Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, 1992, First Edition. quarto, wrappers. (68)pp. Library of Congress, The story behind this public relations campaign to get the attention of mass market book publishers and attract new business. The Four American Books were Herman Melville's Moby Dick, illustrated by Rockwell Kent; the Tales of..... More
Los Angeles: University of California Press, (2000), First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. 240pp. University of California Press, This book represents the first account in the English language of the emergence of German graphic design between 1890 and 1945. This study examines a time in German design history marked..... More
Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, 1987, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. vii, (70)pp. Library of Congress, Limited to 1,500 copies. Part of the Engelhard series sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. Originally presented on October 2, 1985 as an Engelhard Lecture on the Book. Ward..... More
Salt Lake City, Brigham Young University Library, 1995, First Trade Edition, one of 650 copies. quarto, cloth. 320pp. Brigham Young University Library, With an Introduction by Jeanne Veyrin-Forrer. "Based on a unique collection at Brigham Young University assembled by the distinguished bookseller and scholar Fred Schreiber, this illustrated catalogue describes..... More
Rochester, NY: RIT Press, 2014, First Edition. quarto, pictorial wrappers. 90 pp. RIT Press, Since its founding in 1969, the Cary Graphic Arts Collection at Rochester Institute of Technology has grown from the personal library of its namesake Melbert B. Cary Jr., to one of the nation’s premier libraries on..... More
(Boston: Society of Printers, 1957), First Edition, Society of Printers issue. large quarto, printed wrappers with WAD stamped in gilt on front, stitched. (16) pp. Society of Printers, Copies were also printed for AIGA. A collection of photographs of Dwiggins with captions of Hollister. Edges of wrappers slightly faded... More
New York: The Typophiles, 1947, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. xiv, (160)pp. The Typophiles, Designed by W. A. Dwiggins. With twelve essays by WAD. Preface and notes by Watson Gordon. Printed by the Anthoensen Press. Typophile Chapbook No. 17. Inner hinges stained..... More
Westport: Greenwood Reprint Corporation, (1970), First printing of this edition. quarto, gray cloth. (56)pp., 410pp., (130)pp. Greenwood Reprint Corporation, A facsimile reproduction of the handsome periodical issued by The Marchbanks Press, edited by Frederic Goudy, on the art and history of the book. Vol. I: Numbers 1-3 (1918-1920), Number 4..... More
New York: The Typophiles, 1946, First Edition, one of 400 numbered copies for The Typophiles. duodecimo, brick red buckran. (xii), (152)pp. The Typophiles, Typophile Chap Book No. XV. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Printed at The Spiral Press, New York. Illustrated with photographs and numerous Bruce Roger's marks. With the bookplate..... 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
New York: The Grolier Club, 2014, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. 112 pp. The Grolier Club, Foreword by Matthew Carter, followed by a detailed checklist of over 160 items on show at the Grolier Club, February 19 - April 26, 2014. Theodore Low De Vinne (1828-1914) was one of the most..... 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
(New York): Kelly Winterton Press, (2019), First Edition. octavo, maroon cloth stamped in gilt. (368) pp. Kelly Winterton Press, Calligrapher, type designer, and typographer Hermann Zapf towers over twentieth century lettering arts. Over a 70 year career, he designed more than 200 typefaces, many of which have become a part..... More
London: Lund Humphries, (1971), First Edition. quarto, black cloth in dust jacket. 184pp. Lund Humphries, Appleton 374. With numerous illustrations printed in colors. Moran endeavors to assess Morison's contribution objectively against the background of typographical developments both in the United States and Britain, and it conssiders among other matters Morison's..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1966), First American Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. xxiv, (408)pp. University of Chicago Press, The most authoritative general reference work on printing and typography as related to the book in the 19th and early 20th centuries. With separate essays and plates for each country..... 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
(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
London: Peter Davies Limited, 1928, First Edition. folio, boards and cloth. (176)pp. Peter Davies Limited, Editor's Note: "The specimens in this book have been selected not so much to represent every publisher, printer and illustrator of distinction in each country, but rather to endeavour (within a necessarily limited compass) to..... More
London: Signature, 1954, First Edition. quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers in original tissue outer wrapper. (66)pp. Signature, Printed at The Curwen Press. Articles and reviews by Brian Robb, Denys Sutton, "To Oliver Simon" by Edmund Blunden, "Horace Hart and The University Press, Oxford 1883-1915" by Charles Batey, and more. With..... More
London: Signature, 1953, First Edition. quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers in original tissue outer wrapper. (58)pp. Signature, Printed at The Curwen Press. Articles and reviews by Victor Scholderer, "The Shifting Scene. Five Journeys. Printer and Illustratores", by Oliver Simon, "Nicolas de Stael" by Denys Sutton, "The Achievement of Bulmer and..... More
London: Signature, 1952, First Edition. quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers in original tissue outer wrapper. (62)pp. Signature, Printed at The Curwen Press. Articles and reviews by Brian Robb, Desmond Flower, "The Printing of Shakespear's Plays" by Antony Sampson, "A New Light on Caxton and Colard Mansion". Well and beautifully illustrated..... More
London: Signature, 1950, First Edition. quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers in original tissue outer wrapper. (54)pp. Signature, Printed at The Curwen Press. Articles on "Brian Robb" by Edward Ardizzone, H. P. Schmoller and John Piper. Printed in black and red. Well and beautifuuly illustrated. A very fine, clean copy... More
(Boston): David R. Godine, (2016), First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. 120 pp. David R. Godine, Roughly fifteen years after Gutenburg printed the first book in Maintz in 1455, Nicolas Jenson of Venice produced what has been universally recognized as among the most beautiful typefaces ever created. Based on..... More
Toronto: Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 2007, First Edition. small quarto, printed wrappers. 112 pp. Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, Bruce Rogers (1870-1957) designed about five hundred books between 1892 and 1957. To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of this great artisan’s death, the Fisher Library is..... More
Boston: David R. Godine, 2015, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 280 pp. David R. Godine, A lavishly illustrated biography of the great printer Bodoni, vividly describing his work, life, and times while justifying his reputation as the "prince of typographers". This is the first English-language biography of the..... More