Myers, Robin.

ASPECTS OF PRINTING FROM 1600.

Oxford: Oxford Polytechnic Press, 1987. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 174 pages. First edition. Contains seven papers presented to the Seventh annual conference on Book Trade History. Includes "The Printers and the Government, 1604-1640" by Sheila Lambert, "English Printers and their Typefaces, 1600-1700" by Derek Nuttall, and "Bertuch: Weimar's Literary Midwife" by Ian Maxted. Illustrated. From the Publishing Pathways series. READ MORE about ASPECTS OF PRINTING FROM 1600

Price: $12.00  other currencies  Order nr. 26344

Netherclift, Frederick.

THE AUTOGRAPH MISCELLANY OF AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, INTERESTING DOCUMENTS, ETC., EXECUTED IN FAC-SIMILE LITHOGRAPHY BY [F.N.], FIRST SERIES, CONTAINING 60 EXAMPLES.

London: Netherclift and Durlacher, Lithographic Artists and Printers, 1855. folio. original cloth. (102) sheets (each as a leaf or as two pages). Facsimiles of several lines to several pages of autograph letters and other examples of writing by sixty-one historical figures, mostly copied from documents in the British Museum. Transcriptions on lighter paper alternate with facsimiles on heavier stock, with the transcription(s) on the left-hand side and the facsimile(s) on the right. Printing is generally..... READ MORE about THE AUTOGRAPH MISCELLANY OF AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, INTERESTING DOCUMENTS, ETC., EXECUTED IN...

Price: $200.00  other currencies  Order nr. 55180

(New York). Huttner, Sidney F. & Elizabeth Stege Huttner.

A REGISTER OF ARTISTS, ENGRAVERS, BOOKSELLERS, BOOKBINDERS, PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS IN NEW YORK CITY, 1821-42.

New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1993. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover. 300 pages. This register collects, from annual city directories, about 5,000 names and 50,000 addresses of individuals and firms working in New York in the book trades and graphic arts areas during the period 1821-1842. It continues George L. McKay's similar work, published by the New York Public Library in 1942, which collected the names of craftsmen and artisans to 1820. The..... READ MORE about A REGISTER OF ARTISTS, ENGRAVERS, BOOKSELLERS, BOOKBINDERS, PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS IN NEW YORK...

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 40525

NOUUM GEBRAUCHSGRAPHIK.

München: Bruckmann, 1985-1986. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 15 issues. Colorful look at graphics, calligraphy, design. READ MORE about NOUUM GEBRAUCHSGRAPHIK

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 105712

Pachomov, Viktor Vacilyevich.

KNIZHNOY ISKUSTVO, ZAMUISEL OFORMLYENIYA.

Moscow: Publishing House "Iskustvo" ("Art"), 1961. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 422, (2) pages. The design and making of books from an editorial point of view. Discusses the initial concept, format, typeface, text format, rubrication and decoration, the role of illustration in the design, covers and wrappers, bindings, typography, and book layout and mock-up in various stages. The section on book layout and mock-up is rather lengthy, with many examples of mock-ups from actual practice..... READ MORE about KNIZHNOY ISKUSTVO, ZAMUISEL OFORMLYENIYA

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 51930

Pedersen, B. Martin (editor).

GRAPHIS TYPOGRAPHY I: THE INTERNATIONAL COMPILATION OF THE BEST TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGN.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 122714

Philip, Ejnar.

SKRIFT ATLAS FOR BOGVENNER; ET UDVALG AF GODE SKRIFTER ANVENDT I DANSK BOGTRYK.

København: Forening for Boghaandvaerk, 1959. 8vo. patterned paper-covered boards. 122 pages. A typography guide for publishers, printed in Danish. A near fine copy. Includes sections on Bodoni, Garamond, Baskerville, Caslon and many others. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about SKRIFT ATLAS FOR BOGVENNER; ET UDVALG AF GODE SKRIFTER ANVENDT I DANSK BOGTRYK

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 74573

Polk, Ralph W. and Harry L. Gage.

A COMPOSITION MANUAL.

N.P. Printing Industry of America, (1953). 4to. cloth. xv, 311 pages. First edition. Sections on typesetting, composition, machinery monotype, typography, photo-typesetting, etc. Near fine. READ MORE about A COMPOSITION MANUAL

Price: $55.00  other currencies  Order nr. 4701

(Posters). Richmond, Leonard (editor).

THE TECHNIQUE OF THE POSTER.

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1933. 4to. cloth. xii, 208, (iv) pages. A collection of essays about the art of poster design from ten different authors. Over a hundred black-and-white illustrations. It should have 77 pasted color plates, but 24 have been torn from the book. Former library book with usual markings. Several minor tears at the edges of pages and near the remaining pasted-down color plates. READ MORE about THE TECHNIQUE OF THE POSTER

Price: $185.00  other currencies  Order nr. 96618

(Prairie Press). Updike, Daniel Berkeley.

THE PRACTICE OF TYPOGRAPHY.

Iowa City: The Prairie Press, 1961. 13.5" x 9" Single sheet folded twice with printing on the front cover. Designed, hand set and printed at this private press. Reprints Updike's statement on typography. Unfolds to show a broadside printed in three colors. READ MORE about THE PRACTICE OF TYPOGRAPHY

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 22918

(Printing).

ANDERHALVE EEUW BOEKTYPOGRAFIE, 1815-1965 IN AMERIKA, ENGELAND, FRANKRIJK, DUITSLAND, ZWITSERLAND, ITALIE, BELGIE EN NEDERLAND.

Nijmegen: G.J. Thieme, 1965. thick 8vo. cloth. vii, 422, (2) pages. Each countries' typography and design work is covered by a different author. Includes sections by James M. Wells on America and P.M. Handover on Great Britain, Gerard Blanchard, Maximilien Vox, Georg Schauer, Willy Rotzler, Franco Riva, Fernand Baudin and G.W. Ovink. Filled with illustrations. Jacket has tears and a small piece missing. First blank leaf torn. READ MORE about ANDERHALVE EEUW BOEKTYPOGRAFIE, 1815-1965 IN AMERIKA, ENGELAND, FRANKRIJK, DUITSLAND,...

Price: $55.00  other currencies  Order nr. 33746

(Printing).

FOUR HUNDRED YEARS OF PRINTING, BOOKS ON TYPOGRAPHY & ALLIED ARTS ... CONSIGNED BY THE TYPOTHETAE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

New York: Anderson Galleries, 1924. 8vo. paper wrappers. (vi), 31 pages. McKay 8687. 302 items described. READ MORE about FOUR HUNDRED YEARS OF PRINTING, BOOKS ON TYPOGRAPHY & ALLIED ARTS ... CONSIGNED BY THE...

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 7422

(Printing).

QUALITY IN BOOK-PRODUCTION; AN EXHIBITION OF FINE BOOKS OF ALL PERIODS SELECTED FROM THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE TYPOGRAPHIC COLLECTION.

N.P. Low Memorial Library, 1952. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 63 pages. Four full page illustrations. READ MORE about QUALITY IN BOOK-PRODUCTION; AN EXHIBITION OF FINE BOOKS OF ALL PERIODS SELECTED FROM THE COLUMBIA...

Price: $6.00  other currencies  Order nr. 4514