Rochester: Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2009, First Edition, Limited to 100 copies. quarto, Fabriano paper and vellum spine. 24 pp. Cary Graphic Arts Press, Manuale Zapficum, the new limited edition book, commemorates the ninetieth birthdays of typographers Hermann Zapf and Gudrun Zapf von Hesse through beautiful typeface specimens set in..... More

Frankfurt am Main: D. Stempel, no date [circa 1953], 24" x 37 1/2" broadside. D. Stempel, A type specimen broadside. "Die Aldus-Buschschrift von Hermann Zapf ist das jungste Glied der Palatino - Familie; sie steht in der Tradition der Antiqua von Aldus anutius. Lieferbar mit kursiv in den Werkschriftgraden, ebenso..... More

Frankfurt am Main: D. Stempel, no date [circa 1953], 24" x 37 1/2" broadside. D. Stempel, A type specimen broadside. "Die Versalschrift Michelangelo (erschienen 1950) wurde aus der Formenwelt romischer Inschriften entwickelt. Sie gehort zur Familie der Palatino-Schriften, in denen die antike Uberlie ferung und die Tradition humanistscher Schreiber des..... More

Tampa: University of Tampa Press, 2013, First Edition, Limited to 300 copies. large octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. 232 pp. University of Tampa Press, Tolbert Lanston, at the end of the nineteenth century, was a man obsessed with the idea of creating a machine which would provide automated typesetting..... More

(Frankfurt am Main: D. Stempel AG, 1958), First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers, stitched. 16 pp. D. Stempel AG, A short, closed tear to the top of front wrapper, short tears at top and bottom of spine fold. A near fine, clean copy of this scarce Zapf pamphlet. More

No place: Firefly Press, 2009, Limited Edition of 100 copies. 12 x 16 inches, Firefly Press, Printed in red and black. This quotation is printed as a broadside in Perpetua type at Firefly Press for the "Art on the Pews" Arts and Crafts Show held at Saint Peter's Episcopal Church..... More

(Ipswich): The Boydell Press, 1971, First Separate Edition, Limited to 100 numbered copies, plus 20 for private circulation. tall octavo, brown cloth. The Boydell Press, This story first appeared in the "Atlantic Monthly" January, 1874, and then collected in "A Passionate Pilgrim" 1875. Printed on Wookey Hole handmade Paper by..... More

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1937, Second Edition (enlarged), first printing. large octavo, maroon cloth. xl, 292pp.; (xx), 326pp. Harvard University Press, The seminal work on the subject. "The text supplies a survey of the development of movable type designs from their invention through the nineteenth century, in the important countries..... More

New York: Devin-Adair Company, 1948, First Edition. octavo, red cloth. 480pp. Devin-Adair Company, Illustrated with twelve drawings. Gill was wonderfully opinionated about art, design and architecture and the letters are full of specific likes and dislikes. Many of the cards and letters to friends and family are calligraphic and whimsical..... More

(Birmingham): The Kynoch Press, 1964, First Edition. quarto, cream boards in dust jacket. 165 pp. The Kynoch Press, An anthology with contributions by James Mosley, Berthold Wolpe, Beatrice Warde, Alfred Fairbank, Walter Tracy and others. Printed on a wide variety of papers and typefaces. Fold-out title page, as are a...... More

New York: Delano Greenidge Editions, (2002), First Edition. folio, boards in dust jacket. 388 pp. Delano Greenidge Editions, A chronicle defining the contributions to the history of twentieth-century page design by artists, architects, filmmakers and designers who participated in the major art movements of the age: Cubism, Expressionism, Futurism, Dadism..... More

Bangor, ME: Eastern Corporation, no date (c. 1948-50), First Edition. 17 x 22 inches (folded twice). Eastern Corporation, A beautiful Caslon Specimen sheet, designed by T. M. Cleland. Printed in black and red on Eastern's Atlantic Antique Laid, cream paper. The broadside is accompanied by a companion 8 x 11..... More

Berlin: Carl Heymanns, 1955, First Edition. duodecimo, pale green cloth. 33 pp. Carl Heymanns, Typographical basics and rules. With the booklabel of Tatyama and Hans Schmoller. Spine very slightly faded. More