Leipzig: Deutsche Bucherei, 1977. 8vo. paper wrappers. 79+(1) pages, with 1 illustration. Reprint of the 1884 edition, printed as Deutsche Bucherei's New Year's gift for 1978. Essay on the future of the book trades in Leipzig. Afterword by Helma Schaeffer. Illustration is tipped-in facsimile of original title page. Wrappers soiled. READ MORE about DIE ZUKUNFT DES BUCHGEWERBES IN LEIPZIG
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 48864
Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann, 1963. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 276 pages of text followed by 108 pages showing reproductions of book decoration. Second edition. Contains 213 illustrations in all. The best bibliography of pattern books. Jacket soiled and chipped along edges. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIE DER MODELBÜCHER, BESCHREIBENDES VERZEICHNIS DER STICK-UD SPITZENUSTERBÜCHER DES...
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 6826
Paris: Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1887. 8vo. original red cloth decorated in black and gilt, all edges gilt. (iv), 270, (2) pages. Reprint of 1886 first edition. Chapters on papermaking, binding, printing, etc. With 221 illustrations including a beautiful chromolithographic frontispiece. Very decorative cover. With the Randeria bookplate. READ MORE about LE LIVRE ET LES ARTS QUI S'Y RATTACHENT DUPUIS LES ORIGINES JUSQU'A LA FIN DU XVIIIE SIÈCLE
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 71822
Middlesex: Adana (Printing Machines) Ltd., (1965). square 8vo. cloth. 112 pages. Second edition. Near fine. READ MORE about BEGINNERS GUIDE TO DESIGN IN PRINTING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4441
New York: Princeton Architectural Press, (2004). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 176 pages. Guidebook for use of type to enhance the intended message of a publication. Three sections point out the role of letter, text and grid. Introduction, appendix, bibliography and index. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Fine condition. READ MORE about THINKING WITH TYPE: A CRITICAL GUIDE FOR DESIGNERS, WRITERS, EDITORS, & STUDENTS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 108602
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1999. small folio. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 112 page. The story of making the book Cathedral: Story of its Construction (1973). A study of book design and production. Short glossary follows text. Black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about BUILDING THE BOOK CATHEDRAL
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 126700
London, England: Lund Humphries, (1982). square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 229+(1) pages. First edition. Table of contents, preface, acknowledgments, lists of design books and exhibition catalogues, design collections. Index of designers, general index. 28 color plates, black and white illustrations throughout. Arranged chronologically. READ MORE about BRITISH DESIGN SINCE 1880: A VISUAL HISTORY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 125556
Tours: Association "Hotel Mame Centre Culturel" 1989. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 95+(1) pages. Catalogue published in connection with the 1989 Inagural Exposition, Tours, October-November 1989, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Mame publishing firm. Preface by Alfred Mame. Bibliography, acknowledgments, table of contents. Color and black and white illustrations. READ MORE about MAME ANGERS-PARIS-TOURS: DEUX SIECLES DU LIVRE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 115422
(Alhambra, CA: The Cunningham Press), (n.d.). 12mo. cloth-backed boards, paper cover label. (18) pages. Reprint from Mangan's "Design: The New Grammar of Advertising" first printed in 1940. Reprinted for those engaged in the Graphic Arts. David Green designed both this sample and the original work. READ MORE about DESIGN
Price: $22.00 Order nr. 24378
San Franscisco: L'Esperance, Sivertson & Beran, 1948. 12mo. paper-covered boards. 8 leaves. A brief essay. Designed by Richard Lemen. READ MORE about DESIGN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 51785
London: The Monotype Corporation Ltd., (1967). 4to. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (40) pages. Introductory text followed by the examples of printing. Printed at the Stamperia Valdonega. Light soiling to covers, else near fine. READ MORE about THE WORK OF GIOVANNI MARDERSTEIG WITH `MONOTYPE' FACES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 19540
New Rochelle, NY: The Elizabeth Press, (1977). 8vo. paper-covered boards, slip case. 64, (2) pages. A collection of poetry, limited to 400 copies designed by Martino Mardersteig. Spine slightly faded, minor tanning around slipcase edges. READ MORE about THE HALF OF A CIRCLE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 102925
(New Rochelle, NY): The Elizabeth Press, (1978). 8vo. paper-covered boards, slipcase. not paginated. A collection of poetry, limited to 300 copies designed by Martino Mardersteig. Minor wear at spine ends, Spine and corners of slipcase worn. READ MORE about SPACE OF
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 102897
Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1952. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (18) pages. The 52nd publication of this Union of printing craftsmen. Filled with illustrations, some in color. READ MORE about DAS SCHÖNE BUCH DER LETZTEN FÜNFZIG JAHRE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 17908
Edited by Susan C. McCrillis.
Boston: David R. Godine, (1974). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. Not paginated. Edited by Susan C. McCrillis. First edition. Set by hand by McCrillis; each initial is on a full-page and done in two colors. READ MORE about PRINTER'S ABECEDARIUM
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 35802
London: Scolar Press, (1979). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxxvi, 219 pages. First edition. Printed by the Stinehour Press. Filled with interesting information on book design in the United States and England. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about STANLEY MORISON & D.B. UPDIKE, SELECTED CORRESPONDENCE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 26713
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 1999. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 96 pages. First edition; Noted English typographer, Ruari McLean discusses the evolution of typography as an art form. Looking at the work of other well known typographers in England, Europe and America, the author examines the development of typography, starting in the 17th century with Moxon's Mechanick Exercises and progresses to the work of Jan Tschichold and his contemporaries. Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate..... READ MORE about HOW TYPOGRAPHY HAPPENS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 56807
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 1999. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 96 pages. First edition. Noted English typographer, Ruari McLean, discusses the evolution of typography as an art form. Looking at the work of other well known typographers in England, Europe and America, the author examines the development of typography, starting in the 17th century with Moxon's Mechanick Exercises and progresses to the work of Jan Tschichold and his contemporaries. READ MORE about HOW TYPOGRAPHY HAPPENS
Price: $21.95 Order nr. 56809
Fairlawn, NJ: Essential Books, 1959. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 116 pages. First U.S. edition. Illustrated. An important study. Jacket has small pieces missing along edge and is foxed. Pastedowns and endpapers also show foxing. READ MORE about MODERN BOOK DESIGN FROM WILLIAM MORRIS TO THE PRESENT DAY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 60462
(New York): Thames and Hudson, (1988). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 216 pages. Reprint of the first U.S. paperback edition. Contains an historical introduction and chapters on equipment, methods of composition, casting-off, and jobbing, newspaper and magazine production. Well illustrated. READ MORE about THE THAMES AND HUDSON MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 76328
(New York): Thames and Hudson, (1992). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 216 pages. Reprint of the first U.S. paperback edition, with corrections for this printing. Contains an historical introduction and chapters on equipment, methods of composition, casting-off, and jobbing, newspaper and magazine production. Well illustrated. READ MORE about THE THAMES AND HUDSON MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 108565
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, (1983). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (xii), 511 pages. Reprint of the first edition. A complete and comprehensive study of the development of graphic design from prehistoric times to the twentieth century. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF GRAPHIC DESIGN
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 24452
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, (1998). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (xvi), 510, (6) pages. Third edition. A complete and comprehensive study of the development of graphic design from prehistoric times to the twentieth century. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF GRAPHIC DESIGN
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 97880
New York: (Century Club), 1944. small 8vo. cloth. 93+(1) pages. Printed for the Century Club by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press, Boston (Smith 957). Brief eulogies of club members who died in 1943, including Steven Vincent Benet, Pierpont Morgan, and Lt. Tom La Farge, whose cutter foundered in an ice storm off the coast of Newfoundland while returning from a "difficult and very valuable work in the North Atlantic area." READ MORE about CENTURY MEMORIALS, 1943
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 63627
Providence: n.p., 1929. 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. (x), 32, (4) pages. Limited to 100 copies, printed by D. B. Updike of the Merrymount Press in Boston (Smith 702). A large portion of the recollection is written by Arnold Buffum Chace, Eliza's husband and widower, who also wrote the introduction. The last section is written by Margaret L. C. Rowland, Arnold and Eliza's daughter. Minor wear at extremities. READ MORE about AN APPRECIATION, ELIZA GREENE CHACE, MARCH 2, 1851 - DECEMBER 9, 1924
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 101252
