Amert Kay (11 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First U.S. edition, signed by author. DJ has edge wear, minor creases, minor scratches, rubbed corners/spine. Boards have edge wear, rubbed corners/spine. No writing in text. Very good. Kay Amert (dust Jacket) (illustrator). Signed by Author(s). Book. …

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This book offers offers insightful and informative research about Simon de Colines, one of the greatest typographers and printers of the Renaissance.Simon de Colines was one of the greatest typographers, printers and publishers of the Renaissance. He has nevertheless been unfairly neglected. Apart from a pair of scholarly bibliographies, published a century apart, this is thefirst book-length study of his work.As Robert Bringhurst writes in his introduction to this volume, "Colines as much as anyone built the semiotic structure of the book as we now know it, with its chapter headings and subheads,page numbers and running heads, tables of contents, indices, and source notes. He also cut lucid and beautiful type at a crucial moment: when the Latin and Greek alphabets were still engaged in their historic metamorphosis from manuscript to metal." This book offers offers insightful and informative research about Simon de Colines, one of the greatest typographers and printers of the Renaissance. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 292 pages. 8.90x1.20x6.00 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, 2012. 288 pages. Book measures 6 x 9 inches. Thick French-fold wrappers. Simon de Colines was one of the greatest typographers, printers and publishers of the Renaissance. He has nevertheless been unfairly neglected. Apart from a pair of scholarly bibliographies, published a century apart, this is the first book-length study of his work. This collection of essays on Simon de Colines was written by Kay Amert over decades of study and research. Due to her untimely death, the book she envisioned never came to be. Fortunately this work was collected and edited by Robert Bringhurst and brought to life in this wonderful volume. Includes illustrations throughout. A very well designed book by Bringhurst as well. Wrappers show light wear to edges, including one small nick to bottom edge. Binding is square and tight. Very Good condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Kay Amert (dust Jacket) (illustrator).

stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 288, (2) pages. Edited by Robert Bringhurst. A fine copy of this very scarce book. Table of contents, foreword, introduction, afterword, two appendices, bibliography, reproduction credits, index. A study of the work of typographer Simon de Colines. Black and white illustrations throughout. …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 292 pages. 8.90x1.20x6.00 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. This book offers offers insightful and informative research about Simon de Colines, one of the greatest typographers and printers of the Renaissance.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This book offers offers insightful and informative research about Simon de Colines, one of the greatest typographers and printers of the Renaissance.Simon de Colines was one of the greatest typographers, printers and publishers of the Renaissance. He has nevertheless been unfairly neglected. Apart from a pair of scholarly bibliographies, published a century apart, this is thefirst book-length study of his work.As Robert Bringhurst writes in his introduction to this volume, 'Colines as much as anyone built the semiotic structure of the book as we now know it, with its chapter headings and subheads,page numbers and running heads, tables of contents, indices, and source notes. He also cut lucid and beautiful type at a crucial moment: when the Latin and Greek alphabets were still engaged in their historic metamorphosis from manuscript to metal.'.…

Paperback. Condition: New.