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
(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
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
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
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
(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
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
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
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
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
Copenhagen: New Nordic Publishing House Arnold Busck, 1952. large 8vo. patterned paper-covered boards. 107, (3) pages. Two short works in one volume. In "Calligraphy and Book Type" (pp.9-50), E. Philip discusses medieval calligraphy and the typefaces of incunabula and early 16th-century books. Following this, C.V. Nordlunde, in "From Kelmscott Press to Penguin Books" (pp.51-101), discusses the development of modern book typography with William Morris to Penguin Books productions of the late 1940's. Both with index..... READ MORE about BOGTRYKKETS FORTID OG NUTID
Price: $11.00 Order nr. 51890
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
London: Faber and Faber, (1952). 4to. cloth. xiv, 400 pages. New edition, revised and enlarged by A.F. Johnson. (Hart no. 99). Many illustrations. Lacking dust jacket. Minor shelfwear and spotting to covers. Minor shelfwear. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF THE OLD ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDRIES WITH NOTES, HISTORICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ON THE...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 4819
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
Boston: Shambhala, 1991. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 183+(1) pages. First US edition. A compilation of 130 rare alphabets, signs, monograms, and logos from the eighteenth century to the present. With reproductions from Arts et Métiers Graphiques, the important pre-war prining magazine. Includes chapters on lettering by hand, French religious and political trademarks, Mecanno alphabets, and an homage to American typefounders. A beautifully designed resource book for typographers and graphic designers. READ MORE about ALPHABETS & OTHER SIGNS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 74560
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: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., (1974). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 598 pages. A reprint of the 1971 publication, this is an extensive treatment of the subject matter. Its prime objective: to assist the self-educator who indulges in much technical reading; however, all who consult obscure works, inscriptions, manuscripts, maps and charts will be liable to come across strange signs or the letters of strange alphabets. Filled with 5,000 distinct forms with upwards of..... READ MORE about SHEPHERD'S GLOSSARY OF GRAPHIC SIGNS AND SYMBOLS
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 99525
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
