Bringhurst, Robert and Peter Rutledge Koch, et al.

CARVING THE ELEMENTS: A COMPANION TO THE FRAGMENTS OF PARMENIDES.

Berkeley: Editions Koch, 2004. 6 x 9 inches. Paperback. 138 pages. First edition. This companion piece to The Fragments of Parmenides reveals the "blood, sweat and tears" the creators put into their original book. Carving the Elements tells the detailed story of the making of The Fragments of Parmenides, a grandiose book project meticulously crafted by: master letterpress printer Peter Koch; poet, translator and typographer Robert Bringhurst; punchcutter, type designer, typefounder and poet Dan Carr;... READ MORE about CARVING THE ELEMENTS: A COMPANION TO THE FRAGMENTS OF PARMENIDES

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Clouse, Doug.

MACKELLAR, SMITHS & JORDAN: TYPOGRAPHIC TASTEMAKERS OF THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2008. 8.5 x 11 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 176 pages. A SIGNED COPY BY THE AUTHOR OF THIS LOVELY BOOK First edition. This is the first full-length study of the leading American type foundry of the nineteenth century. It is an interesting history of the foundry from both a business and a design point of view. The emphasis is on the design of the hundreds of typefaces that were... READ MORE about MACKELLAR, SMITHS & JORDAN: TYPOGRAPHIC TASTEMAKERS OF THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY

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Danforth Jr., Ted.

PIETRO BEMBO: 'FOSTER FATHER' OF THE MODERN BOOK.

New York: The Typophiles, 2003. 6 x 9.5 inches. paperback. 33+(1) pages. Typophile Monograph - New Series, Number 18. 500 years ago, with the publication of a small octavo Virgil, the modern printed book emerged due to Venetian printer Aldo Manuzio (Aldus). Previous to this, the printing press had been seen primarily as a means of mechanically reproducing manuscript books. It was Pietro Bembo (1470-1547) who gave Aldus the idea for the small format of... READ MORE about PIETRO BEMBO: 'FOSTER FATHER' OF THE MODERN BOOK

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Hudson, Graham.

THE DESIGN AND PRINTING OF EPHEMERA IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA, 1720-1920.

New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2008. 8.5 x 11 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 160 pages. First edition. Ephemera has been collected for many years, but only recently has it become widely accepted as material for academic study. This is the first book to discuss ephemera as an aspect of design history, showing how function, production process and period have affected the changing appearance of billheads, trade cards, flyers... READ MORE about THE DESIGN AND PRINTING OF EPHEMERA IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA, 1720-1920

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Rosendorf, Theodore.

THE TYPOGRAPHIC DESK REFERENCE.

(TDR) With a Foreword by Ellen Lupton
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2009. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Hardcover. 152 pages. (TDR) With a Foreword by Ellen Lupton. First edition, later printing. The Typographic Desk Reference (aka TDR) is comprised of a thousand facts on the form of Latin-based writing systems. The book includes the following four main sections: Terms - Definitions of format, measurements, practice, standards, tools, and industry lingo; Glyphs -The list of standard ISO and extended Latin characters, symbols... READ MORE about THE TYPOGRAPHIC DESK REFERENCE

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 96672

Rossen, Susan F. (editor).

INLAND PRINTERS: THE FINE-PRESS MOVEMENT IN CHICAGO, 1920-1945.

Chicago: The Caxton Club, 2003. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, smythsewn: drawn-on, hinge-scored cover; trimmed flush. 40 pages. Full color catalogue written for the Caxton Club exhibition Inland Printers: The Fine-Press Movement in Chicago, 1920-45, held at Columbia College in Chicago, January 15, 2003. Features writings of 12 Caxtonians including: John P. Chalmers, Robert A. Cotner, Kim Coventry, Celia Hilliard, Thomas J. Joyce, Arthur H. Miller, Frank J. Piehl, Susan F. Rossen, Michael Thompson, and... READ MORE about INLAND PRINTERS: THE FINE-PRESS MOVEMENT IN CHICAGO, 1920-1945

Price: $15.00 save 20% $12.00  other currencies  Order nr. 72548

Updike, Daniel Berkeley.

PRINTING TYPES, THEIR HISTORY, FORMS AND USE.

2 volumes in one.
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2001. 6.5 x 9 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 1,088 pages. 2 volumes in one. Third edition, reprinted with new introduction by Martin Hutner. This extraordinary work explores the art of typography from the dawn of printing to the twentieth century. By tracing the development of type design, Updike discusses the importance of each historic period and the lessons they contain for today's designers. The original two-volume set has been... READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES, THEIR HISTORY, FORMS AND USE

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Young, Matthew McLennan.

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE PRINTERS' INTERNATIONAL SPECIMEN EXCHANGE.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2012. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 160 pages. "Matthew Young's book showcases over 80 specimens (full size and in color), and gives a detailed account of the behind-the-scenes machinations that affected the course of the Specimen Exchange.... If you are interested in the history of graphic design, Young's book is a wonderful account of a lesser-known part of the story. It's handsome and lucidly presented and worth... READ MORE about THE RISE AND FALL OF THE PRINTERS' INTERNATIONAL SPECIMEN EXCHANGE

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(Aldus Manutius). Staikos, Konstantinos Sp.

THE GREEK EDITIONS OF ALDUS MANUTIUS AND HIS GREEK COLLABORATORS.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. 6.7 x 9.5 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 312 pages. The Greek Editions of Aldus Manutius and his Greek Collaborators was first published in Greek in 2015, in order to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of the Venetian printer. A succinct introduction on the pioneers of Renaissance humanism in Crete is followed by a thorough presentation of the graphic aspect of Aldus's Greek editions, that is, initials... READ MORE about THE GREEK EDITIONS OF ALDUS MANUTIUS AND HIS GREEK COLLABORATORS

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(Calligraphy). Knight, Stan.

HISTORICAL SCRIPTS FROM CLASSICAL TIMES TO THE RENAISSANCE.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and John Neal, Bookseller, (2009). 4to. hardcover, dust jacket. 112 pages. Reprint with minor corrections of second edition. The craft of calligraphy has a 2000-year history in the Western world. Up to the time of the Renaissance, calligraphy was the only means of preserving literature, and so, it played a vital role in the spread of learning, culture, and religion. Historical scripts were not rigidly-fixed "styles;" they represented the... READ MORE about HISTORICAL SCRIPTS FROM CLASSICAL TIMES TO THE RENAISSANCE

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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

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(Goudy, Frederic W.). Goudy, Frederic W.

GOUDY'S TYPE DESIGNS, HIS STORY AND SPECIMENS.

New Rochelle: The Myriade Press, 1978. small 8vo. Paperback. 285+(1) pages. This book is not only Goudy's autobiography, but it is the most complete record to date of his typographic contribution, which has had a major worldwide effect. First published in 1946 as one of the Typophile Chapbooks XIII and XIV, entitled A HALF-CENTURY OF TYPE DESIGN AND TYPOGRAPHY, this second edition is available as the student and professional typographer's working tool, as well as... READ MORE about GOUDY'S TYPE DESIGNS, HIS STORY AND SPECIMENS

Price: $14.95  other currencies  Order nr. 47020

(Rogers, Bruce). Mansbridge, Georgia.

BRUCE ROGERS: AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHER.

New York: The Typophiles, 1997. small 8vo. cloth. xiii, 95, (3) pages. Limited to 500 copies. Chap Book, New Series, Number One. Short biography of Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), a reprint of the 1965 Master's Thesis by Mansbridge, who was acquainted with Mr. Rogers during the last decade or so of his life. (Facing the title page is a photo of the author and Mr. Rogers.) There is no discussion of books designed by Mr. Rogers... READ MORE about BRUCE ROGERS: AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHER

Price: $85.00 save 20% $68.00  other currencies  Order nr. 61160