Bergisch Gladbach, Germany: J.W. Zanders Feinpapier, nd. Presumed first edition. Text in English, French and German by Kurt Weidemann. Includes samples of paper and a range of letterheads from a wide range of companies. A clean near fine copy and in a near fine cardstock slipcase that has some minor wear. Item #194699 More
Price: $45.00
Frankfurt am Main Ost: Ludwig & Mayer, [1955]. Softcover. Text in German. Typography book with a wide range of types and illustrations. A clean near fine copy in red plastic comb style binding with wrappers. A very nice copy. Uncommon. Item #194704 More
Price: $75.00
New York: Hastings House, Publishers, 1970. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 182 pages. Includes numerous black and white illustrations. A near fine copy in cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with some minor wear. Item #196317 More
Price: $40.00
Lucerne, Switzerland: Keller & Co, 1948. First edition. Softcover. Text in German. A wide ranging sample book of typography at the middle of the last century. Features numerous different papers of various weights and textures. Includes letterheads, business cards, bookplates and other examples. A clean near fine copy in metal spiral bound wrappers with some minor wear. Item #195298 More
Price: $175.00
Winter Haven, FL: Anachronic Editions, 1986. First edition and first printing. Number 16 of only 100 copies printed on Rives heavyweight paper from France. Edited, compiled, printed and designed by Steven and Meryl Chayt. A collection of essays that demonstrate the flexibility of Ludlow typography. Includes illustrated essays by Irving B. Simon, R. Randolph Karch, William A. Kittredge, two by Douglas C. McMurtrie, Richard E. Huss, Sol Malkoff, and one by the Chayts. A fine copy in paper covered boards with cloth spine. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Steven and Meryl Chayt on the half title page. A beautiful production. Item #194700 More
Price: $400.00
Cambridge, MA: Harvard College Library, Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, 1940. First edition. Softcover. [12 pages.] A nicely printed book. A clean very near fine copy in wrappers with an integral dust jacket and in an about very good slipcase that has a small chip to the bottom edge and some other light wear. Item #194731 More
Price: $75.00
Brooklyn, NY: Mergenthaler Linotype Company, 1935. First edition. Sofcover. Features text by William Rose Benet and various illustrations by Dwiggins. A clean near fine copy in French style wrappers. Item #194702 More
Price: $35.00
Boston, MA: Society of Printers, 1987. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 102 pages. A biography of T J Lyons who was a Boston based printer. Includes numerous illustrations of type along with a tipped in business card. A fine copy in cloth boards and in a very good tissue dust jacket that has some chips, tears and other wear. Signed and very warmly inscribed by Gowans on the front free endpaper in the year of publication. Item #194890 More
Price: $20.00
London: Shenval Press, 1947. First edition. Softcover. 98 pages. Periodical on graphic design and typography. Features these articles: Ellic Howe's "Newspaper Printing int he Nineteenth Century, Simon Nowell-Smith's "Artist Into Reader: A Review," James Thorpe's "The Posters of the Beggarstaff Brothers," Graham Reynolds' "Daumier: A Review," Harold Keeble's "The Typography of Psychological Warfare" and Maurice de Saumarez' "The Pen Drawings of Thomas Hennell." A very good plus copy in plastic comb wrappers with some minor wear. Internally a clean copy of this nicely printed periodical. Item #194733 More
Price: $30.00
Amsterdam: De Buitenkant, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 40 pages. Text in Dutch. Includes numerous illustrations. A very near fine copy. No dust jacket as issued. Item #194698 More
Price: $25.00
London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. 351 pages. Major monograph on German typographer and book designer Jan Tschichold. Features text by Cees W. De Jong, Alston W. Purvis, Martijn F. Le Coultre, Richard B. Doubleday, and Hans Reichardt. Includes numerous illustrations, some of which have not been previously seen before. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. As new and still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. Item #175345 More
Price: $50.00