(New York, NY): Thames & Hudson, (1998). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 176 pages. Table of contents, introduction, endnotes, bibliography, index of designers and suppliers. With 300 color illustrations. A guide to the organization and presentation of information. READ MORE about INFORMATION GRAPHICS: INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS IN CONTEMPORARY DESIGN
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 121540
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corp. (1967). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 160 pages. First edition. Profusely illustrated. Chapters on typography, printing, paper, binding, dust jackets, etc. Presentation on half-title "For David Belch, on the occasion of a delightful Books & Authors program, Adrian Wilson, November 20, 1968." Small spot along edge of back cover of jacket. READ MORE about THE DESIGN OF BOOKS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 43422
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2012. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 160 pages. A SIGNED COPY BY THE AUTHOR OF THIS LOVELY BOOK "Matthew Young's book showcases over 80 specimens (full size and in color), and gives a detailed account of the behind-the-scenes machinations that affected the course of the Specimen Exchange.... If you are interested in the history of graphic design, Young's book is a wonderful account of a lesser-known part..... READ MORE about THE RISE AND FALL OF THE PRINTERS' INTERNATIONAL SPECIMEN EXCHANGE
Price: $59.95 Order nr. 133467
New York, NY: Museum Books, 1964. 4to. parchment-backed boards with vellum tips, dust jacket. Not paginated. Limited to 500 numbered copies for the American market signed by Zapf. Set in 16 languages with the types of D. Stempel "taken from the foundry's archives" and printed by Heinrich Egenolf. A magnificent display of typography and type specimens printed in black with some part printed in an alternative color. Jacket chipped with tears along top edge. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIC VARIATIONS DESIGNED BY HERMANN ZAPF ON THEMES IN CONTEMPORARY BOOK DESIGN AND...
Price: $400.00 Order nr. 20894
New York: Museum Books, 1964. 4to. parchment-backed boards with vellum tips, dust jacket. not paginated. Limited to 500 numbered copies for the American market signed by Zapf. Set in 16 languages with the types of D. Stempel "taken from the foundry's archives" and printed by Heinrich Egenolf. A magnificent display of typography and type specimens printed in black with some part printed in an alternative color. Jacket has a faint stain along top of front..... READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIC VARIATIONS DESIGNED BY HERMANN ZAPF ON THEMES IN CONTEMPORARY BOOK DESIGN AND...
Price: $375.00 Order nr. 121252
Frankfurt am Main: Georg Kurt Schauer, 1963. 4to. parchment-backed boards with vellum tips, dust jacket, slipcase. Not paginated. Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by Zapf. Set in 16 languages with the types of D. Stempel "taken from the foundry's archives" and printed by Heinrich Egenolf. A magnificent display of typography and type specimens printed in black with some part printed in an alternative color. Very small spot on front board. Lacking dust jacket and..... READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHISCHE VARIATIONEN, 78 BUCHTITEL UND TEXTSEITEN ALS GESTALTUNGSMOGLICHKEITEN DER...
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 131555
Harper Woods, MI: The Adagio Press, 1976. 8vo. paper wrappers, mailing envelope. 27 pages. Printed in an edition limited to 325 numbered and signed copies. Tanner and Alstrom 34. This is a commonplace book of typographic exercises interspersed with notes on printing, typography and the private press. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIA I
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 6
Harper Woods, MI: The Adagio Press, 1979. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, mailing envelope. pp.29-60. Printed in an edition limited to 325 numbered copies. Tanner and Alstrom 37. A continuation of the work presented as Typographia 1. This copy is signed by the private press owner, Leonard Bahr. This is a commonplace book of typographic exercises interspersed with notes on printing, typography and the private press. Signed by Bahr next to limitation statement. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIA TWO
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 18
Washington: International Typographic Composition Assoc. (1966). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 40 pages. 31 sections covering all aspects of production. READ MORE about GUIDE TO BUYERS OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 24803
A Retrospective of a 20th century Renaissance Man
Morongo Valley, California: Sagebrush Press, 1981. 8vo. quarter cloth with printed paper boards. (iv), 60 plus 16 pages of illustrations. (4) pages. A Retrospective of a 20th century Renaissance Man. Of 475 numbered copies, of which this copy is signed by the author. Designed and printed by the Sagebrush Press. Typography is from 'Hot Medal,' 12 and 14 point Linotype Garamond with headings in Times-Roman, handset. Printing of the text is by letterpress. Illustrations are..... READ MORE about MERLE ARMITAGE WAS HERE!
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 88711
N.P. Advertising Typographers Association of America, (1963). 4to. cloth. 133 pages. Third edition. Covers all aspects of printing; ie, paper, type, different methods of illustrating, typography. Includes a glossary of terms. READ MORE about ATA ADVERTISING PRODUCTION HANDBOOK
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 22391
London, England: Focal Press, (1970). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 182 pages. Table of contents, list of materials needed, list of relevant reference works. Black and white illustrations. A guide to typography and typographic design. Dust jacket chipped at edges. Stains on front cover. READ MORE about DISPLAY TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134950
Chapel Hill, NC: Hanes Foundation, 1996. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 28, (2) pages. First edition. Printing of a lecture given by Nicolas Barker in Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill. The lecture was tenth in the Hanes Lecture Series. Presented by the Hanes Foundation for the study and the origin and development of the book. READ MORE about THE FUTURE OF TYPOGRAPHICAL STUDIES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 70638
Utrecht: A.J. van Huffel's Antiquariaat, 1960. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages plus 4 leaves of plates. Auction catalogue for a sale held on June 15 and 16, 1960 from the library of A.W. Barten, the former director of the Professional School of Typography in Utrecht. Lists manuscripts, incunabula, works about typography, the graphic arts and bibliographies. Lists over 700 entries. Head pieces. Illustrated throughout. Cover printed in red and black. Corner bumped. Spot..... READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIE ET BRANCHES ALLIÉES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 79860
New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2007. 9.5 x 10 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 128 pages. First edition. This book is the long-awaited successor to the classic An Atlas of Typeforms, the great visually-led history of type that Alan Bartram and James Sutton produced in 1968. Much has changed in the last 40 years, not least the teaching of typography and the means by which it is created. Because..... READ MORE about TYPEFORMS: A HISTORY
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 95866
(Westminster: Beaumont Press, 1926). 8vo. quarter vellum with illustrated paper-covered boards. 125+(1) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 390 numbered copies of which this is one of 310 printed on handmade paper. The twenty-first book issued by the Beaumont Press. The typography and binding produced by Cyril William Beaumont on his press at 75 Charing Cross Road, the decorated cover designed by B. Claudia Guercio, and the title page by Randolph Schwabe. These letters..... READ MORE about THE LETTERS OF J.E. FLECKER TO FRANK SAVERY
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 62266
New York: Watson-Guptill, (1968). square 8vo. cloth. 176 pages. First U.S. edition. Discusses the mechanics of book production. Many illustrations. Minor fading of spine. READ MORE about BASIC TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 62008
N.P. Bird & Bull Press, n.d. 4to. cardboard frame with title and Bird & Bull insignia printed at the bottom enclosing 12 broadsides printed on different colored paper. Each broadside shows a different example of typography and is printed in two colors. Meant as a gift for standing order customers of his fine private press. Displays Henry Morris's design work and sense of humor. Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about BON MOT
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 15851
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 111, (5) pages. First edition (Morrow and Cooney, 215a). Typography by Graham Mackintosh. Designed by Barbara Martin. Poetry and short essays by the former publisher of Caterpillar magazine. READ MORE about THE GULL WALL
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 127161
Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 111, (5) pages. First edition (Morrow and Cooney, 215a). Typography by Graham Mackintosh. Designed by Barbara Martin. Poetry and short essays by the former publisher of Caterpillar magazine. Biographical sketch of the author, with photograph, follows colophon. READ MORE about THE GULL WALL
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 127494
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, (1973). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 192 pages. First edition. Profusely illustrated. Spine ends lightly worn, else near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ART OF THE PRINTED BOOK 1455-1955, MASTERPIECES OF TYPOGRAPHY THROUGH FIVE CENTURIES FROM THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 21973
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, (1974). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 192 pages. First edition, second printing. Profusely illustrated. Jacket chipped around edges. Some dampstaining along spine of jacket. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ART OF THE PRINTED BOOK 1455-1955; MASTERPIECES OF TYPOGRAPHY THROUGH FIVE CENTURIES FROM THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 22373
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, (1984). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 192 pages. First edition, fourth printing. Profusely illustrated. Name in ink. READ MORE about ART OF THE PRINTED BOOK 1455-1955; MASTERPIECES OF TYPOGRAPHY THROUGH FIVE CENTURIES FROM THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 36775
Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College Library, (1989). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 250, (2) pages. Reprint of first edition. A study of the more interesting of American typographers from colonial times to the present. Well illustrated. READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 34364
Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College Library, (1989). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xvi, 250, (2) pages. Reprint of first edition. A study of the more interesting of American typographers from colonial times to the present. Well-illustrated. Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 45842
