(London): Victoria & Albert Museum and Faber & Faber, (1980), First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. (100)pp. Victoria & Albert Museum and Faber & Faber, A catalogue for the retrospective exhibition of his work to commemorate his 75th birthday. With 183 items exhibited and described in detail. Numerous illustrations in black..... More
(Madison, NJ: Farleigh-Dickinson University, no date [1996]), First Edition. quarto, pictorial wrappers. 50 pp. with a 5-page typescript index laid in. Farleigh-Dickinson University, The exhibition that formed the basis for this catalogue was commissioned by the Ginza Graphic Gallery in Tokyo in 1996 and drawn from the Fairleigh Dickinson University..... More
(Rochester, NY: Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection, no date [circa 2000]), small octavo, unbound, as issued. (16) pp. Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection, "The illustrations shown on the preceding pages were all selected from the John Fass archives in the Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts..... More
The Penguin Collectors Society, Dec 2013; Dec 2014; Dec 2015; June 2016; Dec 2016, small octavo, printed wrappers. 64, 64, 64, 80, 80 pp. The Penguin Collectors Society, "The Penguin Collector is the Society's twice-yearly journal, published each June and December....Articles are contributed by members and other writers on a...... 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
London: Trustees British Museum, 1971, First Edition. quarto, wrappers. 64pp. Trustees British Museum, Catalogue of the exhibition held in the King's Library, British Museum, 8 July - 3 October 1971. Illustrated in the text and with 14pp. of plates at end. Wrappers printed overall with the SM monogram design by..... 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
New York: Delano Greenidge Editions, (2002), First Edition. folio, boards in dust jacket. 388 pp. Delano Greenidge Editions, A chronicle defining the contributions to the history of twentieth-century page design by artists, architects, filmmakers and designers who participated in the major art movements of the age: Cubism, Expressionism, Futurism, Dadism..... 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
(London): Allen Lane, (2010), First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 255 pp. Allen Lane, Looking back at seventy years of Puffin paperbacks, Phil Baines charts the development of Puffin and the role of illustrators and designers in creating and defining the identity of the Puffin list from the very first picture..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972, First American Edition. octavo, red cloth in dust jacket. 566 pp. Harvard University Press, Illustrated. Barker has written an account of Morison's Life with a rare degree of insight into his complex and fascinating character. Short wrinkle to front panel of jacket, else very..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard College Library, 1990, First Edition. quarto, wrappers. 64pp. Harvard College Library, Illustrated with plates and photographs. With an introduction by Eleanor Garvey. A beautifully produced catalogue in which Harvard's work as a calligrapher, type designer, stonecutter, author and illustrator is chronicled. With "Paragraphs on Life and Letters"..... More
New York: Watson-Guptill, (1989), First Edition. oblong quarto, boards & cloth in dust jacket. 192pp. Watson-Guptill, Aimed at Graphic designers, this book is designed to train the eye in the qualities of type: the specific characteristics of a face, its relationship to other faces and to space. Chapters include Working..... More
New York: Beil, (1982), First Edition. octavo, 153pp. Beil, Printed at The Stinehour Press. For more than fifty years Joseph Blumenthal, the renowned designer-printer, has stimulated concern for the arts of the book in the United States. In this professional autobiography he has written a fascinating account of his life..... More
(London): Penguin Books, (2010), First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 254 pp. Penguin Books, Extensively illustrated in full color. A unique exploration into the subtle art of the book cover High standards in art and design have always been part of Penguin's publishing program. Now, on the occasion of Penguin's 75th..... More
Boston: Godine, 1998, 36pp. of text and 16pp. of color plates. First Trade Edition. octavo, cloth. Godine, "John Fass and his work at the Hammer Creek Press are practically unknown today except to a small group of devoted cognoscenti. Unlike Rogers, Updike, or Dwiggins, Fass was essentially a private printer..... More
Urbana: Univ of Illinois Press, 1968, First American Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 134pp. Univ of Illinois Press, With chapters on The Scene about 1900: Morris and Jugend, The Scene about 1 930: Architects and Functionalism, The Scene about 1960: Tradition and Innovation. With a page of Bibliographical Notes..... More
Koln: Taschen, (1999), First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. (176)pp. Taschen, Text in English, German, and French. Starting with a biography of Morris the text follows the author/artist through interests in interior and furniture design, his public commissions, stained glass, tiles, wallpapers, printed textiles, calligraphy and the Kelmscott Press..... More
Westerham Kent: Hurtwood Publications Ltd., 1980, First Edition. quarto, tan cloth with profile of Minerva stamped in gilt on front cover in gold dust jacket. (xii), 75pp. Hurtwood Publications Ltd., Foreword by HRH The Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh. This history covers the Society from its beginnings, through the years..... 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: 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
Rochester, NY: RIT, Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2007, First Edition. octavo, decorated wrappers. 48pp. RIT, Cary Graphic Arts Press, “Spend Your Alphabets Lavishly,”—a quote from Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables—aptly describes the lifework of two principal figures in contemporary graphic arts: Hermann and Gudrun Zapf. The Zapfs’ 50-year relationship with Rochester..... 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
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
(London): Ernest Benn, (1973), First Edition. large quarto, blue cloth in dust jacket. 359 pp. Ernest Benn, Extensively illustrated in black and white with some color. "The Fleuron may aptly be called the leader of modern typography. It devoted all of its efforts to the promotion of the highest standards..... More