Geck, Elisabeth.

WORT DER MEISTER, KÖRPER UND STIMME LEIHT DIE SCHRIFT DEM STUMMEN GEDANKEN, DURCH DER JAHRHUNDERTE STROM TRAGT IHN DAS REDENDE BLATT. FRIEDRICH SCHILLER.

Berlin: Mergenthaler- Verlag der Linotype GMBH, 1966. 8vo. printed paper-covered boards. 149, (5) pages. Illustrated look at book typography throughout the ages in all countries. Beautifully produced. Lacking the dust jacket. Else near fine. READ MORE about WORT DER MEISTER, KÖRPER UND STIMME LEIHT DIE SCHRIFT DEM STUMMEN GEDANKEN, DURCH DER...

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 15540

(Germany).

GERMAN TYPOGRAPHY TODAY.

Leipziger Strabe: German Liaison Committee of the Type Directors Club of New York, 1987. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 63+(1) pages. A catalogue for the exhibition of the German Liaison Committee of The Type Directors Club of New York, which featured contemporary German graphic design in the United States. Illustrated and indexed. READ MORE about GERMAN TYPOGRAPHY TODAY

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 59352

(Gill, Eric). Carter, Sebastian.

ERIC GILL: THE CONTINUING TRADITION.

N.P. Monotype Recorder, 1990. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 39 + (1) pages. New series Autumn 1990 number eight. Issue of the Monotype Recorder that concentrates on the type design of Eric Gill. The text is profusely illustrated . The issue was set using Gill's own faces which had been adapted to the MonoText (computerized) system. Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about ERIC GILL: THE CONTINUING TRADITION

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(Gill, Eric). Shewring, Walter.

THE LETTERS OF ERIC GILL.

New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1948. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 480 pages. First U.S. edition. Contains 344 of Gill's correspondence from the years 1900-1940. Illustrated. Jacket chipped with small tears. Name in ink on free endpaper. READ MORE about THE LETTERS OF ERIC GILL

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 38983

Girard, Henri and Henri Moncel.

LES BEAUX LIVRES D'AUTREFOIS. LE XIXEME SIECLE.

Paris: Henry Babou, (1930). large 8vo. loosely gathered signatures in a paper-covered portfolio, cloth tie. 31, xl leaves of illustration, (3) pages. Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies. The authors describe the 19th century book. Chapters are devoted to typography and book illustration. Included are 40 plates of illustration. This is the fifth volume in "Les Beaux Livres D'Autrefois" series. Covers lightly rubbed. READ MORE about LES BEAUX LIVRES D'AUTREFOIS. LE XIXEME SIECLE

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(Goudy, Frederic W.). Goudy, Frederic W.

GOUDY'S TYPE DESIGNS, HIS STORY AND SPECIMENS.

New Rochelle: The Myriade Press, 1978. small 8vo. Paperback. 285+(1) pages. This book is not only Goudy's autobiography, but it is the most complete record to date of his typographic contribution, which has had a major worldwide effect. First published in 1946 as one of the Typophile Chapbooks XIII and XIV, entitled A HALF-CENTURY OF TYPE DESIGN AND TYPOGRAPHY, this second edition is available as the student and professional typographer's working tool, as well as..... READ MORE about GOUDY'S TYPE DESIGNS, HIS STORY AND SPECIMENS

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Goudy, Frederic W.

TYPOLOGIA, STUDIES IN TYPE DESIGN & TYPE MAKING.

With Comments on the Invention of Typography, The First Types, Legibility and Fine Printing.
Berkeley: University of California Press, (1977). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xix, 170, (2) pages. With Comments on the Invention of Typography, The First Types, Legibility and Fine Printing. Reprint of the 1940 edition. Illustrated. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about TYPOLOGIA, STUDIES IN TYPE DESIGN & TYPE MAKING

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GRAFISKA INSTITUTET, 1944-1954.

(Stockholm: Esselte Aktiebolag, 1954). 8vo. stiff pape wrappers. 116+(1) pages. First edition. A celebration of ten years at Stockholm's Grafic Institute. Along with a history of the institute, a short overview of typographic history is given as well. Illustrated. In Swedish. READ MORE about GRAFISKA INSTITUTET, 1944-1954

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GRAPHIC METHODS AND COLOUR PRINTING: A COMPANION BOOK TO PRINTING IN SCHOOL, 1955.

n.p. (but London, United Kingdom): Art Society Press, King's College School, 1955 (or 1961). oblong 4to. spiral bound paper covered boards. 93 pages. Foreword by John Ryder. Endpapers toned. Lower corner of covers bumped. Else very good. Table of contents. A very scarce, privately printed, publication that very breifly details various printing and graphic arts methods including Primitive Methods, texture, colour, linocuts, wood engraving, and various methods of engraving on metals. Beautifully printed, most in..... READ MORE about GRAPHIC METHODS AND COLOUR PRINTING: A COMPANION BOOK TO PRINTING IN SCHOOL, 1955

Price: $200.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136383

Green, Phile.

UNDERSTANDING DIGITAL COLOR.

Pittsburgh: Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, (1995). small 4to. paper-covered boards. viii, 341+(3). Book discusses color in the digital age, including chapters on tone reproduction, scanning, color systems, proofing, and others. Includes "Understanding Digital Color" compact disc, and a slip with CD instructions for Windows and Macintosh computers. Spine edges bumped. Very light shelf wear. READ MORE about UNDERSTANDING DIGITAL COLOR

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Gress, Edmund G.

A DASH THROUGH EUROPE, WITH SNAPSHOTS BY THE WAY.

New York: Oswald Publishing Co., 1923. small 8vo. quarter cloth with paper covered boards, wrap-around paper spine label, dust jacket. xxxii, 254 pages. First edition. Gress was the author of THE ART AND PRACTICE OF TYPOGRAPHY and editor of The American Printer. Includes mentions of libraries, bibliophiles and of course printing activities. Jacket is soiled. READ MORE about A DASH THROUGH EUROPE, WITH SNAPSHOTS BY THE WAY

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Gress, Edmund G.

FASHIONS IN AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHY 1780 TO 1930 WITH BRIEF ILLUSTRATED STORIES OF THE LIFE AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN SEVEN PERIODS.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. 8vo. cloth-backed gold paper-covered boards. xxx, 201 pages. First edition. (Hart no.20). Foreword by Frederic Goudy. Gress covers "the various periods at which decided changes in the matter of type design or changed tastes in type arrangement took place." Lacking the dust jacket. Wear to the head of the spine. READ MORE about FASHIONS IN AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHY 1780 TO 1930 WITH BRIEF ILLUSTRATED STORIES OF THE LIFE AND...

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Guppy, Henry.

EVOLUTION OF THE ART OF PRINTING IN COMMEMORATION OF THE FIVE-HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ART OF TYPOGRAPHY. With STEPPING STONES TO THE ART OF TYPOGRAPHY.

2 volumes in 1.
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1940. 8vo. later half cloth over paper covered boards. 45; 83-121 pages. 2 volumes in 1. Reprinted (with additions) from the "Bulletin of the John Rylands Library," Vol. 24, No.2, October, 1940. With 18 separate plates. Second volume comes from the 1927 Bulletin. Cloth spine shows some fading. READ MORE about EVOLUTION OF THE ART OF PRINTING IN COMMEMORATION OF THE FIVE-HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ART OF...

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 122154