Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, 2018. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 466 pages. Pablo Alvarez offers the first complete English translation of Alonso Víctor de Paredes Institucion, y origen del arte de la imprenta, y reglas generales para los componedores [Institution, and Origin of the Art of Printing, and General Rules for Compositors]. This 96-page printing manual set and printed by Paredes himself was issued in Madrid around 1680. It opens with an introductory digression on..... READ MORE about ALONSO VÍCTOR DE PAREDES’ INSTITUTION, AND ORIGIN OF THE ART OF PRINTING, AND GENERAL RULES...

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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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New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., (1954). 4to. cloth. (x), 169, (3) pages. Third edition. Eight chapters on different aspects of typography. Tape marks on endpapers and pastedowns. READ MORE about LAYOUT, THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN TO ADVER TISING AND PRINTING

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With Reproductions of the Work of the Early Masters of the Craft, and a Practical Discussion and an Extensive Demonstration of the Modern Use of Type-Faces and Methods of Arrangement.
New York: Oswald Publishing Co., 1917. 4to. cloth, paper spine and cover labels. xx, 202, (8) pages. With Reproductions of the Work of the Early Masters of the Craft, and a Practical Discussion and an Extensive Demonstration of the Modern Use of Type-Faces and Methods of Arrangement. Second edition. Printed in black and red and with tipped-in colored examples. A really interesting look at typography at the beginning of the 20th century. Library of Congress..... READ MORE about THE ART & PRACTICE OF TYPOGRAPHY, A MANUAL OF AMERICAN PRINTING

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A Facsimile of the Manuscript Overslag-Boek by Joannes Josephus Balthazar Vanderstraelen
New York: The Grolier Club, 2014. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover. 210 pages. A Facsimile of the Manuscript Overslag-Boek by Joannes Josephus Balthazar Vanderstraelen. Although "imposition manuals" -- instructions on the proper layout of typeset pages for the press -- have always been useful tools of the printing trade, surviving examples are rare. The present volume has been reproduced from a unique manuscript in the collection of the Grolier Club Library. Entitled Overslag-Boek, zeer nuttig..... READ MORE about THE EARLIEST DUTCH IMPOSITION MANUAL

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London: Barrie & Jenkins, (1978). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 144 pages. First edition. Divided into two sections: the first deals with the influences in art and design that have shaped modern typography, the second gives practical instructions. Uncommon title. Edges curled. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHY: DESIGN AND PRACTICE

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New York: Sterling Publishing Co., (1968). 4to. cloth. 132 pages. Reprint of the 1967 first edition. READ MORE about TYPES OF TYPEFACES AND HOW TO RECOGNIZE THEM

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(New York): Thames and Hudson, (1988). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 216 pages. Reprint of the first U.S. paperback edition. Contains an historical introduction and chapters on equipment, methods of composition, casting-off, and jobbing, newspaper and magazine production. Well illustrated. READ MORE about THE THAMES AND HUDSON MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY

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(New York): Thames and Hudson, (1992). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 216 pages. Reprint of the first U.S. paperback edition, with corrections for this printing. Contains an historical introduction and chapters on equipment, methods of composition, casting-off, and jobbing, newspaper and magazine production. Well illustrated. READ MORE about THE THAMES AND HUDSON MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY

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Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, (1987). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 192 pages. Examines the influences on the Graphic Arts, from William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement to the present day. Well illustrated, most in color. READ MORE about GRAPHIC DESIGN SOURCE BOOK With an introduction by F.H.K. Henrion

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Bloomington: Mcknight Publishing Company, 1978. square 4to. paper-covered boards. iv, 92 pages. First edition. A textbook for graphic arts, and basic industrial arts. Illustrated and indexed. Ex-library copy with markings. READ MORE about GRAPHIC ARTS

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2 volumes.
New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and the British Library, 2004. small 4to. unbound sheets. 1152 pages. 2 volumes. First edition. Nineteenth-Century Printing Practices and the Iron Handpress is encyclopedic in its examination of printing techniques from the late-seventeenth century through the nineteenth century. Using selected readings from printers' manuals - beginning with Joseph Moxon's Mechanick Exercises on the Whole Art of Printing, 1683, and culminating with John Southward's Practical Printing, 1900 - Gabriel..... READ MORE about NINETEENTH-CENTURY PRINTING PRACTICES AND THE IRON HANDPRESS

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