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

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N.P. Time Publishing Co., 1930. large 8vo. cloth. xvi, 298, xxviii pages. First edition thus, reprinted from The Special Number of the Times, October 29, 1929. Many plates including some in color. Stanley Morison contributed an article on newspaper types. (Appleton no.90a). Spine is very faded with some spotting. READ MORE about PRINTING IN THE TWENTIETH, A SURVEY

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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

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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,...

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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Boston: David R. Godine, (1990). thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 428, (2) pages. First edition. A great book on the history, development and use of type. The author discusses thirty contemporary printing types in an interesting and informative manner. Also contains a chapter on Type Making from Punch to Computer. Well-illustrated with reproductions of complete fonts, examples of fine design and other illustrations. Jacket chipped at head of spine. Name in ink on front pastedown. READ MORE about ANATOMY OF A TYPEFACE

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London: From the Proceedings of the British Academy, 1937. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 30 pages of text followed by 28 plates. First edition (Appleton no.148). Being the Annual Lecture on Aspects of Art, Henriette Hertz Trust of the British Academy. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about THE ART OF PRINTING

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New York: Diamant Typographic Service, 1945. 32mo. decorated boards. viii, 126 pages and 28 plates. Limited to 650 copies. (Appleton 148a). Appleton states that there are some additions to the appendix in this edition. The Third Diamant Classics. Accompanied by four small four page announcements of the various volumes of this series. Spine faded. READ MORE about THE ART OF PRINTING

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