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
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
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
(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
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
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
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
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
London: Westerham Press, 1978. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. cloth. (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
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 19274
(London: Rampant Lions Press for Monotype Corporation, 1962). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 6 pages. Limited to 600 copies and printed to be the first use of the new type face designed by Will Carter and David Kindersley (called Octavian). Ink acquisition note by previous owner in corner of free endpaper. READ MORE about TACT IN TYPOGRAPHICAL DESIGN. A TYPE SPECIMEN
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 84695
London: Faber and Faber, (1952). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 400 pages. New edition, revised and enlarged by A.F. Johnson. (Hart no.99). Many illustrations. With a calligraphic presentation from Richard Ellis to John Anderson on the front pastedown and a wonderful page inscription by Ellis to Anderson wishing him success upon his move to California. Nice association item. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF THE OLD ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDRIES WITH NOTES, HISTORICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ON THE...
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 4803
N.P. Dawsons of Pall Mall, (1974). 4to. cloth. xiv, 400 pages. Reprint of the second edition, revised and enlarged by A.F. Johnson. (Hart no.99). Many illustrations. READ MORE about HISTORY OF THE OLD ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDRIES WITH NOTES, HISTORICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ON THE...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 28288
London: Faber and Faber, (1952). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 400 pages. New edition, revised and enlarged by A.F. Johnson. (Hart no.99). Many illustrations. Jacket chipped and externally tape repaired. Small private ownership label in corner of free endpaper. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF THE OLD ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDRIES WITH NOTES, HISTORICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ON THE...
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 96342
London: Printing Historical Society, (1990). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. Facsimile of this early specimen book. With introduction by James Mosley. Contains about 156 ornaments. READ MORE about SPECIMEN OF STEREOTYPE ORNAMENTS 1825
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 35478
London: Faber and Faber, (1956). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 156 pages. First edition. Much on English typography of the 20th century, the Curwen Press, The Fleuron and Signature. Illustrated including four collotype plates. Light foxing with wear along front hinge of jacket. READ MORE about PRINTER AND PLAYGROUND, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 31664
London: Faber and Faber, (1956). 8vo. cloth. xvi, 156 pages. First edition. Much on English typography of the 20th century, the Curwen Press, The Fleuron and Signature. Illustrated including four collotype plates. Spine rubbed. No jacket. READ MORE about PRINTER AND PLAYGROUND, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 54086
London: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd., 1991. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 112 pages. First British edition. Not a computer book, but a book on typography for people who do typography or what amounts to it on the computer, by S. Stone, from 1984-1990 director of typography at Adobe Systems, and the designer of the "Stone" series of computer fonts. Brief history of typography, a discussion of various types of design (books, promotional materials, etc.), and a...... READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHY ON THE PERSONAL COMPUTER
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 52243
London, England: James Moran, 1966. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 36, (2) pages. Table of contents. Includes reviews of new papers, materials, and specimens. Feature article by Hugh Williamson. Chipped at top of spine. READ MORE about LIGATURE: A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF COMMONSENSE TYPOGRAPHY AND GRAPHIC ART
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 132453
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
