Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Co., (1951). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), xviii, 418, (2) pages. First edition. Illustrated. Essays by Wroth, Warde, Dwiggins, Rogers, Ransom, Pollard, Grabhorn, Morison, Gill, Goudy and others. Tear in jacket at top of front cover and along edge. READ MORE about BOOKS AND PRINTING, A TREASURY FOR TYPOPHILES.
Price: $24.00 other currencies Order nr. 55400
Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Co., (1951). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), xviii, 418, (2) pages. First edition. Illustrated. Essays by Wroth, Warde, Dwiggins, Rogers, Ransom, Pollard, Grabhorn, Morison, Gill, Goudy and others. Presentation on free endpaper "For my good friend, Lee Grove, in the fellowship of good book-making, warmest regards, Bill Targ, 1.3.52." Targ was the President of World Publishing and quite a bookman. With Grove's bookplate. Four page prospectus loosely inserted. Spine of jacket age darkened. READ MORE about BOOKS AND PRINTING, A TREASURY FOR TYPOPHILES.
Price: $45.00 other currencies Order nr. 61683
Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Co., (1951). 8vo. cloth. (ii), xviii, 418, (2) pages. Revised edition. Illustrated. Essays by Wroth, Warde, Dwiggins, Rogers, Ransom, Pollard, Grabhorn, Morison, Gill, Goudy and others. Lacks dust jacket. Minor rubbing of covers. READ MORE about BOOKS AND PRINTING, A TREASURY FOR TYPOPHILES.
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 122836
Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Co., (1963). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), xviii, 418, (2) pages. Reprint of the first edition. Illustrated. Essays by Wroth, Warde, Dwiggins, Rogers, Ransom, Pollard, Grabhorn, Morison, Gill, Goudy and others. Covers toned. READ MORE about BOOKS AND PRINTING, A TREASURY FOR TYPOPHILES
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 32192
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 other currencies Order nr. 570
London: Monotype Corp. 1964. 8vo. later cloth with original paper wrappers bound in. 29 pages plus a frontispiece and eight plates. First edition. (Appleton 346 for Morison). Prefatory note by Frank Francis, Stanley Morison and John Carter. Bookplate of Richard Huss on first blank page. READ MORE about PRINTING AND DEMOCRACY
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 84577
Introduction by John Carter.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1959. 8vo. boards with marbled paper over both covers, plain paper dust jacket. (viii), 32, (2) pages. Introduction by John Carter. First edition, limited to 400 copies printed by the Black Vine Press for the Book Club of California (Appleton no.210). With four page prospectus loosely inserted. Very fine copy. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGN IN RELATION TO PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION.
Price: $65.00 other currencies Order nr. 123298
Introduction by John Carter.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1959. 8vo. boards with marbled paper over both covers, plain paper dust jacket. (viii), 32, (2) pages. Introduction by John Carter. First edition, limited to 400 copies printed by the Black Vine Press for the Book Club of California (Appleton no.210). Lacking dust jacket. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGN IN RELATION TO PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION.
Price: $30.00 other currencies Order nr. 132414
Westerham: Westerham Press, 1974. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 31 pages and many illustrations including tipped-in facsimile specimen sheets. Talk on the book designers working in 20th century England. Includes information on Stanley Morison. READ MORE about CONTRIBUTORS BEING THE PAPER OF A TALK DELIVERED TO THE WYNKYN DE WORDE SOCIETY AT STATIONERS'...
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 2429
Westerham: Westerham Press, 1974. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 31 pages and many illustrations including tipped-in facsimile specimen sheets. Talk on the book designers working in 20th century England. Includes information on Stanley Morison. Jacket worn along spine. READ MORE about CONTRIBUTORS BEING THE PAPER OF A TALK DELIVERED TO THE WYNKYN DE WORDE SOCIETY AT STATIONERS'...
Price: $8.50 other currencies Order nr. 63373
London: British Museum, 1963. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 125 and 32 plates followed by 62 pages and 16 plates. Important catalogue. Contributions by John Carter and P.H. Muir and an introduction by Stanley Morison. (Appleton no.223). READ MORE about PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN, CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF FINE PRINTING AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 7429
London: British Museum, 1963. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 125 and 32 plates followed by 62 pages and 16 plates. Important catalogue. Contributions by John Carter and P.H. Muir and an introduction by Stanley Morison. (Appleton no.223). Bookplate on inside front cover. READ MORE about PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN, CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF FINE PRINTING AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
Price: $27.50 other currencies Order nr. 78226
London: British Museum, 1963. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 62 pages and 16 plates. Important catalogue. Contributions by John Carter and P. H. Muir and an introduction by Stanley Morison. (Appleton no. 223). The short version of this catalogue. READ MORE about PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN, CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF FINE PRINTING AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 121961
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, (1987). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 168 pages. First U.S. edition. Describes the careers of the great type designers of this century - Goudy, Rogers, Koch, Dwiggins, Gill, Morison, etc. Well illustrated. READ MORE about TWENTIETH CENTURY TYPE DESIGNERS.
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 62292
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, (1987). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 168 pages. First U.S. edition. Describes the careers of the great type designers of this century - Goudy, Rogers, Koch, Dwiggins, Gill, Morison, etc. Well illustrated. Presentation from the author on the free endpaper. READ MORE about TWENTIETH CENTURY TYPE DESIGNERS.
Price: $30.00 other currencies Order nr. 109122
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, (1987). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 168 pages. First U.S. edition. Describes the careers of the great type designers of this century - Goudy, Rogers, Koch, Dwiggins, Gill, Morison, etc. Well illustrated. With ink stamp on free endpaper and half title indicating that this copy was part of the publisher's archives. READ MORE about TWENTIETH CENTURY TYPE DESIGNERS.
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 121232
London: The Bodley Head, (1980). 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 192 pages. First edition. A delightful memoir by Crutchley who was University Printer at Cambridge University Press from 1946 to 1974. Includes anecdotes about Walter Lewis, Stanley Morison, Bruce Rogers, Eric Gill and others. Covers slightly soiled, else fine. READ MORE about TO BE A PRINTER
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 12138
London: Bodley Head, 1980. 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 192 pages. First edition. A delightful memoir by Crutchley who was University Printer at Cambridge University Press from 1946 to 1974. Includes anecdotes about Walter Lewis, Stanley Morison, Bruce Rogers, Eric Gill and others. Ink inscription on free endpaper. READ MORE about TO BE A PRINTER.
Price: $12.00 other currencies Order nr. 80147
New York: The Typophiles, 2003. 6 x 9.5 inches. paperback. 33+(1) pages. Typophile Monograph - New Series, Number 18. 500 years ago, with the publication of a small octavo Virgil, the modern printed book emerged due to Venetian printer Aldo Manuzio (Aldus). Previous to this, the printing press had been seen primarily as a means of mechanically reproducing manuscript books. It was Pietro Bembo (1470-1547) who gave Aldus the idea for the small format of... READ MORE about PIETRO BEMBO: 'FOSTER FATHER' OF THE MODERN BOOK
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New York: The Typophiles, 2003. 6"x 9.5" paperback. 33+(1) pages. Typophile Monograph - New Series, Number 18. 500 years ago, with the publication of a small octavo Virgil, the modern printed book emerged due to Venetian printer Aldo Manuzio (Aldus). Previous to this, the printing press had been seen primarily as a means of mechanically reproducing manuscript books. It was Pietro Bembo (1470-1547) who gave Aldus the idea for the small format of his books... READ MORE about PIETRO BEMBO: 'FOSTER FATHER' OF THE MODERN BOOK
Price: $30.00 other currencies Order nr. 105074
Boston: David R. Godine, (1995). 8vo. cloth. x, 339 +(1) pages. First edition. A compilation of writings on many aspects of printing and book design, chosen by the author. The topics are varied, and include eighteenth-& nineteenth-century studies, private presses, type design and manufacture, exhibitions and speculations. In an interesting chapter on twentieth-century typographers, the author discusses Stanley Morrison, Eric Gill, Bruce Rogers and several other well known printers. Illustrated with photographs and facsimiles. Handlist... READ MORE about INTO PRINT, SELECTED WRITINGS ON PRINTING HISTORY, TYPOGRAPHY AND BOOK PRODUCTION
Price: $50.00 other currencies Order nr. 45937
Vol. VII Edited by Stanley Morison.
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1930. 4to. cloth. xiv, 254, 25, (3) pages. Vol. VII Edited by Stanley Morison. Limited to 1210 copies. The last issue of The Fleuron. With articles by Van Krimpen, Warde on Eric Gill, Morison, Koch, Symons, Ewald on The Officina Bodoni and Updike on Cleland. Minor cover rubbing. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about FLEURON, A JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY.THE
Price: $200.00 other currencies Order nr. 14444
Vol. VI. Edited by Stanley Morison.
Cambridge: The University Press, 1928. 4to. cloth. xiii, 254, (3) pages. Vol. VI. Edited by Stanley Morison. Limited to 1310 copies. Articles on Rudolf Koch, Geofroy Tory by A.F. Johnson, On Decorative Printing in America by Paul Beaujon (Beatrice Warde), Decorated Types by Stanley Morison and others. Front hinge split and part of back hinge cracked. Rubbed on spine. READ MORE about THE FLEURON, A JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY.
Price: $125.00 other currencies Order nr. 69906
Vol. V. Edited by Stanley Morison.
Cambridge: The University Press, 1926. 4to. cloth. xvi, 205, (21) pages. Vol. V. Edited by Stanley Morison. Limited to 1370 copies. Article on Karl Klingspor by Julius Rodenberg including a list of books printed at the Private Press of the Gebr. Klingspor, articles on Laboureur, Bulmer, and "Towards an Ideal Italick" by Stanley Morison. Covers worn at head of spine; covers soiled. Bookplate on front free endpaper. READ MORE about THE FLEURON, A JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY.
Price: $185.00 other currencies Order nr. 121488
Vol. VI. Edited by Stanley Morison.
Cambridge: University Press, 1928. 4to. cloth. xiii, 254, (3) pages. Vol. VI. Edited by Stanley Morison. Limited to 1310 copies. Articles on Rudolf Koch, Geofroy Tory by A.F. Johnson, On Decorative Printing in America by Paul Beaujon (Beatrice Warde), Decorated Types by Stanley Morison and others. Only minor cover rubbing. Faint paperclip mark on front free endpaper. Usual foxing of endpapers. READ MORE about FLEURON, A JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $160.00 other currencies Order nr. 69905
