Printing Types, First Edition (141 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition (ex-library). Illustrated. Ex-library copy with the only mark being a stamp on the dedication page from Sears, Roebuck library. Previous owner's small signature on front free endpaper.Covers lightly darkened and corners lightly worn. Interior is clean and unmarked.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very good- copy with sunning to spine; minor scuffing to wraps; light bumping to edges and corners. B&W Illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. This is a Near Fine copy of the first edition. The dust jacket is present but poor-it has done its job.The front dust jacket flap is detached but present. No internal writing. No foxing to the text pages. A nice, bright, tight copy. Includes Index to type faces.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Lacks jacket. Minor wear along spine and edges. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1950 Hard Cover. x, 304 pp. An instructive guide to designing type faces for books, magazines, advertisting, and displays, with examples of numerous fonts.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed/dated by author Butler on title page. 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Dust jacket has edgewear. Book has faint shelfwear and a stain on the first free endpaper. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 192 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. By the authors of 'Tragedy at Sea' and 'Day of Destiny: The Photographs of D-Day'. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. Original publisher's gray cloth binding with white lettering on front cover and spine. 5" x 8." Forty-nine pages, complete. Several small black-and-white illustrations, complete. Review Questions and Glossary in back. Nine additional pages in back contain advertisements for other titles in the Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices, Acknowledgment, and a list of Contributors. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning, small occasional marks or stains, and occasional pencil annotations. Covers are clean and intact overall but have darkening, a few small stains, light to moderate rubbing, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. A concise instructional book about how modern cylinder printing presses work. The book includes several small, detailed black-and-white illustrations and diagrams showing parts of modern cylinder printing presses and the printing process. The Preface clarifies that this book is not historical in nature, aims to explain the practical aspects of cylinder printing presses, and focuses only on contemporary printing presses of the time. Contents are titled as follows: "What a Printing Press Is," "Elements of the Printing Press," "The Single-Revolution Press," "Bed Motion," "Two-Revolution Press," "Bed Motions," "Sheet Delivery," "Two-Revolution Perfecting Press," "Two-Revolution Two-Color Press," "Rotary Presses," "Webb Perfecting Rotary Press," "Offset Mechanisms," "Extra Colors," "Cutting the Sheet," "Delivery," "Turning-Bar Folding," "Magazine Folding," "Methods of Delivery," "Other Methods of Folding," "Flat-Bed Newspaper Rotaries," "Webb Perfecting Newspaper Rotaries," "Rotary Color Press," "Fine Process Color Printing," "Conclusion," and "Supplementary Reading.".

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; wrappers slightly creased. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series; Occasional publication (Oxford Bibliographical Society) ; no. 25. Physical description; xiv, 78 pages : facsimiles ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Text in English, examples in Greek. Subjects; Bowman, J. H. (b. 1942). Greek type History 19th century Catalogs. Printing, Greek Great Britain History 19th century. Type and type-founding Great Britain 19th century. Printing Specimens. Oxford Bibliographical Society. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy in the original printed wrappers, now faintly edge-dulled. Internally tight, bright and clean; remains well-preserved overall. Series ; Occasional publication (Oxford Bibliographical Society) ; number 25. Physical description: xiv, 78 pages : facsimiles ; 26 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Text in English with examples in Greek. Subjects: Bowman, J. H. Printing, Greek - Great Britain - History - 19th century - Catalogs. Greek type - History - 19th century - Catalogs. Type and type-founding - Great Britain - History - 19th century - Catalogs. Printing - Great Britain - History - 19th century - Sources. Type and type-founding - Greek type - Catalogs. Printing - Specimens - Great Britain - Catalogs. Oxford Bibliographical Society - Catalogs. 3 Kg.

4to. 26 pp. Numerous diagrams, illusts., photos, 1 large folding. Self-printed wrappers, hole-punched as issued (annotations in ink on 1 page, wear, creasng), reference copy. First edition, thus, of this scarce work containing description, unpacking and installation, and care of General Electric meters which provide printed records of demand and use.

Cloth. Condition: Good. First Edition. 101/4 x 7 1/4 inches (27 x 18 cm), gray/green, cloth, gilt lettering on spine, title in red box on spine (lettering is hard to read). 304 pp. First edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. . . . . 1st ed. Sm 4to, grey cloth hardcover, no dj. Prev. owner's name. Exterior slightly soiled w/ board edges rubbed, rear hinge cloth partially split (at rear of spine), but rear board firmly attached; very occasional marginal finger smudging; otherwise contents clean, overall vg condition. 304 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Very Good. 1st Edition. A printing guide for printers, advertisers, and students of printing. Fully illustrated. Covers and page edges darkened with age. Interior is clean and unmarked except for a few minor smudges.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; wrappers slightly creased. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series; Occasional publication (Oxford Bibliographical Society) ; no. 25. Physical description; xiv, 78 pages : facsimiles ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Text in English, examples in Greek. Subjects; Bowman, J. H. (b. 1942). Greek type History 19th century Catalogs. Printing, Greek Great Britain History 19th century. Type and type-founding Great Britain 19th century. Printing Specimens. Oxford Bibliographical Society. 1 Kg.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. This is a VG, hardcover, first edition copy, no DJ, lovely map image cloth binding, and some nice color illustrations by Henry Moore, etc.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Grey cloth, x + 304 pp., illus. Modestly rubbed at corners and extremities. Former owner bookplate and address stamp on FEPs, embossed personal library stamp on title pg., else clean interior. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Stiff pale yellow wraps. New/as issued. viii,159,3,23,14 pp. 1st ptg. thus. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. (Kalmar, Sweden: Lindegren Boktryckeri, 1976). Distributed to the United States by Pentalic Corporation, New York. First edition. Bounteously illustrated with drawings, script art, printed lettering art, type, early examples, handwriting, sketches, and more, on graphic squares, various background color pages, and glossy plates. Engaging and informative histories, detailed instructions and tips for a variety of styles and methods, pens and tools, various techniques, calligraphy uses, and a bounty of example letters. An attractive, in-depth calligraphy collectible. Fine, square and firm in textured and laminated boards with Billes Tryckeri wraparound silk-screen art, black spine titles, red-and-white headband and tail-band; in a near fine dust jacket with a short tear and a tiny surface abrasion to the upper edge of the front panel. Oblong quarto, 7.2" X 10"; 199 pages.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy in the original printed wrappers, now faintly edge-dulled. Internally tight, bright and clean; remains well-preserved overall. Series ; Occasional publication (Oxford Bibliographical Society) ; number 25. Physical description: xiv, 78 pages : facsimiles ; 26 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Text in English with examples in Greek. Subjects: Bowman, J. H. Printing, Greek - Great Britain - History - 19th century - Catalogs. Greek type - History - 19th century - Catalogs. Type and type-founding - Great Britain - History - 19th century - Catalogs. Printing - Great Britain - History - 19th century - Sources. Type and type-founding - Greek type - Catalogs. Printing - Specimens - Great Britain - Catalogs. Oxford Bibliographical Society - Catalogs. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Book with illustrated boards in very good condition. Name and 1947 written inside. Book has 95 clean pages. Matching jacket has light edgewear and a chip at the spine top. Will ship in a fresh protective mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 304 pages. Gray cloth covers with gold lettering to spine. Book with mild edge and corner wear. Illustrated DJ with edge and corner wear, scuffing at edges, and small chips. The book brings together information on 126 type faces most commonly used in books, magazines, and advertising with a short history of the origin and development of each face and a detailed explanation of its distinguishing characteristics.

PAPERBACK. Condition: Fair. 1st edition. 126pp, staple bound, tall slim octavo, ex-library with rubber stamp to first page, mild age and soiling wear to the wraps, corner wear with a few creases, clean throughout, tight binding.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. Spiral bound softcover. Cover soiling. Pencil annotations on first page. Else, good condition. (Q4).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Syracuse University Press, 1957. First edition. Small 8vo. [iv],34,[ii]pp. Portrait frontispiece and three other illustrations. Original black cloth, gilt lettering, with pictorial paper label to upper board. A very good, bright copy in original gilt-lettered glacene dustwrapper (latter slightly chipped at head of spine).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 64 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. One of 150 copies with the text handset in Lutetia, printed on Basingwerk Parchment and bound in covers of Yamato Chiri dark toned laid Japanese paper. A fine copy. Printed for presentation to the Wynkyn de Worde Society.

Tall octavo, 96 pages, illustrated, original illustrated boards, sticky tape residue on endpapers, a very good copy. First edition of this printers catalogue of typefaces. With the signature of notable Australian book designer & illustrator Vane Lindsay.

FIRST EDITION, pp.12(2)51-leaf specimen printed on rectos only (4)10 + folding table; very good in printed wrappers. Includes 47 wood-engraved ornaments & vignettes. Printing Type Specimen.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Grey cloth boards with black & gilt title boxes on front cover & spine, under typographic dust jacket priced at $3.00, 170 pp. + colophon, illustrated. Minor edgewear and toning to DJ. Thirteen chapters; essays on typography and the history of books.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Sewn into grey card covers, titled in red and black. A very good copy indeed. Good selection of types including Beton, Chisel, Matura, Marina script, Placard, Playbill, Stradivarius and Walbaum.

Condition: Fine. San Francisco, CA, : M & H Type, , 1994. 1st Edition . Fine. Book Condition: Fine. First Edition. Includes a brief history of M& H Type, black & white photographs of their work and work areas, and samples of all of their various fonts, dingbats, etc. Printed from M & H Type by The Arion Press and bound by them. M & H Type is a division of The Arion Press. 119 pp. 4to. Green cloth covered boards. No dust jacket as issued.