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1785EPL107London 1785. Paperback. Near Fine. Printed scripts of Syriac Armenian Arabic Samaritan Gothic Coptic Ethiopic Etruscan Saxon etc. Variations of English Greek and Hebrew and a leaf of floral devices with music and ship imprints on verso. Interesting specimen for those interested in typographic history. Size: 401 x 255mm. <br/><br/> paperback books
196428328New York: Art Direction Book Company 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 279 pp. Profusely illustrated in black and white. An important text on typography. Very good condition in photo-illustrated boards in a very good unclipped dustwrapper. Small prior ownership bookplate afixed to the front pastedown. Art Direction Book Company hardcover books
19279624NY: Continental Typefounders Association Inc 1927. Stapled green printed wrappers. VG some edgewear/faint 1/2" x 1/4" stain at base of spine fold. 32 pp illustrated sm Folio 8 1/8" x 12 1/4". <br/><br/>Contains the first appearance of some new sizes of Village type 12 e.g. Goudy Modern 36 pt. These new sizes announced on a laid-in lt. brown printed advert sheet 5" x 9". Continental Typefounders Association Inc unknown books
19269625Marlborough-On-Hudson NY: The Village Letter Foundry 1926. Stapled lime green printed wrappers. VG some edgewear & soiling. 34 pp. Frontis type specimens. 11-7/8" x 8 3/8" <br/><br/> The Village Letter Foundry unknown books
1945WRCLIT78490Bern: Schweizerischen Gutenbergmuseums 1945. 84pp. Gilt cloth. Black & white and color plates. First edition. Text stock tanned otherwise very good in worn dust jacket. Typography and art from the early beginnings of printing to the mid-twentieth century. Schweizerischen Gutenbergmuseums hardcover books
1998WN43015New York: Black Dog & Leventhal 1998. Original black cloth blind stamped and gray lettering. Many illustrations in full color making a wonderful reference work for the bibliophile and professional. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Trade. Black Dog & Leventhal Hardcover books
198524920New York N.Y.: The International Typeface Corporation 1985. 80 pages; black and white & color illustrated with a very useful index to typefaces employed in the journal. With editorials of typographic interest; a piece on the work of John Baskerville; on Robert Osborn; an article with color illustrations on hot air ballooning; new developments from ITC; the book art forms of Lois Polansky; advertisements in the trade more. Large format approx. 11" x 14 1/2" size printed and illustrated newsprint-weight paper covers. Covers darkened as are all pages within; the color printed sections still bright. Light wear in good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. The International Typeface Corporation paperback books
1947WRCLIT34736New York: Kurt H. Volk 1947. Blue cloth. Illustrations. Fifth edition. With a character count rule inserted in pocket at the rear. Very good or better lacking a printed jacket. Kurt H. Volk hardcover books
1909SB2739San Francisco: Paul Elder & Company The Tomoye Press 1909. Hardcover. Very good . Jenkins Will. Sixteenmo size 71 pp. This collection of poems by Agness Greene Foster was printed by the Tomoye Press an imprint associated with Paul Elder & Company a notable bookstore in San Francisco run by Paul Elder who in addition published his own books. The Tomoye Press was Elder's collaboration with the eminent typographer and printer John Henry Nash 1871-1947 whose standards of quality were second to none. This volume is a careful execution of Foster's seasonal poetry featuring Nash's excellent typesetting and decorations by Will Jenkins.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Full mauve paper with pink lettering and decorations on the front board fore- and bottom edges uncut purple endpapers frontispiece a reproduction of an illustration titled "My Lady's Garden" by J. Young Hunter with lettered tissue guard title page with decoration by Will Jenkins in black; sixteenmo size 6.25" by 5.25" pagination: i-ii iii-vii viii 1-2 3-61 62-63.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is very good plus with a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; boards are clean overall with a few spots of soiling to the rear board some rubbing to the tail of the spine and to the corners and corners are gently bumped sunning to the boards and light soiling to the endpapers.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Â International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Paul Elder & Company [The Tomoye Press] hardcover books