D B Updike Ed (8 results)

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. first edition,2p; Second printing". VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S7.50) DUST JACKET.CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT. Complete,DJ HAS edgewear at spine fold & spine ends. ; Gold spine titles on dark blue cloth hard covers.white endpapers. ; 574pg heavy pages; Indexed."most comprehensive collection of Parodies ever to appear in one volume".Lifetime Library series. Parodies of Christopher Marlow, John Donne, John Milton, Alexander Pope, . Wells parodies: PERKINS AND MANKIND, and THE DEFOSSILIZED PLUM PUDDING . …

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: Bookplate of John Francis Ashby. Physical description: xxxiv, 217 pages ; ill. ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Includes index. Subjects: Morison, Stanley 1889-1967; Correspondence; Updike, Daniel Berkeley 1860-1941;Correspondence; Printers United States; Printers Great Britain; Type and type-founding History 20th century; Sources; Printing History 20th century; Printers; Printing; Type and type-founding; Memoirs and diaries 20th century. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hard covers in dust jacket. Light soiling to edges. Moderate toning and edge wear to price-clipped jacket. Otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked -- a sound and neat copy. Illustrated. Index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: Bookplate of John Francis Ashby. Physical description: xxxiv, 217 pages ; ill. ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Includes index. Subjects: Morison, Stanley 1889-1967; Correspondence; Updike, Daniel Berkeley 1860-1941;Correspondence; Printers United States; Printers Great Britain; Type and type-founding History 20th century; Sources; Printing History 20th century; Printers; Printing; Type and type-founding; Memoirs and diaries 20th century. 1 Kg.…

xxxiv, 217 [1] pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Fine in an unworn jacket slightly sunned at the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Cloth bound hardcover with dust jacket, xxxv, 217 p. : facsim. (some col), 2 port. ; 24cm. Good/very good, few brown spots on (top) page-edges.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of correspondence between two eminent figures in the world of typography, including the designer of Times New Roman The first edition of Selected Correspondence between typographers Stanley Morison and D.B. Updike, edited by British librarian and scholar David Mckitterick. In the publisher's original navy blue cloth, in the original unclipped yellow dust wrapper. Contains all twenty plates, including of letters, typeface examples, and portraits. Collated complete. An illuminating volume on the history of typography and print, the letters between close friends Stanley Morison and D.B. Updike exchange their insightful opinions and ideas revolving around print during the interwar period. Morison was best known for being the designer of Times New Roman and reviving blackletter over Victorian fine printing, while Updike founded the Merrymount Press. In the publisher's original navy blue cloth, in the original unclipped yellow dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with minimal marks, and minor bumps to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Dust wrapper is bright and mostly clean, with minimal edgewear. Slight fading to wrapper spine and a couple of small marks to wrapper joints and to rear. End papers are bright and clean. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. Various (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. A pleasing limited edition of Edward Rowe Mores' important records on the history of English type-founding. One of an edition of two hundred and fifty copies.In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding.This edition of 'Dissertation upon Typographical Founders and Founderies' is accompanied by a memoir by Richard Gough and John Nichols' notes added in 1779.The work stands as a significant source of history on English typography, written by English antiquarian and scholar Edward Rowe Mores.With a folding genealogical table. In the original decorative cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with fading to the spine and light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with light spotting to the first and last couple leaves. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.…