Manuale Typographicum by Hermann Zapf

Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1970. Hardcover. Wide 16mo. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket.123pp. Numerous illustrations. Fine/very good. Jacket just faintly rubbed. Quite handsome revised edition of this 1954 classic, described on jacket front panel as "100 typographic pages with quotations from the past and present on types and printing in 16 different languages....

The MIT Press. 008008-Netherlands 1970. (4), 124 [=248] pp., cloth with slightly damaged dustjacket. rare hardcover edition. Pictures on request. 1970. (4), 124 [=248] pp., cloth with slightly damaged dustjacket. rare hardcover edition. Pictures on request.

Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1976 Landscape orientation. Shows the myriad possibilities of the expressiveness and beauty of type, whether individually or in massed text, by the use of purely typographic means. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 123 numbered pp +1; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, ivory, tight; all edges sunned, top edge a bit dusty, occasional offsetting. Cover: dark blue cloth, gilt titles spine; very light shelfwear. DJ: unclipped, medium blue with white spine, white titles front, blue titles spine; moderate edge/shelfwear, moderately rubbed, small crinkles and several tiny tears, heinous 4 inch jagged tear monsters diagonally across front.