Leipzig, Germany: Die Deutsche Bibliothek, 2005. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 111+(1) pages. Text in German. Table of contents, foreword. An exhibition of acquisitions by the German Book and Type Museum. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about GEBEN ET NEHMEN: STIFTUNGEN, SCHENKUNGEN BESONDERE ERWERBUNGEN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 126240
Frankfurt am Main: Polygraph Verlag, 1950. small 8vo. paper-covered boards. 57, (2) pages. First edition. A look at the development of typography. Special attention is paid to the influence of engraving on the process. Illustrated in black-and-white. In German. READ MORE about ZUR ENTWICKLUNG DER BUCHDRUCK SCHRIFT
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 62981
Stuttgart: Chr. Belser Verlag, 1960. large 4to. two-toned paper-covered boards, dust jacket, slipcase. xxvii, not paginated. First edition. Published on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the publisher "Chr. Belser Verlag." A limited amount of copies were made available on the market. Under the rubric of "Spiritual Fathers of the Occident," this volume presents 100 title pages accompanied by short essay descriptions. In addition to general information on particular title pages, these descriptions contain..... READ MORE about GEISTIGE VATER DES ABENDLANDES, EINE SAMMLUNG VON HUNDERT BUCHTITELN
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München: Typographischen Gesellschaft, 1991. 8vo. paper wrappers. 30, (6) pages. Speech celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Munich Typographical Society. READ MORE about FESTVORTRAG ZUM 100JAHRIGEN BESTEHEN DER TYPOGRAPHISCHEN GESELLSCHAFT
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 50603
Munich: Nationale Verlagsanstalt, 1898. 4to. quarter leather with paste paper-covered boards and leather spine label, original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. 30; 98; 142 pages. Three volumes bound together. The second and third volumes are entitled Gutenbergs ersten Drucke and Zum Streit um das Missale speciale Constantiense, respectively. Three monographs of Hupp's analysis of the Missale Speciale, which he discovered in 1880. Each subsequent volume corrects the conjectures set forth in earlier issues and offers new..... READ MORE about EIN MISSALE SPECIALE VORLÄUFER DES PSALTERIUMS VON 1457
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 77014
Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1956. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 54, (2) pages. Study of these early type founders with illustrations. Kleiner Druck no.62. READ MORE about DIE JENAER SCHRIFTGIESSER SEIT DEM JAHRE 1557
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 30788
Zürich, Switzerland: Eidgenössische Technische hochschule, 1991. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 78 pages. Text in German. Table of contents, glossary, list of other publicatoins. A guide to computer-assisted design. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about SCHRIFTGESTALTUNG MIT HILF DES COMPUTERS TYPOGRAPHISCHE GRUNDREGELN MIT GESTALTUNGSBEISPIELEN
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Frankfurt: Deutscher Typokreis, 1955. 8vo. paper-covered boards. 45, (3) pages. On problems in contemporary typography. Spine faded. Corners bumped. READ MORE about FORMPROBLEME DER GEGENWÄRTIGEN TYPOGRAPHIE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 50721
London: The Collector Ltd., 1978. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 559-570. An offprint from The Book Collector, Vol. 27, No. 4, Winter, 1978. Muir's review of the book "Buchkunst und Literatur in Deutschland" by Ernst L. Hauswedell and Christian Voigt. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK IN GERMANY
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Stuttgart: C.E. Poeschel, 1959. 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (viii), 204 pages. A consideration of the basic issues of typography, especially work in the last 70 years. Illustrated with many examples of fine typography. Indexed. Jacket slightly yellowed. READ MORE about GROSSE UND GRENZEN DER TYPOGRAPHIE
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Frankfurt: D. Stempel, 1969. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. 20, (2) pages. Essay analyzing a new sans-serif type face designed by Hans Ed. Meyer. READ MORE about FORMANALYSE UND DOKUMENTATION EINER SERIFENLOSEN LINEARSCHRIFT AUF NEU ER BASIS: SYNTAX-ANTIQUA
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Frankfurt am Main: Bauerschen Giesserei, 1962. 34 x 27 inches. large broadside. This large broadside was issued by the Bauer Type Foundry to celebrate their 125th anniversary. It pictures a large tree done in black ink against a gray background with each of the important type faces in the company's history pictured in blocks placed on the branches of the tree. The blocks are printed in various colors with the example of the type face..... READ MORE about DIE STAMMBAUM DER SCHRIFT
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Leipzig: Schriftenverteilung für die Gesellschaft durch R. Haupt, 1907. Atlas folio, loose as issued. Title-page printed in red and black (small ink mark) + 30 full-page plates. Excellent condition. Vol. 1, Fascicle 1, containing the first 30 plates from one of the great facsimiles of specimen pages of incunabula. Of great interest to students of incunabula and their teachers. Herein are reproductions of 15th century printed pages, each one depicted in full (not reduced); below..... READ MORE about VERÖFFENTLICHUNGEN DER GESELLSCHAFT FÜR TYPENKUNDE DES XV. JAHRHUNDERTS
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Leipziger Strabe: German Liaison Committee of the Type Directors Club of New York, 1987. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 63+(1) pages. A catalogue for the exhibition of the German Liaison Committee of The Type Directors Club of New York, which featured contemporary German graphic design in the United States. Illustrated and indexed. READ MORE about GERMAN TYPOGRAPHY TODAY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 59352
Mainz: Karl Pressler, 1970. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 426-484 plus 1 plate. Offprint from Essays in Honour of Victor Scholderer. Considers the presence of Gutenberg typeface in the work of "Monogrammist d"'s prints. Several black-and-white plates; one color plate tipped-in. READ MORE about GUTENBERGS TYPOGRAPHI UND DIE TEIGDRUCKE DES MONOGRAMMISTEN d
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 77018
N.P. Privately Printed, 2000. folio. stiff paper wrappers, mailing envelope. (ii), 10, (4) pages. Limited to an edition of 130 (from another copy sold by Oak Knoll). The text for this edition was translated and set by hand at the Private Press and Typefoundry of Paul Hayden Duensing in Athens. GA. All the press and production work was performed by Richard Hopkins' Hill & Dale Press and Typefoundry in Terra Alta, WV. The English text..... READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES, THEIR BIRTH IN THE TYPEFOUNDRY DEPICTED IN WOODCUT AND VERSE
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 104929
Berlin: Jürgen Holstein Antiquariat, 1987. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Text in German and English, with preface translated into Japanese. Catalogue of architecture, photography, graphics, illustrated books, artists' autographs, posters, typography and other items, mainly related to the Bauhaus. 358 items. Supplement includes French Studio Ceramics, 1870-1900. Select bibliography and index. READ MORE about KATALOG 105: BAUHAUS, ETC. ARCHITEKTUR, FOTOGRAFIE, GRAFIK, ILLUSTRIERTE BÜCHER,...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 109058
With an Introduction by Hermann Zapf
New York: The Typophiles, 2006. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 48 pages. With an Introduction by Hermann Zapf. Born in 1907, Gotthard de Beauclair spent most of his life learning about calligraphy, printing, typography, and book design. With his expertise and skillful technique, he produced some of the finest examples of limited edition books. Even now, his work stands as a model for superior bookmaking. This catalogue includes an Introduction by Hermann Zapf and a...... READ MORE about GOTTHARD DE BEAUCLAIR: ART AND LITERATURE THROUGH TYPOGRAPHY AND DESIGN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 108921
Frankfurt am Main: Firma Ludwig & Mayer, (1935). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper envelope. (9) pages. First edition. A speech delivered to Franz Moritz on the occasion of his 50th year with the typefoundry Ludwig & Mayer. Richard Ludwig extols his employee's service. In German. Light foxing to covers. Small tears on envelope. READ MORE about ANSPRACHE AN HERRN FRANZ LAVER MORITZ ANLÄßLICH DER FEIER SEINES FÜNFZIGJÄHRIGEN JUBILÄUMS...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 63200
(New York, NY): Princeton Architectural Press, (1997). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 128 pages. First edition. Table of contents, chronology of Tschichold's life, bibliography, index. Covers lightly soiled, gift inscription on front endpaper.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about JAN TSCHICHOLD: A LIFE IN TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 120859
Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Schriftgießerei D. Stempel, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Text in German. A catalogue of type faces. Small sheet of specimens laid in. Covers lightly soiled. Previous owner's stamp on title. READ MORE about ZIRKULAR- UND KARTENSCHRIFTEN IN IHRER VERWENDUNG FÜR DIE PRAXIS
Price: $400.00 Order nr. 132268
N.P. n.p., n.d. 8vo. paper-covered boards, string bound. (v), 83 pages. A catalogue of type specimens, most likely by an unidentified German firm. Printed on recto only. Covers sunned, mainly along spine. Staining on covers and endpapers. Some pencil notations in text. READ MORE about Catalogue of Type Specimens
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 132270
Leipzig: Jo. Frider. Gleditsch und Sohn, 1710. 8vo. quarter leather over period marbled paper covered boards. (iv), (1), 2-91 pages. First edition. (Bigmore & Wyman II, p.148). Easily one of the earliest studies on a country's typographical material, this small book depicts a collection of fonts in common use in German print shops of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Interesting collection because early type-makers rarely issued specimens of their types in books or..... READ MORE about DE GERMANIAE MIRACULO OPTIMO, MAXIMO TYPIS LITERARUM, EARUMQUE DIFFERENTIIS, DISSERTATIO, QUA...
Price: $2,650.00 Order nr. 64854
Stuttgart: C.E. Weber Schriftgiesserei, n.d. (circa 1960). tall 8vo. self paper wrappers. Six page foldout with sheet loosely inserted. Printed in colors and showing this type face designed by Georg Trump. READ MORE about TRUMP-GRAVUR
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 28907
London and Offenbach: Wynkyn de Worde Society and Bund Deutscher Buchkünstler, (1989). 4to. cloth. 251, (2) pages. A collection of about forty essays reflecting upon the personality and career of typographer, Hermann Zapf, including one by Zapf himself. Text is in German and English. Illustrated, some in color. Small water spot on front cover, else near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ABC-XYZAPF, FÜNFZIG JAHRE ALPHABET DESIGN
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 34513
