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Art : Typography, Printing and Book Production

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Letterpress - the Allure of the Handmade (alt. spelling Letter Press)

Rotovision, Mies
Large square 4to in colour printed stiff card covers, 159pp, illustrated in colour throughout index etc. Text in English
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Mr Eric Gill - Further Thoughts by An Apprentice

Cardozo Kindersley Editions, Cambridge
Small 8vo. in textured stiff card covers, xii + 24pp text + approx 26pp plates
An almost AS NEW unread copy (slight sunning to spine)
Softcover
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The Typographical Association - Origins and History Up to 1949

Oxford University Press, London
Heavy, large 8vo. in red cloth, blue blocked gilt lettering to spine, 550pp
An extremely well preserved FINE+ barely read copy (hint of sunning to top edge of spine, pages very slightly tanned) in a tanned and lightly edge-nicked VERY GOOD Dust Jacket (thin sliver of loss to top edge of spine and front panel)
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Typographics 1 - The Art of Typography From Digital to Dyeline

Hearst Books International, New York
Heavy 4to. in decorated faux cloth, white lettering to spine and front cover, 224pp, illustrated in colour throughout
A well preserved near FINE clean and tight copy (slight shelf-rub to cover bottom edges) in a VERY GOOD Dust Jacket (a little creased along top edges and with a closed tear to top edges rear panel, looks fine in its protector)
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The Case Magazine - Issue Eleven (11) - Vivid

Caseroom Press, Lincoln
8vo in stiff card covers, approx 130pp
A well preserved FINE copy still close to new
1st editionSoftcover
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Signs - Lettering in the Environment

Laurence King, London
Large square 4to in colour printed stiff card covers, 192pp, numerous illustrations in text, colour plates, index etc
AS NEW (minute speck of shelf rub to cover corner tips)
1st editionSoftcover
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English Music Printing 1553 - 1700

Bibliographical Society, London
4to in black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 188pp, illustrations in text, bibliography, index etc. With the small private bookplate of Montague Shaw (of Faber & Faber) on the front paste-down end-paper
A well preserved FINE copy (page-block edges faintly tanned) in the original plain tissue wrapper (edge-chipped)
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Motif 4

Shenval Press, London
Folio in colour printed paper covered boards, 103pp, numerous illustrations in text, plates etc
A superbly well preserved almost AS NEW copy, still very fresh, clean and bright (hint of tanning to leaves, minute speck of shelf rub to cover corner tips)
1st editionHardcover
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David Kindersley's Workshop - Letters in Stone & Glass and on Paper

Staatsuitgeverij S Gravenhage / Museum Van Het Boek
8vo in stiff glossy card covers, 23pp plus approx 24pp plates at rear
AS NEW
1st editionSoftcover
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Rodchenko - Spatial Constructions / Raumkonstruktionen

Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit / Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne
Large heavy 4to. in colour printed and photo illustrated boards, 206pp, colour plates, illustrations in text, bibliography etc. Dual text in English and German
NEW unread copy
1st editionHardcover
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The Complete Typographer - A Manual For Designing With Type

Prentice Hall, New Jersey
4th Printing. Large square 4to in brown faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 224pp, illustrated with type samples and facsimiles throughout
Very slight crease to bottom cover corner tips (from bumping) else an almost AS NEW unread or barely read copy in an AS NEW Dust Jacket. An excellent copy
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A Book of Printed Alphabets

Sidgwick & Jackson, London
Landscape 4to in black cloth backed, red and black printed boards, 63pp, brief text, mainly type samples
Small spot of very mild wear to cover corner tips else VERY GOOD+, an otherwise extremely well preserved, clean and tight copy
1st editionHardcover
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Printed Books - A Short Introduction to Fine Typography

Victoria & Albert Museum / Her Majesties Stationary Office, London
2nd Impression (Amended). Large Folio in stiff card covers, 7pp plus 46pp plates
Faint sunning to covers, small spots of very mild soil to top corner tip of front cover else FINE, a well preserved, very clean and tight copy
Softcover
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The 20th Century Book - its Illustration and Design

Van Nostrand Rheinold, New York
2nd Edition (1st softback) Large 4to in stiff card covers. 271pp, index, plates in colour and b/w
Bookplate. Faint reading crease to spine. Some very slight edge-rubbing, tiny flat crease to bottom front cover corner, felt tip line to bottom edge of page block else very near FINE, a very clean and tight copy
Softcover
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Typografie en Affiches Dick Elffers (SIGNED COPY) Museum Van Het Boek, 20 December 1967 - 2 Maart 1968

Museum Van Het Boek (Rijksmuseum), Den Haag
Square 4to colour printed card folder containing 18 leaf foldout of an 'experimental' design by Elffers for the poem 'Lang Eentonig Verhaal' by Louise Van Santen and signed by her at end. WITH 22pp booklet with plates of Elffers work and text by Dowes Dekker. Collated complete (500 copies printed)
All contents are in FINE condition, the folder is VERY GOOD (slightly tanned and shelf rubbed, neatly repaired short tears to spine ends)
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Aleksandr Rodchenko - Experiments for the Future - Diaries, Essays, Letters, and Other Writings

Museum of Modern Art, New York
Large Thick, and heavy 8vo. in black cloth, gilt embossed lettering to spine and front cover, 439pp, illustrations in text, index etc
NEW unread copy in NEW Dust Jacket
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Dick Elffers and De Kunsten - Een Leest Heeft Drie Voeten

Gerrit Jan Thiemefonds En Uitgeverij De Balie, Amsterdam
Large 4to. 103pp, plates in colour, duo-tone and b/w printed on various weights and types of paper
Tiny bump to top edge of front cover else a NEW unread or barely read copy in NEW Dust Jacket
1st editionHardcoverDustjacket
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The Graphic Language of Neville Brody

Thames & Hudson, London
1st Edition Folio. Paperback. 160pp, plates in colour and b/w
An almost AS NEW copy (faint tanning to covers)
1st editionSoftcover
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A Catalogue of Catalogues - Printed by BAS Printers Limited - Designed by Dalrymple

BAS Printers Limited, Over Wallop
1st Edition . Extra Large 4to. in stiff glossy card covers. Unpaginated, approx. 36pp, colour plates, type samples, facsimiles etc
AS NEW
1st editionSoftcover
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Industry with Integrity - Hawthorne's The Family Company 1895 to 1995

Hawthorns, Nottingham
4to. 71pp, plates in colour and b/w, folding family tree at rear. No dust wrapper, as issuedHistory of the printers
An AS NEW unread or barely read copy (slight bump to head of spine from poor handling)
1st editionHardcover
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Festival of Britain - Exhibition of Books arranged by the National Book League at the Victoria & Albert Museum

National Book League / Victoria & Albert Museum, London
8vo in printed paper covers, 192pp, index, adverts at rear (pp 193 - 224)
VERY GOOD+, a well preserved, very clean and tight copy (some slight foxing to leaves, short closed tear to bottom edge of spine)
1st editionSoftcover
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A Book About Books

John Murray, London
8vo in cloth. 264pp, numerous plates, illustrations in text, index etc
FINE, an extremely well preserved, very clean and tight copy (top edge of page block a little dusty, pages faintly tanned)
Hardcover
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A Review of Recent Typography in England, The United States, France and Germany

Fleuron Press, London
Hardback 62pp, 16pp illus., index. 1st Edition
Mild spine crease, paper spine label tanned, else VERY GOOD, a clean and tight copy
1st editionHardcover
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The Pilgrim Fathers

City of Birmingham School of Printing
Tall 4to in printed grey wraps with string ties. 21pp
VERY GOOD, a clean and tight copy (covers dusty and lightly edge-creased)
1st editionSoftcover
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Baseline - International Typographics Journal - Psychedelic Issue

Esselte Letraset, London
Extra large Folio in colour printed stiff glossy card covers, 48pp, colour illustrated throughout. Also includes a long article on Reynolds Stone
AS NEW barely read copy
1st editionSoftcover
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Baseline - International Typographics Journal - No. / Issue 18

Esselte Letraset, London
Large Folio in colour printed stiff glossy card covers, 48pp, colour illustrated throughout
Almost AS NEW (few spots of slight shelf rub to cover edges)
1st editionSoftcover
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Baseline - International Typographics Journal - St Bride's Issue

Esselte Letraset, London
Extra large Folio in colour printed stiff glossy card covers, 48pp, colour illustrated throughout
An almost AS NEW un or barely read copy
1st editionSoftcover
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Typographic 64 - The National Issue

International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD), Taunton
Large 4to. in colour printed stiff card, folded self wrappers, 48pp, colour plates, etc
AS NEW unread or barely read copy
1st editionSoftcover
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The Roman Alphabet and its Derivatives - A Reproduction of the Lettering on the Trajan Column Engraved on Wood

Batsford, London
Large 4to. in brown cloth backed, paper covered, thick card folder with cloth tie. 11 leaves text, 31 leaves typographic plates, loose as issued (total 42 leaves / 82 pages collated complete)
Contents FINE (few spots of mild creasing to outer margins of a few leaves) in a VERY GOOD Folder (slightly dusty, mild wear to outer corner tips, small spot of mild soil to front cover)
1st editionHardcover
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A Picture Book of Printing in Hungary 1473 - 1973

Budacolor / Dept. Typo-graphics Hungarian Academy of Arts and Crafts, Budapest
Square 4to in red and black printed yellow boards, 15pp Text in English, 124pp plates in colour and b/w, index
FINE, a well preserved, very clean and tight copy (inscription on fly-leaf, covers slightly dusty)
1st editionHardcover
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