Cooper Oswald (6 results)

boards. 32mo. boards. (7) pages. Very fine copy.

paper wrappers. small 8vo. paper wrappers. (12) pages. Printed as a keepsake for the participants of Gallery 303's Heritage of the Graphic Arts series of lectures, and specifically for the lecture on Oswald Bruce Cooper by R. Hunter Middleton on March 2, 1966. A fine copy. Contains illustrations from "The Book of Oz Cooper" first published in 1949. Cooper, Oswald Bruce (illustrator).…

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. NOT an ex-library book. Clean copy in good condition. With Dust Cover. Some foxing/spotting due to age, but generally good condition. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Broadside. Condition: Fine. Poetry broadside printed in Nicolas Cochin on handmade paper,measuring 14 x 19 in. A Fine copy. // WorldCat notes this text being printed as advisement by Strathmore Paper Company, in 1923; this appears to be a more recent letterpress printed sheet.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. :: An Appreciation of Oswald Bruce Cooper, with characteristic Examples of his Art in Lettering, Type designing & such of his Writings as reveal the Cooperian Typographic Gospel. :: Bound in rose-colored cloth, front board bears decorative illustration of author's initials in gilt. Title and publisher lettered upon spine, also in gold. Top edge text block rose. Quarto (11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches; 286 x 216 millimeters). 183 pages. Condition: Very Good. Small stains upon cloth of boards. Interior pages age-toned. Beautiful, large book - great care was taken to honor this gentleman and his works.…

Folio. xx, 181, [3] pp. Title in red & black, numerous facsimile leaves of type fonts, illustrations, tipped-in facsimiles, photo illustrations, some leaves printed in red & black, others blue & black, some rubricated & decorated initials. Brick-red cloth, gilt design on front cover, gilt lettering on spine, still a NF bright copy. First edition of this splendidly printed homage to the famed American type designer, lettering artist, and graphic designer. Cooper (1879-1940) headed the firm of Bertsch & Cooper who developed the ad campaigns for such companies as Packard Motor Car Company and Anheuser-Busch Breweries at the beginning of the 20th century. This work includes unfinished autobiographical notes by Cooper, Notes on Oz by W.A. Dwiggins famed type designer, as well as numerous examples of his Cooper Series Typefaces.…