Book Typography 1815-1965 : In Europe and the United States of America by Day, Kenneth - 1966

Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1966. 1st American Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is in G condition with adhesive stains to covers, light offsetting to end paers, light foxing to top edge else still a bright and solid copy. Dust jacket is in G condition with adhesive stains to fly leaves, small chip to front fly, rubbing to edges & spine else still bright, intact and whole. ARN W.05

University of Chicago Press [1966], 1966-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Ex-library; usual treatments. No dust jackjet. Nice cover. Clean pages. Binding excellent.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1965. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 401 pp. .

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, [1966]. First English Edition. HB. Gray cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, xxiii, 401 pp. First published in the Netherlands as "Andrhalve Eeuw Boektypografie" in 1965. No marks in book, binding tight. In an unclipped dust jacket that shows edge wear, spine sunned. Book condition VG in VG- DJ.

Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press, 1966. Offprint. Softcover. Near Fine. 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor to moderate wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Reprint from Book Typography 1815-1965 in Europe and the United States of America. 327-369 pp., and then a range of 24 black-and-white plates in facsimile, quite fine. The book covers 150 years of typographic history in Belgium, France, Germany, Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and America. Among the contributors are F. Baudin, G. Blanchard, P.M. Handover, G.W. Ovink, Franco Riva, Willy Rotzler, Georg Kurt Schauer, Maximilien Vox, and James Wells.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1966. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xxiii, 401 pages. First U.S. edition, first published in Holland by Thieme in Dutch. Various authors discuss book typography for different countries including Handover on British Book Typography and James Wells on Typography in the U.S. 192 pages of illustrations. Ink inscription on free endpaper.

Chicago:: University of Chicago Press,, [1966].. publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. Very near fine in a price-clipped jacket with slight use at extremities.. 8vo,.

Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press, 1966. Appears unread. Fine condition in a Very Near Fine dust jacket. The jacket would also be FINE but for just a tiny bit of rubbing. NOT price clipped ($17.50). NO chips. NO creases. NOT a library discard. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and crisp, apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. xxiii, 401pp. + 192 pages of illustrations (192 plates are unnumbered, i.e. not included in the pagination). Said to be the best general reference work on 19th and 20th century book printing and typography. Covers 150 years of typographic history in Belgium, France, Germany, Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and America. Features a visual feast of fine reproductions. Among the contributors are F. Baudin, G. Blanchard, P.M. Handover, G.W. Ovink, Franco Riva, Willy Rotzler, Georg Kurt Schauer, Maximilien Vox, and… Read More

Univ. Chicago. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. 0226138852 . Exlibrary with usual library markings. Bumped corners. ; 401 pages .

University of Chicago Press, 1966. University of Chicago Press, 1966 VG+ in Brodart First U.S. Edition. Large Octavo. xxiii, 401 pages plus 192 pages of illustrations. First published in1965 in the Netherlands under the title Anderhalve Eeuw Boektypografie.Various authors (Baudin, Blanchard, Vox, Schauer, Handover, Riva, Ovink, Rotzler, James M. Wells) trace the history of book typography in Europe and the United States. Profusely illustrated from examples of book typography. Gray cloth with silver spine lettering. Volume at least Near Fine. Jacket with some trivial edgewear, but VG+ and collected and protected in a Brodart sleeve. Always FREE SHIPPING via media mail to any United States address.