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(china) . CHINA'S NATIONAL PHONETIC SYLLABARY OR CHU YIN TZU-MU
Brooklyn 1921. As adapted to the Linotype by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company. Octavo, 7pp. plus sample inset of about 20pp., wraps. VG, a bit worn. rare. (a29446)
$75.00 (books) . TWO MILLION SEVERAL ADDRESSES GIVEN UPON THE ACQUISITION OF ITS TWO MILLIONTH VOLUME BY THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY
Berkeley 1960. 4to., 14pp., wraps. Designed by Adrian Wilson. Type designed by Frederic W. Goudy. Near Fine. (a30934)
$20.00 (typography) . HISTORIE DU LIVRE
Paris n.d. (c.1975). Catalogue of Librairie Paule Jammes. Lg.4to., unpaginated (about 85pp.), 1814 books listed, wraps. Good, light wear. (a31084)
$28.00 (incunabula) Gilhofer and Ranschburg . AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF INCUNABULA, XYLOGRAPHICA ET TYPOGRAHICA...(etc)
Vienna no date (c.1920?) Gilhofer & Ranschburg No. 165. Large octavo, 294pp., illustrations, wraps. Good, a bit of wear and soiling. (a35087)
$34.00 (maggs) . REFERENCE WORKS BIBLIOGRAPHY TYPOGRAPHY ILLUSTRATION PALEOGRAPHY ILLUMINATION PAINTING ETC.
London 1952. Maggs Bros. Catalogue 808. 8vo., 142pp., index, wraps. 1064 works listed and described. VG, (a36236)
$28.00 (type faces) . TYPE FACES FORTY YEARS 1899-1939 (3 volume set, complete) 1-MACHINE COMPOSITION; DISPLAY COMPOSITION; 2-LIST OF FACES, SIZES AND FONTS; 3- SUPPLEMENTARY TO OUR TYPE SPECIMEN BOOKS
New York 1938. first edition. American Book Stratford Press. Three octavo hardcover covers. 918pp., illustrations, index (2 volumes). Third volume comprises one foldout chart in hardcover binding. Top edge gilt. Very Near Fine. no djs. Three volume set. No ownership marks, like new. (a45472)
$60.00McMurtrie, Douglas C. (editor). ARS TYPOGRAPHICA 1925 AND 1926 - VOLUME II NUMBERS 1, 2, 3, 4 (complete volume)
NY 1925, 1926. 4 issues (complete for Volume II). Lg.4to., illustrations, ads, wraps. VG, very light wear. Set of four issues: (a48461)
$160.00McMurtrie, Douglas C. (editor). ARS TYPOGRAPHICA VOLUME III NUMBER 1 JULY 1926
NY 1926. Lg.4to., 101pp., illustrations, ads, wraps. Good, head of spine lightly chipped, some light wear. (a48462)
$44.00 Nicyper, Raymond . GRAPHICS UNDERLAY GUIDES WITH REFERENCE DATA FOR MEDIA LAYOUT
Westport 1975. Oblong Folio, 135pp. (underlay guides), index, printed flexible boards with plastic spiral spine. Institution stamps on endpapers. VG. (a53425)
$39.00 (typography) . BOOK OF SPECIMEN PAGES
NY 1929 1st Country Life. 160p. Every couple of pages is printed in a different font--each font is labelled and indexed. 8vo. Hardcover. Near VG, number stamp on Table of Contents page and slight paperclip residue--no other ownership markings. Spine lettering faded away. no dj. (a54354)
$55.00 (trade marks) . KERSTING MARKEN TRADE-MARKS
1955 1st Verlag Ernst Heyer Essen. Design classic. In German. Hardcover. Square octavo, 127pp., color illustrations, white linen with blue decoration and lettering on cover. VG, with clear glassine protective cover. (a58072)
$44.00 (typeface) . BURMAR TYPEFACE SELECTION GUIDE
Albertson c.1990. 4to., 185pp., plastic spiral wraps. Near Fine. (a63426)
$29.00 Frank, Herman Ph.D . JEWISH TYPOGRAPHY AND BOOKMAKING ART (IDISHE TYPOGRAPHYE UN BUKH-OYSARBETUNG KUNST)
New York 1938 first edition. Hebrew-American Typographical Union. In Yiddish. Octavo, 174pp., text illustrations and one double plate of typography company interior, original purple cloth hardcover. Some light scuffing on plates (had been stuck together at one time). Good, cover soiled and unevenly faded. Scarce. (a64025)
$120.00 Monson, Thormod . THE MONSEN TYPE MANUAL
Chicago 1929 1st Thormod Monsen & Son. Hardcover. 4to, 511p. (this edition is much larger and more thorough than shorter 1922 ed), illustrations, original decorated cloth. VG. no ownership marks. no faults, just slight cover wear. no dj. In later glassine protective jacket. (a65331)
$90.00 De Pisan, Christine . L'OROYSON NOSTRE DAME - PRAYER TO OUR LADY
NY 1953 1st Kurt H. Volk. Foreword by jean Misrahi. Translated by Misrahi and Margaret Marks. French text on left and English translation on right. Folio, 24pp. in red and black ink, typography by Volk, attractive gilt printed red cloth hardcover. Fine, no DJ. No slipcase. (a69395)
$49.00 Gordon-Cumming, Miss C. F. . THE INVENTOR OF THE NUMERAL TYPE FOR CHINA FOR BLIND AND ILLITERATE PEOPLE
London 1899 a new edition, Downey. Hardcoaver. 12mo. 189pp., photo illustrations, yellow cloth with brown lettering and trim. A few ink notations (possibly by Gordon-Cumming). Tipped in rear: 14th Annual Report of Mission to the Chinese Blind for year 1900 (29p.); same for 1901 (lacks title page, 35p.) Good, a bit soiled. (a70799)
$65.00 Prince, J. H. . PRINTING FOR THE VISUALLY HANDICAPPED
1967. Article at pp. 31-48 in Journal of Typographic Research. Complete issue has numerous other related articles. Octavo, 100pp., wraps. VG plus. (a70897a)
$30.00 Wiggins, Richard H. . EFFECTS OF THREE TYPOGRAPHICAL VARIABLES ON SPEED OF READING
1967. Article at pp. 1-30 in Journal of Typographic Research. Complete issue has numerous other related articles. Octavo, 100pp., wraps. VG plus. (a70897b)
$30.00 Holland, F. C. . TYPOGRAPHICAL EFFECTS BY CATHODE RAY TUBE TYPESETTING SYSTEMS
1967. Wraps. Article at pp. 69-79 in Journal of Typographic Research. Complete issue has numerous other related articles. Octavo, 100pp., wraps. VG plus. (a70897c)
$30.00 Strope, Jeremy . SNOWFLAKE
NY. Book conceived by Kurt H Volk, typographer and executed in collaboration with Meyer Wagman in 1952. Typography and printing by Kurt Volk, Inc. Hardcover. Octavo, 13 pages printed on rag paper with embossed snowflake on title page, puffy silk cloth cover cased in velvet-lined folding box with ribbon ties. VG. (a70932)
$24.00 Guppy, Henry . STEPPING-STONES TO THE ART OF TYPOGRAPHY
1928. Offprint from Bulletin of John Rylands Library. Large octavo, 45pp., 14 facsimiles, wraps. Signed by Guppy. Good, cover browned and edges frayed. (a74926)
$27.00 Stevens, George A. . NEW YORK TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION NO. 6 STUDY OF A MODERN TRADE UNION AND ITS PREDECESSORS
Albany 1913 1st Lyon. Hardcover. Large octavo, 717pp., photo illustrations, index, cloth. Owner name stamped twice on blank end pages. VG. (a7986)
$35.00 Wales, Hugh G; Dwight L. Gentry and Max Wales . ADVERTISING COPY, LAYOUT AND TYPOGRAPHY
NY 1958 1st Ronald. Hardcover. Octavo, 491pp.,. illustrations, printed cloth. Institution stamp on fore-edges, label at heel of spine. Good, cover somewhat worn, no DJ. Hard-to-find title. (a81632)
$25.00 McCulloch, F. H. . PRACTICAL SPECIMENS NO. 5 JULY ISSUE 1894
Austin (Minn) 1894. Printer/Publisher Sample book showing wide variety of printed forms for business, advertising, banking, with variety of type fonts and styles. Oblong octavo, original printed stringbound wraps. Good. cover a bit worn and lightly stained. (a82126)
$45.00 Marples, Josiah . TYPE-FOUNDERS AND TYPE-FOUNDING
London and Liverpool 1877 Longmans. Articles on pp. 147-165, removed from the Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool 1876-77, No. XXXI and rebound in later wraps. VG plus. (a87649)
$33.00 Young, charlotte H . FASHION ADVERTISING LAYOUT & ILLUSTRATION
1950 first edition. Walter T . Foster. Folio. wraps. bright attractive pictorial cover in yellow, orange and green of model with veiled face and glove. 40p. VG some tips gently bumped. VG. "How to " guide for handdrawn and handpainted fashion advertising copy" but also itself a great period piece encapsulating 1950s style . (a89555)
$39.00