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New York: Harper Collins [Collins Design], 2005.. Hardbound square 8vo., printed DJ. (4th print., 2007.) 600 pp. Eng. illustrated full color photo reprod. throughout. As new.

Stockholm, Sweden: Langenskiöld, 2007.. Quarto, in wraps. 272 pp. Swedish. VG. Profiles work of: Pia Amsell, Carina Seth Andersson, Monica Förster, Lotta Kühlorn, Pia Törnell, Eva Schildt, Ulrika Mårtensson, Lena Bergström, Camilla Diedrich, Sara Szyber, Anna Von Schewen, Anna Lerinder, Nina Jobs, Barbro Wesslander, Anna Kraitz, Front, Anki Gneib.

Montreal: Pierre Luduc, circa 1960s. Letterpress and silkscreen on mauve paper. 48.5 x 31.2 cm. Luduc was located at 222 rue de l’hopital dans le vieux Montreal ...Richard Pennington established Redpath Press while he was working at McGill University in Montreal. He started the press 'partly for pleasure and partly to demonstrate the practices of hand-printing to students in the school of librarianship where he annually lectured on the history of the book and printing'.(Source: Peter Biskup 'Richard Pennington, University of Queensland's First James Forsyth Librarian, 1939-1946.' Australian Academic and Research Libraries 27.4 December 1996.)Provenance: from the estate of Raymond Gid who died Sunday November 12, 2000 in Paris. Born on November 25, 1905, Raymond Gid became first known through his posters, after having studied at les Beaux-Arts. As a film enthusiast, he designed many movie posters, for example Vampyr de Dreyer (photomontage, 1932), Le Silence de la mer by Melville (1949), Les… Read More

Möchengladbach, Germany: 1984. 82 plates, some folding, in original box with the title on the box. "Katalog-Auflage: 1050 Exemplare"--Colophon. "Approx. 100 [actually 82] loose sheets (stiff cardstock) printed in color- and b+w, assembled in a white cardboard box, 31 x 22 cm. (in the tradition of the Moenchengladbach Museum's boxes). Added is a 10 page facsimile of a handwritten text (German) by Bazon Brock and a sheet w. a text in English by S. Bojko"- Artists: Bill Beckley, Bernhard Johannes Blume, Werner Buettner, James Lee Byars, Braco Dimitrijevic, Lili Fischer, Georg Herold, Allen Jones, Martin Kippenberger, Ewa Kwiatkowska, Wolfgang Laib, Heinz Mack, Cork Marcheschi, Nicola de Maria, Bruce McLean, Christiane Moebus, Francois Morellet, Teresa Murak, Max Neumann, Albert Oehlen, Marcus Oehlen, Dennis Oppenheim, Eduardo Paolozzi, Juergen Partenheimer, Italo Scanga, Ritz Schwegler, Zdzislaw Sosnowski, Teresa Tyszkiewicz, Guenther Uecker, Jan Voss, Andy Warhol, Stefan Wewerka, Dorothee von… Read More

Frankfurt/M: 1959. Letterpress on card stock. 35.5 x52 cm.14" x 19 7/8" broadside. Philip Hofer. Broadside of an Alphabet with quotes by Douglas C McMurtrie, Jean Cocteau and Emanuel Geibel about letters and the alphabet in a variety of languages. Calligraphed by Hermann Zapf and commissioned by Philip Hofer. Printed in 7 colors. The colophon line is in German, and can be translated as "For Philip Hofer in Cambridge, written by Hermann Zapf, Frankfurt am Main 1959". Hermann Zapf (pronounced “tsáff,” born November 8, 1918) was a German typeface designer who lived in Darmstadt, Germany and was married to calligrapher and typeface designer Gudrun Zapf von Hesse.Zapf’s work, which includes Palatino (1948, named after 16th century Italian writing master Giambattista Palatino) and Optima (1952, a flared sans-serif, released by Stempel in 1958. Zapf disliked its name, which was invented by Stempel’s marketers), has been widely copied, often against his will. The best known example may be… Read More

New York: Harper Collins [Collins Design], 2008.. Hardbound 4to.; printed boards. (1st ed.) 320 pp. Eng. illustrated full color photo reprod. & graphics throughout. As new.

New York: Art Directors Club, 1955.. The Art Directors Club Annual. Tall 4to. 424 pp., illus. VG- in original cloth, binding a little loose.

Los Angeles, Calif.: Lifescapes Publishing, 2007.. Journal. 4to., printed wraps. 112 pp. Eng. Richly illustrated color photo reprod. Dan Flavin, Lita Albuquerque, CCA Centennial, Made in Santa Barbara, Loren Holland, Jupiter Art Show, True Collection. Fine.

Liège: circa 1920. . Oblong 4to. Original cloth and boards. . Manufacturer's trade catalogue. 84pp with over 900 residential metal hardware fixtures.

Bruxelles: J. Vervloet-Faes, circa 1920. Oblong folio. Original wraps. Plates 101-228. Manufacturer's trade catalogue of metal hardware fixtures. Bronzes. Catalogue B. Brüssel, um 1920.

New York: the Composing Room Inc., circa 1960s. Letterpress on Toyogami red paper. Discolored. 56 x 43cm.... Provenance: from the estate of Raymond Gid who died Sunday November 12, 2000 in Paris. Born on November 25, 1905, Raymond Gid became first known through his posters, after having studied at les Beaux-Arts. As a film enthusiast, he designed many movie posters, for example Vampyr de Dreyer (photomontage, 1932), Le Silence de la mer by Melville (1949), Les Diaboliques by Clouzot (1955). But a meeting with Guy Levis Mano (editions GLM), editor and typographer, soon directed Gid towards the book. In 1935, he publishes, together with the photographer Pierre Jahan Devot Christ de Perpignan and Chats, Chiens by Ylla. It is an intensive period of his life period: he meets Dufy, Corbusier, Hake, Lurcat and receives the gold medal for a poster at the International exhibition of Paris (1937). He reacts to the Civil War in Spain with a poster " Help to the civil populations ". Together With Father… Read More

Paris: Christofle & Cie., circa 1918. Folio. 31 x 42 cm. 90 plates with thousands of images. Original green gilt percaline covers with new matching green goatskin spine by the artisan binder Sasha Mosalov....Ref: Met Museum Accession Number: 61.580.1; OCLC Number: 800547853

New York: Harper Collins [Collins Design], 2005.. Small spiral-bound 4to., printed hardcover. 256 pp. Eng. 3rd printing, 2007. illustrated full color throughout, with dozens of cardstock inserts. As new.

Minneapolis, Minn.: Walker Art Center, 1980.. 4to. 80 pp., illus. 30 architects represented. Lovely architectural drawings, some in color. Essay by Diana Agrest "The City as the Place of Representation". Very good in printed wraps.

New York: Harper Design, 2011.. First printing. 4to. 191, 63 pp., illus. Designing with One and Two Colors is the first book of its kind to illustrate how color (and budget) restraints can inform some of the most inventive designs in the marketplace today. From business cards to brochures, magazine layouts to book covers, this comprehensive volume features select work from the world's top graphic design studios and artists. Perfect for anyone interested in creating visually striking design from limited source material, Designing with One and Two Colors will inspire artists to see beyond the four-color world and embrace the vibrant aesthetic of a two-color palette. Near fine in dust jacket.

Paris: Christofle & Cie., circa 1918. Folio. 29.5 x 39cm. Original brown morocco and cloth, repaired. by the artisan binder Sasha Mosalov.... Very rare...68 color lithograph plates, a few with waterstains.

Liège: circa 1920. . Oblong 4to. Original wraps. Manufacturer's trade catalogue. 7pp. + price list of residential hardware.

Paris: Fournier, 1914. Small folio.; tears on spine. Original wraps. Plates 220-287, A-C, and 12pp. price list. Manufacturer's trade catalogue of metal hardware fixtures.

Cambridge, England: Rampant Lions Press , circa 1960s . Letterpress on rag paper watermarkd A. Millboard.Signed presenation copy to Raymond Gid...“Statement of Editorial Policy”The Pennsylvania Gazette, 24 July 1740: It is a Principle among Printers that when Truth has fair Play, it will always prevail over Falsehood.Therefore, though they have an undoubted Property in their own Press, yet they willingly allow that anyone is entitled to the Use of it who thinks it necessary to offer his Sentiments on disputable Points to thePublick, and will be at the Expense of it. If what is thus publish’d be good, Mankind has the Benefit of it.If it be bad (I speak now in general without any design’d Application to any particular Piece whatever)the more ’tis made publick, the more its Weakness is expos’d, and the greater Disgrace falls upon theAuthor, whoever he be, who is at the same Time depriv’d of an Advantage he would otherwise withoutfail make use of, viz. [namely] of Complaining… Read More

New York: the Composing Room Inc., circa 1960s. Letterpress on iridescent paper. Discolored with marginal tear. 61 x 43.5cm.... Provenance: from the estate of Raymond Gid who died Sunday November 12, 2000 in Paris. Born on November 25, 1905, Raymond Gid became first known through his posters, after having studied at les Beaux-Arts. As a film enthusiast, he designed many movie posters, for example Vampyr de Dreyer (photomontage, 1932), Le Silence de la mer by Melville (1949), Les Diaboliques by Clouzot (1955). But a meeting with Guy Levis Mano (editions GLM), editor and typographer, soon directed Gid towards the book. In 1935, he publishes, together with the photographer Pierre Jahan Devot Christ de Perpignan and Chats, Chiens by Ylla. It is an intensive period of his life period: he meets Dufy, Corbusier, Hake, Lurcat and receives the gold medal for a poster at the International exhibition of Paris (1937). He reacts to the Civil War in Spain with a poster " Help to the civil populations ". Together… Read More