The Typographic Book 1450 - 1935: a study of fine typography through five centuries, exhibited in upwards of 350 title and text pages drawn from presses working in the European tradition. by Morison, Stanley, Kenneth Day, eds - 1963

London, United Kingdom: Ernest Benn, 1963. Oversized hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, xiii + 66 pages of text, plus 377 plates; ex-library copy with cover edge wear and faded old top edge water stains (with some page penetration as gentle wrinkling of top page margins, but no stains to pages), stamps and labels, free back endpaper removed, but tight in binding, text pages clean and unmarked. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good ++/Good.

Ernest Benn Ltd. 1963. First Edition, small 4to, xiii, 100pp., ex-library, 377 plates, orig. cloth. Reproductions from outstanding or interesting books of each century, accompanied by historical essays.

Ernest Benn Limited. Very Good. 1963. Hardcover. Publisher's oversized gilt-titled cloth. Slight soil to exterior, points bumped, bottom leading text block corner mildly bumped. Tight and square. ; quarto .

London, Ernest Benn, London, Ernest Benn. 1963, Illustrated. Cloth. 2,7kg. No dust jacket, no slipcase. Lower right corner of page 97 with little damage (see picture), else in very good condition.

The University of Chicago Press, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. Oversize; buyer pays extra postage. Jacket little faded on spine. In slipcase with one corner bumped.

University of Chicago Press. Used - Very Good. 1963. Hardcover. Second Printing. Cloth, publisher's cloth slipcase, dj., quarto, illust. Jacket is sunned at spine. Otherwise in excellent condition. Fine. Very Good. (Subject: Books on Books).

London: Ernest Benn Ltd, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good. Black buckram gilt, folio, DW, xiii, 66 pages, 377 illustrations, most full page, one folding, 71-(99) pages. Monumental title-pieces printed from wood-blocks engraved by Reynolds Stone. Printed at the University Printing House, Cambridge; plates printed by L. Van Leer in Amsterdam. This copy is marked "file copy", with number noted at paste-down and foot of DW. A very good copy in a DW showing wear and soiling, in archival mylar. Additional postage may be requested.

University of Chicago Press. Used - Very Good. Cloth, large 4to, 99 pp. text, 377 illus. Very good in a dj. with an old dampstain along the spine. In publisher's slipcase. Very Good.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good+. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963. Numerous b/w and full color illustrations. xii, 299 pp. Hardcover. Folio. Black cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Very good condition. Includes black slipcase. Cover in excellent condition. Minor scuffing and smudges on spine of dust jacket. Pages clean and clear. Very good+/Very good+.

London: Ernest Benn, 1963 4to (31.5 cm), XIII, 99 pp, 377 illustrations on unnumbered plates. Publisher's cloth. Reproduced 378 title and text pages drawn from presses working in the European tradition. An introductory essay by Stanley Morison. "The Typographic Book" was designed to supersede published in 1924 "Four Centuries of Fine Printing". By way of introduction, the author revised original text, in which he incorporated an essay, re-written from "Modern Fine Printing" (1925). The number of plates of the modern period has been extended by Kenneth Day.

U.S.A.: ITC, 1975. First Edition. Published to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the American typewriter, with designers Joel Kaden and Tony Stan reinvigorating the font by dispensing with its rigid spacing. "On every standard typewriter, there's a metal bar with a row of teeth spaced exactly one-tenth of an inch apart. In 1874 this famous bar lifted the typewriter from the inventor's bench and placed it in the office where it changed our reading habits, modified our concepts of legibility, and eventually opened the world of business to women." Bound in stapled colour paper wrappers, 340 mm x 153 mm, 27 pages, a near fine copy.

5956Ruskin The King of the Golden River, A Legend of Stiria. Publisher: Roycrofters, East Aurora, NY, 1900. RARE. Original copyright 1841. BOUND IN SUEDE LEATHER. Used . Good- condition./ None Issued. A couple of top edges show bite-size area of loss. Does not effect text. Frontispiece black and white portrait of John Ruskin. Decorated title page and decorated initial letters by Samuel Warner. Colophon reads, printed in red, as follows: SO HERE ENDETH THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER, AS / WRITTEN BY JOHN RUSKIN: THE TITLE PAGE AND INITIALS / BEING DESIGNED BY SAMUEL WARNER, AND THE WHOLE / DONE INTO A BOOK BY THE ROYCROFTERS, AT THEIR SHOP, / IN EAST AURORA, NEW YORK, U.S.A., IN THE YEAR MCM. Roycroft logo with Elbert Hubbard printed in. handwritten gift inscription and signature on front free endpaper dates this item to the year 1900. Leather is in clean condition.

London: Unit Editions, 2021. 1st ed. Paperback. New/no dj as issued. A long overdue book examining the extraordinary life and work of artist/designer Ed Fella. Ed Fella is revered by many of the leading names in contemporary design. Now, at long last, there is a book that charts Ed's journey from the commercial design studios of 1950s Detroit to his current position as a widely celebrated artist/designer. Ed Fella: A Life in Images makes extensive use of his vast treasure store of visual delight: it showcases flyers, posters, original sketches, drawings, Polaroids and collages, as well as items from Ed's collection of vernacular design. The book makes unrestricted use of Ed's vast archive. David Cabianca, the book's co-author and its instigator, has surveyed the archive in depth. He writes: "Ed Fella's archive is legion. It branches into numerous streams while sustaining a robust trail of examples along the way. Fella's archive exhausts the possibilities one might find in graphic design. Ed Fella… Read More

Kentfield, California: The Upstairs Press, 1979. SCARCE. #13 of only 29 copies printed by the author in the upstairs room of her home. Hand printed and handset from Centaur and Goudy fonts. Eoght sheets with a poem each page plus title page and colophon page. Each of the poetry sheets has the author's name and address printed verso. The sheets are unbound and laid in a plain beige paper folder. The folder has small corner creases, the contents are Fine. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Folded Wrappers . Fine in Wraps, as Issued/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.

Bloomington, Indiana: The Raintree Press, 1981. SCARCE, WorldCat locates only 3 libraries with holdings. No copies found in current commerce. A Lockerbie Square chapbook. Published by Fredric Brewer at the Raintree Press, and SIGNED by Rensberger and initial-signed by Brewer at Colophon Page. No indication of number of copies printed, likely fewer than 100. Near Fine, slight fading to front wrapper. Printed letter in matching printed envelope in pocket on l. [12].. First Edition. String Tied. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press.

Salt Lake City: Porte Publishing Co., 1936. Handsomely bound in quarter calf over marbled boards, Near Fine, light rubbing to calf at joints, small prior owner bookplate bottom edge rear paste down. . The Business Printer, Vol. VIII - N0. 7-8. . First Edition. Quarter Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1958. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/none. 13" × 9" × 2 1/2" (33 × 22.9 × 6.4 cm) . Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. First Printing. Edited by Frederick Startridge Ellis. Illustrated by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. Printed by Copifyer Lithograph Corporation. Small Folio. Bound in publisher's original hardcover blind-stamped cream leatherette, by The Press of the World Publishing Company, in imitation of the alum tawed pigskin binding design for the book by Morris and executed by Douglas Cockerell at the Doves Bindery. Gilt titles to spine. Printed on fine, thick and heavy, in imitation of the original Kelmscott paper paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon and special printer's device designed by Morris especially for this book. [xx], 554 pp. Includes a new introduction by John T. Winterich and a glossary for the modern reader. Often called "The Most Beautiful Book Ever Published," William Morris's acclaimed masterpiece, "THE KELMSCOTT… Read More

Utica, NY: Howard Coggeshall, 1941. SCARCE. From the "Book of Knowledge, Treating of the Wisdom of the Ancients, Written by ERRA PATER, Doctor of Astronomy and Physic, Born in Bethany in Judea". One of an unnumbered but small edition printed for the friends of Howard and Marie Coggeshall, in Utica, NY, in December 1941.. First Edition Thus. Printed Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Utica, NY: Howard Coggeshall Near Fine, small chip bottom corner rear wrapper. No Date (circa 1942). One of an unnumbered edition of 407 copies. " Faithfully reprinted as it appears in The Book of Knowledge "Wisdom of the Ancients, writtenby Erra Pater, a Jew, Doctor in Astronomy and Physic, born in Bethany, near Mount Olivet, in Judea, made English by W. Lilly, Student in Physic and Astrology". " 12 pages in cream wrappers, measuring 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". Scarce.. Limited First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Limited Edition.

Cloth cover with imprint of author on front. Silver on spine. The book is in good condition, pages are crisp and clean with a binding that is tight. There is a ding on the top spine but the photos will show it is in lovely shape with some sun fading. Bargain priced without the dust jacket. Please view photos for quality views.
"From the dust jacket: Paul Rand's stature as one of the world's leading graphic designers is uncontestable. For half a century his pioneering work in the field of advertising design and typography has exerted a profound influence on the design profession; he almost single-handedly transformed "commercial art" from a practice that catered to the lowest common denominator of taste to one that could assert its place among the fine arts. Among the numerous clients for whom he has been a consultant and/or designer are the American Broadcasting Company, IBM Corporation, and Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
In this witty and instructive book, Paul Rand speaks on the process and… Read More