Results for: Typography

Berry, W. Turner and A.F. Johnson.

CATALOGUE OF SPECIMENS OF PRINTING TYPES BY ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH PRINTERS AND FOUNDERS, 1665-1830. Including the Authors' Supplement in Signature (1952) and With a New Introduction by James Mosely.

New York: Garland Publishing Inc., 1983. 4to. cloth. xi,iii-liii,100,28-40,(3) pages. Reprint of the two important bibliographical pieces with a new introduction. Includes reproductions of the original fold-out plates and retains the Stanley Morison introduction (See Appleton 139). READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF SPECIMENS OF PRINTING TYPES BY ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH PRINTERS AND FOUNDERS,...

Price: $200.00 Order nr. 570

Blades, Wiliam.

SHAKSPERE & TYPOGRAPHY.

New York, NY: The Winthrop Press for the American Type Founders Company, 1897. 8vo. original stiff paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut. 47+(1) pages. Special printing of this essay first published in England. Introduction, preface, An essay on Shakespeare's knowledge, or lack thereof, of typography. Covers tanned, chipped at edges. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover. READ MORE about SHAKSPERE & TYPOGRAPHY

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 128586

(Caslon, William).

PORTFOLIO TO COMMEMORATE THE TWO-HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF WILLIAM CASLON.

N.P. Wynkyn de Worde Society, 1966. folio. stiff paper portfolio holding seven Caslon-related items. Contains: A portrait of Caslon, wood engraving by David Gentleman, Type Specimen sheet - collotype facsimile, Notes on the 1734 Specimen by James Mosely, Specimen of Cason Old Face which includes a photograph of a selection of the original steel punches cut by William Caslon, The Chiswell Street Foundry facsimile reproduced from the Universal Magazine 1750, a folder for Letraset Caslon... READ MORE about PORTFOLIO TO COMMEMORATE THE TWO-HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF WILLIAM CASLON

Price: $60.00 Order nr. 94532

(Caxton, William).

PROPOSITIO JOHANNIS RUSSELL PRINTED BY WILLIAM CAXTON CIRCA A.D. 1476. REPRODUCED IN FACSIMILE.

Manchester and London: University Press and Bernard Quaritch, and Sherratt and Hughes, 1909. 8vo. quarter vellum, cloth-covered boards. 35, (9) pages. Facsimile of William Caxton's original printing reproduced here as a book. Part of the John Rylands facsimile series. This book consists of an oration delivered by Russell on the occasion of his embassy in February 1470 to invest Charles the Bold with the Order of the Garter. Contains a new historical introduction by Henry... READ MORE about PROPOSITIO JOHANNIS RUSSELL PRINTED BY WILLIAM CAXTON CIRCA A.D. 1476. REPRODUCED IN FACSIMILE

Price: $55.00 Order nr. 59209

Cooper, Jeremy.

VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN DECOR.

From the Gothic Revival to Art Nouveau
New York: Abbeville Press, (1987). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 256 pages. From the Gothic Revival to Art Nouveau. A survey of the decorative arts from the Victorian to the Edwardian period. Includes over 600 color and black-and-white illustrations of home interiors and furniture. Minor wear to book and jacket. READ MORE about VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN DECOR

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 92692

Downie, R.A.

LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD THAT CAN BE SET ON `MONOTYPE' MACHINES.

N.P. The Monotype Corporation, Summer 1963. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 56 pages. Being Volume 42, Number 4 of the Monotype Recorder. With type specimens. READ MORE about LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD THAT CAN BE SET ON `MONOTYPE' MACHINES

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 33231

(Farthing Press).

A TYPE OF QUOTE, BOOK I. BEING A COLLECTION OF THE ROMAN TYPE FACES OF THE FARTHING PRESS.

Norfolk: The Farthing Press, 1985. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. A type specimens book produced by The Farthing Press with common adages and maxims in addition to the standard display of type specimens. Letter dated 20 March '86 signed by Alan J. Fitch & compliments of card laid -in. Large crease on top board and fading on both boards as if shelved next to smaller books. READ MORE about A TYPE OF QUOTE, BOOK I. BEING A COLLECTION OF THE ROMAN TYPE FACES OF THE FARTHING PRESS

Price: $65.00 Order nr. 96744

(Florin Press). Wyatt, Leo.

LEO WYATT'S LITTLE BOOK OF ALPHABETS.

Ashford, England: The Florin Press, 1985. 8vo. quarter leather, paper over boards, leather label on cover, slipcase. (xiv), 12, (3) pages. First edition, limited to 150 copies. With introduction by Michael Taylor. Contains 12 alphabets, engraved in wood and printed in color. Printed from the original wood blocks on handmade paper. A fine copy. READ MORE about LEO WYATT'S LITTLE BOOK OF ALPHABETS

Price: $400.00 Order nr. 34479

Garfield, Simon.

JUST MY TYPE: A BOOK ABOUT FONTS.

(London): Profile Books, (2010). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 352 pages. A book of stories about type faces, their origins and employment. Table of contents, introduction, bibliography, acknowledgements, index. Black and white illustrations throughout. Fine condition. READ MORE about JUST MY TYPE: A BOOK ABOUT FONTS

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 112222

Garve, Andrew.

THE LONG SHORT CUT.

New York: Harper & Row, (1968). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 166, (2) pages. First U.S. edition of a work by an English novelist. A suspense novel. Mimeographed paper from the Printing Industries of America, laid in, states that this work is the first CRT-produced general trade book, briefly describing the process. READ MORE about THE LONG SHORT CUT

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 109545

(Gill, Eric). Shewring, Walter.

THE LETTERS OF ERIC GILL.

New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1948. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 480 pages. First U.S. edition. Contains 344 of Gill's correspondence from the years 1900-1940. Illustrated. Jacket chipped with small tears. Name in ink on free endpaper. READ MORE about THE LETTERS OF ERIC GILL

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 38983

(Gill, Eric). Shewring, Walter.

THE LETTERS OF ERIC GILL.

London: Jonathan Cape, (1947). 8vo. cloth. 480 pages. First edition. Contains 344 of Gill's correspondence from the years 1900-1940. Illustrated. Clipped portrait of GIll pasted down on free endpaper. Pencil inscription of David Evans, the sculptor, above copy of this portrait. READ MORE about THE LETTERS OF ERIC GILL

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 51612

(Gill, Eric). Shewring, Walter.

THE LETTERS OF ERIC GILL.

New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1948. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 480 pages. First U.S. edition. Contains 344 of Gill's correspondence from the years 1900-1940. Illustrated. Covers rubbed. READ MORE about THE LETTERS OF ERIC GILL

Price: $14.00 Order nr. 124285

Gordon, Maggie and Eugenie Dodd.

DECORATIVE TYPOGRAPHY.

Oxford, England: Phaidon, (1990). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 143, (1) pages. Table of contents, introductions to both sections, index, credits. Color illustrations throughout. Bookmark laid in. A guide to the decorative uses of type. READ MORE about DECORATIVE TYPOGRAPHY

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 125820

Hewett, Christopher.

THE LIVING CURVE, LETTERS TO W.J. STRACHAN 1929-1979.

(London): Taranman/Carcanet, (1984). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxiv, 230 pages. Foreword by William Anderson. Dust jacket is a bit worn with some creases. READ MORE about THE LIVING CURVE, LETTERS TO W.J. STRACHAN 1929-1979

Price: $8.00 Order nr. 97506

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

Price: $65.00 save 50% $32.50 Order nr. 95868

(Incline Press). Moss, Graham.

I AM NOT A TYPE COLLECTOR.

England: Incline Press, 1999. 16mo. paper wrappers. 10, (2) pages. An extract from a talk given to the Typophiles, New York in 1999. A discussion on buying second hand type. Illustrated with letters of the alphabet. READ MORE about I AM NOT A TYPE COLLECTOR

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 58721

Isaac, Frank.

" ELIZABETHAN ROMAN AND ITALIC TYPES."

London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1933. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers; top edge cut, other edges uncut. pp. 212-228. An article in Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, New Series, Vol. XIV, No. 2. With facsimiles of items cited by the author. Other articles focusing on printing and publishing in Tudor and Stuart England. Edges slightly worn and wrappers lightly tanned. Unopened. READ MORE about " ELIZABETHAN ROMAN AND ITALIC TYPES."

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 110065

Johnson, A. F.

THE HISTORY OF THE OLD ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDRIES.

London, England: Faber and Faber, 1952. 4to. cloth. xii, 400 pages. Reprint of first 1887 edition. Table of contents, prefaces to the first and new editions, bibliography, index. Historical and bibliographical notes by Talbot Baines Reed. Foldout black and white frontispiece. Endpapers tanned. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF THE OLD ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDRIES

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 130629

(Leaf Book). Wallis, Lawrence.

GEORGE W. JONES : PRINTER LAUREATE.

(Nottingham/New York): Plough Press / Mark Batty, (2004). 8vo. with 4to. portfolio. half-leather, marbled paper boards, stiff paper portfolio, all in slipcase. (vi), 128 pages. Limited to 45 copies, hand-bound by The Fine Bindery of Wellingborough and containing original samples of George W. Jones' printing. The samples, loosely contained in the separate portfolio, are four leaves from The Canterbury Tales, two leaves from The Georgics of Vergil, two leaves from Two Centuries of Typefounding, one... READ MORE about GEORGE W. JONES : PRINTER LAUREATE

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 86854

McLean, Ruari.

HOW TYPOGRAPHY HAPPENS.

New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 1999. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 96 pages. First edition. Noted English typographer, Ruari McLean, discusses the evolution of typography as an art form. Looking at the work of other well known typographers in England, Europe and America, the author examines the development of typography, starting in the 17th century with Moxon's Mechanick Exercises and progresses to the work of Jan Tschichold and his contemporaries. READ MORE about HOW TYPOGRAPHY HAPPENS

Price: $21.95 Order nr. 56809

(Miniature Books).

A LITTLE BLACK BOOK.

Marcham: The Alembic Press, 1995. miniature book (7.2 x 6 cm). sewn in eight sections with a Coptic binding in heavy textured black boards. 63 pages. Limited to 100 numbered copies. Printed by hand by Claire Bolton at her Alembic Press. A type specimen book demonstrating the collection of blackletter faces in the Alembic Press archives. Printed in black and red. READ MORE about A LITTLE BLACK BOOK

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 41892

MONOTYPE NEWSLETTER.

London, England: The Monotype Corporation, 1934-71. 4to. self paper wrappers. variously paginated. Numbers 43, 49, 50, 52, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 71, 73, 78, 81, 83, 84, 86 (2), 88, 89. Also includes the Continental Edition (101), in French. Customer should specify, when ordering, which edition is desired. Some issues lightly tanned and chipped at edges. READ MORE about MONOTYPE NEWSLETTER

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 132448

THE MONOTYPE RECORDER.

(London, England): The Monotype Corporation, 1950-65. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. Volume 39, Number 2; Volume 41, Number 4; Volume 43, Number 2. Customer should specify which issue is desired. READ MORE about THE MONOTYPE RECORDER

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 132447

Moran, James.

FIT TO BE STYLED A TYPOGRAPHER , A HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY OF TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGNERS.

London: Westerham Press, 1978. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 65 pages. First edition. This was the last project James Moran was involved with before his death. A history of the organization through its first 50 years. Illustrated including some in color. READ MORE about FIT TO BE STYLED A TYPOGRAPHER , A HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY OF TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGNERS

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 70956

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