New York: Beil, (1982), First Edition Limited to 300 numbered copies signed by Blumenthal. octavo, printed boards and cloth in matching slipcase. (14), (158)pp. Beil, Printed at The Stinehour Press. Book designed by Blumenthal. For more than fifty years Joseph Blumenthal, the renowned designer-printer, has stimulated concern for the arts..... 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, (2019), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth stamped in gilt. (350) pp. The Grolier Club, 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
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
Boston: Godine, (1993), First Edition, first printing of the softbound edition. octavo, wrappers. (xii), (308)pp. Godine, Drawing from mythology, cosmology, history, the Bible, literature, and esoteric, and conventional sources, this book takes the reader on a tour of each of the twenty-six letters that comprise one of civilization's greatest inventions..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983, Third Edition. octavo, brown cloth in dust jacket. (xvi), (392) pp. Yale University Press, A new edition of this now classic work is long overdue, and, with the filmsetting revolution almost complete, it has been possible to write it. The processes and methods of..... More
[Herefordshire: Whittington Press, 1997], Offprint. octavo, plain wrappers with printed label. (6) pp. of text plus (4) pp. of full-color illustrations. Whittington Press, Very fine. More
Cincinnati: Cincinnati Art Museum, 1960, First Edition. duodecimo, plain blue wrappers with printed spine label. (50) pp. Cincinnati Art Museum, Finely illustrated. Printed in black, red and maroon. Very fine. More
London: Frederick Muller, 1976, First Edition. quarto, boards in printed dust jacket. (128)pp. Frederick Muller, Jones concentrates his study on the 1920's when the work Morison did was the most basic and varied in character - the years when he rose from an amateur to a professional. Chapters deal with..... More
New York: Grolier Club, (2006), First Edition. octavo, decorated orange wrappers. 28pp. of text followed by 15 full page color illustrations. Grolier Club, Issued by The Typophiles in conjunction with an exhibition at the Grolier Club, New York. Introduction by Hermann Zapf. With a brief biography of de Beauclair's life..... 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: The Inkwell Press, 1980, Limited to 500 copies. octavo, cloth. 153pp. The Inkwell Press, Privately Printed for Friends of Hermann Puterschein at The Inkwell Press. Besides tributes to Dwiggins by Dorothy Abbe, Warren Chappell, Dwight Agner, Paul Shaw, and others, there is reprinted a letter by Dwiggins to..... More
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
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
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
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
(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
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