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
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
(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
(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
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
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
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
Pittsfield, Mass: Eaton Paper Corporation, 1944, First Edition. 8.8 x 7 cm, marbled boards with dark brown morocco spine. (55) pp. Eaton Paper Corporation, Printed on Worthy Dacian paper. "Mr. Fred Anthoensen, the designer and printer of this Calendar, is one of the great exponents of the printer's art in... 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 and unmarked. More
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
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
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
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
University Park; New York: Penn State University Press; Morgan Library & Museum, 2015, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 264 pp. Penn State University Press; Morgan Library & Museum, The great painter Henri Matisse was also a great book illustrator. A pioneering member of the Fauves, a supreme colorist... More
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
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
(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
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
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
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 nubers were issued... 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
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
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 Haven: (Yale University Press), 1939, First Edition. octavo, spiral bound in a blue cloth case. partially paginated, approx. 280 pp. (Yale University Press), The first half consists of Specimens of Book Fonts, Specimens of Job Fonts, Initial Letters, Bold Face Fonts and more, and ends with Title Fonts of... More