(Harper Woods, Michigan: The Adagio Press), n.d. large 12mo. stiff paper wrapper. (8) pages. Not in Tanner and Alstrom. Bahr's thoughts on the purpose of Adagio Press, influenced by Daniel Berkeley Updike's PRINTING TYPES. READ MORE about ADAGIO
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 94189
New York: n.p., 1945. 12mo. cloth-backed boards. 36 pages. First edition. Bookplate on front pastedown. A fine copy. History of an important group of American typographers. Color ornamentation. READ MORE about 25TH ANNIVERSARY NEW YORK GROUP ADVERTISING TYPOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. 1920-1945
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 32
Berkeley: CODEX Foundation, The, 2026. 8.5 x 6.75 x .5 inches. perfect bound. 114 pages. For this volume, we encouraged our contributors to think about the role of craft within the fields of artists' books and fine press publications, as well as how these works fit into the greater world of contemporary art. Conversations about craft in contemporary art practices have met with some resistance in the past. However, we currently find ourselves in an..... READ MORE about THE CODEX PAPERS: VOLUME 5
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 143154
Stockholm: n.p. (Royal Library)), 1912. 8vo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 152 pages. Part III, fasc. 1 of the work listed in Besterman 5949. Entries no. 4951-5810 (i.e. 860) of this work. The making and selling of books, and the history thereof. The supplement lists bibliographies, biobibliographies, books on library science and archives, and library catalogues. Concludes with list of corrections and errata. Unopened. Covers detached and missing pieces; backing missing. READ MORE about SVERIGES BIBLIOGRAFISKA LITTERATUR FORTECKNAD AF J...TREDJE DELEN, HAFT 1, TYPOGRAFI OCH...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 52954
Rochester, NY: Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2012. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 288, (2) pages. Edited by Robert Bringhurst. A fine copy of this very scarce book. Table of contents, foreword, introduction, afterword, two appendices, bibliography, reproduction credits, index. A study of the work of typographer Simon de Colines. Black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about THE SCYTHE AND THE RABBIT: SIMON DE COLINES AND THE CULTURE OF THE BOOK IN RENAISSANCE PARIS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 131449
Cambridge: The Houghton Library, 1985. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. x, 94, (2) pages. A catalogue from the exhibition held at The Houghton Library in 1985, which featured Spanish and Portuguese books from the sixteenth century. A near fine copy. Almost all of the books were collected and donated by the late Philip Hofer, founding Curator of the Department. This collection provides an overall view of printing and illustration of the time, and documents the..... READ MORE about SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE 16TH CENTURY BOOKS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PRINTING AND GRAPHIC ARTS
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 60766
Chicago, IL: Ragan Report Press, 1978. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, spiral bound. (iv), 135+(1) pages. Third printing. Table of contents, glossary. Instructions for the publishing of newspapers and magazines. Previous owner's name on title. Spiral binding cracked. READ MORE about ARNOLD'S ANCIENT AXIOMS: TYPOGRAPHY FOR PUBLICATIONS EDITORS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134157
N.P. Advertising Typographers Association of America, (1969). 4to. cloth. 158 pages. Fourth edition. A fine copy. Covers all aspects of printing; ie, paper, type, different methods of illustrating, typography. Includes a glossary of terms. READ MORE about ATA ADVERTISING PRODUCTION HANDBOOK
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 326
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2026. 10 x 7 inches. hardcover, sewn. 672 pages. From Jikji to Gutenberg: The Origins of Book Printing from Moveable Metal Type represents a preliminary investigation into the birth of metal type and the first books printed from it in both the Eastern and the Western hemispheres. Whether the page you are reading is ink on paper or pixels on a screen, the global origins that led to these..... READ MORE about FROM JIKJI TO GUTENBERG: THE ORIGINS OF BOOK PRINTING FROM MOVEABLE METAL TYPE
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 143043
Chapel Hill, NC: Hanes Foundation, 1996. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 28, (2) pages. First edition. A fine copy. Printing of a lecture given by Nicolas Barker in Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill. The lecture was tenth in the Hanes Lecture Series. Presented by the Hanes Foundation for the study and the origin and development of the book. READ MORE about THE FUTURE OF TYPOGRAPHICAL STUDIES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 70638
With an Addendum by J.W. Muller giving the Principal Dates and Personages in Printing History.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1925. folio. cloth-backed boards, top edge gilt, slipcase. 185, (3) pages. With an Addendum by J.W. Muller giving the Principal Dates and Personages in Printing History. First edition, limited to 585 copies. Spine lightly rubbed, rubbing to extremities of the slipcase, else a fine copy in near fine slipcase. Contains five plates and much information. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIC TREASURES IN EUROPE AND A STUDY OF CONTEMPORANEOUS BOOK PRODUCTION IN GREAT BRITAIN,...
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 41619
(New Haven): Yale University Press, 2004. 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 159+(1) pages. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Explores the influence of the Bauhaus and modernism on typography and book design. The author studies the work of key figures associated with the Bauhaus to support his thesis that a revolution took place in graphic design. Frontispiece. table of contents, preface, introductory essays. Black and white illustrations throughout. Select bibliography, index of designers and..... READ MORE about BAUHAUS, MODERNISM AND THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 109003
New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2007. 9.5 x 10 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 128 pages. First edition. This book is the long-awaited successor to the classic An Atlas of Typeforms, the great visually-led history of type that Alan Bartram and James Sutton produced in 1968. Much has changed in the last 40 years, not least the teaching of typography and the means by which it is created. Because..... READ MORE about TYPEFORMS: A HISTORY
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 95866
With a foreword by Charles Bigelow.
New York: Design Press, 1988. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 144 pages. With a foreword by Charles Bigelow. First U.S. edition. Covers lightly yellowed, else a near fine copy. An English language version of LA TYPOGRAPHIE AU TABLEAU NOIR which was first published in 1984. A good general introduction to the principles of graphic design. Directly reproduced from handwriting. Well illustrated. READ MORE about HOW TYPOGRAPHY WORKS AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 28248
Meriden, CT: Bayberry Hill Press, 1975. 4to. quarter cloth, marbled paper-covered boards, paper spine and front cover labels. (iv), 27+(1) pages. Limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by author on colophon. Poem by J. Johnson on title. A reflection on the demise of the typographer and the compositor with the onslaught of "Cold Type" and the computer. Illustrated. Complimentary gift card laid in. READ MORE about A BACKWARD GLANCE
Price: $68.00 Order nr. 128500
New York: Lathrop C. Harper, Inc., n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 112 pages. "European, English and American Literature - The Fine Arts, including Painting, Engraving and Architecture - Genealogy & Heraldry - Incunabula - Manuscripts - Dictionaries and Vocabularies - The Arts of teh Book, including formation of libraries, the Book Trade, Typography, Illustration and Binding - mainly from the library of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, the noted 19th century historian and collector, co-founder of the..... READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND REFERENCE BOOKS
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 101336
London: Blandford Press, 1949. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 152 pages. First edition. Ownership inscription in ink of J. D. Reynolds on front free endpaper. Dust jacket worn and loosely inserted into the rear. Dampstain on front board, leaf for page 115-116 loose, else a good copy. Well illustrated introduction to typography. READ MORE about APPROACH TO TYPE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 37525
London: Blandford Press, (1961). small 4to. cloth. 136 pages. Second edition. Well illustrated introduction to typography. Minor jacket chipping. Bookplate. READ MORE about AN APPROACH TO TYPE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 19724
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, (1973). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 192 pages. First edition. Small tear to the dust jacket, else a near fine copy. Profusely illustrated. READ MORE about ART OF THE PRINTED BOOK 1455-1955; MASTERPIECES OF TYPOGRAPHY THROUGH FIVE CENTURIES FROM THE...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 658
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, (1974). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 192 pages. First edition, second printing. Price-clipped dust jacket, a very good copy. Profusely illustrated. READ MORE about ART OF THE PRINTED BOOK 1455-1955; MASTERPIECES OF TYPOGRAPHY THROUGH FIVE CENTURIES FROM THE...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 22373
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, (1984). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 192 pages. First edition, fourth printing. Profusely illustrated. Name in ink. READ MORE about ART OF THE PRINTED BOOK 1455-1955; MASTERPIECES OF TYPOGRAPHY THROUGH FIVE CENTURIES FROM THE...
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 36775
Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College Library, (1989). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 250, (2) pages. Reprint of first edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. A study of the more interesting of American typographers from colonial times to the present. Well illustrated. READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 34364
Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College Library, (1989). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xvi, 250, (2) pages. Reprint of first edition. A fine copy. A study of the more interesting of American typographers from colonial times to the present. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 45842
Boston: David R. Godine, (1977). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 250, (2) pages. First edition. A study of the more interesting of American typographers from colonial times to the present. Well-illustrated. With a small paper label on the free endpaper calling attention to the fact that this book was printed on Mohawk Superfine Text. READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA
Price: $18.00 Order nr. 105191
Boston: David R. Godine, (1977). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 250, (2) pages. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. A study of the more interesting of American typographers from colonial times to the present. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 124825
