Fleuron Journal Typography (55 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library copy with usual stamps and marking. Please note this is the 1924 edition of NUMBER 3, including essays by W. A. Dwiggins, Harold Child, and Frank Sidgwick, among others. This is a damaged book. May be ex-library, water-damaged, or spine creased/broken. Acceptable, Reading copy only, with writing/markings and heavy wear. Oversized.

Hardcover. Green cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; light gray dust jacket with red lettering, 164 pp (18), bw illustrations. Contents include: On Script Types; Robert Bridges, George Moore, Bernard Shaw, and Printing; The Typographical Work of Percy Smith; Contemporary Printers: II. Emery Walker; Tendencies in German Book-Printing Since 1914; On the Work of Bruce Rogers; Book Reviews; Typographical Reviews. In addition to the illustrations in the text there is a collotype plate facing page 30. Good+ (foxing on block and end pages, text and illustrations are otherwise very clean. Dust jacket has soiling and overall wear.).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Inserted examples; illus., 11 x 8.5", cloth backed boards, 127pp + "Examples" and "Advertisements", covers, toned, worn and stained, spine is chipped and torn at ends, endpapers spotted, some finger soiling to text, but textblock is good, with errata slip inserted at front, and "Medici Society" address label affixed on title page for this American edition. SWAF.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Hardback, green cloth, gilt title to spine. 28.5cm x 22.5cm. 164pp. Numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, tipped-in specimens, papers, facsimiles, some folding. Printed at the Curwen Press. Spine faded. Foxing to edges and end-papers, occasional foxing to contents. Bookplates of Will and Sebastian Carter to front pastedown. Private ownership. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (bs6).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Condition: Good +; Hardcover, no dustjacket as issued. Facsimile of Numbers I and II of the Fleuron orignially published in 1923-1924. Book is full of examples of print and printed materials, many in color. The book is in Good+ condition with some soiling to covers and fading to spine. Interior pages clean and unmarked and the binding is tight. Photos upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Limited Edition. Very light wear at edges; light toning to blanks facing front and rear brown endpapers. ; 1000 copies printed. Brown cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Illustrations throughout including tipped-in or folded examples of typographic and graphic design, some in color. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 252 pages.

hardcover. Condition: Good. cover shows minor wear, tear, staining. pages lightly tanned and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. shows minor wear.

4to. First edition. One of 1150 copies on antique wove paper. Original teal cloth, gilt to spine. Printed in Barbou type by Walter Lewis at the University Press, Cambridge. Illustrated throughout and with tipped in specimen pages, etc, some folding. Cloth a little dulled by dust with light wear to the corner tips. A little light foxing to the endpapers. The rear hinge is cracked but holding firm. Good +. The contents include Stanley Morison on Decorated Types; Paul Beaujon on Decorative Printing in America; and Albert Windisch on the Work of Rudolf Koch.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Binding, text, illustrations and tip ins, VG-NF. Coverboards Fair with some soiling and one stain on the back cover. Overall Good.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good +. Hardback, green cloth, gilt title to spine. 28.5cm x 22.5cm. 164pp. Numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, tipped-in specimens, papers, facsimiles, some folding. Printed at the Curwen Press. Spine discoloured. Foxing to edges and to inside. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown.

4to viii+168pp+ tipped in specimens etc. Original green cloth (some spots on backstrip) some foxing to prelims., a very good bright copy. First edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. One of 1150 (1310) standard copies printed in Barbou type on Abbey Mills paper. 8pp insets of Lutetia italic, Stempel Baskerville, New Hellinic, a 12pp specimen of Weiss roman, and a 16pp specimen of Monotype Pastonchi. The are also broadsides of Lutetia, Weiss, Baskerville and Naudin bound in. Many illustrations in the text, inserted plates include work of Rudolf Koch and various inscriptions. Turquoise cloth, gilt on spine. Lacking dust-jacket, endpapers dusty. A very good copy. Principal contents: The Work of Rudolf Koch, by Albert Windisch; Geofroy Tory, by A.F. Johnson; On Decorative Printing in America, by Paul Beaujon; Decorated Types, by Stanley Morison; Bernard Naudin, Illustrator, by Luc Benoist; Address by Citizen Sobry on the types of Gille, edited by Daniel berkeley Updike.

Condition: Good. London: The Fleuron, 1923. 1st edition. No. 1. 4to hardcover. viii+127pp+examples and ads. Good book. Boards and endpapers slightly dampstained. Williams & Wilkins Company bookplate on front pastedown. Errata slip tipped in on half title page. (Typography, Graphic Design) Inquire if you need further information.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket, as issued. First Greenwood edition. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood, 1970. Numbers 1 and 2, bound as 1 book. Very Good condition. Covers lightly finger soiled. HARDCOVER. 1970. Facsimile reprint of this periodical's first 2 numbers (1923-1924). Beautifully illustrated, with much in gorgeous full color. THE FLEURON is the most important English language periodical devoted to the history and practice of typography. Included here are significant articles by Francis Meynell, Stanley Morison, Holbrook Jackson, Daniel Berkeley Updike, Bruce Rogers, etc. This impressive edition REPRODUCES EVERYTHING and even DUPLICATES ALL OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION'S TIPPED-IN FULL COLOR PLATES, FOLD-OUTS, AND SPECIMENS. Ulrich/Kup describes THE FLEURON as: "A significant, learned and copiously documented periodical. THE FLEURON, under intelligent editorship, marched from effort to perfection. Fine printing, book illustration, printer's profiles, challenging reviews of new printing types. A periodical once consulted-never forgotten. the leader of modern typography. It devoted all of its efforts to the promotion of the highest standards in design and printing." Hart 247 says, "One cannot give this undertaking too much praise, for the articles are most informative and of interest to all appreciators of fine printing." Bound in the original cream-color cloth, stamped in red and black. A volume from the publisher's ART OF THE BOOK series. Oversize Hardcover. 8.75" wide by 11.25" tall by 1.5" thick. This large heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. First Greenwood edition. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket, as issued. 2 volumes, bound as 1. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1930. 4to. Pp.viii, 253, [27] (adverts, colophon). Plates, some folding. Illusts. Orig.cloth. Two corners slightly knocked, otherwise v.g. The final number, including Jan van Krimpen on 'Typography in Holland', Morison's 'First Principles', Friedrich Ewald on the Officina Bodoni, Updike on Cleland, and reviews of Centaur, Bembo, Antigone, Romanee and Perpetua.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION,1930, 4to.pp.xii (2) 252,25: many illustrations,facsimiles, tipped-in plates & inserts, a very good copy in original buckram of the most splendid & substantial volume of the series with an index to all seven volumes. Spotless cover and pages. Includes; Morrison s First Principles of Typography, Warde on Gill, Koch on Holz, Updyke on Cleland, Ewald on Officina Bondini, Van Krimpen on Typgraphy in Holland; Insert short story by Rose Macaulay, Misfortunes, illustrated by wood engravings by Denis Tegetmeir, and not as stated as by Stanley Morrison, printed in the new Bembo , faint stamps of the Ipswich printer, W.S. Cowell on end paper. A nice clean copy with excellent provenance.

4to. xvi+206pp+ tipped in specimens etc. Original yelow cloth (some darkening to backstrip) some foxing to prelims., a very good copy. First edition. Limited to 1250 copies.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition; Limited edtion. 4to 11" - 13" tall; Oversize 4to HC in original mustard yellow cloth with decorative title design in red and blue to cover and spine. In a limited edition of 1250 copies printed on Antique Laid stock. Snugly bound and generally neat with just mild crimping to cloth at spine ends and light shelf soiling to board surfaces. Here and there some superficial foxing to pages, generally on leaves facing tipped in plates and examples. Solid neat copy; uncommon in condition. VG. . Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.

cloth. 4to. cloth. xvi, 205, (21) pages. Vol. V. Limited to 1370 copies. Article on Karl Klingspor by Julius Rodenberg including a list of books printed at the Private Press of the Gebr. Klingspor, articles on Laboureur, Bulmer, and "Towards an Ideal Italick" by Stanley Morison. Small bump along bottom of front cover and small tears at spine ends.

Includes "The 'Garamond Types: A Study of XVI and XVII century sources,' by Paul Beaujon; 'Towards an Ideal Italic,' by Stanley Morison; 'J.E. Laboureur Illustrator,' by Paul Istel; 'William Bulmer,' by H.V. Marrot; etc. Quarto. Illustrated with type facsimiles, reproductions, and tipped-in plates. Cloth. Covers lightly soiled. Very good. First edition. One of 1,250 copies on antique laid paper.

cloth. 4to. cloth. xvi, 205, (21) pages. Vol. V. Limited to 1370 copies. Article on Karl Klingspor by Julius Rodenberg including a list of books printed at the Private Press of the Gebr. Klingspor, articles on Laboureur, Bulmer and "Towards an Ideal Italick" by Stanley Morison. Only minor cover wear. Very good condition.

Includes 'Modern Printing in the Netherlands' by J. Van Krimpen; 'The Typographical Work of Eric Gill' by Paul Beaujon; 'The Typography of the 'Nineties' by A.J.A. Symons, 'First Principles of Typography' by Stanley Morison, et al. Quarto. Illustrated with type facsimiles, reproductions, numerous tipped-in color plates. Cloth. A very good copy, lacking the d.j. First edition. One of 1,000 copies.

Includes: 'The Work of Rudolf Koch' by Albert Windisch; 'Geofroy Tory,' by A.F. Johnson; 'Deecorated Types' by Stanley Morison, etc. Quarto. [xiv], [267] pp. Illustrated with type facsimiles, reproductions, numerous tipped-in color plates. Cloth. Some light foxing, light dampstaining to binding near top edge, not affecting text. Printer Ward Ritchie's copy, with his bookplate and name in pencil. Laid in is a 1934 newspaper article about Rudolf Koch, which has resulted in some offsetting to an interior page. A very good copy in dust jacket that is torn along front joint. Uncommon in jacket. First edition.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good binding. Dust Jacket Condition: Good dust jacket. Volume No. VII only. With essays on Typography in Holland, Eric Gill, First Principles of Typography, Heinrich Holz, Typography of the Eighteen-Nineties, The Officina Bodoni, Thomas Maitland Cleland, additional shorter essays on typographical history, type reviews, book reviews, and an index at the rear. The volume also with folding facsimile plates, tipped in booklets, and other facsimiles of typographical samples. Slight dusty odor. Mild foxing to the edges of the textblock. Small chips and tears to the dusjacket, with minor loss to the extremities of the spine. Red cloth with a Good dustjacket. Very Good binding / Good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Number 191 of 210 (1210) edition de luxe copies printed on handmade paper with two extra inserts. 42 illustrations in text by Eric Gill and Heinrich Holz, other illustrations by Frances Clayton and Denis Tegetmeier. 7 very substantial inserts, being specimens of Perpetua, Centaur Roman, Monotype Bembo and Lutetia. Blue buckram, elaborately blocked in gold on the spine and upper board to a design by Jan van Krimpen. Lacking dust-jacket, slight fading to spine. A very good copy. The final issue, printed in Monotype Barbou and signed by Stanley Morison on the colophon. The issue contains Beatrice Warde's famous essay 'Eric Gill: Sculptor of Letters', this is illustrated with folding plates and other reproductions. Additionally, in this de luxe isse there is a folding photogravure plate of Gill's sculpture `Madonna and Child'. Inset into the essay are 8 pages Initial Letters etc., engraved by Eric Gill, specially printed at the Golden Cockerel Press on handmade paper; this hand-press printing appears only in the de luxe issue. Following the essay is 'The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity', 32 pages with engravings on wood by Gill, and signed by him at the foot of the type specimen. It is the first specimen of Gill's Perpetua type, although there is a school of thought that believes that Gill's signature was provided by Morison. Stanley Morison's Postscript closes with the specially commissioned 'Explicit' engraving by Gill. This final number of `The Fleuron' includes the first printing of Morison's 'First Principles of Typography'; Jan van Krimpen on Typography in Holland; D.B. Updike on T.M. Cleland, and Friedrich Ewald on The Officina Bodoni - this with hand-printed specimens. Magnificent. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. Limited Edition. 4to. Limited edition, #61/160. Orig. teal cloth with gilt stamped spine and fore edge decoration. T.E.R. Roughly cut edges. xiii, 264 pp. Numerous illustrations and fold-outs and typographcial insets. Spine cocked. Rubbing to extremities and boards with some light wear to spine ends and corners. Some light foxing to endpapers and edges of text block. With insert from the Printing Anniversary Committee, American Institute of Graphic Arts for the 500th anniversary of printing. Very scarce. A further 1150 copies were printed on antique wove paper, but only150 copies on hand-made Batchelor Kelmscott paper were offered for sale out of the 160 produced.