True Type, First Edition (38 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Clean unmarked copy, like new, dust jacket in mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New DJ (still in shrinkwrap). First Edition. New Castle, Delaware / London: Oak Knoll Press / Werner Shaw, 2000. BRAND NEW in a BRAND NEW dust jacket. Perfect condition. STILL SEALED in the publisher's clear plastic SHRINKWRAP. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. 2000. First Edition. Foreword by Colin Banks. From the publisher: "The autobiography of a book and magazine designer who played a central role in British graphic design from the 1940s to the 1980s, who edited and designed MOTIF (1958-1967) and who wrote the THAMES AND HUDSON MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY This well-written autobiography of the renowned book designer, author and typographer captures a fascinating life and a remarkable era in British publishing. McLean's compelling story begins with his birth in the Scottish lowlands, and describes his school days at Oxford, the war years as a British officer on a French submarine, and his introduction into the London publishing scene. Along the way, we meet the movers and shakers of Britain's post-war publishing world as he built his career. Through McLean's eyes we are treated to a unique view of the bygone period of Great Britain's publishing history." Includes a checklist of books written, compiled or translated by Ruari McLean. Index. Bound in the original gilt-stamped blue cloth. Complete with pristine dust jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. New/New DJ (still in shrinkwrap). 8vo. xvi, 216pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Condition: Good. 1955. First Edition. 55 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over yellow illustrated paper covered boards and lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. ISBN 1884718965. Hardback. First Printing. Near Fine Condition book in a Near Fine Condition dustjacket. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book. As new condition.

Condition: Good. 1955. First Edition. 55 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial paper covered boards. Black and white illustrations by Haro. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with some small tears, chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.

octavo, blue cloth dust jacket. Condition: New. First Edition. First Edition. octavo, blue cloth dust jacket. (xvi), 216pp. Oak Knoll Press, A typographical autobiography of the author as a book and magazine designer who played a central role in British graphic design from the 1940s to the 1980s, who edited and designed Motif (1958-67) and who wrote the Manual of Typography published by Thames and Hudson in 1980. Illustrated in black and white.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No dj, light cloth wear, foxing on eps and pages at the ends, heavy foxing stains on sides, otherwise vg. 400 grams.

First edition, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 216 pages; Description: xv, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: McLean, Ruari. Typographers --Great Britain --Biography. Book designers --Great Britain --Biography. Graphic design (Typography) --Great Britain --History --20th century. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. "Checklist of works by the author": p. 209-210. Summary: This well-written autobiography of the renowned book designer, author and typographer captures a fascinating life and a remarkable era in British publishing. McLean's compelling story begins with his birth in the Scottish lowlands, and describes his school days at Oxford, the war years as a British officer on a French submarine, and his introduction into the London publishing scene. Along the way, we meet the movers and shakers of Britian's post-war publishing world as he built his career. Through McLean's eyes we are treated to a unique view of the bygone period of Great Britian's publishing history. 3 Kg.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. a collection of 18 stories, good overall condition. Someone has written 'proof copy only' on endpaper, but there is no evidence ot that. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. original cloth hardcover,illustrated,216 pages,fine in sunned on the spine very good unclipped dustwrapper.We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom.Shelf B98.

Condition: Fine. First. A fine copy in illustrated green and white wrappers with no marks or damage Signed on the ffep by 9 of the 18 authors 155 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Drawings by Haro (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Edition ( 'First published in 1955' ). Signed and inscribed by the author. You can see the covers in the three photos I've provided. They have light soiling, not much. There is little bit of loss at the bottom edge of the spine, a little rub-through at a couple corners. The book is slightly slanted forward. The covers are solidly bound. The pages are decently bound. There are no cracks or spaces between any of them. You can see the photo of the signed page as well as the facing inside cover. There's a good deal of foxing on these two pages, also on the next one. After that not much. There is a little bit of soiling, possibly foxing on some of the pages near the gutter. There isn't much other soiling. I saw one red checkmark next to a paragraph. I'm not seeing any other writing. There are no attachments. No markings. The dust jacket is rated poor. I've provided a photo where you can see the entire jacket. Inscribed by Author(s).

Card Covers. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 40 pages, 8 b/w photographs by Ski Harrison, exhibits list. Published to accompany the exhibition held at the Crafts Council Gallery, 7 July to 4 September 1994, and thence touring. Typeset in Joanna on 'Re-CIRCA' recycled paper, Rivoli card cover, and 'Ideal' gloss art insert. Minor wear, unmarked. [758/762] Size: 300mm. x 160mm.

First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 216 pages; Description: xv, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: McLean, Ruari. Typographers --Great Britain --Biography. Book designers --Great Britain --Biography. Graphic design (Typography) --Great Britain --History --20th century. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. "Checklist of works by the author": p. 209-210. Summary: This well-written autobiography of the renowned book designer, author and typographer captures a fascinating life and a remarkable era in British publishing. McLean's compelling story begins with his birth in the Scottish lowlands, and describes his school days at Oxford, the war years as a British officer on a French submarine, and his introduction into the London publishing scene. Along the way, we meet the movers and shakers of Britian's post-war publishing world as he built his career. Through McLean's eyes we are treated to a unique view of the bygone period of Great Britian's publishing history. 1 Kg.

FIRST EDITION, pp.xvi,216; illustrations in line & half-tone throughout; new in dust-wrapper. A fascinating and very readable account of a life at the centre of 20thC book design and also of the author's interest in Victorian book production. In print at £25 we have a small quantity at reduced price. Biography Typography.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publisher's navy blue cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. ISBN: 0907961118 Pages: 216 Fine in fine dust jacket.

8°, gebunden. Condition: Gut. 1. Auflage,. 3 1/2'- Diskette in einer Schatulle, Systemvoraussetzungen: IBM-kompatibler Rechner Windows 3.1, MS-DOS ab 4.0, TrueType ist ein Standard für Fonts zur Schriftdarstellung auf Bildschirmen und Druckern. Er ist in die Betriebssysteme Windows und Mac OS integriert und unter unixähnlichen ist eine Visitenkarte. Präsentieren Sie Ihr Unternehmen in angemessener Weise. Bitstream True Type Fonts für Ihre Geschäftspapiere machen aus jedem Schreiben eine Visitenkarte. Betriebssystemen mit FreeType verfügbar. TrueType-Schriften gehören zu den Outline-Schriften. Sie werden im Gegensatz zu Bitmap-Schriften nicht aus einzelnen Pixeln aufgebaut, sondern nach dem Prinzip einer Vektorgrafik aus Konturen. Speziell handelt es sich hier um quadratische B-Splines. Der Vorteil der Vektordarstellung ist die verlustfreie Skalierbarkeit, d. h. die Größe der Schrift ist beliebig veränderbar. Erst bei der Ausgabe auf unterschiedlichen Geräten, meist Bildschirm und Drucker, werden die Konturen mit Pixeln gefüllt. Die konkurrierende, ältere PostScript-Fonttechnologie von Adobe verwendet Bézierkurven dritten Grades. Jedes Schriftstück, welches Sie in Ihrem Unternehmen erstellen, Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 220.

FIRST EDITION, pp.xvi,216; illustrations in line & half-tone throughout; boards slightly bowed, otherwise well preserved in dust-wrapper. A fascinating and very readable account of a life at the centre of 20thC book design and also of the author's interest in Victorian book production; from the author's library. AUTHOR'S COPY Biography Typography.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Typeset in Joanna and printed on pink recycled paper; 4pp duotone plates by the Senecio Press, printed Rivoli card covers. A fine copy. Published in July 1994 to accompany the exhibition 'True to Type'. This copy with a very lengthy inscription from Colin Banks to Ian Rogerson (about the exhibition going to the John Rylands) at the front. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo. Publisher's binding sample. Orig. green publisher's cloth. Various pagination. With alternate leather binding sample spine pasted down inside front cover. Magnificently and copiously illustrated. Spine tilted, chafing to extremities. Age toning to interior.

Board. Condition: Good/Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Haro (illustrator). First Edition. Inscribed on fep " For Paul Gallico with best wishes from Denys Parsons 1955 " The book is firm with slight tanning to the endpapers, the dj (unclipped) is dusty with some wear. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Inscribed by author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. letters of Germans on the Eastern Front.

Couverture souple. Condition: Assez bon. Pas de jaquette. Edition originale. John Crombie. True to type. Édition John Crombie. 1981, Paris, 17 x 16 cm, broché. Edition limitée à 145 exemplaires. Livre en bon état. Rousseurs sur la couverture.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Paperback Edition. 8vo. pp 32. Paperback. Original publishers white covers, lettered black. Bookplate of Thorsten Sjolin on the front inside cover. Limited edition of 145 copies, this being no. 128. TRUE TO TYPE has been hand set - in Garamont, Bodoni Bold, Egizio Condensed, Univers Bold, Chambord, Europe Bold, Francaises Legeres - and hand printed by the author. Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Small 8vo. 55pp. Bw drawings by Haro. Original yellow publisher's paper covered boards, black lettering, bw drawing of manager and secretary typing at desk on front. Dw repeats cover design, not price clipped 5/- net. Covers : bump top of spine, very slight knock front bottom corner. Dw : very faint grubbiness on rear. Contents : very clean, tight and unmarked. Bright attractive copy. VG+/F-.

First Edition. Pp. [iv]+viii+188, 12 plates, full page genealogical chart, appendices, bibliography, notes, index; wide post 8vo; pictorial stiff red paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; the author, Perth, 2000. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. Biography of the author's uncle, John Holland, who when war broke out broadcast news commentaries over the German-Controlled radio station in Shanghai and Radio Tokyo in Japan. 'His ego led to a falling-out with his Japanese employers which resulted in interrogation by the Kempeitai and incarceration in appalling conditions in a Hokkaido jail. On his release from prison he was arrested by the Allied authorities along with the notorious Tokyo Rose. There followed a comic opera paper-chase over three continents in an attempt to pin a charge of collaboration on him' [Introduction]. Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hand set and hand printed by the author in an edition limited to 145 numbered copies. This is copy #126. Printed on BFK Rives white paper in France. The cover is Moulin du Gué white card. Black lettering throughout, on front cover and on the spine. The book describes the seven ages of man, reflected typographically in successive sections, one upon each other, using seven typefaces. Slight curl to top of front card cover. Otherwise in fine, unread condition.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Olive green decorated cloth. No adverts. Fairly clean tight text but covers quite worn and some external celotape closing broken lower outer joint.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. in-8°, square format, 17 x 16 cm, unpaginated (ca. 40 pp ), sewn, original supple wrapper, Limited to an edition of 145 copies, this is copy 125. Hand set and printed in seven letter types ( Garamont , Bodoni Bold , Egizio Condensed , Univers Bold , Chambord , Europe Bold, Françaises Légères).