Typographer, Signed (30 results)

Condition: Fine. December 11, 1967., 1967. Fine. - Over 35 words penned on his 8-1/2 inch high by 5-1/2 inch wide "Memorandum : Alexander S. Lawson : School of Printing" stationery. Lawson writes to Fridolf Johnson that "I am pleased to supply the year of my birth for HL's new book." Signed "Alex Lawson". Fine. Professor Alexander S. Lwason wrote numerous books on typography and printing. His works include "Printing Types: An Introduction and a Printer's Almanac", "Anatomy of a Typeface", as well as "Composing Room" for Inland Printer and "Typographically Speaking", among others. Lawson was the recipient of numerous awards recognizing his achievements. An illustrator and artist as well as a fine pressman, the recipient Fridolf Johnson was an editor of American Artist Magazine until his retirement in the 1970's. As a graphic artist, he designed title panels for Hollywood movies and art & typography for advertising as well as dust jacket illustrations. He wrote and illustrated his own children's books in addition to other works. He also compiled and edited the Knopf book "Rockwell Kent: An Anthology of His Work".

Condition: Good. Original gilt lettered cloth, dust jacket, illustrations in colour and b/w, 4to. This is copy number 131 being one of a special limited edition, consisting of 500 cloth bound copies and signed by the President of the Society [David Plumb].; Small tear top dust jacket repaired; edges and spine dust jacket slightly browned.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition, Limited. No 122 of a signed, limited edition of 125 copies. Illustrated. Small mark to half-title page. Interior is clean and unmarked. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Fine. - The approximately 2 inch high by 3 inch wide book label of pressman Fridolf Johnson is signed within its decorative green border "P. J. Conkwright". Near fine. After receiving a B.A. in history from the University of Kentucky, graphic designer and typographer P. J. Conkwright [1905-1986] joined the staff of the University of Oklahoma Press where he also received his M.A. in English and history with an emphasis on American printing history, which was the subject of his thesis. In 1939 he became the art director for the Princeton University Press and later taught design until his retirement in 1970. At Princeton he brought innovative and modern design to the conservative academic audience of university books and transformed the university into a center for innovative design. He had fifty books selected for AIGA's "Fifty Books of the Year" contest and received the AIGA Gold Medal in recognition of his work in 1955.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 500 copies printed. Typophile Chapbook 54. Signed by author on a front page. Illus. Quarter burgundy cloth with grey paper boards. Foreword by Edward Craig and an essay by Gordon Craig on illustrations in general.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback, in slipcase. Gilt title to spine. 33pp. Frontispiece and 5 plates. Signed by Edward Burrett to the colophon. No. 114 in a limited edition of only 125 copies. The typeface is Monotype Garamond Series 156 and the text paper is Grosvenor Chater's Basingwerk Parchment. Signed by Author(s).

Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Small 12mo. Unpaginated [62]. White card wrappers with attached blue paper jacket with small paper spine label. Very light signs of handling, small scuff to spine. Faint foxing to text block top edge, light bumping to bottom edge wraps. Otherwise fine. Exhibition postcard from American Institute of Graphic Arts in New York laid in, with what appear to be wine stains from a lively art opening. Signed on front flyleaf in blue ballpoint by Hermann Zapf, and below in brown ink by his wife Gudrun Zapf [Von-Hesse], also a calligrapher and typographer as well as a bookbinder. Introduction by Noel Martin. Colophon states: Set in Linotype Optima and printed at the printing office of the Stempel foundry in Frankfurt am Main. The offset reproductions were printed by K.G. Lohse in Frankfurt am Main.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Collectible; Fine. 1st. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title. ALSO INSCRIBED BY ABE LERNER, THE BOOK'S DESIGNER, at the colophon. A pristine copy to boot of the 1980 1st edition, limited to 500 copies for The Typophiles. Bright and Fine in its duotone cloth. 12mo, Typophile Chap Book 54. Signed by Author. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Set in Monotype Dante and Albertus, printed in black and reddish-brown. Portrait frontispiece of Vincent Steer, founder.Number 6 of 500 cloth-bound copies signed by David Plumb, President. Many illustrations in the text. Orange cloth, gilt label, decorative endpapers, decorative dust-jacket. A near fine copy. Designed by Edward Burrett, this copy inscribed by him. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Page edges a little toned, black cloth binding lightly worn, corners slightly bumped but a good, solid copy. There are two jackets included - the Lund Humphries and the Godine (US edition) ones, with contrasting layouts. Both jackets are moderately to heavily worn and browned round the edges and one is faded on the spine. This copy has the following inscription: "for Fianach & Slocum from Ruari 14.11.75 The Great Thoughts Dept." and is accompanied by a charming pen line drawing of said department by the author. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket complete, unclipped, slight wear. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Limited Edition. 4to. 65 pages. Number 44 of a special limited edition of 500 cloth bound copies signed by the President of the Society, David Plumb. The development of typography as a profession is an exciting but involved subject. At one time the printer was his own typographer and historically the words were synonymous. But specialisation has affected the printing and allied industries like others, with particular reference to the burgeoning of advertising. Part of the general development, and indeed interacting with it, is that of the Society of Typographic Designers, which celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year (1978). It began life as the British Typographers Guild and limited its membership to those who could pass its difficult `copy fitting' test. Mostly former compositors, the members were scornful of those layouts which needed `soleing and heeling' before they could occupy the space required. A campaign of education in the shape of lectures, exhibitions and publications was interrupted by the war of 1939-1945, but after hostilities had ceased the Guild got back on its feet. From about 1951 though it found that the scope of typographic design had widened. The graphic designer, though long in existence, began to take on a more leading role in the preparation of printed material. In 1953 therefore the Guild felt it was time for a change of name and approach. The title `Society of Typographic Designers' was adopted and it opened its ranks to those graphic designers whose work reached its high standards. This anniversary book traces not only the history of this key society but is a guide to the general tendencies in typography and printing since 1920. As such it covers new ground and should be a valuable addition to the literature of the graphic arts. Size: 4to. Signed by the President the Society, David Plum.

8 pp. Paper pamphlet, no cover. Article about Goudy and American Typography, discusses Goudy's contribution to typesetting and includes a page of examples. Signed by author. 8 1/2" x 6 1/2" Inscribed and signed by author.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Portrait frontispiece of Vincent Steer, founder. Designed by Edward Burrett. Many illustrations in the text. Semi-stiff printed wrappers. A fine copy. Presentation copy: ' For my good friends Clarke and Marjorie Hutton, from Edward Burrett 31.10.78.' Within a cream envelope titled in the hand of Clarke Hutton. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), unpaginated [32]. Publisher's cream card wraps, lettered in red to upper, stapled twice. Signed by Karl-Erik Forsberg to the flyleaf. Fine. Signed by Author.

8vo (7.25 x 4.75 inches). 91 pages. Red cloth; original glassine; slipcase. Limited edition, one of 125 copies with two unique woodcuts by Gordon Craig signed on the colophon by the author, from an edition of 1350. A fine copy, the glassine with a few insignificant chips.

First edition. Copy # 411 of a limited edition of 500 cloth bound copies, signed by the president of the society David Plumb. Gilt title to black label on front board and gilt title to spine. In its original dust jacket. With many colour illustrations. 65 pp. 275 x 195 mm (10¾ x 7¾ inches). In an excellent condition, looks almost unread. Dust jacket is price clipped, but otherwise in a fine condition.

10.5 x 8.25, gilt lettered blue cloth, 34 pp, covers worn, front cover stained along top and fore edge, hinges loose, contents a little toned. LIMITED TO 200 COPIES, THIS COPY INSCRIBED "To Laura and Charles in affection" and SIGNED BY WILLLIAM DANA ORCUTT (in full and as "Bill"). Orcutt's inscription is dated 27 October 1942.

A prospectus promoting the publication of 'Duncan Glen: Poet, typographer, publisher & educator' in an edition limited to 38 signed and numbered copies. The prospectus contains one of Glen's poems 'The Gairden' and coloured screen print by AB is loosely laid in. 330 x 250 mm, pp. [4] plus the screen print. The screen print is 320 x 240 mm. A prospectus and lithograph in Fine condition, now in a clear, archival quality, protective display pocket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Number 4 of 125 copies machine-set in Monotype Garamond, printed in black (wood-engraving on title-page in brown; colophon in black and brown) on white Basingwerk Parchment and signed by the printer. Illustrated with 17 original Victorian stock-blocks, a wood-engraving by Diana Bloomfield, and tipped-in reproduction of 6 photographs. Bound in brown cloth, gold-blocked on the spine, cream patterned endpapers.Stain to front board, lacking slipcase. 'Addendum to Full Point' (8p, 1989), loosely inserted. Book label of the printer's son, inscribed to him by Edward Burrett. Dated 1976, but not published until 1977. The stock-blocks were reproduced from Morton's City Type Foundry New Ornament Book, 1870. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition. 8vo. 352pp. Many bw photographic illustrations. Green publisher's cloth with titles in gilt to spine. Cream eps with ink inscription fromAuthor reading: For Vernon Nye, who will appreciate (I hope) pages 39 & 50, sincerely, Tommy Wisdom. 16.V.60. London'. Contents clean and sound. Pictorial dw with titles in black and blue to front and red to spine with very slight wear to front corners. Attractive copy. *. F/VG+. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Number 31 of 125 copies machine-set in Monotype Garamond, printed in black (wood-engraving on title-page in brown; colophon in black and brown) on white Basingwerk Parchment and signed by the printer. Illustrated with 17 original Victorian stock-blocks, a wood-engraving by Diana Bloomfield, and tipped-in reproduction of 6 photographs. Bound in brown cloth, gold-blocked on the spine, cream patterned endpapers.Fine in slipcase Dated 1976, but not published until 1977. The stock-blocks were reproduced from Morton's City Type Foundry New Ornament Book, 1870. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ilustrated (illustrator). First published in 1976 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of printing by William Caxton in Westminster London at ' The Sign of the Red Pale' Penmiel Press in a limited edition of 125 copies. This is no 43. signed by Edward Burrett. Set in Garramond and printed on Basingweak parchment bound by Greys of Wimbledon with endpapers by Legatoria Piazzesi of Venice. In slip case. Loosely inserted is a addendum of 16 pages published in 1989 to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of Society of Typographic designers 1928 - 1988. All books outside UK sent airmail. All books sent tracked. Paypal accepted. All dustwrappers are film protected. Signed by Author(s).

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. In good condition. The letterhead describes the firm ('formerly Walker and Cockerell') as being 'Process and General Engravers, Draughtsmen, Map Constructors Copper-plate Printers Collotypers and Photographers of Works of Art'. Signed 'Emery Walker'. He is sending Wright 'proofs of the plan from Coutts' Bank', and is sending a duplicate to 'Mr. Fayle', asking him 'to let me have the lettering, that is, if he wishes on seeing the plan to vary it'. He is having 'proofs of the title page from Messrs. Blades', and expects that the succeeding proof 'will be right, when I will of course sent it to you for your approval'.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Text printed mostly in blue and black with many reproductions of typefaces (Optima, Melior, Palatino, etc) and other designs in black and white and colours. Blue card covers decorated with an alphabet in black and white. A very good to fine copy. Loosely inserted a quotation from T.J. Cobden-Sanderson reproducedfrom calligraphy by Hermann Zapf and signed by him in pencil. Signed by Author(s).

Copy number '231' of an edition limited to 240 copies, being one of 20 copies numbered 221-40 reserved in sheets for binders. Signed by Martyn Thomas on the colophon. Binder's blue cloth over boards, publisher's printed label to the spine. The text was keyboarded and cast in 12 / 15pt Monotype Romulus, and printed on 148gsm Mohawk Superfine paper using a Western proof press. Quarto, 290 x 230 mm, pp. xii, 116 with fifteen illustrations and tip-ins, including a frontispiece photographic portrait of Harry Carter at OUP in the 1960s. A book in Fine condition. Deluxe copies, numbered 1 to 50 were quarter bound in leather with marbled paper by Ann Muir on the boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good+ condition. First Edition. 83 pages of text. Original black hardcover binding with silver lettering on spine and silver stamped decoration on the front cover. The spine lettering is slightly faded. Binding protected in custom-fitted archival Mylar. Title page illustrated in blue and black. Signed by the founder of the Black Cat Press and typographer, Norman W. Forgue (1904-1983) and inscribed by him to Helen Noel, an Art Institute of Chicago educated Illinois WPA artist. A few very minor thumbing-through creases to several page margins; the text is clean and unmarked. From the colophon: This volume was designed by Norman W. Forgue and printed by W.F. Breede on Arak Ash White paper direct from Linotype Bodoni Bold set by Rutherford B. Udell. The cover decoration is the work of Calvin Brazelton and the title page decoration by Karl Warren. Bound by Brock & Rankin. Typography by N.W.F. First edition. Size: Octavo (8vo). Signed by Publisher. Book.

Two good substantial letters, filled with personal and professional content. See the entries for Thorp and Wrench in the Oxford DNB. Both letters in brown ink in Thorps calligraphic hand. ONE (to Sir Evelyn Wrench): 2pp, 8vo. On cream paper with brown italic letterhead. In good condition, lightly aged and worn. Folded twice. Signed 'Peter'. Begins: 'My dear Evelyn / We are going to make a great change in our way of life. For a long time I have felt that both physically & financially this house is beyond our strength. By the greatest good fortune (or something much better) we have, by special arrangement, been accepted as P. Gs for life by a Convent of the Poor Sisters of Nazareth, which has lately come here. Of course Nell [his wife the artist Ellen Syrett (1874-1970)] was distressed at this decision but is now reconciled and realises that there is no better solution, indeed no other.' In the second half of the letter he describes the arrangements, noting that his wife 'has already formed an affectionate tie with the Revd Mother - to whom I - incidentally - have completely lost my heart'. He ends in the hope that Wrench's book (on Geoffrey Dawson) 'is shaping well and nearing its end'. Annotated in red ink by Wrench to the recipient of the next letter: 'WW This may interest you. Don't bother to return. It shews where the Thorps are going to spend the last years of their life'. TWO (to 'Miss Wrench'): 4pp, 32mo. Sixty-four lines of text. On two leaves of grey paper, each with a red ruled border at the head. In good condition, lightly aged. Begins: 'Dear Miss Wrench / It is true that I once knew something about printing (if not quite so much as Evelyn suggests!) but it was about the designing side only. I knew enough of course of the practical side to be able to design intelligently but never did any actual work on the press. "Architects" we said "didn't need actually to lay the bricks!" But it is no bad thing when they actually do so.' After commenting on the changes over the past twenty years to the 'conditions of the printing trade' he states: 'If you are approaching printing as a hobby then I know of no better machine than Adana. But if you are thinking of actual printing as an income maker then I certainly repeat the advice of Punch to those about to marry "Dont!"' He explains why he is less critical regarding 'Acting as agent or representative for a printing house'. A friend with an Adana 'finds the returns quite inadequate to the expenditure & the labour'. 'If Edinboro has no good printers it must have sadly changed. It was (and so far as my knowledge goes still is) one of the best - if not actually the best district for fine printing.' After declining to give 'misleading' advice, 'except in the very discouraging negative form above indicated', he turns to Wrench: 'I hear from Evelyn occasionally. It is wonderful the way he carries on his work and the fine patience with which he bears his very heavy trial. / He tells me has [sic] written 300,000 words on Dawson and is now engaged in cutting a 100,000. A formidable task.' (Wrench's book on Sir Geoffrey Dawson was published in 1955.) He ends by repeating his disinclination to 'give advice out of ignorance': 'My memories of Edinbro are of one of the most beautiful cities (with Bath & Oxford as rivals. But oh! so cold & windswept.'.

Fifteen different small books, mostly 3.5x5.25 inches but with some variation, very good condition. Beautifully crafted, most numbered by hand at the end. Items present are: Moments of millennium: from John Mistletoe (1959; numbered 497). Printers, poor devils! (1961; numbered 542). Scenes from snow-bound (1962, numbered 424). The story of paper told briefly once again (1963, numbered 347). Letters (1964, numbered 413). On giving and receiving (1965, numbered 486). May there be peace among all the nations (1966, numbered 300). Printers' marks (1967, numbered 490). Tommy's messages (1968, numbered 325). Pages from the Gutenberg Bible in miniature facsimile (1969, numbered 567). Tommy's Thirty (1977, numbered 644; inscribed by Tommasini to Sieg [Hesse]). Times of stress are times for success (1979, not numbered). Signs of the Zodiac (1980, not numbered). Wise words and sayings of Ben Franklin (1981, not numbered). Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (1982, not numbered).

LETTER: One page, quarto. Somewhat aged and creased. An attractive item in Carter's disciplined calligraphic hand. A damning assessment of Craig's son Edward Anthony Craig ('Edward Carrick', 1905-98). '[.] If you know him, you presumably also know what you are taking on! We had some dealings with Teddy over possibly printing old EGC's engravings of Robinson Crusoe, but Teddy sold them, [.] My impression is that the old rogue manufactured archives in order to sell them to someone - preferably twice. There seem to be a lot of people who think they have 'The Craig papers.' | Having spent quite a lot of time and energy on the Crusoe project to no avail, we feel we'd prefer to give Craig a rest. [.]' Together with: ONE: photocopies of two two-page manuscript letters from Edward Gordon Craig to the German author Helene Nostitz (8 June 1906 and 12 February 1919). TWO: two one-page typewritten transcriptions of notes from Craig to Helene Nostitz ([1907] and 27 June 1944). THREE: two two-page manuscript transcriptions of letters from Helene Nostitz to Craig (8 January 1907 and 9 February 1909). FOUR: photocopy of one-page manuscript declaration made by Craig at the British Embassy in Paris, regarding Oswald Nostitz's 'way of thinking' ('Essentially aristocratic he can hardly have had anything but a superficial connection with the Nazi Party.'). FIVE: photocopy of two-page manuscript letter from Craig to Oswald Nostitz. SIX: thirteen A4 pages of photocopies of set and costume designs, stage directions, etc, by Craig, reproduced from a copy of Hamlet in the Bibliotheque Nationale, and accompanied by SEVEN, a Typewritten Letter Signed in French from Cecile Giteau of the Bibliotheque Nationale's Departement des Arts du Spectacle to Junge (23 November 1983, Paris, one page, quarto).

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Signed presentation portrait with affectionate dedication inscription to the dictator's elder (only) brother. Mario Avelino Perón, who had no political interests, holding the appointment of Director of the Buenos Aires Zoological Gardens. Light creasing in tailend margin, else in excellent condition. Signed by Author(s).