True Type, Signed (8 results)

Condition: Very Good. Signed Copy . Signed/Inscribed by author on reverse of front cover.

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).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Page edges a little dusty, otherwise near fine. Inscribed to Fianach Lawry by the author; hand-written letter also included. Inscribed by Author(s).

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).

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.

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.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A very pleasing first edition of this illustrated typographical autobiography from Ruari McLean, with a handwritten letter from the author. First edition. With three handwritten letters from the author to Jerry Cinamon, dated between 12th March and 1st April 2001, with a small reply from Jerry included. Each letter is written on the author's personal headed paper and signed. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous in-text images. A typographical autobiography from John David Ruari McDowall Hardie McLean, a British typographic designer. McLean apprenticed in the printing trade at the Shakespeare Head Press, went on to train in Germany and at the Edinburgh School of Printing, and worked at a myriad of presses before joining Penguin Books in 1946, with special responsibility for design of the Puffin range, bringing Tschichold to advise on design. This volume explores his life and career, describing how one man learned how to become a book designer and typographer at a time when it hardly existed as a recognised profession. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine. signed by author. book.