Printing Types

Harvard University Press, 1927. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1927 stated 3rd printing, complete in 2 volumes. Both volumes clean and well-preserved and VG+ in their original dark cloth, with bright gilt-lettering along the spines and bright gilt top-edges. Internally immaculate, with no writing or markings of any kind. Thick octavos, 584 pgs., fold-out map. Also includes publisher's… Read more about this item

London : Oxford University Press, [1951]. Second edition : the second impression of the 1937 American sheets. Originally published in 1922, but here much augmented - Updike's magisterial history and survey of the printing types of the western world - "stands foremost among the classic books of the printing trade" - the invention; the font and its case; the Latin… Read more about this item

Hardcover; two volumes: xl, 292 pages, 192 illustrations; xix, 326 pages, 367 illustrations; 24.5 cm. The great second edition (first: 1922) in which Updike's full vision was expressed. "Contains 16 pages of Supplementary Notes in Volume I and 20 pages in Volume II. In addition minor textual changes appear throughout." Smith, Merrymount Press, 819. Spines darkened, tops chipped; a… Read more about this item

Published by Oak Knoll Press, The British Library, 2001. 4th edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. This is the combined edition, volumes I & II. Foruth Edition, expanded. A classic study of typography from the dawn of printing to the twentieth century. Green cloth boards, gilt title to… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, 1937. Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1966. Third. hardcover. near fine/very good. 2 volumes. Illustrated. Tall 8vo, maroon cloth, lightly worn d.w. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1966. Second printing of the 3rd edition. Near fine in very good dust wrappers.<br/> <br/>

Updike, D. B. PRINTING TYPES - THEIR HISTORY, FORMS, AND USE. Belknap/Harvard, 1966 (third edition, second printing). 2 vols., 4to., cloth, DJs, 292 and 325pp. Fine in FIne DJs.

Hardcover edition complete with dust jacket. The latter is faded at spine and slightly frayed along edges but is intact. The book itself is in generally very good condition. Third edition pubished by Oxford University Press 1962. Volume two of a two volume set.

Hardcover edition complete with dust jacket. The latter is faded at spine and slightly worn along edges but is intact. The book itself is in generally very good condition. Please note that this is the third edition published by Oxford 1962.