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GILL Evan R.
The Inscriptional Work of Eric Gill. An Inventory. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and 16 plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled, and unevenly browned at backstrip and rear panel. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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HUTCHINS Michael
Printing at Gregynog. Aspects of a great Private Press. Translated by David Jenkins. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
Sm. 4to., First Edition, text in English and Welsh, with coloured and monochrome illustrations (a number full-page) throughout; original printed wrappers, small mark on lower wrapper else a very good, bright, clean copy. Published on the occasion of the 1976 Gregynog Press Exhibition.
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CLEVERDON Douglas
Stanley Morison and Eric Gill 1925-1933. 230 COPIES WERE PRINTED: MICHAEL HARVEY'S COPY
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with title in brown and black, and plates; original marbled wrappers, uncut, a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 230 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 108). THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF SUBSCRIBER MICHAEL HARVEY: LOOSELY INSERTED ARE A P.L.s FROM CLEVERDON AND A PROOF LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. Printed for the subscribers [list included] and for presentation to Cleverdon on his eightieth birthday. The text is based on a talk given to the Double Crown Club, the Wynkyn de Worde Society and on several other occasions.
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DICKSON Robert
Introduction of the Art of Printing into Scotland. 500 COPIES WERE PRINTED
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with title-vignette and numerous full-page facsimiles (all original tissue guards present) in the text; blue cloth, upper board lettered in gilt and blocked in black, gilt back, bevelled boards, uncut, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 352).
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PARTRIDGE Walter
Journeyman. A Printer's Impressions through Eighty Years in a rapidly changing World. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BARKER Nicolas
Stanley Morison 1889-1967. A Radio Portrait compiled from Recollections by T.F. Burns, Arthur Crook, Francis Meynell, John Carter, Brooke Crutchley, Graham Pollard, Janet & Reynolds Stone, Beatrice Warde. 800 COPIES WERE PRINTED
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece; black cloth, upper board blocked in silver, a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 800 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 116).
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GILL Eric
The Four Gospels. Preceded by a Personal Reminiscence by Robert Gibbings, Proprietor of the Golden Cockerel Press 1924-1933. [Facsimile of the Golden Cockerel Press edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous fine typographical illustrations throughout; red cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt top, grey endpapers, grey silk marker, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case blocked in gilt. Gill, 285 (recording the original edition).
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GILL Eric
The Four Gospels. [Facsimile of the Golden Cockerel Press edition. With separate Commentary volume including John Dreyfus' essay on Eric Gill and the Golden Cockerel Type.] 2750 COPIES WERE PRINTED
Together 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous fine typographical illustrations throughout; full morocco, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt edges, Commentary volume bound in boards with paper label, buckram back, both near fine copies housed in publisher's board slip-case. EDITION LIMITED TO 2750 COPIES. Splendid facsimile of the original edition of 1931. Gill, 285 (recording the original edition).
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THE TIMES
The History of the 'The Times' [1785-1981]. [Edited by Stanley Morison and others.] NEAR FINE EXTENDED SET
7 vols., in 8, roy. 8vo., Mixed Editions, with 5 mounted coloured frontispieces, 2 frontispieces in monochrome and very numerous plates and tables throughout; original buckram gilt, gilt backs, sixth and eighth volumes in dustwrapper, a near fine set. The first five volumes have neat uniform blind-embossed personal stamp on front free endpapers; seventh volume has neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; eighth volume is A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. The extended set comprises: Vol. I: The Thunderer in the Making 1785-1841 (1935; second impression 1950); Vol. II: The Tradition Established 1841-1884 (1939); Vol. III: The Twentieth Century Test 1884-1912 (1947; second impression 1951); Vol. IV Part 1: The 150th Anniversary and Beyond 1912-1920 (1952); Vol. IV Part 2: The 150th Anniversary and Beyond 1921-1948, Appendices and Index, (1952); Vol. V: Struggles in Peace and War 1939-1966 (1984; errata slip loosely inserted) Vol. VI: The Thomson Years 1966-1981 (1993); Vol. VII: The Murdoch Years 1981-2002 (2005). EXTENDED SETS ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.
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BRUNI CARLO (A CURA DELLO STUDIO)
I SEGNI.
8°, BROSSURA NERA CON TITOLO IMPRESSO A SECCO ALLA COPERTINA ANT., PG. 65 (7), "RACCOLTA DEI SEGNI PIU' CARATTERISTICI E IMPORTANTI DELLA STORIA DELLA COMUNICAZIONE VISIVA CHE VA DAI PRIMORDI ALLE SOGLIE DEI NOSTRI GIORNI". ED. FUORI COMMERCIO PER UNIVAC.
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ARNEUDO GIUSEPPE ISIDORO
DIZIONARIO ESEGETICO TECNICO E STORICO PER LE ARTI GRAFICHE CON SPECIALE RIGUARDO ALLA TIPOGRAFIA.
3 VOLUMI, 8°, RILEGATURA IN TELA ROSSA CON CORNICI A SECCO AI PIATTI E SCRITTE IN ORO "PREMIO" E "OFFERTO DALLA DITTA MAURIZIO ALESSANDRI REGISTRI E TIPOGRAFIA TORINO", TASSELLI IN PELLE CON TITOLI ORO AI DORSI, SEGNI DI COLLA AI DORSI (FORSE DI BANDELLE RIMOSSE), RISGUARDI IN CARTA MARMORIZZATA, PG. 872 (I) - (4) DA 873 A 1538 (II) - (2) DA 1539 A 2162 (2), CIRCA 1000 ILL. B.N. N.T. E XX TAVOLE F.T. (TRE INDICATE F.T. MA N.T.), IMPORTANTE OPERA DI RIFERIMENTO.
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D'AMBROSIO GELSOMINO - GRIMALDI PINO
PROVE DI STAMPA. RIFLESSIONI E MATERIALI DI PROGETTAZIONE GRAFICA.
8°, BROSSURA FIG. CON ALI, PG. 157 (3), NOTEVOLE APPARATO ICONOGRAFICO B.N. N.T., PRESENTAZIONE DI F. MENNA, TESTI DI M. CRESCI - R. MELE - A. TRIMARCO, BUONO\OTTIMO STATO. PRIMA EDIZIONE. (C)
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AA. VV.
ONORANZE A RAFFAELLO BERTIERI. NELL'AMBITO DEL QUINTO CENTENARIO DELL'INTRODUZIONE DELLA STAMPA IN ITALIA.
8°, CARTONATO CON TITOLO AL DORSO, SOVR. COLOR MATTONE CON TITOLO (LIEVI SEGNI), PG. 255 (5), DIVERSE TAVOLE B.N. P. PG. N.T. E FOTO B.N., TRA I CONTRIBUTI SEGNALIAMO QUELLI DI: V. BOMPIANI - P. TREVISANI - R. MURATORE - G. VERONESI - A. ROSSI, BUONO STATO, EDIZIONE FUORI COMMERCIO.
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CAVALLO LUIGI - LUCINI GIORGIO (A CURA DI)
TIPOGRAFIA È NOME FEMMINILE.
4° (CM. 28), BROSSURA MUTA INCAMICIATA BIANCA CON TITOLO BLU, CUSTODIA RIGIDA IN CARTONE BLU, PG. 96 (8), NOTEVOLE APPARATO ICONOGRAFICO A COLORI E B.N. P. PG. N.T. DI COPERTINE DI LIBRI E RIVISTE DEL '900, VOLUME FUORI COMMERCIO A TIRATURA LIMITATA PER RICORDARE FERRUCCIO LUCINI, SI UNISCE BIGLIETTO DA VISITA GIORGIO LUCINI, BUONO STATO. (D)
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LINOTYPE ONE-LINE SPECIMENS.
8° (CM. 26), CARTONATO ROSSO CON DORSO MUTO IN TELA GRIGIA, PG. XVI 291 (1), INTERESSANTE REPERTORIO TIPOGRAFICO IN OTTIMO STATO, UNA SCRITTA A MATITA "UFFICIO TECNICO" ALLA PRIMA PAGINA.
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ELENCO DELLE OPERE PUBBLICATE DALLA TIPOGRAFIA DI GIO. SILVESTRI E NON COMPRESE NELLE QUATTRO BIBLIOTECHE SCELTE.
16° (CM. 18,5X11,5), COPERTINA CON TITOLO ENTRO CORNICE TIPOGRAFICA (ANTERIORE) E CON CORNICE E VIGNETTA INCISA (POSTERIORE), PG. 27 (1) UNITE DA FILO, FIORITURE SPARSE, BUONO STATO.
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HUTT ALLEN
NEWSPAPER DESIGN.
8° (CM. 25), TELA NERA CON TITOLO ORO AL DORSO (LIEVI SEGNI ALLA TESTA DEL DORSO), PG. XVI 301 (3), 184 FIGURE B.N. N.T. (ANCHE A PIENA PG. E ALCUNI DI CARATTERI TIPOGRAFICI), UNA FIRMA E UNA DEDICA AL FRONTESPIZIO, SENZA SOVR., BUONO STATO, PRIMA EDIZIONE (FIRST PRINTING). (C)
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GIANNI PIETRO
L'INDUSTRIA DELLA STAMPA. VOLUME PRIMO.
8° (CM. 24), CARTONATO RIGIDO FIG. A COLORI, PG. (16) 557 (3), CENTINAIA DI ILL. B.N. N.T. (ECCETTO ALCUNE A COLORI), CENNI STORICI E PROCEDIMENTI DI STAMPA E STAMPATI (LORO CARATTERISTICHE E RICONOSCIMENTO - COMPOSIZIONE DEL TESTO E LAVORAZIONE DELLE ILLUSTRAZIONI), OTTIMO STATO, PRIMA EDIZIONE DELL'UNICO VOLUME USCITO. (C)
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BALLINGER RAYMOND A.
LAYOUT.
4° (CM. 29,5), TELA NERA FIG. GRIGIO\BIANCO\ORO, SOVR. IN ACETATO (LIEVI MANCANZE E PIEGATURE NELL'ALETTA POSTERIORE), PG. 244, NOTEVOLE APPARATO ICONOGRAFICO B.N. E A COLORI N.T. (ANCHE A PIENA PG.), "LEXICON" FINALE, BUONO STATO, PRIMA EDIZIONE (FIRST EDITION). (C)
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NAYLOR GILLIAN (EDITED BY)
WILLIAM MORIS BY HIMSELF. DESIGNS AND WRITINGS.
4° (CM. 30,5), CARTONATO BLUETTE CON TITOLO ORO AL DORSO, SOVR. FIG. A COLORI, PG. 328, 311 ILL. B.N. E A COLORI N.T. (PREVALENZA PIENA PG. A COLORI) CON "LIST OF PLATES" A FINE VOLUME, IMPORTANTE OPERA DI RIFERIMENTO, PRIMA EDIZIONE AMERICANA (FIRST U. S. EDITION), OTTIMO STATO. (C)
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LUPI ITALO (PROGETTO E GRAFICA) - PASCA VANNI (TESTI)
PRINTED IN ITALY.
4° (CM. 32,5), M. TELA NERA CON TITOLO BIANCO AL DORSO, CARTONATO LUCIDO RIGIDO FIG. A COLORI (RITRATTO DI BODONI DI V. ADAMI), CUSTODIA RIGIDA MUTA IN TELA NERA, ANGOLI RINFORZATI IN METALLO, PG. 180 CIRCA N.N., NUMEROSE ILL. B.N. E A COLORI E FOTO P. PG. DI AUTORI VARI (S. GUARNACCIA - G. SCARABATTOLO - F. PINTER - G. BASILICO - M. CARRIERI - G. BERENGO GARDIN - T. NICOLINI - F. SCIANNA - E. SELLERIO E TANTI ALTRI), EDIZIONE PER ASSOCIAZIONE NAZIONALE ITALIANA INDUSTRIE GRAFICHE CARTOTEC. E TRASFORMATRICI, STAMPATO IN TIPOGRAFIA - RILIEVOGRAFIA A SECCO - LITOGRAFIA - ROTOOFFSET - SERIGRAFIA - ROTOCALCO PIANA - FLESSOGRAFIA E CON UTILIZZO DI DIVERSI TIPI DI CARTA, UN INSERTO SCIOLTO PER GIUOCO DEL CALCIO, OTTIMO STATO. (C)
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STATUTO DELLA CASSA MUTUA PARITETICA NAZIONALE PER GLI ADDETTI ALLE TIPOGRAFIE DEI GIORNALI QUOTIDIANI.
16° (CM. 17X12), BROSSURA CHIARA TITOLATA IN NERO UNITA DA DUE PUNTI METALLICI (LIEVI BRUNITURE), PG. 30 (2), STATUTO FIRMATO DAI SEGRETARI DELLA FEDERAZIONE NAZIONALE FASCISTA EDITORI GIORNALI E DELLA FEDERAZIONE NAZIONALE FASCISTA DEI LAVORATORI DELLA CARTA E DELLA STAMPA, BUONO STATO. (SADX)
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Simon, Oliver
Signature A Quadrimetrial of Typography and Graphic Arts 7, November 1937
This is a very good softcover copy with light cover wear. One front corner clipped or torn off. Very clean inside and out. This is issue No. 7, November, 1937 of this important journal of modern typography, edited by Oliver Simon. Articles by Geoffrey Grigson, Paul Beaujon, John Piper and Francis Meynell. Color frontispiece and many black & white illustrations. Missing one illustration: a reproduction of a drawing by Miro. 10" high X 7" wide, 52 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Rand, Paul
From Lascaux to Brooklyn (Korean edition)
This is a fine hardcover copy in a near fine dust jacket with almost no wear. A small soft crease to the back panel of the jacket at the lower edge, near the spine. Text entirely in KOREAN. This is the Korean edition of Paul Rand's book From Lascaux to Brooklyn. Possibly later printing? Illustrated throughout in color and black & white. 10" high X 7" wide, 186 pages. A beautiful copy. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Pericoli, Matteo
Manhattan Svelata
This is a near fine hardcover copy in a near fine hardshell illustrated slipcase with almost no wear. Text in Italian. This is the 1st Italian edition after the book was published in New York in 2001. Booklet with essay by Paul Goldberger and one sheet key to book illustration laid in. The book itself is a tour de force: it unfolds at great length to reveal the east side of New York skyline on one side of the pages and the west side of New York skyline on the other. A beautiful book. 7" high X 11" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Barnouw, Erik; Gerbner, George; Schramm, Wilbur; Worth, Tobias L. & Gross, Larry
International Encyclopedia of Communications, Volumes 1 - 4
This is a fine 4 volume set with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Massive reference, it contains 569 signed articles by over 450 authors on animal communication, journalism, mass media, language, linguistics, and speech, nonverbal communication, social issues & performing arts. Specialized articles on the avant-garde, early computers designs, book technology and graphic design. Fascinating and informative reference. Illustrated throughout in black & white with over 1000 reproductions of photographs, documents, artifacts, etc. 11" high X 9" wide, 462, 506, 490 and 455 pages. A beautiful set. Heavy item, foreign shipping extra. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Ladd-Franklin, Christine
Colour and Colour Theories
This is a good hardcover copy in the original dark green cloth binding. Spine title faded. Some wear to top of spine. Completely clean inside. 8 color plates. 8" high X 6" wide, 287 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Nash, Jorgen and Lis Zwick et al
Visuel retorik : drakabygget plakater 1960 - 2004
This is a near fine hardcover copy in red illustrated boards with virtually no wear. Text in Danish. Study of Jorgen Nash's posters from 1960 to 2004. Illustrated throughout in color. 12" high X 10" wide, 163 pages. A beautiful copy. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Herdeg, Walter
Art in the Watermark / Kunst im Wasserzeichen / L'Art du Filigrane
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with some wear around the edges. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English, German and French. 363 black line drawings, facsimiles of old watermarks. 10" high X 8" wide, 103 pages.
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Hiatt, Charles
Picture Posters
This is a very good hardcover copy in pale green cloth boards with titles in gilt, and a vignette in darker green on the front cover. Top page-edge gilt. Covers a bit toned, spine has a small stain. The black design on the covers is still vivid and the gilt titles still bright. Slight foxing to preliminaries and endpapers. Also a note tipped in to the front endpaper, citing some London auction information from the 1960's and a very faint pencil notation by someone noting that they bought the book in Wimbledon at Lloyd's Bookshop in 1967. Otherwise very clean throughout. Slight lean to book, (but not cocked). Illustrations of late 19th century European and American posters in black & white on every other page. A scarce and important classic survey of the graphic design of the late 19th century poster. 9" high X 6" wide, 367 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Weyerhaeuser
Weyerhaeuser Text and Cover Papers
This is a very good copy in a plastic comb binding (intact), stiff paper covers printed in color with Weyerhaeuser paper sample names: 'Weycroft', 'Louvain', 'Carousel', 'Kashmir', 'Gainsborough', etc. No date but ca. 1970's. Each of the 10 paper sample sections has a color printed title page with the different paper weights and characteristics available in that sample, followed by a number of blank sheets in different colors that are available with that sample. A typical early to mid 1970's Weyerhaeuser trade catalog. 11" high X 10" wide. All printing in offset lithography. Publisher's 'Complimentary Copy' business reply card laid in. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Driver, Clive and Seymour Adelman and Maurice Sendak
The Art of Claud Lovat Fraser: Book Illustrator, Theatrical Designer, and Commercial Artist. An Exhibition to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of His Death
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Signed by Seymour Adelman on the first page, the half-title page, and briefly inscribed. Otherwise completely clean inside and out. It was long ago fitted with a mylar protector so the covers are pristine. Introduction by Adelman. Descriptive catalog by Clive Driver. And a tribute by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated with 48 black & white and 2 color plates. 270 works in the exhibition, all catalogued and in the checklist. 12" high X 9" wide, 78 pages.
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Hamilton
Hamilton Text and Cover Papers
This is a very good copy in a plastic comb binding (intact), stiff paper covers printed in color with Hamilton paper sample names: 'Weycroft', 'Andorra', 'Victorian', 'Louvain', 'Carousel', 'Kashmir', 'Gainsborough', etc. No date but ca. 1970's. Each of the 8 paper sample sections has a color printed title page with the different paper weights and characteristics available in that sample, followed by a number of blank sheets in different colors that are available with that sample. Catalog designed by S. Neil Fujita who did all the decorations on the covers and individual title pages, in a playful abstract style. The cover design is signed, also the colophon lists Neil Fujita as the designer of the catalog. Sadamitsu "S. Neil" Fujita (1921- 2010) was an American graphic designer known for his innovative book cover and record album designs. Afficionados will know his works, for example the album covers he designed for Dave Brubeck, like the Time Out album (with the tune Take Five). A number of his book dust jacket designs were memorable, for example the one for Truman Capote's 'In Cold Blood', and perhaps his best, the one for Mario Puzo's 'The Godfather'. 11" high X 10" wide. All printing in offset lithography. Rare. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Jentsch, Ralph
Illustrierte Bucher Des Deutschen Expressionismus
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Spine is not creased. Feels crisp and unread. As new. Text in German. Biographical sketches of artists. Bibliography. Hundreds of illustrations in color and black & white A large folded poster of a Kokoschka lithograph is laid-in. 11" high X 9" wide, 399 pages.
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Sotheby's
The Benevento Collection
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's London on May 5, 2010. Sale code: L10409 "CORONELLI". The sale consisted of the Benevento Collection (71 lots) of important maps and atlases. All illustrated in color. Prices realized sheet included. 11" high X 8" wide, 88 pages.
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Jullien
La Grande Maison De Blanc
This is a very good softcover copy in silver moire patterned silk wrappers, with a color plate of a pink parasol at the beach by Jullien, tipped on to the front cover. Generally clean inside and out, some occasional foxing, and a small group of indentation points on a number of the pages in the same place. Text in French. This is the April 1926 issue of this catalog prepared for La Grande Maison de Blanc in Paris on the Place de L'Opera. About 24 pages with sections on lingerie, intimites, ladies fashion and gentleman's fashion. Illustrated throughout with line drawings colored with various pastel shades by Jullien. 2 color plates hors texte, one each by Jullien and Pierre Mourgue. All done in a art deco style. Texts by Babette, Germaine Beaumont, Rosine, and Berniere. 10" high X 8" wide, about 24 pages.
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Kimmich, Karl
Die Zeichenkunst
This is an about very good two volume hardcover set in the original publisher's decorative tan cloth bindings with light wear and an old repair to the rear hinge of volume two, which had started to split, and was glued back in place. Very clean inside and out. The light brown cloth bindings are decorated in black with a German art nouveau design on the front covers and spines. Text in German. Illustrated in color and black & white. 1157 black & white illustrations + 60 color plates. 10" high X 7" wide, 616 pages + ads.
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McLean, Ruari
Victorian Book Design and Colour Printing
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with just light wear. Completely clean inside and jacket clean, lightly, evenly toned. 8 color plates + 64 black & white illustrations. 9" high X 6" wide, 182 pages.
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Le Jour
Bal des Petits Lits Blancs
This is a very good softcover copy in the original publisher's cream colored stiff paper covers, with a color illustration by Mariette Lydis tipped on, and with the clear plastic covers and comb binding intact. Very clean inside, light spotting outside. One photo has some offsetting to the white page opposite, some slight loss of color to the photo.Text in French. This is a program, published by the French magazine, Le Jour. It was issued on the occasion of a ball at the Opera on February 6, 1934. Printed by Draeger Freres, with color drawings by Mariette Lydis, Marie Laurencin, Vertes, Alexieff and Bret Koch among others. Article by Colette on Mariette Lydis. Photographs of movie stars and actresses throughout are printed with a special process, almost like silver or metal sheets. The process is called 'papier metallise'. Stars include Marlene Dietrich, Jean Harlow, Marcelle Chantal, Dolly Davis, among others. One sheet has a textile swatch printed with a light brown woodcut by Guinhald. Advertisements throughout from Paris couture houses, and fashion accessories shops. 10" high X 9" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Tajan
Bandes Dessinees
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Tajan in Paris on May 20, 2006. The sale consisted of cover art and illustrated books and objects associated with the stories. 625 lots in the sale. Most illustrated in color. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 71 pages.
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Lauweriks, J.L.M.
Nederlandsche Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst. Jaarboek 1922.
This is a very good hardcover copy in the original tan cloth elaborately decorated in black with an art nouveau floral design, title in gilt script on the spine. Some wear to spine tips. Very clean inside and out. Text in Dutch. Both the cloth binding and the endpapers with a geometric design in gray and white were designed by J.L.M. Lauweriks. 132 black & white plates, including photographs of modern Dutch interior design and decorative arts with designs by C.A. Lion Cachet, K.P.C.de Bazel, Jan Wils, P. Kramer, H.Th. Wydeveld, J.A. Snellebrand & A. Ebink, J. Crouwel Jr., F. Spanjaard, G.A. Roobol, P. Bromberg, B. Bijvoet & J. Duiker, S. van Ravesteyn, J.B. van Loghem, Corn. van der Sluys, J. Mendes da Costa, Hildo Krop, Theo van Reijn, Th.A. Vos, Herman van Remmen, J. Radecker, W.C. Brouwer, Jansen van Galen, Bieling, H. Vaillant, A. Riemans, Toorop, Thorn Prikker, J.H.E. Schilling, Toon Berg, W. Bogtman, R.N. Roland HolstLeo Visser, Jan Eisenloeffel, Jac A. Jacobs, Jan van Ham, Erich Wichman, Arnold Pipers, E. Siewertz van Reesema, Joan Collette, S.H. de Roos, among many others. Also 2 full-page black & white woodcuts memorializing M. de Klerk and K.P.C. de Bazel. List of illustrations, with designers, media or materials, dates. This yearbook of the modern decorative arts in the Netherlands covers interior architecture, furniture, metalwork, glass, ceramics, lighting designs, textiles, stained glass, and typography. 10" high X 7" wide, 72 text pages + plates and illustrations.This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Abbe, Dorothy
Stencilled Ornament & Ilustration
This is a near fine softcover copy with almost no wear. A little light scuffing to the black paper cover. Completely clean inside and out. Full title is 'Stencilled Ornament & Ilustration. A Demonstration of William Dwight Dwiggins' Method of Book Decoration'. This catalog was designed and printed by Dorothy Abbe. Illustrated throughout in black & white. 10" high X 7" wide, 74 pages.
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Hoyne, Andrew
Andrew Hoyne Design
This is an about very good softcover copy with some rear cover wear. The front cover is illustrated in sepia with a profile photo of a man's bald head, with a drawing mapping sections of his brain, "Concept", "Original", "Knowledge", "Innovation", etc. Subtitled 'The first five years'. Illustrated throughout in color with photographs of productsm graphic design, etc. on every page. 8" square, about 50 pages.
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Weber, Klaus and Bettina Schob
Punkt, Linie, Flache: Druckgraphik am Bauhaus : Bauhaus Museum fur Archiv Gestaltung (German Edition)
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with just light wear, short closed tear to the top edge of the back of the jacket.. Completely clean inside, very clean outside. Light toning to page-edges. Text in German. Essays by Klaus Weber and Bettina Schob. Illustrated throughout in color. Bauhaus chronology. Biographies of the designers. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 311 pages.
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Lupton, Ellen
Graphic Design in the Netherlands A Selection of Recent Work
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at The Herb Lubalin Study Center at Cooper Union in New York in January and February of 1992. Essays by Monica Strauss, William Deere, Robin Kinross, and Daan de Kuyper. Introduction by Ellen Lupton. Illustrated mostly in black & white. 11" high X 8" wide, 60 pages.
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Birrell & Garnett, Ltd.
Catalogue of I Typefounders Specimens. II Books Printed in Founts of Historic Importance. III works on Typefounding, Printing & Bibliography
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is the limited edition reprint of 500 copies. Illustrated in black & white. 11" high X 9" wide, 107 pages.
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Vox,Maximilien
Lettres Jean Loisy
This is a very good softcover copy in the original illustrated wrappers with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. Preface by Maximilien Vox. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white with examples of modern typography, photographs of shop fronts, etc. 12" high X 10" wide, 106 pages. Beautifully printed. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Stedelijk Museum
Nieuwe Typographie 1915-1940
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Folded illustrated wrapper with loose sheets. Text in English and Dutch. Essay by Sonja Herst. 11" high X 8" wide.
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Production Manager Pub. Co
P.M. Magazine Volume II, Number 9 May 1936
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Very clean inside and out, except for three previous private owner marks: a handstamp to the title-page, another to a page in the back and a small embossed stamp to the rear cover. This issue of P.M.'s lead article is on Ottmar Mergenthaler and the story of linotype. Also a review of the show that was up at the Museum of Modern Art, 'Modern Artists as Illustrators'. Illustrated in black & white throughout. 8" high X 5" wide, 54 pages.
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Gill, Eric
Good Work Official Bulletin of the Catholic Art Association
This is a very good softcover copy with some cover wear: a small abrasion. Very clean inside and out. This is the Summer 1966 issue, Volume 29, No.3 of Good Work the Official Bulletin of the Catholic Art Association. This issue has a frontispiece portrait of Eric Gill, and an essay on Gill by Sir Herbert Read. Also the editorial is on Gill. 11" high X 8" wide.
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