Results for: Graphic Design

Day, Kenneth (editor).

BOOK TYPOGRAPHY, 1815-1965 IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1966). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxiii, 401 pages. First U.S. edition, first published in Holland by Thieme in Dutch. Various authors discuss book typography for different countries including Handover on British Book Typography and James Wells on Typography in the U.S. 192 pages of illustrations. Minor rubbing. Bookplate. READ MORE about BOOK TYPOGRAPHY, 1815-1965 IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Price: $17.50 Order nr. 19876

Day, Kenneth (editor).

BOOK TYPOGRAPHY, 1815-1965 IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

London: Ernest Benn Ltd., (1966). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxiii, 401 pages. First English edition, first published in Holland by Thieme in Dutch. Various authors discuss book typography for different countries including Handover on British Book Typography and James Wells on Typography in the U.S. 192 pages of illustrations. Jacket faded and rubbed. READ MORE about BOOK TYPOGRAPHY, 1815-1965 IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 53219

Day, Kenneth (editor).

BOOK TYPOGRAPHY, 1815-1965 IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1966). 8vo. cloth. xxiii, 401 pages. First U.S. edition, first published in Holland by Thieme in Dutch. Various authors discuss book typography for different countries including Handover on British Book Typography and James Wells on Typography in the U.S. 192 pages of illustrations. Ink inscription on free endpaper. READ MORE about BOOK TYPOGRAPHY, 1815-1965 IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 76847

(De Vinne, Theodore). Tichenor, Irene.

NO ART WITHOUT CRAFT, THE LIFE OF THEODORE LOW DE VINNE, PRINTER.

Boston: David R. Godine, (2005). 8vo. cloth with dust jacket. (vi), xi,(i), 329 +1 pages. First edition. This is new full scale biography of Theodore Low De Vinne (1828-1914), which explores the life of a seminal figure in the history of American printing. His masterly printing of wood engravings, together with his obsession with presswork, tight composition, and typefaces, gained him and his firm an international reputation and made De Vinne a rich man. His..... READ MORE about NO ART WITHOUT CRAFT, THE LIFE OF THEODORE LOW DE VINNE, PRINTER

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 88858

(Dov Press). Rand, Harry.

THE CLOUDS.

Washington, D.C. Dov Press, 1996. 4to. gray cloth with darker gray morocco spine printed in palladium, publisher's slipcase. (iv), 31, (3) pages. Limited to 55 numbered copies, this is one of 25 regular signed copies. With ten original lithographs by Elaine Kurtz. Eight full-page lithographs handpulled by Judith Solodkin in collaboration with the artist at Solo Impressions, New York, with two double-page images of approximately 14" x 20"; many images required multiple plates and the..... READ MORE about THE CLOUDS

Price: $1,250.00 Order nr. 61409

Dreyfus, John (compiler).

THE HERITAGE OF THE GRAPHIC ARTS LECTURE SERIES: A COMPLETE LISTING.

New York: The Typophiles, 1994. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 42, (4) pages. Limited to 500 copies. A Typophile Monograph, New Series Number Eleven. A listing of the lectures which ran in various series from 1965 to 1982, arranged by Dr. Robert L. (Doc) Leslie, the topics being typography, printing, paper, book design, calligraphy, and other aspects of the graphic arts. Illustrated by Lili Cassel Wronker. READ MORE about THE HERITAGE OF THE GRAPHIC ARTS LECTURE SERIES: A COMPLETE LISTING

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 48729

Dreyfus, John.

INTO PRINT, SELECTED WRITINGS ON PRINTING HISTORY, TYPOGRAPHY AND BOOK PRODUCTION.

Boston: David R. Godine, (1995). 8vo. cloth. x, 339 +(1) pages. First edition. A compilation of writings on many aspects of printing and book design, chosen by the author. The topics are varied, and include eighteenth-& nineteenth-century studies, private presses, type design and manufacture, exhibitions and speculations. In an interesting chapter on twentieth-century typographers, the author discusses Stanley Morrison, Eric Gill, Bruce Rogers and several other well known printers. Illustrated with photographs and facsimiles. Handlist..... READ MORE about INTO PRINT, SELECTED WRITINGS ON PRINTING HISTORY, TYPOGRAPHY AND BOOK PRODUCTION

Price: $50.00 Order nr. 45937

Eckersley, Richard et al.

GLOSSARY OF TYPESETTING TERMS.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1994). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 169 pages. First edition. Introduction by Anita Walter Scott followed by the glossary. The glossary is followed by eight appendixes which describe the parts of a letter, the parts of a book, type styles, coding of a manuscript, house style, tables, accents, and proofreaders' marks. Fine condition.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about GLOSSARY OF TYPESETTING TERMS

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 41166

Ellis, Richard (editor).

THE SCHOLARLY PRINTER, A QUARTERLY.

Volume 1, Number 1 and 2 (all published?).
New York: American Book-Stratford Press, Inc., (1966), (1967). self paper wrappers. 13+(1); 16 pages. Volume 1, Number 1 and 2 (all published?). The first issue is on Book Typography and the second on letterpress printing. READ MORE about THE SCHOLARLY PRINTER, A QUARTERLY

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 41268

Ellis, Richard (editor).

THE SCHOLARLY PRINTER, A QUARTERLY.

Volume 1, Number 2
New York: American Book-Stratford Press, Inc., (1967). self paper wrappers. 16 pages. Volume 1, Number 2. Only two issues were published of this periodical. READ MORE about THE SCHOLARLY PRINTER, A QUARTERLY

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 106735

Ettenberg, Eugene M.

TYPE FOR BOOKS AND ADVERTISING.

New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1947. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 160 pages. First edition. "A detailed, comprehensive handbook on the many varied applications of all the phases of typography." Well preserved copy. READ MORE about TYPE FOR BOOKS AND ADVERTISING

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 2634

(FLEURON). Morison, Stanley (editor).

FLEURON, A JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY.

Vol. VI. Edited by Stanley Morison.
Cambridge: University Press, 1928. 4to. cloth. xiii, 254, (3) pages. Vol. VI. Edited by Stanley Morison. Limited to 1310 copies. Articles on Rudolf Koch, Geofroy Tory by A.F. Johnson, On Decorative Printing in America by Paul Beaujon (Beatrice Warde), Decorated Types by Stanley Morison and others. Only minor cover rubbing. Faint paperclip mark on front free endpaper. Usual foxing of endpapers. READ MORE about FLEURON, A JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY

Price: $160.00 Order nr. 69905

(FLEURON). Simon, Oliver (editor).

FLEURON, A JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY.

No. IV.
London: Office of the Fleuron, 1925. small 4to. cloth. (viii), 163, (19) pages. No. IV. With an article on script types by Stanley Morison, Holbrook Jackson on Robert Bridges, George Moore and Bernard Shaw and their printing, Sidgwick on Percy Smith, Newdigate on Emery Walker, Hanna Kiel on modern German printing and Frederic Warde on Bruce Rogers. Spine slightly faded. READ MORE about FLEURON, A JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 14441

(Florin Press). Wyatt, Leo.

LEO WYATT'S LITTLE BOOK OF ALPHABETS.

Ashford, England: The Florin Press, 1985. 8vo. quarter leather, paper over boards, leather label on cover, slipcase. (xiv), 12, (3) pages. First edition, limited to 150 copies. With introduction by Michael Taylor. Contains 12 alphabets, engraved in wood and printed in color. Printed from the original wood blocks on handmade paper. A fine copy. READ MORE about LEO WYATT'S LITTLE BOOK OF ALPHABETS

Price: $400.00 Order nr. 34479

(Four Peaks Press). Williams, Fred.

THE JOY OF HAND SETTING TYPE.

Fountain Hills, AZ: Four Peaks Press, 2000. large 8vo. cloth, paper cover label. ix, (iii), 41, (2) pages. First edition, limited to 125 numbered copies signed by Williams and the publisher, Mike O'Connor. Fred Williams, the editor and publisher of Type & Press.,gives us this finely printed study of hand setting type. He reacts to the increasing computerization of type setting. Each chapter opens with a yellow head piece and decorative initial letter. Text was..... READ MORE about THE JOY OF HAND SETTING TYPE

Price: $195.00 Order nr. 62857

Frazier, J.L.

TYPE LORE, POPULAR FONTS OF TODAY, THEIR ORIGIN AND USE. THE HISTORY O F THE ART OF TYPOGRAPHY SUCCINCTLY RELATED FOR PRACTICAL MEN.

Chicago: Privately printed, 1925. tall 8vo. cloth- backed boards. 114 pages. First edition. Fifteen chapters devoted to the development of different type faces. Illustrated. Fine copy. READ MORE about TYPE LORE, POPULAR FONTS OF TODAY, THEIR ORIGIN AND USE. THE HISTORY O F THE ART OF TYPOGRAPHY...

Price: $65.00 Order nr. 27951

(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 Order nr. 59352

Gid, Raymond.

CÉLÉBRATION DE LA LETTRE.

N.P. The Composing Room, n.d. square 12mo. self paper wrappers. 17, (3) pages. A prose meditation on letters, typography, and printing. Text in English. READ MORE about CÉLÉBRATION DE LA LETTRE

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 51018

(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 Order nr. 38983

(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

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 93477

Gill, Eric.

AN ESSAY ON TYPOGRAPHY.

Boston: David R. Godine, (1988). 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. 133 pages. Facsimile reprint of the revised 1936 edition, with a new introduction by Christopher Skelton. Discussion of composition, lettering, typography, punch-cutting, paper and ink, etc. An important essay. Bookplate on front free endpaper. Fine condition.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about AN ESSAY ON TYPOGRAPHY

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 24665

(Gill, Eric). Shewring, Walter.

THE LETTERS OF ERIC GILL.

London: Jonathan Cape, (1947). 8vo. cloth. 480 pages. First edition. Contains 344 of Gill's correspondence from the years 1900-1940. Illustrated. Clipped portrait of GIll pasted down on free endpaper. Pencil inscription of David Evans, the sculptor, above copy of this portrait. READ MORE about THE LETTERS OF ERIC GILL

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 51612

Gottschall, Edward M.

TYPOGRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS TODAY.

Cambridge, Mass. The MIT Press, (1989). small folio. cloth, dust jacket. vi, 249 pages. First edition. Studies the expansion of the field of typography with the introduction of the computer. Chapters include "American Design Pioneers," "The Influence of the Private Press," "Typeface milestones," "Bits, Bytes and Typographic Design," and "The Many Faces of Typography Today." Contains over 900 illustrations, more than 500 of which are in color. A fascinating study. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS TODAY

Price: $65.00 Order nr. 58615

(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

Price: $14.95 Order nr. 47020

(Goudy, Frederic W.). Lewis, Bernard.

BEHIND THE TYPE, THE LIFE STORY OF FREDERIC W. GOUDY.

Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1941. 8vo. cloth-backed boards. xiv, 114 pages with 17 illustrations. First edition, limited to 1600 copies. The second part of the book contains an essay by Goudy entitled "The Ethics and Aesthetics of Type and Typography." Front cover spotted and faded. READ MORE about BEHIND THE TYPE, THE LIFE STORY OF FREDERIC W. GOUDY

Price: $14.00 Order nr. 128929

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