Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1932. 12mo. original paper wrappers, paper cover label. 90 pages. Full descriptive listing of the exhibition books along with descriptions of the presses which produced them. READ MORE about YOU ARE INVITED TO VIEW AN EXHIBITION OF FINELY PRINTED BOOKS SINCE WILLIAM MORRIS, OF WHICH THIS...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4787
(New York: Society of Publication Designers, 1989). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 248 pages. Award winners of the SPD's annual competition. Of over 6500 entries, approximately 500 were selected for awards. Includes selections from consumer, trade and corporate magazines, as well as newspapers and annual reports. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Lists of art directors, designers, illustrators, photographers and publications. Previous owner's name in ink on title page. READ MORE about PUBLICATION DESIGN ANNUAL. 23
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 110164
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1883. 8vo. cloth. (iv), 96, (2) pages. First edition. With detailed explanations of the printing process, specimens of typography and information on copyright. Near fine. READ MORE about AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS A MANUAL OF SUGGESTIONS FOR BEGINNERS IN LITERATURE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 19253
(Mansfield Centre: Maurizio Martino, 2005). thick 8vo. cloth. lx, 718 pages. Reprint of the second revised, corrected and expanded edition published in Paris in 1924 by Francisque Lefrançois, Libraire de la Sociéte des Bibliophiles françois (Besterman 912). Bibliophiles desiring to collect could, at one time, turn to such publications as this. Books sought ("recherchés") for collecting are divided into three lists: those sought "for the text," sought "for the illustrations," and those "interesting from the..... READ MORE about LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE L'AMATEUR, GUIDE SOMMAIRE A TRAVERS LES LIVRES LE PLUS ESTIMÉS
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 88569
London: Faber and Faber, (1952). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 400 pages. New edition, revised and enlarged by A.F. Johnson. (Hart no.99). Many illustrations. With a calligraphic presentation from Richard Ellis to John Anderson on the front pastedown and a wonderful page inscription by Ellis to Anderson wishing him success upon his move to California. Nice association item. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF THE OLD ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDRIES WITH NOTES, HISTORICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ON THE...
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 4803
London: Faber and Faber, (1952). 4to. cloth. xiv, 400 pages. New edition, revised and enlarged by A.F. Johnson. (Hart no. 99). Many illustrations. Lacking dust jacket. Very good. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF THE OLD ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDRIES WITH NOTES, HISTORICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ON THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4819
N.P. Dawsons of Pall Mall, (1974). 4to. cloth. xiv, 400 pages. Reprint of the second edition, revised and enlarged by A.F. Johnson. (Hart no.99). Many illustrations. READ MORE about HISTORY OF THE OLD ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDRIES WITH NOTES, HISTORICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ON THE...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 28288
London: Faber and Faber, (1952). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 400 pages. New edition, revised and enlarged by A.F. Johnson. (Hart no. 99). Many illustrations. Tape repair to jacket in corner. Bookplate. READ MORE about HISTORY OF THE OLD ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDRIES WITH NOTES, HISTORICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ON THE...
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 73410
London: Faber and Faber, (1952). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 400 pages. New edition, revised and enlarged by A.F. Johnson. (Hart no.99). Many illustrations. Jacket chipped and externally tape repaired. Small private ownership label in corner of free endpaper. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF THE OLD ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDRIES WITH NOTES, HISTORICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ON THE...
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 96342
N.P. WVU Typography Lab, 1967. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. Short discussion with illustrations. READ MORE about MR. CURRIER AND MR. IVES, AMERICAN PRINTMAKERS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 26356
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Books, 1993. 4to. cloth. xviii, 221 pages. First edition. The history of practical manuals on typefounding is quite short; the dominant tradition in this craft was on-the-job training. In the 1990s, the commercial importance of making metal type declined, and large portions of this highly-developed technology are in serious jeopardy of disappearing. This work is the accumulated technical knowledge of making metal types. The author has been trained by the..... READ MORE about PRACTICAL TYPECASTING
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 34981
St- Gallen: Verlag Zollikofer & Co., n.d. (circa 1944). tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 128 pages. First edition in German. Near fine in near fine jacket. A classic study of typography with 160 illustrations printed in two colors. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about TYPO-GRAPHIK, STUDIEN UND VERSUCHE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 29678
New York and London: R. R. Bowker, (1978). 8vo. cloth. xv, 215 pages. Designed to eliminate the detailed marking-up of a manuscript, this book provides name tags for a variety of individual typographic designs. Useful source book for different text settings, house styles, etc. READ MORE about BOOK DESIGN, TEXT FORMAT MODELS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 24181
Stuttgart: C.E. Poeschel, 1959. 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (viii), 204 pages. A consideration of the basic issues of typography, especially work in the last 70 years. Illustrated with many examples of fine typography. Indexed. Jacket slightly yellowed. READ MORE about GROSSE UND GRENZEN DER TYPOGRAPHIE
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 50889
High Wycomb: University Microfilms Limited, (1965). large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers with a paper cover label. vii, 101 pages. A dissertation reproduced from microfilm by Georgia Mansbridge, friend of Bruce Rogers. She writes about his career and personal life from the eighteen hundreds till his death in 1957. READ MORE about BRUCE ROGERS, AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 56903
New York: The Typophiles, 1997. small 8vo. cloth. xiii, 95, (3) pages. Limited to 500 copies. Chap Book, New Series, Number One. Short biography of Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), a reprint of the 1965 Master's Thesis by Mansbridge, who was acquainted with Mr. Rogers during the last decade or so of his life. (Facing the title page is a photo of the author and Mr. Rogers.) There is no discussion of books designed by Mr. Rogers..... READ MORE about BRUCE ROGERS: AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHER
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 61160
New York: The Typophiles, 1997. small 8vo. cloth. xiii, 95, (3) pages. Limited to 500 copies. Chap Book, New Series, Number One. Short biography of Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), a reprint of the 1965 Master's Thesis by Mansbridge, who was acquainted with Mr. Rogers during the last decade or so of his life. (Facing the title page is a photo of the author and Mr. Rogers.) There is no discussion of books designed by Mr. Rogers..... READ MORE about BRUCE ROGERS: AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHER
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 105234
New York: William E. Rudge's Sons, 1943. 4to. original cloth-backed pattern paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, glassine wrapper, slipcase, inserted in cardboard mailer. (ii), ix, 187 pages. First edition, one of the 199 numbered copies signed by Rogers constituting the large-paper edition. The large-paper copy is in a different binding than the trade edition and contains four decorations in color, all executed by Rogers. It also features one of Rogers' printer's..... READ MORE about PARAGRAPHS ON PRINTING
Price: $750.00 Order nr. 28113
N.P. The University Printer, 1950. 4to. cloth-backed boards, slipcase. xii, 36 pages. Limited to 500 copies as one of the Cambridge Christmas books. Minor cover soiling. In later slipcase. READ MORE about REPORT ON THE TYPOGRAPHY OF THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS PREPARED IN 1917 AT THE REQUEST OF THE...
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 19632
N.P. The University Printer, 1950. 4to. cloth-backed boards. xii, 36 pages. Limited to 500 copies as one of the Cambridge Christmas books. With the bookplate of Lillian Marks (Plantin Press) on front pastedown. Covers show some toning along edges. Endpapers foxed. READ MORE about REPORT ON THE TYPOGRAPHY OF THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS PREPARED IN 1917 AT THE REQUEST OF THE...
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 124135
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. Tear on front flap of dust jacket, else fine. READ MORE about TYPE AND TYPOGRAPHY, THE DESIGNER'S TYPE BOOK
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 18740
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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
Washington: Library of Congress, 1991. tall 8vo. green cloth, paper spine label. xxxv, 427, (3) pages. First edition. With an introduction by James H. Billington, preface by Larry E. Sullivan and an essay on Rosenwald by William Matheson. The Rosenwald Collection is the single largest gathering of rare books at the Library of Congress and represents one of the finest collections of books formed by any individual. The collection focuses on the Western European and..... READ MORE about VISION OF A COLLECTOR, THE LESSING J. ROSENWALD COLLECTION IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 61225
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 Order nr. 72548
