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(New York): American Printing History Association, 1998. cloth. 8vo. cloth. 176, (4) pages followed by 38 plates. First edition, limited to 720 copies. A fine copy. Set in Monotype Centaur and Bembo by Michael and Winifred Bixler with text printed letterpress and the illustrations printed by offset lithography at The Stinehour Press. Designed by Jerry Kelly. A study of type faces developed in America after 1892 and intended for composition in metal for the use of an individual or press. Includes articles by Susan Otis Thompson, Martin Hutner (Merrymount Press), Herbert H. Johnson (Bruce Rogers), Cathleen A. Baker (Dard Hunter), Mark Argetsinger (Frederic Warde), Jerry Kelly (Joseph Blumenthal), Dwight Agner (Frederic Goudy), W. Gay Reading (Victor Hammer), John Kristensen (W.A. Dwiggins) and Paul Hayden Duensing. 66 illustrations at the end.

(New York): American Printing History Association, 1998. Hardcover. Fine. Navy cloth gilt and printed in blind, 8vo., 176, (3) pages + 38 plates with 66 illustrations. One of 600 regular copies designed by Jerry Kelly, set by the Bixlers and printed at the Stinehour Press Articles on Bruce Rogers, Dard Hunter, Frederic Warde, Victor Hammer and others. A fine copy in archival mylar.

New York: American Printing History Association, 1998. cloth. 8vo. cloth. 176, (4) pages followed by 38 plates. This book is a fascinating survey of typefaces developed in America after 1892 and intended for composition in metal for the use of an individual or press. It includes essays by the following: Susan Otis Thompson on American Arts & Crafts typefaces, Martin Hutner on the Merrymount Press, Herbert Johnson on Bruce Rogers's Centaur type, Cathleen Baker on Dard Hunter's typefaces, Mark Argetsinger on Frederic Warde, Stanley Morison, and the Arrighi type, Jerry Kelly on Joseph Blumenthal's Spiral (Emerson) type, Dwight Anger on Frederic Goudy's Kaatskill type, W. Gay Reading on Victor Hammer's Uncial Types, John Kristensen on experimental types of W.A. Dwiggins, and Paul Hayden Duensing on contemporary private types. Limited to 600 regular edition copies set in Monotype Centaur and Bembo with text printed letterpress and the illustrations printed by offset lithography at The Stinehour Press.… Read More

New York: American Printing History Society, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 6 x 9. 176, (4) pages plus 38 plates, 7 leaves in rear pocket. Cloth, leather spine label. Fine. One of 120 deluxe copies, printed on special paper and handbound, with 7 inserts specially printed from original types: Kaatskill, Montallegro, Montaigne, Arrighi & Vicenza, Spiral, Dard Hunter, and Samson. Beautiful book, as new.

New York, American Printing History Association, 1998.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, publisher's dark blue gilt-stamped cloth, spine with red painted label lettered in gilt. In fine condition. One of 120 copies with the extra broadsides at the end. (1 l.), 176 pp., (2 ll.), 38 pp. black-and-white plates, 7 leaves loose in folder at end. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION, Special Issue—One of 120 copies printed on Hahnemuhle Biblio mould-made paper, designed by Jerry Kelly, set by the Bixlers and printed at the Stinehour Press. Specially bound by Judi Conant and containing a group of broadsides printed from the original foundry versions of some of the faces discussed, laid into a portfolio affixed to the rear paste-down. Printers of the seven broadsides are Dale Guild Printing Office, Firefly Press, the Bibliographic Press at Yale, Kelly-Winterton, Wells College Press, Dard Hunter II, and Cary Library Press. There were another 600 copies printed of the regular issue. This work is a survey of… Read More