Hermann Zapf His Design Philosophy (38 results)

Condition: Good. First Edition first Printing. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Dust jacket has some edgewear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition. First edition, hardcover, has a slight lean to the binding, light bumps to the cover corners, faint sunning to the head, and a previous owner's name penned to the front fly leaf. Overall, this is a solid, bright, Very Good+ copy in a Near Very Good dust jacket, which has bumps with short creased tears to the corners and the head of the spine, toning to the spine, rubbing with some smudging to the covers, a thin area of soiling at the tail of the front, and light wear with short tears to the edges. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.

FIRST EDITION, folio, pp.256 including frontis., illustrations & facsimiles throughout; a very good copy in dust wrapper. Presentation ALS from Henry [?] at Yale University Press to Frank [Collieson] at Heffers, Cambridge, after a book launch party there. 'The enclosed small token of thanks is to be 'published' [i.e. distributed for the STA] by us on 16 February.' Calligraphy German design Typography.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 4to. 31cm. Pp. [iv], 255. Colour plates. Type samples. Bibliography. Orig. cloth. D.w. Excellent.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: good. First edition. lightest wear to tips, corners and edges of the book, a bit more to the jacket which is rubbed with short closed tears at the tips and corners, price (?) label ghost to front flap, else clean and unmarked. First printing, no others stated. Hermann Zapf (1918 2015) was a German typeface designer and calligrapher who lived in Darmstadt, Germany. His career in type design spanned the three most recent stages of printing: hot metal composition, phototypesetting (also called cold type), and digital typesetting. His two most famous typefaces, Palatino and Optima, were designed in 1948 and 1952, respectively. Most items ship with tracking numbers and(generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Blue cloth gilt, tall 4to., 254, (1) pages. Designed by Zapf and nicely printed in West Germany. A fine copy of the book in a near fine, clean DW, with very minor signs of use and one small closed tear, in archival mylar.

First edition. 4to. 254 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Introduction by Carl Zahn. Selected articles and lectures on calligraphy and contemporary developments in type design, with illustrations and bibliographical notes, and a complete list of his typefaces.

Selected articles and lectures on calligraphy and contemporary developments in type design, with illustrations and bibliographical notes, and a complete list of his typefaces. Introduction by Carl Zahn. Chicago: Society of Typographic Arts (1987). Orig-blue cloth with coloured orig.-dust-jacket printed on both sides. 254, (1) pages with numerous type samples and design drafts. - 30,5 x 21. * More than 200 illustrations show many examples of Hermann Zapf's work over 50 years and cover the transition from the craft of metal type to modern computerized photocomposition. - US-amerikanische Erstausgabe mit persönlicher Bleistift-Widmung u. Signatur von "Hermann Z." an "Hans Adolf Halbey für eine Freundschaft über viele Jahre". - Buch tadellos erhalten und unbenutzt. - Versand nur mit Paketporto-Aufpreis !.

Origi.Leinenband mit Schutzumschlag, 4°, 254 Seiten. Schutzumschlag angestaubt, Rücken und Ecken stark bestossen, Buch im guten Zustand, Seiten sauber.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Chicago: Society of Typographic Arts, 19. 4to. Pp.[iv], 255. Numerous illusts, some in colour. Orig. cloth. D.w. Nice fresh copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in fine dustjacket. First edition. 254 pp., profusely illustrated; quarto, original blue cloth, gilt. Essential reference to the work of the important designer and typographer. Includes specimens of the 175 alphabets designed by Zapf.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Blue cloth gilt, tall 4to., 254, (1) pages. Designed by Zapf and nicely printed in West Germany. Laid in is a single sheet of holiday greetings, folded twice, "With all good wishes for 1989", from Gudrun und Hermann Zapf. A fine copy in a near fine, clean DW with a bare hint of edgewear and one minute spot on the rear panel, in archival mylar.

First edition. 4to. 254 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with light wear along the top edge. Fine blue cloth-covered slipcase. Introduction by Carl Zahn. Selected articles and lectures on calligraphy and contemporary developments in type design, with illustrations and bibliographical notes, and a complete list of his typefaces.

Quarto. Full- and partial-page illustrations. Cloth. Fine in fine d.j. First edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Blue cloth gilt, tall 4to., 254, (1) pages, profusely illustrated including color. Designed by Zapf and nicely printed in West Germany. Signed by Zapf in blue ink at the colophon. Loosely inserted into this copy are 16 leaves measuring 9 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches, each specimen displaying the complete characters of several Zapf typefaces, in different sizes, printed from the foundry type. The typefaces are Palatino Roman and Italic, Michelangelo and Sistina. These specimen sheets were set and printed by Leonard Bahr at his Adagio Press and came from his personal files. A fine copy in a near fine DW with one small closed tear at the upper front tip. Signed by Artist.

First edition, large 8vo, pp. [6], 5-254, [2]; photographic frontispiece portrait, 96 plates in color, and illustrations throughout text, shoulder notes printed in blue; fine in the dust jacket. A handsome, monumental volume documenting the most influential man in modern type design, as well as the 175 alphabets he designed since 1948.

First edition, large 8vo, pp. [6], 5-254, [2]; photographic frontispiece portrait, 96 plates in color, and illustrations throughout text, shoulder notes printed in blue; fine in the dust jacket. A handsome, monumental volume documenting the most influential man in modern type design, as well as the 175 alphabets he designed since 1948. This copy signed by Zapf on the colophon and in a gray cloth slipcase.