(Caflisch, Max). Zapf, Hermann et al.

MAX CAFLISCH, TYPOGRAPHIA PRACTICA.

Hamburg: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1988. tall 4to. grey cloth stamped in blind and in gilt. 355, (3) pages. First edition, limited to 1400 copies. Minor bumped corners, else a fine copy. An excellently produced new book devoted to the work of the Swiss designer and type historian, Max Caflisch. Text in German. Contributions by Berlincourt, Bertheau, Bosshard, Blum, Gschwend, Darrell Hyder (in English), Jager, Ramseger, Romano, Schmid, Stresow, Unger, Willberg and Hermann Zapf. Filled with illustrations of..... READ MORE about MAX CAFLISCH, TYPOGRAPHIA PRACTICA

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 25210

(Gutenberg). Lawson, Alexander S., Archibald D. Provan and Herma.

DEAR JOHANNES GUTENBERG.

N.P. NP, 1980. 25 x 17.25 inches. broadside. A letter to Gutenberg from three contemporary masters of the printer's art, reassuring him that the form of typography he invented will always be vital to the craft of printing despite technological changes. A near fine copy. Signed in ink below the text by Lawson, Provan and Zapf. Finely letterpress printed at the Press of the Good Mountain on Ticonderoga stock, the body of text in black..... READ MORE about DEAR JOHANNES GUTENBERG

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 46352

Holtzapffel, Charles.

CHARLES HOLTZAPFFEL'S PRINTING APPARATUS FOR THE USE OF AMATEURS REPRINTED FROM THE THIRD GREATLY ENLARGED EDITION OF 1846 AND EDITED BY JAMES MOSLEY & DAVID CHAMBERS.

Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1971. 8vo. cloth. xli, 88, xliii-xlviii pages. This edition reprints the first English manual intended for the private press printer. Fascinating reading, much of this information is good practical advice for those interested in letterpress printing, even today. With fifteen pages of type specimens, ornaments, and a priced catalogue devoted to all the other apparatus, this book describes the Parlour Press, a hinged bellows-type press operated by a beaked lever on..... READ MORE about CHARLES HOLTZAPFFEL'S PRINTING APPARATUS FOR THE USE OF AMATEURS REPRINTED FROM THE THIRD...

Price: $12.80  other currencies  Order nr. 11930

(Morris, William). Zapf, Hermann.

WILLIAM MORRIS: SEIN LEBEN UND WERK IN DER GESCHICHTE DER BUCH- UND SCHRIFTKUNST.

Scharbeutz: Klaus Blanckertz, (1949). 4to. quarter cloth with laid paper-covered boards and pictoral label on front cover, dust jacket. 62+(1) pages. First edition. Fine in fine jacket. The introduction, the only portion of the book simultaneously translated into English and German, states, "This monograph is intended to make the Germans more closely acquainted with William Morris the man and with his longing and striving for the truth of art...at the same time appreciating his eminent..... READ MORE about WILLIAM MORRIS: SEIN LEBEN UND WERK IN DER GESCHICHTE DER BUCH- UND SCHRIFTKUNST

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 78180

Schauer, Georg Kurt.

KLASSIFIKATION: BEMÜHUNGEN UM EINE ORDNUNG IM DRUCKSCHRIFTENBESTAND.

Darmstadt, Germany: Hermann Zapf, 1975. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 180, (2) pages. Text in German. A near fine copy. A historical guide to type faces employed by German publishers. Introduction. Table of contents. READ MORE about KLASSIFIKATION: BEMÜHUNGEN UM EINE ORDNUNG IM DRUCKSCHRIFTENBESTAND

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 119241

Tiessen, Wolfgang.

SERVING AUTHOR AND READER. ABOUT THE DESIGN OF MY BOOKS. TYPHOPHILE MONOGRAPH NEW SERIES NO. 4.

New York: The Typophiles, 1987. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 17+(1) pages plus 20 full-page plates. First edition. Edited by Abe Lerner, President of The Typophiles. Translated from the German by Stefan B. Polter. Issued to contradict an unfavorable review of Tiessen's books in "Fine Print." READ MORE about SERVING AUTHOR AND READER. ABOUT THE DESIGN OF MY BOOKS. TYPHOPHILE MONOGRAPH NEW SERIES NO. 4

Price: $12.80  other currencies  Order nr. 21581

Zapf, Hermann.

Broadside with Hermann Zapf specimen alphabet.

Frankfurt am Main, Germany: n.p., 1959. broadside, 14 x 18 inches. Specimen of a Zapf alphabet with tributes from Douglas McMurtrie, Emanuel Geibel, and three anonymous. Tributes in English, French, Greek, and German. For Philip Hofer in Cambridge. A small tear along the top edge, else a fine copy. READ MORE about Broadside with Hermann Zapf specimen alphabet

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 119865

(Zapf, Hermann).

CHAMPION PAPERS, THE PRINTING SALESMAN'S HERALD, BOOK 39, DEDICATED TO THE WORK OF HERMANN ZAPF.

N.P. Champion Papers, (1978). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 36 pages. Designed by Zapf and filled with his comments and illustrations, often produced in color. Covers rubbed with fading. READ MORE about CHAMPION PAPERS, THE PRINTING SALESMAN'S HERALD, BOOK 39, DEDICATED TO THE WORK OF HERMANN ZAPF

Price: $12.00  other currencies  Order nr. 114284

(Zapf, Hermann). Dreyfus, John and Knut Erichson (editors).

ABC-XYZAPF, FIFTY YEARS IN ALPHABET DESIGN, PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS SELECTED HERMANN ZAPF.

London and Offenbach: Wynkyn de Worde Society and Bund Deutscher Buchkünstler, (1989). 4to. cloth. 251, (2) pages. First edition. Presentation card inscribed by Zapf loosely inserted. A fine copy. A collection of about 40 essays reflecting upon the personality and career of typographer, Hermann Zapf, including one by Zapf himself. Text is in German and English. Illustrated, some in color. READ MORE about ABC-XYZAPF, FIFTY YEARS IN ALPHABET DESIGN, PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS SELECTED...

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 109571

(Zapf, Hermann).

FIRST ANNUAL FREDERIC W. GOUDY AWARD. PRESENTED TO HERMANN ZAPF.

Rochester: School of Printing, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1969. 8vo. paper wrappers. 4 page french fold. An announcement of the presentation of the Frederic W. Goudy Award to Hermann Zapf. Listed are his accomplishments and his type designs from 1940 to 1969. READ MORE about FIRST ANNUAL FREDERIC W. GOUDY AWARD. PRESENTED TO HERMANN ZAPF

Price: $12.00  other currencies  Order nr. 57353

(Zapf, Hermann).

HERMANN ZAPF, CALLIGRAPHER, TYPE-DESIGNER AND TYPOGRAPHER AN EXHIBITION ARRANGED AND CIRCULATED BY THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER, CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM.

(New York: Amsterdam Continental Types, 1960). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, paper spine label. (62) pages. Lists 170 items and has many illustrations Also contains a list of type-faces designed by Zapf. A near fine copy. READ MORE about HERMANN ZAPF, CALLIGRAPHER, TYPE-DESIGNER AND TYPOGRAPHER AN EXHIBITION ARRANGED AND CIRCULATED...

Price: $16.00  other currencies  Order nr. 10995

(Zapf, Hermann).

HOMMAGE A` HERMANN ZAPF.

N.P. n.p., 1988. 4to. single broadsides. (40) pages. Text in English and German. Limited to 50 numbered sets. A fine set. Some of the specimen sheets contains illustrations. Some printed in color. A lovely contribution to Hermann Zapf from an event on November 8, 1988. Contributors include Dwight Agner, Leonard F. Bahr, Colin Banks / Ian Mortimer, Fernand Baudin, Gotthard de Beauclair, Bruce Beck, Harold Berliner, Chuck Bigelow and Kris Holmes, Gunnlaugur Briem..... READ MORE about HOMMAGE A` HERMANN ZAPF

Price: $200.00  other currencies  Order nr. 142576