(Calligraphy).

INTERNATIONAL CALLIGRAPHY TODAY.

New York: Watson-Guptill Pubs. (1982). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 192 pages. Based on an exhibition organized by International Typeface Co., "the book represents the best work ... judged by a blue-ribbon ... jury of world-renowned calligraphers - Hermann Zapf (chairman),..." (dust jacket). Fine in near fine jacket. One hundred fifty-five illustrations, mostly black-and-white, of work from twenty-one countries. With biographical sketches of jurors and index of calligraphers. With a foreword by Zapf and an..... READ MORE about INTERNATIONAL CALLIGRAPHY TODAY

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 51916

(German Printing).

GERMAN FINE PRINTING 1948-1988.

New York: The Grolier Club, 1992. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. Printed in an edition limited 1500 copies. A fine copy. A checklist of an exhibition held at The Grolier Club, December 18, 1991 to March 12, 1992, on German printing. It was printed by letterpress from Joseph Blumenthal's Emerson and Hermann Zapf's Hunt roman types at The Stinehour Press. Includes 130 entries and is illustrated. READ MORE about GERMAN FINE PRINTING 1948-1988

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 59102

(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

PRINTING HISTORY, THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PRINTING HISTORY ASSOCIATION. NEW SERIES NO.6.

New York: American Printing History Association, 2009. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 47 pages. Barbara Heritage on collecting litho Jam Jar labels, Jerry Kelly on Hermann Zapf at 90, Richard L. Hopkins on saving printing history. READ MORE about PRINTING HISTORY, THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PRINTING HISTORY ASSOCIATION. NEW SERIES NO.6

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 115563

(Stempel). Zapf, Hermann.

GEDANKEN UND PROBLEME BEIM ENTWURF VON WERKSCHRIFTEN.

Frankfurt am Main: D. Stempel, (1958). small 8vo. paper wrappers. 16 pages. A short study of the different type faces offered by this foundry. A near fine copy. READ MORE about GEDANKEN UND PROBLEME BEIM ENTWURF VON WERKSCHRIFTEN

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 26182

(Type Specimens). Stempel.

PALATINO.

Frankfurt am Main: D. Stempel, n.d. small 4to. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. This type was designed by Hermann Zapf. A near fine copy. English language version sold by Amsterdam Continental Types. READ MORE about PALATINO

Price: $16.00  other currencies  Order nr. 25035

(Zapf, Hermann).

CALLIGRAPHIE ET TYPOGRAPHIE DE HERMANN ZAPF (ALLEMAGNE).

Bruxelles: Bibliotheque Albert I, 1962. 8vo. limp linen covers. (40) pages. An exhibition catalogue devoted to the work of Zapf. A fine copy. With plates of illustrations. Introduction by Herman Liebaers and translation into French by Nichole Tassoul. READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHIE ET TYPOGRAPHIE DE HERMANN ZAPF (ALLEMAGNE

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 36294

(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 & HIS DESIGN PHILOSOPHY, SELECTED ARTICLES AND LECTURES OF CALLIGRAPHY AND CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTS IN TYPE DESIGN, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES, AND A COMPLETE LIST OF HIS TYPEFACES.

Chicago: Society of Typographic Arts, (1987). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), 254, (2) pages. First edition. A fine copy in fine jacket. Filled with illustrations, often in color. Shows all 175 typefaces he designed including a number that have never been seen before. Since 1948 Zapf has designed 175 alphabets for hand composition, for the Linotype typesetting machine. A listing of the plates is inside the dust jacket flaps so they can be viewed as..... READ MORE about HERMANN ZAPF & HIS DESIGN PHILOSOPHY, SELECTED ARTICLES AND LECTURES OF CALLIGRAPHY AND...

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 20268

(Zapf, Hermann).

HERMANN ZAPF, EIN ARBEITSBERICHT.

Hamburg: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, (1984). tall 8vo. cloth. 177+(1) pages. Text in German. First edition, limited to 1600 copies. A fine copy. An exhibition catalogue with many reproductions in color of Zapf's work. Index in back. An important book. READ MORE about HERMANN ZAPF, EIN ARBEITSBERICHT

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 78251