(New York): American Printing History Association, 1994, First Edition, Limited to 200 copies. folio, broadsides in an oatmeal cloth clamshell with leather label on front with title in gilt. American Printing History Association, Table of contents leaf and (4) page introductory material, twenty-nine broadsides, each designed and printed by an..... 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
London: Cambridge University Press, 1926, First Edition. quarto, ochre cloth stamped in red and blue. xvi, 206 pp, + xxpp. advertisements. Cambridge University Press, Contributors include Julius Rodenberg, Paul Istel, H. V. Marrot, Beatrice Warde and Stanley Morison. "A significant, learned, and copiously documented periodical. Only seven numbers were issued..... 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, cloth 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
[Lunenburg, VT: Stinehour Press, no date], 9" x 15" Stinehour Press, Broadside, printed recto and verso, head to foot. Printed in blue and black listing foundry type, embellised with typographic thoughts from D. B. Upike, Eric Gill and Carl Purington Rollins. A selection of borders is included. Very handsome. Clean..... More
Kalamazoo, MI: The Private Press and Typefundry of Paul Hayden Duensing, 1968, Limited to 200 copies for private distribution. small octavo, printed wrappers. (37) pp. The Private Press and Typefundry of Paul Hayden Duensing, The illustrations are those of the original edition of 1953, except for that facing the Bibliography..... 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
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
![Item #18307 Stone Typeface Family. [Poster]. Lance HIDY](/pictures/thumb/18307.jpg?v=1652281924)
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
![Item #21825 William Morris. [Poster]. Lance HIDY](/pictures/thumb/21825.jpg?v=1669748092)
Washington & Lee University, 1996. 11.3" x 4.5". Two color offset poster signed by the artist, Lance Hidy. The typography was composed on the computer using the Adobe Wood Type fonts. New. 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