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1922réf. 54738Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1922. Hardcover. Good. Mismatched two volume octavo set. Volume I is a red cloth second edition 1937 292 pages. Volume II is a black cloth first edition 1922 308 pages. Some chipping to the spine of volume 2. Rubbing to the edges of the boards. Harvard University Press hardcover
1937réf. 1115944Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 1937. Second. Hardcover. Vintage red cloth binding clean interior. Harvard University Press hardcover
1962réf. 8248Cambridge MA.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1962. Third Edition. 2 volumes. 367 illustrations of type specimens ornaments borders and facsimile title pages. Pp. xlvi 292; xix 1 326. 8vo. original red cloth gilt lettering to spine. Without dust jackets. Very to covers a very good set. An essential reference to the history of printing and typography The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press hardcover
réf. 43415Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1937. Second edition 2 vols. royal 8vo 292; 326pp. numerous illustrs. orig. cloth spine of volume one faded a very good set. Myers p.261. .long considered the definitive study of the history of letter forms. has not yet been replaced. Provenance: From the private press reference library of David Chambers 1930-2025 with his signature. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1937 hardcover
réf. A9781016248587Hardback. New. hardcover
réf. 178862Belknap Press Harvard University Press 1962. 3rd edn. 2 vols. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth page edges a little spotted - otherwise VG dustwrapper covers lightly spotted corners nicked on vol. II - otherwise VG in protective wrappers not price clipped. Pp. xlvi 292 & xix 326 previous owner's neat inscription on front paste-downs. Belknap Press Harvard University Press, 1962 unknown
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réf. B9781016253147Paperback / softback. New. paperback
réf. B9781016248587Hardback. New. hardcover
1980réf. 513046Dover Pubns 1980. FIRST EDITION. Paperback. Like New/No Jacket. First Edition First Printing. Published by Dover Pubns 1980. Octavo. Paperback. Book is like new. Dover Pubns paperback
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2026réf. LRB13003311Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 686 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1923. Study of printing types and their historical development with attention to forms usage and surviving traditions in typography. Based on lectures delivered at Harvard University the work combines practical printing knowledge with historical analysis and includes a chronological list of specimens as well as an index. A reference title for the history of type and the material culture of printing. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2001réf. SBBI-mon0000080921Oak Knoll PressUS 2001. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Oak Knoll Press,US paperback
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réf. 512375Harvard University Press. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. Harvard University Press hardcover
1962réf. 009808Cambridge Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1962 2 vols. 8vo 24 cm XLVI 292 pp. 192 plates; XIX 326 pp. plates 193-367. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket jackets slightly sunned and rubbed at extremities jacket of vol. 2 somewhat creased at head. Third edition first published 1922 at the Merrymount Press of Updike's monumental and enduring survey of Western printing types from the invention of printing to the early twentieth century. With a preface by Lawrence C. Wroth of the John Carter Brown Library. Volume I covers the invention of printing the development of the Latin alphabet casting and point systems and the types of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries surveyed country by country -- Germany the Netherlands and Belgium France Italy Spain and England -- together with discussions of Aldine italic early roman and black-letter traditions and German foundries; Volume II continues with Netherlandish Spanish English including Caslon Baskerville and other founders Italian and French types through the eighteenth century followed by studies of the Didot family Bodoni the nineteenth-century classical revival and English and American types from 1800 to 1844 concluding with chapters on industrial conditions of the printing trade censorship production rates and a chronological list of specimens notes and index. Extensively illustrated with 367 plates reproducing type specimens title-pages and typographic details the work combines historical narrative with detailed typographical analysis and remains a foundational reference for typographers book historians and students of printing. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press hardcover
2001réf. 067802New Castle DE: Oak Knoll Press 2001. Two volumes in one. Pp. lii292xx330last blank frontispiece portrait plus numerous illustrations mostly full some double page patterned endpapers notes chronological list of specimens index; thick med. 8vo; green boards spine lettered in gilt slightly bruised at head of spine; dust wrapper; lower edge of leaves a trifle shelf soiled; Oak Knoll Press/British Library New Castle DE. 2001. Fourth edition. Originally published in two volumes in 1922 the master work of a master printer wrapper blurb. Classic study of typography tracing the development of type design from the invention of printing to the twentieth century. Oak Knoll Press unknown
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1937réf. B8109London: Oxford University Press. 1937. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Edges and endpapers lightly foxed. Pages tanned. Jackets lightly edge worn; Overall an excellent set; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xl292;xx326 pages; US imprint Harvard University Press Cambridge Massachusetts. A compilation of lectures on the fashion of letter design 1500-1800 . Oxford University Press hardcover
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