Rochester: Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2002, First Edition, Limited to 120 copies. octavo, boards and cloth. (80)pp. Cary Graphic Arts Press, From the preface: "There is no doubt that Melbert B. Cary, Jr. reflected on what the books produced at his Press of the Woolly Whale might mean to those... More about Melbert B. Cary, Jr. and the Press of the Woolly Whale
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 about Manuale Zapficum. Typographic arrangements of the words by and about the work of Hermann Zapf...
Rochester, NY: RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection, 2016, First Edition, Limited to 325 copies. large oblong octavo, boards with vellum spine. 60 pp. RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection , With an Introduction by David Pankow. Foreword by Steven Galbraith. This new book – Manuale Calligraphicum – was conceived as a.... More about Manuale Calligraphicum. Examples of Calligraphy by Students of Hermann Zapf in the Manner of...
New York: (Harbor Press), no date [circa 1927], First Edition. duodecimo, black wrappers, sewn. 30 pp. (Harbor Press), Contains examples of Caslon, Garamond, Goudy Open, Forum, Lutetia and more in use by this much admired printer and publisher of fine books active from 1925 to 1938. Roland Wood, Elizabeth Wood... More about A Specimen of the Types in Use at the Harbor Press Incorporated 142 East 32nd Street
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2009, First Edition. quarto, decorated boards. 254 pp. Oak Knoll Press, This book contains reproductions of the printers and publishers marks of all those - both Greeks and non-Greeks - who printed or published books for Greek readers from the dawn of typography until... More about Printers' & Publishers' Marks in Books for the Greek World (1494-1821
(New York: Harbor Press), no date, circa 1930, First Edition. duodecimo, pictorial wrappers, sewn. (8) pp. Harbor Press), Blue-green wrappers printed in a deeper blue-green ink and featuring the Harbor Press iconic seahorse printed in a deep pink ink. All 8 pages contain examples of borders. Laid in is a.... More about The Harbor Press List of Borders (Cover title
Zurich, Switzerland: Typographische Monatsblätter, February, 1935, quarto, printed wrappers. 33-68 pp. Typographische Monatsblätter , The second issue of 1935. Contributions by Jan Tschicold and others. Wrappers a bit sunned but with no chipping. More about Typographische Monatsblätter zur Förderung der Berufsbildung. Typo - Photo - Graphik - Druck
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 about Typographische Monatsblätter zur Förderung der Berufsbildung. Typo - Photo - Graphik - Druck
Toronto; New Castle: Coach House Press; Oak Knoll Press, 2015, First Edition. quarto, cloth. 130 pp., with DVD. Coach House Press; Oak Knoll Press, Illustrated in color. Carl Dair (1912-1967) received a year grant from the Royal Society of Canada to apprentice at the famous Enschede type foundry in 1956... More about Epistles to the Torontonians. With Articles from Canadian Printer & Publisher
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2017, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 208 pp. Oak Knoll Press, In the Service of Scholarship is a history of one of the leading printing firms of the twentieth century. It is also a character study and biography of Harold Hugo (1910-1985)... More about "In the Service of Scholarship" Harold Hugo and the Meriden Gravure Company
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 about Robert Granjon, Letter-Cutter, 1513-1590: An Oeuvre-Catalogue
Rochester, NY: The Press of the Good Mountain, 1955, First Edition, Liited to 100 copies. quarto, mauve boards and grey cloth over metal spiral binding. 46 leaves. The Press of the Good Mountain, A compilation of quotes by various printers and designers using different fonts and papers. Covers bumped at... More about The Printer Speaks. A selection of types set by various hands in the Hand Composition Laboratory...
New Rochelle, NY: The Myriade Press, 1986, "Preliminary Edition" quarto, printed wrappers. xvi, 395 pp. The Myriade Press, A history of approximately 300 typefaces which are shown in upper and lower cases with numerals and punctuation. The history, aims, and purpose behind many of these typefaces are also described, along... More about American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century
Praze [Prague]: Slévárna písem. Ceská akciová spolecnost v Praze”. 1939, 9 5/8" x 12 1/2" printed wrappers. (24) pp. Slévárna písem. Ceská akciová spolecnost v Praze”., Slévárna písem. Ceská akciová spolecnost v Praze. With the rubber stamp of the London printing press company Frank F. Pershke Ltd. Printed in black..... More about Antikva Empiriana. Ryta podle puvodního písma...Giambattisty Bodoniho
Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher, (2016), First Trade Edition. One of 1,000 copies printed. octavo, red cloth in dust jacket. (295) pp. David R. Godine, Publisher, Last spring the world lost one of the greatest practitioners of the graphic arts of the past century. Hermann Zapf, born in 1918, died... More about Palatino. The Natural History of a Typeface
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2013, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 208 pp. Oak Knoll Press, Founded by Will Carter in 1924, the Rampant Lions Press in Cambridge, England, established itself as one of the leading letterpress workshops in the decades after the Second World War. Will was... More about The Rampant Lions Press: A Narrative Catalogue
(New Castle): Oak Knoll Press, 2008, First Edition. quarto, (176) pp. Oak Knoll Press, This is the first full-length study of the leading American type foundry of the nineteenth century. It is an interesting history of the foundry from both a business and a design point of view. The emphasis... More about MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan. Typographic Tastemakers of the Late Nineteenth Century
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2016, First American Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 312 pp. Oak Knoll Press, The Greek Editions of Aldus Manutius and his Greek Collaborators was first published in Greek in 2015, in order to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of the Venetian printer... More about The Greek Editions of Aldus
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 about Granjon's Flowers: An Enquiry into Granjon's, Giolito's, and de Tournes' Ornaments, 1542-1586
Rochester, NY: Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2008, Second Edition. quarto, cloth. 150pp; 96 illustrations. Cary Graphic Arts Press, “Alphabet Stories” are precisely what Hermann Zapf tells best. Through his 89 years, Zapf has designed over 25 typefaces, including the ubiquitous “Palatino” and “Zapf Dingbats” digital fonts that are included on..... More about Alphabet Stories: A Chronicle of Technical Developments
New York: R. R. Bowker, 1983, Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. xvi, 389pp. R. R. Bowker, Includes chapters on The Origins of the Private Press; The Quasi-Official or Patron's Press; The Scholarly Press; The Press as an Educational Toy; Private Printing and the Bibliomania (... More about The Private Press
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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 about Stone Typeface Family. [Poster
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2012, First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. 160 pp. Oak Knoll Press, The Rise and Fall of the Printers' International Specimen Exchange is the first in-depth study of an institution whose goal was nothing less than a renaissance of fine printing at a.... More about The Rise and Fall of the Printers' International Specimen Exchange
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 about Letters of Eric Gill. Edited by Walter Shewring
(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 about International Annual of Letterforms. Alphabet. Volume One. 1964