276.

Staikos, Konstantinos Sp.

PRINTERS' & PUBLISHERS' MARKS IN BOOKS FOR THE GREEK WORLD (1494-1821).

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and HES & DE GRAAF, 2009. 8.75 x 12.25 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 254 pages. This book contains reproductions of the printers and publishers marks of all those - both Greeks and non-Greeks - who printed or published books for Greek readers from the dawn of typography until just before the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in 1821. Their aim was to preserve the historical memory of..... READ MORE about PRINTERS' & PUBLISHERS' MARKS IN BOOKS FOR THE GREEK WORLD (1494-1821

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 102238

278.

Myers, Robin, Michael Harris and Giles Mandelbrote (editors).

BOOKS FOR SALE: THE ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION OF PRINT SINCE THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2009. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 208 pages. Advertising and promotion have always underpinned the business of bookselling but are often difficult for the historian to reconstruct. Once books were being produced in multiple copies, the book trade invested time, money, and imagination in the attempt to stimulate demand, manipulate customer choice, and expand the market. The mixed uses of marketing, both as..... READ MORE about BOOKS FOR SALE: THE ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION OF PRINT SINCE THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY

Price: $49.95  other currencies  Order nr. 100485

280.

Briggs, Asa.

A HISTORY OF LONGMANS AND THEIR BOOKS, 1724-1990: LONGEVITY IN PUBLISHING.

New Castle, Delaware and London, England: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2008. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 624 pages. First edition. Longmans is the oldest commercial publisher in the United Kingdom, founded in London in 1724 by Thomas Longman. Asa Briggs's history is told within the context not only of the book trade, but also of national and international social, economic, intellectual, and cultural history. It tells of the people who..... READ MORE about A HISTORY OF LONGMANS AND THEIR BOOKS, 1724-1990: LONGEVITY IN PUBLISHING

Price: $110.00  other currencies  Order nr. 96667

282.

Fleck, Robert D.

BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS: A HISTORY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OAK KNOLL PRESS, 1978-2008.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2008. 6 x 9 inches. Hardback, dust jacket. 238 pages. Written to mark Oak Knoll Press's thirtieth anniversary, Books about Books is a comprehensive history and bibliography of the press, from its beginning in 1978 through the fall of 2008. Bob Fleck, founder, owner, and president of the Press, tells the story of his adventures in publishing. Bob decided to leave the field of chemical engineering in 1976 to..... READ MORE about BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS: A HISTORY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OAK KNOLL PRESS, 1978-2008

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 99582

284.

McGuinne, Dermot.

IRISH TYPE DESIGN: A HISTORY OF PRINTING TYPES IN THE IRISH CHARACTER.

with a foreword by Hendrik D.L. Vervliet
Dublin: National Print Museum, 2010. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 236 pages. with a foreword by Hendrik D.L. Vervliet. Second edition. The designing of special type for printing Irish language texts began in the late sixteenth century and lasted into our own day, attracting the attention of many leading political and religious figures -Elizabeth I; Irish Franciscans in exile on the Continent; and at one point even Napoleon I - as well as..... READ MORE about IRISH TYPE DESIGN: A HISTORY OF PRINTING TYPES IN THE IRISH CHARACTER

Price: $55.00  other currencies  Order nr. 104562

286.

Knight, Stan.

HISTORICAL TYPES FROM GUTENBERG TO ASHENDENE.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2012. 9 x 12 inches. hardcover with dust jacket. 104 pages. "The photography in Historical Types is excellent. The commentary on each type identifies its salient features with expert skill. The result is an anthology that can be put into the hands of a lettering artist or a printer, in the confident expectation that both would learn what gives letterforms in print their distinctive character." - Nicolas Barker "A..... READ MORE about HISTORICAL TYPES FROM GUTENBERG TO ASHENDENE

Price: $39.95 save 50% $19.98  other currencies  Order nr. 105522

290.

Dair, Carl.

EPISTLES TO THE TORONTONIANS. WITH ARTICLES FROM CANADIAN PRINTER & PUBLISHER.

With an introduction by William Ross and notes by Rod McDonald.
Toronto and New Castle, Delaware: Coach House Press with Sheridan College and Oak Knoll Press, 2015. 9 x 11.25. hardcover cloth with wrap-around paper cover label, DVD in pocket in back. 130 pages numbered from the half title. With an introduction by William Ross and notes by Rod McDonald. "These letters document the immense skill that was required to take a letter from a drawing to a piece of type." - Jon Bath, SHARP News..... READ MORE about EPISTLES TO THE TORONTONIANS. WITH ARTICLES FROM CANADIAN PRINTER & PUBLISHER

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 126777

292.

Coakley, J.F.

THE TYPOGRAPHY OF SYRIAC: A HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF PRINTING TYPES, 1537-1958.

New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2006. 7 x 10 inches. hardcover. 272 pages. Syriac, a dialect of the ancient Aramaic language, has a remarkable Christian literature spanning a thousand years from the fourth to the thirteenth century, including important versions of the Bible. It remains the liturgical language of several churches in the Middle East, India, and the west, and 'Modern Syriac' is a vernacular still in use..... READ MORE about THE TYPOGRAPHY OF SYRIAC: A HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF PRINTING TYPES, 1537-1958

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 91843

294.

(Zapf, Hermann). Kelly, Jerry.

ABOUT MORE ALPHABETS: THE TYPES OF HERMANN ZAPF.

Foreword by Robert Bringhurst
New York: The Typophiles, 2011. 4.5 x 7 inches. hardcover. 112 pages. Foreword by Robert Bringhurst. Typophiles Chapbook, New Series, 3. "Letterforms are things that nearly all of us in the Western world have learned to take for granted. We treat them much like door knobs, water taps, thermostats, and hinges. We evidently think (in defiance of all logic) that what we read or write matters far more than how it's read or written, and..... READ MORE about ABOUT MORE ALPHABETS: THE TYPES OF HERMANN ZAPF

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 107426

296.

Hochuli, Jost.

ADRIAN FRUTIGER (1928-2015).

New York: The Typophiles, 2016. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 32 pages. Typophiles Monograph, New Series No. 30. The essay was written as a preface to the publication Adrian Frutiger, son oeuvre typographique et ses écrits (Villeurbanne: Maison du livre, de l'image et du son, 1994), for which the German-language original was translated into French. The original German version appeared later that same year in Adrian Frutiger, Denken und Schaffen einer Typografie, released by the..... READ MORE about ADRIAN FRUTIGER (1928-2015

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 130313

300.

Kelly, Jerry.

GOTTHARD DE BEAUCLAIR: ART AND LITERATURE THROUGH TYPOGRAPHY AND DESIGN.

With an Introduction by Hermann Zapf
New York: The Typophiles, 2006. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 48 pages. With an Introduction by Hermann Zapf. Born in 1907, Gotthard de Beauclair spent most of his life learning about calligraphy, printing, typography, and book design. With his expertise and skillful technique, he produced some of the finest examples of limited edition books. Even now, his work stands as a model for superior bookmaking. This catalogue includes an Introduction by Hermann Zapf and a...... READ MORE about GOTTHARD DE BEAUCLAIR: ART AND LITERATURE THROUGH TYPOGRAPHY AND DESIGN

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 108921

302.

Currie, Kit, et al.

ABE LERNER 1908-2002.

New York: The Typophiles, 2003. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 31+(1) pages. Typophiles Monograph New Series #20. Known throughout the world of typography, Abe Lerner was a highly respected and talented typographer/book designer with links to the likes of the great Bruce Rogers. With a meticulous eye for detail and clean design, he was constantly working on new projects. With a career that landed him as the Director of Design and Production at Macmillan, President..... READ MORE about ABE LERNER 1908-2002

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 75326

304.

(Typophiles). Rogers, Bruce.

A BR QUARTET, LETTERS FROM BRUCE ROGERS TO THOMAS BIRD MOSHER AT THE HOUGHTON LIBRARY.

New York: The Typophiles, 2001. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 19, (3) pages. Limited to 500 copies. Typophile Monograph, New Series, Number 17. Set in Linotype Caslon Old Face and printed by the Ascensius Press in Portland, Maine. Historical introduction by Philip R. Bishop, followed by transcripts of the letters. READ MORE about A BR QUARTET, LETTERS FROM BRUCE ROGERS TO THOMAS BIRD MOSHER AT THE HOUGHTON LIBRARY

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 64743