faber and Faber, (1956). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 156 pages. First edition. Much on English typography of the 20th century, the Curwen Press, The Fleuron and Signature. Illustrated including four collotype plates. Jacket price clipped. READ MORE about PRINTER AND PLAYGROUND, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 4253
London: Faber and Faber, (1956). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 156 pages. First edition. Much on English typography of the 20th century, the Curwen Press, The Fleuron and Signature. Illustrated including four collotype plates. Light foxing with wear along front hinge of jacket. READ MORE about PRINTER AND PLAYGROUND, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 31664
London: Faber and Faber, (1956). 8vo. cloth. xvi, 156 pages. First edition. Much on English typography of the 20th century, the Curwen Press, The Fleuron and Signature. Illustrated including four collotype plates. Spine rubbed. No jacket. READ MORE about PRINTER AND PLAYGROUND, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 54086
Introduction by Aldous Huxley.
London: Peter Davies Limited and New York: Harper and Brothers, 1928. large 4to. cloth. xix, 83 pages with 122 reproductions of various examples of typography. Introduction by Aldous Huxley. First edition. The facsimiles are often in two colors. Printed at The Curwen Press. Jacket worn with pieces missing. READ MORE about PRINTING OF TO-DAY, AN ILLUSTRATED SURVEY OF POST-WAR TYPOGRAPHY IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 19604
Introduction by Aldous Huxley.
London and New York: Peter Davies Ltd. and Harper and Brothers, 1928. large 4to. cloth, paper spine labels. xix, 83 pages with 122 reproductions of various examples of typography. Introduction by Aldous Huxley. First U.S. edition. The facsimiles are often in two colors. Lacks dust jacket. Spine rubbed. Light soiling. READ MORE about PRINTING OF TO-DAY, AN ILLUSTRATED SURVEY OF POST-WAR TYPOGRAPHY IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 25148
London: Peter Davies Limited and New York: Harper and Brothers, 1928. large 4to. cloth-backed boards. xix, 83 pages with 122 reproductions of various examples of typography. First edition. The facsimiles are often in two colors. . Printed at The Curwen Press. Covers soiled and wear at tips. Small damaged spot on spine. READ MORE about PRINTING OF TO-DAY, AN ILLUSTRATED SURVEY OF POST-WAR TYPOGRAPHY IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES....
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 62553
London: Peter Davies Limited and New York: Harper and Brothers, 1928. large 4to. cloth-backed boards. xix, 83 pages with 122 reproductions of various examples of typography. First edition. The facsimiles are often in two colors. . Printed at The Curwen Press. Light cover soiling with wear along edges. READ MORE about PRINTING OF TO-DAY, AN ILLUSTRATED SURVEY OF POST-WAR TYPOGRAPHY IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES....
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 123183
Colombo, Ceylon: n.p., 1872. 8vo. half red calf with marbled paper covered boards, top edge gilt. (ii), 424, v pages. Revised edition. (See Bigmore & Wyman II, 364 where they note the 48 page first printing and also state that this 1872 edition is usually found with a London imprint but mention the presence of this Ceylon imprint). Skeen was the government printer for Ceylon and used his knowledge of printing practice to "originate several... READ MORE about EARLY TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $195.00 Order nr. 118366
(Droogenbosch-lez-Bruxelles: Papeteries Catala, 1946). large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 374, (10) pages. First published as 23 Etudes sur la Typographie Moderne in 1937. Smal greatly expanded his practical manual on modern type, from 23 to 71 chapters, in this edition. With a preface by M. Paul Lacoste. Includes chapters on the essential qualities of modern typography, the role of machines in its development, and the symbolism of type. Appendix lists paper weights by the ream. Some black-and-white diagrams. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIE MODERNE, 71 ETUDES SUR LA REALISATION DES IMPRIMES
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 73894
