Williamstown: Chapin Library of the Williams College, 2005, First Edition. quarto, cloth in black slipcase. 456pp. Chapin Library of the Williams College, The Cranach Press, though located in Germany, was inspired by and became an integral product of the English private press movement. Following advice from Emery Walker, new typefaces..... More
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
Berkeley: Editions Koch and Stanford University Libraries, 2017, First Edition. quarto, wrappers in slipcase. 492 pp. Editions Koch and Stanford University Libraries, A descriptive bibliography in three volumes, published in conjunction with the exhibition "Peter Koch Printer: A Forty-year Retrospective" at the Green Library, Stanford University, May - October, 2017..... More
Los Angeles: Costson Occasional Press, 2009, First Edition. large quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 522 pp. Costson Occasional Press, Winner of the Justin G. Schiller Prize (Bibliographical Society of America) and the F.J. Harvey Darton Award (Children's Books History Society). Nominated for the International Bibliographical Prize (International League of Antiquarian..... More
1965, 14" x 21 3/4" "This keepsake was designed for the Advertising Typographers Association by Hermann Zapf". The poster, printed in black, green and red, contains quotes by John S. Mill and D. B. Updike. Very fine. More
New York: K.G. Saur, (1983), First American Edition. large quarto, beige cloth in printed dust jacket. 470 pp. K.G. Saur, Translated from the German by Ida Kimber. This translation is taken from the third, revised edition. The text covers the topic by tracing the development of the Roman letter from..... More
Davenport, IA: St. Ambrose University, (1991), Second edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. (xii), 310pp. St. Ambrose University, Edited by Mary W. Gilroy. Illustrated and printed with accents and capitals and headlines in green or rust or both. The serif originated with Roman inscription letters, its history and development here..... More
Norwood, MA: Plimpton Press, 1911, large octavo , maroon cloth stamped in gilt and blind. T.e.g. (xiv), 253, (iv), (83). Plimpton Press, A promotional book for the press displaying a Glossary, Standard Type Faces, Style Manual and with paper samples and samples of nine book covers mounted on heavy card..... 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
Zurich, Switzerland: Typographische Monatsblätter, December, 1934, quarto, printed wrappers. 387-403 pp. Typographische Monatsblätter , The twelfth issue of 1934. Dime-size chip from upper right corners, a few other very small chips to wrappers. 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
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2018, First Edition. large octavo, boards in dust jacket. 200 pp. Oak Knoll Press, This book, by typographic scholar Hendrik Vervliet, is a survey of the life and work of the sixteenth-century letter-cutter Robert Granjon (1513-1590). With his contemporary Claude Garamont, he is considered..... More
Chicago: Society of Typographic Arts, (1987), First Edition. quarto, blue cloth in dust jacket. 254 pp. Society of Typographic Arts, Since 1948 Herman Zapf has designed 175 alphabets for hand composition, and digital laser systems. Alphabets such as Palatino, Melior and Optima are standards of fine letter design. All of..... More
Ann Arbor: The Legacy Press, 2021, Limited Edition. large octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 144 pp. The Legacy Press, The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw a great flowering of typographic activity, resulting in a corpus of typographic literature that continues to hold sway over contemporary type design and..... More
Baltimore: Maran Publishing Co., (1977), First Edition. quarto, decorated cloth. 720pp. Maran Publishing Co., Illustrated with facsimiles of every extant type foundry's specimens of their newest types. Some of these type faces never again appeared in any publication or type catalogue. Reprints of the stories from the Inland Printer magazine..... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2016, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 248 pp. Oak Knoll Press, Robert Granjon (1513-1590) was a younger contemporary of Claude Garamont (c.1510-1561) and with him one of the great names in the history of type-design. His typefaces have been studied in some..... More
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Poster created for Adobe Systems, Mountain View, California, 1987. 6-color, silkscreened by Rob Day. 33" x 14". Limited to 250 numbered copies signed by Lance Hidy. Portrait of Sumner Stone. New. 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
New York: Continental Typefounders Association, Inc., circa 1930, 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" one sheet folded once to form (4) pp. Continental Typefounders Association, Inc., Salmon color heavy stock printed in black and silver. An announcement from Melbert Cary, "to tell you that I am starting on my regular round..... 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
Leipzig: Fachbuchverlag, (1986), First Edition. quarto, black cloth in dust jacket. (264) pp. Fachbuchverlag, Text in German. Later printing of an important text. Extensively illustrated covering the fields of typography, calligraphy and lettering. Fine. More
(London): British Library, 1994, First Edition. large quarto, cloth. British Library, (xii), 588pp.; (548)pp. From the Introduction: "The acquisition of Hebrew books between 1893 and 1960 consists of some 9,000 titles. About twelve titles, mainly liturgies, which were acquired after 1960, have been included in this Catalogue because of their..... More
Arnheim: van Loghum Slaterus, 1966, First Edition. large octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 415 pp. van Loghum Slaterus, Text in Dutch. Contents include: I The resources. (intaglio printing, planographic printing, letter and its shapes, letterpress printing, etc.). II The goal. (proportions of the book, proofs, co-productions and books on foreign..... More
Typefoundry Asterdam, (1956), quarto, printed wrappers, stapled. (20) pp. Typefoundry Asterdam, The last page consists of an In Memoriam of the font designer, Walter H. McKay, who died a few days after the introduction of Columbia. The back pocket holds eight samples using Columbia typeface. Very fine. More
Boston: David R. Godine [et. al.], (1976), First printing of this edition. oblong small octavo, brown cloth in original acetate wrapper. unpaginated [75] pp. David R. Godine [et. al.], With a Memoir by Fritz Kredel and a Preface by Warren Chappell. A facsimile of the 24 alphabets in Das ABC..... More