WEEKENDS WITH TOM CLELAND.
New York: The Typophiles, 1971. 8vo. paper wrappers, cover illustration glued to wrapper. (viii), 12 pages. One of 350 copies. READ MORE about WEEKENDS WITH TOM CLELAND
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 110131
Book Design
MACKELLAR, SMITHS & JORDAN: TYPOGRAPHIC TASTEMAKERS OF THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2008. 8.5 x 11 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 176 pages. First edition. This is the first full-length study of the leading American type foundry of the nineteenth century. It is an interesting history of the foundry from both a business and a design point of view. The emphasis is on the design of the hundreds of typefaces that were produced by the foundry, from its inception in the 1860s..... READ MORE about MACKELLAR, SMITHS & JORDAN: TYPOGRAPHIC TASTEMAKERS OF THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 96669
THE TEXTBOOK IN AMERICAN SOCIETY.
A Volume Based on a Conference at the Library of Congress on May 2-3, 1979
Washington D.C. Library of Congress, 1981. 8" square. stiff paper wrappers. (x), 55 + (1) pages. A Volume Based on a Conference at the Library of Congress on May 2-3, 1979. Discusses changes needed in American textbooks to help further education of today's society. Book has been printed in an edition of 3,000 copies. Paper is acid-free vellum. Spine is slightly discolored, corners are mildly worn,ver small paper loss at heel of spine. READ MORE about THE TEXTBOOK IN AMERICAN SOCIETY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 91699
THE INFLUENCE OF FINE PRINTING, A LECTURE.
Pittsburgh: Department of Printing, Carnegie, 1929. 8vo. cloth-backed patterned paper-covered boards, parchment tips. 41, (3) pages. First edition, limited to 300 copies. With two illustrations showing design work for Laboratory Press books. Near fine. READ MORE about THE INFLUENCE OF FINE PRINTING, A LECTURE
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 19707
EXTRACTS FROM AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF BOOKS AS THEY ARE AT PRESENT PUBLISHED. UNDERTAKEN BY THE SOCIETY OF CALLIGRAPHERS.
(Meriden, CT: Meriden Gravure Co., 1968). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (26) pages. Limited to 50 numbered copies. Reprint of the 1919 first edition published in Boston by Dwiggins and L.B. Siegried with a postscript by Ruari McLean not in the original edition. A spoof on book design. Columbiad Club Keepsake 83. READ MORE about EXTRACTS FROM AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF BOOKS AS THEY ARE AT PRESENT...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 128521
RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE BOOKS 1917-34.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, (1993). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 175 pages. First U.S. edition. Using examples from the British Library's collection of Russian Avant-Garde Books, this study explores graphic design and photomontage in books and journals. Well illustrated throughout, many in color. Jacket curled at top edge. READ MORE about RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE BOOKS 1917-34
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 37001
P.J. CONKWRIGHT AND THE UNIVERSITY PRESS BOOK DESIGN.
Princeton: Princeton University, 1963. 8vo. paper wrappers, paper cover label. 10 pages with 8 pages of illustrations. With a checklist of books in the exhibition. READ MORE about P.J. CONKWRIGHT AND THE UNIVERSITY PRESS BOOK DESIGN
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 8416
SIXTH ANNUAL FREDERIC W. GOUDY AWARD PRESENTED TO P.J. CONKWRIGHT.
(Rochester,. NY): School of Printing, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1974. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Presentation of the Goudy Award to American book designer P.J. Conkwright. With a biographical sketch of Conkwright. A.L.s. from Alexander S. Lawson of Rochester Institute of Technology laid in. READ MORE about SIXTH ANNUAL FREDERIC W. GOUDY AWARD PRESENTED TO P.J. CONKWRIGHT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 121211
MODERN BOOK DESIGN.
(Blackhill, United Kingdom): Christopher Wakeling, (2020). small folio. single broadside. Printed in an edition of "About 50 copies" by Christopher Wakeling of Corvus Works. Types from Stempel (Palatino) and Haas (Helvetica) on Zerkall paper using a Korrex proof press with ink from Gerstaecker. Exerpt taken from "Monotype News Letter", December 1961. READ MORE about MODERN BOOK DESIGN
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 136790
A PLEA AGAINST STANDARDISATION.
(Blackhill, United Kingdom): Corvus Works, 2020. small 4to. marbled paper wrappers, paper label on front cover. unpaginated. First edition thus limited to 100 copies of which 95 numbered copies were available for sale. Some remarks of Gotthard de Beauclair freely translated from the German. Text from a speech by de Beauclair to accompany an exhibition of his work in 1961, entitled Modern German Book Design. This is reprinted along with an editorial note from the..... READ MORE about A PLEA AGAINST STANDARDISATION
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 136787
EGENOLFF & BERNER.
(Blackhill, United Kingdom): Corvus Works, 2020. small folio. single broadside. Reprinted in an edition of 40 numbered and signed copies by the printer, Christopher Wakeling. The famous type specimen of 1592, the first know sheet, displayed the range of types collected by Christian Egenolff and his heirs showing work by Garamond, Granjon, Haultin and Sabon. The specimen is one the reference sources used by Jan Tschichold when designing the Sabon typeface in the mid 1960s..... READ MORE about EGENOLFF & BERNER
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 136789
EDWARD GORDON CRAIG, A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
London: Society of Theatre Research, 1967. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 117 pages. Includes books written by Craig, books with introductions and contributions, book illustrated by Craig, and his contributions to periodicals, one-man exhibitions, group exhibitions and programs for plays designed by Craig. READ MORE about EDWARD GORDON CRAIG, A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $19.00 Order nr. 1827
EDWARD GORDON CRAIG, ARTIST OF THE THEATRE 1872-1966.
New York: The New York Public Library, (1967). large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 57 pages. First edition. Exhibition catalogue listing 268 items with occasional black and white illustrations. Extensive introduction by Donald Oenslager. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about EDWARD GORDON CRAIG, ARTIST OF THE THEATRE 1872-1966
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 56121
THIRTY CENTURIES OF GRAPHIC DESIGN.
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1987). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 224 pages. First edition. With 400 illustrations and a selected bibliography. Presentation from Barton on page facing title page. Covers and ages of pages show toning. READ MORE about THIRTY CENTURIES OF GRAPHIC DESIGN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 124255
PRODUCTION FOR THE GRAPHIC DESIGNER.
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1974). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 207 pages. First editon. Clearly explains the production of printed matter with many illustrations. Edited by Margit Malmstrom. READ MORE about PRODUCTION FOR THE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 121367
DIE GRUNDLAGEN DER ZEICHNUNG.
Leipzig: Hermann Seemann, n.d. large 8vo. cloth. xii, 392, (4) pages. Translation of "The Bases of Design." Ten chapters on art and design; well-illustrated. Indexed. Covers discolored. Corners and tail of spine bumped. Some light foxing of early leaves. READ MORE about DIE GRUNDLAGEN DER ZEICHNUNG
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 50656
THE CREATIVE ILLUSTRATION BOOK.
(New York: Black Book Marketing Group, 1990. 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 372 pages. An annual survey of graphic illustrators and their agents. Illustrated wityh color examples of high caliber graphics. A fine copy. READ MORE about THE CREATIVE ILLUSTRATION BOOK
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 65113
ABE LERNER 1908-2002.
New York: The Typophiles, 2003. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 31+(1) pages. Typophiles Monograph New Series #20. Known throughout the world of typography, Abe Lerner was a highly respected and talented typographer/book designer with links to the likes of the great Bruce Rogers. With a meticulous eye for detail and clean design, he was constantly working on new projects. With a career that landed him as the Director of Design and Production at Macmillan, President..... READ MORE about ABE LERNER 1908-2002
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 75326
BOOK DESIGN IN PRAGUE, 1960-1990.
New York: The Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography, 1992. tall 4to. self paper wrapper, stiff paper dust jacket. Unpaginated. A catalogue for an exhibition at Cooper Union of examples of modern Czech book design, with several introductory essays. Illustrated in color. READ MORE about BOOK DESIGN IN PRAGUE, 1960-1990
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 47053
da, THE PAPER QUARTERLY FOR THE GRAPHIC ARTS.
Westfield, MA: Paper Makers Advertising Association, 1967-1977. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Twenty-seven issues of da , which had evolved from Direct Advertising (1911). Each issue contains many full color illustrations, samples of paper and great design concepts. The title changes to Printing Paper beginning with Volume 63, No.4. READ MORE about da, THE PAPER QUARTERLY FOR THE GRAPHIC ARTS
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 77725
BOKENS HISTORIA.
(Stockholm): Forum, (1961). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 287+(1) pages. Text in Swedish. Second revised edition. Translated into Swedish from Danish by Henning Wieslander. A general history of the book from ancient times to the 20th century. Foreward by the translator, table of contents, bibliography, and index. Black and white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket worn at edges with spine faded. READ MORE about BOKENS HISTORIA
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 115354
SCANDINAVIAN BOOKMAKING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
Urbana: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1968. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 134 pages. First edition. Talks about the William Morris effect on Scandinavia during the turn of the century. READ MORE about SCANDINAVIAN BOOKMAKING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 34611
GRAPHICS, DESIGN INTO PRODUCTION.
(London): Faber & Faber, 1975. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 154 pages. Reprint of the 1973 first edition. A look through a designer's eyes at the main methods of graphic reproduction in use twenty-five years ago. "The book's aim is deliberately limited to the provision of facts" about production. Chapters on The Scope of Graphics Today, Printing and Printers, Words into Print, Pictures into Print, Graphics Not on Paper, and Functional Considerations. With 125 illustrations. Glossary..... READ MORE about GRAPHICS, DESIGN INTO PRODUCTION
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 64084
GRAPHICS, DESIGN INTO PRODUCTION.
(London): Faber & Faber, 1975. 8vo. cloth. 154 pages. Reprint of the 1973 first edition. A look through a designer's eyes at the main methods of graphic reproduction in use twenty-five years ago. "The book's aim is deliberately limited to the provision of facts" about production. Chapters on The Scope of Graphics Today, Printing and Printers, Words into Print, Pictures into Print, Graphics Not on Paper, and Functional Considerations. With 125 illustrations. Glossary. READ MORE about GRAPHICS, DESIGN INTO PRODUCTION
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 78401
PACKAGE AND PRINT, THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONTAINER AND LABEL DESIGN.
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, (1968). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 112 pages plus 209 plates. First American Edition. A book about packaging before the word "packaging" was invented. History of the development of packaging and container and label design from the sixteenth century. Light wear to jacket. READ MORE about PACKAGE AND PRINT, THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONTAINER AND LABEL DESIGN
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 25712