Bahr, Leonard (editor).

TYPETOPICS [then later] TYPE TOPICS. SIXE ISSUES.

Detroit, MI): Willens + Michigan, 1983-1985. 4to. each issue is a single broadside, folded once or twice. (6) issues. The first six issues of this virtually unknown series edited, designed, and produced entirely by Leonard Bahr. All sixe issues in fine condition. This set also includes an A.L.s. by Leonard Bahr on his stationary for the designer, Max Caflisch, thanking him for a couple pieces of typography for his reference library, as well as gifting..... READ MORE about TYPETOPICS [then later] TYPE TOPICS. SIXE ISSUES

Price: $80.00  other currencies  Order nr. 142900

Baudin, Fernand.

FROM MECHANICAL TO CYBERNETIC EXERCISES.

New York: The Typophiles, 1997. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (ii), 18, (4) pages. Typophile Monograph New Series - Number 14. Limited to 500 copies designed, printed and bound by Dan Carr & Julia Ferrari at Golgonooza Letter Foundry & Press. Preface by Theo Rehak. Distributed for the Typophiles by Oak Knoll Press. READ MORE about FROM MECHANICAL TO CYBERNETIC EXERCISES

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 61928

Cameron, William J. and Brian J. McMullin, Joginder K. Sood.

THE HPB PROJECT: PHASE II, DESCRIBING AN EXPERIMENT IN CREATING A COMPUTERIZED CUMULATIVE SHORT-TITLE CATALOG OF HAND-PRINTED BOOKS LEADING TO A UNIVERSAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS PRINTED 1453-1800.

London, Canada: University of Western Ontario, 1970. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. iv, 165 pages. With chapters on "Principles of Short-Title Cataloging", "Computerizing a Short-Title Catalog", "Using the Computerized Short-Title Catalog", and "Research and Development". Contains variously numbered entries. Laid-in is a letter to Bridson by William J. Cameron, asking him for his comments and criticism of the book. Minor wear. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson on the front cover. READ MORE about THE HPB PROJECT: PHASE II, DESCRIBING AN EXPERIMENT IN CREATING A COMPUTERIZED CUMULATIVE...

Price: $36.00  other currencies  Order nr. 102154

Casper, Scott E., et.al.(editors).

PERSPECTIVES ON AMERICAN BOOK HISTORY, ARTIFACTS AND COMMENTARY.

Boston: University of Massachusetts Press, (2002). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, CD-ROM in book pocket. ix, (iii), 460, (2). Published in association with the American Antiquarian Society and The Center for the Book, Library of Congress. A fine copy. The first text designed for the growing number of courses in American print culture, as well as a unique supplement for courses in American literature and history. Chapters trace topics in print culture from Puritan New England..... READ MORE about PERSPECTIVES ON AMERICAN BOOK HISTORY, ARTIFACTS AND COMMENTARY

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 74028

(King, Jessie M.). White, Colin.

A GUIDE TO THE PRINTED WORK OF JESSIE M. KING.

With the CD "Illustrations: Supplement to the Book"
New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and the British Library, 2007. 7 x 10 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 230 pages plus 8 pages of plates. With the CD "Illustrations: Supplement to the Book" Jessie M. King (1875-1949) was the foremost Scottish book designer and illustrator of the 20th century. Her work reflected the mixture of Symbolism and Arts & Crafts practiced by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the others of "The Four" in Glasgow where..... READ MORE about A GUIDE TO THE PRINTED WORK OF JESSIE M. KING

Price: $90.00  other currencies  Order nr. 93073

Miller, J. Hillis.

ILLUSTRATION.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1992. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 168 pages. An in depth look into the divide between the theoretical approaches of deconstruction and the field of cultural studies. Draws from well-known literary sources such as Dickens, Twain, Heidegger. Miller describes cultural studies as a means of contextualizing art. Contains 45 illustrations, including several in color. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Pencil gift note for previous owner on free front endpaper lightly..... READ MORE about ILLUSTRATION

Price: $16.00  other currencies  Order nr. 98928

(Preservation). Harvey, Ross and Weatherburn, Jaye.

PRESERVING DIGITAL MATERIALS.

Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 249 pages. Third edition. Fine copy. READ MORE about PRESERVING DIGITAL MATERIALS

Price: $36.00  other currencies  Order nr. 135305

Ray, Gordon N.

THE ART DECO BOOK IN FRANCE.

Edited by Tanselle, G. Thomas. Printed by Heritage Letterpress of Charlotte, North Carolina.
Charlottesville, VA: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 2005. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover. 159 pages. Edited by Tanselle, G. Thomas. Printed by Heritage Letterpress of Charlotte, North Carolina. When Gordon Ray delivered the Lyell Lectures at Oxford in 1985, he chose as his subject the Art Deco book illustrations and bindings produced in France in the 1920s. This topic was not a surprising choice, for he had previously written magisterial annotated catalogues, largely..... READ MORE about THE ART DECO BOOK IN FRANCE

Price: $60.00  other currencies  Order nr. 89578

(Type Specimens). CAST (Cooperativa Anonima Servizi Tipografici).

ALFABETI MODERNISTI. TYPE SPECIMENS. EDIZ. ILUSSTRATA.

Milano, Italy: Lazy Dog Press, 2025. 23.5 x 28.5 cm. softcover with flaps. 64 pages. Alfabeti Modernisti Type Specimens illustrates twenty-five digital revivals based on wooden and lead typefaces produced in Italy in the 1930s and 1940s, documenting a research and enhancement project that intertwines memory and design and gives new voice to a little-explored chapter of Italian graphic design. Very popular at the time but now forgotten, the typefaces have been recovered by Luca..... READ MORE about ALFABETI MODERNISTI. TYPE SPECIMENS. EDIZ. ILUSSTRATA

Price: $24.00  other currencies  Order nr. 142466

(Warwick Press). Gehnrich, Daniel.

GYPSY BOOKBINDER.

Easthampton MA: Warwick Press, 2005. 8vo. full limp black goat skin, red binder's stamp on front board, title stamped in gilt on front board and spine. not paginated. Limited to an edition of 80 copies, of which this is one of only two hors commerce copies bound thus by Daniel Gehnrich. A fine copy. Letterpress printed by Carol Blinn. This is the text of a speech given by Daniel Gehnrich, bookbinder and conservator, on the..... READ MORE about GYPSY BOOKBINDER

Price: $800.00  other currencies  Order nr. 139487